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Ivy Chauard Don Smith

Case from Baton-rouge, LA dated Apr 03, 2005

Victim Details

Ivy Chauard “Don” Smith

Male

Black / African American

Baton-rouge

LA

2005-04-03

25

Ivy

Chauard Don Smith

06/28/2026

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In the early morning hours of his 25th birthday, Ivy Chauard Don Smith, a Black / African American male, was killed in a brazen act of violence that also claimed the lives of his two friends. The night of April 3, 2005, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ended in a triple homicide that remains a painful and unsolved chapter in the city's history. Alongside Smith, 26-year-old Kevin “Kel-boo” “Ace” Henderson and 23-year-old Joshua Earl Thomas were also fatally wounded.

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