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Robert L. Bubbles Hawkins

Case from Detroit, MI dated Nov 28, 1993

Victim Details

Robert L. Bubbles Hawkins

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

1993-11-28

39

Robert

L. Bubbles Hawkins

07/22/2026

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In the autumn of 1993, the life of former professional basketball player Robert L. 'Bubbles' Hawkins came to a violent and tragic end in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan. On November 28, the 39-year-old Black/African American male was discovered shot to death, his body found in what law enforcement officials described as a suspected crack house. The grim discovery marked a somber final chapter for a man who had once graced the courts of the National Basketball Association.

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