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Kaylissa O’Leary

Death by Force
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On a summer evening in Taylorsville, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City, 17-year-old Kaylissa O’Leary, a White female, attended a house party that would tragically be her last. The night of August 24, 2019, ended in chaos and sorrow when a gunshot echoed through the residence. When police arrived, they found Kaylissa deceased on the living room floor with a gunshot wound to her forehead. A. 380-caliber shell casing was discovered several feet away from her body.

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    Victim Details

    Kaylissa O’Leary

    Female

    White / Caucasian

    Salt Lake City

    UT

    2019-08-24

    17

    Kaylissa

    O’Leary

    11/05/2025

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