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Justin Trnka

Case from Newark, DE dated Mar 17, 2009

Victim Details

Justin Trnka

Male

White / Caucasian

Newark

DE

2009-03-17

19

Justin

Trnka

Yes

07/08/2026

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White/Caucasian male, age 19, Justin Davis Trnka died on March 17, 2009, in Newark, Delaware. That Tuesday evening, he was discovered inside his car behind the BJ’s store at 100 Pencader Plaza, slumped in the driver’s seat with a gunshot wound. First responders rushed him to Christiana Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, and detectives began working a scene tucked behind a busy shopping plaza, piecing together how a teenager’s ordinary night ended in violence.

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  • Delaware man charged in 2009 cold case killing of 19-year-old man
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