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Cynthia Johnson

Case from Louisville, KY dated Oct 29, 2012

Victim Details

Cynthia Johnson

December 21, 2022

Female

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2012-10-29

2012-10-29

44

Cynthia

Johnson

07/06/2026


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Cynthia Johnson was a 44-year-old Black/African American woman from Louisville, Kentucky, a mother and grandmother whose life was finally moving in a hopeful direction when it was cut short in the fall of 2012. She had moved to Louisville from Richmond, Virginia, determined to leave addiction behind and build something better for herself and her family. By October 2012 she had been sober for about a year, and friends later recalled how she radiated strength and warmth, using her own recovery to ...
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  • Man found guilty of 2012 robbery, but not murder - WLKY
  • Family says woman killed on Broadway was followed by gunman
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