On a summer day in New Orleans, the quiet of the 1300 block of Reynes Street was shattered by a grim discovery. It was Sunday, August 13, 2017, when a relative of Margie Eggerson Shorty entered her Lower Ninth Ward home to find a scene of horror. Margie, a 61-year-old female, lay motionless in the hallway, the victim of a violent attack. Emergency services were called to the house around 2 p.m., but it was too late. Margie Shorty was pronounced dead at the scene, having suffered multiple punctur
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