Death by Force

Jason Mosley

Male, age 28 · San Francisco, California

Found Apr 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

On April 27, 2008, 28-year-old Jason Mosley was fatally stabbed in San Francisco. The attack occurred in the early hours, and Mosley was found with severe stab wounds. Despite efforts by emergency responders, Mosley succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The…

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Tyrone Miller

Male, age 43 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Apr 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

On April 27, 2008, Tyrone Miller, a 43-year-old African American male, was fatally shot during a robbery in the West Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to reports, Miller was returning home from a graduation party when he was…

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Robert Barrientes

Male, age 45 · San Antonio, Texas

Found Apr 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

Robert Barrientes, a 45-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity from San Antonio, TX, was tragically beaten to death on April 27, 2008. His body was discovered behind Terry's Friendly Spot Bar on Steve Avenue, where he had been beaten and left under a cardboard…

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Edelmiro musu Roman

Male, age 16 · Central Falls, Rhode Island

Killed Apr 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

On a Sunday evening, the twenty-seventh of April in 2008, a sense of unease lingered in the streets of Central Falls, Rhode Island. The city had been shaken by a recent surge in violence, and the community was on edge. It was against this backdrop that…

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Inesha Miller

Female, age 18 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Apr 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the quiet, early morning hours of Tuesday, April 24, 2007, the stillness of a Southeast Washington, D.C. neighborhood was broken by the sound of gunfire. At approximately 12:40 a.m., Inesha Miller was shot in front of a residence at 2504 Pomeroy Road.…

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Cajun Thomas

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

On April 27, 2007, 19-year-old Cajun Thomas was tragically shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place in front of 1317 Granville Street, located in Franklin County. Law enforcement responded to reports of a shooting, where they discovered…

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Thomas Howard

Male, age 27 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, a string of violence unfolded in Pittsburgh that left two cousins dead and a family grappling with a painful loss. 27-year-old Thomas Howard, a Black male, was fatally shot on April 27, 2007, in the city's Hill District. His death was…

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Andrew Mcneil

Male, age 36 · Houston, Texas

Found Apr 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

Andrew Richie McNeil, aged 36, was shot and killed in the early hours of April 29, 2007, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred around 2:20 a.m. in the parking lot at 8264 West Bellfort. McNeil was among a group of people when an unknown individual or…

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Janning Chaney

Male, age 41 · Houston, Texas

Found Apr 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

Janning Chaney, aged 41, was found deceased on April 27, 2007, in Houston, Texas. The incident took place at around 6 p.m. near the 1400 block of Weiss Street. Chaney's body was discovered by local children in an overgrown and littered area. Details about the…

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Timothy Tim David Barnwell

Male, age 34 · Raleigh, North Carolina

Killed Apr 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

Timothy David Barnwell, a 34-year-old male from Raleigh, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on April 27, 2007. His death was part of a string of violent crimes that shook the community. Barnwell was found outside his second-story apartment at Windsor…

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Brian Bradley

Male, age 41 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

On April 27, 2007, Brian L. Bradley, 41, a Black/African American male, was lost to gun violence in Chester, Pennsylvania. His name later appeared in a Delaware County Daily Times listing of Chester’s homicide victims for 2007 as Brian Lionel Bradley…

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Ouithreaun Stokes

Female, age 28 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

Ouithreaun C. Stokes, a 28-year-old Black/African American woman, was found dead on April 27, 2007, inside an abandoned rooming house at 3128 North 7th Street in Milwaukee. She had been beaten and strangled. Her killing initially appeared to be another…

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Kenneth Hodge

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Apr 27, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the late afternoon of an otherwise ordinary Wednesday in the nation's capital, events unfolded that would permanently alter the course of a man's life and leave a community with unanswered questions. On April 27, 2005, inside an apartment at 3510 18th…

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Darington Moore Smith

Male, age 45 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 27, 2005 · 21 years ago

Darington Moore Smith was 45 years old when he died on Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at 450 Bauchet St. near Chinatown and downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at that…

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Toney Clayton Summey

Male, age 41 · Randolph, North Carolina

Killed Apr 27, 2003 · 23 years ago

Toney Clayton Summey, a 41-year-old Deputy Sheriff from Randolph County, North Carolina, was tragically killed on April 27, 2003. Deputy Summey was attempting to serve domestic violence warrants when he was fatally shot. He and another deputy were at the…

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Henry Karl Showe

Male, age 54 · Lancaster, California

Killed Apr 27, 2003 · 23 years ago

Henry Karl Showe was 54 years old when he died on Sunday, April 27, 2003, in Lancaster. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 2729 W. Avenue L. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Christian Tate

Male · Ludlow, California

Killed Apr 27, 2002 · 24 years ago

Christian Harvey Tate, a 29-year-old member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, was killed on April 27, 2002, while riding his motorcycle on Interstate 40 near Ludlow, California. Tate was returning to San Diego after attending the Laughlin River Run, a…

