Death by Force

Michael Cheley

Male, age 54 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

Michael Cheley, a 54-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died after a violent encounter that unfolded on April 3, 2009, on the 1800 block of Mountain Street in Philadelphia. He survived long enough to make it into the next day, but on April…

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Ray A Clemmons

Male, age 40 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Apr 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the afternoon hours of a spring day in Nashville, Tennessee, a burst of violence shattered the quiet of a residential neighborhood. On Saturday, April 4, 2009, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Ray Anthony Clemmons, a 40-year-old male, was in the driveway of a…

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Christine Ong

Female · Shelby, Indiana

Killed Apr 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

On April 4, 2009, police in Shelbyville, Indiana, responded to a distress call at a residence in the Central Park subdivision. Officers arrived at the home located in the 800 block of Highpointe Boulevard, where a violent domestic situation had unfolded. The…

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Shane Goins

Male, age 32 · Zanesville, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

Shane L. Goins, a 32-year-old male from Zanesville, Ohio, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2009. Shane was shot in the head at the intersection of Prospect Avenue and Oak Street in downtown Zanesville. He was taken to the Ohio State University Medical…

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Paul John Rizzo Domenic

Male, age 36 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a spring morning in Pittsburgh, 36-year-old Police Officer Paul John Rizzo Domenic Sciullo, II, a male, responded to a domestic disturbance call that would end in tragedy. It was April 4, 2009, and Officer Sciullo, along with his partner Officer Stephen…

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Stephen James Mayhle

Male, age 29 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 4, 2009, a domestic disturbance call from a mother concerned about her son set in motion a tragic chain of events that would end in the death of three Pittsburgh police officers, including 29-year-old Stephen James Mayhle.…

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Eric Guy Kelly

Male, age 41 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

Eric Guy Kelly, a 41-year-old male police officer of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, tragically died on April 4, 2009. Officer Kelly was off-duty and returning home after his shift when he responded to a call for assistance at a domestic disturbance in the…

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David D Jimenez

Male, age 29 · Oakland, California

Found Apr 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

David D. Jimenez, aged 29, was fatally shot on April 4, 2008, in Oakland, California. His death was one of many homicides that took place in Oakland that year, marking a particularly violent period in the city. The homicide occurred in an area struggling with…

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Clinton Frier

Male, age 31 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

On April 4, 2008, a 31-year-old African-American man named Clifton E. Frier, also known as "Money," passed away in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The circumstances surrounding his death are not detailed in publicly available online sources. Information regarding any…

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Gary Earl Post

Male, age 54 · Henrico, Virginia

Killed Apr 4, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the early hours of April 4, 2007, a journey of celebration turned into a tragedy for 54-year-old Gary Earl Post Sr. He and his two sons had checked into a room at the former Legacy Inn in Henrico, Virginia, with joyful anticipation. They were on their way…

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Brian Pullen

Male, age 42 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Apr 4, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the spring of 2005, Brian Pullen, a 42-year-old Caucasian male, was embarking on a new chapter in his life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Having recently relocated from the Cleveland, Ohio area, he had secured a job as a dealer at the Luxor hotel and casino. He…

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Adreanna Jackson

Female, age 10 · Lakewood, Washington

Killed Apr 4, 2005 · 21 years ago

On a snowy December morning in 2005, 10-year-old Adre'anna Jackson, a young girl of Indigenous heritage, left her home in Lakewood, Washington, for what she thought was a regular school day. Unaware that classes had been canceled due to the weather, she began…

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Jacob Faust

Male, age 24 · San-diego, California

Killed Apr 4, 2005 · 21 years ago

Jacob Faust, a 24-year-old resident of San Diego, California, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2005, following a fatal encounter with the San Diego Police Department. The incident occurred during a routine traffic stop in the Gaslamp District, where Faust…

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Jeffrey Todd Hewitt

Male, age 34 · Asheville, North Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

Jeffrey Todd Hewitt, a 34-year-old white male, died on April 4, 2004, in Asheville, North Carolina. Hewitt was a Sergeant with the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. On the night of his death, he was serving mental…

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Kim Calisse Danielson

Female, age 41 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 4, 2003 · 23 years ago

Kim Calisse Danielson was 41 years old when she died on Friday, April 4, 2003, in the Westlake district of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 1017 W. Wilshire Blvd. Her…

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Brandon Andres Garmendez

Male, age 15 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 4, 2002 · 24 years ago

Brandon Andres Garmendez, a 15-year-old from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2002. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Brandon was shot in Winnetka, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los…

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Andrew Parks

Male · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Apr 4, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the spring of 1999, a chilling triple homicide shattered the lives of a Phoenix family. Andrew Parks, his sister Shelly Parks, and a third individual, Eddie, were tragically killed. The events unfolded on a Saturday evening in early April when Brian Dann…

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Shelly Parks

Female · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Apr 4, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the early morning hours of Easter Sunday, April 4, 1999, Shelly Parks was killed in a violent encounter in Phoenix, Arizona. She was not the sole victim of the tragedy that unfolded inside her brother Andrew Parks' apartment. Both Andrew and his friend…

