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In the spring of 2016, a promising young life was tragically cut short in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Lashuntae Benton, a 19-year-old sophomore and dedicated student athletic trainer at Southern University, was killed on Sunday, April 10, 2016. The incident occurred at The Cottages apartment complex on Ben Hur Drive, a location not typically associated with violent crime, where she and other members of the university's track team had gathered.

Lashuntae, who was from Lake Charles, was an inno ...Read More
Victim Details

Lashuntae Benton

Female

Black / African American

Baton-rouge

LA

2016-04-10

19

Lashuntae

Benton

03/03/2026