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Jakeith Latham

Case from New Castle, DE dated Dec 20, 2016

Victim Details

Jakeith Latham

Male

Black / African American

New Castle

DE

2016-12-20

34

Jakeith

Latham

Yes

07/25/2026

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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 ...
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