Death by Force

Rafael Angel Crespo

Male, age 59 · Miami, Florida

Found Aug 6, 2012 · 14 years ago

On August 6, 2012, 59-year-old Rafael Angel Crespo was murdered in Miami, Florida. His death is part of an unsolved homicide case that has remained unresolved over the years. Despite the lack of detailed information available publicly, local law enforcement…

View case

Death by Force

David Rivera

Male · Tampa, Florida

Found Aug 6, 2012 · 14 years ago

David Rivera, aged 51, was found dead on August 6, 2012, in Tampa, Florida. His death is considered an unsolved homicide, adding to the numerous cold cases across the state. Despite ongoing efforts by law enforcement, no suspects have been arrested, and the…

View case

Death by Force

Dante L Young

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 6, 2012 · 14 years ago

Dante L. Young was a 20-year-old Black/African-American man from Chicago whose life was cut short on the night of August 6, 2012, when gunfire found him just steps from the University of Illinois at Chicago campus. He lived in the nearby 1300 block of West…

View case

Death by Force

William L Perry

Male, age 48 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 6, 2012 · 14 years ago

William L. Perry, a 48-year-old resident of Chicago, was the victim of a homicide that took place on August 6, 2012. Perry's death occurred amidst a series of violent incidents that contributed to a rising homicide count in the city that year. He was among…

View case

Death by Force

Lonell Johnson

Male, age 19 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 6, 2012 · 14 years ago

On July 5, 2023, a male identified as Lonnie D. Johnson was fatally shot in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The incident occurred in the early morning hours, with law enforcement officers receiving a report of a shooting at approximately 1:38 a.m. Responding…

View case

Death by Force

Tufan Muhammad

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 6, 2010 · 16 years ago

Tufan Muhammad, 26, was fatally shot on August 6, 2010, in the 7800 block of South Cornell Avenue, located on the Far South Side of Chicago. He was reportedly chased down an alley and shot by a man who was between the ages of 20 and 25. Muhammad's death…

View case

Death by Force

Marquese Hiller

Male, age 20 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 6, 2010 · 16 years ago

Marquese Hiller, a 20-year-old Black male, was killed in Philadelphia in early August 2010, with available online homicide listings placing the incident and death on August 5, 2010, rather than August 6. The case appears in public Philadelphia homicide…

View case

Death by Force

Eric Powell

Male, age 26 · Fort Worth, Texas

Found Aug 6, 2010 · 16 years ago

Eric Powell, a 26-year-old resident of Fort Worth, Texas, was killed on August 6, 2010. He was transported to a local hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. Reports suggest that Eric Powell was the victim of a shooting, although specific details…

View case

Death by Force

Lorraine Pauline Long

Female, age 62 · Seligam, Arizona

Killed Aug 6, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the summer of 2010, a violent encounter in the quiet Sierra Verde Ranch area of Seligman, Arizona, resulted in the tragic death of 62-year-old Lorraine Pauline Long. A female resident of Phoenix, Long was discovered fatally shot in her Seligman home on…

View case

Death by Force

Glen Victor Agee

Male, age 31 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Aug 6, 2010 · 16 years ago

Glen Victor Agee, a 31-year-old male Jackson Police Department officer, was shot and killed in the line of duty on Friday, August 6, 2010. On that day, Agee and another officer had arrested a man identified as 24-year-old Latwan Smith for aggravated assault…

View case

Death by Force

Dawn Yvette Brooks

Female, age 38 · Lanham, Maryland

Killed Aug 6, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the summer of 2010, a horrific crime unfolded in Lanham, Maryland, claiming the lives of four people, including 38-year-old Dawn Yvette Brooks. On August 6th, Brooks, her two young children, 4-year-old Shakur Sylvester Sikyala and 3-year-old Shayla Shante…

View case

Death by Force

Mwasiti Sikyala

Female, age 41 · Lanham, Maryland

Killed Aug 6, 2010 · 16 years ago

In a grim discovery in Lanham, Maryland, 41-year-old Mwasiti Sikyala was found deceased, the victim of a quadruple homicide that also claimed the lives of her sister-in-law, 38-year-old Dawn Yvette Brooks, and Brooks' two young children, 4-year-old Shakur…

