Shauntese Gedeon

Shauntese Gedeon was a 32-year-old woman who lived in the Riverdale/Hyattsville area of Prince George’s County, Maryland. Public records and local reports identify her as someone tied to her neighborhood; while many personal details remain private in the public record, what is clear is that she was known to her community and to those closest to her.

Shauntese’s life was one lived in the everyday places that shape belonging — in the homes, streets, and circles of Riverdale and Hyattsville. Neighbors and local accounts place her in that community; she was someone with relationships and connections that mattered to family and friends. Although there is no family-published obituary available in the public record that we could confirm, the official notices and local coverage show that her passing was felt by people in her area.

For anyone who loved Shauntese, memories of her will be particular and private: the ways she laughed, the routines she kept, the small kindnesses and relationships that made up her life. Those specifics are held by family and friends, and out of respect for their privacy they are not reconstructed here. What remains in public sources is the fact of a life known to a community — a life that had meaning beyond the brief public notices that followed her death.

Shauntese’s death on January 29, 2021, is recorded in official police notices and local reporting. Rather than define her by that final, tragic moment, this remembrance emphasizes that she was a real person with ties to family and neighborhood, and that those who cared for her carried forward the memory of her presence. May her friends and family find comfort in their private recollections and in the support of their community.