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Dallas resident urges OCPO and DPD to prioritize unsolved 2021 killing of her mother
Summary
At the Jan. 14 Community Police Oversight Board meeting Dr. Angel Durr described the unsolved 2021 murder of her mother in South Dallas, said she had to identify the body, and urged the board and Dallas Police to apply data and investigative expertise to cold cases and to improve follow-up and family communication.
Dr. Angel Durr told the Community Police Oversight Board on Jan. 14 that her mother, Lanetta May Washington, was murdered in South Dallas on April 25, 2021 and that, despite video evidence and officers being at the scene, no arrests have been made.
"I was the one who had to ID her body," Durr said. She told the board the case was later characterized to her as an "accident," even though her on-site inspection showed a clear bullet mark on a pole that she said indicated the shooter's position. Durr said the case was…
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