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Pernell Dillard

Male, age 30 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 11, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the late hours of a Wednesday evening in Louisville, Kentucky, tragedy struck in the Parkland neighborhood, forever altering the lives of two families. On August 11, 2010, Pernell Antonio Dillard Sr., a 30-year-old male, was killed in a brazen act of…

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John Beamus

Male, age 32 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 11, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the summer of 2010, the life of John Bernard 'Dookie' Beamus Jr., a 32-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short. On the evening of Wednesday, August 11, 2010, in the Parkland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, Beamus was shot and killed. He was in…

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Shawn Robert Wright

Male, age 30 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 11, 2010 · 16 years ago

Shawn Robert Wright, 30, a Black man, is listed among Baltimore’s homicide victims for August 11, 2010, with the location recorded as the 1600 block of North Broadway in Baltimore, Maryland. Beyond that bare entry, the public-facing summaries available online…

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Ronquez Bigsby

Male, age 14 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 11, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 11, 2010, the life of 14-year-old Ronquez Bigsby was tragically cut short in Nashville, Tennessee. The African-American male was in the James Cayce Housing Development on South 8th Street, walking toward Kirkpatrick Park…

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Aubary Nesmith

Male, age 26 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early evening of Tuesday, August 11, 2009, the life of a young man was tragically cut short in a residential neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Aubary Nesmith, a 26-year-old African-American male also known by his nickname 'Black,' was fatally shot at…

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Gregory Edward Wilson

Male, age 20 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the late hours of a summer night in Baltimore, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Gregory Edward Wilson, a 20-year-old Black male, was killed on August 11, 2009. The incident occurred around 11:15 p.m. in the vicinity of the 2700 block of…

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Eric L Morrow

Male, age 21 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Aug 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the summer of 2009, a burst of violence on the streets of Buffalo would claim the life of a young man, leaving a family to grieve a sudden and senseless loss. Eric L. Morrow, a 21-year-old male, was standing near a porch at the intersection of Auburn and…

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Joseph Galioto

Male, age 18 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Aug 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

Joseph Galioto, an 18-year-old White male from Buffalo, New York, is remembered here through the stark, unfinished line of what’s known: that his life ended far too soon. In a city full of familiar streets and ordinary routines, his name now sits in that…

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Deandreus Marrero

Male, age 36 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a summer day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the life of 36-year-old Deandreus Marrero, an African-American male, was tragically cut short. On August 11, 2009, Marrero was shot, and he succumbed to his injuries from the gunshot wounds. His death was classified as…

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LaWanda Russell

Female, age 17 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

LaWanda Russell, a 17-year-old Black female from Birmingham, was killed on August 11, 2008, in a burst of gunfire that shattered an ordinary summer night in the city’s West End area. She had just registered to become an 11th-grader at Wenonah High School, and…

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Orlando Martin-Camas

Male, age 30 · San Francisco, California

Found Aug 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

On August 11, 2008, Orlando Martin-Camas, aged 30, was fatally stabbed in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. The incident occurred at night, and the attack resulted in his death at the scene. Reports indicated that the area, notorious for crime and…

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Joel Williams

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

On August 11, 2008, Joel Williams, age 31, was fatally shot in Chicago during an incident that underscored the city’s escalating violence. The shooting was part of a surge in homicides during 2008, a year in which Chicago surpassed 500 homicides, reflecting…

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Joel Smith

Null, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

On August 11, 2008, Joel Smith, age 31, was fatally shot in Chicago as part of a series of violent incidents that marked the summer of that year. The incident occurred amid a city-wide spike in gun violence, which saw an alarming number of shootings during…

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Larry J Oates

Male, age 23 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Aug 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the late summer of 2008, the life of Larry Joseph Oates, Jr., a 23-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri, was tragically cut short. On August 11, 2008, Oates passed away, leaving behind a grieving family and a community searching for answers. The…

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James Gamble

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

On August 11, 2008, James Gamble, a 56-year-old man, was found shot to death in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident took place on Highland Avenue in the neighborhood of Hamilton County. Responding officers arrived at the scene where James Gamble was discovered…

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Juan Alberto Gonzalez

Male, age 30 · Fort Worth, Texas

Found Aug 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

On August 11, 2008, Juan Alberto Gonzalez, age 30, was killed in Fort Worth, Texas. He was found shot multiple times in an incident that appeared to have occurred during a personal dispute. The crime took place late at night, and police were called to the…

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Audie James Lucas

Male, age 45 · Landover-hills, Maryland

Killed Aug 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

In an act of violence that would ultimately prove fatal fifteen years later, Audie James Lucas, a 28-year-old Black man, was shot and paralyzed from the neck down during an attempted robbery in Landover-Hills, Maryland, on December 27, 1993. For years, he…

