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Nathaniel Baker

Case from Gadsden, AL dated Apr 15, 1994

Victim Details

Nathaniel Baker

Male

Gadsden

AL

1994-04-15

17

Nathaniel

Baker

Yes

06/22/2026

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In the late hours of April 15, 1994, transitioning into the early morning of April 16, a sense of routine work filled the Popeyes restaurant in East Gadsden, Alabama, as employees began their closing duties. Among them was 17-year-old Nathaniel Baker, a young man working alongside his colleagues. As Nathaniel and another 17-year-old employee, Bryant Archer, went to take out the trash, a coworker unlocked the back door for them, unknowingly opening a path to a tragic and violent encounter that wo ...
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  • al: Man set to die for killing 3 in 1994 Popeye's shooting
  • 1994 Popeyes shooting - Wikipedia
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