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Marcus Cosby Jr

Case from Anchorage, AK dated Mar 11, 2016

Victim Details

Marcus Dushun Cosby Jr

December 14, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Anchorage

AK

2016-03-11

2016-03-11

24

Marcus

Cosby Jr

06/21/2026


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A 24-year-old Black man, Marcus Dushun Cosby Jr., was found dead on the morning of March 11, 2016 in Eagle River, a community in Anchorage, Alaska. He was discovered outside a residence on the 16000 block of Centerfield Drive, following a welfare check request at about 3:30 a.m. Cosby had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

The Anchorage Police Department treated the situation as a suspicious death and later classified it as a homicide. The scene was processed by the Crime Scene Unit; APD ...
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