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Lawrence Renfro

Case from Saint Paul, MN dated Jul 09, 2019

Victim Details

Lawrence Renfro

Male

Black / African American

Saint Paul

MN

2019-07-09

21

Lawrence

Renfro

07/03/2026

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In the early morning hours of July 9, 2019, the life of 21-year-old Lawrence Renfro, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in his West St. Paul, Minnesota apartment. Two men, later identified as Nathan McDonald, 22, of Oakdale, and Terrell Payne, 19, of Little Canada, arrived at Renfro's ground-floor apartment at the Oakdale Terrace Apartments. After failing to get in through the main door, they made their way in through a bedroom window.

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