Death by Force

Terrell Akins

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 26, 2004 · 22 years ago

On August 26, 2004, twenty-three-year-old Terrell Akins was found dead as a result of a gunshot wound in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred on Sullivant Avenue, located in Franklin County. Law enforcement from the Columbus Police Department responded to…

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Rodney Davis

Male, age 30 · Stanardsville, Virginia

Killed Aug 26, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday in Stanardsville, Virginia, a dedicated law enforcement officer's life was cut tragically short. Sergeant Rodney Lee Davis, a 30-year-old male serving with the Greene County Sheriff's Department, was killed in the line of duty…

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Craig Roberts

Male, age 43 · Wellsville, Ohio

Killed Aug 26, 2002 · 24 years ago

On August 26, 2002, Craig Roberts, age 43, was found shot to death in his home at 502 Wells Hollow Road in Wellsville, Ohio. Roberts, who was known by the nickname "Hillbilly," was found in the master bedroom with two gunshot wounds to his head. The incident…

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Louisa Swanson

Female, age 10 · Lewis And Clark, Montana

Killed Aug 26, 2002 · 24 years ago

Louisa Swanson, age 10, female, was shot to death in her bed in the early hours of August 26, 2002, at the family's ranch near Augusta in Lewis and Clark County, Montana. Her 14-year-old brother, Swen, was killed in the same attack. Their mother, Jeanette…

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Swen Swanson

Male, age 14 · Lewis And Clark, Montana

Killed Aug 26, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the quiet expanse of Lewis and Clark County, Montana, the morning of August 26, 2002, was shattered by a tragic event that would forever alter the fabric of a local family. On that day, 14-year-old Swen Paul Swanson and his 10-year-old sister, Louisa Ann…

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Craig Roberts

Male · Wellsville, Ohio

Killed Aug 26, 2002 · 24 years ago

Craig Eugene Roberts, a 43-year-old white male from Wellsville, Ohio, was tragically found shot on August 26, 2002, at his home on 502 Wells Hollow Road. The incident was initially thought to be an accident, but it was later determined to be a homicide.…

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Irene Hernandez Colunga

Female, age 35 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 26, 2002 · 24 years ago

Irene Hernandez Colunga, a 35-year-old woman of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically died on August 26, 2002, in Austin, Texas. She was found shot in the living room of her boyfriend's residence in East Austin. The incident occurred around 1:00 a.m. when her…

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Oscar Castillo Medina

Male, age 21 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 26, 2000 · 26 years ago

Oscar Castillo Medina, a 21-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on August 26, 2000, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Oscar was fatally shot, marking a somber day for his family and community. The…

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Deamond Stennis

Male · Apple Valley, California

Killed Aug 26, 1999 · 27 years ago

Deamond Stennis was tragically killed on August 26, 1999, in Apple Valley, California. Multiple suspects entered his residence on Zuni Road and fatally shot him. The homicide occurred under circumstances that remain unclear, and the case has since become a…

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Deontay Morris

Male, age 18 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Aug 26, 1999 · 27 years ago

On a late summer evening in Portland, Oregon, the life of a young African-American man was tragically cut short. On August 26, 1999, at around 10 p.m., the sound of gunfire shattered the peace at Pier Park. When police arrived at the scene, they discovered…

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Juanita Carmichael

Female, age 34 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Aug 26, 1999 · 27 years ago

Brooklyn in the late summer of 1999 was already a city of noise and motion, but certain corners of Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant carried a different kind of hush—one that settles in when people start counting the missing and watching rooftops, vacant…

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Jennifer Joseph

Female, age 16 · Spokane, Washington

Killed Aug 26, 1997 · 29 years ago

Jennifer Ann Joseph, a 16-year-old Asian-American female, had a premonition that she would not live a long life, telling her father she might only make it to her early twenties. Tragically, her life was cut short even sooner. On August 26, 1997, her…

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Richard Meehan

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 26, 1994 · 32 years ago

Richard Meehan, a 38-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed on August 26, 1994. The incident took place in front of 337 E. 11th Avenue, located in the Franklin County area of Columbus. On that day, Richard Meehan sustained multiple blunt…

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Mildred Beamer

Female, age 31 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Found Aug 26, 1993 · 33 years ago

On August 26, 1993, Mildred Diane Beamer, age 31, was found dead in her residence at 757-A Percy Street, Greensboro, North Carolina. Greensboro police responded to a call and discovered that Beamer had died from blunt force trauma. Despite investigations, no…

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Valence LeeWayne Pascal

Male, age 26 · Minnewaukan, North Dakota

Killed Aug 26, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the late summer of 1993, a tragedy unfolded in the quiet landscape of North Dakota that left a community in mourning. Benson County Deputy Sheriff Valence LeeWayne Pascal, a 26-year-old U.S. Army veteran, was killed in the line of duty. He had served with…

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Ervid Theodore Clemons

Male, age 47 · Carlton, Minnesota

Killed Aug 26, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the late summer of 1993, the life of Ervid Theodore Clemons, a 47-year-old White/Caucasian male, was tragically cut short. On the evening of Wednesday, August 25, 1993, what began as a response to a report of shots fired in Moose Lake would escalate into a…

