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Zamiyah Taylor-Evans

Case from Memphis, TN dated Apr 14, 2016

Victim Details

Zamiyah Taylor-Evans

December 25, 2023

Female

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2016-04-14

2016-04-14

4

Zamiyah Taylor-Evans

Zamiyah

Taylor-Evans

victim

Black

Brown

07/13/2026


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A young girl is beat to death while her mother is at work
In Memphis, Tennessee, on April 14, 2016, a four-year-old African-American girl named Zamiyah Taylor-Evans died in a tragic and violent incident. Her mother had entrusted her and her younger brother to the care of her ex-boyfriend, Richard Lassister, at an East Memphis motel while she was at work. When the mother returned, she made a horrifying discovery: Zamiyah was unresponsive, her small body covered in cuts and bruises. Despite her mother's immediate call for help, it was too late to save th ...
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