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Byiringiro Mupenzi

Case from Houston, TX dated May 30, 2017

Victim Details

Byiringiro Mupenzi

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Houston

TX

2017-05-30

25

Byiringiro

Mupenzi

06/27/2026


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Byiringiro Mupenzi, a 25-year-old Congolese refugee, was found dead on May 30, 2017, in the parking lot of his apartment complex in Houston, Texas. He was discovered naked and suffered severe lacerations, leading authorities to believe he was decapitated. Mupenzi had fled the Democratic Republic of Congo during the civil war and had been living in Houston for four years. He was last seen alive by his best friend on the evening of May 28, 2017, when they went shopping together. Mupenzi was suppos ...
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