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On the night of May 9, 2023, 34-year-old African American male Lafayette Demone Woods was fatally shot in the 2400 block of Sycamore Street in Cairo, Illinois. The Cairo Police Department requested assistance from the Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 to investigate the incident. Woods was pronounced dead at the scene due to gunshot wounds.
Following an intensive investigation, authorities arrested 42-year-old Samuel L. Lewis, also an African American mal ...Read More
Following an intensive investigation, authorities arrested 42-year-old Samuel L. Lewis, also an African American mal ...Read More
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Lafayette Demone Woods
Male
Black / African American
Cairo
IL
2023-05-09
34
Lafayette
Demone Woods
11/20/2025
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I was reading about Lafayette Demone Woods and couldn't help but think about what an incredible fath... ...Read More
11/08/2023
11/08/2023
I can't stop thinking about the impact this has had on Lafayette's children. To lose a father so sud... ...Read More
09/13/2023
09/13/2023
