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Dante Evans Brown

Case from Cincinnati, OH dated Jun 08, 1980

Victim Details

Dante Evans Brown

Male

Black / African American

Cincinnati

OH

1980-06-08

13

Dante

Evans Brown

07/14/2026

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Dante Evans Brown, a 13-year-old African American boy from Cincinnati, OH, tragically lost his life on June 8, 1980. Dante and his 14-year-old cousin, Darrell Lane, were walking to a store to buy candy when they were shot by a sniper. The incident occurred on Reading Road, and Dante died at the scene, while Darrell was critically injured but survived.

The case remained unsolved for 17 years until 1997, when racist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin confessed to the murders. Franklin, who ...
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