View case

Death by Force

Shakur Sylvester Sikyala

Male, age 4 · Lanham, Maryland

Killed Aug 6, 2010 · 16 years ago

In a grim discovery on August 6, 2010, four-year-old Shakur Sylvester Sikyala was found murdered in Lanham, Maryland. The young boy was discovered alongside his three-year-old sister, Shayla Shante Sikyala, their 38-year-old mother, Dawn Yvette Brooks, and…

View case

Death by Force

Shayla Shante Sikyala

Female, age 3 · Lanham, Maryland

Killed Aug 6, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the summer of 2010, the life of a three-year-old girl named Shayla Shante Sikyala was tragically cut short in a horrifying act of violence. On August 6th, she was found deceased in a makeshift apartment above a detached garage in a residential area of…

View case

Death by Force

Tony Hill

Male, age 38 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Aug 6, 2010 · 16 years ago

Tony Hill was 38 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Friday, August 6, 2010. The Atlanta Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through 2017, lists it as a…

View case

Death by Force

Shannon Morgan

Female, age 36 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 6, 2009 · 17 years ago

Shannon Morgan, age 36, was killed on August 6, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. Her death was part of a wave of violence that was affecting Chicago during that year. The homicide occurred on the South Side of Chicago, an area that has historically faced…

View case

Death by Force

Arti Bonner

Male, age 20 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 6, 2009 · 17 years ago

Arti “Armanti ‘Monti’” Bonner was remembered by the names people called him—Monti, Goldenchild, Monti Bon Bon—little flashes of closeness that survived him. He was a 20-year-old Black male from St. Louis, Missouri, the kind of young man friends described as…

View case

Death by Force

Stephon Phillips

Male · Wilmington, Delaware

Killed Aug 6, 2009 · 17 years ago

On August 6, 2009, Wilmington, Delaware, experienced its second homicide of the week when 28-year-old Stephon Phillips was found fatally shot in the city's Hedgeville neighborhood. Police responded to the 600 block of South Connell Street around 12:30 a.m.…

View case

Death by Force

Armanti Bonner

Male, age 20 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 6, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the summer of 2009, a tragedy struck in Saint Louis, Missouri, that left a family grieving and a community searching for answers. On August 6, Armanti Monti Bonner, a 20-year-old male, was found with multiple gunshot wounds. His death was quickly…

View case

Death by Force

Antneh Amare

Male, age 21 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 6, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the spring of 2008, a man by the name of Antneh Getnet Amare was the victim of a homicide in the nation's capital. On the afternoon of May 12, at approximately 4:00 pm, Amare was found in front of a residence at 608 T Street, NW in Washington, D.C. The…

View case

Death by Force

Brandon Little

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 6, 2008 · 18 years ago

Brandon Little, an 18-year-old, was shot and killed on August 6, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Englewood neighborhood, an area known for frequent gun violence and crime. Brandon was found fatally wounded inside a grocery store…

View case

Death by Force

Jermaine Samuel Byrd

Male, age 36 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 6, 2008 · 18 years ago

Jermaine Samuel Byrd, 36, a Black man, died on August 6, 2008, in St. Louis, Missouri, and for the people who loved him, that date didn’t just mark an ending—it split life into a before and an after. One day there was a familiar voice, a presence that…

View case

Death by Force

Anthony Patrick Tony Cooper

Male, age 26 · Gresham, Oregon

Killed Aug 6, 2008 · 18 years ago

On a summer day in Gresham, Oregon, a grim discovery brought an end to the lives of a young couple. Anthony Patrick Tony Cooper, a 26-year-old Caucasian male, and his wife, Melinda Beth Kotkins, were found deceased in their townhouse on August 6, 2008. The…

View case

Death by Force

Melinda Beth Kotkins

Female, age 22 · Gresham, Oregon

Killed Aug 6, 2008 · 18 years ago

Melinda Beth Kotkins, a 22-year-old resident of Gresham, Oregon, tragically lost her life on July 24, 2008, along with her husband, Anthony Patrick Cooper. The circumstances surrounding their deaths are deeply intertwined with the actions of James Charles…

