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Pertina Maria Isley Tatum

Case from Greensboro, NC dated May 16, 2014

Victim Details

Pertina Maria Isley Tatum

Female

Black / African American

Greensboro

NC

2014-05-16

40

Pertina

Maria Isley Tatum

07/01/2026

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Pertina Maria Isley Tatum, a 40-year-old woman, tragically died on May 16, 2014, in Greensboro, NC. The incident was later determined to be a murder-suicide. Pertina's husband, Patrick Lamont Isley, 44, fatally shot her before turning the weapon on himself. The bodies were discovered at their home on Burtner Street around 6:30 p.m.

The Greensboro police ruled the deaths as a murder-suicide after an investigation. No other suspects were involved, and no further arrests or litigations were ...
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  • Woodard Funeral Home: Obituary for Mrs. Pertina Tatum
  • Greensboro News & Record: Police: Man shot wife to death with son in the house, then took own life
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