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Marcus Blackmone

Male, age 16 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 26, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the summer of 1992, on a late August evening in the nation's capital, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Sixteen-year-old Marcus Blackmone, a male resident of Washington, D.C., was shot and killed on August 26th in the Clay Terrace…

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Investigator Thomas Wayne Daughdrill

Male, age 41 · Magnolia, Mississippi

Killed Aug 26, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the late summer of 1992, a dedicated law enforcement officer's life was tragically cut short in Magnolia, Mississippi. Investigator Thomas Wayne Daughdrill, a 41-year-old male, was a respected figure in his community, having served with the Pike County…

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Josephine Williams

Female, age 76 · Leesburg, Florida

Found Aug 26, 1989 · 37 years ago

Josephine Williams, a 76-year-old woman from Leesburg, Florida, was tragically murdered in her home on August 26, 1989. Her body was discovered in the kitchen of her residence on Waitman Avenue. The timeline for the crime indicates that it occurred sometime…

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Velma Gray

Female, age 42 · Lake Bowen, South Carolina

Killed Aug 26, 1989 · 37 years ago

On August 26, 1989, Velma Faye Gray, a 42-year-old White female, found herself in a vulnerable situation after suffering a traffic accident roughly five miles from her hometown of Travelers Rest, South Carolina. While she was stranded on the roadside, a…

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Gregory Davis

Female, age 37 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Aug 26, 1988 · 38 years ago

In a case that highlighted a pattern of abuse, a Waleska man, Gregory Farrell Davis Jr., was entrusted with the care of 1-year-old James 'Jamie' Marco Palacio while the child's mother was at work. The events that unfolded on April 28, 2021, led to the tragic…

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Rose Kurran

Female, age 16 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Aug 26, 1987 · 39 years ago

On August 26, 1987, sixteen-year-old Rose Marie Kurran, a White female from the Bellingham area, left her family's home after leaving a note for her mother indicating she was heading to the "south end." A former teacher later saw her that evening outside of a…

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John Guinn

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 26, 1985 · 41 years ago

On August 26, 1985, John Guinn was found dead in Dayton, Ohio, in what remains an unsolved homicide case. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, with the Dayton Police Department taking the lead in the investigation. Guinn's death was immediately…

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Linda Maxwell

Female, age 18 · Calais, Maine

Killed Aug 26, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the late summer of 1984, Linda Maxwell, an 18-year-old White female, was enjoying the last days of the season in her hometown of Calais, Maine. On the evening of August 23rd, she was with friends at a popular local hangout, a parking lot then known as The…

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Julius Gene Courville

Male, age 43 · Henderson, Louisiana

Killed Aug 26, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the small town of Henderson, Louisiana, a day of fresh beginnings tragically turned into a day of mourning on August 26, 1978. Julius Gene Courville, a 43-year-old patrolman, was just one day into his new job with the Henderson Police Department, eager to…

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Clifford Sowers

Male, age 38 · Hackettstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a tragic summer day in Hackettstown, New Jersey, the lives of six individuals, including Clifford Sowers, were cut short in a senseless act of violence. It was August 26, 1977, when a 20-year-old local man, Emile Benoist, armed with a. 44-caliber rifle…

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David Galvin

Male, age 14 · Hackettstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a tragic summer day in Hackettstown, New Jersey, 14-year-old David Galvin's life was cut short in a sudden act of violence. It was August 26, 1977, when a gunman, later identified as 20-year-old Emile Benoist, began a shooting rampage along the railroad…

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Jeffrey L. Gianquitti

Male, age 19 · Hackettstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a tragic late afternoon in Hackettstown, New Jersey, a day that would be etched in the community's memory, 19-year-old Jeffrey L. Gianquitti's life was cut short. On August 26, 1977, the young man, a White male, was riding his motorcycle near a railroad…

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Robert Visconti

Male, age 35 · Hackettstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a late summer day in 1977, the quiet community of Hackettstown, New Jersey, was irrevocably shattered by a sudden and unforeseen act of violence. Robert Visconti, a 35-year-old male from the neighboring town of Great Meadows, found himself tragically…

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Stephen Werner

Male, age 20 · Hackettstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a tragic summer day in 1977, a young man's life was cut short in a senseless act of violence that shook the small town of Hackettstown, New Jersey. Stephen Werner, a 20-year-old male, was one of six people killed on August 26th in a shooting spree along…

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William Nagle

Male, age 27 · Hackettstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

William Edward Nagle Jr., a 27-year-old male, tragically lost his life on August 26, 1977, in what became a dark day for the small town of Hackettstown, New Jersey. His death was not an isolated incident but part of a horrific mass shooting that sent…

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Patricia Jones

Female, age 18 · St. Petersburg, Florida

Killed Aug 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

Patricia Jones, an 18-year-old Black female from the St. Petersburg, Florida, area, became one of the young women whose deaths were investigated amid a disturbing series of killings connected in the press and by investigators to Tampa Bay’s Dale Mabry Strip…

