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Min Seok Cho

Case from Athens, GA dated Jan 13, 2015

Victim Details

Min Seok Cho

Male

Asian

Athens

GA

2015-01-13

21

Min

Seok Cho

07/11/2026

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In the winter of 2015, the life of 21-year-old Min Seok Cho, a student at the University of Georgia, was tragically cut short in Athens, Georgia. On the evening of January 13th, Cho was involved in a drug deal that turned fatal. He, along with another student, Lucas Amsler Raposo, had arranged to meet with two men, Cormaine Goss and Andre Ruff, for a marijuana transaction near Baxter Drive. During the encounter, a handgun was produced, and a demand was made for the marijuana. In the ensuing mome ...
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  • Online Athens: Warrant: UGA students set up deadly drug deal, brought gun
  • Arrests made in Min Seok Cho homicide investigation | Cops
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