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Deaths by Force on April 8

693 open cases in our database happened on April 8. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (469)

Charles Daymon - Orlando, Florida
Death by Force

Charles Daymon

Male, age 22 · Orlando, Florida
Killed Apr 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Charles Daymon, a 22-year-old male from Orlando, Florida, was fatally shot on April 8, 2017. The incident occurred outside the Royal Place Apartments in Pine Hills, a neighborhood in Orlando. According to reports, Daymon was shot shortly before 11 a.m. on…

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Janine Ackerman - Coral-gables, Florida
Death by Force

Janine Ackerman

Male, age 35 · Coral-gables, Florida
Killed Apr 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Janine Ackerman, aged 35, tragically lost her life on April 8, 2017, in Coral Gables, Florida. Ackerman, who was the general manager at the Equinox gym in Merrick Park, was a victim of a workplace shooting. The incident occurred when Abeku Wilson, a…

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Juan Carlos Ilarraza - Orlando, Florida
Death by Force

Juan Carlos Ilarraza

Male, age 26 · Orlando, Florida
Killed Apr 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Juan Carlos Ilarraza, a 26-year-old resident of St. Croix, was tragically shot to death on April 8, 2017, in Orlando, Florida. The incident occurred outside the Caribbean Unity Center nightclub in the Pine Hills community. According to reports, the shooting…

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Mario Hortis - Coral-gables, Florida
Death by Force

Mario Hortis

Male, age 42 · Coral-gables, Florida
Killed Apr 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Mario Hortis, a 42-year-old fitness manager at the Equinox Fitness Center in Coral Gables, Florida, was tragically killed on April 8, 2017. Hortis, who had previously worked as a fitness trainer in Minneapolis, was one of two employees shot by Abeku Wilson, a…

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Terrance Pierre - New-orleans, Louisiana
Death by Force

Terrance Pierre

Male, age 40 · New-orleans, Louisiana
Killed Apr 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On April 8, 2017, the life of Terrance C. Pierre Sr., a 40-year-old male, was tragically cut short in New Orleans, Louisiana. A man with deep roots in the community, he was educated in the Orleans Parish School system and was a devoted family man, married to…

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Trey Shepard - Hamilton, Ohio
Death by Force

Trey Shepard

Male, age 29 · Hamilton, Ohio
Killed Apr 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Trey Shepard, a 29-year-old male from Hamilton, OH, tragically died on April 8, 2017, from a gunshot wound. Shepard was found shot on Nelson Street in St. Clair Township and was later flown to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, where he succumbed to his…

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Chris Perez - Macungie, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Chris Perez

Male, age 17 · Macungie, Pennsylvania
Killed Apr 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Chris Perez, a 17-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity from Allentown, PA, tragically died on April 8, 2017, in Macungie, PA. The incident occurred at a home on Orchard Road in Lower Macungie Township, where a group of teenagers was reportedly playing with a…

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Robert Westmoreland IV - Nashville, Tennessee
Death by Force

Robert Westmoreland IV

Male, age 21 · Nashville, Tennessee
Killed Apr 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In Nashville, Tennessee, a family gathering turned into a scene of tragedy, forever altering the lives of the Westmoreland family. It was on the evening of April 8, 2017, that Robert Westmoreland IV, a 21-year-old Black male, lost his life in a sudden and…

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Jake Nelson - Arlington, Texas
Death by Force

Jake Nelson

Male, age 21 · Arlington, Texas
Killed Apr 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jake Anthony Bradford Nelson, a 21-year-old male of mixed ethnicity, tragically passed away on April 8, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. Jake was born on June 21, 1995, and was known for his love of football, fishing, and helping stray animals. He was a beloved…

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Jamal Surtain - New Orleans, Louisiana
Death by Force

Jamal Surtain

Male, age 16 · New Orleans, Louisiana
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a spring evening in New Orleans, the life of 16-year-old Jamal Surtain was tragically cut short. The male teenager was killed on April 8, 2015, in a double shooting that unfolded in the Edgewood Park neighborhood, specifically on Franklin Avenue. Jamal…

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Tywaun Short - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Tywaun Short

Male, age 14 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the Brooklyn neighborhood of South Baltimore, a community was shaken by the violent death of 14-year-old Tywaun Short, a Black male, on the evening of April 8, 2015. The teenager was caught in a hail of bullets in the 4100 block of Audrey Avenue in what…

