Death by Force

Leonard Daigle

Male, age 59 · Saint Agatha, Maine

Killed Apr 5, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the quiet town of Saint Agatha, Maine, the evening of April 5, 2000, was shattered by a sudden act of violence that claimed the life of 59-year-old Leonard Daigle. A male resident of the community, Daigle was in his own living room when he was fatally…

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Ruben Grant

Male, age 19 · Etobicoke, Ontario

Killed Apr 5, 2000 · 26 years ago

Rueben Grant, a 19-year-old male who was born in Jamaica, was fatally shot in Etobicoke in April 2000. Online police records do not support the October 1, 2026 date. Toronto Police Service lists the case as Homicide #13/2000 and records April 5, 2000 as the…

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Lillian Negrete Gonzales

Female, age 38 · Pico Rivera, California

Killed Apr 5, 2000 · 26 years ago

Lillian Negrete Gonzales was 38 years old when she died on Wednesday, April 5, 2000, in Pico Rivera. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 4542 Durfee Ave. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as…

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Raymond Cheeks

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 5, 1995 · 31 years ago

On April 5, 1995, Raymond Cheeks, a thirty-three-year-old man, was found deceased in a field located east of 1850 E. 25th Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. He had suffered a gunshot wound, which was determined to be the cause of his death. This case has remained…

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Patrol Wilburn Junior Agy

Male, age 45 · Liberty, Texas

Killed Apr 5, 1995 · 31 years ago

Patrol Deputy Wilburn Junior Agy, aged 45, was shot and killed on April 5, 1995, while moonlighting as a security officer at a shopping center near Fondren Road and Sanford Road in southwest Houston, Texas. Deputy Agy, who served with the Liberty County…

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Amber Drummond

Female, age 12 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 5, 1994 · 32 years ago

Amber Nicole Drummond was a 12-year-old Black/African American girl whose disappearance in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the spring of 1994 ended in an unsolved homicide. School personnel at Grove Elementary School reportedly last saw Amber on March 30, when her…

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Kurt Donald Cobain

Male, age 27 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Apr 5, 1994 · 32 years ago

On April 8, 1994, the body of Kurt Donald Cobain, a 27-year-old White male, was discovered in the greenhouse of his Seattle, Washington home. An electrician who had arrived to install a security system found Cobain, initially believing him to be a mannequin…

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Gary Duane Bradley

Male, age 44 · Caldwell, Ohio

Killed Apr 5, 1992 · 34 years ago

Gary Duane Bradley, a 44-year-old Caucasian male from Williamstown, West Virginia, was murdered on April 5, 1992, while fishing at the Ohio Power Recreational Area in Noble County, Ohio. Bradley was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing and hunting. He was…

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Genevieve Zitricki

Female, age 28 · Greenville, South Carolina

Killed Apr 5, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the spring of 1990, the life of a bright and active young woman was brutally cut short, leaving a scar on the community of Greenville, South Carolina. Genevieve 'Jenny' Zitricki, a 28-year-old white female, was found murdered in her apartment on April 5…

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Judy Ott

Female · South Vienna, Ohio

Killed Apr 5, 1983 · 43 years ago

On April 5, 1983, Judy Ott was tragically murdered at her home located at 8624 East National Road in South Vienna, Ohio. The 33-year-old woman was discovered by her husband, Jerry Ott, who came home to find her dead from multiple stab wounds. The Clark County…

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Wendlynn Jones

Female, age 28 · Braddock, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 5, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the early morning hours of a Saturday in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a 26-year-old woman named Quinn Venay was fatally shot. The incident, which occurred just after 2 a.m. on Braddock Avenue, also left two other women critically injured. First responders…

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Michelle Mitchell

Female, age 22 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Apr 5, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the spring of 1990, the city of Kansas City, Missouri, was gripped by a series of brutal killings that targeted young women. Among the victims was Michelle Mitchell, a 22-year-old white female whose life was tragically cut short on April 5, 1990. Her death…

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Terry Oconnell

Male, age 32 · Hillsboro, Missouri

Killed Apr 5, 1978 · 48 years ago

On the morning of April 5, 1978, a routine traffic stop on Highway 30 near Cedar Hill in Jefferson County, Missouri, turned fatal for a dedicated law enforcement officer. Deputy Sheriff Terry Thomas O'Connell, a 32-year-old male with a decade of service…

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Ang Sato

Male, age 38 · Portsmouth, Ohio

Killed Apr 5, 1974 · 52 years ago

On April 5, 1974, in Portsmouth, Ohio, 38-year-old Áng Satō, a male of Japanese descent, was tragically lost to gun violence. The circumstances surrounding his death remain largely undocumented, with limited public records available from that period. The…

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William Thompson

Male, age 30 · Salem, Virginia

Killed Apr 5, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the spring of 1970, a sense of duty and a belief in his ability to de-escalate a tense situation led to the tragic death of a young police officer in Salem, Virginia. Patrolman William Howard Thompson, a 30-year-old man and a respected seven-year veteran…

