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Dacota Rasmussen

Case from Kokomo, IN dated Feb 19, 2005

Victim Details

Dacota Rasmussen

December 6, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Kokomo

IN

2005-02-19

2000-03-27

4

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Dacota

Rasmussen

No

07/14/2026


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Do you know who set the fire that killed the Parrish family in 2005?
On February 20, 2005, a devastating house fire claimed the lives of four family members in Kokomo, Indiana, in a tragedy that authorities would later classify as a quadruple homicide. The blaze broke out in the early morning hours at a residence located at 811 South Bell Street, where the family lay sleeping. Among the victims was four-year-old Dacota Rasmussen, a white male, who perished alongside his mother and two brothers in the inferno. The fire engulfed the two-story home with such intensi ...
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  • Cold Cases - City of Kokomo
  • Kokomo police probe fire that killed 4 - Indianapolis News - WISH-TV
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