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Aaliyah Alder

Case from Bronx, NY dated Mar 27, 2017

Victim Details

Aaliyah Samantha Alder

Female

Black / African American

Bronx

NY

2017-03-27

21

Aaliyah

Alder

07/20/2026

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In the spring of 2017, the life of a 21-year-old aspiring model named Aaliyah Alder was tragically cut short in the Bronx, New York. On the evening of Monday, March 27th, Alder was found in the eighth-floor stairwell of the Forest Houses on Tinton Avenue, having sustained a single gunshot wound to the head. Emergency responders pronounced her dead at the scene. Alder, a resident of Mott Haven, was a female of Black ethnicity.

Investigations into her death revealed a prelude of conflict. A ...
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  • Aaliyah Samantha Alder (1995-2017) - Find a Grave...
  • ABC13 Houston: Aspiring model killed while helping friend confront child's father, police say
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