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Otis Gray

Case from Detroit, MI dated Jan 25, 2016

Victim Details

Otis Gray

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2016-01-25

2016-01-25

28

Otis

Gray

07/07/2026

1


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On a cold Monday in late January 2016, tragedy struck a residential neighborhood on Detroit’s west side when the body of 28-year-old Otis Gray was discovered. The African American man was found at a home located at 18629 Harlow Street, a single-family house situated in a community near 7 Mile Road and the Southfield Freeway. The grim discovery was made on January 25, 2016, marking the beginning of a homicide investigation in Wayne County that would leave a family seeking answers for years to c ...
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    I recently came across the tragic case of Otis Gray while browsing through some cold cases, and it b... ...Read More
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