In the winter of 1993, Shawna Denise Hawk, a 20-year-old Black woman, was diligently building a future for herself in Charlotte, North Carolina. A paralegal student at Central Piedmont Community College, she also worked at a local Taco Bell to support herself and her mother, Dee Sumpter, with whom she lived. Described as a bright young woman with a smile that could light up a room, Shawna was pursuing a career in law and shared her life with her boyfriend, Darrell. Her aspirations were tragicall
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