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Rachel Johnson

Case from Detroit, MI dated Dec 21, 2006

Victim Details

Rachel Johnson

Female

Detroit

MI

2006-12-21

22

Rachel

Johnson

07/05/2026

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On December 21, 2006, in a home on Dean Street on the east side of Detroit, a tragic series of events unfolded, culminating in the deaths of 22-year-old Rachel Johnson and her mother, Nelda Grant. The young woman, a student at Macomb County Community College, was discovered in a pool of blood by her mother shortly after midnight. Nelda Grant's subsequent call to 911 was abruptly cut short, and she too was fatally shot.

Living in the home at the time was Rachel's three-year-old daughter, w ...
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    I can't stop thinking about little Victoria, Rachel's daughter. It's absolutely unimaginable what sh... ...Read More
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