Mary Jane Townsend

Death by Force

In the cold, early morning hours of February 7, 2015, the life of Mary Jane Townsend, a 48-year-old Black/African American female from New Haven, Connecticut, was tragically cut short. Just before 1:30 a.m., the sound of several gunshots echoed through the Hill section of the city, prompting a 911 call that would lead police to a grim discovery at the rear of a building on Second Street. There, they found Townsend outside, having sustained gunshot wounds to her torso. She was pronounced deceased ...Read More

New Haven police identify woman found fatally shot

Police identify New Haven woman, 48, shot to death in Hill section

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