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Emma Jane Walker

Case from Knoxville, TN dated Nov 21, 2016

Victim Details

Emma Jane Walker

Female

White / Caucasian

Knoxville

TN

2016-11-21

16

Emma

Jane Walker

07/09/2026

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In the quiet early morning hours of November 21, 2016, the life of 16-year-old Emma Jane Walker was tragically cut short in her Knoxville, Tennessee, home. A promising Central High School student and cheerleader, she was discovered unresponsive in her bed by her mother, who had gone to wake her for school. Initially, the cause was not immediately clear, but investigators soon discovered a bullet hole in her bedroom wall, revealing a homicide. Walker had been fatally shot in her sleep, with a bul ...
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  • Knoxville News Sentinel: Family: Football player charged in cheerleader's slaying refused to accept breakup
  • Mother remembers the life of 16-year-old daughter shot and killed
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