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Darrel Vilifana

Case from Boston, MA dated Jul 30, 2002

Victim Details

Darrel Vilifana

Male

Black / African American

Boston

MA

2002-07-30

22

Darrel

Vilifana

07/23/2026

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Darrel Vilifana, a 22-year-old Black/African American male, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of July 30, 2002, in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood. The incident that claimed Vilifana's life unfolded outside the former Fundonzinho Lounge on Dudley Street, a scene that would become the focal point of a complex and ultimately unresolved murder investigation. The shooting left a young man's life cut short and a community searching for answers.

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  • Universal Hub: Dorchester man acquitted of killing a man outside a club is killed outside a club
  • Newspapers.com: Man shot to death in Roxbury (Darrel Vilifana 2002) - Newspapers.com
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