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Bertha Jean Mason

Case from Detroit, MI dated Dec 11, 1991

Victim Details

Bertha Jean Mason

Female

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

1991-12-11

26

Bertha

Jean Mason

07/24/2026

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In the winter of 1991, a chilling discovery was made in an abandoned building in Detroit, Michigan. The body of 26-year-old Bertha Jean Mason, a female, was found on December 30th. She had been brutally raped, sodomized, and strangled to death. Her disappearance on December 11th had left her family in agonizing uncertainty, a painful void that was tragically filled with the grim reality of her murder. Her case was not an isolated incident but part of a string of horrific crimes that terrorized t ...
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  • Bertha Jean Mason (1965-1991) - Find a Grave Memorial
  • Benjamin Atkins - Wikipedia
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