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Robert Peterson

Case from Detroit, MI dated May 17, 2016

Victim Details

Robert Peterson

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2016-05-17

2016-05-17

76

Robert

Peterson

07/08/2026


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Robert Peterson, a 76-year-old Black man from Detroit, was found shot to death inside his longtime home on the city’s east side after relatives and others grew alarmed when they couldn’t reach him. The house sat near Albion Street and Sturgis Street, a pocket of the neighborhood marked by vacant and burned-out structures, and investigators believed the killing happened in the course of a break-in, though they worked to pin down exactly when it occurred. The discovery came after days of worry ...
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  • Man in prison now charged with 2016 murder - The Detroit News
  • Family of elderly Detroit man shot to death asks public for help | FOX ...
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