Dalilah Batey, age 12

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Lost on February 9, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.

Photo sources:

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News sources:

• FOX 32 Chicago: Second person charged in shooting death of 12-year-old girl in Chicago
• Feb 12: Chicago Sun-Times: Suspect invited children over, provided drugs, alcohol and guns when girl, 12, fatally shot: prosecutors
• Teen charged in accidental shooting that killed girl, 12, on Chicago's South Side
• ABC7 Chicago: Teen, 14, charged in deadly shooting of 12-year-old girl in Calumet Heights home, police say
• Feb 10: Chicago Sun-Times: Candlelight vigil held, balloons raised for 12-year-old girl slain in Calumet Heights: “They took my baby"
• FOX 32 Chicago: 12-year-old girl shot, killed on Chicago’s South Side
• Gun Violence Archive

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