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Joyce Tanerillo

Female, age 30 · South Portland, Maine

Killed Aug 26, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a summer evening in South Portland, Maine, the quiet life of Joyce Tanerillo, a Caucasian female, came to a tragic and mysterious end. On August 26, 1974, at around 8:30 p.m., she was discovered deceased in her own car, which was parked at her residence.…

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Charles Nail

Male, age 10 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Aug 26, 1973 · 53 years ago

In the late summer of 1973, a devastating event unfolded in Roanoke, Virginia, forever marking the date of August 26th with tragedy. A young, 10-year-old Caucasian boy named Charles Nail Jr. lost his life in a violent incident that claimed the lives of his…

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Kimberly Nail

Female, age 1 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Aug 26, 1973 · 53 years ago

On a tragic day in August of 1973, the life of one-year-old Kimberly Nail, a White female from Roanoke, Virginia, was cut devastatingly short. On August 26th, she was found deceased, a victim of gun violence that also claimed the lives of her mother and three…

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Michael Nail

Male, age 8 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Aug 26, 1973 · 53 years ago

In the summer of 1973, a devastating event unfolded in Roanoke, Virginia, forever marking the community with its sorrow. On August 26th of that year, the life of 8-year-old Michael Eugene Nail, a young White boy, was tragically cut short. This was not an…

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Pamela Nail

Female, age 5 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Aug 26, 1973 · 53 years ago

On a summer day in Roanoke, Virginia, the quiet life of a young family was tragically cut short. On August 26, 1973, five-year-old Pamela Charlene Nail, a White female, was found deceased alongside her mother and siblings in their home. The other victims were…

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Sharol Nail

Female, age 29 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Aug 26, 1973 · 53 years ago

On a tragic day in August of 1973, the quiet city of Roanoke, Virginia, was shaken by a devastating event that claimed the lives of an entire family. Sharol Juanita Crotts Nail, a 29-year-old White female, and her four young children were found deceased in…

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John Acropolis

Male, age 53 · Yonkers, New York

Killed Aug 26, 1952 · 74 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of August 26, 1952, the life of John Acropolis, a 43-year-old White male, came to a brutal and sudden end in the foyer of his Yonkers, New York apartment building at 1080 Warburton Avenue. As he was returning home, an assailant ambushed…

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Roy Gum

Male, age 38 · Fairfield, Alabama

Killed Aug 26, 1937 · 89 years ago

Roy Gum, a 38-year-old White male, was serving as a police officer in Fairfield, Alabama, when an ordinary call turned into the kind of sudden violence that leaves a town stunned. Late in the summer of 1937, he and another officer were dispatched to a home…

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George Shuman

Male, age 47 · South-bethlehem-borough, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 26, 1907 · 119 years ago

On August 26, 1907, Patrolman George W. Shuman, aged 47, of the South Bethlehem Borough Police Department in Pennsylvania, was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man named William Handy in the vicinity of Second Street and Adams Street, near the…

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William Fanning

Male, age 30 · Coopers, West Virginia

Killed Aug 26, 1902 · 124 years ago

William A. “Bill” Fanning was a male law-enforcement officer serving as chief of the Coopers Police Department in Coopers, West Virginia, when a confrontation on August 26, 1902, set in motion the events that ended with his murder. Fanning had been chief for…

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Antonio Beckham

Male, age 47 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Aug 26, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 26, 2023, a quiet residential neighborhood in southwest Atlanta was disturbed by the sound of a car crash. Atlanta police responded to a call just after 1 a.m. and discovered a white sedan that had wrecked in the woods off…

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Anthony El-Shabazz

Male, age 61 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 26, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a late summer morning in Baltimore, the life of Anthony El-Shabazz, a 61-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short. On August 26, 2023, at approximately 11:02 a.m., he was found shot on Ashburton Street. The wounds were fatal, and he was pronounced dead…

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Brandon Cox

Male, age 17 · Richmond, California

Killed Aug 26, 2023 · 3 years ago

On August 26, 2023, 17-year-old Brandon Cox was fatally shot at the intersection of 3rd Street and Nevin Avenue in Richmond, California. This tragic incident marked the fourth homicide in Richmond that year, following the deaths of Danny Barnes in March…

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Cesar Augusto Alvarez Bravo

Male, age 24 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Aug 26, 2023 · 3 years ago

On August 26, 2023, 24-year-old César Augusto Álvarez Bravo was found deceased in Dallas, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death have not been publicly disclosed, and official reports detailing the cause remain unavailable. As of December 27, 2024…

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James Michael Turner

Male, age 35 · Madison, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 26, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the late summer of 2022, the life of James Michael Turner, a 35-year-old male, was cut short in Madison, Wisconsin. On the night of August 26th, events unfolded that would end in his death from what the Dane County Medical Examiner's Office would later…

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Rafael Mendoza-Pineda

Male, age 43 · Shelbyville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 26, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Friday night in Shelbyville, Tennessee, the life of 43-year-old Rafael Mendoza-Pineda was tragically cut short. On August 26, 2022, at approximately 10:30 p.m., shots rang out at the Davis Estates Apartments on Anthony Lane. Responding officers from the…

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