On a quiet Sunday, the 5th of November in 2017, the life of William Degrate, a 59-year-old Black/African American man from Monroe, Louisiana, was tragically cut short. The initial call brought officers to a residence where they discovered Mr. Degrate deceased, the victim of a homicide. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound, a stark and violent end to his life.
In the days and weeks that followed, investigators from the Monroe Police Department worked diligently to piece
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