Deaths by Force on August 24

Deaths by Force (504)

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Bhilial Lasco

Male, age 18 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Aug 24, 2007 · 19 years ago

Bhilial Lasco, an 18-year-old male from Greensboro, North Carolina, tragically passed away on August 24, 2007. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, as there is limited information available from online sources. Bhilial Lasco's obituary was…

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Catherine Smith

Female, age 31 · Hickory, North Carolina

Killed Aug 24, 2007 · 19 years ago

On August 24, 2007, in Hickory, North Carolina, 31-year-old Catherine Leigh Stearns Smith was fatally shot by her estranged husband, 37-year-old Christopher George Smith. The tragic events unfolded early that morning when Christopher kidnapped his stepmother…

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Ulysses Hernon Rodriguez

Male · San Diego, California

Found Aug 24, 2005 · 21 years ago

Ulysses Hernon Rodriguez, also known as "Huero," was killed on August 24, 2005, in San Diego, California. The incident took place on Cumberland Street, where Rodriguez had a confrontation with two unknown males. Witnesses reported seeing Rodriguez running…

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Ulysses Huero Hernon Rodriguez

Male · San-diego, California

Killed Aug 24, 2005 · 21 years ago

On August 24, 2005, Ulysses Hernon Rodriguez, also known as "Huero," was tragically killed in San Diego, California. The incident occurred on Cumberland Street, where Rodriguez had a confrontation with two unknown males. Witnesses reported seeing Rodriguez…

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Elaine Monger

Female, age 16 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Aug 24, 2005 · 21 years ago

Elaine Laney Monger, a 16-year-old Caucasian female, tragically lost her life on August 24, 2005, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Elaine, who was born on July 5, 1989, in Savannah, Georgia, was a rising junior at North Mecklenburg High School. She was known for…

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Andre Burley

Male, age 19 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 24, 2005 · 21 years ago

Andre Burley was a 19-year-old Black male from Philadelphia whose death is listed by the National Gun Violence Memorial as a gun-violence death on August 24, 2005, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A later Pennsylvania Superior Court memorandum gives a…

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Marlon Turner

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 24, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in Washington, D.C., the life of Marlon Turner was tragically cut short. On August 24, 2004, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Marlon, a male resident of Northwest Washington, was shot and killed in the 800 block of Ingraham…

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Mitchell Wayne Kemp

Male, age 39 · Boone, Missouri

Killed Aug 24, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the late summer of 2004, family members of Mitchell Wayne Kemp grew worried when the 39-year-old man from Columbia, Missouri, seemingly vanished. Their attempts to contact him went unanswered, and a search for him was initiated. For years, his…

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Raul Aguila

Male · San Diego, California

Found Aug 24, 2003 · 23 years ago

Raul Aguila attended a party at a friend’s house in Logan Heights, which began to break up at around midnight. Aguila left the party in his car with a friend, and their route out of the neighborhood took them up 33rd Street. Several men, believed to be gang…

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Travis Irving

Male, age 19 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 24, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of a Sunday morning in Washington, D.C., the life of Travis Octavius Irving was cut short. On August 24, 2003, at approximately 4:30 a.m., the 19-year-old male was found on a sidewalk in the 1100 block of I Street, Northeast. He had been…

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Larry Branch

Male, age 31 · San-diego, California

Killed Aug 24, 2003 · 23 years ago

Larry Glenn Branch, a 31-year-old resident of San Diego, California, tragically lost his life on September 24, 2003. In the early morning hours, police officers responded to reports of gunshots in the vicinity of 4500 Logan Avenue. Upon arrival, they…

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Davon Lamont Rose

Male, age 24 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 24, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the late summer of 2002, a burst of violence cut short the life of a young man in the nation's capital. Davon Lamont Rose, a 24-year-old male from Washington, D.C., was found shot on the evening of Saturday, August 24, 2002. The incident occurred in the…

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Ezzat Sadat Monroe

Male, age 18 · Inglewood, California

Killed Aug 24, 2002 · 24 years ago

Ezzat Sadat Monroe, an 18-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on August 24, 2002, in Inglewood, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Monroe was fatally shot on that fateful Saturday. The incident occurred in a…

