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Kelly Lynn Cooper Jinks

Case from Indianapolis, IN dated Aug 12, 2011

Victim Details

Kelly Lynn Cooper Jinks

Female

White / Caucasian

Indianapolis

IN

2011-08-12

33

Kelly

Lynn Cooper Jinks

07/31/2026

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On a tragic summer night in Indianapolis, the life of 33-year-old Kelly Lynn Cooper Jinks was abruptly cut short. Early in the morning on August 12, 2011, a dispute over a loud stereo escalated into a fatal shooting that claimed two lives and left a man critically injured.

The incident unfolded around 1:30 a.m. in the 1700 block of South State Avenue. According to police, an argument broke out between 37-year-old Mary Swift and Edward Lay, a man she had recently been dating. Witnesses rep ...
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