William Will “Hillbilly” Valentine

How they died

Suicide

Police were contacted after Valentine called a suicide hotline threatening to shoot anyone that came onto his porch. Troopers responded to Valentine's residence and established phone contact with him, police said. Shortly after the contact began, Valentine started a fire in his residence. Valentine then left the burning residence, fled into the backyard armed with a small-caliber handgun and shot himself in a wooded area behind the house.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that William Will “Hillbilly” Valentine, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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