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Eric Edwards

Male, age 24 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 24, 2000 · 26 years ago

Eric Delon Edwards, a 24-year-old African American man from Tulsa, Oklahoma, had celebrated his birthday just ten days earlier when the night of August 24, 2000, caught him stranded on North Garrison Avenue with a car that refused to cooperate. It was the…

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Jubilee Lum

Female, age 21 · Honolulu, Hawaii

Killed Aug 24, 1999 · 27 years ago

On a humid Tuesday in late August 1999, Jubilee “Maile” Lum, a 21-year-old Asian / Pacific Islander woman from Honolulu, was trying to leave a chaotic past behind her. She had grown up on Oahu, one of six children in a close, often noisy household, and as a…

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Jerard Boyce

Male, age 30 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 24, 1999 · 27 years ago

Jerard D. Boyce, a 30-year-old Black man from Oklahoma, was born on August 13, 1969 and died on August 24, 1999, his life ending violently in Tulsa just days after his thirtieth birthday. Public records show that he had spent much of the 1990s entangled with…

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Eddie Guerrero

Male, age 20 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Aug 24, 1999 · 27 years ago

The incident involving the death of Eddie Guerrero, aged 20, and his sister Lisa Guerrero, aged 30, occurred on August 24, 1999, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On this day, the siblings were found shot in their car, which was parked on Sunny Slope Road in…

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Lisa Guerrero

Female, age 30 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Aug 24, 1999 · 27 years ago

On August 24, 1999, a tragic incident occurred in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when 30-year-old Lisa Guerrero and her 20-year-old brother Eddie Guerrero were shot while parked in their car on the 200 block of Sunny Slope Rd. SW in the South Valley. Lisa was…

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Paul Richard Deguch

Male, age 30 · South-bend, Indiana

Killed Aug 24, 1997 · 29 years ago

On the evening of August 24, 1997, the South Bend, Indiana community was shaken by a violent incident involving a dedicated law enforcement officer. Corporal Paul Richard Deguch, a 30-year-old White male who had served with the South Bend Police Department…

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Thomas J. Giunta

Male, age 49 · Fall River, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 24, 1994 · 32 years ago

Thomas J. Giunta, a 49-year-old White male, was a dedicated police officer in Fall River, Massachusetts. On August 24, 1994, he was assigned a community-oriented task, distributing complimentary parking permits to residents for the city's annual Holy Ghost…

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Herman Dolly Callahan

Male, age 75 · Queen Anne, Maryland

Killed Aug 24, 1992 · 34 years ago

On the morning of August 24, 1992, a passing motorist on Route 404 in Queen Anne, Maryland, noticed a man lying in the doorway of a residence and, thinking he had fallen, stopped to report it. Upon their arrival at approximately 7:15 a.m., deputies from the…

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Charles Junior Smith

Male, age 37 · Allendale, South Carolina

Killed Aug 24, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the late summer of 1992, the community of Allendale, South Carolina, was shaken by the loss of one of its own dedicated public servants. Chief Deputy Charles Junior Smith, a 37-year-old Black / African American male, was a respected officer with the…

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William Patterson

Male, age 67 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 24, 1992 · 34 years ago

On August 24, 1992, William Patterson, a 67-year-old African American man, was fatally shot during an attempted armed robbery in the Chatham neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. The assailant, Ralph Harris, also shot James Patterson, who survived the attack.…

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Connie Warner

Female, age 41 · Zachary, Louisiana

Killed Aug 24, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the late summer of 1992, a sense of unease settled over the small city of Zachary, Louisiana, following the disappearance of 41-year-old Connie Warner. A mother and an accountant, Warner was a familiar face in the community. On August 24, 1992, concern…

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Omark Dee

Male, age 27 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Aug 24, 1992 · 34 years ago

Omark Dee, a 27-year-old man, was killed by gunfire in Brooklyn, New York, on August 24, 1992. Publicly available accounts provide few details about the circumstances of the shooting itself, including the precise location, the number of times he was shot…

