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Tina Elease Makeupson

Case from Gaffney, SC dated Jan 22, 2018

Victim Details

Tina Elease Makeupson

Female

Black / African American

Gaffney

SC

2018-01-22

39

Tina

Elease Makeupson

08/05/2026

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In the winter of 2018, the life of 39-year-old Tina Elease Makeupson was tragically cut short in what law enforcement officials determined to be a murder-suicide. On Monday, January 22, 2018, the grim discovery began to unfold in Gaffney, South Carolina.

Authorities were first alerted to a situation at a local business when 38-year-old Wallace Lee Hollis was found unresponsive in his car in the company's parking lot. It was noted that Hollis had not clocked in for his shift that day. This ...
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  • WSPA.com: Gaffney couple dies in apparent murder-suicide
  • Tina Elease Makeupson, age 39 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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