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Joshua Lee Jackson

Case from Lawrenceville, GA dated Mar 17, 2019

Victim Details

Joshua Lee Jackson

Male

Black / African American

Lawrenceville

GA

2019-03-17

25

Joshua

Lee Jackson

07/06/2026

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In a case that unfolded over several months, the disappearance of 25-year-old Joshua Lee Jackson, a Black male from Athens, Georgia, ended in a grim discovery and a complex gang-related murder investigation. Jackson, along with his friend Derrick Davion Ruff, also 25, was reported missing in mid-December 2018. The two were last seen in a Ford Expedition, which was later found abandoned in a neighborhood in unincorporated Lawrenceville. For three months, their families anxiously awaited any news, ...
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  • ajc: Bodies of missing Athens men found in Gwinnett storage unit
  • Joshua Lee Jackson, age 25 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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    I’ve been following the case of Joshua Lee Jackson and Derrick Davion Ruff since it first broke, a... ...Read More
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