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Oliver Griffin

Case from Hattiesburg, MS dated Apr 27, 2014

Victim Details

Oliver Griffin

Male

Black / African American

Hattiesburg

MS

2014-04-27

38

Oliver

Griffin

06/30/2026

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In the quiet darkness of a Sunday night in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the life of 38-year-old Oliver LaDarius Griffin was brought to an abrupt and violent end. On April 27, 2014, gunshots shattered the peace in the parking lot of the Pinehaven Apartments, and when the echoes faded, Griffin lay fatally wounded. A male victim of a life cut short, his death would leave a community searching for answers and a family grappling with a sudden, devastating loss.

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