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Darren Cheneau

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Mar 19, 2018

Victim Details

Darren Cheneau

Male

Black / African American

New-orleans

LA

2018-03-19

51

Darren

Cheneau

07/02/2026

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On a Monday afternoon in the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans, Darren 'Deedy' Phillip Cheneau, a 51-year-old man, was shot and killed. The incident, which occurred on March 19, 2018, also claimed the life of his girlfriend, Chantelle Johnson. The couple was inside a parked vehicle near the corner of St. Claude Avenue and St. Claude Court when the shooting took place. Inside the car with them was Johnson's one-year-old daughter, who was miraculously unharmed. It is believed that Cheneau may ...
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  • NOLA.com: 16-year-old boy arrested in double murder in Holy Cross neighborhood: NOPD
  • NOLA.com: Man and woman shot to death in a car in Holy Cross neighborhood ID'd by coroner
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