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Jakeith Latham

Death by Force

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In the quiet neighborhood of Darley Woods in New Castle, Delaware, a grim discovery was made on the evening of December 20, 2016. A Black/African American male, Jakeith Latham, a 34-year-old from Clayton, New Jersey, was found by a passerby lying unconscious on a sidewalk in the 1000 block of Linda Road. When New Castle County Division of Police officers arrived around 5:50 p.m., they found that Latham was deceased, having sustained a fatal gunshot wound to his upper body. The incident was a sho ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Jakeith Latham

    Male

    Black / African American

    New Castle

    DE

    2016-12-20

    34

    Jakeith

    Latham

    Yes

    11/28/2025

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