Another Dillard Student's Life Is Cut Short
Section: Community
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Though Yakini Williams got involved with the wrong people, she wanted to change for the better. That chance never came. The former student at Dillard University, and mother of one, Yakini, was brutally murdered in Jackson. In 2004, Williams attended Dillard University, then went back home due to Hurricane Katrina.
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