Deaths by Force on August 12

Deaths by Force (514)

Death by Force40th anniversary

Laura Lynn Smith Moorer

Female, age 41 · Jackson, Alabama

Killed Aug 12, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the summer of 1986, the life of 41-year-old Laura Lynn Smith Moorer came to a tragic and violent end in Jackson, Alabama. A woman known for her beautiful voice and vibrant personality, she found herself in a tumultuous and abusive marriage with Vernon…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Henrietta Wright

Female, age 34 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 12, 1986 · 40 years ago

Henrietta Wright, a 34-year-old woman from Los Angeles, was found dead on August 12, 1986. Her body was discovered in an alley near the 2500 block of West Vernon Avenue in Hyde Park, Los Angeles. Wright had been shot multiple times, and her body was concealed…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Henrietta Wright

Female, age 35 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 12, 1986 · 40 years ago

Henrietta Wright, a 35-year-old Black woman, was tragically found dead on August 12, 1986, in an alley near the 2500 block of West Vernon Avenue in Hyde Park, Los Angeles. Her body was discovered under a discarded mattress, and authorities determined that she…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Jane Allan

Female, age 14 · Miamisburg, Ohio

Found Aug 12, 1976 · 50 years ago

On August 11, 1976, Jane Louise Allan, a 13-year-old girl from Royal Oak, Michigan, was found dead in the Great Miami River in Miamisburg, Ohio. Jane's body was discovered about three-quarters of a mile south of the Linden Avenue bridge, with her hands tied…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

Phyliss Mosley

Female, age 27 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Aug 12, 1971 · 55 years ago

Phyliss Mosley, a 27-year-old woman from Akron, Ohio, was tragically found dead on August 12, 1971, in her bedroom. The case remains unsolved to this day. Mosley was discovered by her 11-year-old daughter, who found her mother shot to death in their home on…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

Frank Fraser

Male, age 47 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Aug 12, 1911 · 115 years ago

In the late summer of 1911, the life of a veteran police officer, a White male named Frank Fraser, came to a tragic and violent end. At 47 years of age, Detective Fraser had dedicated two decades of service to the Saint Paul Police Department, a career that…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

Edgar Rice

Male, age 42 · Coateville, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 12, 1911 · 115 years ago

In the summer of 1911, the town of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, was a place of simmering tensions, with a growing population of African Americans and European immigrants living in a segregated and suspicious community. On the evening of August 12th, these…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Kenneth James Smith

Male, age 26 · Westmont, California

Killed Aug 12, 2021 · 5 years ago

Kenneth James Smith, a 26-year-old resident of Westmont, California, tragically lost his life on August 12, 2021. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Smith was fatally shot near 2130 W. Century Blvd. in Westmont. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Martin Lopez Meza

Male, age 48 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Aug 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a man's life was cut short by gunfire in Phoenix, Arizona. Martin Lopez Meza, a 48-year-old male, was discovered by police on August 12, 2016, suffering from a fatal gunshot wound. The events that followed this discovery led to a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Steven Earl

Male, age 33 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of August 12, 2016, a violent weekend in Milwaukee claimed the life of 33-year-old Steven M. Earl. A male, Earl was driving his vehicle near the intersection of Sherman and Burleigh around 6:00 p.m. when the sound of gunfire shattered the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Margaret Jean Sanford

Female, age 73 · Napoleon-township, Michigan

Killed Aug 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On August 12, 2016, 73-year-old Margaret Jean Sanford was found deceased in her Napoleon Township, Michigan, home. Concerned after not seeing her for several days, neighbors requested a welfare check at her Clarklake Road residence. Responding officers from…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Gregory Robinson

Male, age 22 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Gregory Robinson was 22 years old when he died on Friday, August 12, 2016, four weeks after he was assaulted in the 1100 block of Walters Avenue in Baltimore. Doctors ruled that he died of blunt force trauma, and his death was ruled a homicide. The Baltimore…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

John Webb

Male, age 36 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 12, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the summer of 1986, the city of Louisville, Kentucky became the scene of a fatal encounter rooted in a long-standing rivalry between two notorious motorcycle clubs. On the night of August 12, a male by the name of John Cleave Webb, aged 36 and a member of…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

Abner Matlock

Male, age 40 · Jourdanton, Texas

Killed Aug 12, 1911 · 115 years ago

Deputy Sheriff Abner Matlock, age 40, of the Atascosa County Sheriff's Department in Texas, was shot and killed on August 12, 1911, while attempting to arrest a man for firearm possession. Matlock was well-known in the community and had previously removed the…

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Death by Force130th anniversary

Louis Griffin

Male, age 43 · Blocton, Alabama

Killed Aug 12, 1896 · 130 years ago

In the intricate and often convoluted annals of Alabama's justice system, the case of Louis Griffin stands as a stark representation of a winding and fraught legal journey. Griffin, a male whose ethnicity is not consistently specified in public records, found…

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Alliyah Dudley

Female · Clarksdale, Mississippi

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

On the morning of August 12, 2026, a day that should have been filled with the ordinary joy of a new school year, the life of Alliyah Kierra Dudley was tragically cut short in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Just hours after proudly posting photos of her two…

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Billy Smith Jr.

