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Duncan Ketter

Case from Boston, MA dated Dec 10, 2017

Victim Details

Duncan Ketter

Male

Black / African American

Boston

MA

2017-12-10

19

Duncan

Ketter

07/16/2026

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On a cold December evening in 2017, a young Black man named Duncan Ketter, age 19, lost his life on the streets of East Boston. His death on December 10th was not a random act of violence, but the tragic outcome of a drug deal that spiraled into a fatal robbery. Ketter, who was in a vehicle with a female friend to allegedly sell marijuana, was ambushed in what prosecutors described as a planned heist.

The events unfolded when a 16-year-old acquaintance arranged to buy marijuana from Kette ...
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