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Leonora Brown

Female, age 25 · Austin, Texas

Killed Apr 15, 2010 · 16 years ago

On April 15, 2010, Leanora Maria Brown, a 25-year-old African American female, passed away in Austin, Texas. Born on September 20, 1984, Leanora worked as an assistant manager at the time of her death. Her funeral services were held at St. Anthony's Catholic…

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Gerald Thomas Andersen

Male, age 49 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 15, 2010 · 16 years ago

Gerald Thomas Andersen was 49 years old when he died on Thursday, April 15, 2010, in Hollywood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 6245 Hollywood Blvd. His death was ruled a homicide…

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Harold Lee Sr. Able

Male, age 63 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 15, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the spring of 2009, Harold Lee Sr. Able, a 63-year-old African American man, became a statistic in a city grappling with violence. On Wednesday, April 15th, his life was cut short in the 1800 block of Aiken Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Details…

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Byron Hall

Male, age 35 · Houston, Texas

Found Apr 15, 2009 · 17 years ago

Byron Hall, a 35-year-old male from Houston, Texas, tragically passed away on April 15, 2009. The circumstances surrounding his death were part of a larger incident that led to significant legal and criminal proceedings. Byron Hall was found deceased under…

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Joshua Compton

Male, age 17 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Apr 15, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early hours of April 15, 2009, a night that was supposed to be filled with video games and pizza for two best friends on spring break turned into a tragedy. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Compton and his sixteen-year-old friend, Mason Jones, were shot and…

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Mason Jones

Male, age 16 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Apr 15, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early moments of a spring night in Chesapeake, Virginia, the lives of two teenage boys were tragically cut short in a burst of unexplained violence. Sixteen-year-old Mason Jones was spending the night at his best friend's house on Rowland Avenue in the…

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Kathleen Martin

Female, age 53 · Buckeye, Arizona

Killed Apr 15, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the spring of 2009, a domestic argument in Buckeye, Arizona, escalated into a tragedy that cut short the life of a dedicated public servant. Kathleen Martin, a 53-year-old sergeant at the State Prison Complex-Lewis, was shot in the shoulder by her husband…

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Joshua Gunther Compton

Male, age 17 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Apr 15, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early moments of April 15, 2009, a night of video games and friendship during spring break turned into a tragedy that would haunt a Chesapeake, Virginia community for years to come. Joshua Gunther Compton, a 17-year-old Caucasian male, was at his home…

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Mason Walker Jones

Male, age 16 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Apr 15, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the spring of 2009, a night of video games and pizza among friends turned into a tragedy that left a Chesapeake, Virginia community in shock. On April 15, 16-year-old Mason Walker Jones, a male, was spending the night at the home of his best friend…

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Quenten Meadows

Male, age 21 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 15, 2008 · 18 years ago

Quenten Meadows, 21, a male African-American, was found dead after an incident that occurred on April 15, 2008, in Oklahoma City. In the days that followed police moved to identify the victims and appealed to the public for information; local reporting noted…

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Arland Henry

Male, age 18 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 15, 2008 · 18 years ago

On a quiet street in Oklahoma City, the life of Arland Henry, a male resident, was tragically cut short in what remains an unsolved mystery. The circumstances surrounding his death point to a violent end, a fact that has left a lasting wound in the community…

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Gary James Jr.

Male, age 28 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 15, 2008 · 18 years ago

Gary James Jr., a 28-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was killed in the early morning hours of April 15, 2008. Police were called at about 2:15 a.m. to the 4700 block of States Drive, where they found him suffering from a gunshot wound. James was…

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Lonnie Ross

Male, age 42 · San Francisco, California

Found Apr 15, 2007 · 19 years ago

On April 15, 2007, Lonnie Ross, a 41-year-old African American man, was fatally struck by a vehicle in San Francisco’s Ocean View neighborhood. The incident occurred around 2:35 p.m. near the intersection of Capitol Avenue and Lobos Street, adjacent to the…

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James Hale

Male, age 33 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Apr 15, 2007 · 19 years ago

On April 15, 2007, 33-year-old James Hale was fatally shot in Chicago. The incident occurred in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood, a part of the city that has historically experienced high rates of violence. James was targeted in a drive-by shooting…

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Ransford Redley

Male, age 49 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Apr 15, 2007 · 19 years ago

Ransford Redley, aged 49, was murdered on April 15, 2007, in Philadelphia. He was a Black male, and his case remains unsolved with no arrests made to date. The incident is part of a larger trend of violence in Philadelphia that was prevalent during that…

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Jose Zavala

Male, age 39 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Apr 15, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jose Zavala, a 39-year-old Hispanic man, was killed in Memphis, Tennessee in a homicide that has since been publicly categorized as a cold case. In the years that followed, the case lingered in that unsettling space where a life-ending act is known, but the…

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Marquise Corniche Alexander

Male, age 22 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 15, 2007 · 19 years ago

