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Unsolved homicide

Killing of James Allen

Year
1981
Where
Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio
Source
Ohio Attorney General
Evidence
1
What the record says

James Allen was killed in Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio, on November 20, 1981. The Ohio Attorney General lists this as an unsolved homicide, case number 1833.

From the Ohio Attorney General’s unsolved homicide database. Records change. The source is the authority.

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What does the record establish, and what has never been explained?

  • Read the source and write down every date, place and name it gives.
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  • List what has never been explained. One line each.

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