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Yancy Whitehead

Case from Topeka, KS dated Mar 08, 2025

Victim Details

Yancy Whitehead

Male

Black / African American

Topeka

KS

2025-03-08

22

Yancy

Whitehead

06/23/2026

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In the early morning hours of March 8, 2025, the life of 22-year-old Yancy Ja'Quan Tremel Whitehead was tragically cut short in a shooting in Topeka, Kansas. An African American male, Whitehead was found by first responders around 3 a.m. in the 2900 block of SE Freemont Road with life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other individuals were also injured in the incident; one sustained life-threatening injuries while the other's were non-life-threatening. Whitehead's d ...
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  • Hays Post: Police ask for help to locate Kansas homicide suspect
  • https://www.wibw.com: UPDATE: Topeka Police arrest person of interest in city’s 3rd homicide investigation of 2025
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