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Valerie Ricks

Case from Houston, TX dated Jul 27, 2011

Victim Details

Valerie Ricks

March 28, 2022

Female

Black / African American

Houston

TX

2011-07-27

55

Valerie

Ricks

06/27/2026

1


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Valerie Ann Ricks, a 55-year-old woman from Fayetteville, Arkansas, tragically died on July 27, 2011, in Houston, Texas. She was found shot in the head near a feeder road just south of downtown Houston. Valerie was nude from the waist down when discovered by a couple who were driving to buy doughnuts early in the morning. The scene was bloody, and the circumstances suggested that Valerie might have been shot elsewhere and her body dumped at the location.

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  • Police ID woman found dead along 288 - Houston - KHOU
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