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Deaths by Force on April 11

702 open cases in our database happened on April 11. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (505)

Death by Force

Patrik’ James

Male, age 33 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed Apr 11, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the afternoon of April 11, 2023, the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, became the scene of a violent incident that claimed the life of 33-year-old Patrik' James. Just after 5:00 p.m., police officers who were already in the vicinity…

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Arturo Esquer

Male, age 22 · Modesto, California
Killed Apr 11, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the evening of April 11, 2023, 22-year-old Atwater resident Arturo Esquer was fatally shot in Modesto, California. Around 8:00 p.m., police responded to reports of a multi-vehicle collision near Sherwood Avenue and Rumble Road. Upon arrival, they…

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Elliot Nix

Male, age 46 · Houston, Texas
Killed Apr 11, 2023 · 3 years ago

On April 11, 2023, 46-year-old Elliot Nix was fatally shot in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred around 7:55 p.m. in the 1300 block of Chartres Street, near the Rodeo Goat restaurant. Nix had reportedly approached Erick Aguirre, 29, and his date, posing as…

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Jason Cowins

Male, age 25 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed Apr 11, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of April 11, 2022, a violent encounter in Detroit led to the tragic death of 25-year-old Jason Cowins, a male resident of the city. At approximately 8:41 p.m., the sound of gunfire shattered the night, and police were dispatched to a fire…

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Thomas Haughawout

Male, age 76 · New-philadelphia, Ohio
Killed Apr 11, 2022 · 4 years ago

On April 11, 2022, Thomas E. Haughawout, a 76-year-old man from New Philadelphia, OH, was tragically shot and killed in his apartment. The incident was reported to have occurred around 6:30 a.m., when one of Haughawout's neighbors heard a loud bang and…

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David Gonzalez-Olmos

Male, age 54 · Lamont, California
Killed Apr 11, 2020 · 6 years ago

David Gonzalez-Olmos, aged 54, was tragically found dead in his vehicle on April 11, 2020, in Lamont, California. According to the Kern County Coroner's Office, Gonzalez-Olmos was discovered at the intersection of South Comanche Drive and East Panama Road…

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Rafael Ayala

Male, age 35 · Dallas, Texas
Killed Apr 11, 2020 · 6 years ago

Rafael Antonio Saravia Ayala, a 35-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on April 11, 2020, in Dallas, Texas. He was fatally injured in a shooting at an apartment complex located in the 8300 block of Spring Valley Road. According to reports…

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Glenn Edward Mitchell

Male, age 55 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 11, 2019 · 7 years ago

Glenn Edward Mitchell, a 55-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on April 11, 2019. The incident occurred in the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood, specifically in the 10300 block of South Main Street. On that fateful evening…

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Harry Uncle Buck Lee

Male, age 58 · Brookhaven, Mississippi
Killed Apr 11, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 11, 2018, the quiet life of 58-year-old Harry 'Uncle Buck' Lee Adams, a male resident of Brookhaven, Mississippi, came to a violent and tragic end. Residing in a small rental home on Industrial Park Road Northeast, Adams…

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Alfredo Ramirez

Male, age 73 · Jackson, Mississippi
Killed Apr 11, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, a quiet street in Jackson, Mississippi, became the scene of a tragedy that cut short the life of a 73-year-old man, Alfredo Ramirez. On the evening of April 11th, what began as a routine stop at a gas station turned into a fatal…

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Darryl Smith

Male, age 19 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed Apr 11, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a Friday night in April 2014, tragedy struck in the parking lot of East English Village Preparatory Academy on the east side of Detroit. A 19-year-old male, Darryl Smith, was attending a school performance when gunfire erupted. Smith was struck by the…

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Patricia Murray

Female, age 32 · Lawrenceville, Georgia
Killed Apr 11, 2014 · 12 years ago

In a quiet home on Jordan Woods Drive in Lawrenceville, a father's concern for his daughter, Patricia Murray, led to a grim discovery. When he was unable to reach 32-year-old Patricia, he went to check on her, only to find her deceased inside the residence. A…

