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George Buford

Male, age 41 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Aug 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

George Buford, 41, an African-American man from Las Vegas, died on August 2, 2007. Publicly available listings acknowledge his death but provide no narrative of the incident itself—no location details, no description of the circumstances, and no official…

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Chauncey Wendell Bailey

Male, age 57 · Oakland, California

Killed Aug 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

Chauncey Wendell Bailey Jr., a prominent journalist and editor-in-chief of the Oakland Post, was tragically murdered on August 2, 2007, in Oakland, California. Bailey, who was 57 years old at the time of his death, was known for his investigative reporting on…

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Ratana Johnson

Female, age 29 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

On Thursday, August 2, 2007, twenty-nine-year-old Ratana Johnson died in Los Angeles, California. Her sudden death brought investigators to the scene in an effort to piece together the events leading to her final moments. Johnson was a Black woman whose life…

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Fred Cobbs Jr

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 2, 2004 · 22 years ago

On August 2, 2004, Fred Cobbs Jr., a 24-year-old man, was tragically killed in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident took place at 864 Dutch Colony, where Cobbs was shot. He was pronounced dead on the same day. This case, like many others in the area, remains…

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Darnell Barrington

Male, age 20 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 2, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the summer of 2003, a young man's life was tragically cut short on a street in Washington, D.C. Darnell Barrington, a 20-year-old male, was in the vicinity of 16th and West Virginia Avenue, NE on the night of Saturday, August 2, when he was fatally shot.…

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Patrick Martin Maher

Male, age 46 · Federal Way, Washington

Killed Aug 2, 2003 · 23 years ago

On a summer morning in 2003, the life of Patrick Martin Maher, a 46-year-old White male, was cut short in an act of violence that stemmed from a seemingly routine police action. A veteran of the United States Coast Guard and a dedicated police officer, Maher…

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Stephen Douglas Sorensen

Male, age 46 · Southeast-antelope-valley, California

Killed Aug 2, 2003 · 23 years ago

Stephen Douglas Sorensen, a 46-year-old Deputy Sheriff with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, tragically lost his life on August 2, 2003, in Southeast Antelope Valley, California. Deputy Sorensen was responding to a trespassing call in a rural area…

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Lisa Rawson

Female, age 35 · Venice, California

Killed Aug 2, 2003 · 23 years ago

On August 2, 2003, thirty-five-year-old Lisa Rawson died under circumstances that authorities subsequently determined to be a homicide. The incident occurred in the coastal Los Angeles neighborhood of Venice, an area known for its bustling beachfront…

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Maria Guadalupe Rojas

Female, age 33 · El Monte, California

Killed Aug 2, 2003 · 23 years ago

Maria Guadalupe Rojas was 33 years old when she died on Saturday, August 2, 2003, in the El Monte area of the San Gabriel Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 10049 East Valley Blvd. Her death was…

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James Arp

Male, age 19 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 2, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the summer of 1995, a young man's life was cut short in an act of violence that continues to baffle investigators. James Shawn Arp, a 19-year-old male, was fatally shot in Knoxville, Tennessee, on the night of August 2nd. His case remains an unsolved…

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Jessica Lee Harris

Female, age 24 · Williamson County, Texas

Found Aug 2, 1994 · 32 years ago

Jessica Lee Harris, aged 24, was found dead on August 2, 1994, in Williamson County, Texas. Her body was discovered just off the roadway, approximately half a mile north of Highway 2338 on County Road 245, near Georgetown. Authorities classified her death as…

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Michael A. Garfinkle

Male, age 20 · Emeryville, California

Killed Aug 2, 1994 · 32 years ago

Michael A. Garfinkle, a 20-year-old white male from Tarzana, California, was found dead on August 2, 1994, alongside a railroad track in Emeryville, California. At the time of his death, Garfinkle had recently graduated from Pierce College and was reportedly…

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Ybhok Siu

Male · Greensboro, North Carolina

Found Aug 2, 1993 · 33 years ago

On August 2, 1993 at 9:30 pm, at 2000 W. Florida St., the Coliseum Discount Market, Ybhok Siu, a store employee, was shot. Siu died as a result of a gunshot wound that occurred during a robbery. There is a Governor’s reward of $5,000 for information leading…