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Bradley Stevens

Male, age 22 · Tallahassee, Florida

Killed Aug 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

Bradley Scott Stevens, a 22-year-old resident of Tallahassee, Florida, tragically passed away on August 11, 2008. Born on January 3, 1986, in Boyle County, Kentucky, Bradley was known for his love of construction work, four-wheeling, music, and singing. He…

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Aalim Reed

Male, age 22 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

Aalim Hasson Reed, a 22-year-old male of African American ethnicity from Chester, Pennsylvania, tragically lost his life on August 11, 2008. He was gunned down near Lloyd Street in Chester, an area that had seen a significant number of violent crimes. Reed…

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Baltazar Fidencio Torrez

Male, age 34 · Fresno, California

Found Aug 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

On August 11, 2007, Baltazar Fidencio Torrez, age 34, was tragically killed in Fresno, California. His death was one of two fatal incidents that occurred in a short span that weekend, highlighting a violent period in the area. Authorities responded to the…

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Bobbie Rollins

Unknown, age 66 · Miami, Florida

Found Aug 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Bobbie Rollins, aged 66, was tragically killed on August 11, 2007, in Miami, Florida. Rollins was found deceased at his residence, and the Miami Police Department has been actively investigating the case since. Despite their efforts, including evidence…

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Andrew Junious

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Andrew Junious, a 19-year-old male, was fatally shot on August 11, 2007, in Chicago. His death took place during a period when the city was grappling with high levels of gun violence, particularly affecting young men. Junious was one of many victims whose…

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Daniel Horkheimer

Male, age 29 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

On August 11, 2007, a Caucasian male named Daniel Horkheimer was spending his Saturday morning engaged in renovations at his residence in the St. Louis Place neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The 29-year-old was working on his property, a testament to his…

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Amircar Estuardo Giron

Male, age 22 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Aug 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Amilcar Estuardo Giron-Casasola, 22, male, Hispanic/Latino, is memorialized in Las Vegas, Nevada, with public records indicating he died in mid-August 2007 and was laid to rest at Palm Memorial Park Northwest. The memorial entry places him in Clark County and…

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Jalen Diggs

Male, age 26 · Houston, Texas

Found Aug 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

On August 11, 2007, Jalen Diggs, 26, was found dead in his vehicle on Jorns Street in Houston, Texas. Police discovered Diggs early in the morning after responding to reports of a shooting in the area. Diggs had sustained a gunshot wound and was pronounced…

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Michael Richards

Male, age 32 · Houston, Texas

Found Aug 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Michael Richards, aged 32, was fatally shot on August 11, 2007, in Houston, Texas. He was found at the scene by responding officers after reports of a shooting. Despite efforts to save him, Richards succumbed to his injuries. The investigation was led by the…

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Anjelique Vu

Female, age 35 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late summer of 2007, a shocking act of violence abruptly ended the life of 35-year-old Anjelique Vu, a female resident of New Orleans. On the morning of August 11th, she and a male companion, identified in some reports as Luong Nguyen and in others as…

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Luong Nguyen

Male, age 38 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late summer of 2007 in New Orleans, a tragic event unfolded that left a community in fear and a family shattered. On the morning of August 11th, the bodies of 38-year-old Luong Nguyen and a 35-year-old woman, Anjelique Vu, were discovered inside their…

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Peter Martinez

Male, age 20 · Lake Balboa, California

Killed Aug 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Peter Martinez was 20 years old when he died on Saturday, August 11, 2007, in the Lake Balboa area of the San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 7304 White Oak Avenue.…

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Francis Manuel Ortega

Male, age 25 · Pine-lake, Georgia

Killed Aug 11, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the quiet community of Pine Lake, Georgia, a routine traffic stop on a summer day escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of a dedicated police officer. Francis Manuel Ortega, a 25-year-old male, was shot and killed on August 11, 2005, during an…

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Alphonso Laboard

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 11, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 11, 2004, the life of Alphonso Laboard, a male, was tragically cut short in Washington, D.C. At approximately 3:45 a.m., Laboard was shot and killed at the intersection of 14th and Randolph Streets, Northwest. The…

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Cody Brock III

Male, age 20 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 11, 2004 · 22 years ago

Cody Brock III, aged 20, was tragically shot and killed on August 11, 2004, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident took place at 18 Thill Street, located in Hamilton County. Responding to a call about the shooting, the Cincinnati Police Department found Cody at…

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Trey Michael Hutchison

Female, age 27 · Bossier-city, Louisiana

Killed Aug 11, 2004 · 22 years ago

On a Wednesday afternoon, August 11, 2004, a seemingly routine 911 hang-up call led to the tragic death of a Bossier City police officer. Officer Trey Michael Hutchison, a 27-year-old male, was the first to arrive at a residence in the 3200 block of Jana…

