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Joyce Yates

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Oct 14, 2021

Victim Details

Joyce Yates

Female

Black / African American

Atlanta

GA

2021-10-14

37

Joyce

Yates

07/12/2026

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On October 14, 2021, the life of 37-year-old Joyce Rochelle Yates, an African American woman, was tragically cut short in Atlanta, Georgia. A mother of five, Yates was remembered by those who knew her for her great sense of humor. Her sudden death left her family and community in shock.

In the early hours of that Thursday morning, Yates was discovered fatally shot in a parking lot of a largely abandoned strip mall near the intersection of Metropolitan Parkway and Lakewood Avenue in southw ...
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