Death by Force

Randi Mebruer

Female, age 28 · Zachary, Louisiana

Killed Apr 18, 1998 · 28 years ago

Randi Jane Mebruer, 28, a White woman, vanished from her home in Zachary, Louisiana, on the evening of April 18, 1998, after a simple errand to a nearby video store and a quiet return home with her young son. By morning, the child wandered to a neighbor and…

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Elizabeth D Whitehead Bryant

Female, age 33 · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Killed Apr 18, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the spring of 1995, a grim discovery was made in the serene setting of a creek near the Owls Creek Golf Course in Virginia Beach, Virginia. On April 18th, fishermen stumbled upon skeletal remains, setting in motion an investigation that would uncover a…

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Alfred Sloan Hay

Male, age 32 · Boynton Beach, Florida

Killed Apr 18, 1994 · 32 years ago

On April 18, 1994, Alfred Sloan Hay, a 32-year-old resident of Boynton Beach, Florida, was fatally shot at 25G Crossings Circle. That night, Hay reportedly left his residence acting strangely and proceeded to his red Mazda MX-3. While attempting to start the…

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Edgar Pimp Daddy Givens

Male, age 18 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Apr 18, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the early hours of April 18, 1994, the burgeoning career of a promising eighteen-year-old male rapper from New Orleans, Edgar Givens, known professionally as Pimp Daddy, was violently extinguished. Givens was discovered in a third-floor apartment in the…

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Paul Robert PK Klein

Male, age 40 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed Apr 18, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the spring of 1993, a violent outburst at a Colorado Springs bar cut short the life of Paul Robert 'PK' Klein. The 40-year-old male was managing Jim and I's Star Bar, a known hangout for bikers, on the evening of April 17th. It was a night that would end…

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Steven Fairfax

Male, age 33 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed Apr 18, 1993 · 33 years ago

On a spring evening in Colorado Springs, the life of 33-year-old Steven Fairfax was tragically cut short. On April 18, 1993, Fairfax was outside Jim & I's Star Bar when a man named Eugene Baylis, wearing a flak jacket and armed with an AK-47 and four…

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Linda Anderson

Female, age 38 · Henderson, Nevada

Killed Apr 18, 1993 · 33 years ago

Linda Sue Anderson, also known as Linda Sue Andrews, was a 38-year-old woman living in Henderson, Nevada, at the time of her death. Her remains were discovered on April 18, 1993, in an area near Tropicana Avenue and Durango Drive in southwest Las Vegas. The…

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Lisa K Snyder

Female, age 20 · Rollinsford, New Hampshire

Killed Apr 18, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the summer of 1985, twenty-year-old Caucasian female Lisa K. Snyder was visiting her sister in Rollinsford, New Hampshire, from her home in Bow. On the evening of July 4th, she made plans to go to a nightclub in the nearby town of Dover. When she failed to…

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Christopher Kilmer

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 1984 · 42 years ago

Christopher Kilmer, aged 24, was found dead on April 18, 1984, in Columbus, Ohio. His body was discovered at the rear of 1426 North Grant Avenue, and he was pronounced dead on arrival. The cause of his death was listed as undetermined, and it has remained an…

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Barbara Begley

Female, age 17 · Hobbs, New Mexico

Killed Apr 18, 1982 · 44 years ago

Barbara Ellen Begley, a 17-year-old high school sophomore, tragically lost her life on April 18, 1982, in Hobbs, New Mexico. She was a member of the Choraliers singers at Hobbs High School and was part of the Class of 1984. Her death was later attributed to…

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Tamara Lee Tigard

Female, age 21 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Apr 18, 1980 · 46 years ago

In March 1980, Tamara Lee Tigard, a 21-year-old White/Caucasian female, left her home in Las Vegas, Nevada, for a walk and was never seen again. A month later, on what would have been her twenty-first birthday, fishermen made a grim discovery on the banks of…

