Akili Joseph, a 9-year-old girl from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, tragically died on January 10, 2017, in what authorities determined to be a murder-suicide. Akili was found dead alongside her mother, Ericka Joseph, in their home. Ericka, a retired Marine, had shot her daughter before turning the gun on herself. The incident occurred just hours before Akili was scheduled to fly back to Bogota, Colombia, where she lived with her father, also a retired Marine. Akili had been visiting her mother for t
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