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Trayona McDowell

Case from Louisville, KY dated Nov 09, 2016

Victim Details

Trayona McDowell

Female

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2016-11-09

18

Trayona

McDowell

07/09/2026

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In the fall of 2016, the life of 18-year-old Trayona McDowell was tragically cut short. On November 9, 2016, the young female was shot and killed inside her home on Egypt Lane in the Okolona neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. A student at Ballard High School and a member of Friendship Baptist Church, she was the mother of a 10-month-old child at the time of her death.

The investigation into her death quickly led police to two juvenile suspects who, according to law enforcement, were kn ...
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  • WLKY: Young mother slain in Okolona identified; 2 juveniles charged in case
  • Louisville teen sentenced to 25 years for murder of girlfriend in 2016
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