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Lataya Cook, a 10-year-old girl, tragically died alongside her 8-year-old sister, Alaya, on March 9, 2011, when their home in Detroit was set ablaze in an apparent arson attack. Their father, Dante Cook, attempted to rescue the children by jumping from a second-story window and urging them to follow, but the girls were too frightened to escape. The fire, believed to be intentional, highlighted the dangerous climate of violence in Detroit at the time, prompting community and police efforts to edu ...Read More
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Lataya Cook
March 28, 2022
Female
African-American / Black
Detroit
MI
2011-03-09
10
Lataya
Cook
11/06/2025
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the community's response to Lataya and Alaya Cook's devastating sit... ...Read More
04/19/2023
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