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Kayla Neel

Case from Bluewell, WV dated Dec 16, 2014

Victim Details

Kayla Neel

Female

White / Caucasian

Bluewell

WV

2014-12-16

20

Kayla

Neel

07/17/2026

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In a tragic turn of events on December 16, 2014, 20-year-old Caucasian female Kayla Neel of Bluewell, West Virginia, succumbed to injuries sustained in a shooting that occurred twelve days earlier. On December 4, 2014, Neel and a friend, 23-year-old Dakota Walls, were sitting in a truck in Mercer County when they were ambushed. The alleged assailant, Michael Neel, Jr., Kayla's estranged husband, approached the vehicle and opened fire on both occupants.

Both Neel and Walls were struck by t ...
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