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Kayla Nicole Banks

Case from Hope, AR dated Sep 05, 2020

Victim Details

Kayla Nicole Banks

Male

White / Caucasian

Hope

AR

2020-09-05

34

Kayla

Nicole Banks

07/25/2026

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In the early morning hours of September 5, 2020, the quiet of a neighborhood in Hope, Arkansas, was shattered by the sound of gunshots. Officers from the Hope Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 400 block of Moses Street at approximately 4:35 a.m. Inside the home, they discovered a tragic scene.

Thirty-four-year-old Kayla Nicole Banks and thirty-eight-year-old Ottis Harris were found deceased. Both were residents of Hope. The investigation that followed determined that ...
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  • Texarkana Today: Hope Police Investigating Murder Suicide | Texarkana Today
  • Obituary | KAYLA NICOLE BANKS LEMLEY of HOPE, Arkansas
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