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Doretta Drake, a 30-year-old African American woman, was shot and killed on June 17, 1990, in Jacksonville, Florida. The killings were described as part of a violent spree carried out by 42-year-old James Edward Pough, who reportedly believed he had been cheated in a drug deal involving the victims.

The following day, June 18, 1990, the same man attacked the General Motors Acceptance Corporation office in Jacksonville, using a .30 caliber M1 rifle and a .38 revolver, killing nine employees and customers, wounding others, and then taking his own life. Reports noted Pough had a prior violent history, including a conviction for aggravated assault and an arrest for assault with intent to murder, and that he had obtained firearms despite that record.

Who knew Doretta or has information about her life in Jacksonville in the months before June 1990?