Male, age 48 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of August 12, 2026, the life of 48-year-old Billy Smith Jr. was tragically cut short in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Responding to a call at approximately 11:30 p.m., Baton Rouge Police Department officers arrived at the 3400 block of Wayne Drive…

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Bobby Ray Farris

Male, age 63 · Pinebluff, North Carolina

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Pinebluff, North Carolina, a horrific scene unfolded on the morning of August 12, 2026, forever altering the lives of a local family. Bobby Ray Farris, a 63-year-old male, was found deceased in his home on Ryder Cup Boulevard, the…

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Branden J. Bland

Male, age 39 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

In the late summer of 2026, the life of Branden J. Bland, a 39-year-old man from Dayton, Ohio, was tragically cut short. On the afternoon of Wednesday, August 12th, Dayton police responded to a call in the 4100 block of Sylvan Drive. There, they discovered…

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Christina Lynn Aggelis

Female, age 62 · Pinebluff, North Carolina

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

In the quiet town of Pinebluff, North Carolina, the summer of 2026 was shattered by a brutal act of violence that claimed the lives of three family members. On the morning of August 12th, Christina Lynn Aggelis, a 62-year-old woman, was found deceased in her…

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Dave Adamson

Male, age 52 · Hempstead, New York

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

In a quiet Hempstead home on a Wednesday morning, a tragedy unfolded that left a family and community in shock. On August 12, 2026, 52-year-old Dave Adamson, a Black male, was found dead in the basement of the Angevine Avenue residence he shared with his…

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Gary Adamson

Male, age 49 · Hempstead, New York

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

In the quiet residential neighborhood of Hempstead, New York, a devastating scene unfolded on the morning of August 12, 2026, leaving a family shattered by a tragic act of violence. Inside a home on Angevine Avenue, two brothers, Garfield Adamson, 50, and…

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Jackson Pharell Jones

Male, age 17 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

On the evening of August 12, 2026, in Orlando, Florida, the life of 17-year-old Jackson Pharell Jones was tragically cut short. Deputies from the Orange County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the Hidden Creek Villas apartment complex on River Tree Circle…

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Jomiltron Sentell Fair Jr

Male, age 17 · Gaffney, South Carolina

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

Jomiltron Sentell Fair Jr., a 17-year-old Black male, was shot and killed on the morning of August 12, 2026, in Gaffney, South Carolina. Known to his loved ones as "June," Fair was a rising senior at Gaffney High School with a promising future. He was on…

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Karla Abarca

Female, age 51 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

In the late afternoon of August 12, 2026, a day that began with the simple pleasure of running errands and sharing ice cream with her daughter, ended in unimaginable tragedy for 51-year-old Karla Abarca. A Hispanic mother of five, Abarca was seated in the…

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Laurie Ann Gilchrist

Female, age 61 · Mobile, Alabama

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

A quiet evening in Mobile, Alabama, turned into a scene of violence and tragedy on August 12, 2026, ending the life of 61-year-old Laurie Ann Gilchrist. The fatal incident, a shooting that the police would later describe as a domestic altercation, unfolded on…

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Riley Billingslea

Male, age 15 · Bronx, New York

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

On a summer afternoon in the Bronx, the life of 15-year-old Riley Billingslea was tragically cut short. On August 12, 2026, within the walls of an apartment on Claflin Avenue in the Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood, Riley was fatally shot in the head. The…

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Shaelynn Maria Moore

Female, age 30 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

On the morning of August 12, 2026, the life of 30-year-old Shaelynn Maria Moore was tragically cut short in her Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania apartment in the Northview Heights neighborhood. The incident unfolded around 9:15 a.m. when the city's ShotSpotter system…

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Sherri Mitko

Female, age 70 · Somerset, Kentucky

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

Sherri Lynn Mitko, a 70-year-old woman, was found shot to death inside her home on Lower Line Creek Road in eastern Pulaski County near Somerset, Kentucky, shortly after midnight on August 12, 2026. Deputies with the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office went to…

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Tatum Monique Grace Johnson

Female, age 3 · Opelousas, Louisiana

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of a Wednesday evening in Opelousas, Louisiana, the life of a bright-eyed young girl was tragically cut short. Three-year-old Tatum Monique Grace Johnson passed away on August 12, 2026, from a gunshot wound. The incident occurred around 11…

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Tony Camarillo

Male, age 31 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

Tony L. Camarillo, a 31-year-old man from Norfolk, Virginia, was fatally shot on the evening of August 12, 2026, in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk. At about 8:10 p.m., Norfolk police were dispatched to Colley Avenue near Spotswood Avenue after receiving a…

