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Not exactly "cold cases", but two recent unsolved homicides with a possible connection.
Families of slain victims say Whitehaven women are being targeted
Posted: Feb 26, 2015 10:18 PM CST Updated: Feb 27, 2015 8:10 AM CST
By Kontji Anthony
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) - One neighborhood, two bodies — discovered three months apart. The families of Cekia Armstrong and Nina Cook believe someone is targeting women in Whitehaven.
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Cekia's naked body was found in a drainage ditch in August 2014, just around the corner from where Nina Cook's naked body was discovered three months earlier.
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Both women's bodies were stripped of clothing and personal belongings. Neither of the women had a car and either walked, or relied on friends, to get where they were going.
Nina's last known address was at a house on Hodge Road; Cekia's body was discovered directly across the street.
Cekia's mom says her daughter battled a drug addiction, and Nina's longtime friends say she too battled addiction.
Potential serial killer on the loose in Whitehaven
Posted: 02/24/2015, 07:00pm | Lauren Jacobsen, Digital Editor at Sun Times Network
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Patricia Armstrong, mother of Cekia Armstrong who was found dead in a drainage ditch in August 2014 thinks her daughter’s case is related to another woman’s.
Ceckia’s body had been stripped of all her clothing and belongs in August 2014 when she was found and she was so badly beaten that part of her face was missing.
Sister searches for answers in Nina Cook homicide investigation
Posted: Feb 20, 2015 10:07 PM CST Updated: Feb 24, 2015 10:35 AM CST
By Kontji Anthony
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Days turned into months with no word from the aspiring music artist.
"The last tweet that we found was June 27," said Smith. "She said that she was going to movies and Houston's restaurant."
In October 2014, a crew cleaning up part of the property on the old Cummings Street Baptist Church grounds in Whitehaven found Nina. Her body was found in a back room. Her body was so decomposed, it took until February 2015 to rule her death a homicide.
A Crime Stoppers report says Nina was "brutally murdered."
"We can't just piece it together," said Smith. "We can't fathom why someone would do this to her."
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Nina's last known address is less than one mile from the church where her body was found. She lives directly across the street from the drainage canal where 39-year-old Cekia Armstrong was found dead and naked.
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If you know anything about Nina's whereabouts before her death, please call Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH.
(It should be noted that Nina Cook had recently received a refund check from an online class. The check was cashed at a local ACE check cashing location on Poplar Ave. A receipt shows that Nina he'd loaded $500 onto another individual's Green Dot card.)
Families of slain victims say Whitehaven women are being targeted
Posted: Feb 26, 2015 10:18 PM CST Updated: Feb 27, 2015 8:10 AM CST
By Kontji Anthony
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) - One neighborhood, two bodies — discovered three months apart. The families of Cekia Armstrong and Nina Cook believe someone is targeting women in Whitehaven.
[...]
Cekia's naked body was found in a drainage ditch in August 2014, just around the corner from where Nina Cook's naked body was discovered three months earlier.
[...]
Both women's bodies were stripped of clothing and personal belongings. Neither of the women had a car and either walked, or relied on friends, to get where they were going.
Nina's last known address was at a house on Hodge Road; Cekia's body was discovered directly across the street.
Cekia's mom says her daughter battled a drug addiction, and Nina's longtime friends say she too battled addiction.
Potential serial killer on the loose in Whitehaven
Posted: 02/24/2015, 07:00pm | Lauren Jacobsen, Digital Editor at Sun Times Network
[...]
Patricia Armstrong, mother of Cekia Armstrong who was found dead in a drainage ditch in August 2014 thinks her daughter’s case is related to another woman’s.
Ceckia’s body had been stripped of all her clothing and belongs in August 2014 when she was found and she was so badly beaten that part of her face was missing.
Sister searches for answers in Nina Cook homicide investigation
Posted: Feb 20, 2015 10:07 PM CST Updated: Feb 24, 2015 10:35 AM CST
By Kontji Anthony
[...]
Days turned into months with no word from the aspiring music artist.
"The last tweet that we found was June 27," said Smith. "She said that she was going to movies and Houston's restaurant."
In October 2014, a crew cleaning up part of the property on the old Cummings Street Baptist Church grounds in Whitehaven found Nina. Her body was found in a back room. Her body was so decomposed, it took until February 2015 to rule her death a homicide.
A Crime Stoppers report says Nina was "brutally murdered."
"We can't just piece it together," said Smith. "We can't fathom why someone would do this to her."
[...]
Nina's last known address is less than one mile from the church where her body was found. She lives directly across the street from the drainage canal where 39-year-old Cekia Armstrong was found dead and naked.
[...]
If you know anything about Nina's whereabouts before her death, please call Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH.
(It should be noted that Nina Cook had recently received a refund check from an online class. The check was cashed at a local ACE check cashing location on Poplar Ave. A receipt shows that Nina he'd loaded $500 onto another individual's Green Dot card.)
