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Deaths by Force on August 13

702 open cases in our database happened on August 13. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (494)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Eric Johnson

Male, age 30 · Upper-marlboro, Maryland
Killed Aug 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, the life of 30-year-old Eric Johnson was tragically cut short in Prince George's County, Maryland. On Saturday, August 13, 2016, police responded to a report of a shooting in the 8100 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway in…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Fernando Zamorano

Male, age 33 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Aug 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

Fernando Zamorano, a 33-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on August 13, 2016, in East Los Angeles. The incident occurred around 1 a.m. in the parking lot of Lito’s Corkroom, located in the 6000 block of East Olympic Boulevard. According to the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

William Clay Settle

Male, age 22 · Lancaster, California
Killed Aug 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

William Clay Settle, a 22-year-old man from Lancaster, California, was tragically shot and killed on August 13, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 1:30 a.m., in the 1700 block of East Avenue J-4. Los Angeles County sheriff’s…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Terrance Moore

Male, age 31 · Chesapeake, Virginia
Killed Aug 13, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the late summer of 2011, the life of 31-year-old Terrance Moore, a male from Chesapeake, Virginia, was tragically cut short. On the evening of August 13th, an argument escalated to deadly violence in the 2000 block of Chesapeake Drive. During the dispute…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Andre White

Male, age 28 · Temple-hills, Maryland
Killed Aug 13, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the summer of 2006, the life of Andre Donnell White, a 28-year-old man from Temple Hills, Maryland, was tragically cut short. On August 13, 2006, he was a victim of gun violence in his hometown. The specific details surrounding the circumstances of his…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Hector Manuel Valero

Male, age 33 · Vermont Knolls, California
Killed Aug 13, 2006 · 20 years ago

Hector Manuel Valero was 33 years old when he died on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006, in Vermont Knolls, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1015 W. 85th St. His death was ruled a…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Leta Simmons Kagen

Female, age 37 · Golden-valley, Arizona
Killed Aug 13, 1996 · 30 years ago

On August 13, 1996, Leta Simmons Kagen, a 37-year-old white female from Golden Valley in rural Mohave County, Arizona, was killed in her trailer home along with her 15-year-old son, Robert Delahunt, and her partner, 50-year-old Roland Wear. She lived in a…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Roland M. Wear

Male, age 50 · Golden-valley, Arizona
Killed Aug 13, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the quiet desert community of Golden Valley, Arizona, a grim discovery was made on August 15, 1996, that shattered the local peace. Inside a trailer, law enforcement found the badly decomposed bodies of 50-year-old Roland M. Wear and his companion…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Virginia Griffin

Female, age 44 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Aug 13, 1991 · 35 years ago

Virginia Griffin, a 44-year-old woman, was found murdered in a public park in Rogers Park in 1991. Griffin, who was of Caucasian ethnicity, had been raped and eviscerated with a knife. Her death was part of a series of brutal murders committed by Ralph…

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Death by Force110th anniversary

Charles Keller

Male, age 47 · Chino, California
Killed Aug 13, 1916 · 110 years ago

Night Watchman Charles W. Keller, aged 47, tragically lost his life on August 13, 1916, in Chino, California. Keller, who had served with the Chino Police Department for five years, was on duty when he encountered a group of men causing a disturbance. In his…

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Aaron L. Foster - Cleveland, Ohio
Death by Force

Aaron L. Foster

Male, age 44 · Cleveland, Ohio
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

Aaron L. Foster, a 44-year-old man, was killed in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 13, 2026, in a fatal shooting. Online gun-violence records identify Foster as the victim and confirm that his death occurred in Cleveland on that date. Beyond those basic facts…

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Adarius DaShun Odom - Century, Florida
Death by Force

Adarius DaShun Odom

Male · Century, Florida
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

Adarius Da’Shun Odom, a Black/African American male in his 20s who was known to friends and family as “Daily,” was fatally shot on August 13, 2026, at Showalter Park in Century, Florida. At approximately 6:53 p.m., Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies…

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Al Jewel Myles III - Springhill, Louisiana
Death by Force

Al Jewel Myles III

Male, age 21 · Springhill, Louisiana
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

