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Sineka Davis

Case from Jersey City, NJ dated Oct 27, 2016

Victim Details

Sineka Davis

Female

Black / African American

Jersey City

NJ

2016-10-27

38

Sineka

Davis

06/28/2026

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In the fall of 2016, a domestic dispute in a Jersey City home tragically escalated, leaving a mother of two dead and a community in mourning. On the evening of Thursday, October 27, 2016, police responded to a call on the 100 block of Manning Avenue. Inside, they discovered 38-year-old Sineka Davis unresponsive with a gunshot wound to her upper torso. She was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after.

The investigation quickly focused on her husband, 39-year-old Steve L. Franklin, Jr. Th ...
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  • New Brunswick, NJ Patch: Details In N.J. Murder-Suicide; Body Found At Movie Theater: Cops
  • NJ.com: Man fatally shot wife in Jersey City, authorities say
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