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Jonas Johnson

Case from Detroit, MI dated Aug 21, 2013

Victim Details

Jonas Johnson

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2013-08-21

2013-08-21

51

Jonas

Johnson

Yes

07/16/2026


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In the turbulent landscape of Detroit in 2013, a year marked by a significant number of homicides, the life of a man named Jonas Johnson was tragically cut short. The specific details of his age and ethnicity are not publicly available, but his death would set in motion a legal battle that would wind its way through the Michigan court system.

The circumstances surrounding Johnson's death led to the arrest of Fernandus Cortez Ellen. The events of that fatal encounter remain somewhat obscur ...
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