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Marianna Alicia Woods

Case from Spindale, NC dated Sep 18, 2023

Victim Details

Marianna Alicia Woods

Female

Black / African American

Spindale

NC

2023-09-18

23

Marianna

Alicia Woods

07/15/2026

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On the evening of September 18, 2023, at approximately 8:25 p.m., officers from the Spindale Police Department responded to a reported shooting at the Stagecoach Motel on East Main Street in Spindale, North Carolina. Upon arrival, they discovered 23-year-old Marianna Alicia Woods lying outside room 14, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical services pronounced her dead at the scene.

Inside the motel room, officers found 23-year-old Darrin Marquis Ross of Shelby, Nort ...
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  • Carolina Simple Services: Marianna Alicia Woods Obituary 2023 - Carolina Simple Services
  • WLOS: Police release names in fatal Spindale shooting, one in custody charged with murder
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    I can’t stop thinking about Marianna’s memorial service and how it must have been such a profoun... ...Read More
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