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Glynn Coston

Case from New Orleans, LA dated Feb 04, 2013

Victim Details

Glynn Coston

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

New Orleans

LA

2013-02-04

2013-02-04

54

Glynn

Coston

07/16/2026

1


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In the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, the discovery of a fire in an abandoned house on Deslonde Street on Monday, February 4, 2013, led to a grim finding. After extinguishing the blaze, firefighters uncovered the burned remains of a man inside the gutted structure. The victim was later identified as 54-year-old Glynn Coston.

Investigators with the New Orleans Police Department determined that the fire had been intentionally set, and they subsequently classified Coston's death as a homicid ...
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