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Joseph Ayala Maya

Case from Harrisburg, PA dated Apr 12, 2020

Victim Details

Joseph Ayala Maya

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Harrisburg

PA

2020-04-12

20

Joseph

Ayala Maya

06/22/2026

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Joseph Ayala Maya, a 20-year-old Hispanic/Latino male from Harrisburg, was killed on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, after a violent confrontation inside a home on South 13th Street. Police were first called around 3:30 p.m. for what was initially reported as an assault or an unresponsive person, and officers found him lying between two parked vehicles in the parking lot of the Park Apartments near the 1400 block of South 15th Street. By the time officers arrived, Ayala Maya had already been decl ...
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