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Raynell Devon Williams

Case from Lafayette, LA dated Mar 15, 2013

Victim Details

Raynell Devon Williams

Male

Black / African American

Lafayette

LA

2013-03-15

16

Raynell

Devon Williams

06/25/2026

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In the spring of 2013, the life of 16-year-old Raynell Devon Williams was tragically cut short in Lafayette, Louisiana. An African American male, Williams was fatally shot on March 15, 2013, marking another grim statistic in a violent year for the city. His death was one of 14 homicides recorded in Lafayette in 2013, a year where the majority of those killings were the result of gunfire.

Born on May 17, 1996, Williams was just shy of his seventeenth birthday when his life was taken. The v ...
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  • Legacy.com: Raynell Williams (1996 - 2013) - Obituary
  • Raynell Williams - Obituary - Kinchen Funeral Home, Inc.
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