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Donalda Shortman

Case from Albuquerque, NM dated Dec 16, 2018

Victim Details

Donalda Short

Female

White / Caucasian

Albuquerque

NM

2018-12-16

41

Donalda

Shortman

07/01/2026

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In the winter of 2018, the life of Donalda Shortman, a 41-year-old Caucasian woman, was tragically cut short in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On the afternoon of December 16th, at approximately 2:27 p.m., police responded to a call of a woman shot near the intersection of Central Avenue SE and Dorado Drive SE. There on the sidewalk, they found Donalda, known to some as "Mia," with a gunshot wound. Despite the efforts of first responders, she succumbed to her injuries.

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