Death by Force

Antonio Tisdale

Male, age 22 · Andrews, South Carolina

Killed Aug 13, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the late hours of a summer evening in Andrews, South Carolina, a long-standing feud between two neighborhoods culminated in the tragic death of 22-year-old Antonio Tisdale. On August 13, 2008, Tisdale was fatally shot in the chest near the corner of Farr…

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Kenneth Cannedy

Male, age 19 · Cheltenham, Maryland

Killed Aug 13, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the late hours of a summer evening in 2008, the life of a young Black man, Denver Kenneth Cannedy Jr., aged 19, was tragically cut short. On Wednesday, August 13, 2008, at approximately 10:20 p.m., Cannedy was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the…

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Matthew Dugan

Male, age 34 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Aug 13, 2008 · 18 years ago

Matthew Dugan, a 34-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity from Toledo, Ohio, tragically died on August 13, 2008. He was working the night shift at a BP carryout and service station located at the intersection of Secor and Dorr Streets in Toledo when he was…

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Jevon Morris

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 13, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jevon Morris, aged 20, was killed on August 13, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a year when Chicago was facing significant challenges with gun violence and crime rates, which were considerably higher in specific areas of the city…

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Maria Hicks

Female, age 57 · Pico-rivera, California

Killed Aug 13, 2007 · 19 years ago

Maria Elena Hicks, a 57-year-old grandmother from Pico Rivera, California, tragically lost her life on August 13, 2007, after being shot in the head. The incident occurred on August 10, 2007, when Hicks confronted a group of gang members who were tagging a…

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Chauncy Smith

Male, age 30 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 13, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a late summer evening in New Orleans, the life of 30-year-old Chauncy Terrell Smith Sr. was tragically cut short. The male victim was caught in a hail of bullets on August 13, 2007, in the historic Treme neighborhood. The attack occurred at approximately…

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Alexandra Anaya

Female, age 13 · Hammond, Indiana

Killed Aug 13, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the late summer of 2005, the life of 13-year-old Alexandra Anaya of Hammond, Indiana, was tragically cut short in a case that continues to haunt her community. A young Hispanic female, Alexandra disappeared from her home in the early morning hours of…

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Maurice Nelson

Male, age 20 · Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Killed Aug 13, 2005 · 21 years ago

On a summer night in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the life of Maurice Nelson, a male resident, was violently cut short. On August 13, 2005, events unfolded within his Smithfield Avenue apartment that would leave a lasting mark on the community. Masked intruders…

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Timothy Lee Webster

Male, age 32 · Crystal-springs, Mississippi

Killed Aug 13, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the late summer of 2005, a tragic event unfolded in the small town of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, forever altering the community and the lives of those involved. On the evening of Saturday, August 13, 2005, Police Officer Timothy Lee Webster, a…

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Melanie Dawn Geddes

Female, age 24 · Regina, Saskatchewan

Killed Aug 13, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the late summer of 2005, a young Indigenous mother named Melanie Dawn Geddes, a 24-year-old from the Gordon First Nation, vanished without a trace in Regina, Saskatchewan. On the evening of August 13th, she was at a house party in the north-central part of…

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Shamekka Garnette

Female, age 20 · Alexandria, Louisiana

Killed Aug 13, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the late summer of 2004, the community of Alexandria, Louisiana, was unsettled by the disappearance and subsequent death of a young woman. Shamekka Garnette, a 20-year-old African-American female, was last seen on the evening of Friday, August 13, 2004.…

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Lorenzo Canales-Cobos

Male, age 35 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 13, 2004 · 22 years ago

On a summer evening in Denver, Colorado, a dispute on the road turned fatal for Lorenzo Canales-Cobos, a 35-year-old White male. The incident occurred on August 13, 2004, as he was driving northbound on Santa Fe Drive, preparing to merge onto Interstate 25.…

