Avery Peaches Shorts

Murdered
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Do you know who murdered Avery Vernie \Peaches\ Shorts in 1980?
Avery Vernie "Peaches" Shorts, a six-year-old girl from Knoxville, Tennessee, went missing on December 26, 1980, after leaving her home at the Montgomery Village Housing Project to visit a nearby convenience store. Despite an extensive search effort, Avery was not located until over a year later. On January 23, 1982, her remains were found in a rural area off Singleton Station Road in Blount County, Tennessee. The case was immediately classified as a homicide, but it remains unsolved despite ong ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Avery "Peaches" Shorts

    January 17, 2023

    Female

    African-American / Black

    Knoxville

    TN

    1982-01-23

    1980-12-26

    6

    Avery Peaches

    Shorts

    10/21/2024


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