Death by Force

David Garza

Male · San Antonio, Texas

Killed Apr 3, 1994 · 32 years ago

David Garza was tragically murdered on April 3, 1994, in San Antonio, Texas. On that Sunday night, David and his wife were waiting for a bus at a bus stop located in the 3700 block of Broadway. It was just before 10:40 PM when they were approached by an…

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Ruben Edward Borchardt

Male, age 40 · Jefferson, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 3, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of Easter morning in 1994, the quiet of rural Jefferson, Wisconsin, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Inside his home, Ruben Edward Borchardt, a 40-year-old White/Caucasian male and self-employed carpenter, was shot twice in the…

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Patricia Ann Minnis

Female, age 57 · Ochopee, Florida

Killed Apr 3, 1990 · 36 years ago

On April 3, 1990, the decomposed body of 57-year-old Patricia Ann Minnis was found by a prison work crew along U.S. 41 East near Everglades City, in the Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida. The discovery was made under heavy brush, approximately 22 miles…

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Holly Suzanne Tarr

Female, age 18 · San Diego, California

Killed Apr 3, 1990 · 36 years ago

Holly Suzanne Tarr, an 18-year-old White female from Okemos, Michigan, was tragically murdered on April 3, 1990, while visiting her brother in San Diego, California. Holly, an honors student and aspiring actress, had traveled to California for spring break.…

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Leslie Ann Noyer

Female, age 29 · Oakland, California

Killed Apr 3, 1989 · 37 years ago

Leslie Ann Noyer, a 29-year-old cosmetologist from Oakland, California, was tragically murdered on April 3, 1989. Her death was part of a series of killings that terrorized the Oakland area during that year. Noyer was one of the victims of Charles Arnett…

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Joseph Thomas

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Found Apr 3, 1988 · 38 years ago

The homicide of Joseph Thomas, which occurred on April 3, 1988, in Columbus, Ohio, remains an unsolved case and continues to be under investigation. Joseph Thomas was found dead in what authorities later classified as a homicide, and there have been limited…

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Victoria Bell

Female · Stockton, California

Killed Apr 3, 1988 · 38 years ago

On April 3, 1988, Victoria Bell, a 41-year-old resident of Oakland, California, was tragically murdered. She was last seen near 87th Avenue and International Boulevard, an area known for its high crime rate. Her body was discovered in an industrial area…

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Albert Russell

Male, age 24 · Fairbanks, Alaska

Killed Apr 3, 1985 · 41 years ago

On April 3, 1985, in the chill of an early Fairbanks spring, Caucasian/White male, Albert Russell was found dead in the 1500 block of Stacia Street. The scene pulled officers toward a nearby restaurant—Old Los Amigos—where a break-in had been unfolding that…

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Tracy Walker

Female, age 15 · Campbell County, Tennessee

Killed Apr 3, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the summer of 1978, a 15-year-old girl named Tracy Sue Walker vanished from a shopping mall in Lafayette, Indiana. Her disappearance left her family with decades of unanswered questions. It wasn't until April 1985 that a grim discovery was made in a remote…

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Dawn Wright

Female, age 20 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 3, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 3, 1984, the Tulsa Fire Department was dispatched to a house fire at 4634 N. St. Louis Avenue. Firefighters battled the blaze and, in the process of securing the residence, discovered a female occupant inside. The woman…

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Thomas Wooden

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 3, 1980 · 46 years ago

On April 3, 1980, 37-year-old Thomas Wooden was shot in the head and subsequently transported to Grant Emergency Room in Columbus, Ohio. Despite the efforts of medical staff, Wooden succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. The incident occurred at 345 South…

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Christopher M. Dunn

Male, age 27 · Lyndon, Kentucky

Killed Apr 3, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the spring of 1980, a routine day in Lyndon, Kentucky, was shattered by a sudden act of violence that claimed the life of a dedicated police officer. On April 3rd, 27-year-old Christopher M. Dunn, a Patrolman with the Jefferson County Police Department…

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Patrol James Leroy Bennett

Male, age 45 · Decatur, Texas

Killed Apr 3, 1980 · 46 years ago

Patrol Officer James Leroy Bennett, aged 45, was a dedicated officer with the Decatur Police Department in Texas. On April 3, 1980, Officer Bennett was tragically shot and killed during a routine traffic stop on US 380, about one mile east of Decatur. The…

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Francis X. Fullerton Sr.

