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Ashlei Hinds

Death by Force
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A New Year's celebration turned into a tragedy, claiming the life of 18-year-old Ashlei Hinds, a promising college student from Clinton, Maryland. The young woman, a freshman at Louisiana State University, was home for the holidays and attending a party at an Embassy Suites hotel in the Friendship Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C., when she was fatally shot in the early hours of January 1, 2024. Her death marked the first homicide of the new year in the nation's capital.

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  • Congress Heights on the Rise: MPD 2D | 18-year-old Jelani Cousin Arrested in Homicide of 18-Year-Old Ashlei Hinds — Congress Heights on the Rise
  • wusa9.com: Suspect sought after 18-year-old woman shot, killed inside Friendship Heights hotel on New Year's Day
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    Victim Details

    Ashlei Hinds

    Female

    Black / African American

    Washington

    DC

    2024-01-01

    18

    Ashlei

    Hinds

    Yes

    11/16/2025

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