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Charles Cecil

Case from Kansas-city, MO dated May 17, 2019

Victim Details

Charles Cecil

Male

Kansas-city

MO

2019-05-17

51

Charles

Cecil

07/19/2026

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In the early hours of a Friday morning in Kansas City, Missouri, a dispute over a mere five dollars for a small amount of marijuana tragically escalated, leading to the death of 51-year-old Charles Cecil. Recently evicted from their home, Cecil and his 53-year-old wife were experiencing homelessness and had set up a temporary shelter on the steps of the closed Scarritt Elementary School in the city's Northeast neighborhood. It was there that an argument erupted with a group of individuals over t ...
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    Absolutely devastated to read about Charles Cecil's case. It's hard to wrap my head around how a sim... ...Read More
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