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Kimberly Nail

Case from Roanoke, VA dated Aug 26, 1973

Victim Details

Kimberly Nail

Female

White / Caucasian

Roanoke

VA

1973-08-26

1

Kimberly

Nail

06/27/2026

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On a tragic day in August of 1973, the life of one-year-old Kimberly Nail, a White female from Roanoke, Virginia, was cut devastatingly short. On August 26th, she was found deceased, a victim of gun violence that also claimed the lives of her mother and three older siblings in what was one of the largest mass killings in the city's history at the time.

The grim discovery was made in their Northwest Roanoke home. Kimberly perished alongside her mother, Sharol Juanita Crotts Nail, who was 2 ...
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  • Aug 29, 1973, page 1 - The World-News at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

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