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Jeromie Johnson - Boston, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Jeromie Johnson

Male, age 33 · Boston, Massachusetts
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of April 8, 2015, the life of 33-year-old African-American male Jeromie Johnson of Boston, Massachusetts, was tragically cut short. In the Dorchester neighborhood, near 50 Richfield Street, Johnson was inside a vehicle when gunfire erupted at…

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Dashone Col - Kansas City, Missouri
Death by Force

Dashone Col

age 23 · Kansas City, Missouri
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a quiet spring morning in Kansas City, Missouri, the stillness of Clark-Ketterman Athletic Field was broken by a grim discovery. On April 8, 2015, police officers patrolling near 107th Street and Skiles Avenue spotted a vehicle parked within the grounds of…

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Rebecca Campbell - Wichita, Kansas
Death by Force

Rebecca Campbell

Female, age 32 · Wichita, Kansas
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of April 8, 2015, a 911 call from a Wichita, Kansas, home shattered the quiet of the night. On the other end of the line was Derek Campbell, reporting that his wife, 32-year-old Rebecca "Becky" Campbell, a female, had been shot. When…

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Eddie Pelmore - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Death by Force

Eddie Pelmore

Male, age 56 · Minneapolis, Minnesota
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a Wednesday morning, April 8, 2015, in North Minneapolis, 56-year-old Eddie James Pelmore was shot and killed. He was with another man, 47-year-old Odell Frazier, inside a parked vehicle on the 4500 block of Penn Avenue North. The Hennepin County Medical…

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Odell Frazier - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Death by Force

Odell Frazier

Male, age 47 · Minneapolis, Minnesota
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the morning of April 8, 2015, in North Minneapolis, 47-year-old Black / African American male Odell Frazier was fatally shot. The incident, which also resulted in the death of 56-year-old Eddie Pelmore, took place just after 10 a.m. outside Frazier's home…

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Henry Hodges - West Allis, Wisconsin
Death by Force

Henry Hodges

Male, age 37 · West Allis, Wisconsin
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early spring of 2015, the life of Henry Hodges, a 37-year-old Black / African American male, was violently cut short. On the evening of April 8th, in an alley in West Allis, Wisconsin, Hodges was found deceased by responding police officers. He had…

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Thaddeus Pitts - Camden, New Jersey
Death by Force

Thaddeus Pitts

Male, age 36 · Camden, New Jersey
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the life of 36-year-old Thaddeus Pitts was cut short by an act of gun violence in Camden, New Jersey. On the evening of April 8th, Pitts was fatally shot, leaving a community to grapple with the sudden and tragic loss. The incident…

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Dashone Coleman - Kansas-city, Missouri
Death by Force

Dashone Coleman

Male, age 23 · Kansas-city, Missouri
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

On April 8, 2015, police officers in Kansas City, Missouri, discovered the body of 23-year-old male Dashone Dondrell Coleman. Patrolling near the Clark-Ketterman Athletic Field in the vicinity of 107th Street and Skiles Avenue, authorities found Coleman…

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Larry Bryan Williams - Swansea, South Carolina
Death by Force

Larry Bryan Williams

Male, age 41 · Swansea, South Carolina
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 8, 2015, the quiet community of Swansea, South Carolina, was disturbed by an act of violence that claimed the life of 41-year-old Larry Bryan Williams. A male resident of the area, Williams was fatally shot at a home on Sam…

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Denzel Heckard - Sacramento, California
Death by Force

Denzel Heckard

Male, age 21 · Sacramento, California
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the night of April 8, 2015, Denzel Heckard, a 21-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, was tragically shot and killed outside the A-1 Market & Liquor Store located on Sunnyslope Drive. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. when gunfire erupted in the…

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Jose Tabares - Mendota, California
Death by Force

Jose Tabares

Male, age 50 · Mendota, California
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jose Tabares, a 50-year-old resident of Mendota, California, tragically lost his life on April 8, 2015. His death was a significant event that drew considerable attention due to the circumstances surrounding it. Tabares was found deceased under suspicious…

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Paul Guzman - Santa-ana, California
Death by Force

Paul Guzman

Male, age 39 · Santa-ana, California
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

Paul Guzman, a 39-year-old resident of Santa Ana, California, was tragically shot and killed on April 8, 2015. The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. when Adan Rodriguez Leon, the brother of Guzman's girlfriend, approached Guzman at his home. The two men…