Marquise Corniche Alexander, a 22-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on April 15, 2007. He was fatally shot in the head while standing in the parking lot of a Shell gas station located at the intersection of Crenshaw Avenue…

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Omar Rene Rascon

Male, age 18 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 15, 2007 · 19 years ago

Omar Rene Rascon, an 18-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on April 15, 2007, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred at a party on Oceanside Street in Wilmington. An argument broke out outside the party, escalating into a violent…

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Amber Holly Eldridge

Female, age 27 · Allentown, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 15, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon, April 15, 2007, the body of 27-year-old Amber Holly Eldridge was discovered under a pavilion in Canal Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania. A subsequent investigation by the Lehigh County Coroner's Office determined that the young woman, a…

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Stephan Gene Gray

Male, age 34 · Merced, California

Killed Apr 15, 2004 · 22 years ago

Stephan Gene Gray, a 34-year-old police officer from Merced, California, tragically lost his life on April 15, 2004. Officer Gray was conducting a traffic stop in his unmarked patrol car in the 1900 block of Glen Avenue in central Merced when he encountered a…

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Patrice Enres

Female, age 38 · Forsyth County, Georgia

Killed Apr 15, 2004 · 22 years ago

A 38-year-old Black female, Patrice Endres, was a beloved mother and the proud owner of Tamber's Trim-N-Tan salon in Cumming, Georgia. On the morning of April 15, 2004, her day began like any other. She dropped her son, Pistol, off at school before heading to…

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LaVon Bell

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Apr 15, 2003 · 23 years ago

LaVon Bell, an African-American man, was on the 700 block of Yuma Street Southeast in Washington, D.C., in the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 15, 2003, when the quiet of the neighborhood was shattered. At approximately 1:00 a.m., multiple gunshots were…

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David Daniels

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 15, 2003 · 23 years ago

On April 15, 2003, David Daniels, a 57-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was found dead in his home on North Princeton Avenue. He had suffered a fatal gunshot wound, and authorities classified his death as a homicide. The Columbus Police Department has…

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Antonio Brady

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Apr 15, 2003 · 23 years ago

On April 15, 2003, 23-year-old Antonio Lamar Brady was shot and killed at 4530 Reading Road in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Cincinnati Police Department responded to the incident, which has since been classified as an unsolved homicide. Despite ongoing…

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Raymond Joseph Giacomelli

Male, age 46 · Pittsburg, California

Killed Apr 15, 2003 · 23 years ago

Inspector Raymond Joseph Giacomelli, a dedicated member of the Pittsburg Police Department, tragically lost his life on April 15, 2003, at the age of 46. Giacomelli, who had served the department for 23 years, was conducting a murder investigation at a…

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Labrian Westmoreland

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Apr 15, 2002 · 24 years ago

On April 15, 2002, 20-year-old Labrian Westmoreland was fatally shot at 2924 Gilbert Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. The homicide occurred late at night, and despite investigation efforts, the case has remained unsolved. Labrian's death is classified as an…

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Abdul Sesay

Male, age 19 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 15, 2002 · 24 years ago

Abdul Sesay, a 19-year-old male student at Widener University, was tragically shot to death on April 15, 2002, near the university's campus in Chester, Pennsylvania. Sesay, who was of African descent, excelled in football and track during high school and was…

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Eric Devon Poppy Payne

Female, age 31 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 15, 2000 · 26 years ago

Eric Devon “Poppy” Payne was 31 years old when his life was taken in Chester, Pennsylvania, on April 15, 2000. He was an African American male whose death came suddenly in the early morning hours, during a violent moment that appears to have erupted on…

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Donald Don Thomas

Male, age 62 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Apr 15, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the quiet city of Salt Lake, the spring of 1999 held a story that seemingly slipped through the cracks of time and digital records. On April 15th of that year, a man by the name of Donald Thomas, a 62-year-old male, met an untimely end. The circumstances…

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Patricia Irene Pat Lowe

Female, age 55 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Apr 15, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the spring of 1999, a 55-year-old woman named Patricia Frengs traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah, to delve into her family's history. An avid genealogist, she was spending time at the Mormon Family History Library, a place renowned for its vast collection of…

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William Henry Bill Weatherly

Male, age 36 · Warrenton, North Carolina

Killed Apr 15, 1999 · 27 years ago

Detective William Henry Bill Weatherly, aged 36, was a male of Caucasian ethnicity who served with the Warren County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina. On April 15, 1999, Detective Weatherly was shot and killed while attempting to serve a failure to appear…

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Nathaddeus Smith

Male, age 25 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Apr 15, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 15, 1995, the life of 25-year-old Nathaddeus J. Smith was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence on the streets of Washington, D.C. Witnesses reported seeing a male suspect in a red jacket chasing Smith down the…

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Tamika Renee Collins

Female, age 18 · Gadsden, Alabama

Killed Apr 15, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the spring of 1994, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of 18-year-old Tamika Renee Collins, a young woman working at a Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken restaurant in Gadsden, Alabama. On the night of April 15th, what began as a robbery escalated…

