In the summer of 2021, a promising young life was tragically cut short. Tyliyah Whitis, a 15-year-old Black female from Peoria, Illinois, was visiting her sister in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. On July 20, 2021, what should have been a time for family and creating joyful memories turned into a day of profound loss and unanswered questions. The teenager, known to her loved ones as "Ty," was discovered in a vehicle that had crashed at the Hawthorne Hill Apartments. It was a scene that would soon reveal a v
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