View case

Death by Force

Dennis Compton

Male, age 39 · Smoaks, South Carolina

Killed Aug 6, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of August 6, 2008, a sense of unease settled over the quiet community of Smoaks, South Carolina, as a residential alarm pierced the silence on Sunflower Drive. Responding to the call was 39-year-old Colleton County Sheriff's Deputy…

View case

Death by Force

Tarica Ann Pulliam

Female, age 27 · Wilmington, North Carolina

Killed Aug 6, 2008 · 18 years ago

Tarica Ann Pulliam, a 27-year-old African American woman, was tragically shot and killed outside her Wilmington, NC home on August 6, 2008. Pulliam, who worked as a detention officer for the New Hanover County Sheriff's Office, was shot multiple times and…

View case

Death by Force

Frank Polanco

Unknown, age 30 · Miami, Florida

Found Aug 6, 2007 · 19 years ago

Frank Polanco, a 30-year-old resident of Miami, Florida, was tragically killed on August 6, 2007, under circumstances that remain unclear to this day. The case remains unsolved, and despite investigative efforts, no suspects have been identified. Miami…

View case

Death by Force

Alison Meghan Daniels

Female, age 24 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 6, 2007 · 19 years ago

Alison Meghan Daniels, a 24-year-old woman from Minneapolis, was tragically found murdered on August 6, 2007. She had been a well-loved member of her community, and her death shocked many. The circumstances surrounding her death point to a personal tragedy.…

View case

Death by Force

Samuel Rodgers

Male, age 33 · Houston, Texas

Found Aug 6, 2007 · 19 years ago

On August 6, 2007, Samuel Leon Rodgers, 33, was found dead after being shot multiple times at approximately 2:50 a.m. at 10161 Westpark, Houston, Texas. The Houston Police Department's Homicide Division handled the investigation, but despite initial efforts…

View case

Death by Force

Glenn Pursell

Male, age 73 · Houston, Texas

Found Aug 6, 2007 · 19 years ago

On August 6, 2007, Glenn Howard Pursell, aged 73, passed away in Houston, Texas. Born on December 30, 1933, Pursell was a resident of Houston at the time of his death. He was married to Enedelia Blanca Flores Pursell, who predeceased him in 1975.…

View case

Death by Force

Artemio Alvarado Jr.

Male, age 23 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 6, 2007 · 19 years ago

Artemio Alvarado Jr., a 23-year-old Latino man, tragically lost his life on August 6, 2007, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred around 12:50 a.m. on West Chandler Street in Wilmington, within the jurisdiction of the LAPD's Harbor Division.…

View case

Death by Force

Anton Tyson Coffey

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 6, 2005 · 21 years ago

On a Saturday evening, August 6, 2005, at about 8:37 p.m., Anton Tyson Coffey, an African-American / Black male, was shot in the rear of the 1400 block of S Street SE in Southeast Washington, D.C. He was found in that back-lot area as daylight slipped toward…

View case

Death by Force

Shemica Baker

Female, age 21 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Aug 6, 2005 · 21 years ago

On August 6, 2005, 21-year-old Shemica Baker was tragically shot and killed in a triple homicide at a residence located on Eastwood Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina. Police responded to a call in the early morning hours and found Baker, along with two other…

View case

Death by Force

Jose Luis Valle

Male, age 20 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Aug 6, 2005 · 21 years ago

On August 6, 2005, 20-year-old Jose Luis Valle was shot and killed during a violent incident at 3201 Eastwood Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina. Valle, along with two other victims, Immanuel Lamar Green and Shemica Baker, were found at the scene suffering…

View case

Death by Force

Imuel Green

Male, age 19 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Aug 6, 2005 · 21 years ago

On August 6, 2005, Immanuel Lamare Green, a 19-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, was fatally shot in a tragic incident at 3201 Eastwood Drive. Police responded to the scene at approximately 2:35 a.m., where they found Green along with two other…

View case

Death by Force

Eugene Mosley

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 6, 2005 · 21 years ago

On August 6, 2005, Eugene Mosley, a 21-year-old male, was tragically found with a gunshot wound at 1376 East Long Street in Columbus, Ohio. Despite efforts by law enforcement, the case remains unsolved. Mosley's death was investigated by the Columbus Police…

