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Raquel Adams

Case from Chicago, IL dated May 12, 2023

Victim Details

Raquel Adams

Female

Black / African American

Chicago

IL

2023-05-12

32

Raquel

Adams

Yes

07/25/2026

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Just after midnight on May 12, 2023, patrol officers in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood spotted a small fire climbing up the side of a house on the 6400 block of South Damen Avenue.
Once they were able to gain initial entry of the building, they forced their way toward the rear of the home, they discovered 32 year old Raquel A. Adams, a Black woman with a gunshot wound to the back of her head.
She was rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: Woman found shot to death near fire in West Englewood
  • Chicago man fatally shot woman in head, then set her home on fire ...
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    Hi everyone, I've been following this case closely and there's something that's been on my mind. I c... ...Read More
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