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Laura Hester Keys

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Laura Hester Keys

Birth
West Fairview, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
19 Oct 1958 (aged 43)
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Enola, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
3-045X-A
Memorial ID
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Bar Death Ruling Made

Harrisburg-The shooting of a waitress and a bartender were ruled murder and suicide by Dr. Thomas Fritchey, Dauplin County coroner.
Mrs. Laura Keys, 42, was killed instantly with a .22 caliber bullet as she as preparing to go home from her job as a suburban tavern early Sunday.
Walter Gehrett, bartender at the tavern, was found about a block away, lying on the street fatally wounded with a .22 caliber rifle in his hands, police said. Gehrett died later in a hospital.
Officers said Mrs. keys was washing dishes at a kitchen sink, with her back to an outside door, when she was shot about 1 a.m.
There were no witnesses.
Bar Death Ruling Made

Harrisburg-The shooting of a waitress and a bartender were ruled murder and suicide by Dr. Thomas Fritchey, Dauplin County coroner.
Mrs. Laura Keys, 42, was killed instantly with a .22 caliber bullet as she as preparing to go home from her job as a suburban tavern early Sunday.
Walter Gehrett, bartender at the tavern, was found about a block away, lying on the street fatally wounded with a .22 caliber rifle in his hands, police said. Gehrett died later in a hospital.
Officers said Mrs. keys was washing dishes at a kitchen sink, with her back to an outside door, when she was shot about 1 a.m.
There were no witnesses.


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