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DaTara Lynn Baby D

Case from Indianapolis, IN dated Jan 16, 2022

Victim Details

DaTara Lynn “Baby D Johnson

Female

Black / African American

Indianapolis

IN

2022-01-16

18

DaTara

Lynn Baby D

07/23/2026

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In the early morning hours of January 16, 2022, the life of 18-year-old DaTara Lynn Johnson, known affectionately as 'Baby D,' was tragically cut short in her Indianapolis apartment. A female with a promising future, she had recently graduated from Beech Grove High School a semester early with plans to study science at Marian University. Friends and family remembered her as a bright and loving young woman with a beautiful smile.

On that Sunday, police were dispatched to the Stone Lake Apa ...
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  • WRTV: Justice for Da Tara Johnson: A family's fight to put the person who killed her behind bars
  • Fox 59: 18-year-old woman killed on Indy’s south side
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