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George M. Alleyn

Male, age 24 · Newhall, California

Killed Apr 5, 1970 · 56 years ago

George M. Alleyn, a 24-year-old California Highway Patrol officer, tragically lost his life on April 6, 1970, in what has come to be known as the Newhall Incident. This event marked a significant and somber moment in law enforcement history. On that fateful…

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James Pence

Male, age 24 · Newhall, California

Killed Apr 5, 1970 · 56 years ago

James E. Pence Jr., a 24-year-old officer with the California Highway Patrol (CHP), tragically lost his life on April 6, 1970, in what has since been termed the "Newhall Incident." This event marked one of the darkest days in CHP history, as it resulted in…

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Roger Gore

Male, age 23 · Newhall, California

Killed Apr 5, 1970 · 56 years ago

Roger D. Gore, a 23-year-old California Highway Patrol officer, tragically lost his life on April 5, 1970, in what became known as the Newhall Incident. This event marked one of the darkest days in the history of the California Highway Patrol (CHP). On that…

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Walter Frago

Male, age 23 · Newhall, California

Killed Apr 5, 1970 · 56 years ago

Walter Frago, a 23-year-old California Highway Patrol officer, tragically lost his life on April 5, 1970, in what is now known as the Newhall incident. This event marked one of the deadliest days in California law enforcement history. The incident began when…

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Robert Swint

Male · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 5, 1970 · 56 years ago

Robert Swint, a local hoodlum in Philadelphia, PA, was killed on April 5, 1970. He was 30 years old, male, and African American. The incident occurred during a late-night party hosted by Walter Hudgins at his apartment on Federal Street. An argument erupted…

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Annette Lambright

Female, age 31 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 5, 1969 · 57 years ago

Annette Blount Lambright, a 31-year-old female, tragically lost her life on April 5, 1969, in a horrific outburst of violence on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, just east of Harrisburg. Her death was part of a shooting spree that shocked the nation, not only for…

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Ignatius Keenan

Male, age 50 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 5, 1969 · 57 years ago

On a tragic day in the spring of 1969, the life of Ignatius Keenan, a 50-year-old Caucasian male, was violently cut short. It was April 5th when Keenan and his family were traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, just east of Harrisburg. What should have been…

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Ruby Keenan

Female, age 51 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 5, 1969 · 57 years ago

Ruby Edna Hesson Keenan, a 51-year-old woman, died on April 5, 1969, during a violent shooting spree on the Pennsylvania Turnpike east of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Online memorial records identify her as Ruby E. Keenan, also listed under her maiden name…

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Vincent Saitta

Male, age 32 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 5, 1969 · 57 years ago

Vincent Anthony Saitta, a 36-year-old male of Italian ethnicity, tragically lost his life on May 9, 1969, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was critically injured on April 5, 1969, during a horrific shooting spree on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, which resulted in…

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Jesse Simon Long

Male, age 38 · Bug-hill-township, North Carolina

Killed Apr 5, 1909 · 117 years ago

Constable Jesse Simon Long, aged 38, was shot and killed on April 5, 1909, in Bug Hill Township, North Carolina. Long served as a constable for the Bug Hill Township Constable's Office for four years. On the day of his death, he was in the process of…

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John Riley Manning

Male, age 26 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Apr 5, 1889 · 137 years ago

In the late 19th century, a dedicated police officer in Bessemer, Alabama, met a tragic and untimely end while in the service of his community. Officer John Riley Manning, a 26-year-old Caucasian male, had been with the Bessemer Police Department for eighteen…

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Raul Turrubiates

Male, age 57 · Laredo, Texas

Killed Apr 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the night of April 5, 2024, at approximately 10:15 p.m., Laredo Police Department (LPD) officers responded to reports of a suspicious individual with a firearm at the Siesta Motel, located at 4109 San Bernardo Avenue in Laredo, Texas. An officer in the…

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Francisco Arizu Estrada

Male, age 23 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 5, 2023 · 3 years ago

On April 5, 2023, in Houston, Texas, a tragic incident unfolded following a minor traffic collision. At approximately 7:10 p.m., a Chevrolet Malibu and a pickup truck collided in the 5600 block of Antoine Drive. The drivers, identified as 21-year-old…

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Debree Brannon

Male, age 30 · Trenton, New Jersey

Killed Apr 5, 2020 · 6 years ago

On April 5, 2020, Debree Brannon, a 30-year-old Black man from Trenton, New Jersey, was out on Garfield Avenue when a day already scarred by gunfire in the city took its deadliest turn. He lived in the capital city and became one of three people killed in…

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Gary Patrick Moody

Male, age 55 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 5, 2020 · 6 years ago

Gary Patrick Moody, a 55-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2020. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Moody was shot near 8957 S. Hobart Blvd. in the Gramercy Park…

