Deaths by Force on April 8

Deaths by Force (469)

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Joseph Haught

Male, age 65 · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Killed Apr 8, 1997 · 29 years ago

On a Tuesday evening, April 8, 1997, the routine of a Virginia Beach pawn shop was shattered by violence. Inside the Military Highway Pawn located in the 700 block of Military Highway, 65-year-old Joseph Haught, a white male, was discovered bleeding from a…

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Kenneth Marshall

Male, age 40 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 8, 1995 · 31 years ago

On a spring day in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the life of 40-year-old Kenneth Marshall, a Caucasian male, came to a tragic and mysterious end. On April 8, 1995, his body was discovered abandoned on the side of the road at 5800 North Memorial. The discovery immediately…

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Domingo Perez

Male, age 29 · Earlimart, California

Killed Apr 8, 1995 · 31 years ago

On April 8, 1995, Domingo Perez, a 29-year-old Hispanic male from Earlimart, California, was reported missing by his family. Nearly two months later, on May 23, 1995, his body was discovered in an orange grove just north of Richgrove, California. An autopsy…

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Donita Parker

Female · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Apr 8, 1993 · 33 years ago

On April 8, 1993, Donita Parker, a 37-year-old resident of Dayton, Ohio, was found dead, with her case classified as a homicide. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, and the investigation into her death was conducted by the Dayton Police Department.…

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Senior Larry Gene Hacker

Male, age 34 · South Charleston, West Virginia

Killed Apr 8, 1993 · 33 years ago

Senior Trooper Larry Gene Hacker, a 34-year-old White male, was a member of the West Virginia State Police whose final call began on the night of April 8, 1993, in rural Ritchie County. Although some records list April 8 as the date associated with his death…

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John Marthers

Male, age 31 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Apr 8, 1992 · 34 years ago

On April 8, 1992, 31-year-old John Carl Marthers was fatally shot during an attempted robbery in Charlotte, North Carolina. Marthers was in a borrowed vehicle on Echodale Drive when he was approached by a dark vehicle occupied by several individuals. They…

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Robin Fuldauer

Female, age 26 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Apr 8, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the spring of 1992, a 26-year-old woman named Robin Fuldauer was working at a Payless ShoeSource in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was a graduate of Indiana University and had a bright future ahead of her, with dreams of starting a family. On April 8, 1992…

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Kenneth Novak

Male, age 27 · Lansing, Illinois

Killed Apr 8, 1992 · 34 years ago

Kenneth Richard Novak Jr., a 27-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on April 8, 1992, in Lansing, Illinois. Officer Novak was serving with the Lansing Police Department when he was fatally shot while investigating a suspicious vehicle at the…

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Gustavo Herrera

Male, age 26 · Lake County, Illinois

Killed Apr 8, 1983 · 43 years ago

Gustavo Herrera, a 26-year-old male, tragically lost his life on April 8, 1983, in Lake County, Illinois. His body was discovered by construction workers near the Wisconsin border. Herrera, who lived in Chicago's Uptown district and was a father of two, fell…

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Robert Simmons

Male, age 31 · Rockford, Illinois

Killed Apr 8, 1982 · 44 years ago

Robert Simmons, aged 31, was tragically murdered on April 8, 1982, in Rockford, Illinois. According to reports, Simmons was the victim of a violent crime during a time when Rockford was facing a significant number of unresolved homicides. His case is one of…

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Deborah Osborne

Female, age 17 · Staten Island, New York

Killed Apr 8, 1982 · 44 years ago

Deborah Osborne, a 17-year-old white female from Toms River, New Jersey, disappeared in early April 1982, swallowed by the kind of ordinary night that was supposed to end with a ride home and a locked front door. Later reporting would tie her last-known…

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Deborah Sheppard

Female, age 23 · Carbondale, Illinois

Killed Apr 8, 1982 · 44 years ago

Deborah Sheppard, a 23-year-old woman, was a marketing major at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. She was just two weeks away from graduating when she was tragically murdered on April 8, 1982. Her body was discovered in her apartment by a…

