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Joshua LaFrance

Case from Houston, TX dated Feb 02, 2025

Victim Details

Joshua LaFrance

Male

White / Caucasian

Houston

TX

2025-02-02

21

Joshua

LaFrance

07/16/2026

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On February 2, 2025, 21-year-old Joshua LaFrance was found fatally shot in a motel room located in the Cloverleaf area of East Houston, Texas. Responding to a welfare check around 1:30 p.m., deputies from the Harris County Sheriff's Office discovered the young man deceased on the bed, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. The victim, identified as a 21-year-old male, was accompanied at the time by a teenage girl and 17-year-old Julian Vela, who would later be charged in connection with the h ...
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  • FOX 26 Houston: Teen charged in man's shooting death at east Houston motel, sheriff says
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