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Antonio Caponigro

Male, age 68 · Bronx, New York

Killed Apr 18, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the spring of 1980, the life of Antonio Rocco Caponigro, a 68-year-old Italian-American male also known as 'Tony Bananas,' came to a violent and gruesome end in the Bronx, New York. His death on April 18 of that year was not a random act of violence but a…

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Jeanette Woods

Female, age 24 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 18, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the spring of 1980, the city of Detroit was gripped by a series of brutal killings. Among the victims was Jeanette Woods, a 24-year-old Black female whose life was cut tragically short. On the morning of April 19, 1980, her body was discovered on a…

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Malasia Parris

Female · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 1979 · 47 years ago

On April 18, 1979, Malasia Parris, a female resident of Dayton, Ohio, was found dead. The homicide occurred in Montgomery County, and her death was treated as an unsolved murder. Parris's case is listed as a cold case with the Dayton Police Department leading…

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Anna Beach

Female · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 1979 · 47 years ago

On April 18, 1979, Anna Beach was found dead near Hoover Dam in Dayton, Ohio. The case has remained unsolved for decades, and it remains an active investigation with the Dayton Police Department and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation seeking help from the…

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Tony Natal Gutierrez

Male, age 32 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Apr 18, 1979 · 47 years ago

On April 18, 1979, 32-year-old Hispanic male Tony Natal Gutierrez was brutally murdered in his Dallas, Texas apartment. Gutierrez shared the residence with 30-year-old Charles Edward Moya, another Hispanic male. The assailant, later identified as David…

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Charles Edward Moya

Male, age 30 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Apr 18, 1979 · 47 years ago

On April 18, 1979, Charles Edward Moya, a 30-year-old Hispanic male, was brutally murdered in Dallas, Texas. Moya shared an apartment with 32-year-old Tony Natal Gutierrez, another Hispanic male, and both men became victims of a violent attack carried out by…

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Thomas Pohlman

Male, age 27 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 18, 1978 · 48 years ago

Deputy Thomas H. Pohlman, a 27-year-old officer with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, tragically lost his life on April 18, 1978, while on duty. On that fateful day, Deputy Pohlman was patrolling the East Los Angeles area when he detected the…

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Gregory Raynor

Male, age 32 · Park-layne, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 1978 · 48 years ago

Gregory A. Raynor, a 32-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was a dedicated deputy sheriff with the Clark County Sheriff's Office in Ohio. On April 18, 1978, he succumbed to injuries sustained from a shotgun blast three weeks earlier while responding to a…

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John Christian

Male, age 35 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 18, 1978 · 48 years ago

On the night of April 18, 1978, a dedicated Harrisburg Police Bureau officer, Detective Corporal John Robert Christian Jr., a 35-year-old Caucasian male, was working a second job to support his family. He was providing uniformed security at a local beer…

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Mary Jane Burke

Female, age 19 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Apr 18, 1977 · 49 years ago

On April 18, 1977, the body of 19-year-old Mary Jane Burke, a female from St. Petersburg, Florida, was discovered in an open field near the Dale Mabry Strip. An investigation revealed that the young woman had been strangled to death. Known to be a frequent…

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William Morton

Male, age 73 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 1973 · 53 years ago

William Morton, a 73-year-old man, was tragically shot and killed on April 18, 1973, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident took place at 27 E. 9th Street in Hamilton County. The Cincinnati Police Department is responsible for investigating this case, which…

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Beulah K. Davis

Female, age 86 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 18, 1973 · 53 years ago

Beulah K. Davis, an 86-year-old woman from Houston, Texas, tragically lost her life on April 18, 1973. She was standing in front of her home when she was shot and killed by Larry Delon Casey, a 21-year-old man who was on probation for burglary at the time.…

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Claire Patricia Jakubowski

Female, age 5 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 18, 1973 · 53 years ago

On April 18, 1973, Claire Patricia Jakubowski, a 5-year-old girl of unspecified ethnicity from Houston, Texas, tragically lost her life. She was riding her bicycle in her driveway when Larry Delon Casey, a man on probation for burglary, went on a shooting…

