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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
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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Avery "Peaches" Shorts
January 17, 2023
Female
African-American / Black
Knoxville
TN
1982-01-23
1980-12-26
6
Avery Peaches
Shorts
11/12/2025
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