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On a cold December evening in Omaha, Nebraska, the life of 22-year-old Destacia Straughn, a Black/African American female, was tragically cut short. On December 6, 2015, a violent outburst shattered the quiet of the Bluffs at Cherry Hills Apartments. That Sunday night, gunfire erupted, striking five people within one of the residences. Straughn and her two-year-old daughter, Kenacia Amerson-Straughn, were killed at the scene. Three other women, identified as 18-year-old Jamie Latner, 21-year-old ...Read More
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Destacia Straughn
Female
Black / African American
Omaha
NE
2015-12-06
22
Destacia
Straughn
Yes
11/04/2025
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I just can't stop thinking about the sequence of police calls leading up to the tragic deaths of Des... ...Read More
10/09/2023
10/09/2023
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I can't stop thinking about the courage it must have taken for those three women wh... ...Read More
09/25/2023
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09/25/2023
