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Benjamin Lee Doaks

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Jun 27, 2022

Victim Details

Benjamin Lee Doaks

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2022-06-27

59

Benjamin

Lee Doaks

06/25/2026

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Benjamin Lee Doaks, a 59-year-old man, died on June 27, 2022, in Birmingham after what authorities later classified as a homicide. He was found on the 200 block of 6th Place North in the Smithfield area, near Firehouse Ministries, a shelter known for serving homeless men in the city. Publicly available case summaries say he was found dead from blunt force trauma, turning what may first have looked like another grim discovery on a Birmingham street into a killing that joined the city’s surging ...
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