Death by Force

Alfred G Hale

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 30, 2009 · 17 years ago

On August 30, 2009, Alfred G. Hale, a 23-year-old man, was shot and killed in Chicago. His death occurred during a year when gun violence was rampant in many parts of the city. Hale was shot in the South Side, an area historically plagued by high levels of…

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Kimyatta Porshea Corley

Male, age 34 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 30, 2009 · 17 years ago

Kimyatta Porshea Corley, aged 34, was tragically shot and killed on August 30, 2009, in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting occurred around 4:29 p.m., taking place on a sidewalk in a residential area. His death added to the violence plaguing…

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William C Jenkins

Male, age 35 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 30, 2009 · 17 years ago

On August 30, 2009, the life of William C. Jenkins, a 35-year-old Black male from Indianapolis, Indiana, came to a sudden and violent end. He was discovered at a residence located at 3517 Station Street in Indianapolis, where he had sustained fatal injuries.…

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Ronald Fetherson

Male, age 53 · Durham, North Carolina

Found Aug 30, 2009 · 17 years ago

Ronald Fetherson, 53, was found dead on August 30, 2009, in his apartment at McDougald Terrace, Durham, North Carolina. Police responded to a stabbing call and discovered his body inside his home. Fetherson had been last seen alive the previous evening.…

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Frank Roberts

Male, age 33 · Houston, Texas

Found Aug 30, 2009 · 17 years ago

Frank Oliver Roberts, age 33, was killed on August 30, 2009, in Houston, Texas. The incident took place in circumstances that were part of an ongoing struggle with crime in the Houston area. Details regarding his death remain scarce, with the case categorized…

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Puncho Eteuati

Male, age 34 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 30, 2009 · 17 years ago

Puncho Eteuati, a 34-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on August 30, 2009. Eteuati was shot in Wilmington, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, as he stood on the sidewalk in the 1300 block of Ronan Avenue, conversing with his…

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Philip Chacko

Male, age 67 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 30, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in New Orleans, on August 30, 2009, Philip Chacko, a male hotelier, was fatally shot. The violent encounter occurred at approximately 9:40 p.m. inside the Midtown Hotel, an establishment he owned in the 3900 block of…

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Arnaldo Quinones

Male, age 34 · Tujunga Canyons, California

Killed Aug 30, 2009 · 17 years ago

On the afternoon of August 30, 2009, catastrophic wildfire conditions converged across the Angeles National Forest as the massive Station Fire tore aggressively through rugged mountain chaparral. Stationed high in the mountains at Mount Gleason Conservation…

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Gemell Williams

Male, age 27 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the early hours of a late summer morning in Washington, D.C., tragedy struck, leaving a community grasping for answers that have remained elusive for years. On Saturday, August 30, 2008, at approximately 1:20 a.m., Gemell Williams, a male known to some as…

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Jimmy Ridley

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

Jimmy Ridley, a 19-year-old male, was killed on August 30, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident took place in the midst of an uptick in violence across the city during that period, as Chicago struggled with gang activity and gun-related violence. Ridley…

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Briahna Williams

Female, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

Briahna Williams, a 19-year-old female, was tragically shot and killed on August 30, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident took place in the Roseland neighborhood on the city's South Side, an area that has long grappled with ongoing issues of gun violence…

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Irene R Poindexter

Female, age 25 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

On a late summer day in Indianapolis, the grim discovery of a young woman's body shattered the afternoon quiet. Irene R. Poindexter, a 25-year-old Caucasian female, was found deceased on Saturday, August 30, 2008. Her naked body was discovered by two children…

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Levon Mccray

Male, age 23 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the summer of 2008, a wave of violence was washing over the city of Baltimore. On August 30th of that year, a 23-year-old male named Levon McCray became another victim of this tragic trend. His life was cut short in a fatal shooting that occurred in the…

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Gary Mcelroy

Male, age 27 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

Gary A. McElroy was a 26-year-old man from Kansas City, Missouri, whose life came to an end on Saturday, August 30, 2008. However brief that single line of fact can look on a page, it carries the full weight of a person suddenly gone, and of the silence that…

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Eric Helm

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

On August 30, 2008, Eric Helm, a 35-year-old resident of Akron, Ohio, was shot and killed in his home. The incident took place shortly before 10:00 p.m. at 136 Bachtel Avenue in Summit County. An unknown assailant fired shots through Helm's front door…

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Reginald C. Stewart

Male, age 20 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

Reginald C. Stewart, a 20-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, tragically lost his life on August 30, 2008. He was the victim of a homicide that occurred in the rear of 54 South Ohio Avenue in Columbus. On that day, Stewart was found to have sustained multiple…

