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Deaths by Force on August 23

695 open cases in our database happened on August 23. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (504)

Death by Force

Kashif Love

Male · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

Kashif Love, a 33-year-old man from Chester, PA, was tragically shot and killed on August 22, 2022, outside a property on the 1000 block of Ward Street. He was transported to a local hospital but was later pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the head. The…

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Gene Griffin

Male, age 74 · Nashville, Georgia

Killed Aug 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Gene Watson Griffin, a 74-year-old White man from Nashville, Georgia, died on August 23, 2020, at his home on Launie Swain Road. In the public record that followed, he is remembered both as a longtime Berrien County resident and as a retired supervisor from…

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Kenneth Wilson

Male, age 56 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the late summer of 2020, the life of 56-year-old Kenneth A. Wilson, an African American male, was violently cut short on the streets of Pittsburgh's Northview Heights neighborhood. On the evening of August 23rd, the sound of gunfire pierced the night…

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Kenya Livingston

Male, age 43 · Inglewood, California

Killed Aug 23, 2018 · 8 years ago

Kenya Jerome Livingston, a 43-year-old man from Inglewood, California, was tragically killed on August 23, 2018. The incident occurred in Siminski Park, located at 9717 S. Inglewood Ave. Livingston, who was known to frequent the area, was shot by a masked…

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Richard Mendoza

Male, age 32 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 23, 2018 · 8 years ago

Richard Mendoza, a 32-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, died on August 23, 2018, following a police-involved shooting. The incident occurred during a traffic stop in North Hills on the night of July 27, 2018. Mendoza was pulled over by Los Angeles…

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Kebek Vito Barnes

Male, age 42 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

Kebek Vito Barnes, a 42-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on August 23, 2017. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Barnes was fatally shot in Woodland Hills. The incident occurred under circumstances that…

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William Snider

Male, age 57 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the predawn hours of August 23, 2015, a tense situation unfolded in a quiet Las Vegas neighborhood that would end in the death of 57-year-old William Lee Snider. The male resident was at the center of a standoff with police that began after a neighbor…

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Daren Eugene Beede

Male, age 50 · Gnesen Township, Minnesota

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet of a late summer evening in Gnesen Township, Minnesota, a tragic accident claimed the life of 50-year-old Daren Eugene Beede. On Sunday, August 23, 2015, at approximately 6 p.m., St. Louis County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a home just…

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Andre Berero

Male, age 23 · Long-beach, California

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Andre Terell Berero, a 23-year-old man from Long Beach, California, tragically lost his life on August 23, 2015. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. on the 100 block of East Pacific Coast Highway. According to reports, Berero had driven up to a liquor store…

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Timothy Harrison

Male, age 27 · Oceanside, California

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Timothy Harrison, a 27-year-old man, was tragically found dead on August 23, 2015, in Oceanside, California. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 4:30 a.m., when neighbors reported hearing multiple gunshots near the 500 block of…

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Daniel Davis

Male, age 36 · Canton, Ohio

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

n August 23, 2015, Daniel Davis, a 36-year-old male from Canton, Ohio, was found deceased under circumstances that have not been publicly detailed.espite thorough investigations, specific information regarding the events leading to his death, including the…

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John Conklin

Male, age 53 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

John Conklin, a 53-year-old man from Toledo, OH, was found dead on August 23, 2015, from an apparent gunshot wound in his home on Rose Glenn Drive. The investigation revealed that John Conklin was shot by his older brother, James Conklin, 58, who was…

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Daniel Whipkey

Male, age 54 · Parkersburg, West Virginia

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Daniel “Danny” Jay Whipkey, a 54-year-old White/Caucasian man, died at his home in Parkersburg, West Virginia, on August 23, 2014. Whipkey was a lifelong Parkersburg-area resident, born there on February 2, 1960, to Daniel and Nancy Doherty Whipkey. What…

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Bobby Ray HiWay Stewart

Male, age 47 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

An African American man, 47-year-old Bobby Ray 'HiWay' Stewart, lost his life in a shooting on the night of August 23, 2014, in Columbus, Georgia. The incident occurred at The Supper Club on Buena Vista Road, where Stewart was a patron. Known in the local…

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Rafie Jones

Male, age 22 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Aug 23, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the late summer of 2009, the life of a young man from Chesapeake, Virginia, was cut short, leaving a void in the lives of those who knew him. Rafie Joseph Jones, a 22-year-old male, died on August 23, 2009. Remembered for his kind heart and love of music…

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Edwin Catalan

Male, age 22 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

Edwin Catalan, a 22-year-old Latino man, was tragically killed on August 23, 2007, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred at approximately 12:37 a.m. on 4537 W. Fountain Ave. in the East Hollywood/Los Feliz area. Edwin was shot multiple times in…

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Carl Johnson III

Male, age 58 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

Carl Johnson III was 58 years old when he died on Thursday, August 23, 2007, at 10:20 a.m. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, his death was caused by blunt force trauma from an attack near the intersection of Avalon Boulevard and…

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Veronica Kelly

Female, age 19 · Rowlett, Texas

Killed Aug 23, 2004 · 22 years ago

Veronica Kelly, a 19-year-old woman from Rowlett, Texas, tragically passed away on August 23, 2004. She was a graduate of Rockwall Christian Academy and worked as a dental assistant at South Texas Dental. Veronica was also an active member of The Inspiring…

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Robert Evan Hodges

Male, age 41 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 23, 2004 · 22 years ago

Robert Evan Hodges was 41 years old when he died on Monday, August 23, 2004, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 6th and Kohler streets. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Jacob Dozal

Male · Downey, California

Killed Aug 23, 2002 · 24 years ago

On August 23, 2002, tragedy struck the southeast Los Angeles County community of Downey when an infant lost his life under circumstances that led authorities to rule the death a homicide. Jacob Dozal, an infant under one year old of Hispanic descent, died on…

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Dianne Ousley

Female, age 40 · Holbrook, Arizona

Killed Aug 23, 1998 · 28 years ago

On August 23, 1998, Dianne Ousley was killed by gunfire in Arizona, a death that appears in both gun-violence memorials and state domestic-violence fatality records. Public online databases describe Dianne Ousley, a 40-year-old female from Holbrook, Arizona…

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Judy Barnes

Female, age 62 · Scottsdale, Arizona

Killed Aug 23, 1998 · 28 years ago

Judy Barnes was a 62-year-old woman, whose race or ethnicity has not been publicly reported, who was shot to death on August 23, 1998, in Scottsdale, Arizona, in an incident recorded by state advocates as a domestic-violence–related killing. Public fatality…

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Marjorie Howe

age 49 · Atlantic Beach, Florida

Killed Aug 23, 1974 · 52 years ago

On August 2, 1974, Marjorie Evelyn Wyatt Howie, a 49-year-old white woman residing in Atlantic Beach, Florida, was found murdered in her home. She had been strangled with a nylon stocking, and her television set was stolen. The crime was attributed to Paul…

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Timothy Luce

Male · Ukiah, Oregon

Killed Aug 23, 1967 · 59 years ago

In the late summer of 1967, the community of Ukiah, Oregon, was shaken by the violent and untimely death of one of its young residents. Timothy Leslie Luce, a 17-year-old male, was killed by gun violence on or around August 21, 1967. The teenager's life was…

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