In the late summer of 2026, the life of 21-year-old Al Jewel Myles III came to a tragic end in Springhill, Louisiana. On August 13th, Myles was found deceased from a gunshot wound inside a residence at the Camelot Apartments. Authorities who arrived at the…

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Annie R. Walker - Kansas City, Missouri
Death by Force

Annie R. Walker

Female, age 38 · Kansas City, Missouri
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

In the heart of Kansas City, Missouri, on the afternoon of August 13, 2026, a street altercation escalated into a tragedy that ended the life of 38-year-old Annie R. Walker. The incident, which unfolded near East 28th Street and Wabash Avenue, began as a…

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Armani Thomas-Cotton - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Death by Force

Armani Thomas-Cotton

Male, age 16 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

Armani Thomas-Cotton, a 16-year-old Black/African American male from Milwaukee, was killed on the morning of August 13, 2026, in a shooting near North 40th Street and West Clarke Street on the city’s north side. Milwaukee police said the gunfire erupted at…

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Dana Marie Foley - Staten Island, New York
Death by Force

Dana Marie Foley

Female, age 39 · Staten Island, New York
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

Dana Marie Foley, a 39-year-old White/Caucasian woman, was killed on August 13, 2026, inside a residence on Garth Court in the Richmondtown section of Staten Island, New York. Police responding to a 911 call found Foley suffering from a gunshot wound to her…

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Lanessa Bradford - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Death by Force

Lanessa Bradford

Female, age 50 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

In the late summer of 2026, the life of 50-year-old Lanessa Bradford of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, came to a tragic and horrifying end. On August 13th, her life was cut short by a fatal gunshot wound, an act of violence that would unravel a story of domestic…

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LaTaivia Davis - Fort Worth, Texas
Death by Force

LaTaivia Davis

Female · Fort Worth, Texas
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of August 13, 2026, LaTaivia Davis, an educator with the Everman Independent School District, was on her way to work, a routine commute that tragically turned fatal. As she traveled eastbound on Interstate 20 in Fort Worth, Texas…

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Patrick Battles III - Alexandria, Louisiana
Death by Force

Patrick Battles III

Male, age 21 · Alexandria, Louisiana
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

On the night of August 13, 2026, in Alexandria, Louisiana, the life of 21-year-old Patrick Battles III was tragically cut short. At approximately 10:50 p.m., police were called to a local hospital where Battles had been brought with a gunshot wound. Despite…

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Patrick Whyte - Stone Mountain, Georgia
Death by Force

Patrick Whyte

Male, age 20 · Stone Mountain, Georgia
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

In the summer of 2026, the community of Stone Mountain, Georgia, was struck by a series of violent acts that left residents unsettled. On August 13th, a young life was tragically cut short amidst this wave of violence. Patrick Benjamin Whyte Jr., a…

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Ra’heem Mack - Bishopville, South Carolina
Death by Force

Ra’heem Mack

Male, age 18 · Bishopville, South Carolina
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

On the evening of August 13, 2026, in Bishopville, South Carolina, 18-year-old Ra’heem Divine Mack was killed in what law enforcement described as an ambush-style shooting. The incident occurred near the intersection of Davis Street and Dogwood Drive.…

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Robert Baehr - Mobile, Alabama
Death by Force

Robert Baehr

Male, age 57 · Mobile, Alabama
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

On a Thursday morning in Mobile, Alabama, the life of 57-year-old Robert Baehr was tragically cut short. On August 13, 2026, police were called to the area of Harding Boulevard and Avenue C shortly after 9:00 a.m. following reports of a shooting. Upon their…

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Stephen Merritt Pope - Pensacola, Florida
Death by Force

Stephen Merritt Pope

Male, age 37 · Pensacola, Florida
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

Stephen Merritt Pope, a 37-year-old man from the Pensacola area, was found dead inside the Spanish Trail apartment he shared with his partner on August 13, 2026. Escambia County sheriff’s deputies responded to the residence after Pope’s father called 911.…

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Tiffany Thompson - Detroit, Michigan
Death by Force

Tiffany Thompson

Female, age 37 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

On what was supposed to be a joyous celebration of her 37th birthday, Tiffany Thompson, a mother of four, was tragically killed on the evening of Thursday, August 13, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan. Known by her family as a determined and energetic woman who was…

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Triton Michael King - Sulphur Springs, Arkansas
Death by Force