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Steven Heald

Male, age 59 · Porters-neck, North Carolina
Killed Apr 11, 2014 · 12 years ago

Steven Heald, a 59-year-old male, tragically lost his life on April 11, 2014, in Porters Neck, North Carolina. Heald was found dead inside a home on Meadowlark Lane in the Plantation Village community. The incident was later determined to be a murder-suicide.…

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Jahkil Swain

Male, age 18 · Chester, Pennsylvania
Killed Apr 11, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jahkil Q. Swain, an 18-year-old male from Chester, Pennsylvania, tragically lost his life on April 11, 2014. Jahkil was fatally shot outside the Crosby Square Apartments in Chester. He was sitting in the passenger seat of his mother's car when Breon Lawrence…

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Payman Houshmandpour

Male, age 32 · Vorhees, New Jersey
Killed Apr 11, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a quiet morning in Voorhees, New Jersey, the life of 32-year-old Dr. Payman Houshmandpour was tragically cut short in a premeditated act of violence. As he was leaving for his job at Virtua Voorhees Hospital, he was ambushed in his car on Avalon Court by a…

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Ying Wu

Female, age 23 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 11, 2012 · 14 years ago

Ying Wu, a 23-year-old Chinese graduate student at the University of Southern California (USC), was tragically murdered on April 11, 2012, in Los Angeles, California. Wu, along with her fellow student Ming Qu, was sitting in a parked 2003 BMW on Raymond…

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Antione Grant Bendo

Male, age 27 · Gardena, California
Killed Apr 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

Antione Grant Bendo was 27 years old when he died on Saturday, April 11, 2009, in Gardena, in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of a stab wound at 13801 S. Vermont Ave. His death…

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Abdullahi Abdi

Male, age 18 · Minneapolis, Minnesota
Killed Apr 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

Abdullahi Awil Abdi, 18, male, Somali, spent the late afternoon of April 11, 2008 at the Brian Coyle Community Center in Minneapolis's Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, where a community meeting about safety had replaced the usual pickup games. He said goodbye to…

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Bernardo Salazar

Male, age 18 · Bellflower, California
Killed Apr 11, 2003 · 23 years ago

Bernardo Salazar was 18 years old when he died on Friday, April 11, 2003, in Bellflower. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 9130 Alondra Blvd. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a case of…

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Jose Alfredo Madrid

Male, age 24 · Bellflower, California
Killed Apr 11, 2003 · 23 years ago

Jose Alfredo Madrid was 24 years old when he died on Friday, April 11, 2003, in Bellflower. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 9130 Alondra Blvd. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a case…

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George Goare

Male, age 47 · Richland, Georgia
Killed Apr 11, 1985 · 41 years ago

On April 11, 1985, Webster County Sheriff George Goare, a 47-year-old male, was killed in the line of duty. The long-serving sheriff, with 25 years of service in law enforcement, was transporting a 19-year-old murder suspect, Welton Jerome Thomas, to…

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Charles Wentworth

Male, age 45 · Snow-hill, Kentucky
Killed Apr 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

In an attempt to escape from the Shelby County Jail, a male inmate shot and killed Deputy Jailer Charles Wentworth. A handgun was smuggled into the jail by the inmate's girlfriend, which he then used to shoot Deputy Wentworth in the abdomen as he was being…

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Ronald Saka

Male, age 23 · Brooklyn, New York
Killed Apr 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the shadowy landscape of 1980s Brooklyn, a young man named Ronald Saka, at the age of 23, found his life tragically cut short. On April 11, 1983, he became another victim in the brutal reign of the Gambino crime family's notorious DeMeo crew. Saka, a male…

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Mary Ann Jenkins

Female, age 22 · St. Louis, Illinois
Killed Apr 11, 1977 · 49 years ago

Mary Ann Jenkins, a 22-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on April 11, 1977. Her body was discovered in East St. Louis, Illinois, but authorities were unable to identify her killer at the time. The case remained unsolved for decades, leaving her family…

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John Benson Thomas Ii

Male, age 45 · Natchitoches-parish, Louisiana
Killed Apr 11, 1902 · 124 years ago

In the spring of 1902, the life of Natchitoches Parish Sheriff John Benson Thomas II was cut tragically short in the line of duty. At the age of 45, the male lawman was killed by gunfire on Friday, April 11, 1902. The incident unfolded in Victoria, a…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.