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Mychelle Elizabeth Barton

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Jul 28, 1999

Victim Details

Mychelle Elizabeth Barton

Female

White / Caucasian

Atlanta

GA

1999-7-28

8

Mychelle

Elizabeth Barton

07/19/2026

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Mychelle Elizabeth Barton, an 8-year-old girl, was tragically killed in her home in a suburban Atlanta apartment in Stockbridge, Georgia. Her life was cut short on the night of Wednesday, July 28, 1999, a day after her stepmother, Leigh Ann Vandiver Barton, 27, was also killed in the same apartment. Mychelle and her 11-year-old brother, Matthew, were bludgeoned to death with a hammer by their father, Mark O. Barton, as they slept.

After murdering his children, Mark Barton placed their bod ...
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  • Why I killed my wife and children | US news
  • 1999 Atlanta day trading firm shootings - Wikipedia
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