Homicides 2021

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Homicides 2021

A chronological log of the homicides recorded in 2020 in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as reported by the VIPD. Cases are broken down by island.

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Madagascar sends troops, doctors after bodies found in streets

Madagascar's government has announced it will dispatch troops and doctors to an eastern town after several bodies were found in the streets and where two people died from the novel

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Police searching for man known as Rocky Rambo after a murder in Cape Town

Police are searching for a 26-year-old man, Roth-Rickus Rocky Rambo Lewis, from Wesbank in Cape

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Black Youth Are Central Force in California George Floyd Protests

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Attorney For Rayshard Brooks' Family Says Officer 'Wasn't Fearing For His Life'

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Ex-Atlanta officer who killed Rayshard Brooks granted bond | Atlanta Daily World

A judge on Tuesday ruled that the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks can be free on bond while his case is pending. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick set a bond of $500,000 for Garrett Rolfe, who faces charges including felony murder in the killing of

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Trinidad: Two men killed during card game

(Trinidad Express) Hours after celebrating Father’s Day, two men were murdered at their friend’s home in Penal

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Cop ex-husband of kidnapped and murdered Eastern Cape woman among 5 arrested

Eastern Cape police have made a breakthrough, arresting five suspects believed to have been masterminds behind the abduction and murder of a 51-year-old woman in

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Pop Smoke 911 Call Released

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Teen mom’s body found in Berbice River

Teen mom’s body found in Berbice River -boyfriend among two taken into custody

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MLB’s Felipe Vazquez Hit With More Child Porn Charges, Sent Nudes To Minor, Allegedly

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RIP Demetrius Townsel Jr: GoFundMe Started For 12-Year-Old Fatally Shot In Indiana

According to NWI.com, Demetrius Townsel Jr. of Chicago was fatally shot on Saturday night while in a car in Gary, Indiana, according to police Cmdr. Jack

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Kenya: Kericho Building Collapse - Military Deployed to Help Rescue Effort

The government has deployed soldiers from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to search for people still missing after a building collapsed in

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Black man dies at hands of police during arrest in Minneapolis [video]

Incredibly or not, the slaughter of black men at the hands of law enforcement officers continues, with the latest transgression occurring on Memorial Day in Minneapolis when four police officers were involved in the killing of black man who died in police

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Weekend shooting leaves 13 wounded in Louisiana

Thirteen people were shot over the weekend during memorial service for a murder victim in Bogalusa, La., according to local

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Eastern Cape man jailed for life for raping estranged wife

A 35-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for raping and sodomising his estranged wife in Motherwell, Eastern Cape, the National Prosecuting Authority has

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Rally Held In Garden City In Support of Aundrey Stewart After Being Spit On

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Zimbabwe: Police to Intensify Night Patrols As Robberies Surge

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One-legged body found in KwaZulu-Natal river believed to be a sangoma

KwaZulu-Natal police have appealed for assistance after they found a body believed to be that of a traditional healer floating in the Umzimkhulu

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‘Pop, Lock & Drop It’ Rapper Huey Dies In Double Shooting

The St. Louis rapper Huey, who is best known for the hit 2006 song “Pop, Lock Drop It” was killed in a double shooting in Kinloch, Missouri on Thursday

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Trinidad police say they have foiled plot to destabilize country | New York Carib News

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Body found, no foul play suspected

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Virginia Officer Charged With Assault After Using Stun Gun On Black Man During Arrest

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Fake model scout arrested for alleged photoshoot rapes

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White Atlanta Police Officer Fired After Shooting a Black Man, Rayshard Brooks, in the Back

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Ghana: 'Ofankor Landlord Killed Tenant With Registered Gun'

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Black Youth Are Central Force in California George Floyd Protests

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