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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 ...Read More
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 ...Read More
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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
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Nenomoshia Yates
Nenomoshia
Yates
Victim
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I've been following the discussions about Nenomoshia Yates and the possibility that she might be ano... ...Read More
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