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Kenneth W. Pendergraft

Male, age 34 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Apr 8, 1980 · 46 years ago

Officer Kenneth W. Pendergraft, aged 34, was a dedicated member of the Fort Worth Police Department in Texas. On April 8, 1980, Officer Pendergraft confronted a suspect who was dumping garbage on his driveway at 7216 Winters in Fort Worth. Officer Pendergraft…

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Jenkins Jones

Male, age 77 · Granville, Ohio

Killed Apr 8, 1978 · 48 years ago

Jenkins Jones, a 77-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, was tragically killed on April 8, 1978, in Granville, Ohio. His death was part of a series of murders committed by Gary and Thaddeus Lewingdon, who were later dubbed the ".22 Caliber Killers" due to…

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Una Cartwright

Female, age 78 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 8, 1975 · 51 years ago

A 78‑year‑old white female, **Una Cartwright**, was found **raped and murdered** in her **Los Angeles, California** apartment on **April 8, 1975**. Her front door was discovered ajar and a television set had been stolen, indicating forced entry and a possible…

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Jessie Neal

Male, age 46 · Farmerville, Louisiana

Killed Apr 8, 1973 · 53 years ago

On the evening of April 8, 1973, in the town of Farmerville, Louisiana, Deputy Marshal Jessie I. Neal, Sr., a 46-year-old male, was killed in the line of duty. He and a fellow officer, Deputy Marshal Ned Wiley, were responding to a domestic disturbance at the…

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August Lind

Male, age 50 · Danville, Illinois

Killed Apr 8, 1908 · 118 years ago

On April 8, 1908, Patrolman August Lind, aged 50, of the Danville Police Department in Illinois, was fatally shot while responding to a burglary. Lind, who had served with the department for 20 years, was survived by his wife and three children. He was…

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Charles Miller

Male, age 36 · Salem, Ohio

Killed Apr 8, 1908 · 118 years ago

Policeman Charles Miller, aged 36, was shot and killed on April 8, 1908, while attempting to arrest a burglary suspect at the Pennsylvania Railroad depot in Salem, Ohio. Miller and another officer had gone to the train station to apprehend a member of a gang…

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Stephan James Slivka Jr.

Male, age 66 · Yucaipa, California

Killed Apr 8, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Yucaipa, California, a grim discovery was made on the afternoon of April 8, 2026. Authorities were called to a residence in the 12000 block of Bryant Street for a medical aid call around 12:15 p.m. Inside, they found the bodies of…

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Stephan James Slivka Jr.

Male, age 66 · Yucaipa, California

Killed Apr 8, 2026 · this year

Stephan James Slivka Jr., a 66-year-old male resident of Yucaipa, California, died on April 8, 2026, after a shooting inside a home on the 12000 block of Bryant Street. Online sources did not provide his race or ethnicity. What began as a medical aid call…

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Roger Harris

Male, age 47 · Fairfield, Alabama

Killed Apr 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the morning of April 8, 2024, in Fairfield, Alabama, 47-year-old Roger Harris was the victim of a fatal shooting. The incident occurred at approximately 7:22 a.m. at 3620 Avenue C, the location of his workplace, Fire Rock Products. Responding to a report…

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Jessie L

Male, age 58 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Friday in early April of 2022, the life of a 58-year-old man, Jessie L., was tragically cut short in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The specific details surrounding his death on April 8th remain shrouded in mystery, with publicly available information leaving…

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Alejandro Garcia

Male, age 29 · Tavares, Florida

Killed Apr 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

Alejandro "Alex" Garcia Jr., aged 29, was tragically killed on the evening of April 8, 2022, at the Caroline Court Apartments located at 1000 East Caroline Street in Tavares, Florida. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. and also involved another victim…

