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Matthew David

Case from Cambridge, MA dated Dec 14, 1992

Victim Details

Matthew David

Male

Black / African American

Cambridge

MA

1992-12-14

Matthew

David

07/21/2026

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Matthew David, a Black/African American man from Cambridge, Massachusetts, is referenced online as having died on December 14, 1992, but a review of contemporaneous reporting, police materials, and historical summaries yields no documented Cambridge homicide by that name and date. The date itself echoes a different tragedy elsewhere in Massachusetts—the Bard College at Simon’s Rock shooting in Great Barrington on December 14, 1992—suggesting that some listings may have conflated events or ...
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  • DEATH: MATTHEW DAVID POWELL - Deseret News
  • Obituary of Matthew David Dobrich - Windsor Chapel Funeral Home
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