Tamika Renee Collins, age 18

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Lost to gun violence on April 15, 1994 in Gadsden, Alabama.

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Instagram: missing kids and memorial page SINCE 2014 di Instagram: "TAMIKA RENEE COLLINS Born: 1976 Died: April 16, 1994 Age: 18 She was shot to death along with three other employees at Popeye's chicken restaurant. She was forced into the freezer with three other employees by Robert Bryant Melson and Cuhuatemoc Hinricky Peraita where they shot the employees after robbing them. One of the four employees survived and was able to call 911. Robert and Cuhuatemoc was arrested and Robert was sentence to death. Cuhuatemoc was first sentence to life in prison without parole but was later taken to death row after killing an inmate. Robert was executed on June 8, 2017. #tamikacollins #GadsdenAlabama #popeyes #turkeytownalabama #Etowahcounty #riptamika #robertmelson #CuhuatemocPeraita 👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕"
Jun 9: Montgomery Advertiser: Robert Melson executed for 1994 killings of 3 fast-food workers

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