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Chickenia Livingston

Case from Knoxville, TN dated May 18, 2023

Victim Details

Chickenia Livingston

Female

Black / African American

Knoxville

TN

2023-05-18

48

Chickenia

Livingston

06/20/2026

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In the backyard of a Knoxville, Tennessee home on May 18, 2023, the life of 48-year-old Chickenia Livingston, a female employee of East Tennessee State University, was tragically cut short. She was an innocent bystander in a dispute that escalated to fatal violence. The events of that day unfolded when 76-year-old John Rooker DeLoach became embroiled in a heated argument with another individual.

The verbal altercation quickly turned physical when DeLoach struck the other person with his w ...
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