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Michael Davis

Case from Maplewood, NJ dated Jan 29, 2017

Victim Details

Name

Michael Davis

Gender

Male

Race

Black / African American

City

Maplewood

State

NJ

Date Of Death

2017-01-29

Age At Death

45

First Name

Michael

Last Name

Davis

Last Updated

07/11/2026

Case Description

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In a quiet Maplewood, New Jersey apartment, the lives of three individuals were brought to a tragic end in January 2017. Among them was Michael Davis, a 45-year-old male resident of the town. His life, along with those of 44-year-old Lance Fraser of Newark and 30-year-old Roshana Kelson of Paterson, was cut short by gunfire in what authorities would later describe as a robbery gone horribly wrong. The grim discovery was made by firefighters who had been called to perform a wellness check at the ...

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NBC New York: Mystery Swirls Around Triple Homicide in New Jersey

Men who brutally killed 3 in Maplewood sentenced to more than 100 ...

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Forum Posts (2)

I keep thinking about the impact this must have had on Michael Davis's neighborhood in Maplewood. Va... ...Read More
01/10/2025

Just thinking about the firefighters who were the first to arrive at the scene after the wellness ch... ...Read More
05/27/2023

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