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Kiara Tatum

Case from Memphis, TN dated Jan 01, 2017

Victim Details

Kiara Tatum

Female

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2017-01-01

18

Kiara

Tatum

07/20/2026

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On a cold New Year's Day in 2017, the life of 18-year-old Kiara Tatum, a promising LeMoyne-Owen College student with dreams of becoming a nurse, was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence in Memphis, Tennessee. Her death marked the city's first homicide of the year, a somber beginning to the new year for the community and a devastating loss for her family.

In the early evening, Kiara was with a group of people in the Parkway Village neighborhood when two individuals exited a ...
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  • 2nd suspect charged in first homicide of 2017
  • 17-year-old charged in 18-year-old's death
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