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Jeramie Jay Bell

Male, age 27 · Laughlin, Nevada

Killed Apr 27, 2002 · 24 years ago

On the night of April 27, 2002, Jeramie Jay Bell, a 27-year-old Caucasian male, was fatally shot in Laughlin, Nevada. His death was a direct result of a violent and chaotic brawl between the Hells Angels and Mongols motorcycle clubs, an event that would come…

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Brenda Kilgore

Female, age 42 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 27, 2000 · 26 years ago

Brenda Kilgore, a 42-year-old woman from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost her life on April 27, 2000. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Brenda was shot in Boyle Heights, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. The circumstances surrounding…

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Eva Veronica Gonzales Alvarado

Female, age 36 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 27, 1999 · 27 years ago

Eva Veronica Gonzales Alvarado, aged 36, was tragically murdered on April 27, 1999, in Los Angeles, California. The case was a harrowing instance of familial violence, where Eva, along with her husband Rudolfo Alvarado and their two sons, Renzo and Victor…

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Renzo Alvarado

Male, age 16 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 27, 1999 · 27 years ago

Renzo Alvarado, a 16-year-old from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on April 27, 1999. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially shrouded in mystery, as it was staged to appear as a murder-suicide. Renzo, along with his father…

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Rudolfo Alvarado

Male, age 51 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 27, 1999 · 27 years ago

Rudolfo Alvarado, aged 51, was tragically killed on April 26, 1999, in his Hyde Park apartment in Los Angeles, California. The incident was a horrific family massacre that also claimed the lives of his wife, Eva Veronica Alvarado, aged 36, and their two sons…

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Frances French

Female, age 25 · Emerson, Arkansas

Killed Apr 27, 1997 · 29 years ago

Frances “Diane” French was a 25-year-old Black/African American female from Emerson, Arkansas, whose life ended on April 27, 1997. Online memorial information connected to her death says she was lost to gun violence in Emerson, placing the tragedy in a small…

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Ronald Martin

Male, age 25 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 27, 1997 · 29 years ago

On October 14, 1997, Ronald Martin, a 25-year-old white male and member of a rival gang, was brutally murdered in Atwater Village, Los Angeles. He was shot 28 times in a calculated execution carried out by Timothy Joseph McGhee, a high-ranking member of the…

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Cornell Jennifer

Male, age 36 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Apr 27, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 27, 1995, a tragedy unfolded in the nation's capital that would leave a family grieving and a community searching for answers. Cornell Jennifer, a 36-year-old African-American male, was in the Unit block of S Street, NE, in…

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Bobby J. Robertson

Male, age 68 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Apr 27, 1994 · 32 years ago

On April 27, 1994, the body of 68-year-old Bobby J. Robertson was discovered in his residence in Kansas City, Missouri. A male victim, Robertson was found deceased in his fourth-floor studio apartment, the apparent victim of a violent intrusion. When…

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Jackson Jones

Male · San Diego, California

Found Apr 27, 1992 · 34 years ago

Jackson Jones, a 35-year-old Yellow Cab driver, was killed on April 27, 1992, in San Diego, California. At approximately midnight, Jones was dispatched to pick up a fare from an apartment on 60th Street in the El Cerrito neighborhood. However, he was not…

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Harold Drury

Male, age 52 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Apr 27, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 27, 1992, Harold Drury, a 52-year-old Caucasian male, was working his shift as a clerk at an AM-PM convenience store in Phoenix, Arizona. A United States Air Force veteran, he was a dedicated family man. Tragically, his…

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Michael McCown

Male, age 40 · Terre-haute, Indiana

Killed Apr 27, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the spring of 1992, a shadow fell over the city of Terre Haute, Indiana, with the tragic death of Michael “Mick” McCown. A 40-year-old male, McCown was found deceased on April 27th inside Sylvia's Ceramics, a shop owned by his mother where he also worked.…

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Calvin Thomas

Null · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 27, 1990 · 36 years ago

Calvin Thomas, an 18-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically shot and killed on April 27, 1990. The incident occurred at the intersection of Franklin Park South and Rhodes Avenue. Calvin was found with multiple gunshot wounds, and despite immediate…

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Joseph Preston Martin

Male, age 28 · North-miami-beach, Florida

Killed Apr 27, 1990 · 36 years ago

Joseph Preston Martin, a 28-year-old police officer from North Miami Beach, FL, tragically lost his life on April 27, 1990. Officer Martin, who was serving with the Metro-Dade Police Department, was conducting a routine traffic stop at the intersection of NE…

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John Mccormick

Male, age 43 · Manhattan, New York

Killed Apr 27, 1988 · 38 years ago

On a spring evening in Manhattan, what should have been a routine operation for a veteran police officer turned into a tragedy that cut short a long and dedicated career. Sergeant John McCormick, a 43-year-old White male, was a respected member of the New…

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Marine Hedge

Female, age 53 · Wichita, Kansas

Killed Apr 27, 1985 · 41 years ago

Marine Hedge, a 53-year-old Caucasian woman, was tragically murdered on April 27, 1985, in Wichita, Kansas. She was a resident of Park City, Kansas, and lived just a few houses away from her killer, Dennis Rader, infamously known as the BTK serial killer.…

