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Rosalyn Wordlaw

Case from Detroit, MI dated Oct 09, 2025

Victim Details

Rosalyn Wordlaw

Female

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2025-10-09

65

Rosalyn

Wordlaw

07/09/2026

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In the early morning hours of October 9, 2025, the quiet of a Detroit neighborhood was shattered by a tragic act of violence that claimed the life of 65-year-old Rosalyn Wordlaw. A beloved grandmother, she was fatally shot inside a home on Griggs Street in what authorities have described as a murder-suicide.

Family members identified the shooter as Wordlaw's own grandson, Corey Oliver, a man in his 20s. According to relatives, Oliver had been grappling with escalating and undiagnosed ment ...
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  • FOX 2 Detroit: Grandmother, grandson killed in Detroit murder-suicide, family says
  • The Detroit News: Grandmother, grandson found dead in apparent murder-suicide, Detroit police say
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