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Donnetta Heyward

Case from Johns-island, SC dated Jan 11, 2014

Victim Details

Donnetta Heyward

Female

Black / African American

Johns-island

SC

2014-01-11

27

Donnetta

Heyward

06/28/2026

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Donnetta Heyward, 27, was a Charleston-area female whose last morning began in the dark hours of January 11, 2014, inside a home on Greenland Road on Johns Island. Deputies were called around 2:40 a.m. after an intruder crew forced its way in through the back door. Inside, the men were described as masked and armed, moving with the confidence of people who believed fear would do the talking for them. Heyward and her brother, Wadel Heyward, were assaulted as the intruders demanded, “Where is th ...
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  • CCSO: One dead, one injured in home invasion, shooting - WCIV
  • Donnetta Heyward, age 27 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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