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Nyla Athena Joyce Crayton

Case from High-point, NC dated Jan 07, 2023

Victim Details

Nyla Athena Joyce Crayton

Female

Black / African American

High-point

NC

2023-01-07

16

Nyla

Athena Joyce Crayton

07/04/2026

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On January 7, 2023, in High Point, North Carolina, 16-year-old Nyla Athena Joyce Crayton tragically lost her life in a murder-suicide incident. Her father, 45-year-old Robert J. Crayton Jr., fatally shot Nyla, her mother Athalia, aged 46, and her brothers Kasin, 18, and Nasir, 10, before taking his own life.

The High Point Police Department responded to the family's residence on Mossy Meadow Drive after receiving reports of two individuals, aged 22 and 25, fleeing the home and seeking ...
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  • Obituary for Nyla Athena Joyce Crayton | Bostick Tompkins Funeral Home
  • Queen City News: ‘We may never know why’; family dead in High Point murder-suicide, police say
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    I've been following the Crayton family tragedy, and I can't help but think about the... ...Read More
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