Death by Force

William Bill Acker

Male, age 51 · Manchester, Connecticut

Killed Aug 3, 2010 · 16 years ago

William Ackerman, a 51-year-old White male, found his life tragically cut short on the morning of August 3, 2010, in Manchester, Connecticut. A longtime employee at Hartford Distributors, Ackerman was known by friends as a family man and a devoted fan of…

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William Carl Ackerman

Male, age 51 · Manchester, Connecticut

Killed Aug 3, 2010 · 16 years ago

William Carl Ackerman, a 51-year-old Caucasian male, went to his job at Hartford Distributors in Manchester, Connecticut, on the morning of August 3, 2010, a routine he had followed for nearly two decades. Tragically, it was a day that would end in…

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Brandon Mcguire

Male, age 23 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a summer evening in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of 23-year-old Brandon DeWayne McGuire was tragically cut short. It was August 3, 2009, and McGuire was standing outside a vacant home on Jesse Owens Drive around 10:45 p.m. when gunfire erupted from the…

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Laron L Johnson

Male, age 17 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Aug 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

On the morning of August 3, 2009, police officers in Kansas City, Missouri, were dispatched to the 3200 block of East 29th Street following reports of an outside disturbance. The situation escalated before their arrival, with the call being updated to a…

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Linda Lee Jackson

Female, age 54 · Oriental, North Carolina

Found Aug 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

On Monday, August 3, 2009 at approximately 7:30 pm, a neighbor's 911 call brought sheriff deputies to a home at 218 Pamlico Road near Oriental. The homeowner, Linda Lee Jackson, was found dead in her bedroom. Her body had been burned. She was 54 years-old and…

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Brandon DeWayne McGuire

Male, age 23 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the late hours of a summer evening in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of 23-year-old Brandon DeWayne McGuire was tragically cut short. On August 3, 2009, at approximately 10:45 p.m., McGuire was standing outside a vacant home on Jesse Owens Drive when…

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Carla Garth

Female, age 40 · Oakland, California

Found Aug 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

Carla Garth, a 40-year-old Oakland resident, tragically lost her life on August 3, 2008. Garth's death was part of the broader violence affecting Oakland at the time, which saw high numbers of homicides, with 115 recorded that year. Details surrounding the…

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Devoghn Allen

Male · Upland, California

Killed Aug 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

Devoghn Allen, aged 22, was tragically killed on August 3, 2008, in Upland, California. He was attending a party on North Mountain Drive when an unidentified black male approached him in the driveway and shot him in the head. The incident led to his immediate…

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Warren Foster

Male, age 44 · San Francisco, California

Found Aug 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

Warren Foster Jr., aged 44, was found shot multiple times on August 3, 2008, in San Francisco, California. The incident took place early on a Sunday morning when Foster was discovered lying on Paul Street, suffering from gunshot wounds. Emergency responders…

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Juan Villarreal

Male, age 35 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the late summer of 2008, the life of Juan Villarreal, a 35-year-old Hispanic man, was tragically cut short in Louisville, Kentucky. On the evening of August 3rd, Villarreal was murdered at 1860 Mellwood Avenue. The specific details of the circumstances…

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Derrick Blount

Male, age 28 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Aug 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the summer of 2008, a wave of violence gripped the Kansas City area, and in the midst of this turmoil, the life of 28-year-old Derrick M. Blount was tragically cut short. On August 3, 2008, Blount became a victim of homicide in Kansas City, Missouri. His…

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William Wilson

Male, age 19 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

William Wilson, 19, was killed in Philadelphia on August 3, 2008, a summer day that became part of the city’s long homicide record for that year. Online homicide listings place the incident in the 1900 block of McKean Street, a South Philadelphia block where…

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Kenneth Wayne Crawley

Male, age 18 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the early moments of a Sunday morning in Nashville, Tennessee, tragedy befell 18-year-old Kenneth Wayne Crawley. Just after midnight on August 3, 2008, the young man was sitting on a bicycle in front of 45 University Court. It was in this seemingly…