Male, age 48 · Moorestown, New Jersey

Killed Apr 3, 1979 · 47 years ago

In the spring of 1979, the life of Sergeant Francis X. Fullerton, Sr., a 48-year-old male officer with the Moorestown Police Department, was tragically cut short. His death followed a dramatic and violent series of events that began with an armed robbery and…

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Carla Hickman

Female, age 45 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 3, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the fall of 2009, a young mother's disappearance from her home in Piedmont, Alabama, began a years-long mystery that would end in a tragic discovery and a long-awaited conviction. Carla Fuqua, a 28-year-old woman, vanished on the night of October 29, 2009.…

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Grace Richardson

Female, age 68 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Found Apr 3, 1977 · 49 years ago

On April 3, 1977 at 4:28 pm, Greensboro officers were called to 903 W. Wendover Ave. in reference to a subject down inside the residence. Upon arrival at the scene officers found Grace Richardson, 68, dead inside the residence. The cause of death was later…

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Paul Even

Male, age 53 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Apr 3, 1974 · 52 years ago

On April 3, 1974, Paul Even, a 53-year-old man from Cincinnati, Ohio, was shot and killed at 913 Sycamore Street. His death remains an unsolved homicide, and the case continues to be an open investigation by the Cincinnati Police Department. Despite the…

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William Capers

Male, age 51 · Queens, New York

Killed Apr 3, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the spring of 1972, a veteran detective’s life was cut short on the streets of Queens in a tragic turn of events. William Capers, a 51-year-old male detective with 19 years on the force, was working in plainclothes with his partner on April 3rd. They were…

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Zona Stroud

Female, age 30 · Reno, Nevada

Killed Apr 3, 1960 · 66 years ago

In the spring of 1960, the serene desert landscape on the outskirts of Reno, Nevada, became the final resting place for a young woman, marking the beginning of a mystery that would endure for decades. On April 3rd, the body of 30-year-old Zona Rachel Stroud…

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Federal Jesse Leroy Youmans

Male, age 40 · Hartsville, South Carolina

Killed Apr 3, 1923 · 103 years ago

In the quiet darkness near Hartsville, South Carolina, on April 3, 1923, Federal Prohibition Agent Jesse Leroy Youmans was part of a team of officers conducting surveillance on an illicit still. The 40-year-old male agent and his colleagues watched as the…

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John Bresnahan

Male, age 26 · New-york, New York

Killed Apr 3, 1908 · 118 years ago

John Bresnahan, a 26-year-old man, was serving as a patrolman in New York City when a single burst of violence—tragically coming from the wrong direction—set his final days in motion. The accounts preserved online describe the shooting as a case of mistaken…

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Jesse Woodson James

Male, age 34 · Saint-joseph, Missouri

Killed Apr 3, 1882 · 144 years ago

In the spring of 1882, Jesse Woodson James, a male of 34 years, was living in a small house in Saint-Joseph, Missouri, with his wife and two children under the alias of Tom Howard. His life as one of America's most notorious outlaws, a leader of the…

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Priscilla Herbik

Female, age 82 · Canandaigua, New York

Killed Apr 3, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet lakeside city of Canandaigua, New York, a grim discovery was made on April 3, 2025, at the home of Priscilla Herbik, an 82-year-old woman, and her husband. A delivery driver, noticing an accumulation of packages outside their Wyffels Road…

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Dontae Tremain Anderson

Male, age 35 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Dontae Tremain Anderson was 35 years old when he died on Friday, April 3, 2020, in Sherman Oaks, in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near 15216 Burbank Blvd. His…

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Selvin Reynaldo Matute Rodriguez

Male, age 26 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Selvin Reynaldo Matute Rodriguez was 26 years old when he died on Friday, April 3, 2020, in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near 2700 W. Wilshire Blvd. His death…

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Richard Jeffery

Male, age 49 · North Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Apr 3, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a spring evening in North Little Rock, Arkansas, the sound of a disturbance followed by gunfire shattered the quiet on Clover Street. It was approximately 9:15 p.m. on April 3, 2018, when police officers were dispatched to the 200 block of the residential…

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Mondavious Milan

Male, age 32 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Apr 3, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the spring of 2018, a dispute between associates on the way to commit a crime turned fatal, ending the life of 32-year-old Mondavious Milan. On April 3rd, Milan was in a vehicle in Atlanta, Georgia, with Brejon Nabors and another couple, with the intention…

