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Shannon Mullen

Case from Detroit, MI dated Nov 10, 2012

Victim Details

Shannon Mullen

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2012-11-10

2012-11-10

25

Shannon

Mullen

06/30/2026


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In the winter of 2011, a chilling discovery was made in the southwest side of Detroit, bringing a weeks-long search for a missing man to a grim conclusion. The body of James Mullen, a 39-year-old male from the nearby suburb of Oak Park, was found inside his snow-covered SUV. He had been fatally shot, and investigators believed his body had been in the vehicle for a considerable amount of time, possibly since he was last seen three weeks prior.

The unsettling find was made after residents ...
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