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Chan Isom

Male, age 31 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the early hours of August 3, 2008, the life of 31-year-old Chan K. Isom, a Black male, was tragically cut short in Louisville, Kentucky. Isom was at the intersection of 2nd and Main Street when he became the victim of a fatal shooting. The incident left a…

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Hortense Ida Walker

Female, age 76 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

Hortense Ida Walker was 76 years old when she was killed in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday, August 3, 2008. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated her death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis…

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Paul H Iii Curry

Male, age 28 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 3, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the summer of 2007, a wave of violence was washing over Indianapolis, leaving families and communities reeling. It was during this turbulent time that the life of 28-year-old Paul H. Curry III, an African-American man, was tragically cut short. On the…

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Jeremy Dushaun Callaway

Male, age 21 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 3, 2007 · 19 years ago

The unsolved murder of Jeremy Dushaun Callaway, a 21-year-old man from Minneapolis, Minnesota, remains a haunting case that has left both his family and local law enforcement searching for answers. Callaway was tragically killed on August 3, 2007, in a…

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Damireo Burgess

Male, age 27 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Aug 3, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the early hours of August 3, 2007, the life of 27-year-old Damireo L. Burgess, a Black male from Buffalo, New York, was tragically cut short. Burgess and his girlfriend returned to his apartment on Niagara Street in the Riverside neighborhood, expecting a…

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Wayne Hudson

Male, age 27 · Houston, Texas

Found Aug 3, 2007 · 19 years ago

Wayne Hudson, aged 27, was found dead on August 3, 2007, in Houston, Texas, in what appeared to be a homicide. The circumstances surrounding Hudson's death were investigated by the Houston Police Department's Homicide Division, which is responsible for…

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Austin Gabriel Haley

Male, age 5 · Noble, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 3, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late summer of 2007, a day of youthful innocence turned into a tragedy that would forever alter the lives of a Noble, Oklahoma family. Five-year-old Austin Gabriel Haley, a young boy, was spending the afternoon fishing with his grandfather on August…

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Henry Thompson

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 3, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the early hours of a summer morning in Washington, D.C., the life of Henry Thompson Jr., a Black male, was tragically cut short. On August 3, 2005, at approximately 12:30 a.m., gunshots rang out in the 4000 block of Arkansas Avenue NW. When officers from…

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Victor T. James

Male, age 61 · Manchester, Connecticut

Killed Aug 3, 2004 · 22 years ago

On a summer morning in Manchester, Connecticut, the life of Victor T. James, a 61-year-old White/Caucasian male, was tragically cut short. The date was August 3, 2010, a day that would be marked by violence and loss at his long-time place of employment…

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Linda Bunkley

Female, age 47 · Willis, Texas

Killed Aug 3, 2004 · 22 years ago

Linda Bunkley, a 47-year-old woman from Willis, Texas, tragically died on August 3, 2004. Her death was the result of a shooting incident in her home. The investigation revealed that her husband, Harold Wayne Bunkley, was responsible for her death. On the day…

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Patricia Presser

Female, age 66 · Montgomery, Texas

Killed Aug 3, 2004 · 22 years ago

Patricia Presser, a 66-year-old woman from Montgomery, Texas, tragically died on August 3, 2004. She was found dead in her bed from an apparent gunshot wound. Her husband, Larry Presser, 56, informed the police that he had killed her. Larry Presser, who had…

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Alvin S Elliott Jr

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 3, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the late hours of a summer night in Washington, D.C., tragedy befell a young man named Alvin S. Elliott Jr. On Sunday, August 3, 2003, at approximately 11:50 p.m., his life was violently cut short in the 1100 block of Orren Street, Northeast. Members of…

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Kevin Brewer

Male, age 11 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 3, 2000 · 26 years ago