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Anthony Young

Male, age 20 · Perris, California

Killed Apr 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Anthony Young, a 20-year-old resident of Perris, California, tragically lost his life on the evening of April 8, 2018. The incident occurred in the 2000 block of North Perris Boulevard, near Citrus Avenue, where Young was fatally shot during an apparent…

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Samuel Kenneth Jennings

Male, age 61 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Samuel Kenneth Jennings was 61 years old when he died on Sunday, April 8, 2018, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 429 E. 5th St. His death was ruled a…

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Angel Maestre

Male, age 26 · Bronx, New York

Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, a life was tragically cut short on the streets of the Bronx. Angel Maestre, a 26-year-old man, was killed in an act of gun violence on April 8th. The incident left a community grappling with the sudden loss of a young life. Details…

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Jonathan Aragon

Male, age 29 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jonathan Aragon, a 29-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on April 8, 2015, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred around 10:25 p.m. near the intersection of East 4th Street and Soto Street. Los Angeles…

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Marcelo Xioloj

Male, age 29 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

Marcelo Xioloj, a 29-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost his life on April 8, 2015, in Houston, TX. The circumstances surrounding his death involved a fatal shooting at an apartment complex in southwest Houston. Houston police released a…

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Babul Kumer Saha

Male, age 41 · Maple-heights, Ohio

Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

Babul Kumer Saha, a 41-year-old man of Bangladeshi descent, was tragically killed on April 8, 2014, during a robbery at the Prime Station gas station in Maple Heights, Ohio. Saha, who had moved to the United States from Bangladesh less than two years prior…

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Herman Cook

Male, age 69 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 8, 2013 · 13 years ago

Herman Cook was 69 years old when he was found stabbed to death on Monday, April 8, 2013, in the 4100 block of Groveland Avenue in Baltimore. According to the Baltimore Sun, he was found inside a residence. The Baltimore Police Department investigated, and…

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Natasha Cobian

Female · Alhambra, California

Killed Apr 8, 2010 · 16 years ago

On April 8, 2010, Natasha Katherine Cobian, a 23-year-old woman, was tragically killed in a murder-suicide incident in Alhambra, California. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning at a residence on South Sierra Vista Avenue. Police officers…

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Soo Hui Kang

Female, age 67 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 8, 2008 · 18 years ago

Soo Hui Kang was 67 years old when she died on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, in Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma. The coroner's entry published by the Los Angeles Times does not…

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Leonel Magana

Male, age 20 · Rosemead, California

Killed Apr 8, 2008 · 18 years ago

Leonel Magana was 20 years old when he died on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, a few hours after he was stabbed in Rosemead, in the western San Gabriel Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds suffered in the 2700…

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Eric John Zurawaski

Male, age 39 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 8, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the fading daylight of an early spring evening in Baltimore, tragedy struck, forever altering the lives of those who knew and loved Eric John Zurawaski. On April 8, 2007, at approximately 5:15 p.m., the 39-year-old white male was killed in the 1300 block…

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Guadalupe Castaneda

Male, age 64 · Torrance, California

Killed Apr 8, 2003 · 23 years ago

Guadalupe Castaneda was 64 years old when he died on Tuesday, April 8, 2003, in Torrance. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 2200 Crenshaw Blvd. His death was ruled a homicide, and it…

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William McKniff

Male · Media, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 8, 1914 · 112 years ago

William McKniff, a resident of Media, Pennsylvania, was tragically murdered on April 8, 1914. He was a male of Caucasian ethnicity. The brutal nature of his death drew significant attention from the local community and media at the time. Authorities quickly…

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John Roderick

Male · Centreville, Alabama

Killed Apr 8, 1907 · 119 years ago

In the small town of Centreville, Alabama, a dedicated lawman's life was cut short in a sudden act of violence. Deputy Sheriff John Roderick of the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, a male, was shot and killed on April 8, 1907, while in the line of duty. His…

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