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Debra Renfors

Case from Lansing, MI dated Aug 09, 2007

Victim Details

Debra Renfors

Female

White / Caucasian

Lansing

MI

2007-08-09

46

Debra

Renfors

07/05/2026

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In the summer of 2007, a wave of fear gripped the city of Lansing, Michigan, as a string of brutal murders targeting women unfolded. Among the victims was Debra Renfors, a 46-year-old woman who was trying to turn her life around. On August 9, 2007, her beaten body was discovered in her apartment in the 1000 block of North Washington Street. The violence inflicted upon her was stark; she had been bludgeoned to death and sexually assaulted. Her death was the third of its kind in a harrowing two-we ...
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  • Parolee Linked to Killing of 5 Women in Michigan Capital
  • Suspected serial killer ordered to trial in Lansing - MLive.com
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    Reading about Debra Renfors' life before her tragic death really got to me. It sounds like she was w... ...Read More
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