Kevin Brewer, an 11-year-old boy, was tragically murdered on August 3, 2000, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The incident occurred just after 10 p.m. near Cottage Park in North Minneapolis. Kevin was with a friend when they stopped to watch a fight among men who…

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James Allen Gamble

Male, age 54 · Woodacre, California

Killed Aug 3, 2000 · 26 years ago

James Allen Gamble, aged 54, was tragically murdered on August 3, 2000, in Woodacre, California. Gamble, along with his girlfriend Jennifer Villarin, was found shot to death in the early hours of the morning. The couple was discovered in the downstairs rental…

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Jennifer Lee Jenny Villarin

Female, age 45 · Woodacre, California

Killed Aug 3, 2000 · 26 years ago

Jennifer Lee "Jenny" Villarin, aged 45, tragically lost her life on August 3, 2000, in Woodacre, California. Villarin, who was a bartender at the Papermill Saloon, was house-sitting at her daughter Selina Bishop's studio apartment when the incident occurred.…

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Randall Wade Vetter

Male, age 28 · Kyle, Texas

Killed Aug 3, 2000 · 26 years ago

Randall Wade Vetter, a 28-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was a dedicated Texas State Trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety. On August 3, 2000, Trooper Vetter was conducting a routine traffic stop on Interstate 35 south of Kyle, Texas. He…

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Paul Bonney

Male, age 35 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 3, 1999 · 27 years ago

On a summer day in Knoxville, Tennessee, the life of Paul Eugene Bonney was brutally cut short. The 35-year-old male was found murdered on August 3, 1999, in a homeless camp situated behind 3223 Chapman Highway. An investigation into his death determined that…

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Raynard Dodson

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 3, 1995 · 31 years ago

On August 3, 1995, 39-year-old Raynard Dodson was found deceased in Columbus, Ohio. His body was discovered in tall weeds behind 102 Hamilton Park. The circumstances of his death remain unclear, with the cause of death not officially determined. Raynard's…

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Lee Barta

Male, age 29 · Binghamton, New York

Killed Aug 3, 1995 · 31 years ago

On a hot August afternoon in Binghamton, New York, Police Officer Lee Barta, a 29-year-old male, was engaged in the search for a fugitive. The date was August 3, 1995, and Barta, along with his fellow officers, was tracking 19-year-old Edmond Travis III, who…

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Catalina Correa

Male, age 55 · Portland Cedar Hills, Oregon

Killed Aug 3, 1994 · 32 years ago

On August 3, 1994, a tragic event unfolded outside a Safeway store in the Portland suburb of Cedar Hill, Oregon, resulting in the death of 55-year-old Catalina Correa. Correa was an unfortunate witness to a robbery committed by Roger Hoan Brady, a man with a…

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James Hurst Grund

Male, age 47 · Peru, Indiana

Killed Aug 3, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the small town of Peru, Indiana, the night of August 3, 1992, was shattered by a frantic 911 call. Just before midnight, a woman's voice urgently told the dispatcher, 'It's my husband...There's blood on him.' The call came from Susan Grund, and the man she…

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Samuel Lemmons

Male, age 22 · Durham, North Carolina

Found Aug 3, 1990 · 36 years ago

Samuel "Sam" Lemmons, a 22-year-old resident of Durham, North Carolina, was tragically murdered on August 3, 1990. Lemmons was found stabbed 26 times near his apartment complex on Chapel Hill Road. The violent attack began inside his apartment following a…

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Keith Neumann

Male, age 24 · Irvington, New Jersey

Killed Aug 3, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of August 3, 1989, a dedicated 24-year-old Essex County Police Patrolman named Keith E. Neumann was involved in a drug raid in Irvington, New Jersey. A white male, Neumann had been with the department for three years and was part of a…

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Anesia Rogers

Female · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 3, 1988 · 38 years ago

