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Tara Brooks

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Nov 17, 2009

Victim Details

Tara Brooks

March 28, 2022

Female

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2009-11-17

2009-11-17

yes

20,000

41

Tara

Brooks

07/19/2026


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In the early morning hours of November 17, 2009, just before Thanksgiving, 41-year-old Tara Monique Brooks was shot and killed inside her Southwest Philadelphia home on the 6100 block of Upland Street. Her husband, Kevin Brooks, told police that four armed and masked men broke into their house around 3:30 a.m., demanding drugs and money.

According to Kevin Brooks' account to the authorities, two of the men duct-taped his arms and legs and brought him downstairs, where his wife was with th ...
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  • 13 years later, murder of Southwest Philly woman remains unsolved
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