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Tina Slaughter

Case from Minneapolis, MN dated Jul 11, 1985

Victim Details

Tina Slaughter

June 14, 2022

Female

African-American / Black

Minneapolis

MN

1985-07-11

27

Tina

Slaughter

Victim

07/01/2026


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A young mother is killed during a burglary in Minneapolis
In the early morning hours of July 11, 1985, Tina Slaughter, a 27-year-old African-American single mother of two young boys, was brutally attacked in her Minneapolis home. An intruder broke into her apartment on the 1700 block of Fremont Avenue North and stabbed her multiple times while her children, Duane and Marcellus, slept peacefully in another room, unharmed.

Despite her severe injuries, Slaughter fought for her life. After being attacked in her bed and another room, she managed to e ...
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