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Donna Kay Johnson Joiner

Case from Louisville, KY dated Sep 18, 2017

Victim Details

Donna Kay Johnson Joiner

Female

Louisville

KY

2017-09-18

61

Donna

Kay Johnson Joiner

06/27/2026

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In the early morning hours of September 18, 2017, the life of 61-year-old Donna Kay Johnson came to a violent end in her Louisville, Kentucky home. A female victim of multiple gunshot wounds, her death was quickly ruled a homicide. The quiet street where she lived became the scene of an intense investigation as police sought to piece together the events that led to the tragedy.

Authorities soon focused their attention on a suspect who was intimately familiar with Donna: her 64-year-old hu ...
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  • Donna Johnson - Monday, September 18th, 2017
  • Woman killed in Bashford Manor well-loved by neighbors
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