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Willie Anderson

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 3, 2018 · 8 years ago

Willie Anderson, 25, was stabbed to death at 4251 West Haddon Avenue in the Humboldt Park community on Chicago's West Side on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. The Chicago Police Department investigated, and the Chicago Sun-Times homicide tracker, which lists every…

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Craig Henise

Male, age 50 · York, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 3, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Monday evening in April 2017, a violent encounter on the streets of York, Pennsylvania, left a man with a fatal injury. The man, 50-year-old Craig Henise, was found bleeding on the ground in the 400 block of Newton Street at approximately 8:40 p.m. on…

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Eric Mendoza

Male, age 27 · San-jose, California

Killed Apr 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Eric Mendoza, a 27-year-old resident of San Jose, California, tragically lost his life on April 3, 2014. Mendoza was shot and killed while sitting in his red Toyota Corolla near Lanai Avenue and Denali Way, just east of Highway 101. The incident occurred…

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Alejandra Orozco

Female, age 36 · Gonzales, Louisiana

Killed Apr 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Alejandra Orozco, a 36-year-old woman, was killed on April 3, 2014, in Gonzales, Louisiana, a death that would be remembered in town not as an accident or a sudden illness, but as a burst of violence that ended in gunfire. What is publicly captured about that…

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Elmilvio Courtney-Harris

Male, age 28 · Spring, Texas

Killed Apr 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Elmilvio Courtney-Harris, a 28-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death on April 3, 2014, in Spring, Texas. The incident occurred at the Arbor Ridge Apartments, located in the 300 block of Parramatta. According to the Harris County…

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Charles Bush

Male, age 33 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 3, 2013 · 13 years ago

Charles Bush, a 33-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on April 3, 2013, in the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL. The incident occurred on the street, highlighting the ongoing issue of gun violence in the area. Bush's…

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Ricardo Orozco

Male, age 27 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 3, 2012 · 14 years ago

Ricardo Orozco, a 27-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on April 3, 2012, in the 400 block of South Gless Street in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Orozco sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his body. The…

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Lan Ho

Male, age 39 · Binghamton, New York

Killed Apr 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

Lan Ho, a 39-year-old woman, had arrived in Binghamton to build a steadier life for her family after leaving Vietnam, carrying the small, everyday hopes of new beginnings—learning English, finding work, raising her children somewhere safe. In the short time…

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Ramon Uriel Rosales

Male, age 4 · Palmdale, California

Killed Apr 3, 2007 · 19 years ago

The circumstances surrounding the death of four-year-old Ramon Uriel Rosales remain largely veiled in silence. A young Hispanic male with his entire life ahead of him, Ramon died on Tuesday, April 3, 2007, in the high desert community of Palmdale, California.…

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Yailyn Luna Rosales

Female · Palmdale, California

Killed Apr 3, 2007 · 19 years ago

On April 3, 2007, an infant girl named Yailyn Luna Rosales died in the high desert community of Palmdale, California. She was under one year old, identified in county records as Hispanic, and her life came to an end before she ever had the chance to take her…

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Krisunda Temple

Female, age 15 · Aurora, Colorado

Killed Apr 3, 2000 · 26 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on April 3, 2000, 15-year-old Krisunda Jean Temple and her 19-year-old boyfriend, Roman Martin, were discovered shot to death in their Aurora, Colorado home. The young female victim and her companion had each been shot eight times…

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Roy Martin

Male, age 19 · Aurora, Colorado

Killed Apr 3, 2000 · 26 years ago

Roman Maurice Martin, a 19-year-old male, was found shot to death in an Aurora, Colorado apartment on April 3, 2000. He was discovered alongside his 15-year-old girlfriend, Krisunda Jeanne Temple, inside a residence on Lansing Street in east Aurora, a place…

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Elvis Myrick

Male, age 44 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Apr 3, 1940 · 86 years ago

In the autumn of 1939, Special Agent Elvis Wesley Myrick, a 44-year-old man, found himself in a fateful confrontation that would ultimately lead to his death. On November 13, while on a raid of an illegal still near Panola, Alabama, Agent Myrick and his…

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James Harris

Male · Plantersville, Alabama

Killed Apr 3, 1893 · 133 years ago

In the small town of Plantersville, Alabama, a sense of duty cost a man his life on April 3, 1893. James Harris, a Special Deputy Sheriff, was tasked with serving a warrant on an individual named Shelton. While attempting to carry out his sworn…

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