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Deaths by Force on April 2

675 open cases in our database happened on April 2. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (450)

Death by Force

Felipe Hernandez

Male, age 28 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Felipe Hernandez, a 28-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on April 2, 2015, in the Westlake area of Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Hernandez was fatally shot, marking another somber entry in the…

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Cecilia Olivas

Female, age 47 · El-paso, Texas
Killed Apr 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Cecilia Olivas, a 47-year-old woman from Deming, New Mexico, tragically died on April 2, 2015, in El Paso, Texas. She was found dead in her home on the 14000 block of Sandy Rock by police officers who were responding to a welfare check. Cecilia was discovered…

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Bobby Lee Christofoli

Male, age 42 · Lexington, South Carolina
Killed Apr 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, a dispute between neighbors in the Red Bank area of Lexington County, South Carolina, escalated to a fatal encounter, ending the life of 42-year-old Bobby Lee Christofoli. On the evening of April 2, 2014, Christofoli was shot and killed…

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Daniel Patterson

Male, age 22 · North-charleston, South Carolina
Killed Apr 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the life of 22-year-old Daniel Kareem Patterson was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire in North Charleston, South Carolina. On the evening of April 2nd, Patterson was driving his car near the intersection of Bream Road and…

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Damon Capacchione

Male, age 38 · Desert-hot-springs, California
Killed Apr 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Damon Capacchione, a 38-year-old resident of Desert Hot Springs, California, tragically lost his life on April 2, 2014, as a result of a shooting incident. The events leading to his death unfolded around 6:20 p.m. in the 12700 block of Parma Drive.…

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Dominic Everett

Female, age 27 · Oxford, North Carolina
Killed Apr 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Dominic Everett, a 27-year-old male from Oxford, NC, was tragically killed during a home invasion on April 2, 2014. The incident occurred at a mobile home on Little Mountain Creek Road. According to reports, three masked individuals forced their way into the…

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Raphael Tyrone Hayes

Male, age 22 · Upper-marlboro, Maryland
Killed Apr 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early hours of a spring day, the life of 22-year-old Raphael Tyrone Hayes was tragically cut short. On April 1, 2009, Hayes was left at Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly, Maryland, suffering from gunshot wounds. Despite the efforts of medical…

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Gabriel Torres

Male · Bellflower, California
Killed Apr 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

On April 2, 2009, infant Gabriel Torres died under circumstances in Bellflower, California, that led county authorities to rule his death a homicide. At the time of his passing, he was less than one year old. Due to his tender age, no details regarding a…

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Maria Pelayo

Female · Pomona, California
Killed Apr 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

On Thursday, April 2, 2009, emergency responders were called to a residence in the 900 block of San Antonio Avenue in Pomona, California. Upon arrival, authorities discovered the lifeless body of Maria Pelayo, a Hispanic female who was pronounced dead at the…

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Ryan Anthony Lee

Male, age 16 · Rocky-mount, North Carolina
Killed Apr 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

Ryan Anthony Lee, a 16-year-old male from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on April 2, 2008. The incident occurred around 11:30 AM when the Rocky Mount Police Department was dispatched to a report of a person shot on Clark Street. Upon…

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Christopher Alillups

Male, age 21 · St. Louis, Missouri
Killed Apr 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

In St. Louis, Missouri, a young man named Christopher Alillups, aged 21, passed away on April 3, 2007. Born on December 31, 1985, he was known to his friends and family as Chris. He was a gregarious and fun-loving individual with a great sense of humor who…

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Alexander Williams

Male, age 21 · New-orleans, Louisiana
Killed Apr 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

Alexander Williams, a 21-year-old man from New Orleans, Louisiana, died on April 2, 2007, in a death recorded as gun violence. In the days that followed, his family’s grief surfaced publicly through an obituary notice carried by The Times-Picayune and…

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Cleveland Daniel

Male, age 52 · New-orleans, Louisiana
Killed Apr 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, a resident of New Orleans, Cleveland Daniel Jr., tragically lost his life. On April 2, 2007, the 52-year-old man became a victim of gun violence in the city. The specific details surrounding the shooting, including the location and time…

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Terry Hall

Male, age 29 · New-orleans, Louisiana
Killed Apr 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the quiet of a late December night in 2010, the life of Jonathan Hall, a 27-year-old man with a spirit for wandering and a love for art and music, was brought to an abrupt and violent end. Known to some as 'Jon Flee,' Hall had a reputation as a kind soul…

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David Randell Jones

Male, age 46 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Apr 2, 2005 · 21 years ago

David Randell Jones, a 46-year-old Black man, died on April 2, 2005, after being strangled. The death is recorded in the Los Angeles Times Homicide Report as having occurred on that date and the cause of death listed as strangulation. Little publicly…

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Tavon Cooper

Male, age 19 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Apr 2, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 2, 2002, in the Sowebo neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, 19-year-old Tavon Cooper was fatally shot in the 1300 block of West Baltimore Street. He was transported to a local hospital where he ultimately succumbed to his…

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Gilbert Satterwhite

Male, age 25 · Atlantic City, New Jersey
Killed Apr 2, 1972 · 54 years ago

On Easter Sunday, April 2, 1972, a night of revelry at the popular Club Harlem in Atlantic City, New Jersey, turned into a scene of brutal violence. Amidst a crowd of hundreds, Gilbert 'Big Malik' Satterwhite was shot and killed. He was working as a bodyguard…

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Tyrone Palmer

Male, age 24 · Atlantic City, New Jersey
Killed Apr 2, 1972 · 54 years ago

Tyrone “Mr. Millionaire” Palmer was a 24-year-old man who had risen quickly in the underworld of the early 1970s, becoming a major cocaine and heroin trafficker and the primary Philadelphia-area contact for powerful New York City suppliers, as well as a key…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.