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Shinelle Stills

Case from Seattle, WA dated Oct 20, 2017

Victim Details

Shinelle Stills

Female

Black / African American

Seattle

WA

2017-10-20

50

Shinelle

Stills

07/11/2026

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In the midst of a contentious divorce, 50-year-old Shinelle Stills, a Black/African American female, visited her former home in SeaTac, Washington, on the evening of October 20, 2017. The purpose of her visit was to see her 14-year-old son and tend to the family pets. An argument soon erupted between Shinelle and her estranged husband, Samuel Stills, in the living room of the apartment. The couple had been married for 17 years, but Shinelle had moved out and filed for divorce months earlier.
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  • The Seattle Times: Man who shot himself after allegedly killing wife in SeaTac is charged with murder
  • Q13 FOX News: Police: Man in SeaTac shoots, kills wife and then shoots himself but survives
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