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Taurus Dawson
Status: HOMICIDE
City: Jacksonville
State: Florida
County: Duval County
Date of birth: March 18, 1983
Date of death: September 5, 2013
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Race: African American/Black
Cause of death: Gun Firearm
Anniversary month: September
LEA: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Jacksonville, Florida
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July 30, 2018 | By Alex Toth This story is part of a collaborative project between Project: Cold Case and a University of North Florida Journalism class. Mindi Dawson Skeith will never forget driving her brother to Tulsa Welding School on his first day. She will never forget how his face lit up when a counselor asked him what he wanted in life. Taurus Dawson sat to his sister’s left side, a smile on his face, and said he wanted to live a long life. He wanted a house with a garage. He wanted a wife and kids. “He had plans, he had goals,” Skeith said. “And he’ll never reach them.” Dawson was murdered just before midnight on Sept. 5, 2013. But by the time police arrived at the scene, the person who shot him in the head had fled. The only thing police found were stray shell casings, which officers have determined were not the shooter’s. Rose Priscilla Baker, Dawson’s mother, believes that justice is inescapable for... Read More
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