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Janice Short

Case from Washington, DC dated Sep 18, 2004

Victim Details

Janice Short

January 9, 2023

Female

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

2004-09-18

2004-09-18

36

Janice

Short

06/22/2026


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On a late Saturday afternoon, just a day before she would have celebrated her 37th birthday, Janice Short's life was tragically cut short by gunfire in Washington, D.C. The stay-at-home mother of three was visiting her own mother on September 18, 2004, in the 300 block of Seaton Street NE to plan her birthday dinner. At approximately 4:40 p.m., while chatting with two men she knew from the neighborhood in front of a vacant apartment building, shots rang out.

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  • Janice Short - Homicide Victim - Metropolitan Police Department
  • Janet Short-Satterthwaite Obituary (2004) - The Washington Post
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