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Trinity Cheyenne Thomas

Female, age 20 · Pinebluff, North Carolina

Killed Aug 12, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Pinebluff, North Carolina, the summer of 2026 was shattered by a brutal act of violence that claimed the lives of three family members. On the morning of Wednesday, August 12, 2026, the life of 20-year-old Trinity Cheyenne Thomas was…

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Quindarius Allen

Male, age 26 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early hours of August 12, 2025, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Birmingham, Alabama neighborhood, tragically ending the life of 26-year-old Quindarius Marteze Allen. Allen, a resident of Birmingham, was sitting inside a car in the Graymont…

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Jessica Brewer

Female, age 39 · Gilbert, Arizona

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of August 12, 2025, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Gilbert, Arizona, extended stay hotel. When police arrived at the scene near Country Club Drive and Guadalupe Road, they discovered 39-year-old Jessica Brewer with gunshot wounds.…

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Eric Jackson

Male, age 71 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Eric Jackson, a 71-year-old male and White/Caucasian, was found dead inside a Los Angeles hotel on August 12, 2025. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner identified the victim as Eric Jackson, age 71, and determined the manner of death to be…

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Jermil Kevin Lamar Lewis

Male, age 41 · Oakland, California

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Before dawn on August 12, 2025, the quiet of West Oakland broke with a string of ShotSpotter alerts on the 700 block of 21st Street. By the time officers converged on the area, Jermil Kevin Lamar Lewis, age 41 and male, had already been rushed by car toward a…

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Miguel Santoyo Meza

Male, age 39 · Bell Gardens, California

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Miguel Santoyo Meza, a 39-year-old Hispanic man, was killed just after midnight on August 12, 2025, in the 4900 block of Clara Street near Wilcox Avenue in Cudahy, where deputies were sent after reports of gunfire and found him shot. He was pronounced dead at…

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Elijah Johnson

Male, age 32 · Davenport, Florida

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Elijah Johnson, 32, male, Black/African American, was shot on the night of August 12, 2025, outside the Home Suites near the I-4 and U.S. 27 interchange in Davenport, Florida. Deputies responded around 9:40 p.m. to reports of gunfire and found Elijah Johnson…

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Juan Chaneton

Male, age 42 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Juan Chaneton, 42, a man from Miami, was killed on the evening of August 12, 2025, in Little Havana. A funeral notice later confirmed his name, age, and date of death, noting his Miami residence. Just before sunset, as foot traffic drifted along Southwest 4th…

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Martavis McKinney

Male, age 28 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a tragic turn of events stemming from a domestic dispute, 28-year-old Martavis McKinney, a Black man, lost his life on August 12, 2025, in Columbus, Georgia. The fatal incident unfolded at The Lakes Apartments on Warm Springs Road, where Columbus police…

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Brandon Maxey

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Brandon Maxey, a 26-year-old Black / African American man, was riding in a car on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, when gunfire tore through the quiet of the early afternoon in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. Around 1:30 p.m., as the vehicle traveled in the first…

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Brent McDonald

Male, age 37 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a Tuesday night in New Orleans' Seventh Ward, the life of 37-year-old Brent McDonald was tragically cut short. It was August 12, 2025, when gunfire erupted around 9:20 p.m. near the intersection of Allen and North Dorgenois streets. When the New Orleans…

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DeVon Franklin

Male, age 17 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday night in New Orleans, the vibrant sounds of the Seventh Ward were tragically pierced by the sharp report of gunfire. When the echoes faded, a scene of violence was left behind on Allen Street, where three people had been shot.…

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Tyler Shows

Male, age 35 · Petal, Mississippi

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In Petal, Mississippi, the life of Tyler Shows, a 35-year-old man, came to a tragic end on an August Tuesday. Police received a call from the Dove Hollow neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. regarding a gunshot. The caller reported seeing a man lying on a…

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Andre Jackson

Male, age 41 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the morning of August 12, 2025, a violent confrontation unfolded in the Penrose neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, resulting in the death of 41-year-old male Andre Jackson. Police officers from District 6 responded to a call regarding a shooting in the…

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Vick Ramjit

Male, age 38 · Queens, New York

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a tragic turn of events on a Tuesday evening in Queens, New York, a heated argument between acquaintances escalated into a fatal struggle, leaving one man dead. The incident, which unfolded inside a home in Ozone Park, claimed the life of 38-year-old Vick…

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Clara Richards

Female, age 74 · Lillington, North Carolina

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Clara Richards, 74, a Black woman from Lillington, North Carolina, died on August 12, 2025, after being shot at a family home on Kentucky Derby Lane in the Trotter’s Ridge neighborhood. Deputies were called just after 5:15 p.m. when a 10-year-old inside the…

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Danny Richards

Male, age 57 · Lillington, North Carolina

Killed Aug 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Danny Richards, 57, a male and Black/African American resident of Lillington, North Carolina, was shot inside his home on Kentucky Derby Lane on August 12, 2025. Known in his community as Bishop Danny Richards and a retired U.S. Army veteran, he and his wife…

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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.