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Deaths by Force on April 16

735 open cases in our database happened on April 16. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (491)

Death by Force

Salvador Cendejas

Male, age 22 · Nuevo, California
Killed Apr 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

Salvador Cendejas, a 22-year-old resident of Nuevo, California, tragically lost his life on April 16, 2014, in a fatal shooting incident. The events leading to his death began with a confrontation involving Cendejas and another individual, Jaime Lopez. The…

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Death by Force

Christian Mateo Cruz Guevara

Male, age 1 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Apr 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

The life of Christian Mateo Cruz Guevara came to an abrupt and tragic conclusion in Los Angeles on April 16, 2014. Just one year old, the toddler had barely begun his life when he died under circumstances that prompted authorities to open an official inquiry.…

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Death by Force

Charles Albert Sallie

Male, age 86 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Apr 16, 2013 · 13 years ago

On April 16, 2013, 86-year-old Charles Albert Sallie died in Los Angeles, California. An elderly white male and a military veteran who was affiliated with the American Legion in the region, he passed away under circumstances that prompted local authorities to…

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Death by Force

Lewis Homan

Male, age 21 · Oakland, California
Killed Apr 16, 2012 · 14 years ago

Lewis Homan was 21 years old when he was killed in Oakland on Monday, April 16, 2012. The Oakland Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Oakland from 2008 through 2017, lists it as a…

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Death by Force

Miguel Gonzales

Male, age 44 · Hawthorne, California
Killed Apr 16, 2009 · 17 years ago

Miguel Gonzales was 44 years old when he died on Thursday, April 16, 2009, in the Hawthorne area of the South Bay. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 11600 block of South Birch Avenue. His death was…

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Death by Force

Garlin Kelley

Male · Lufkin, Texas
Killed Apr 16, 2008 · 18 years ago

In April 2008, a series of alarming medical emergencies unfolded at the DaVita Healthcare Dialysis Clinic in Lufkin, Texas. Among the patients affected was Garlin Kelley, an African American male whose age was not specified in the available records. Kelley…

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Death by Force

Kenneth Allen

Male, age 46 · Richmond, Virginia
Killed Apr 16, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, the life of 46-year-old Kenneth Allen came to a violent end on the streets of Richmond, Virginia. On Monday, April 16, 2007, Allen, a male, was fatally wounded by gunfire. The incident marked another grim statistic in the city's count…

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Death by Force

Randy Alan Brooking

Male, age 27 · Lanham, Maryland
Killed Apr 16, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, the life of 27-year-old Randy Alan Brooking was cut short by an act of violence in Prince George's County, Maryland. On the night of April 16, 2007, Brooking was shot and killed. The fatal incident occurred at approximately 10:57 p.m.…

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Earle Jerome Hurley

Male, age 55 · Manchester Square, California
Killed Apr 16, 2005 · 21 years ago

Earle Jerome Hurley was 55 years old when he died on Saturday, April 16, 2005, in the Manchester Square neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 7618 La Salle Ave. His death was…

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Death by Force

Warehouse Robert G Anderson

Male · Hammond, Indiana
Killed Apr 16, 1923 · 103 years ago

Robert G. Anderson, a 41-year-old male Prohibition Agent and Warehouse Agent, was killed in the line of duty on April 16, 1923, in Hammond, Indiana. Assigned to the Prohibition Unit of the United States Department of the Treasury Anderson was stationed at the…

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Death by Force

John Wesley Robertson

Male, age 49 · Henderson, North Carolina
Killed Apr 16, 1903 · 123 years ago

John Wesley Robertson, a 49-year-old male police officer with the Henderson Police Department in North Carolina, tragically died on April 16, 1903. Officer Robertson was shot and mortally wounded by a man outside a local carnival. The incident began when the…

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