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Deaths by Force on August 19

704 open cases in our database happened on August 19. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (499)

Death by Force

Dwayne L. Thomas

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Aug 19, 2015 · 11 years ago

Dwayne L. Thomas, a 20-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on August 19, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side. According to reports, Thomas was on the front porch of a home…

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Herbert Espino

Male, age 55 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Aug 19, 2015 · 11 years ago

Herbert Espino was 55 years old when he died on Wednesday, August 19, 2015, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at the southwest corner of 16th Street and Maple…

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Roger Giggey

Male, age 57 · Verona, Virginia
Killed Aug 19, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet town of Verona, Virginia, a grim discovery was made on August 21, 2014, when authorities were called to a home on Oak Crest Drive. Inside, they found the bodies of 57-year-old Roger V. Giggey Jr. and his 56-year-old live-in girlfriend, Diane…

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Antonio R. Jackson

Male, age 22 · Gary, Indiana
Killed Aug 19, 2014 · 12 years ago

On August 19, 2014, tragedy struck the Glen Park neighborhood of Gary, Indiana, when twenty-two-year-old Antonio R. Jackson was fatally shot. A graduate of Central High School, Antonio was known as a young man with a promising future who was pursuing an…

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Jade Ann Murray

Female, age 41 · Vallejo, California
Killed Aug 19, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jade Ann Murray, aged 41, tragically died on August 19, 2014, in Vallejo, California. Her death was the result of a murder-suicide carried out by her husband, Timothy Scott Murray, also 41. The couple was found deceased on a boat docked at the Vallejo Marina.…

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Hsin Hua Su

Male, age 84 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Aug 19, 2014 · 12 years ago

Hsin Hua Su, an 84-year-old Asian male, passed away on August 19, 2014, in Chicago, IL. The available information primarily focuses on his obituary and funeral arrangements, with no specific details regarding the cause of death or any criminal investigations…

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Sixto Pineda

Male, age 49 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Aug 19, 2012 · 14 years ago

Sixto Pineda was 49 years old when he died on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, in Westlake. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma in front of 134 S. Witmer St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Kendy Patricia Funez

Female, age 25 · Salisbury, North Carolina
Killed Aug 19, 2010 · 16 years ago

Kendy Patricia Funez, a 25-year-old woman from Salisbury, North Carolina, tragically lost her life on August 19, 2010. The incident occurred at the Oakhurst Drive mobile home she shared with her boyfriend, Denis Omar Funez-Flores, who was also her first…

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Eulogio Ruiz-de la Cruz

Male, age 63 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Aug 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

On Sunday, August 19, 2007, sixty-three-year-old Eulogio Ruiz-de la Cruz lost his life in the city of Los Angeles. Identified as a Hispanic male, Ruiz-de la Cruz became one of the hundreds of casualties of violent crime in Los Angeles County during that…

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Ruth Ernesta Keating

Female, age 91 · Echo Park, California
Killed Aug 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

Ruth Ernesta Keating was a 91-year-old white woman who resided at 2156 Princeton Avenue in the hilly, close-knit neighborhood of Echo Park in Los Angeles. Living in a residential pocket known for its quiet streets and longtime residents, Keating relied on…

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Carol L. Petit

Female, age 50 · Princeton, Wisconsin
Killed Aug 19, 2002 · 24 years ago

On a tragic day in August of 2002, the life of 50-year-old Carol L. Petit of Princeton, Wisconsin, was cut short. Her death, which occurred on August 19th, was not discovered until three days later, on August 22nd, when a concerned relative made a grim…

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Louis Moss

Male, age 46 · Long Beach, California
Killed Aug 19, 2002 · 24 years ago

On Monday, August 19, 2002, forty-six-year-old Louis Moss died under violent circumstances in the coastal city of Long Beach, California. Emergency responders and officers from the Long Beach Police Department were summoned to a property in the 2000 block of…

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Arnulfo Ramirez Mendoza

Male, age 21 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Aug 19, 2000 · 26 years ago

Arnulfo Ramirez Mendoza was 21 years old when he died on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2000, in Sun Valley, in the northeast San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 7207 Bakman Ave. His death was ruled…

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Bradley Labatt

Male, age 9 · Sacramento, California
Killed Aug 19, 1999 · 27 years ago

Bradley Labatt, a 9-year-old boy from Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on August 19, 1999, in a horrific incident that shocked the community. The events leading to his death were part of a devastating murder-suicide orchestrated by his father…

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Cody Labatt

Male, age 5 · Sacramento, California
Killed Aug 19, 1999 · 27 years ago

On August 19, 1999, a tragic incident unfolded in an upscale suburb of Sacramento, California, resulting in the death of five-year-old Cody Labatt. The incident was part of a larger domestic violence case involving his father, Richard Labatt. Richard, alarmed…

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Stephen Franco

Male, age 35 · Sacramento, California
Killed Aug 19, 1999 · 27 years ago

Stephen La Franco, a 35-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on August 19, 1999, in a horrific incident that shocked the local community. The events leading to his death were part of a larger tragedy involving his neighbors…

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Reverend Thomas Lee Devlin

Male, age 49 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed Aug 19, 1998 · 28 years ago

Reverend Thomas Lee Devlin, a 49-year-old African American Baptist pastor, was tragically shot and killed on August 19, 1998, while leading a prayer service at his church on Old York Road in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The incident occurred during a Sunday…

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Byung Kim

Male, age 40 · Lawndale, California
Killed Aug 19, 1988 · 38 years ago

Byung Kim, a 40-year-old merchant from Lawndale, California, tragically lost his life on August 19, 1988. The incident occurred after Kim withdrew $80,000 from a local bank to cash checks for his customers. As he was returning to his van, he was ambushed by…

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Sonia Smith

Female, age 25 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Aug 19, 1980 · 46 years ago

Sonia Smith, a 25-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on August 19, 1980, in Los Angeles, California. Her body was discovered in an abandoned field, with her wrists and ankles bound, a detail that suggested a calculated and methodical approach by her…

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