Death by Force

Dametri J. Jones

Male, age 20 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Apr 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

On the evening of April 18, 2012, in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, a young African-American man named Dametri J. Jones had his life cut short at the age of 20. Responding to a call for a person shot at 871 River Street, Boston Police officers…

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Jeffrey Boyd

Male, age 51 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

On April 18, 2012, the body of Jeffrey Boyd, a 51-year-old Black male, was discovered at his residence in Detroit, Michigan. He was found inside the garage of his home located at 3341 Gladstone Street on the city's west side. The discovery revealed a grim…

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Reginald Austin

Male, age 41 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the spring of 1992, a wave of violence orchestrated by the notorious 'Best Friends' gang crested in a brutal act that claimed four lives on Detroit's east side. Alfred Austin, a 26-year-old man, found himself fatally entangled in the gang's web of crime…

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Markey Gardner

Male, age 37 · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Killed Apr 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

An obituary for Markey 'Smoke' Gardner of Virginia Beach, Virginia, announced his passing on April 18, 2012, at the age of 37. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, on November 27, 1974, he was a former student of Bowling Park Elementary, Azalea Gardens Middle School…

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Thomas Haydon

Male, age 25 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the spring of 2012, the life of a young African-American man, Thomas C. Haydon, was cut tragically short on a street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On the evening of April 18, 2012, Haydon, a 25-year-old male, was shot and killed in the 2300 block of N. 48th St.…

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Carla Denise Frye Williams

Female, age 38 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Apr 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the predawn hours of April 18, 2012, a domestic dispute in a Hampton, Virginia neighborhood escalated into a horrific scene of violence that would leave four family members dead. Carla Denise Frye Williams, a 38-year-old White female, was discovered by…

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Joseph Edward Jones

Male, age 71 · Matoaca, Virginia

Killed Apr 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the quiet community of Matoaca, Virginia, a tragic series of events unfolded in April 2012, culminating in the deaths of a father and his son. Joseph Edward Jones, a 71-year-old male, and his 51-year-old son, Perry Edward Jones, lost their lives inside…

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Markey Gardner

Male, age 37 · Virginia-beach, Virginia

Killed Apr 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the spring of 2012, the life of Markey 'Smoke' Gardner, a 37-year-old African-American man from Virginia Beach, Virginia, was tragically cut short. On the evening of April 18th, Gardner was shot and killed in a violent encounter that would leave his…

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Thomas Franklin Truitt

Male, age 37 · Cartersville, Georgia

Killed Apr 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the spring of 2012, the life of Thomas Franklin Truitt, a 37-year-old white male, came to a violent end in a Cartersville, Georgia home. On the evening of April 18th, a federal task force, including U.S. Marshals and local law enforcement, descended on a…

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Antonio Fernando Lilly

Male, age 30 · Troy, North Carolina

Killed Apr 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

Antonio Fernando Lilly, a 30-year-old African American male, was fatally shot in Troy, North Carolina, on April 18, 2012. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 12:45 a.m., in the 700 block of Eldorado Street. Lilly was found with…

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Juan Mendez-Hernandez

Male, age 23 · San Francisco, California

Found Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

On April 18, 2010, 23-year-old Juan Mendez-Hernandez was killed in San Francisco's Mission District. The incident took place early in the morning on Florida Street, reportedly during or after a party. A neighbor called police at around 3:29 a.m. after…

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Amos Bailey

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

On April 18, 2010, Amos Bailey, a 25-year-old African American male from Chicago, Illinois, was fatally shot in the city's South Side. The incident occurred in the early morning hours when Bailey was walking near his residence. According to police reports, he…

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Jerel Love

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

On April 18, 2010, Jerel Love, aged 21, was fatally shot in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. The incident took place on a street in a community that has experienced high levels of violence over the years. North Lawndale, like several other…

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Darnell Warren

Male, age 28 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a Sunday evening in New Orleans, April 18, 2010, the life of 28-year-old Darnell A. Davis Warren, Sr. was tragically cut short. A graduate of Southern University in Baton Rouge and a father, Warren was inside a daiquiri shop in the 3600 block of General…

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Sean Carlos Johnson

Male, age 40 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the spring of 2010, the life of 40-year-old Sean Carlos Johnson, a Black male from Baltimore, Maryland, was tragically cut short. On April 18, 2010, Johnson became a victim of homicide in the city. His death is listed among the unsolved murders for that…

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Dyshawne Brantley

Male, age 37 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the spring of 2010, the life of Dyshawne Brantley, a 39-year-old African-American man from the Boston area, was tragically cut short. On April 16, 2010, Brantley passed away, leaving behind a community of family and friends to mourn his unexpected death.…