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Dennis Wade

Male · Springfield, Ohio

Found Aug 13, 2002 · 24 years ago

On August 13, 2002, 47-year-old Dennis Wade was the victim of a brutal and tragic crime in Springfield, Ohio. He was sleeping on the porch of an abandoned house on West High Street when, at around 4 a.m., he awoke to find himself being set on fire. Someone…

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Kathy Jean Brown Hunter

Female, age 43 · Magnolia, North Carolina

Killed Aug 13, 2002 · 24 years ago

Kathy Jean Brown Hunter, a 43-year-old woman from Magnolia, North Carolina, passed away on August 13, 2002. Her death was recorded in Duplin County, North Carolina, where she was also buried at B.F. Smith Cemetery in Beulaville. Despite the tragic nature of…

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Lorraine Hendricks

Female, age 82 · Arlington, Texas

Killed Aug 13, 2002 · 24 years ago

On August 13, 2002, 82-year-old Lorraine Hendricks was tragically lost to gun violence in Arlington, Texas. Details surrounding the incident are scarce, and public records do not provide comprehensive information about the circumstances of her death. The…

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Demetrio Lozano

Male, age 28 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 13, 2000 · 26 years ago

Demetrio Lozano, a 28-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on August 13, 2000, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Lozano was fatally shot, marking a violent end to his life. The incident…

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Sheena Kaye Needham

Female, age 40 · Long Beach, California

Killed Aug 13, 2000 · 26 years ago

On August 13, 2000, forty-year-old Sheena Kaye Needham lost her life in the coastal city of Long Beach, California. A White woman in the prime of her life, Needham encountered circumstances on that late summer Sunday that would abruptly cut her days short.…

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Marcus Lyman Whitfield

Male, age 27 · Greenville, South Carolina

Killed Aug 13, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the late summer of 1999, the life of a young law enforcement officer, 27-year-old Marcus Lyman Whitfield, was tragically cut short in Greenville, South Carolina. A male deputy with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, he was responding to a chaotic…

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Jane Marie Chafton

Female, age 28 · Lawton, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 13, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the late summer of 1999, the life of 28-year-old Jane Marie Chafton, a white female from Lawton, Oklahoma, came to a tragic and mysterious end. She was a mother and a sister who had once worked as an accountant before falling into a high-risk lifestyle…

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Valencia Michelle Ramirez

Female, age 17 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Aug 13, 1994 · 32 years ago

Valencia Michelle Ramirez, a 17-year-old Hispanic girl from San Antonio, Texas, was tragically killed on August 13, 1994. She was spending the night at a friend's house when a drive-by shooting occurred. Valencia and her friend were asleep in bed when several…

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Tricia Pacaccio

Female, age 18 · Glenview, Illinois

Killed Aug 13, 1993 · 33 years ago

Tricia Pacaccio, an 18-year-old Caucasian woman, was tragically murdered on August 13, 1993, in Glenview, Illinois. She was fatally stabbed multiple times on the back doorstep of her family home. Her father discovered her lifeless body the following morning…

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Theophilus Fleming Sr

Male, age 79 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 13, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the summer of 1989, a quiet Tulsa apartment on North Hartford Avenue became the scene of a brutal and unresolved crime. Theophilus Fleming Sr., a seventy-nine-year-old male, lived alone and was discovered dead in his home on the morning of August 13th. The…

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Jude Cole

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 13, 1987 · 39 years ago

Jude Coleman, a 25-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed on August 13, 1987. The incident took place at the rear of 1034 East 15th Avenue in Franklin County. Jude Coleman was found at this location with a gunshot wound, and he was pronounced…

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Robert Insalaco

Male, age 43 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Aug 13, 1987 · 39 years ago

On a tragic day in August of 1987, the life of a dedicated law enforcement officer, Robert S. Insalaco, was cut short. A 43-year-old White male, Insalaco served as a deputy with the Erie County Sheriff's Office for 15 years. His commitment to upholding the…