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Jana Whatley

Female, age 10 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 18, 1973 · 53 years ago

On April 18, 1973, Jana Whatley, a 10-year-old girl from Houston, Texas, tragically lost her life in what became known as the "Red Elementary Rampage." Jana was walking home from school when she was shot by Larry Delon Casey, a 21-year-old man who went on a…

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Nelos Richard Sills

Male, age 37 · Monroe County, Florida

Killed Apr 18, 1967 · 59 years ago

Nelos Richard Sills, a 36-year-old male who passed away on April 18, 1967, in Monroe County, Florida. His death was initially ruled a suicide after he reportedly shot himself following an argument with his wife, Betty Neumar. However, years later, questions…

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Richard Horan

Male, age 35 · Suffield, Connecticut

Killed Apr 18, 1957 · 69 years ago

Richard Purcell Horan, a 35-year-old White male, was an FBI Special Agent looking forward to a bright future. He and his wife, Helen, were parents to a two-year-old son, also named Richard, and had plans to build a new home in Hartford. An intelligent and…

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Jasper Newton Scroggins

Male, age 60 · Colusa, California

Killed Apr 18, 1919 · 107 years ago

Jasper Newton Scroggins, who served as the Town Marshal for the Colusa Police Department in California, tragically lost his life on April 18, 1919. At the age of 60, Marshal Scroggins was involved in a critical incident that led to his untimely death. On that…

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David Brooks

Male · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 18, 1910 · 116 years ago

David Brooks, a plainclothes policeman with the Los Angeles Police Department, was tragically killed on April 8, 1910. Brooks was on his way to investigate a robbery at a saloon when he encountered two suspects who attempted to hold him up. During the…

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Pleasant Eugene Holt

Male, age 55 · Villa-rica, Georgia

Killed Apr 18, 1908 · 118 years ago

In the line of duty, 55-year-old Night Marshal Pleasant Eugene Holt of the Villa Rica Police Department, Georgia, lost his life on Saturday, April 18, 1908. His end of watch came when he was fatally shot by an intoxicated man he had seen firing a handgun…

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Jykerrion Oliver

Male, age 21 · Mcrae Helena, Georgia

Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the small community of Mcrae-Helena, Georgia, a life was cut short on the afternoon of April 18, 2025. Jykerrion Maurice Oliver, a 21-year-old male, was fatally shot in an incident that has left the local community seeking answers. The Telfair County…

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Bao Ming Ma

Male, age 56 · Pauls Valley, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a quiet corner of Garvin County, Oklahoma, the promise of a burgeoning industry was shattered by violence, leaving two men dead and a community in shock. On April 18, 2025, the bodies of 56-year-old Bao Ming Ma and 42-year-old Alejandro Baltazar Hernandez…

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Angel Hernandez

Male, age 25 · San AntonioBtn, Texas

Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

Angel Hernandez, known to family as Angelina Marie, was a 25-year-old Hispanic woman from San Antonio, Texas. Her mother, Diane Ruiz, remembered her as part of a close family, cherishing memories of Angel laughing and giggling with her brother. “We miss her…

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Donna J. Spellmeier

Female, age 62 · Springfield, Missouri

Killed Apr 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the afternoon of April 18, 2023, the quiet of a residential neighborhood in Springfield, Missouri, was broken by the sound of gunfire, prompting a concerned call to local law enforcement. At approximately 3:58 p.m., officers from the Springfield Police…

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Anthony Hammond

Male · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Apr 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

Anthony Hammond, a man, was killed late on April 18, 2022, in the Atlanta area when police were called to the Eagles Run Apartments on the 2000 block of Bouldercrest Road in DeKalb County at about 11:45 p.m. Officers arriving at the complex found him with a…

