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

Details

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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