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Jillian Dee Cutshall

Female, age 9 · Norfolk, Nebraska

Killed Aug 13, 1987 · 39 years ago

On the morning of August 13, 1987, Jillian Dee Cutshall, a 9-year-old White female from Norfolk, Nebraska, disappeared while walking to her babysitter's house just four blocks from her home. She was last seen around 6:30 a.m., reportedly sitting on the stoop…

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Henry Carlson

Male, age 68 · Amnicon, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 13, 1985 · 41 years ago

Henry Burton “Bud” Carlson was a 68-year-old White/Caucasian male and a Deputy U.S. Marshal whose death was ultimately attributed to gunshot wounds suffered during a prisoner escape in northern Wisconsin. Although August 13, 1985 is associated with Carlson’s…

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Robert Weber

Male, age 35 · Concord, California

Killed Aug 13, 1985 · 41 years ago

Robert Weber, a 35-year-old male from Concord, California, was abducted, shot, and his body was dumped in Colusa County, where it was discovered in August 1985. His murder was linked to John Sapp, a drifter with a long history of institutional confinement.…

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Jerome Tony

Male, age 21 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 13, 1983 · 43 years ago

Jerome A. "Tony" King, a 21-year-old African American male from Chester, Pennsylvania, lost his life to gun violence on August 13, 1983. His untimely death left a void in the community, as evidenced by the 18 candles lit in his memory on GunMemorial.org.…

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Terri Kline

Null · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 13, 1982 · 44 years ago

Terri Lynn Kline was found murdered on August 13, 1982, in Dayton, Ohio. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, where Terri, a White female, was discovered under suspicious circumstances, resulting in her death being categorized as a homicide. On the day…

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Brian Erickson

Male, age 28 · Daly City, California

Found Aug 13, 1979 · 47 years ago

Brian Erickson, aged 28, was found dead on August 13, 1979, in Daly City, California. Erickson was discovered in his own white station wagon on King Drive, and his death was classified as a homicide caused by blunt force trauma. Erickson had been described as…

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Barbara Nantais

Female, age 15 · San Diego, California

Found Aug 13, 1978 · 48 years ago

On August 13, 1978, Barbara Nantais, age 15, was found murdered at Torrey Pines State Beach in San Diego. She had been strangled, beaten, and severely mutilated. Barbara had gone to the beach the night before to camp out with her boyfriend, James Alt. During…

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Carmen Lorraine Colon

Female, age 22 · Port Costa, California

Killed Aug 13, 1978 · 48 years ago

Carmen Lorraine Colon, a 22-year-old female, was found deceased on August 13, 1978, along the Carquinez Scenic Highway, a road between Crockett and Port Costa, California. Her nude, decomposing body was discovered by a Highway Patrol officer who was initially…

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Paula Atkinson Cupit

Female, age 24 · Fontana, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 13, 1974 · 52 years ago

Paula Atkinson Cupit, a 24-year-old White/Caucasian woman, was working as a maid at The Abbey Resort in Fontana, Wisconsin, when she was killed in August 1974. Online accounts differ on the precise date, with later case summaries placing the murder on August…

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Judith Ott

Female, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 13, 1973 · 53 years ago

Judith Ott, a 28-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on August 13, 1973, in a restroom at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. Her death was part of a series of brutal killings that took place in the area between 1970 and 1973. The assailant, Lester Harrison…

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Lamar Ditney Smith

Male, age 63 · Brookhaven, Mississippi

Killed Aug 13, 1955 · 71 years ago

On the morning of August 13, 1955, the grounds of the Lincoln County Courthouse in Brookhaven, Mississippi, became the setting for a violent confrontation tied to the region's heated political climate. Lamar "Ditney" Smith, a 63-year-old Black male and World…

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Elwin Buchanan Bill Conoley

Male, age 42 · Florence, Arizona

Killed Aug 13, 1927 · 99 years ago

In the quiet desert landscape of 1927 Arizona, a story of duty and tragic loss unfolded, forever marking the history of Pinal County. Deputy Sheriff Elwin Buchanan 'Bill' Conoley, a 42-year-old lawman, met an untimely and violent end on the evening of…

