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Karleen Jones

Case from Plackmain Parish, LA dated Nov 23, 1978

Victim Details

Karleen Jones

Female

Black / African American

Plackmain Parish

LA

1978-11-23

14

Karleen

Jones

06/26/2026

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In the autumn of 1978, a profound tragedy struck Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, forever altering the lives of one family. On November 23rd of that year, a 14-year-old Black female named Karleen Jones was killed. For decades, the circumstances surrounding her death remained a painful and unresolved mystery, a cold case that offered no answers and no justice for the young girl whose life was cut short. The passage of time did little to heal the wounds of such a loss, and the community was left wit ...
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