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John Tallant

Case from Baton Rouge, LA dated May 26, 2015

Victim Details

John Tallant

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Baton Rouge

LA

2015-05-26

2015-05-26

59

John

Tallant

07/04/2026


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In the summer of 2015, the body of 59-year-old John Tallant, a male, was discovered underneath the I-12 overpass in the 1900 block of O'Neal Lane in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was a member of the local homeless community.

An autopsy later revealed the grim circumstances of his death; Mr. Tallant had sustained blunt force trauma, leading authorities to classify his death as a homicide. The investigation into his murder was announced by the Baton Rouge Police Department.

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