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Charles Stewart

Male, age 27 · Amarillo, Texas

Killed Aug 13, 1908 · 118 years ago

Railroad Detective Charles L. Stewart, aged 27, was shot and killed on August 13, 1908, while patrolling the train yard of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in Amarillo, Texas. Stewart, who had served with the railroad police for 15 months, was shot…

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Otis Niles Carter

Male, age 24 · Winfield, Kansas

Killed Aug 13, 1903 · 123 years ago

On a warm Thursday evening in Winfield, Kansas, the air was filled with the melodies of W.H. Caman's military band, a regular treat that drew a crowd of thousands to the corner of Ninth Avenue and Main Street. Among the attendees on August 13, 1903, was Otis…

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Herbert Goddard

Male, age 40 · Goodwater, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 13, 1900 · 126 years ago

Deputy U.S. Marshal Herbert Melvin Goddard, a 40-year-old white man, rode into the tiny community of Goodwater in the summer of 1900 with an arrest warrant folded among his papers and the weight of federal law on his shoulders. Goodwater lay in the remote…

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Thomas Clifford

Male, age 46 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 13, 1899 · 127 years ago

In the late summer of 1899, an evening of drunken revelry in lower downtown Denver turned deadly for a dedicated police officer. Thomas Clifford, a 46-year-old male of White/Caucasian descent, was a respected officer with the Denver Police Department. On the…

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William Griffith

Male · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 13, 1899 · 127 years ago

In the late summer of 1899, a chaotic and violent encounter in the lower downtown area of Denver, Colorado, led to the tragic death of Denver Police Officer William Griffith, a White / Caucasian male. The series of events was set in motion when a soldier…

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Jesus Martinez

Male, age 21 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Aug 13, 2022 · 4 years ago

On August 14, 2022, a tragic incident occurred in Albuquerque, New Mexico, resulting in the death of Jesus Martinez Jr. The incident took place at 13001 Central SE, where Albuquerque police officers were dispatched to a shooting involving multiple victims.…

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Demond W Steward

Male, age 30 · East-saint-louis, Illinois

Killed Aug 13, 2022 · 4 years ago

Demond W. Steward, a 30-year-old African American male from Cahokia Heights, Illinois, tragically lost his life on August 13, 2022, in East St. Louis. The incident occurred in the parking lot of the Ivy Ultra Lounge, located in the 900 block of St. Louis…

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Cheryl Gusz Dinapoli

Female, age 61 · Levittown, New York

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

In a quiet Levittown, New York, home on a summer evening, a domestic dispute escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of 61-year-old Cheryl Gusz Dinapoli. On August 13, 2020, an argument between Cheryl and her husband, Thomas Dinapoli, then 67, in their…

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Erick Rene Magana

Male, age 25 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Erick Rene Magana, a 25-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on August 13, 2020, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Erick was fatally shot near 100 S. Soto St. The incident occurred…

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Antwon Jones

Male, age 36 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 13, 2018 · 8 years ago

Antwon Jones, a 36-year-old man from Pittsburgh, PA, was fatally shot in the Bedford Dwellings neighborhood early on Monday, August 13, 2018. The shooting occurred around 12:35 a.m. along Chauncey Drive. Jones succumbed to his injuries early Thursday morning…

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Miguel Angel Milian

Male, age 30 · Longview, Washington

Killed Aug 13, 2014 · 12 years ago

On August 13, 2014, Miguel Angel Milian, a 30-year-old resident of Longview, Washington, was found dead in his home following a tragic incident. The events unfolded early in the morning when police received a distressing 911 call from the couple's 10-year-old…

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Ulysse Prinso

Male, age 26 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Aug 13, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 13, 2014, a violent encounter in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn set in motion a chain of events that would ultimately claim the life of 26-year-old Prinso Ulysse. Ulysse was standing outside on Cortelyou Road when a…

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