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Charles Youngblood

Male, age 62 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Apr 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the spring of 2022, a sense of unease settled over a southwest Atlanta neighborhood after the discovery of a local man's violent death. Charles Youngblood, a 62-year-old male, was found deceased in his home on Connell Avenue on April 18th. The grim…

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Charles Daniels Jr

Male, age 40 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed Apr 18, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 18, 2020, the sound of gunfire pierced the quiet of a Savannah, Georgia neighborhood. When police responded to the area of Avery Street and Oglethorpe Avenue around 1:20 a.m., they discovered a scene of violence that had…

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Jose Samuel Hernandez

Male, age 58 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 18, 2019 · 7 years ago

Jose Samuel Hernandez was 58 years old when he died on Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Sun Valley, in the northeast San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at the intersection…

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Kevin Dunkley

Male, age 38 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Apr 18, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a spring day in New Orleans, what began as a routine task of moving furniture ended in the tragic death of 38-year-old Kevin Dunkley. It was April 18, 2018, at a CubeSmart self-storage facility in the Algiers neighborhood, where Dunkley and three other men…

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Paula Danis

Female, age 69 · Miami-gardens, Florida

Killed Apr 18, 2017 · 9 years ago

Paula Danis, a 69-year-old woman from Miami Gardens, Florida, was tragically killed on April 18, 2017. Paula, who was born on April 20, 1947, was found dead at her home near Northwest 17th Place and Northwest 157th Street. The incident also left her…

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Timothy Everett

Male, age 71 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 18, 2017 · 9 years ago

Timothy Everett, a 71-year-old man from Chicago, IL, tragically passed away on April 18, 2017. His death was ruled a homicide after an investigation revealed that he was struck in the head with a chair at a West Side nursing home. The incident occurred 10…

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Rattma Choumramamy

Female, age 47 · Fresno, California

Killed Apr 18, 2015 · 11 years ago

Rattma Choumramamy, aged 47, tragically lost her life on April 18, 2015, in Fresno, California. Her death was the result of a violent incident that unfolded in a field where she worked. The case was deeply intertwined with personal relationships and emotions…

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Jacqulyn Brooks

Female, age 71 · Ponce-de-leon, Florida

Killed Apr 18, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jacqulyn Brooks, aged 71, tragically passed away on April 18, 2015, in Ponce-de-Leon, Florida. Her death was the result of a violent incident that also involved her husband, Sheley Glenn Brooks. On the evening of April 18, 2015, the Holmes County Sheriff’s…

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Sheley Glenn Brooks

Male, age 75 · Ponce-de-leon, Florida

Killed Apr 18, 2015 · 11 years ago

Sheley Glenn Brooks, a 75-year-old white male, was tragically murdered on April 18, 2015, in his home in Ponce de Leon, Florida. The incident also claimed the life of his wife, Jacqulyn Brooks. The couple were well-known in their community for their ministry…

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Warren Sanders

Female, age 28 · New-sarpy, Louisiana

Killed Apr 18, 2015 · 11 years ago

On an evening in April 2015, a confrontation in New Sarpy, Louisiana, turned deadly, leading to the death of 28-year-old Warren Sanders. The incident, which marked the first homicide of the year in St. Charles Parish, unfolded around 9 p.m. on April 18 in the…

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Charles Gallup

Male, age 50 · Virginia-beach, Virginia

Killed Apr 18, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a spring evening in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the life of 50-year-old Charles Gallup was tragically cut short. On April 18, 2014, Gallup, a male resident of the coastal city, was gunned down in the 2600 block of South Kings Road. The violent nature of his…

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Stephen Beglare

Male, age 44 · Winter-park, Florida

Killed Apr 18, 2014 · 12 years ago

Stephen Beglane, a 44-year-old resident of Winter Park, Florida, tragically passed away on April 18, 2014. His death was the result of a violent home invasion that occurred in the early hours of the morning. According to reports, Beglane's wife awoke to the…

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Jimmy Lee Thomas

Male, age 34 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

Jimmy Lee Thomas was 34 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Sunday, April 18, 2010. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through 2017…

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