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Ricky Lee Ward

Male, age 33 · Mexia, Texas

Killed Aug 2, 1993 · 33 years ago

Ricky Lee Ward, a 33-year-old male police officer with the Mexia Police Department in Texas, tragically died on August 2, 1993. Officer Ward was shot and killed while pursuing a suspected shoplifter. During the chase, the suspect dropped a matchbox, which…

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Jimmie Bramlett

Male, age 43 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 2, 1992 · 34 years ago

Jimmie Bramlett, a 43-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on August 2, 1992, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was part of a series of violent crimes that plagued the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago during that summer.…

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Eresia Anderson

Female · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 2, 1988 · 38 years ago

Eresia Mae Anderson was killed on August 2, 1988, in Dayton, Ohio. She was found stabbed to death in an alley located at North Williams and French Lane. At the time of her death, witnesses reported seeing a white Buick LeSabre with a burgundy vinyl top in the…

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James William Bloesch

Male, age 37 · San-francisco, California

Killed Aug 2, 1988 · 38 years ago

James William Bloesch, a 37-year-old officer with the San Francisco Police Department, tragically lost his life on August 2, 1988, in an accidental shooting at the police stables in Golden Gate Park. Bloesch, who had served with the department for 17 years…

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Walter Williams

Male, age 47 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Aug 2, 1988 · 38 years ago

Walter Leon Williams, a 47-year-old African American male, was a dedicated officer with the Dallas Police Department. On the night of August 1, 1988, Officer Williams and his rookie partner were investigating a disturbance at an apartment complex located in…

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Kimmie Massingale

Female, age 33 · Gastonia, North Carolina

Found Aug 2, 1987 · 39 years ago

On August 2, 1987, 33-year-old Kimmie Zelrick Massingale was found murdered in Gastonia, North Carolina. Her death remains an unsolved homicide that continues to be investigated by local authorities. Massingale's case is part of a series of unsolved killings…

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James Henry

Male, age 56 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Aug 2, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the late summer of 1987, the life of James Edward Henry, a 56-year-old Caucasian male, came to a tragic and violent end. For a decade, Henry had carved out a modest existence in Northwest Portland, living in a garage and working as a handyman at the…

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Lorenzo Dixon

Male · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 2, 1987 · 39 years ago

On a summer day in Knoxville, Tennessee, a man by the name of Lorenzo Dixon died on August 2, 1987. The incident that led to his death took place at 2410 McCalla Avenue. His case is officially documented as an unsolved murder by the Knoxville Police…

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Kerry Melnick

Female, age 24 · Lansing, Ohio

Killed Aug 2, 1983 · 43 years ago

Kerry Lynn Melnick, a 24-year-old resident of Lansing, Ohio, was tragically found dead on August 2, 1983. Her body was discovered by two railroad workers in a small stream behind the former Valley Packing facility in Belmont County. An autopsy performed by…

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Zelma Anderson

Female, age 53 · Orkney, Kentucky

Killed Aug 2, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the late summer of 1982, the community of Orkney in Floyd County, Kentucky, was unsettled by the disappearance of one of their own. Zelma Anderson, a 53-year-old hairdresser, was last seen in the mid-afternoon of August 2nd. When days turned into more than…

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Glenn Sturgill

Male, age 30 · Ashland, Ohio

Killed Aug 2, 1982 · 44 years ago

Detective Sergeant Glenn M. Sturgill, age 30, of the Ashland County Sheriff's Office in Ohio, was shot and killed on August 2, 1982, while attempting to arrest three armed robbery suspects. Sturgill had observed the suspects attempting to rob a woman at…

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Michael Russell

Male, age 30 · New-york, New York

Killed Aug 2, 1979 · 47 years ago

On a summer evening in New York, a tragedy unfolded that cut short the life of a dedicated public servant. Michael D. Russell, a 30-year-old male police officer, was off-duty when he was fatally shot on Thursday, August 2, 1979. The incident began on a…

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Calvin Donald Cherry

Male, age 25 · Windsor, North Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 1979 · 47 years ago

Deputy Sheriff Calvin Donald Cherry, aged 25, was shot and killed on August 2, 1979, while searching a home in Lewiston, North Carolina, for an inmate who had escaped from the Bertie County Jail the previous day. Officers had received information that the…

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Richard Kim Magnuson

Male, age 20 · Roseau, Minnesota

Killed Aug 2, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the late summer of 1978, a young White / Caucasian man named Richard Kim Magnuson, age 20, had been a Deputy Sheriff with the Roseau County Sheriff's Department in Minnesota for only two months. On the night of August 2, 1978, he was on duty when a call…

