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Monica Sarah Botello

Case from Detroit, MI dated Mar 01, 2010

Victim Details

Monica Sarah Botello

Female

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2010-03-01

26

Monica

Sarah Botello

07/15/2026

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On March 1, 2010, a visit to a boyfriend's house on Glastonbury Road in Detroit turned into a scene of unimaginable horror for 26-year-old Monica Sarah Botello and her two young daughters. That evening, while Monica and her children, ages eight and six, were with her boyfriend, 26-year-old Purcell Carson, two men entered the home. An argument broke out, leading the intruders to force Monica and her daughters into an upstairs bathroom to hide while they took Carson to the basement.

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