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Deborah Christner

Case from Kalamazoo, MI dated May 22, 2015

Victim Details

Deborah Christner

Female

White / Caucasian

Kalamazoo

MI

2015-05-22

28

Deborah

Christner

07/19/2026

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Deborah Lynn “Debbie” Christner, a 28-year-old White female, died on May 22, 2015, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the quiet hours when most of the house was still asleep. She had been staying at a home on the city’s east side, and the morning began like any other—until a single blast ripped through the stillness and turned an ordinary residence into the center of a devastating investigation.

Investigators said the shooting happened around daybreak at a house in the 700 block of Dwigh ...
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  • MLive.com: Boy, 12, charged in shotgun killing of sleeping pregnant woman
  • Detroit News: Police: Woman fatally shot as child plays with shotgun
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