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Juanita Akins

Case from Bibb, GA dated Aug 31, 1974

Victim Details

Juanita Barrett Knight Akins

Female

White / Caucasian

Bibb

GA

1974-08-31

29

Juanita

Akins

07/09/2026

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On August 31, 1974, the lives of 29-year-old Juanita Akins and her husband of just twenty days, 38-year-old Joseph Ronald Akins, were brought to a violent and tragic end in a secluded, developing subdivision in Bibb County, Georgia. The couple had been lured to the location under the pretense of installing a television antenna. Upon their arrival, they were ambushed in their car by assailants who fired a shotgun at close range, killing them both.

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  • Juanita Barrett Knight Akins (1945-1974) - Memorials - Find a Grave
  • Juanita Barrett Knight Akins, age 28 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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