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Garrett Burton

Null · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

On August 30, 2008, Garrett Burton, a 16-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically shot and killed while participating in a prank with friends. The incident occurred around 3 a.m. along Hilliard-Rome Road, where Garrett and several other teens were…

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Reginald Stewart

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

On August 30, 2008, Reginald Stewart, a 20-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed in an incident involving multiple gunshot wounds. His body was found at the rear of 54 South Ohio Avenue in Columbus, Franklin County. The Columbus Police…

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Troy Deloatch

Male, age 22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia, what began as an attempt to aid a friend in a domestic dispute ended in tragedy for 18-year-old Elijah Deloach. The young man, a senior at Cheltenham High School just weeks from graduation, was fatally shot…

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Thomas Cherry

Male, age 41 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the late summer of 2008, a wave of violence was sweeping through Philadelphia, a grim reality that would soon personally touch the life of Thomas Cherry. On August 30, 2008, the body of 41-year-old Thomas Cherry, a Black male, was discovered in the city.…

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Daniel Ledesma

Male, age 26 · Houston, Texas

Found Aug 30, 2008 · 18 years ago

Daniel Ledesma, aged 26, was found dead on August 30, 2008, in Houston, Texas. He was shot in the head and his body was discovered near a car on Del Papa Street, close to Fellows Road, approximately half an hour after he had left his mother's home. The…

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Robert Lee King

Male, age 36 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 30, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late hours of a summer night in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the life of Robert Lee King was tragically cut short. On August 30, 2007, the 36-year-old African-American man was found with fatal gunshot wounds in a neighborhood that had been grappling with…

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Robert Jetter

Male, age 45 · Palmdale, California

Killed Aug 30, 2007 · 19 years ago

On the warm late-summer evening of Thursday, August 30, 2007, deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department were summoned to a residence in the Antelope Valley desert community of Palmdale. Inside a spacious house located at 41164 Carmel Road, an…

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Andrei Apostolov

Male, age 33 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 30, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the late summer of 2005, a dream that had carried a man from Moldova to the United States was tragically extinguished on a Washington, D.C. sidewalk. Andrei Apostolov, a 33-year-old male, had embraced his new life in America with a passion, working as a…

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Deandre Jones

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 2005 · 21 years ago

On August 30, 2005, 18-year-old Deandre Jones was shot and killed in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident occurred at 1234 Vine Street in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear, and no suspects have been formally…

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Michael Williams

Male, age 37 · Rogers, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 2005 · 21 years ago

On August 30, 2005, Michael Williams, aged 37, was found dead in his car near his residence on Greenwood Road in Rogers, Ohio. Williams had just returned from working a midnight shift at V & M Steel Company in Youngstown, Ohio. He was discovered shortly after…

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Melvin Greenberg Jr.

Male, age 58 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 30, 2005 · 21 years ago

Melvin Greenberg Jr. was 58 years old when he died on Tuesday, August 30, 2005, in Harvard Park, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma. The coroner's…

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Kenneth Green

Male, age 23 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 30, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of August 30, 2004, a sense of stillness hung over the intersection of 33rd Place and South Dakota Avenue in Northeast Washington, D.C. Inside a red car, stopped at a traffic light, sat 23-year-old Kenneth Green, an African-American…

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Lavern Pinckney

Male, age 60 · Yonkers, New York

Killed Aug 30, 2004 · 22 years ago

Lavern 'Billy' Pinckney, a 60-year-old man, was a hard-working individual, holding down two jobs to support his family in Yonkers, New York. He worked as a hospital driver and also co-owned a local bar. He and his wife Betty had three grown children. His…

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John Honaker V

Male, age 31 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Aug 30, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 30, 2002, the life of John Honaker V, a 31-year-old Caucasian male, came to a tragic and violent end in Portland, Oregon. His body was discovered around 8:50 a.m. by a transient in an open area just south of the Marquam…

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Scott Shanahan

Male, age 39 · Defiance, Iowa

Killed Aug 30, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the small town of Defiance, Iowa, the disappearance of 39-year-old Scott Shanahan in August 2002 did not initially set off alarms. For 14 months, his wife, Dixie Shanahan, told inquiring neighbors and even law enforcement that her husband had left her. She…

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Michael Morton

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 2000 · 26 years ago

Michael Morton, a 40-year-old man from Cincinnati, Ohio, was tragically killed on August 30, 2000. His death occurred on Vine Street, in the heart of downtown Cincinnati. Morton was found beaten to death, and the case has remained unsolved since that time.…

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Jamon Griffin

Male, age 21 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Aug 30, 2000 · 26 years ago

On the warm summer night of August 30, 2000, a gathering of friends in a parking lot on Northeast Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Portland, Oregon, turned into a scene of tragedy. Jamon Griffin, a 21-year-old African-American man, was among the group of…