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Cindy Howard

Female, age 15 · Onslow County, North Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 1974 · 52 years ago

On August 2, 1974, 15-year-old female Cindy Howard, a white teenager from Onslow County, North Carolina, was tragically murdered in a case that shocked the local community. Cindy Howard and another 15-year-old girl, Karen Amabile, had gone to mail a letter at…

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Karen Amabile

Female, age 15 · Onslow County, North Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 1974 · 52 years ago

On August 2, 1974, 15-year-old white female Karen Beth Amabile was tragically murdered in Onslow County, North Carolina. Karen and another 15-year-old girl, Cindy Howard, had gone to mail a letter at the local post office when they encountered Debra Ann…

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Lloyd Griffith

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 2, 1973 · 53 years ago

On August 2, 1973, Lloyd Griffith was found dead in Dayton, Ohio, marking another tragic and unsolved homicide in the city's history. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, and Lloyd Griffith's case has since remained open without any significant leads…

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W. T. Phillips

Male, age 22 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Aug 2, 1908 · 118 years ago

In the early moments of a Sunday morning in Little Rock, Arkansas, a young police officer's life was tragically cut short. Officer W. T. Phillips, a 22-year-old male, was on duty when he encountered a drunk man and attempted to place him under arrest. The…

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John Lamb

Male, age 35 · Sneedville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 2, 1900 · 126 years ago

On a hot August election day in 1900, in the remote Sycamore precinct of Hancock County, Tennessee, a violent altercation erupted that would leave two lawmen dead and several others wounded. John Lamb, a 35-year-old male Deputy Sheriff, was among those who…

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Ashim Heanacho

Male, age 71 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of a Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky, the quiet outside the Northside Branch of the Lexington Public Library was shattered by deadly violence. Seventy-one-year-old Ashim Heanacho, a male resident of the city, was killed in the…

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Fransisco Ramirez

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 2, 2022 · 4 years ago

Fransisco Ramirez was a 22-year-old Hispanic man whose life was cut short in his home city of Chicago, Illinois, in the summer of 2022. On the evening of Tuesday, August 2, 2022, Fransisco was in an apartment in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the…

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Gregory Scott

Male, age 24 · Manchester, Connecticut

Killed Aug 2, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of August 2, 2020, a large gathering of between 100 and 200 people had converged at a commuter parking lot off Buckland Street in Manchester, Connecticut. The event, described as a "car meetup" that sometimes involved illegal street…

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Procopio Alvarado Ruiz

Male, age 42 · Rosamond, California

Killed Aug 2, 2020 · 6 years ago

Procopio Alvarado Ruiz, a 42-year-old resident of Lancaster, California, was found dead on August 2, 2020, in Rosamond, California. His body was discovered inside a truck near the intersection of 260th Street West and Gaskell Road. Ruiz had sustained multiple…

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Arthur J. Harrison

Male, age 56 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Aug 2, 2019 · 7 years ago

Arthur J. Harrison, 56, male, died on August 2, 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Public memorial records describe him as having been “lost to gun violence” on that date, placing his death among the tally of people killed with firearms that day and year.…

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Jesus Garcia

Male, age 42 · Lynwood, California

Killed Aug 2, 2019 · 7 years ago

Jesus Garcia, a 42-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on August 2, 2019, in Lynwood, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Garcia was fatally shot near 10206 State Street. The incident occurred on a…

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Julius Reed

Male, age 42 · Flint, Michigan

Killed Aug 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, a wave of violence gripped the city of Flint, Michigan, leaving a trail of grief in its wake. Among the victims was Julius Reed, a 42-year-old man whose life was cut short on the front porch of an east side home. On the night of August…

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Vaiola Taufalele Vaipulu

Female, age 60 · Long-beach, California

Killed Aug 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Vaiola Taufalele Vaipulu, a 60-year-old Tongan woman, was tragically shot and killed on August 2, 2015, in Long Beach, California. The incident occurred in the early morning hours at her residence on the 6700 block of Olive Avenue. Initially, the death was…

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Patricia Miranda

Female, age 79 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Patricia Miranda was 79 years old when her life was taken in Los Angeles County, California. A Latina senior, Miranda died on Sunday, August 2, 2015, after being admitted to a local area hospital, according to official coroner and medical examiner records.…

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