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Jalajhia Finklea

Case from Fellsmere, FL dated Nov 25, 2020

Victim Details

Jalajhia Finklea

Female

Native American / American Indian

Fellsmere

FL

2020-11-25

18

Jalajhia

Finklea

06/25/2026

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Jalajhia Finklea, an 18-year-old Native American woman from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, was found dead on November 25, 2020, in a field off Interstate 95 in Fellsmere, Florida. The medical examiner determined that Jalajhia Finklea died from two gunshot wounds to the head, and her death was ruled a homicide. Finklea had been missing since October 20, 2020, when she was last seen in New Bedford, Massachusetts, getting into a car rented by Luis Zaragoza, a 37-year-old man who also went by the name ...
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