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Otis Kinchen

Case from Baton Rouge, LA dated Aug 21, 2012

Victim Details

Otis Kinchen

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Baton Rouge

LA

2012-08-21

2012-08-21

36

Otis

Kinchen

06/25/2026


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In early 2020, the Kinchen family in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, suffered two tragic losses in separate incidents. While online sources do not contain information regarding the death of a man named Otis Kinchen, they do detail the deaths of two other men with the same last name.

The first incident occurred on the night of Saturday, February 1, 2020. Lester Kinchen, a 50-year-old man, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 3900 block of Odell Street. Police were called to the scene just ...
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  • Man gunned down in vacant lot - WAFB
  • Police say two deadly shootings are related - Baton Rouge - WAFB
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