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Jesse Ray Rakes

Case from Salt Lake City, UT dated Aug 28, 2016

Victim Details

Jesse Ray Rakes

Male

White / Caucasian

Salt Lake City

UT

2016-08-28

30

Jesse

Ray Rakes

07/01/2026

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In the early morning hours of August 28, 2016, a sequence of events that began with a seemingly innocent request for help quickly spiraled into a fatal encounter for 30-year-old White male Jesse Ray Rakes in Salt Lake City, Utah. The incident, initially reported as a drug deal gone awry, was later detailed by investigators as a botched robbery attempt.

Rakes, along with his associates Michael Sean Polk, 34, and Matthew Gordon Eyre, 35, were near 550 W. 300 South when they encountered Dani ...
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  • 1 dead, 4 arrested in Salt Lake drug deal gone bad, police say | KSL.com
  • SLC Police identify man shot dead in 'drug deal gone bad'
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