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Nenomoshia Yates

Case from Washington, DC dated Oct 01, 1971

Victim Details

Nenomoshia Yates

November 7, 2023

Female

African-American / Black

Washington

DC

1971-10-01

1971-10-01

1971-10-01

1958-12-24

$150,000.00

12

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Nenomoshia Yates

Nenomoshia

Yates

Victim

06/26/2026


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A young girl runs an errand and is found dead three hours later
On the evening of October 1, 1971, 12-year-old Nenomoshia Yates, an African-American female known to her loved ones as 'Neno,' left her home on Benning Road in Southeast Washington, D.C. A sixth-grader at Kelly Miller Junior High School, she was sent on a simple errand to a nearby Safeway store to buy paper plates, sugar, and flour for her family. An employee at the grocery store later confirmed that Nenomoshia had purchased the items.

She never made it home. It is believed she was abduct ...
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  • Freeway Phantom - Wikipedia
  • Major Case/Unsolved Homicides - 1971-1990 | mpdc - DC.gov
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