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Melvin Gooden
  • Case number: 1279
  • Incident location: 900 Cuyahoga Street
    Akron, Ohio - Summit County
  • Incident date: 9/23/1977
  • Homicide date: 9/23/1977
  • Gender: Male
  • Race/Ethnicity: Black
  • Law enforcement agency: Akron Police Department

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Eighteen year old Melvin Gooden was found by construction workers in the Cuyahoga River near the above address. Gooden died of an apparent gunshot wound.

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