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Kimberly Dotson

Case from Cleveland, OH dated Apr 21, 2015

Victim Details

Kimberly Dotson

Female

Cleveland

OH

2015-04-21

47

Kimberly

Dotson

07/04/2026

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Kimberly Dotson, a 47-year-old woman from Cleveland, OH, tragically died on April 21, 2015. She was the loving mother of Miranda Scott and the dearest nana of Charlize Scott. Her death was the result of a brutal murder committed by her roommate, Gabriel Acosta, and his girlfriend, Chante Dillon. The couple duct-taped, beat, and suffocated Kimberly Dotson to death after she wrecked their car. They then bagged her body in trash bags and disposed of it in a dumpster.

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  • cleveland.com: Cleveland woman shot dead by ex-husband in apparent double murder-suicide identified
  • cleveland.com: Woman killed in murder-suicide identified as 19-year-old girlfriend of gunman
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