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Doris Beardsley - Atlanta, Georgia
Death by Force

Doris Beardsley

Female, age 59 · Atlanta, Georgia
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Brookhaven in Atlanta, Georgia, the life of Dr. Doris Greene Beardsley, a 59-year-old female, came to a sudden and tragic end on April 8, 2015. A respected educator with a Ph.D. in Administration and Supervision, she was a beloved…

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Devante Warnsby - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Devante Warnsby

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

Devante Warnsby, a 21-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on April 8, 2015, in the South Chicago neighborhood of Chicago, IL. According to reports, Warnsby was walking in the 8400 block of South Essex when a gray car approached him.…

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Jonathan Robinson - Baton-rouge, Louisiana
Death by Force

Jonathan Robinson

Female, age 21 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, a young man's life was tragically cut short on a street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jonathan Robinson, a 21-year-old male, was shot and killed on April 8, 2015. The incident that claimed Robinson's life took place on Boulevard De…

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Antonio Kuamell King - Greensboro, North Carolina
Death by Force

Antonio Kuamell King

Female, age 24 · Greensboro, North Carolina
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

Antonio Kuamell King, a 24-year-old African American male, was found shot inside his residence at 1104 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Greensboro, North Carolina, on the night of April 8, 2015. His girlfriend discovered him and immediately called 911. King…

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Lisa Marie Waddle - Quanah, Texas
Death by Force

Lisa Marie Waddle

Female, age 46 · Quanah, Texas
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

Lisa Marie Waddle, a 46-year-old woman from Burkburnett, Texas, tragically lost her life on April 8, 2015, in Quanah, TX. She was one of two victims found shot to death at a vacant farmhouse west of Quanah. The other victim, Terrance Besaw, aged 41, was from…

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Terrance Besaw - Quanah, Texas
Death by Force

Terrance Besaw

Male, age 41 · Quanah, Texas
Killed Apr 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

Terrance Besaw, a 41-year-old man from Chillicothe, was tragically shot and killed on April 8, 2015, at a vacant rural residence west of Quanah, Texas. His body, along with that of Lisa Marie Waddle, 46, of Burkburnett, was discovered the following day. The…

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Herbert Shepard - Long Beach, California
Death by Force

Herbert Shepard

Male, age 51 · Long Beach, California
Found Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

On April 8, 2014, Herbert Shephard, a 51-year-old man from Los Angeles, died from injuries sustained in a shooting that occurred three days earlier in Long Beach, California. The incident took place on April 5, 2014, in the 2300 block of Eucalyptus Avenue.…

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Virgil Wood - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Virgil Wood

Male, age 22 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., the sound of gunshots shattered the evening quiet in the 1500 block of V Street, Southeast. It was approximately 10:35 p.m. on April 8, 2014, when police officers from the Seventh District responded to the call. Upon…

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Alexander Jason Scott - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Death by Force

Alexander Jason Scott

Male, age 38 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

An African American man, 38-year-old Alexander Jason Scott, was discovered deceased on the morning of April 8, 2014, in a canal in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His body was found in the 1000 block of North 44th Street, near a residential area. The cause of death…

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Patrick Duffee - Cussetta, Alabama
Death by Force

Patrick Duffee

Male, age 29 · Cussetta, Alabama
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

Patrick Duffee, 29, a Black man, died on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at his residence in the Cusseta community of Chambers County, Alabama. That evening, deputies were dispatched to a home in the 2000 block of County Road 177 after a report of a shooting. When…

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David Ritter - Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
Death by Force

David Ritter

Male, age 49 · Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet community near Hot Springs National Park, a devastating scene unfolded in April 2014, forever altering the lives of the Ritter family and shocking those who knew them. Concern grew when family and friends had not heard from David Ritter, his…

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Judy Denise Ritter - Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
Death by Force

Judy Denise Ritter

Female, age 50 · Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a quiet road near Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, the lives of a family were tragically cut short in what investigators would later piece together as a devastating sequence of events. Judy Denise Ritter, a 50-year-old White female, was found deceased…

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Eddie Johnson - Pueblo, Colorado
Death by Force

Eddie Johnson

Male, age 25 · Pueblo, Colorado
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early hours of a Tuesday in Pueblo, Colorado, the quiet of the 2100 block of Cedar Street was shattered by the sound of gunfire. It was just before 2 a.m. on April 8, 2014, when a dispute escalated into deadly violence. Responding to the reports of a…