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Anita Jackson Leary

Female · Edenton, North Carolina

Killed Aug 11, 2004 · 22 years ago

Anita Jackson Leary, a 39-year-old African American woman from Edenton, North Carolina, tragically died on August 11, 2004. The circumstances surrounding her death were initially unclear, but it was later determined that she was murdered. The investigation…

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Abera Yerga Asmamaw

Male, age 38 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Found Aug 11, 2003 · 23 years ago

Abera Yerga Asmamaw, a 38-year-old cab driver for Western Cab Company in Las Vegas, was tragically murdered on August 11, 2003. His body was discovered in the back seat of his taxi, parked in the lot behind the Smith & Wollensky restaurant on the Las Vegas…

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Victoria Camara

Female, age 18 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Aug 11, 2003 · 23 years ago

On August 11, 2003, the body of Victoria Camara was discovered in a remote desert area near U.S. Highway 95, south of a gravel haul road in the Las Vegas area. A gravel truck driver found the remains of the young woman, leading to an immediate homicide…

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Scott T. Stewart Iv

Male, age 31 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Aug 11, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the late summer of 2002, the city of Detroit lost one of its own in a sudden and violent act. Scott T. Stewart, IV, a 31-year-old male Detroit Police Officer, was on duty on August 11, 2002, when he and his partner responded to a call. The report detailed…

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Vanessa Williams

Female, age 45 · Pomona, California

Killed Aug 11, 2000 · 26 years ago

Vanessa Williams, a 45-year-old Black female, was found dead on August 11, 2000, in Pomona, California. Her cause of death was determined to be strangulation. Authorities launched an investigation into her murder, seeking to identify suspects and uncover any…

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Talia Nunley

Female · Hyde Park, California

Killed Aug 11, 2000 · 26 years ago

On Friday, August 11, 2000, emergency responders and law enforcement were called to an incident in the Hyde Park community of South Los Angeles. At the center of the distress was Talia Nunley, a Black female infant who was under one year of age. Despite…

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Victor Kao Lee

Male, age 54 · Norwalk, California

Killed Aug 11, 2000 · 26 years ago

Victor Kao Lee was 54 years old when he died on Friday, August 11, 2000, in Norwalk, in southeast Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 16414 Alora St. His death was…

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Carla Davis

Female · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 11, 1999 · 27 years ago

Carla Davis, aged 21, was tragically murdered on August 11, 1999, in Dayton, Ohio. Carla was six months pregnant at the time, and the homicide also took the life of her unborn child. She was found brutally attacked, beaten, and set on fire. This violent and…

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Samuel Montoya

Male, age 41 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Aug 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

Samuel Montoya, 41, a Hispanic/Latino man, died on August 11, 1997, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Public memorial records list his birth as November 15, 1955, and note that he was laid to rest at San Jose Cemetery in Albuquerque, details that fix the time and…

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Gwendolyn Lee

Female · Stockton, California

Killed Aug 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

Gwendolyn Lee, a resident of Stockton, California, tragically lost her life on August 11, 1997. Her death was part of a series of heinous crimes committed by William Jennings Choyce, a serial killer who preyed on vulnerable women in the area. Choyce's modus…

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Synnie Gene Atlas Jr.

Male, age 15 · San-bernardino, California

Killed Aug 11, 1994 · 32 years ago

Synnie Gene Atlas Jr., a 15-year-old from San Bernardino, California, tragically passed away on August 11, 1994. His death has been a subject of investigation and speculation over the years. Synnie's untimely demise was a result of a violent incident that…

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Sharon Fisher

Female · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 11, 1990 · 36 years ago

On August 11, 1990, 25-year-old Sharon Fisher was tragically killed in Columbus, Ohio. She was found at the rear of 1283 East Main Street, having sustained fatal head trauma caused by a concrete block. The Columbus Police Department investigated her death…

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Dennis Watson

Male, age 37 · Boone, North Carolina

Killed Aug 11, 1990 · 36 years ago

Dennis Watson, a 37-year-old male from Boone, North Carolina, tragically died on August 11, 1990. The details surrounding his death indicate that he was murdered. Unfortunately, there is limited information available regarding the circumstances of his death…

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James Chambers

Male, age 49 · Lee County, Florida

Killed Aug 11, 1984 · 42 years ago

James Weston Chambers was a loving husband, and a dedicated social worker living in Amlin, OH with his wife in 1984. Earlier in the year, James lost his job as a social worker when his position was phased out. James traveled down to Florida at the end of July…

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Cynthia Hinds

Female, age 17 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Aug 11, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the summer of 1982, a sense of unease began to settle over the Seattle area as a string of disappearances and murders unfolded. Among the lives tragically cut short was that of Cynthia Jean Hinds, a 17-year-old Black/African American female. Known to some…

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