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Melvin Yovany Montes

Case from New Orleans, LA dated Dec 19, 2010

Victim Details

Melvin Yovany Montes

March 28, 2022

Male

Hispanic / Latino

New Orleans

LA

2010-12-19

2010-12-19

27

Melvin Yovany

Montes

06/29/2026


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Melvin Yovany Montes, 27, died in New Orleans, Louisiana, and what remains is the hollow space his absence carved into the people and streets that knew him. A life that should have kept unfolding—another morning, another laugh, another ordinary moment that turns out to be precious only after it’s gone—ended too soon. The weight of that is hard to hold: the shock that arrives first, the disbelief that refuses to leave, and the quiet, relentless ache that follows family and friends into ever ...
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  • Orleans Parish Coroner's Office identifies man shot to death early ...
  • 5 people killed on New Orleans streets in about 24 ... - NOLA.com
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