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Alan Martin

Case from Washington, DC dated Jul 25, 2008

Victim Details

Alan Martin

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

2008-07-25

2008-07-25

25

Alan

Martin

06/23/2026


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Alan Martin, a 25-year-old Black man, died on July 25, 2008, in Washington, D.C. Family death notices placed his passing on that Friday and set funeral services for the following week at Greater Tried Stone Baptist Church in Northwest, marking the somber certainty of his loss.

Accounts compiled from online case summaries place the killing along the 1900 block of Southern Avenue, Southeast, a corridor on the D.C.–Prince George’s County line that has seen recurring violence. The brief ...
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  • CRIME & JUSTICE - The Washington Post
  • Alan Martin Obituary (2008) - Washington
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