DeOntai Jarrell Bates

Death by Force

On a late December afternoon in Lexington, Kentucky, the life of 25-year-old De'Ontai Jarrell Bates was tragically cut short. On December 29, 2016, Bates was a passenger in an SUV, accompanied by his mother's boyfriend and another man they had recently picked up near Russell Cave Road. The vehicle was parked on a gravel driveway in the 700 block of Faulkner Avenue when a shot rang out, striking Bates in the chest.

Despite being rushed to the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, De'On ...Read More

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