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Cornell Joseph

Case from New Orleans, LA dated Jan 29, 2014

Victim Details

Cornell Joseph

December 20, 2022

Male

Black / African American

New Orleans

LA

2014-01-29

2014-01-29

29

Cornell

Joseph

07/18/2026


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In the late hours of a Wednesday in New Orleans, the life of Cornell Joseph, a 29-year-old African-American man, came to a violent and tragic end. On January 29, 2014, his body was discovered on Severn Avenue, the victim of a homicide that added to the city's ongoing struggles with violent crime. The details surrounding the specific moments of his death remain scarce, leaving a void in the narrative of his final hours. The authorities and his grieving family were left to piece together the event ...
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