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January 10, 2020

Yolanda Carr, Mother of Atatiana Jefferson, Dies in Texas
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In Texas, Yolanda Carr has died. She was the mother of Atatiana
Jefferson, the African-American woman who was killed by a white police
officer in October. Carr had been fighting illness at the time of her
daughter's death, and Atatiana Jefferson - known to family members as
Tay - had been her caretaker. Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron
Dean shot Jefferson through her bedroom window while responding to
non-emergency wellness check called for by a neighbor who saw Atatiana's
front door had been left open. Dean never identified himself as a police
officer. Atatiana's father also died in November of a heart attack, less
than one month after his daughter's death.


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