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Dantrell Burks

Case from Houston, TX dated Mar 22, 2016

Victim Details

Dantrell Burks

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Houston

TX

2016-03-22

21

Dantrell

Burks

Yes

07/13/2026


Area Body Found:

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Dantrell Burks, 21, was fatally shot on March 21, 2016, while riding his bicycle in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred late at night along Northborough Drive. Burks was found lying on the sidewalk and pronounced dead at the scene. For years, the case went unsolved, with no suspects or witnesses initially identified.

In 2021, Chris Roddy was charged with Burks' murder after confessing to the crime during an interrogation related to another homicide. Roddy, who was already in custody f ...
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