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Brenda Evans

Case from Detroit, MI dated May 13, 2012

Victim Details

Brenda Evans

March 28, 2022

Female

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2012-05-13

2012-05-13

61

Brenda

Evans

07/10/2026


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On a tragic Mother's Day in 2012, the lives of 61-year-old Brenda Evans and her 71-year-old husband, William, were brutally cut short in their home on Lenox Street in Detroit, Michigan. The African-American couple was discovered on May 13th, having been fatally stabbed. The Wayne County medical examiner's office officially ruled their deaths as homicides.

In the initial stages of the investigation, authorities considered the possibility that the Evans' home was connected to drug-related a ...
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