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DeShon Lee

Case from Denver, CO dated Jan 11, 2010

Victim Details

DeShon Lee

November 11, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Denver

CO

2010-01-11

2010-01-11

true

$2,000.00

19

2010-17725

lonell-franklin-denver-co-2010

DeShon

Lee

Victim

07/19/2026


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Do you know who murdered DeShon Lee and Lonell Franklin in 2010?
In the cold night of January 11, 2010, a verbal altercation at a liquor store in Denver, Colorado, set in motion a tragic chain of events that would end in the death of 19-year-old DeShon Lee. Lee, a Black male, was with his friend, Lonell Franklin, when the dispute occurred with an unidentified individual at a liquor store located at Bruce Randolph and York Street. Following the argument, Lee, Franklin, and a female companion left the location in their vehicle.

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