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Mandela Duplessis

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Aug 04, 2006

Victim Details

Mandela Duplessis

Male

Black / African American

New-orleans

LA

2006-08-04

24

Mandela

Duplessis

06/21/2026

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Mandell Ledet Duplessis, also reported as Mandela Duplessis, was a 24-year-old Black man who died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 4, 2006, a loss that tore through his family and left his mother searching for answers in a city where answers could be hard to hold onto.

In the months after Hurricane Katrina, people were still living in FEMA trailers, trying to stitch together something like normal life in neighborhoods that had been shaken to the core. In August 2006, Duplessis walked ...
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  • UPI: Killing underlines New Orleans violence - UPI.com
  • Legacy.com: Mandell Duplessis - Obituary
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    Does anyone else find it odd that there isn't much information about Mandell Ledet "Fenny" Duplessis... ...Read More
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