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Case Description
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On an otherwise ordinary Sunday afternoon, August 28, 2016, the life of 29-year-old Cheri Bland was tragically cut short in a violent outburst of domestic strife that unfolded at her place of employment in Kansas City, Missouri. A dedicated mother and employee of the 7th Heaven store, Bland was fatally shot by 26-year-old Desmond Bell, a man with whom she had been in a relationship and shared a child. After killing Bland, Bell then took his own life in an act that police would later classify as ...Read More
Victim Details

Cheri Renee Bland

Female

Black / African American

Kansas-city

MO

2016-08-28

29

Cheri

Bland

01/16/2026