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Robert Adams

Case from Washington, DC dated May 01, 2004

Victim Details

Robert Adams

January 8, 2023

Male

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

2004-05-01

2004-05-01

16

Robert

Adams

07/11/2026


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Robert Adams, a 16-year-old African-American male, stepped into the Tai Chang Carry-Out on Bladensburg Road in Northeast Washington, D.C., just around midnight as Friday, April 30, 2004, turned into Saturday, May 1. The small restaurant at 1023 Bladensburg Road NE sat on a well-traveled corridor, the kind of place where late-night customers drifted in for food under the bright, humming lights while traffic moved steadily past outside. In those early moments of the new day, whatever had brought R ...
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  • Major Case/Unsolved Homicides - 2004 | mpdc - DC.gov
  • Congressional Record, Volume 150 Issue 120 ... - GovInfo
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