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Deaths by Force on August 2

695 open cases in our database happened on August 2. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (486)

Death by Force

Wayne Douglas McLaren

Male, age 62 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Aug 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

On Sunday, August 2, 2009, 62-year-old Wayne Douglas McLaren died in Los Angeles, California. A Caucasian male in his early sixties, McLaren became one of the hundreds of individuals whose unexpected loss was logged by county authorities during a relentless…

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Death by Force

Roy Anthony Sutherland

Male, age 48 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Aug 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

Roy Anthony Sutherland was 48 years old when he was stabbed to death on the night of Sunday, August 2, 2009, in South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds suffered in the 3500 block of South Western…

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Death by Force

Miguel Angel Balderaz

Male, age 6 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Aug 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

Miguel Angel Balderaz was 6 years old when he died on Thursday, August 2, 2007, in the Vermont Square area of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma near Figueroa Street and…

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Death by Force

Ralph Buzzy Harless

Male, age 12 · Roanoke, Virginia
Killed Aug 2, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the summer of 1983, a tragic incident cut short the life of 12-year-old Ralph "Buzzy" Harless in Roanoke, Virginia. On August 2nd of that year, the young boy's life was ended by a gunshot wound. The circumstances surrounding his death pointed not to a…

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Death by Force

Carol Louise Valenzuela

Female, age 18 · Vancouver, Washington
Killed Aug 2, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a summer day, August 2, 1974, the life of 18-year-old Carol Louise Valenzuela, a young female, took a tragic and mysterious turn. After a disagreement with her husband in their Washington home, she set out to a friend's house, deciding to hitchhike from…

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Death by Force

William Newberry

Male, age 44 · Alachua, Florida
Killed Aug 2, 1917 · 109 years ago

William Crayton Newberry, a 44-year-old night policeman in Alachua, Florida, tragically lost his life on August 2, 1917. On the night of his death, Newberry was patrolling the streets and checking local businesses in the early morning hours. During his…

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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.