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Bruno Facciola

Male, age 54 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Aug 24, 1990 · 36 years ago

Bruno Facciola, a 54-year-old Italian-American man, met a brutal end on August 24, 1990, ensnared in the treacherous world of organized crime. A made man in the Lucchese crime family, Facciola was lured to a garage in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn…

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Sonja Larson

Female, age 24 · Gainesville, Florida

Killed Aug 24, 1990 · 36 years ago

Sonja Larson, an 18-year-old white female college student, was one of five victims in a series of brutal murders that occurred in Gainesville, Florida, in August 1990. She had recently moved from Deerfield Beach to begin her freshman year at the University of…

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Christina Powell

Female, age 24 · Gainesville, Florida

Killed Aug 24, 1990 · 36 years ago

Christina Powell, a 17-year-old white female University of Florida student from Jacksonville, was one of five victims in a series of brutal murders that occurred in Gainesville, Florida, in August 1990. Although some sources mistakenly list her age as 24…

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Stephen A Harris

Male · Geist, Indiana

Killed Aug 24, 1988 · 38 years ago

On a summer evening, August 24, 1988, Stephen A. Harris, a Caucasian male, was found deceased on Olio Road, in the vicinity of Geist Reservoir in Hamilton County, Indiana. He and a companion had been fishing and were returning to their vehicle when the…

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Christopher Sher Eney

Male, age 37 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 24, 1984 · 42 years ago

Christopher Sher Eney reported for a routine training assignment on August 24, 1984, with the United States Capitol Police’s Containment and Emergency Response Team, a specialized unit akin to a SWAT team. The drill unfolded inside a vacant Capitol Hill…

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Ronnie Cole

Male, age 14 · San-bernardino, California

Killed Aug 24, 1983 · 43 years ago

Ronnie Cole, a 14-year-old from San Bernardino, California, tragically passed away on August 24, 1983. The circumstances surrounding his death have been a subject of investigation and speculation over the years. Ronnie's death was initially reported as a…

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Robert P. Larson

Male, age 55 · Las Cruces, New Mexico

Killed Aug 24, 1982 · 44 years ago

On a Tuesday in Las Cruces, New Mexico, the 24th of August, 1982, a veteran law enforcement officer's life was tragically cut short. Robert P. Larson, a 35-year-old male, served as an agent with the Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office. With over ten years of…

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Ed Holcomb Jr.

Male, age 31 · Conroe, Texas

Killed Aug 24, 1982 · 44 years ago

Sergeant Ed Holcomb Jr., aged 31, of the Conroe Police Department in Texas, tragically lost his life on August 24, 1982. He was shot with a rifle while responding to a domestic dispute call at a mobile home. Sergeant Holcomb and three other officers had…

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Frieda Lorraine Becky Powell

Female, age 15 · Denton County, Texas

Killed Aug 24, 1982 · 44 years ago

Becky Powell, whose full name was Frieda Lorraine Powell, was a 15-year-old white female who was murdered by Henry Lee Lucas in Denton County, Texas. Lucas, a convicted murderer known for his false confessions, described the events leading to Powell's death…

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Ricky Beard

Male · Akron, Ohio

Found Aug 24, 1979 · 47 years ago

On August 24, 1979, Ricky Beard, 19, and his girlfriend Mary Leonard, 17, went out on a date in Akron, Ohio. That night, they visited the Astro Drive-In theater in Cuyahoga Falls to watch "The Amityville Horror." After the movie, they were seen chatting with…

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Mary Leonard

Female · Akron, Ohio

Found Aug 24, 1979 · 47 years ago

On August 24, 1979, 17-year-old Mary Leonard and her boyfriend, Ricky Beard, went missing after going on a date to the Astro Drive-In in Cuyahoga Falls, near Akron, Ohio. The couple had been dating for about four months, and they had planned a seemingly…

