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Donald Bradshaw

Case from Detroit, MI dated Feb 04, 2014

Victim Details

Donald Bradshaw

March 28, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Detroit

MI

2014-02-04

2014-02-04

67

Donald

Bradshaw

07/17/2026


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In the early morning hours of Tuesday, February 4, 2014, a violent incident unfolded on the east side of Detroit involving 67-year-old Donald Cecil Bradshaw, a White / Caucasian male known locally by the nicknames "Meat Man" or "Peanut Man." Around 1:40 a.m., Bradshaw was in a commercial district situated on Beaufait Street near East Vernor Highway when he was targeted in a brutal attack.

According to reports from the time, Bradshaw was beaten to death inside his own vehicle, a 2002 Mercu ...
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