View case

Death by Force

Jason Royter

Male, age 33 · Magna, Utah

Killed Aug 6, 2005 · 21 years ago

On the morning of August 6, 2005, the life of Jason Royter, a 33-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically cut short in his Magna, Utah, home. His girlfriend made the grim discovery, finding him deceased in the basement of his residence on Paine Road. The scene…

View case

Death by Force

Jonathan Gleason

Male, age 17 · Deltona, Florida

Killed Aug 6, 2004 · 22 years ago

Jonathan Gleason, a 17‑year‑old male of unspecified ethnicity, was one of six individuals brutally killed during a home invasion on August 6, 2004, at a residence on Telford Lane in Deltona, Florida. The event, commonly known as the Deltona massacre or the…

View case

Death by Force

Erin Belanger

Female, age 22 · Deltona, Florida

Killed Aug 6, 2004 · 22 years ago

Erin Belanger was a 22‑year‑old woman of Caucasian ethnicity, originally from Lowell, Massachusetts, and born on July 14, 1982. At the time of her death on August 6, 2004, she was living in Deltona, Florida. She had moved there earlier in 2004 to help care…

View case

Death by Force

Francisco Ayo-Roman

Male, age 30 · Deltona, Florida

Killed Aug 6, 2004 · 22 years ago

Francisco Ayo‑Roman, a 30‑year‑old man of Puerto Rican heritage, was found slain on August 6, 2004, in Deltona, Florida. At the time of his death, Francisco Ayo‑Roman, a Puerto Rican male, was working as a maintenance man at a Burger King restaurant, having…

View case

Death by Force

Roberto Gonzalez

Male, age 28 · Deltona, Florida

Killed Aug 6, 2004 · 22 years ago

On August 6, 2004, 28-year-old male Roberto “Tito” Gonzalez was killed during the Deltona “Xbox murders,” a home-invasion mass killing at 3106 Telford Lane in Deltona, Florida. Six victims—four men and two women—were slain inside the house in an attack…

View case

Death by Force

Anthony Vega

Male, age 34 · Deltona, Florida

Killed Aug 6, 2004 · 22 years ago

Anthony Vega, a 34-year-old male, was among six victims brutally murdered on August 6, 2004, during what has come to be known as the “Deltona massacre” or the “Xbox murders.” He was described as a painter and construction worker who had relocated from The…

View case

Death by Force

Michelle Nathan

Female, age 19 · Deltona, Florida

Killed Aug 6, 2004 · 22 years ago

Michelle Ann Nathan, a 19-year-old woman, was one of six people murdered in Deltona, Florida, on August 6, 2004. Michelle, a 19-year-old female, was employed as a manager at a local Burger King. On the morning of her death, she and several others failed to…

View case

Death by Force

James Gordon

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 6, 2003 · 23 years ago

James A. Gordon, a 27-year-old father, was tragically killed in Dayton, Ohio, on August 6, 2003. The incident occurred at the intersection of North Main Street and Fairview Avenue, where Gordon was targeted in an apparent carjacking attempt. At around 11:10…

View case

Death by Force

Lisa Hering

Female, age 41 · Stockton, Iowa

Killed Aug 6, 2003 · 23 years ago

On a tragic summer day, August 6, 2003, in the quiet farming community of rural Stockton, Iowa, the life of 41-year-old Lisa Jo Hering was violently cut short. A loving mother and active volunteer, Lisa was shot and killed at her family's farm home. The…

View case

Death by Force

Eural Cotton

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 6, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 6, 2002, the life of Eural Cotton, a Washington, D.C. man, was tragically cut short. At approximately 5:04 a.m., Cotton was shot and killed at 1345 4th Street, NE. Known affectionately as 'Big E' to friends and family, he…

View case

Death by Force

Edward Brown

Male, age 59 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 6, 2002 · 24 years ago

In a tragic turn of events stemming from a complex and troubled history, Edward Brown, a 59-year-old African American man, was brutally murdered in his Denver, Colorado apartment on August 5, 2002. The person responsible for his death was his roommate, Sean…

View case

Death by Force

Keith Redding

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 6, 2002 · 24 years ago

Keith Redding, a male victim, was murdered in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2002. His death was part of a larger criminal case involving multiple homicides. According to court records, Redding was one of several victims targeted by a group of individuals engaged in…

View case

Deaths by Force on August 6

Deaths by Force (543)