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Hilda Donaway

Case from Bridgeville, DE dated Dec 22, 2021

Victim Details

Hilda Donaway

Female

White / Caucasian

Bridgeville

DE

2021-12-22

70

Hilda

Donaway

Yes

07/20/2026

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Hilda “Gail” Donaway, a 70-year-old White/Caucasian female from Bridgeville, Delaware, was killed on the evening of December 22, 2021, inside her home in the 11000 block of Abbys Way. The winter evening turned violent at about 6:18 p.m., when Delaware State Police were sent to the residence for a reported shooting. The home was occupied by Hilda and her grandson, and the scene investigators later described was not a single shot or a sudden struggle inside the house, but an attack from outsid ...
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  • https://baytobaynews.com/stories/police-identify-bridgeville-murder-victim,67047?
  • *Update #1* Delaware State Police Arrest a Millsboro Man for Murder- Bridgeville - Delaware State Police - State of Delaware
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