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Blake Hannett

Case from Lynwood, IL dated Dec 11, 2014

Victim Details

Blake Hannett

Male

Black / African American

Lynwood

IL

2014-12-11

15

Blake

Hannett

07/14/2026

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Blake Hannett, a 15-year-old boy from Lynwood, Illinois, tragically died on December 11, 2014. Blake, who was a sophomore at Marian Catholic High School, was found slumped over in a chair at his desk with a .38-caliber handgun on the floor beneath him. He had been video chatting with a friend on FaceTime when the gun went off, leaving his friend with a blank screen. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office ruled his death a suicide, stating that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to th ...
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