Murder of Aniah Blanchard

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The murder of Aniah Blanchard occurred in October 2019. Blanchard, a 19-year-old college student, was reported missing on October 24. She had last been seen at a Chevron gas station in Auburn, Alabama, the previous night. A witness from the gas station claims to have seen Blanchard's kidnapping. Blanchard's body was found in Macon County, Alabama, one month after her disappearance. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound. A suspect, Ibraheem Yazeed—who was out on bail on charges of kidnapping, attempted murder, and robbery at the time of the murder—was arrested and charged with Blanchard's murder. Yazeed was indicted by a grand jury on three charges: capital murder during a kidnapping, capital murder during a robbery and capital murder involving a victim in a vehicle in November 2022. In March 2023, he pled not guilty to all charges. Yazeed was convicted of the lesser charges of murder and felony murder on March 19, 2026. Up until the trial verdict, prosecutors sought the...

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