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Janica Shoals

Case from Oklahoma City, OK dated May 18, 2012

Victim Details

Janica Shoals

March 28, 2022

Female

Black / African American

Oklahoma City

OK

2012-05-18

2012-05-18

50

Janica

Shoals

Yes

06/28/2026


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In May of 2012, a fatal encounter in northwest Oklahoma City led to the tragic death of 50-year-old Janica Shoals. The woman's life was cut short by a gunshot, an act of violence that would later be the subject of a murder conviction. The circumstances of their meeting were acknowledged by the man who would eventually be found responsible, though he denied his role in her death.

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