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Shameekia Carroll

Case from Atlanta, GA dated May 03, 2019

Victim Details

Shameekia Carroll

Female

Black / African American

Atlanta

GA

2019-05-03

43

Shameekia

Carroll

07/09/2026

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In the spring of 2019, the life of 43-year-old Shameekia Carroll was tragically cut short in what authorities have described as a murder-suicide. On the morning of Friday, May 3rd, her 10-year-old son made a devastating discovery, finding both his mother and her husband, Randy Colbert, deceased from gunshot wounds inside their Buckhead apartment on Howell Mill Road.

Atlanta police were called to the scene just before 7 a.m. by the young boy. Investigators found both Carroll and Colbert, w ...
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about Shameekia’s incredible impact as a blogger and how she used her p... ...Read More
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about Shameekia Carroll's son lately. My heart goes out to him and his lo... ...Read More
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    I've been following this case closely, and it just leaves me feeling so upset hearing what Shameekia... ...Read More
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