Triton Michael King

Male, age 20 · Sulphur Springs, Arkansas
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, the life of 20-year-old Triton Michael King was tragically cut short on the evening of Thursday, August 13, 2026. Deputies from the Benton County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a residence on Honey…

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William Leapart - Compton, California
Death by Force

William Leapart

Male, age 19 · Compton, California
Killed Aug 13, 2026 · this year

William Luther Leapart, a 19-year-old man, was shot and killed on the night of August 13, 2026, in Compton, California. Leapart, who had grown up in Compton before transferring to Tustin High School, had returned to the area to spend time with his girlfriend…

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Demetrice Darnell Beverly - Birmingham, Alabama
Death by Force

Demetrice Darnell Beverly

Male, age 39 · Birmingham, Alabama
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer evening of August 13, 2025, the life of Demetrice Darnell Beverly, a 39-year-old male, was brought to a tragic and abrupt end in Birmingham, Alabama. A respected figure in his community, Beverly was known affectionately as 'Meat' and was a…

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Eric Brown - Mobile, Alabama
Death by Force

Eric Brown

Male, age 36 · Mobile, Alabama
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

On August 13, 2025, the afternoon in Mobile, Alabama fractured into sirens and hurried footsteps when Eric Brown was shot on West McVay Drive. He was identified in later reporting as a 36-year-old Black man. Police described the shooting as erupting from a…

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Mignon Brown-Massey - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Mignon Brown-Massey

Female, age 36 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late morning of a summer day in Washington, D.C., a 36-year-old Black/African American woman named Mignon Renee Brown-Massey was inside a residence in the 3300 block of 15th Street, Northeast, when violence shattered the quiet of the neighborhood. On…

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Alan Reuben Martinez - Cathedral City, California
Death by Force

Alan Reuben Martinez

Male, age 13 · Cathedral City, California
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of August 13, 2025, 13-year-old Alan Reuben Martinez, a male from Cathedral City, was walking with two others along Whispering Palms Trail near Mission Indian Trail when a dark-colored sedan pulled up and a confrontation erupted. Gunfire…

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Jose Aparicio Cordova - Santa Clarita, California
Death by Force

Jose Aparicio Cordova

Male, age 73 · Santa Clarita, California
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jose Aparicio Cordova, a 73-year-old Latino male, was discovered on the afternoon of August 13, 2025, inside a white sedan parked along Sierra Highway in the Newhall area of Santa Clarita. The initial call came in at approximately 1:27 p.m. for an…

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Lawrence Daley - Los Angeles, California
Death by Force

Lawrence Daley

Male, age 89 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

Lawrence Daley, 89, a male White/Caucasian resident of Los Angeles, died on August 13, 2025 at his home. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified Lawrence Daley, 89, and recorded that he was formally pronounced deceased on Wednesday. The recorded…

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Maria Silvia Gonzalez Gandara - Bakersfield, California
Death by Force

Maria Silvia Gonzalez Gandara

Female, age 48 · Bakersfield, California
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the evening of August 13, 2025, deputies from the Kern County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported shooting at a residence located on the 500 block of Buckley Avenue in southeast Bakersfield, California. Upon arrival, they discovered two individuals…

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Alexis J. Harlow - Atlanta, Georgia
Death by Force

Alexis J. Harlow

Female, age 29 · Atlanta, Georgia
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

Alexis J. Harlow, 29, a White/Caucasian woman from Atlanta, was found dead on August 13, 2025, in a grim and lonely space behind a shopping plaza on Campbellton Road SW. Police were called to the area late that morning after reports of an unresponsive person…

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Stephen Bailey - Decatur, Georgia
Death by Force

Stephen Bailey

Male, age 28 · Decatur, Georgia
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer of 2025, a quiet residential street in Decatur, Georgia, became the scene of a tragedy that cut short the life of a young man. Stephen Bailey, a 28-year-old Black / African American male, was found shot to death on the afternoon of…

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Diamonde Deleon Reginald Holton - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Diamonde Deleon Reginald Holton

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

Diamonde Deleon Reginald Holton, 32, a Black man, was outside in the early hours of August 13, 2025, when someone walked up on foot and opened fire on him in the 1600 block of West Estes Avenue in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. Responding officers and…

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Kevin Watson - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Kevin Watson

