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Ajah Barnes

Case from Wheeling, IL dated Jun 05, 2022

Victim Details

Ajah Barnes

Female

Black / African American

Wheeling

IL

2022-06-05

26

Ajah

Barnes

07/14/2026

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Ajah Barnes, a 26-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on June 5, 2022, in Wheeling, Illinois. Barnes, an active-duty U.S. Navy member assigned to the Naval Station Great Lakes, was found deceased alongside Chief Hospital Corpsman Travis Stephens, 37, in what authorities have determined to be a murder-suicide. The incident occurred near the intersection of Lakeview Drive and Buffalo Grove Road, where both individuals were discovered with gunshot wounds, and a handgun was fou ...
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  • 2 U.S. Military members based in Lake County killed in murder-suicide in Wheeling
  • Daily Herald: Man, woman, both members of U.S. Navy, found shot to death early Sunday in Wheeling
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