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On a summer day in Detroit, the life of 21-year-old Lajoy Alford was tragically cut short. The African-American mother was found on June 8, 2011, on Orleans Street, the victim of a brutal execution-style shooting. She was not alone. Discovered with her in the car were two other individuals from Akron, Ohio: 26-year-old Donnell Lewis and another woman, identified in some reports as 22-year-old Shaynese Sykes and in others as Lajoy's own sister, 21-year-old Zipporah Alford. The shocking discovery ...Read More
Victim Details

Lajoy Alford

March 28, 2022

Female

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2011-06-08

2011-06-08

21

Lajoy

Alford

12/22/2025

1


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