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Pregnant Chicago woman, 18, testified in slaying; weeks later, she's gunned down

CHICAGO - Three years ago, Treja A. Kelley was walking near her South Side home with her cousin when a man opened fire from a passing car, fatally striking her cousin.

This past June, Kelley, then 18, testified at the trial of her cousin's accused killer, helping Cook County prosecutors secure a conviction.

On Sunday night, Kelley was just around the corner from the 2016 slaying - again walking to her home in the Back of the Yards neighborhood - when a gunman stepped from an alley and opened fire, striking her three times in the head

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