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Do you know who murdered Willie Best?
On a cold Saturday evening in early January 2005, Willie Best, an African-American man living with his family in the Barry Farms housing project in Southeast Washington, D.C., made his way through the hallway of 1249 Eaton Road SE. Just months earlier, he and his mother had been uprooted from their old neighborhood after surviving a violent robbery, their lives reshaped by the decision to cooperate with law enforcement. The move to Barry Farms was supposed to be a step toward safety and stabilit ...Read More
On a cold Saturday evening in early January 2005, Willie Best, an African-American man living with his family in the Barry Farms housing project in Southeast Washington, D.C., made his way through the hallway of 1249 Eaton Road SE. Just months earlier, he and his mother had been uprooted from their old neighborhood after surviving a violent robbery, their lives reshaped by the decision to cooperate with law enforcement. The move to Barry Farms was supposed to be a step toward safety and stabilit ...Read More
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Willie Best
January 9, 2023
Male
African-American / Black
Washington
DC
2005-01-05
2005-01-05
Willie
Best
11/15/2025
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It's been nearly two decades since Willie Best was tragically killed, and it still haunts me that th... ...Read More
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