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Clara Morgan-Hester

Case from Chesterfield, VA dated Mar 14, 2013

Victim Details

Clara M. Morgan-Hester

Female

Black / African American

Chesterfield

VA

2013-03-14

46

Clara

Morgan-Hester

07/07/2026

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In what was described as a tragic case of domestic violence, 46-year-old Clara Lisa Morgan-Hester of Chesterfield, Virginia, was killed on Thursday, March 14, 2013. The grim discovery was made after firefighters responded to a house fire at her residence in the 2000 block of Castle Glen Court late in the evening.

Inside the burning home, authorities found the bodies of Morgan-Hester and her 50-year-old husband, Walter M. Hester Jr. Investigators determined that Walter Hester Jr. shot his ...
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  • https://www.nbc12.com: Police release identities in Chesterfield fire murder-suicide

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