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Death of former deputy is the final chapter in a week of suspense and death from the city’s past
Lester Parmenter died last week, closing the book on an event that held the attention of Jacksonville residents for a week in October 1961. Parmenter was a retired policeman. In 1961 he was a Duval County deputy sheriff, patrolling on the westside. He came upon two men parked in a car and decided to check…