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Deaths by Force on April 18

682 open cases in our database happened on April 18. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (486)

Death by Force

Levon Rota Alford

Male, age 24 · Richmond, Virginia
Killed Apr 18, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a spring day in Richmond, Virginia, the life of a young man was tragically cut short by an act of violence that remains a mystery to this day. Twenty-four-year-old Levon Rota Alford, a Black male, was found shot to death on April 18, 2009. The shooting…

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Death by Force

Ranulfo Mendoza Salgado

Male, age 32 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Apr 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Ranulfo Mendoza Salgado was 32 years old when he died on Wednesday, April 18, 2007, somewhere in Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Death by Force

Samuel Danny Brown

Male, age 47 · St. Louis, Missouri
Killed Apr 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Samuel Danny Brown was 47 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through…

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Death by Force

Andrea Umphrey

Female, age 35 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Killed Apr 18, 2004 · 22 years ago

Andrea Umphrey, a 35-year-old woman from Sheraden, Allegheny, PA, tragically lost her life on April 18, 2004. Her death was the result of a violent incident that began at the Victorious Faith Evangelical Outreach church in Sheraden and ended on the…

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Death by Force

Leoncio Benitez

Male, age 31 · Inglewood, California
Killed Apr 18, 2004 · 22 years ago

On Sunday, April 18, 2004, thirty-one-year-old Leoncio Benitez lost his life in the city of Inglewood, California. His death occurred in an urban South Bay community situated mere miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles, a municipality that has long balanced…

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Death by Force

Nelos Richard

Male · Big-coppitt-key, Florida
Killed Apr 18, 1967 · 59 years ago

Nelos Richard Sills, a 37-year-old Navy serviceman, died on April 18, 1967, in Big Coppitt Key, Florida. His death was initially ruled a suicide, with reports indicating that he shot himself during an argument with his wife, Betty Neumar. However, the…

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