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Douglas Hudson

Male, age 17 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 15, 1993 · 33 years ago

Douglas Hudson, a 17-year-old young man from Chester, Pennsylvania, was taken from this world far too soon on April 15, 1993. His life, full of promise and potential, was cut short by a senseless act of violence, leaving behind family, friends, and a…

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Paul Monroe

Male, age 23 · Austin, Texas

Killed Apr 15, 1993 · 33 years ago

Paul Monroe, a 23-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically lost his life on April 15, 1993, in Austin, Texas. Monroe was allegedly involved in an armed robbery when police were called to the scene. According to reports, he was holding a duffel…

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Donaway Harris

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 15, 1990 · 36 years ago

On April 15, 1990, 66-year-old Donaway Harris was found shot to death at 483 Taylor Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred in Franklin County, and the Columbus Police Department has led the investigation. Despite their efforts, this case remains…

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Angel Hazelton

Female, age 1 · Meredith, New Hampshire

Killed Apr 15, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the summer of 1989, a young girl named Angel Hazelton, at just 21 months old, was living in Meredith, New Hampshire. Her life was tragically cut short in what remains an unsolved homicide. At the time of her death, the female toddler was residing on…

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James Thomas

Male, age 42 · South Charleston, West Virginia

Killed Apr 15, 1989 · 37 years ago

James Thomas Brammer was a 42-year-old White/Caucasian male who was born in South Charleston, West Virginia, and spent 16 years serving with the West Virginia State Police. By April 1989, he held the rank of Trooper First Class. On Saturday, April 15, 1989…

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Tammy L Tracey

Female, age 21 · Rockford, Illinois

Found Apr 15, 1988 · 38 years ago

21 year old Tammy L. Tracey was last seen in Searles Park in Rockford on May 27, 1987. She had gone to the park to wax her car. Her vehicle was found in the park the following day; however there was no sign of Tammy. An intense investigation was initiated by…

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Bernita Rochelle Sparks

Female, age 26 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 15, 1987 · 39 years ago

Bernita Rochelle Sparks, a 26-year-old woman from Los Angeles, California, was tragically found dead on April 15, 1987. Her body was discovered in a trash bin located in the 9400 block of South Western Avenue in Gramercy Park. The Los Angeles Police…

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Jimmie Elliott Linegar

Female, age 31 · Ridgedale, Missouri

Killed Apr 15, 1985 · 41 years ago

On April 15, 1985, a serene spring afternoon in the Ozarks turned tragic during a routine traffic enforcement operation near Ridgedale, Missouri. Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Jimmie Elliott Linegar, a 31-year-old male, was conducting a spot check…

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Shandra Whitehead

Female, age 8 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Killed Apr 15, 1985 · 41 years ago

On the evening of April 15, 1985, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the life of eight-year-old Shandra Whitehead was tragically cut short. The young black girl was found in her home, having been brutally raped and murdered. The cause of her death was determined to…

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Alberto Maldonado

Male, age 5 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Apr 15, 1984 · 42 years ago

On a tragic Palm Sunday, April 15, 1984, a five-year-old boy named Alberto Maldonado was among ten people who lost their lives in a brutal mass shooting inside a Brooklyn apartment. The horrific event, which unfolded at 1080 Liberty Avenue in East New York…

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Carmen Perez

Female, age 20 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Apr 15, 1984 · 42 years ago

On a tragic Palm Sunday in 1984, a Brooklyn apartment that should have been filled with the sounds of a family gathering became a scene of unimaginable horror. Among the victims of what would come to be known as the 'Palm Sunday Massacre' was 20-year-old…

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Eddie Lopez

Male, age 7 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Apr 15, 1984 · 42 years ago

On Palm Sunday, April 15, 1984, a quiet home on Liberty Avenue in East New York turned into a scene so brutal that even seasoned officers struggled to describe it. Eddie Lopez, a 7-year-old Hispanic/Latino boy, was inside that Brooklyn house with relatives…

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Juan Lopez

Male, age 4 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Apr 15, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the spring of 1984, a horrific act of violence cut short the life of 4-year-old Juan Lopez in a Brooklyn residence. The young boy was one of ten people, including six children, who lost their lives on April 15th in what became known as the Palm Sunday…

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Maria Isabel Perez

Female, age 10 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Apr 15, 1984 · 42 years ago

In a crime that sent shockwaves through the community, 10-year-old Maria Isabel Perez was tragically killed on April 15, 1984, in a mass shooting that became known as the Palm Sunday Massacre. The horrific event unfolded inside a house located at 1080 Liberty…

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Migdalia Perez

Male, age 14 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Apr 15, 1984 · 42 years ago

On a rainy Palm Sunday, April 15, 1984, a horrific scene was discovered inside a Brooklyn, New York apartment that would later be known as the "Palm Sunday Massacre". Among the ten individuals who lost their lives was a 14-year-old Hispanic female named…

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