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Jovantay Alexander

Case from Chicago, IL dated Jan 19, 2013

Victim Details

Jovantay Alexander

Male

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2013-01-19

19

Jovantay

Alexander

07/09/2026

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African American male Jovantay Alexander, 19, was found on the night of January 19, 2013, lying unresponsive near 54th and Laflin Street in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood.
Responding officers and the Cook County Medical Examiner's office reported that the 19-year-old had been shot in the face and pronounced dead at the scene, the call coming in around 9:30 p.m. in the 5400 block of South Laflin.
He was identified as residing on the 1800 block of East 72nd Street, a detail that ...
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  • Man found shot to death in Back of the Yards - ABC7 Chicago
  • 2 shot to death in separate attacks on South, West sides
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