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Full Name	Valerie D. Downen
AKA Full Name
People ID	668486
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First Name	Valerie
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Middle Name	D.
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Surname	Downen
AKA Surname
Father's Surname	Downen
Mother's Surname	Harris
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Gender	Female
Full Birth Date If Known	1968-07-22
Birth Year	1968
Birth Month	7
Birth Day	22
Full Death Date If Known	1986-07-31
Death Year	1986
Death Month	7
Death Day	31

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Relationship	Related To	Relative's People ID	Relative's Birth Year	Relative's Death Year	Other Date (typically Marriage Date)
Daughter of	Norman Downen	668343	1941	2010
Daughter of	Geraldine Harris Downen	667964	1948	1986

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Cemetery	Walnut Lake Cemetery
Address	Cemetery Road (County Road 23) west of South Main Street but before CR23 turns north, on the south side of the road
City/Town	Dumas
County/District	Desha
State/Province	Arkansas
Postal/Zip Code	71662
Country/Principality	USA





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Norman Downen shot and killed his daughter Valerie and mortally wounded his wife Geraldine during an argument on 31 July 1986. This may be why his daughter's marker only lists her mother's name and not his. He was arrested and admitted to police what he had done but claimed it was unpremeditated and that he and Geraldine had struggled over the gun, which he claimed precipitated an accidental shooting. The case went to trial in February of 1987, although I have no idea how it turned out.

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Family Search ID	G7FB-JYD
Find A Grave 1	70526793
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Other websites	https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1123C1CC6D31C748%40GB3NEWS-15B677A541E4B71D%402446645-15B632DAC95695B7%4013-15B632DAC95695B7%40
Record Entry Date	2018-11-08 11:53:19
Record Last Edit Date	2020-05-26 14:54:20

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