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Anaiona Gaston

Death by Force
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In the early morning hours of July 30, 2016, a conversation between a young couple in a Southeast Washington apartment took a tragic turn, leaving a 19-year-old female named Anaiona Gaston dead. Gaston was with her boyfriend, 21-year-old Malik Fields, in a tenth-floor apartment on Good Hope Road SE. She was holding their two-month-old daughter on her lap at the time of the incident.

According to police, Fields and Gaston were engaged in a 'deep conversation' when the mood shifted to playf ...Read More
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  • Washington Post: Police charge boyfriend with killing woman while holding child on her lap
  • WJLA: Police: Woman dies after being shot in the head in Southeast D.C.
    • Victim Details

    Anaiona Gaston

    Female

    Black / African American

    Washington

    DC

    2016-07-30

    19

    Anaiona

    Gaston

    11/15/2025

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