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Scott Groats

Case from Detroit, MI dated Dec 18, 2011

Victim Details

Scott Groats

March 28, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Detroit

MI

2011-12-18

2011-12-18

30

Scott

Groats

07/07/2026


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In the early morning hours of a cold December day in 2011, a night out in Detroit for 30-year-old Scott Groat turned into a fatal encounter. A talented tattoo artist from the downriver community of Wyandotte and a doting father to a one-year-old daughter, Groat had been attending a private party at the MGM Grand Detroit with a friend. The evening took a tragic turn when, at approximately 3 a.m. on December 18th, he found himself in a confrontation just a few blocks from the casino.

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