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Debra Harris

Female, age 31 · Milan, Tennessee

Killed Apr 4, 1999 · 27 years ago

On a quiet Easter Sunday in Milan, Tennessee, a horrific discovery shattered the peace of the small community. On April 4, 1999, 31-year-old Debra Lynn Harris, a white female, and her 8-year-old daughter, Ambria Halliburton, were found brutally murdered in…

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Ambria Halliburton

Female, age 8 · Gibson County, Tennessee

Killed Apr 4, 1999 · 27 years ago

On Easter Sunday, April 4, 1999, 8-year-old Ambria Halliburton, a bright and beloved honor roll student, and her 31-year-old mother, Debra Harris, were found brutally stabbed to death in their home in Milan, Gibson County, Tennessee. The horrifying discovery…

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Robert Joyal

Male, age 18 · Portland, Maine

Killed Apr 4, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 4, 1998, Robert Joyal, an 18-year-old Caucasian male, was fatally stabbed in a chaotic brawl that erupted in the parking lot of a Denny's restaurant on Congress Street in Portland, Maine. The night had begun with a sense of…

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Anthony Joseph Gorman

Male · Franklin, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 4, 1997 · 29 years ago

Sergeant Anthony Joseph Gorman, aged 72, was a veteran of the Vietnam War and a retired U.S. Army Military Police officer who served with the Sugarcreek Borough Police Department in Pennsylvania for 20 years. On the night of April 4, 1997, Sergeant Gorman was…

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Anthony Martinez

Male, age 10 · Beaumont, California

Killed Apr 4, 1997 · 29 years ago

Anthony Martinez, a 10-year-old boy from Beaumont, California, was tragically murdered on April 4, 1997. Anthony, who was playing in a neighbor's yard with his younger brother and friends, was abducted by Joseph Edward Duncan III, a convicted serial killer.…

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Kendra Maurn

Female, age 42 · Eagle Creek, Oregon

Killed Apr 4, 1995 · 31 years ago

Kendra Dee Maurmann, 42, female, was discovered on April 4, 1995, when hunters came upon a shallow grave along Eagle Creek, north of New Bridge and Richland in rural Baker County, Oregon. The remains were badly decomposed, and investigators believed the body…

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Brad Lindsey

Male, age 20 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 1994 · 32 years ago

Brad Lindsey, a 20-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically lost his life on April 4, 1994, in Dallas, Texas. Lindsey was working at a Blockbuster Video store in East Dallas when he and his colleague, 26-year-old James Armstrong, were murdered by Leon…

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James Armstrong

Male, age 26 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 1994 · 32 years ago

James Armstrong, a 26-year-old male, tragically lost his life on April 4, 1994, in Dallas, TX. He was working at a Blockbuster Video store in East Dallas when he and his colleague, 20-year-old Brad Lindsey, were shot by an armed robber named Leon Dorsey.…

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Felton Yancy

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 1993 · 33 years ago

Felton Yancy was tragically killed on April 4, 1993, in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred at the rear of 925 Fairwood Avenue in Franklin County. At the time of his death, Felton Yancy was 27 years old. He sustained a fatal gunshot wound, and the Columbus…

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Cynthia Davison

Female · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 1993 · 33 years ago

On April 4, 1993, Cynthia Davison, aged 21, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place at the rear of 4673 Refugee Road in Franklin County. The Columbus Police Department responded to the scene, but despite…

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Bobby Lee Frazier

Male, age 16 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 4, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the spring of 1990, a wave of violence related to the crack cocaine epidemic crested in Detroit, culminating in a tragic event that claimed the life of 16-year-old Bobby Lee Frazier. On the evening of April 4th, Frazier was present at a house on St. Aubin…

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Robert Lee Hill

Male, age 15 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 4, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the spring of 1990, a tragic event unfolded in a house on St. Aubin Street in Detroit, forever altering the lives of several families. On the evening of April 4th, Robert Lee Hill, a 15-year-old male, found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. He…

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Rodney Lewis

Male, age 22 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 4, 1990 · 36 years ago

In Detroit, the life of a 22-year-old man, Rodney Lewis, was tragically cut short on April 4, 1990, in a brutal mass murder that unfolded within the walls of a crack house on St. Aubin Street. This event would become known as one of the city's most notorious…

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Terrence Brennan

Male · Lorain, Ohio

Found Apr 4, 1989 · 37 years ago

On April 3, 1989, the body of Terrence Patrick Brennan was found washed ashore along the coast of Lake Erie in Lorain, Ohio. He was discovered among the rocks behind a building on West Erie Avenue, north of West 21st Street. Terrence was 36 years old at the…

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Laurie Ann Powell

Female, age 18 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Apr 4, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the late winter of 1988, the life of 18-year-old Laurie Ann Powell was tragically cut short, leaving a mystery that would haunt her family and investigators for decades. A female, she was last seen alive around midnight on March 9, 1988, in Gloucester…

