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Derrick Smith

Case from Elkton, MD dated May 03, 2015

Victim Details

Derrick Smith

Male

Black / African American

Elkton

MD

2015-05-03

38

Derrick

Smith

07/16/2026

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In the quiet town of Elkton, Maryland, the evening of May 3, 2015, took a tragic turn, forever altering the lives of one family. Inside his home, 38-year-old Derrick Smith, a Black/African American male, was fatally shot. The violence of that night did not end with him; his 22-year-old daughter, Tayonna Russ, was also killed, an innocent bystander in a dispute that had reached its lethal conclusion. The discovery of their bodies by Derrick's girlfriend and Tayonna's mother marked the beginning o ...
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  • Cecil Daily: Elkton police make arrest in 2015 double murder
  • WMAR: Man arrested for Elkton double murder of father and daughter over money dispute, Elkton Police said
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