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Kyunia Taylor, a 15-year-old girl from Saint Louis, Missouri, tragically lost her life on February 29, 1996. Kyunia was six months pregnant at the time of her death. She was fatally shot while riding on her school bus by a 23-year-old man who had been hired by Mark Boyd, a 31-year-old teacher accused of fathering her child. Boyd paid the gunman approximately $4,000 to carry out the murder because he feared the child would be born with disabilities. Kyunia was shot multiple times and succumbed to ...Read More
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Kyunia Taylor
Female
Black / African American
Saint-louis
MO
1996-02-29
15
Kyunia
Taylor
11/23/2025
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of the school in Kyunia Taylor’s heartb... ...Read More
12/23/2023
I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of the school in Kyunia Taylor’s heartb... ...Read More
12/23/2023
I've been following the tragic case of Kyunia Taylor, and I can't shake the thought of how deeply th... ...Read More
03/02/2023
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