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Karlena Jean Tolston

Case from Omaha, NE dated Sep 18, 1983

Victim Details

Karlena Jean Tolston

Female

Black / African American

Omaha

NE

1983-09-18

18

Karlena

Jean Tolston

07/21/2026

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In the early hours of September 18, 1983, the life of Karlena Jean Tolston, an 18-year-old Black female, was tragically cut short in Omaha, Nebraska. Also mourning was the loss of her unborn child, as she was seven months pregnant at the time of her death. Her body was discovered the next morning in a park located at 26th and Jefferson, an area also described as a vacant lot near the Highland Elementary School playground. The scene told a brutal story of her final moments.

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