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Norma Halford

Female, age 21 · Georgetown, Colorado

Killed Aug 24, 1979 · 47 years ago

In the late summer of 1979, a young woman named Norma Jean Halford, a 21-year-old white female, vanished from the small mountain town of Georgetown, Colorado. Her disappearance on August 24, 1979, would unravel a chilling connection to a suspected serial…

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Larry Dean Dickens

Male, age 26 · Pasadena, Texas

Killed Aug 24, 1978 · 48 years ago

Larry Dean Dickens, a 26-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically lost his life on August 24, 1978, in Pasadena, Texas. Dickens, an ex-Marine and youth counselor, was visiting his mother and sister in Pasadena when the incident occurred. He was shot…

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Shari Roth

Female, age 22 · Bartlett, New Hampshire

Killed Aug 24, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a summer day in August 1977, the quiet community of Bartlett, New Hampshire, was shaken by the disappearance of a vibrant 22-year-old Caucasian/White woman named Shari Roth. On August 21st, Shari, an avid hiker, ventured out alone for a day on the Sawyer…

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Pamela Ann Smith

Female, age 24 · Greens Fork, Indiana

Killed Aug 24, 1975 · 51 years ago

On a quiet evening, August 24, 1975, 24-year-old Pamela Ann Smith, a Caucasian female, left her home in Greens Fork, Indiana, for a walk and never returned. A newlywed of only five months, she had told her husband, Gerold Smith, that she would not be long.…

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Opal Cooper

Female, age 85 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 24, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the summer of 1974, a deeply unsettling crime shattered the peace of an Indianapolis neighborhood. Opal Cooper, an 85-year-old woman, was brutally beaten to death in the security of her own home. The motive for this horrific act was a robbery. The violence…

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Ronald Dean Smith

Male, age 5 · Riverside, California

Killed Aug 24, 1974 · 52 years ago

Ronald Dean Smith, a five-year-old boy, disappeared on August 24, 1974, after playing at a local park. His grandmother, Shirley O'Conner, was babysitting him while his mother was out of town. When he failed to return home for dinner, authorities launched an…

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Thomas Whittemore

Male, age 32 · Pittsford, Vermont

Killed Aug 24, 1968 · 58 years ago

On a late summer day, the quiet town of Pittsford, Vermont, became the backdrop for a grim discovery that would linger in the community for decades to come. The story began to unfold on August 24, 1968, the last day that 32-year-old Thomas Whittemore and his…

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Elizabeth Whittemore

Female, age 30 · Pittsford, Vermont

Killed Aug 24, 1968 · 58 years ago

On a late summer day, August 24, 1968, a husband and wife, Elizabeth and Thomas Whittemore, were discovered deceased in their vehicle on Fire Hill Road in Pittsford, Vermont. The couple, who lived in the neighboring city of Rutland, had both been shot to…

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John Young

Male, age 8 · Shaker-heights, Ohio

Killed Aug 24, 1965 · 61 years ago

John Cremer Young Jr., an 8-year-old boy from Shaker Heights, Ohio, tragically died on August 24, 1965. His death was the result of a gunshot wound to the back of his head, and his body was found in a wooded area in nearby Gates Mills. The circumstances…

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Daniel Oconnor

Male, age 38 · Phillips, Arkansas

Killed Aug 24, 1935 · 91 years ago

Daniel O’Connor, 36, male, was a deputy sheriff in Phillips County, Arkansas, killed on August 24, 1935, during an attempt to take a suspect into custody. According to contemporary memorial records, deputies went to a residence to arrest a man suspected of…

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Samuel Neal Mcdermott

Male, age 31 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Aug 24, 1930 · 96 years ago

In the late summer of 1930, the city of Little Rock was dealing with the aftermath of a jailbreak from the Pulaski County Jail. Among the lawmen tasked with tracking down the fugitives was Detective Sergeant Samuel Neal McDermott, a 31-year-old male who had…

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Wilbert Rodgers III

Male, age 38 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 24, 2025, tragedy struck in the Greater Ville neighborhood of St. Louis. Wilbert Rodgers III, a 38-year-old man from Wellston, was found on the sidewalk in the 2700 block of Marcus Avenue, suffering from a gunshot wound.…

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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.