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Heineken McNeil

Case from Washington, DC dated Jun 23, 2015

Victim Details

Heineken McNeil

Female

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2015-06-23

19

Heineken

McNeil

07/04/2026

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In the early morning hours of June 23, 2015, the Washington, D.C. fire department responded to a call about a trash can on fire in an alley in the 1200 block of Holbrook Terrace NE. After extinguishing the flames, a gruesome discovery was made inside the charred remains of the receptacle: the body of 19-year-old Heineken McNeil. The initial investigation was complicated by the condition of the body, but a medical examiner was able to determine that McNeil had died from a gunshot wound before bei ...
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  • NBC4 Washington: Police ID Gunshot Victim Whose Body Was Burned
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