Kanika Powell

Murdered
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Do you know who killed 28 year old Kanika Powell in 2008?
Kanika Powell, a 28-year-old Army veteran, was brutally murdered on August 28, 2008, in the hallway of her apartment building in Laurel, Maryland. Before her death, Kanika experienced several unsettling incidents involving suspicious individuals attempting to gain access to her apartment. On August 23, 2008, just five days before she was killed, a man impersonating an FBI agent came to her door, calling her by name. He held up a fake badge and tried to convince her to let him in, but Kanika wise ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Kanika Powell

    December 14, 2022

    Female

    African-American / Black

    Laurel

    MD

    2008-08-28

    1980-01-31

    28

    Kanika

    Powell

    10/27/2024


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