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Earl Diggins

Male, age 37 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Apr 5, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the midst of the early days of the pandemic, on April 5, 2020, a Memphis family was irrevocably shattered. Earl Diggins, a 37-year-old Black male, was found deceased in his vehicle in the 6400 block of Knight Arnold Road in the Hickory Hill neighborhood.…

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Andrew Morlett III

Male, age 38 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 5, 2020 · 6 years ago

Andrew Morlett III was 38 years old when he died on Sunday, April 5, 2020, in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near 6944 Kester Ave. His death was ruled a homicide…

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Andre Michael Martin

Male, age 43 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 5, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the quiet early morning hours of April 5, 2018, the life of 43-year-old Andre Michael Martin was tragically cut short in the basement of his mother's home on Hilldale Place in Baltimore. What initially may have appeared to be a dispute gone wrong, soon…

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James Andrew Lawrence

Male, age 64 · Miami, Florida

Killed Apr 5, 2018 · 8 years ago

James Andrew Lawrence, aged 64, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2018, in Miami, Florida. The incident occurred around 9:55 p.m. at the intersection of NW 87th Street and NW 12th Avenue. Lawrence was found by uniformed officers from the Northside…

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Stepan Petriv

Male, age 45 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 5, 2018 · 8 years ago

Stepan Petriv, a 45-year-old male, was tragically shot and killed on April 5, 2018, in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood of Chicago, IL. The incident occurred in a residential area, and Petriv, who was of Eastern European descent, was pronounced dead at the…

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Hermfilio Frances

Male, age 40 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 5, 2018 · 8 years ago

Hermfilio Frances, a 40-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, was tragically found shot to death in his apartment in southwest Houston, Texas, on April 5, 2018. The incident was reported at 6:32 a.m. in the 10600 block of Beechnut Street, near Wilcrest Drive.…

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Gregory McPherson

Male, age 26 · East Orange, New Jersey

Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, the life of a young man from East Orange, New Jersey, was cut short by an act of violence that left a community searching for answers. Gregory McPherson, a 26-year-old male, was fatally shot on the evening of Wednesday, April 5, 2017.…

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Lloyd Allen Craig

Male, age 33 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Lloyd Allen Craig, a 33-year-old man, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2017, in the Harvard Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Craig was walking on the sidewalk in the 1600 block of West…

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Davion Jay Lindsey

Male, age 22 · Florence-Firestone, California

Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Davion Jay Lindsey was 22 years old when he died on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in Florence-Firestone. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 1700 block of East 92nd Street. His death was ruled a homicide…

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Rodney Mark Steptoe

Male, age 53 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Rodney Mark Steptoe was 53 years old when he was fatally stabbed on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 4700 block of 6th Avenue.…

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Luis Guillermo Burgos

Male, age 30 · Holyoke, Massachusetts

Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, a life was tragically cut short in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Luis Guillermo Burgos, a 30-year-old Hispanic male, was shot and killed following a heated dispute. The incident left the community shaken and searching for answers.…

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Tyler Renard

Male, age 23 · Garden Valley, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet township of Garden Valley, Wisconsin, the night of April 5, 2015, was shattered by a tragic act of violence that claimed the life of 23-year-old Tyler Renard. A male resident of the area, Tyler was fatally shot in a harrowing incident that…

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Khallid Mohammed

Male, age 18 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a warm Easter Sunday in 2015, the life of 18-year-old Khallid Mohammed was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The incident, which also claimed the life of 21-year-old Lamont Toney, unfolded in the normally quiet Carrollton neighborhood of New…

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Marcus Hernandez

Male, age 25 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

On an unfortunate spring evening in Phoenix, Arizona, a young man's life was cut short in a burst of violence that erupted between two neighboring house parties. Twenty-five-year-old Marcus Hernandez, a Hispanic male, was fatally wounded on April 5, 2014, in…

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Diane Burns

Female, age 51 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Diane Burns, a 51-year-old woman from Charlotte, NC, tragically passed away on April 5, 2014. She was found shot and lying in the middle of the road on Seymour Drive. Despite being transported to Carolinas Medical Center Main, she succumbed to her injuries.…

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Scott Michaels

Male, age 44 · Granada Hills, California

Killed Apr 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

Scott Michaels was 44 years old when he died on Thursday, April 5, 2012, after he was found in the 11100 block of Balboa Boulevard in Granada Hills, in the northern San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died…

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Christopher Tobias

Male, age 42 · Del-aire, California

Killed Apr 5, 2008 · 18 years ago

Christopher Tobias, a 42-year-old man from Del Aire, California, was tragically shot and killed on April 5, 2008. The incident occurred in the 4800 block of W. 132nd Street, where Tobias was found by police on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his torso.…

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George Flores

Male, age 17 · Corpus-christi, Texas

Killed Apr 5, 2007 · 19 years ago

George Michael Flores, a 17-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2007, in Corpus Christi, Texas. George was a sophomore at Roy Miller High School and lived with his cousin Alejandro Garcia and two other children. On the day of his…

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