On August 3, 1988, 21-year-old Anesia Rogers was tragically murdered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Anesia was strangled to death, and a fire was deliberately set at the scene in an apparent attempt to destroy evidence. Her body was found at her residence in Hamilton…

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Mindi Coleen Thomas

Female, age 12 · Multnomah County, Oregon

Killed Aug 3, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the late summer of 1987, a shadow fell over the city of Gresham in Multnomah County, Oregon, with the disappearance of a young girl. Twelve-year-old Mindi Coleen Thomas, a female, was last seen on August 3, 1987. On that day, she was in the company of Gail…

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David Eugene Roberts

Male, age 28 · Red Bluff, California

Killed Aug 3, 1985 · 41 years ago

David Eugene Roberts was a 28-year-old man whose life ended in Red Bluff, California, on August 3, 1985. Publicly accessible online records provide only a limited account of his death, leaving the circumstances surrounding his final hours largely…

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Jannette Johnson

Female, age 29 · Kankakee, Illinois

Went missing Aug 3, 1985 · 41 years ago

Jannette Johnson was a 29 year old mother of two children living in Kankakee, Illinois at the time of her disappearance. She was known to be spicy, but was loved by everyone around her. On the evening of August 2, 1985, Jannette went out with some friends to…

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Rachel Ann McDaniel

Female · Phoenix City, Alabama

Killed Aug 3, 1984 · 42 years ago

On a summer day, the quiet of Phenix City, Alabama was disturbed by a grim discovery that would remain a mystery for decades. On August 7, 1984, the body of a young White female, Rachel Ann McDaniel, was found off Highway 165. An investigation determined that…

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Robert Darling Jr.

Male, age 21 · Gloversville, New York

Killed Aug 3, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the late summer of 1984, a young White/Caucasian man named Robert Darling Jr., 21, of Gloversville, New York, vanished. He was a resident of South Arlington Avenue and was last seen by his roommate on the morning of August 3, 1984, just before his roommate…

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Alan Howard

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 3, 1984 · 42 years ago

On August 3, 1984, 39-year-old Alan Howard was attacked by a group of individuals at the northeast corner of Grahm Street and Mt. Vernon Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. After the assault, Howard was transported to St. Anthony's hospital, where he unfortunately…

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Rhonda Strang

Female, age 24 · Lakeside, California

Killed Aug 3, 1984 · 42 years ago

Rhonda Strang, a 24-year-old woman, was tragically murdered in October 1984. She was babysitting a three-year-old child, Amber Fisher, when both were killed. Their deaths were part of a series of murders committed by David Allen Lucas, a serial killer active…

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Amber Fisher

Female, age 3 · Lakeside, California

Killed Aug 3, 1984 · 42 years ago

Amber Lynn Fisher, a 3-year-old girl, tragically passed away on October 23, 1984, in Lakeside, San Diego County, California. Her burial took place at El Cajon Cemetery in El Cajon, San Diego County. Her death was linked to a series of murders committed by…

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Nicole Gaudreaux

Female, age 31 · Montreal, Quebec

Killed Aug 3, 1979 · 47 years ago

Nicole Gaudreaux, a 31-year-old woman, was found murdered in Montreal on August 3, 1979, after a violent sexual assault in the Saint-André Street area. Archival accounts place her in the city’s Plateau area after she had spent the evening of August 2 at a bar…

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Nicholas Paul Cecchettti

Male, age 27 · Stockton, California

Killed Aug 3, 1978 · 48 years ago

Nicholas Paul Cecchetti, a 27-year-old officer with the Stockton Police Department, tragically lost his life on August 3, 1978, while serving a narcotics search warrant. Officer Cecchetti was entering the rear door of a suspect's home when he encountered the…

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John Pierce Jr.

Male, age 24 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 3, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the summer of 1977, a young man's life was cut short in Denver, Colorado, leaving behind a case that would remain unsolved for decades. John Pierce Jr., a 24-year-old Black male, was fatally shot on the evening of August 2nd. The incident unfolded at 1700…

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