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Case Description
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In the late hours of a Sunday evening in Joplin, Missouri, on January 29, 2017, the life of 21-year-old Taven Lee Williams was tragically cut short. Williams, a male resident of Joplin, was at a home in the 2300 block of East Zora when violence erupted. What began as a robbery spiraled into a homicide, leaving one man dead and another wounded.

The incident unfolded when three men from Columbus, Kansas, arrived with the intention of robbing another man, Paul Haney, of marijuana. During the ...Read More
Victim Details

Taven Williams

Male

Black / African American

Joplin

MO

2017-01-29

21

Taven

Williams

01/15/2026