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Sherry S. Waller

Case from Madison, WI dated Sep 29, 2018

Victim Details

Sherry S. Waller

Female

Black / African American

Madison

WI

2018-09-29

34

Sherry

S. Waller

07/20/2026

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In the late hours of a Friday night or the early moments of a Saturday morning in Madison, Wisconsin, the life of 34-year-old Sherry S. Waller, a Black/African American female, was tragically cut short. Inside her own home, as two of her children slept, she was killed by a single gunshot to the head as she lay in her bed. The man responsible for her death was 39-year-old James Sykes, with whom she had been in a relationship since at least the previous Christmas.

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  • madison.com: Man with history of domestic violence responsible for Saturday murder-suicide, police say

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