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Mass Murder Victims on May 29

735 open cases in our database happened on May 29. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Mass Murder Victims (4)

Melvin D. Harrison Jr. - Raleigh, North Carolina
Mass Murder Victim

Melvin D. Harrison Jr.

Mass murder victim of Harvey Glenn Mcleod
Male, age 23 · Raleigh, North Carolina
Killed May 29, 1972 · 54 years ago

In Raleigh, North Carolina, on May 29, 1972, a young White male, 23 years old, Melvin D. Harrison Jr., was fatally shot. According to one source, the male victim was driving past the main entrance of North Hills Mall, heading toward the Ivey's department…

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James G. Henry - Raleigh, North Carolina
Mass Murder Victim

James G. Henry

Mass murder victim of Harvey Glenn Mcleod
Male, age 31 · Raleigh, North Carolina
Killed May 29, 1972 · 54 years ago

James Godfrey Henry, a male in his early 30s was shot and killed on May 29, 1972, during the North Hills Mall sniper attack in Raleigh, North Carolina. He had driven to the mall with his family so he could buy a slide rule for work; he was employed as a…

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Jessie B. West - Raleigh, North Carolina
Mass Murder Victim

Jessie B. West

Mass murder victim of Harvey Glenn Mcleod
Female, age 77 · Raleigh, North Carolina
Killed May 29, 1972 · 54 years ago

On Memorial Day, May 29, 1972, Jessie Burford West—a female resident of Raleigh—was shot during a sniper attack at North Hills Mall. Contemporary reconstructions and reporting place Mrs. West near the main entrance, where an assailant fired repeatedly from…

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Jackie Wharton - Raleigh, North Carolina
Mass Murder Victim

Jackie Wharton

Mass murder victim of Harvey Glenn Mcleod
Female, age 47 · Raleigh, North Carolina
Killed May 29, 1972 · 54 years ago

On May 29, 1972, Jacquelyn “Jackie” Wharton—a 47-year-old female—was shot and killed in the parking lot of the North Hills shopping center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Contemporary accounts and later retrospectives identify the incident as a sniper attack that…

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