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Dmarea Thornton

Case from Toledo, OH dated Apr 18, 2023

Victim Details

Dmarea Thornton

Male

Black / African American

Toledo

OH

2023-04-18

19

Dmarea

Thornton

Yes

06/23/2026

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In April 2023, 19-year-old D’Marea Thornton, a Black male from Toledo, Ohio, slipped out of everyday contact with his family in a way that immediately felt wrong to the people who knew him best. When his mother realized she hadn’t heard from him, she went to police, and a missing-person alert went out describing him as last seen on April 15 in the 1800 block of Wychwood in west Toledo, with a plea for anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.

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  • The Blade: ‘It’s been hell’: Inside Toledo’s surge of teen killings
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