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Clifton Sparks

Case from Cedar Rapids, IA dated Feb 03, 2014

Victim Details

Clifton Sparks

Male

Black / African American

Cedar Rapids

IA

2014-02-03

31

Clifton

Sparks

06/29/2026

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In the early morning hours of February 3, 2014, the quiet of a Cedar Rapids, Iowa neighborhood was broken by a grim discovery. Clifton Sparks, a 31-year-old Black / African American man, was found lying unresponsive in the 1800 block of B Avenue NE. Emergency services were called to the scene, but it was too late to save him. Sparks had sustained a traumatic injury and was pronounced dead, turning a cold winter night into the scene of a homicide investigation.

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  • Cedar Rapids man to serve 45 years for killing Clifton Sparks
  • Cedar Rapids man arrested in Sparks murder | The Gazette
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