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Willie Coffee
Status: HOMICIDE
City: Jacksonville
State: Florida
County: Duval County
Date of birth: January 15, 1951
Date of death: August 25, 1994
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Race: African American/Black
Cause of death: Gun Firearm
Anniversary month: August
LEA: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Jacksonville, Florida
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May 21, 2018 | By Jennifer Graham This story is part of a collaborative project between Project: Cold Case and a University of North Florida Journalism class. The student credited above wrote this story as a class project. He didn’t deserve to die like that. Willie Coffee Jr., also known as “Little Willie,” says his father was on the right track and trying to change his life. He was fighting the vicious cycle of addiction. Then someone came along and took Willie Coffee Sr.’s life. Coffee Jr. believes his dad was in the wrong place at the wrong time. “It’s pain I have to carry around in my heart forever,” Coffee said. Without a murder suspect, the 45-year-old has no idea what to do about his father’s murder or how to direct his pain and sadness. All he can do is wait for the day someone will speak up and say something. He hopes with sharing his father’s story, that may finally happen. The elder Coffee’s story ended... Read More
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