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Miyanna Jelks

Case from Milwaukee, WI dated Mar 10, 2018

Victim Details

Miyanna Jelks

Female

Black / African American

Milwaukee

WI

2018-03-10

9

Miyanna

Jelks

07/18/2026

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In a heart-wrenching turn of events on March 10, 2018, nine-year-old Miyanna Jelks, a Black/African American female, lost her life inside her Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home. The tragedy unfolded when her parents, Marcel Jelks and Talisha Lee, left Miyanna and her five younger siblings, all under the age of 10, unsupervised to go shopping. During their absence, one of Miyanna's brothers discovered a loaded handgun in the residence.

Believing the weapon was safe after removing the magazine, the ...
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  • CBS58: UPDATE: Parents arrested after brother accidentally shoots and kills 9-year-old sister
  • FOX6Now.com: ‘I cried all night:’ Brother, parents in custody after girl, 9, fatally shot
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