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Dorcas Law

Case from Columbus, OH dated Jun 20, 2014

Victim Details

Dorcas Law

March 28, 2022

Female

African-American / Black

Columbus

OH

2014-06-20

26

Dorcas

Law

06/21/2026

1


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On June 20, 2014, Dorcas Law, age 26, was shot while driving in north Columbus, Ohio, in a tragic incident that also claimed the life of her passenger, Delrec Avant. Around 1:00 a.m., their car was found crashed into parked vehicles and a fire hydrant near Eden Springs Apartments on Roche Drive. Both victims had sustained gunshot wounds to their upper bodies. Law was taken to Riverside Methodist Hospital with life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead later that evening. Avant was transpo ...
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