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Gary Luna

Male, age 21 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Apr 4, 1987 · 39 years ago

On April 4, 1987, a tragic incident occurred in Albuquerque, New Mexico, resulting in the death of 21-year-old Gary Luna. The events leading to his death were marked by violence and involvement with known associates. Gary Luna was found severely injured in an…

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Ramone Hunter

Female · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 1985 · 41 years ago

On April 4, 1985, Ramone Hunter, a 26-year-old female, was found dead at her residence on 844 Taylor Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. Hunter had suffered severe head trauma resulting in internal bleeding, which led to her death. She was pronounced dead at the scene…

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James Bevis

Male · Marianna, Florida

Killed Apr 4, 1985 · 41 years ago

Deputy Sheriff James Arthur Bevis of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office in Florida was tragically killed on April 4, 1985, while performing his duties. On that fateful evening, Bevis attempted to arrest two suspects, Edward Cotton and Morris Lavon Brown, who…

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James Neal Bowers

Male, age 32 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Apr 4, 1979 · 47 years ago

In the final moments of his last shift with the Columbus Police Department, 32-year-old Officer James Neal Bowers responded to a robbery in progress at the Majik Market on N. Lumpkin Road on April 4, 1979. It was a call he didn't have to take, as his shift…

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Diana Jones

Female, age 21 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 4, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the spring of 1978, a young woman named Diana Parrott Jones was found dead in her Tulsa, Oklahoma home. A female, she was just 21 years old at the time of her death. Her life was cut tragically short by several gunshot wounds. The discovery was made on the…

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James William Nunalee Sr.

Male, age 24 · Wilmington, North Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 1978 · 48 years ago

On April 4, 1978, Officer James William "Billy" Nunalee Sr., aged 24, was tragically ambushed and killed in Wilmington, North Carolina. Officer Nunalee, a male of Caucasian ethnicity, was a dedicated member of the Wilmington Police Department. He was fatally…

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Maida Ridenour-Johnigan

Female, age 23 · Lorain, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 1977 · 49 years ago

On April 4, 1977, Maida Ann Ridenour-Johnigan, 23, and Raymond Cruzado, 22, were found dead in the Lorain Grandview Motel on West Erie Avenue in Lorain, Ohio. The pair had been victims of an apparent double homicide. Their bodies were discovered by motel…

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Raymond Cruzado

Male, age 22 · Lorain, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 1977 · 49 years ago

Raymond Cruzado, aged 22, was the victim of a homicide on April 4, 1977, in Lorain, Ohio. Cruzado, along with a 23-year-old woman named Maida Ann Ridenour (also known as Parker or Johnigan), was found dead at the Lorain Grandview Motel located on West Erie…

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Jody Suzanne Ford

Female, age 41 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Apr 4, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the spring of 1977, the city of Birmingham, Alabama, was home to Jody Suzanne Ford, a woman known for her vibrant personality and pioneering spirit. A 41-year-old hairdresser and owner of the stylish salon, Ms. Sid's Coiffures, she was a visible and…

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Kathryn Bright

Female, age 21 · Wichita, Kansas

Killed Apr 4, 1974 · 52 years ago

Kathryn Bright, a 21-year-old female, was tragically murdered on April 4, 1974, in Wichita, Kansas. She was attacked in her home, where she was fatally stabbed. Her brother, Kevin Bright, was also present during the attack and was shot twice, but he survived…

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Henry John Hittle

Male, age 46 · Motley, Minnesota

Killed Apr 4, 1973 · 53 years ago

On the quiet farm lands of Motley, Minnesota, the night of April 4, 1973, was shattered by the sound of gunfire, forever altering the lives of one family. Henry John Hittle, a 46-year-old Caucasian male, and his wife Margaret, 45, were shot and killed in…

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Margaret E. Ault Hittle

Female, age 45 · Motley, Minnesota

Killed Apr 4, 1973 · 53 years ago

Margaret Eloise Ault Hittle, a 45-year-old Caucasian woman, was tragically shot to death on April 4, 1973, at her farm home in Motley, Minnesota. She was killed alongside her husband, John Henry Hittle, 46, in what was later determined to be a double…

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Brad Bellino

Male, age 12 · Boardman, Ohio

Found Apr 4, 1972 · 54 years ago

On March 31, 1972, 12-year-old Brad Bellino disappeared after leaving a friend’s house in Boardman, Ohio, while walking to his family’s home. His family reported him missing the following day, and on April 4, 1972, his body was discovered in a dumpster behind…

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Male, age 39 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Apr 4, 1968 · 58 years ago

On the evening of April 4, 1968, the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., a 39-year-old African American male, was standing on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. At 6:01 p.m., a single shot rang out, striking him in…

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Henry Stotko

Male · Spokane, Washington

Killed Apr 4, 1905 · 121 years ago

In the early hours of April 4, 1905, a palpable sense of unease settled over a quiet section of Post Street in Spokane, Washington. The night's tranquility was shattered by an act of violence that would claim the life of a dedicated public servant. Henry…

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