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William Mccarthy

Male, age 49 · Reynolds-township, Michigan

Killed Apr 27, 1982 · 44 years ago

It was a spring afternoon on April 27, 1982, in Reynolds Township, Michigan, when Detective Lieutenant William 'Mac' McCarthy of the Montcalm County Sheriff's Department was nearing the end of his shift. A dedicated and respected officer, the 49-year-old was…

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Robert White

Male, age 55 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Apr 27, 1979 · 47 years ago

Parole Officer Robert A. White, aged 55, was shot and killed on April 27, 1979, while conducting a surveillance operation on a parolee in Cleveland, Ohio. White, a United States Navy veteran, had served with the Cleveland Police Department for 25 years before…

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Amalia Castillo

Female, age 48 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Apr 27, 1979 · 47 years ago

Amalia Castillo, a 48-year-old Hispanic woman, passed away on April 27, 1979, in San Antonio, Texas. Her death was recorded in Bexar County, Texas, and she was buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. Despite the available records of her…

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Amelia Castillo

Female, age 48 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Apr 27, 1979 · 47 years ago

Amelia Castillo, a 48-year-old woman of Hispanic ethnicity from San Antonio, Texas, tragically lost her life on April 27, 1979. She was attending the Battle of Flowers Parade with her family when a gunman, later identified as Ira Attebury, opened fire on the…

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Ida Dollard

Female, age 26 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Apr 27, 1979 · 47 years ago

Ida Jean Dollard, a 26-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on April 27, 1979, in San Antonio, Texas. Her death occurred during the infamous Battle of Flowers Parade, a festive event that turned into a scene of horror due to a mass…

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William James Nixon

Male, age 44 · Jackson, Michigan

Killed Apr 27, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 27, 1978, a routine traffic stop on a desolate stretch of US-127 near Berry Road in Jackson, Michigan, turned into a scene of tragedy. Lieutenant William James Nixon, a 44-year-old male and a 23-year veteran of the Jackson…

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Helen Duffner

Female, age 63 · Reno, Nevada

Killed Apr 27, 1977 · 49 years ago

Helen Duffner, a woman in her 60s, was found murdered on April 27, 1977, near her vehicle along Mount Rose Highway, south of Reno, Nevada. At the time, Duffner had been living out of her car, a white 1964 Chevy Nova, which was parked close to where her body…

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Sandra Beddow

Female, age 19 · Plano, Texas

Found Apr 27, 1975 · 51 years ago

On April 27, 1975, the body of Sandra Kay Beddow, age 19, was found in Rowlett Creek near Plano, Texas. Sandra was discovered lying face-down and nude, and the circumstances of her death immediately indicated foul play. She had been reported missing just…

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Gary Cox

Male, age 7 · Mattoon, Illinois

Killed Apr 27, 1968 · 58 years ago

Gary Cox, a 7-year-old boy from Mattoon, Illinois, tragically died on April 27, 1968. On that fateful Saturday, Gary had asked his father to take him fishing, but plans were postponed. Instead, Gary spent the day at home with his siblings. The day began…

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Kenneth Cox

Male, age 5 · Mattoon, Illinois

Killed Apr 27, 1968 · 58 years ago

Kenneth Winford Cox, a 5-year-old boy from Mattoon, Illinois, tragically died on April 27, 1968. Kenneth, who was Caucasian, was the youngest child in a large family. The day began like any other Saturday for the Cox family, with routine activities and…

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Lewis Cox

Male, age 16 · Mattoon, Illinois

Killed Apr 27, 1968 · 58 years ago

Lewis Cox, a 16-year-old male from Mattoon, Illinois, tragically lost his life on April 27, 1968. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and heartbreaking for the local community. Lewis, a young Caucasian teenager, was found dead at his…

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Mary Cox

Female, age 8 · Mattoon, Illinois

Killed Apr 27, 1968 · 58 years ago

Mary Catherine Cox, an 8-year-old girl from Mattoon, Illinois, tragically died on April 27, 1968. The circumstances surrounding her death were deeply distressing and led to significant legal and investigative actions. Mary Catherine Cox, a young Caucasian…

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Theresa Cox

Female, age 9 · Mattoon, Illinois

Killed Apr 27, 1968 · 58 years ago

Theresa Cox, a 9-year-old girl from Mattoon, Illinois, tragically lost her life on April 27, 1968. Theresa, along with her siblings, was a victim of a horrific crime that shocked the local community. On that fateful day, Theresa, along with her siblings Louis…

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Lena Green

Female, age 47 · Fisher, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 27, 1924 · 102 years ago

In the spring of 1924, a dark chapter unfolded in the small community near Fisher, Oklahoma. A 47-year-old woman named Lena Green was found tragically deceased on April 27th. The discovery sent ripples of concern through the quiet area as the details of her…

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Patrick Melia

Male, age 33 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 27, 1910 · 116 years ago

On April 27, 1910, Patrolman Patrick Melia, aged 30, was tragically killed in the line of duty while patrolling the Santa Fe Railroad yard at 49th Street and Lawndale Avenue in Chicago. Officer Melia, a two-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department…

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