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Dotanisha NeNe Funches

Case from East St Louis, IL dated Jun 04, 2023

Victim Details

Dotanisha (NeNe) Funches

Female

Black / African American

East St Louis

IL

2023-06-04

26

Dotanisha

NeNe Funches

07/21/2026

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Just after 3:30 a.m. on June 4, 2023, gunfire cut through the quiet of East St. Louis, drawing officers to the 900 block of St. Louis Avenue, where three people had been shot.

Among them was Dotanisha “NeNe” Funches, a 26-year-old Black female from East St. Louis, who was rushed to Touchette Regional Hospital in Cahokia Heights and pronounced dead at 3:43 a.m., according to the St. Clair county coroner.

Police Chief Kendall Perry said detectives were in the early stages of th ...
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  • Yahoo News: Shooting leaves woman dead, two others injured early Sunday in East St. Louis
  • Dotanisha (NeNe) Funches, age 26 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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