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Lanetta Mills

Case from Delmar, DE dated Nov 18, 1996

Victim Details

Lanetta Mills

Female

Black / African American

Delmar

DE

1996-11-18

26

Lanetta

Mills

07/18/2026

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Lanetta Mills, a 26-year-old woman from Delmar, Delaware, was tragically found murdered on November 18, 1996. Her body was discovered in a rural area of Sussex County, Delaware, on a dirt road near the intersection of Route 54 and Clarke Avenue, a location not far from her home. Lanetta had been reported missing earlier that evening, and her death was soon ruled a homicide by the authorities.

The investigation into Lanetta's murder revealed that she had been beaten and strangled, with si ...
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  • https://dsp.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/118/2021/11/Mills-Lanetta.pdf
  • Cape Gazette March 23, 2001: Page 20
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