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Emuel J Menifield

Male, age 21 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

On the night of April 18, 2010, violence erupted in the 5800 block of Olive Street in Kansas City, Missouri, claiming the life of a young man. Emuel J. Menifield, a 21-year-old male, was gathered with a group of people outside a residence early that Sunday…

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James Gruey

Male, age 54 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

James Gruey, 54, male, Caucasian/White, was working a Sunday night shift as a security guard when gunfire cut across the quiet around the Dr. William U. Pearson Community Center in Las Vegas. Near 11:30 p.m. on April 18, 2010, while patrolling the grounds at…

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Ruben Poindexter

Male, age 21 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a spring evening in Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 21-year-old Ruben Poindexter was brought to an abrupt and violent end. The date was April 18, 2010, a time when the city was grappling with a high rate of crime. In the midst of this challenging…

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Enias Munyanez

Male, age 29 · Fort Worth, Texas

Found Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

Enias Munyanez, a 29-year-old resident of Fort Worth, Texas, was tragically killed on April 18, 2010. His death occurred during a time when Fort Worth was grappling with high crime rates, especially violent crimes, which have consistently been above the…

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Darnell Davis Warren Sr.

Male, age 28 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

Darnell Davis Warren Sr., a 28-year-old male, tragically lost his life on Sunday, April 18, 2010, in his native city of New Orleans, Louisiana. A graduate of Southern University in Baton Rouge, he was a father to three sons, Donnell, Danell, and Avant Warren.…

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Mary Eloise Trudeau-Mottola

Female, age 59 · Long Beach, California

Killed Apr 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

Mary Eloise Trudeau-Mottola was 59 years old when she died on Sunday, April 18, 2010, in Long Beach. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 3903 Lewis Avenue. Her death was ruled a…

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James Turner

Null, age 23 · San Francisco, California

Found Apr 18, 2009 · 17 years ago

James Jamonte Turner, age 23, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of April 18, 2009, in San Francisco, California. The incident occurred shortly after Turner had left Club Boss, located at 750 Harrison Street. Around 2:07 a.m., he was walking along…

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Alexander Apalit

Male, age 21 · San Francisco, California

Found Apr 18, 2009 · 17 years ago

Alexander Apalit, a 21-year-old man from Daly City, was tragically killed on the evening of April 18, 2009, in San Francisco. The shooting took place around 9:15 p.m. while Apalit was a passenger in a vehicle traveling along Otsego Avenue near the…

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Andre Jackson

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Apr 18, 2009 · 17 years ago

On April 18, 2009, Andre Jackson, a 29-year-old African-American male, was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred while Jackson was walking when an unidentified assailant approached and opened fire, striking him in the chest. Emergency…

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Santos R Cantos-Alana

Male, age 21 · San Francisco, California

Found Apr 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

On April 18, 2008, Santos R. Cantos-Alana, a 21-year-old male, was fatally shot in San Francisco, California. The incident took place in the city's Bayview neighborhood, which has been known for its struggles with violent crime over the years. Cantos-Alana…

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Keith Johnson

Male, age 24 · San Francisco, California

Found Apr 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

On April 18, 2008, Keith Johnson, aged 24, was shot and killed in San Francisco, California. His death was part of a series of homicides that occurred during a time when the city was experiencing significant issues with violent crime. Johnson was reportedly…

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William Hester

Male, age 42 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

On April 18, 2008, a violent incident occurred in St. Louis, Missouri, that resulted in the tragic death of a local resident. William Hester, a 42-year-old African-American male, was found shot to death in the city, marking another homicide during a…

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Ronald Bland III

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

On April 18, 2008, Ronald Bland III was fatally shot while sitting in his car outside his home on Hartford Avenue in Akron, Ohio. This incident occurred at approximately 11:00 p.m., and details regarding the motive or the events leading up to the shooting…

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Cedric Singleton

Male, age 39 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Apr 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

Cedric R. Singleton, a 39-year-old African American man from Memphis, Tennessee, was killed on April 18, 2008, a death recorded as a homicide tied to the area of 6800 Watergrove Drive in Memphis. In the records that have surfaced publicly, the case is logged…

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Jimmy Banks

Male · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Apr 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

On April 18, 2008, the life of a male identified as Jimmy D. Banks came to a violent end in Indianapolis, Indiana. The incident, which is recorded as a homicide, involved the use of a firearm, marking yet another instance of gun violence in the state’s…

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Gustavo Soto

Male, age 24 · Syracuse, New York

Killed Apr 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the late afternoon of April 18, 2008, a sense of normalcy was shattered in the parking lot of an AutoZone on South Salina Street in Syracuse, New York. It was there that Gustavo Soto, a 24-year-old Black male, was found inside a vehicle, having been shot…

