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Phyllis Felicia Fee Vinston

Case from Newport-news, VA dated Jan 05, 2013

Victim Details

Phyllis Felicia Fee Vinston

Female

Black / African American

Newport-news

VA

2013-01-05

27

Phyllis

Felicia Fee Vinston

07/16/2026

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In the winter of 2013, a mother's instinct to protect her children ended in a tragic loss of life in Newport News, Virginia. Phyllis Felicia Fee Vinston, a 27-year-old Black female, was fatally shot on the evening of Saturday, January 5, 2013. The incident that claimed her life unfolded at the Marshall Court Apartments, leaving a community in mourning and her two young sons without their mother.

On that fateful night, gunshots rang out while Vinston's two sons, aged five and seven, were p ...
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  • News 3 WTKR Norfolk: Teens arrested in shooting death of Newport News mother
  • Legacy.com: Phyllis Felicia Vinston Obituary (2013) Daily Press
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