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Gordon Johnson

Case from Pittsburgh, PA dated Aug 14, 2016

Victim Details

Gordon Johnson

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Pittsburgh

PA

2016-08-14

2016-08-14

33

Gordon

Johnson

06/30/2026


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In the late summer of 2016, the life of 33-year-old Gordan Johnson, a male resident of Pittsburgh, was cut short in a violent act that remains a mystery. His body was discovered in a remote, grassy area behind a vacant home in the city's Lawrenceville neighborhood, near 57th Street. The discovery was made by firefighters who were responding to a vehicle fire in the early morning hours of a Sunday in mid-August.

The car, which was found burning at approximately 6:30 a.m., had been recently ...
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