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Reginald Hoover

Male, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Apr 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Reginald Hoover, aged 24, was killed on April 18, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was recorded as part of the broader crime statistics compiled by the City of Chicago, reflecting the city's struggle with high rates of violence during that period. The…

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Kevin Williams

Male, age 45 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Kevin Williams, 45, was from Baltimore, Maryland, and he died under circumstances that have been left painfully incomplete in the information available here. What remains clear is the loss itself: a life ended, a name that now lands differently when it's…

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Kevin Randall

Male, age 45 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Kevin Randall, 45, was a Black man from Baltimore whose life ended late on Wednesday night, April 18, 2007, when gunfire erupted in the 200 block of North Mount Street. The shooting was reported at about 9:45 p.m., and by the time the city absorbed the news…

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Lewis Howard

Male, age 54 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Apr 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Lewis Howard was 54 years old when he died in Kansas City, Missouri. Even with only that much known, the weight of it is hard to ignore: a life with decades of mornings and routines, people who recognized his voice, places he passed through often enough to…

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Loy Smith

Male, age 56 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Apr 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Loy Smith, 56, a Black male, was visiting friends in a neighborhood near North Las Vegas Boulevard when the quiet of the early morning broke on April 18, 2007. Around 4:40 a.m., a woman called 911 reporting a man being beaten near Cecile Avenue and Clifford…

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Alissa Clere

Female, age 40 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Apr 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Alissa Clere, a 40-year-old woman, was found dead on April 18, 2007, in a remote area of southern Franklin County, Ohio. Her body was discovered by a quarry worker off Rowe Road, and it was clear that she had suffered a violent death. Alissa had been beaten…

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Jose Miguel Juarez Avendano

Male, age 24 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Apr 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the still-dark hours of April 18, 2007, gunfire cracked through the parking lot of the Dominion House Apartments on Lindbar Drive in South Nashville. Inside a lower-level unit, Jose Miguel Juarez Avendano, a 24-year-old man, was startled awake by the…

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Alyssa Kovash

Female, age 20 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Apr 18, 2005 · 21 years ago

Alyssa Kovash, a 20-year-old female, was tragically killed on April 18, 2005, in New Orleans, Louisiana. In the early morning hours, she was walking with her friend and coworker, Stephanie Knight, after their shift at the Crescent City Brewhouse in the French…

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Jennifer Murray

Female, age 39 · Wilson, North Carolina

Killed Apr 18, 2005 · 21 years ago

Jennifer McIntyre Murray, a 39-year-old woman from Wilson, North Carolina, was tragically shot to death on April 18, 2005. Authorities responded to a shooting call around 1:30 a.m. near Canal and Toisnot streets. Upon arrival, they found Jennifer Murray…

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Rodney Atkinson

Male, age 21 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Apr 18, 2004 · 22 years ago

On a Sunday evening in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2004, a young Black man named Rodney A. Atkinson Jr. lost his life. At approximately 10:30 p.m. in the 2000 block of Rosedale Street, NE, the sound of gunfire shattered the night, and when the chaos…

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Marcus Whirl

Male, age 27 · Lima, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 2004 · 22 years ago

Marcus Whirl, aged 27, was killed on April 18, 2004, in Lima, Ohio, during what appeared to be an ordinary backyard gathering. The incident occurred at 1309 South Main Street, where Marcus was hosting a barbecue. At approximately 9:07 PM, an unknown assailant…

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Theodore Gurule

Male, age 28 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Apr 18, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the spring of 2004, a young man’s life was cut tragically short on a quiet neighborhood sidewalk in Denver, Colorado. Twenty-eight-year-old Theodore Gurule, a male with brown hair and brown eyes, was discovered unresponsive on the morning of April 18th. At…

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Monica Hardman

Female, age 32 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Apr 18, 2004 · 22 years ago

Monica Hardman, a 32-year-old woman from Dallas, Texas, tragically passed away on April 18, 2004. The details surrounding her death indicate that she was killed by her intimate partner. This case is part of a broader issue of domestic violence, which claimed…

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Maria Delacruz Garcia

Female, age 36 · South Gate, California

Killed Apr 18, 2003 · 23 years ago

Maria Delacruz Garcia was 36 years old when she died on Friday, April 18, 2003, in South Gate. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 10235 Jackson Ave. Her death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Olivia Carmelita Grijalva

Female, age 54 · Montebello, California

Killed Apr 18, 2000 · 26 years ago

Olivia Carmelita Grijalva was 54 years old when she died on Tuesday, April 18, 2000, in Montebello. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 350 N. 4th St. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a…

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Alfonza Cottman

Male, age 44 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 18, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the spring of 1998, the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, became the backdrop for a tragedy that has lingered in the community for years. On April 18th of that year, 44-year-old Alfonza 'Nuddy' Cottman, an African American male, was found deceased. The…

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