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Wynetta Shamonta Wright

Case from Hillcrest-heights, MD dated May 31, 2011

Victim Details

Wynetta Shamonta Wright

Female

Black / African American

Hillcrest-heights

MD

2011-05-31

20

Wynetta

Shamonta Wright

06/23/2026

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In the late spring of 2011, a story of love turned deadly unfolded in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, ending the life of 20-year-old Wynetta Shamonta Wright. A Black female with aspirations of a career in law enforcement, her life was cut short, leaving a family to grapple with an unbearable loss. Her death, and that of her infant daughter, Jaylin, sent shockwaves through the community, not only for the brutality of the crime but also for the identity of the man responsible.

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