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Lawrence King Jr

Case from Memphis, TN dated May 16, 2017

Victim Details

Lawrence King Jr

Male

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2017-05-16

44

Lawrence

King Jr

06/28/2026

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Lawrence King Jr. was a 44-year-old African American male from Memphis, Tennessee, whose life ended on May 16, 2017. In the days that followed, the public record of his death was carried in an obituary notice tied to a Memphis funeral home, while friends and relatives left brief, stunned messages of grief in an online guest book—small snapshots of a person whose absence suddenly felt impossible to explain.

That Tuesday afternoon, violence found King in the Castalia Heights area. Memphi ...
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  • Legacy.com: Lawrence King Jr. Obituary (2017) The Commercial Appeal
  • The Commercial Appeal: Victim in South Memphis slaying is identified
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