Male, age 42 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

Kevin Watson, 42, a Black man, was spending the early evening of August 13, 2025, in Chicago’s South Austin neighborhood when his life was taken in front of loved ones who were watching him on a Facebook Live stream. Sitting in his car in a parking lot on the…

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Eric Jerome Watson - Louisville, Kentucky
Death by Force

Eric Jerome Watson

Male, age 23 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Wednesday evening in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of 23-year-old Eric Jerome Watson II was tragically cut short. On August 13, 2025, in the Klondike neighborhood, a shooting occurred that would ultimately lead to Watson's death.…

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Jermia Offutt - Louisville, Kentucky
Death by Force

Jermia Offutt

Female, age 28 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the heart of Louisville's Chickasaw neighborhood, a tragedy unfolded on the evening of August 13, 2025, forever altering the lives of a young family. Jermia Offutt, a 28-year-old Black woman and expectant mother of three, was fatally shot in the 4100 block…

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Redaja Williams - Louisville, Kentucky
Death by Force

Redaja Williams

Female, age 23 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

Redaja Williams, a 23-year-old mother of two, was fatally shot on the morning of August 13, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. Known to her friends and family as 'Juicy,' she was walking her 7-year-old daughter to the school bus stop at 10th and Chestnut streets…

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Wendy Nunez-Calderon - Boston, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Wendy Nunez-Calderon

Female, age 49 · Boston, Massachusetts
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the morning hours of August 13, 2025, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of Faraday Street in Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood. When the echo of the shots faded, Wendy Nunez-Calderon, a 49-year-old Hispanic woman from Dorchester, was left with fatal…

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Mirtala Ramirez - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Death by Force

Mirtala Ramirez

Female, age 55 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the pre-dawn hours of August 13, 2025, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the life of 55-year-old Mirtalarellana Ramirez, a Hispanic female, was tragically cut short. Just before 6 a.m., she was discovered unresponsive on Florida Boulevard, the victim of a fatal…

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Connie Lea Pollock - Outing, Minnesota
Death by Force

Connie Lea Pollock

Female, age 56 · Outing, Minnesota
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet early hours of August 13, 2025, a devastating event shattered the peace of Outing, Minnesota. Connie Lea Pollock, a 56-year-old Caucasian woman, tragically lost her life in her home on Shady Lane Northeast. First responders, alerted to a…

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Thomas Couch - Clinton, Missouri
Death by Force

Thomas Couch

Male · Clinton, Missouri
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 13, 2025, a sense of unease lingered in the quiet neighborhood of 404 South Main Street in Clinton, Missouri. Inside the home of Thomas Couch, a male, a domestic dispute from the previous night had reportedly escalated…

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Dorian Thomas - Minot, North Dakota
Death by Force

Dorian Thomas

Male, age 19 · Minot, North Dakota
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 13, 2025, the quiet of a northeast Minot, North Dakota parking lot was shattered by a single act of violence that claimed the life of 19-year-old Dorian Thomas. A Black/African American male, Thomas was discovered with a…

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Anthony Lee White - Garner, North Carolina
Death by Force

Anthony Lee White

Male, age 58 · Garner, North Carolina
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

Anthony Lee White, 58, a male who was Black/African American, was found shot to death on August 13, 2025, inside a room at the Sleep Inn on Commerce Parkway in Garner, North Carolina. Another hotel employee discovered Anthony Lee White, 58, that afternoon…

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Tyrese Stiller - East Spencer, North Carolina
Death by Force

Tyrese Stiller

Male, age 26 · East Spencer, North Carolina
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

Tyrese Stiller, 26, a male who was Black/African American, was shot and killed just after midnight on August 13, 2025, in East Spencer, North Carolina. Police were called around 12:30 a.m. to a home on Weant Street, where officers found Tyrese Stiller with…

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Deelaquan Smith - Dayton, Ohio
Death by Force

Deelaquan Smith

Male, age 23 · Dayton, Ohio
Killed Aug 13, 2025 · 1 year ago

Deelaquan Smith, 23, a Black/African American man, was shot late on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, in the parking lot of an apartment complex off Valerie Arms Drive in Dayton, Ohio. Police were dispatched around 11:23 p.m., finding the 23-year-old wounded in the…

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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.