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Sheldon Gordy

Case from Washington, DC dated Mar 31, 2016

Victim Details

Sheldon Gordy

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

2016-03-31

2016-03-31

55

Sheldon

Gordy

07/14/2026


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In the early evening of January 5, 2016, a grim discovery was made in a Northwest Washington, D.C. apartment. Sheldon Scott Gordy, a 55-year-old male resident of the city, was found unconscious and unresponsive inside a residence on the 1300 block of Nicholson Street. The initial circumstances surrounding his condition were unclear, prompting an investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department.

Following the discovery, Gordy was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner f ...
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