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Dorian Lydell Hankins

Case from Palmetto, GA dated Mar 09, 2020

Victim Details

Name

Dorian Lydell Hankins

Gender

Male

Race

Black / African American

City

Palmetto

State

GA

Date Of Death

2020-03-09

Has Reward

yes

Reward Amount

2,000

Age At Death

31

First Name

Dorian

Last Name

Lydell Hankins

Last Updated

06/28/2026

Case Description

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In the quiet town of Palmetto, Georgia, the life of 31-year-old Dorian Lydell Hankins, a male, was cut short on the night of March 9, 2020. He was in his living room on Chestnut Oak Drive when a barrage of bullets tore through the front of his house between 10:30 and 11 p.m., striking and killing him. Another person inside the residence at the time was thankfully unharmed.

Responding officers discovered Hankins on his living room floor. The initial investigation by the Palmetto Police Dep ...

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ajc: UPDATE: Father killed after shots fired into front door of Palmetto home, police say

GBI looking for new information in 2020 deadly shooting of Palmetto ...

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Forum Posts (3)

Does anyone else find it incredibly frustrating that four years have gone by, and we still have no a... ...Read More
05/13/2024

Does anyone else find it puzzling that the family member present during Dorian's murder wasn't harme... ...Read More
11/01/2023

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07/21/2023

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