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Ashley Oatis

Case from Prentiss, MS dated Feb 14, 2018

Victim Details

Ashley Oatis

Female

Prentiss

MS

2018-02-14

25

Ashley

Oatis

07/25/2026

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In the early hours of Valentine's Day 2018, the life of 25-year-old Ashley Oatis was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. A mother of two, Oatis was inside a residence on Zion Hill Church Road in Prentiss, a town in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, when the home was targeted in a drive-by shooting. The incident, which unfolded at approximately 2 a.m., left the community in shock and her family searching for answers.

When law enforcement arrived at the scene, they discovered a h ...
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  • Woman killed in Jefferson Davis Co. shooting was mother of 2 - WDAM
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