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Sheldon Williams

Case from Silver-spring, MD dated Mar 11, 2016

Victim Details

Sheldon Williams

Male

Black / African American

Silver-spring

MD

2016-03-11

20

Sheldon

Williams

07/14/2026

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On a tragic spring evening in 2016, the life of a young man from Washington, D.C. was cut short in Silver Spring, Maryland. Twenty-year-old Sheldon Williams, a male resident of Southeast D.C., was found deceased on a paved trail in the Briggs Chaney area on March 11th. The cause of his untimely death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the back of his head. The discovery of his body late that night launched a homicide investigation by Montgomery County Police, unraveling a story that began w ...
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  • SHELDON WILLIAMS, JR. Obituary: SHELDON WILLIAMS, JR. - View Obituary & Service Information
  • Washington Post: Police: Detectives investigate death of man on trail as homicide
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