Mass Murder Victims on August 20

Mass Murder Victims (22)

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Judy Stephens Denney

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Female, age 39 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

On a tragic day in Edmond, Oklahoma, the life of 41-year-old Judy Stephens Denney was cut short. On August 20, 1986, Denney was one of the victims of a mass shooting that unfolded at the United States Post Office where she worked. The perpetrator was a…

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Richard Charles Rick Esser, Jr.

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Male, age 38 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 20, 1986, a tragedy unfolded in the quiet city of Edmond, Oklahoma, forever marking it in the annals of American history. Richard Esser, a 38-year-old male supervisor at the United States Post Office, was beginning his…

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Patricia Ann Gabbard

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Female, age 47 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

Patricia Ann Gabbard, a 47-year-old white female postal clerk, built a quiet, working life in Oklahoma, beginning with her birth in Crescent in Logan County and later settling in the Oklahoma City–Edmond area. She had spent about two years with the U.S.…

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Jonna Gragert Hamilton

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Female, age 30 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

On an otherwise ordinary Wednesday in Edmond, Oklahoma, the morning of August 20, 1986, turned into a scene of unimaginable horror. Inside the Edmond Post Office, Jonna Ruth Gragert, a 30-year-old female employee, was going about her duties, unaware of the…

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Patty Jean Husband

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Female, age 49 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

On an otherwise ordinary Wednesday in Edmond, Oklahoma, the community was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 47-year-old Patty Jean Husband and thirteen others. On August 20, 1986, a disgruntled mail carrier, Patrick Sherrill, embarked…

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Kenneth W. Morey

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Male, age 49 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the quiet city of Edmond, Oklahoma, the morning of August 20, 1986, was shattered by an act of violence that would leave a lasting scar on the community. On this day, Kenneth Wade Morey, a 49-year-old male rural carrier, was killed at his place of work…

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Betty Ann Jarred

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Female, age 34 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

On a tragic Wednesday in Edmond, Oklahoma, the life of 34-year-old Betty Ann Rader Jarred was cut short. On August 20, 1986, she became a victim of a horrific act of gun violence that would come to be known as the Edmond Post Office massacre. The devastating…

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Leroy Orrin Phillips

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Male, age 42 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the summer of 1986, a quiet suburban post office in Edmond, Oklahoma, became the scene of a horrific act of violence that shattered the community's sense of peace. On the morning of August 20th, Leroy Orrin Phillips, a 42-year-old rural carrier, went to…

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Jerry Ralph Pyle Jr

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Male, age 51 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the quiet city of Edmond, Oklahoma, a devastating event unfolded on August 20, 1986, forever marking the community. Among the victims of this tragedy was Jerry Ralph Pyle, a 51-year-old male. His life, along with thirteen others, was cut short in a…

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Paul Michael Rockne

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Male, age 33 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

On August 20, 1986, in the quiet city of Edmond, Oklahoma, a horrific act of violence unfolded that would claim the life of 33-year-old Paul Michael Rockne. A letter carrier for the United States Postal Service, Rockne was one of fourteen people killed in a…

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Thomas Wade Shader Jr.

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Male, age 31 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the summer of 1986, a horrific act of violence shattered the peace of Edmond, Oklahoma, claiming the life of Thomas Wade Shader Jr. and thirteen of his colleagues. On the morning of August 20, Shader, a 31-year-old man, went to his job at the Edmond Post…

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Patti Lou Welch

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Female, age 27 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the summer of 1986, a quiet suburban post office in Edmond, Oklahoma, became the scene of a horrifying act of violence that shattered the community and left an indelible mark on the nation. Among the innocent lives lost on that tragic day was Patti Lou…

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Patricia Ann Chambers

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Female, age 41 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

On a tragic summer morning in Edmond, Oklahoma, 41-year-old Patricia Ann Chambers, a part-time clerk at the local post office, found her life cut short in an act of workplace violence that would stun the nation. On August 20, 1986, a fellow postal worker…

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William F. Miller

Mass murder victim of Patrick Sherrill

Male, age 30 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 20, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the summer of 1986, the quiet city of Edmond, Oklahoma, was rocked by a tragedy that would leave an indelible mark on the community. On the morning of August 20th, a disgruntled postal worker named Patrick Henry Sherrill, 44, embarked on a horrific…

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Nelson Barrios

Mass murder victim of Carl Brown

Male, age 46 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 20, 1982 · 44 years ago

Nelson Barrios, aged 46, tragically lost his life on August 20, 1982, in Miami, Florida, during a horrific mass shooting incident. The perpetrator, Carl Robert Brown, a former schoolteacher, carried out a rampage at a welding shop where Barrios worked as a…

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Loni Jeffries

Mass murder victim of Carl Brown

Male, age 53 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 20, 1982 · 44 years ago

Lonie Jeffries, aged 53, tragically lost his life on August 20, 1982, in Miami, Florida, during a mass shooting incident. The perpetrator, Carl Robert Brown, was a former teacher who had a history of psychiatric issues and had been relieved of his teaching…

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Carl Lee

Mass murder victim of Carl Brown

Male, age 47 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 20, 1982 · 44 years ago

Carl Lee, aged 47, tragically lost his life on August 20, 1982, in Miami, Florida, during a horrific mass shooting incident. The perpetrator, Carl Robert Brown, a mentally disturbed former schoolteacher, went on a rampage that resulted in the deaths of eight…

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Ernestine Moore

Mass murder victim of Carl Brown

Female, age 67 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 20, 1982 · 44 years ago

Ernestine Moore, a 67-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on August 20, 1982, in Miami, Florida. Ernestine was a machine shop owner and was well-known in her community. On that fateful day, she became one of the victims in a mass…

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Magnum Moore

Mass murder victim of Carl Brown

Male, age 78 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 20, 1982 · 44 years ago

Magnum Moore, a 78-year-old African American man, was tragically killed on August 20, 1982, in Miami, Florida. His death occurred during a mass shooting incident that claimed the lives of eight individuals. Moore was described as a bookkeeper and was buried…

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Martha Steelman

Mass murder victim of Carl Brown

Female, age 29 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 20, 1982 · 44 years ago

Martha Steelman, aged 29, tragically lost her life on August 20, 1982, in Miami, Florida. Her death was part of a horrific mass shooting carried out by Carl Robert Brown, a disgruntled teacher who went on a rampage at a Miami welding shop. Brown, who had a…

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Juan Tres Palacios

Mass murder victim of Carl Brown

Male, age 38 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 20, 1982 · 44 years ago

Juan Ramon Trespalacios, a 38-year-old Cuban male, tragically lost his life on August 20, 1982, in Miami, Florida. Trespalacios had recently immigrated to Florida from Cuba, where he had been a political prisoner. He worked as a machinist at Bob Moore’s…

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Pedro Vasquez

Mass murder victim of Carl Brown

Male, age 43 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 20, 1982 · 44 years ago

On August 20, 1982, Pedro Vasques was killed during a mass shooting at Bob Moore’s Welding and Machine Service in Miami, Florida. Contemporary accounts and later summaries identify him among the eight people fatally shot when 51-year-old teacher Carl Robert…

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