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Travis Doering - Las Vegas, Nevada
Death by Force

Travis Doering

Male, age 40 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

Travis J. Doering, a 40-year-old resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, met a tragic end on April 8, 2014. The incident involved a confrontation with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department SWAT team. On the morning of April 8, 2014, around 5:30 a.m., Travis…

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Beverly L. Gongoll - Waconia Township, Minnesota
Death by Force

Beverly L. Gongoll

Female, age 62 · Waconia Township, Minnesota
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet of Waconia Township, Minnesota, the life of 62-year-old Beverly L. Gongoll came to a tragic end on April 8, 2014. What appeared to be a peaceful existence in the rural community was shattered by an act of violence that would leave family and…

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Rodney Mullins - Bypro, Kentucky
Death by Force

Rodney Mullins

Male, age 43 · Bypro, Kentucky
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the small community of Bypro, Kentucky, a violent encounter on an April afternoon in 2014 resulted in the death of Rodney Mullins. A 43-year-old man from the nearby town of Melvin, Mullins was found by Kentucky State Police troopers who had been dispatched…

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Jessica Jones - Arlington, Washington
Death by Force

Jessica Jones

Female, age 26 · Arlington, Washington
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

On an April afternoon in Arlington, Washington, a young Caucasian mother named Jessica Jones, aged 25, was found in the garage of her boyfriend's grandparents' home with a gunshot wound to her head. The incident occurred on April 8, 2014. She was airlifted to…

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Matthew S. Glassford - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Death by Force

Matthew S. Glassford

Male, age 48 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

On an April evening in 2014, the life of 48-year-old Matthew S. Glassford, a White male, was tragically cut short in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The resident of the River West neighborhood was on the 500 block of W. Concordia Ave. shortly after 11 p.m. on April 8th…

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James Lindsey - Camden, New Jersey
Death by Force

James Lindsey

Male, age 33 · Camden, New Jersey
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of April 8, 2014, a discovery was made in the city of Camden, New Jersey, that would mark the violent end of a young man's life. James Lindsey, a 33-year-old male, was found in the driver's seat of his 2001 beige Mercury Grand Marquis…

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Clinton Stonewall Jackson Sr - Newport-news, Virginia
Death by Force

Clinton Stonewall Jackson Sr

Male, age 79 · Newport-news, Virginia
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the community of Newport News, Virginia, was shaken by the violent death of one of its respected elders. Clinton Stonewall Jackson Sr., a 79-year-old male, was found shot inside his vehicle on the evening of April 8th. The incident…

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Dshaun Bethea - Richmond, Virginia
Death by Force

Dshaun Bethea

Male, age 31 · Richmond, Virginia
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the life of 31-year-old D'Shaun Antwan Bethea was tragically cut short in Richmond, Virginia. On the evening of April 8th, police responded to a call and discovered Bethea inside a vehicle in the city's Northside. He had been shot, and…

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Dakota Cook - North-augusta, South Carolina
Death by Force

Dakota Cook

Male, age 21 · North-augusta, South Carolina
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the life of a young father named Dakota Allen Cook was cut tragically short. A 21-year-old man, Cook was a native of Aiken County, South Carolina, and a resident of North Augusta. He was known as a gifted carpenter, an avid sportsman…

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Fred Joseph Felder - Andrews, South Carolina
Death by Force

Fred Joseph Felder

Male, age 57 · Andrews, South Carolina
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet town of Andrews, South Carolina, the spring of 2014 was marked by a mysterious and tragic event that left a family and community searching for answers. On April 7th, two brothers, Fred Joseph 'Beep' Felder III, a 57-year-old male, and Thomas…

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Harold Price - Waterloo, South Carolina
Death by Force

Harold Price

Male, age 51 · Waterloo, South Carolina
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the small, close-knit community of Waterloo, South Carolina, a long-simmering feud between neighbors erupted into deadly violence on April 8, 2014, leaving 51-year-old Harold D. Price dead. On that Tuesday, police were dispatched to Cochise Drive after…

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Bobby Brown - Syracuse, New York
Death by Force

Bobby Brown

Male, age 41 · Syracuse, New York
Killed Apr 8, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the city of Syracuse, New York, was rocked by the violent and untimely death of Bobby J. Brown, a 41-year-old Black/African American man. On April 8, 2014, Brown's life was cut short in what law enforcement would later classify as a…

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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.