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Anthony Johnson

Male, age 31 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 30, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the late summer of 2000, the community of Chester, Pennsylvania, was shaken by the discovery of a local man's untimely death. On August 30, 31-year-old Anthony 'Doc Jordan' Johnson, an African American male, was found deceased under circumstances that…

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Helen J. Li

Female · East San Gabriel, California

Killed Aug 30, 2000 · 26 years ago

Helen J. Li was an infant when she died on Wednesday, August 30, 2000, in East San Gabriel, in the San Gabriel Valley. The coroner's record lists her age as zero, which indicates she had not yet reached her first birthday. According to the Los Angeles County…

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Roberto Pule

Male · Corning, California

Killed Aug 30, 1998 · 28 years ago

On August 30, 1998, Roberto Pule was found dead in Corning, California, in what authorities classified as a homicide. His death occurred during a period when California was experiencing an overall decline in homicide rates. Between 1989 and 1998, the homicide…

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Andres Rodriguez

Male, age 21 · Corning, California

Killed Aug 30, 1998 · 28 years ago

On August 30, 1998, 21-year-old Andres Rodriguez was killed in Corning, California. The case remains unsolved, and very few details are available about the circumstances surrounding his death. However, it is believed that Rodriguez's homicide may have been…

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Jose Zamora

Male, age 23 · Corning, California

Killed Aug 30, 1998 · 28 years ago

Jose Guadalupe Zamora Rivera, aged 23, was tragically killed on August 30, 1998, in Corning, California. The details regarding the events leading to his death are sparse, and the case remains unsolved, categorized as a cold case by local law enforcement.…

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Hilario Avila

Male · Greenfield, California

Killed Aug 30, 1997 · 29 years ago

On August 30, 1997, Hilario Avila was tragically killed in Greenfield, California. The incident occurred during a heated argument between Avila and his roommate, Fidel Rios-Soto. The two were drinking with other roommates in their apartment when the argument…

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Jessica Payne

Female, age 16 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 30, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the late summer of 1995, the life of 16-year-old Jessica Payne, a Caucasian female, was tragically cut short in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On August 30, 1995, her body was discovered underneath a mattress behind an abandoned house. She had been sexually…

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Edward McCollum

Male · Greensboro, North Carolina

Found Aug 30, 1994 · 32 years ago

On August 30, 1994, Edward McCollum was discovered unconscious near the Gillespie Curb Market located at 1917 Martin Luther King Drive in Greensboro, North Carolina. At around 9:40 p.m., police responded to an emergency call reporting an assault. Upon…

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Woondys Alomar

Female, age 18 · New York, New York

Killed Aug 30, 1992 · 34 years ago

Woondys Marie Alomar was an 18-year-old Hispanic/Latina female from New York City. On August 30, 1992, her life ended in violence, and the first clear trace of what happened came not from a witness to the shooting, but from a passerby who noticed something…

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Charles Thomas Knox Jr.

Male, age 31 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 30, 1992 · 34 years ago

Charles Thomas Knox Jr., a 31-year-old male police officer of the Philadelphia Police Department, tragically lost his life on August 30, 1992. Officer Knox was shot and killed during a robbery in progress at a Roy Rogers restaurant located at 1401 Snyder…

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Charles Boulware

Male, age 29 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 30, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the early morning hours of a late August day in 1992, the life of 29-year-old Charles Boulware was tragically cut short on a Washington, D.C. sidewalk. The male victim was discovered at approximately 5:43 a.m. in the unit block of T Street, Northwest…

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Willie Price

Null · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 1990 · 36 years ago

On August 30, 1990, Willie Price, a 37-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was the victim of a homicide. The incident occurred at 2244 Mock Road in Franklin County. Price sustained fatal puncture wounds to the left side of his torso, which ultimately led to…

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Paul L. Hutchins

Male, age 30 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Aug 30, 1985 · 41 years ago

On a late summer evening in Detroit, the life of off-duty Michigan State Trooper Paul L. Hutchins, a 30-year-old male, was tragically cut short on August 29, 1985. Hutchins and a companion had just left a restaurant and were walking in the Hart Plaza area…

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Walter Ukie Kupryczuk

Male, age 33 · Upper-mount-bethel-township, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 30, 1984 · 42 years ago

Walter Ukie Kupryczuk, a 33-year-old male of Polish ethnicity, was tragically found dead on August 30, 1984, in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Pennsylvania. His body was discovered by hunters on abandoned farm property along Route 611. Kupryczuk had been shot…

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Scott Parker

Male, age 25 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Aug 30, 1983 · 43 years ago

On a late summer evening in Brooklyn, the life of a promising young man was tragically cut short in an act of brutal deception. Scott Parker, a 25-year-old male, was a dedicated police officer with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. On August 30…

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