Death by Force

Derek Glen Williams

Male, age 25 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 10, 1998 · 28 years ago

On a cool December evening in New Orleans, a burst of gunfire shattered the night, leaving a young man fighting for his life. Derek Glen Williams, a 25-year-old male, was discovered at the intersection of Clio and South White Street on December 10, 1998…

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Fannie Whitney Byers

Female, age 81 · Carl, Georgia

Killed Dec 10, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the small town of Carl, Georgia, Fannie Whitney Byers, an 81-year-old white woman, lived a quiet life in her home situated near the CSX railroad tracks. Known for being a homebody who seldom ventured out unless a neighbor offered her a ride, her peaceful…

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Steven Belanger

Male, age 52 · Rowland-heights, California

Killed Dec 10, 1994 · 32 years ago

Steven Edward Belanger, a Deputy Sheriff with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, tragically succumbed to injuries sustained in an ambush on December 10, 1994. On that day, while conducting a traffic stop in the 18400 block of La Guardia Street in…

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Thomas J. Mosser

Male, age 50 · North Caldwell, New Jersey

Killed Dec 10, 1994 · 32 years ago

On a quiet Saturday morning, December 10, 1994, the festive pre-holiday atmosphere in a North Caldwell, New Jersey, home was irrevocably shattered. Thomas J. Mosser, a 50-year-old advertising executive, was in his kitchen when he opened a package that had…

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Neville Hudson

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Dec 10, 1993 · 33 years ago

Neville Hudson was killed on December 10, 1993, in Columbus, Ohio. The homicide took place at 413 1/2 South Ohio Avenue in Franklin County. Neville Hudson, a 33-year-old African-American male, was found to be the victim of a gunshot wound to the head. The…

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Chris Clites

Male, age 26 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Dec 10, 1993 · 33 years ago

Police Officer Chris Edward Clites, aged 26, was shot and killed on December 10, 1993, while attempting to stop fleeing robbery suspects at the Windsor Terrace public housing complex in Columbus, Ohio. Officer Clites and his partner responded to a call for…

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Gregory Netter

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Dec 10, 1992 · 34 years ago

Gregory Netter, a 22-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio, was fatally shot on December 10, 1992. He was visiting a friend at a residence on Republic Avenue when he was struck by a gunshot to the leg. Despite the injury, Netter did not survive. His case has…

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Rochelle Clifford Dopierala

Female, age 28 · Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 10, 1988 · 38 years ago

Rochelle Clifford Dopierala, aged 28, disappeared in April 1988 from New Bedford, Massachusetts. Her remains were discovered months later on December 10, 1988, by people riding ATVs in a gravel pit off Reed Road in Dartmouth, about two miles from Route 195.…

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Margaret Durant

Female, age 21 · Grandview Heights, Ohio

Found Dec 10, 1987 · 39 years ago

On Friday, December 11th, 1987, at approximately 10:15 A.M., 21-year old Margaret Durant's body was discovered in a vacant lot at Higgs and Burrell Avenues in Grandview Heights, Ohio. Ms. Durant was last seen on December 10th, 1987 at 11:30 P.M, leaving her…

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Debora Longoria

Female · Portland, Oregon

Found Dec 10, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the winter of 1987, the residents of the Clifford Hotel in Southeast Portland began to notice a foul odor seeping from room 424. As the smell intensified, the manager and a maintenance worker were compelled to investigate on December 10th. Forcing the door…

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Omega Graham Jr.

Male, age 25 · Battle-creek, Michigan

Killed Dec 10, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the winter of 1987, a promising young police recruit's life was cut tragically short during a training exercise near Battle Creek, Michigan. Omega Graham, Jr., a 25-year-old Black male, was in his 13th week of a 16-week recruit academy for the Fort Wayne…

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Emily Burr

Male, age 64 · Hills, Iowa

Killed Dec 10, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Hills, Iowa, a tragic story unfolded on a cold December day in 1985. Emily Burr, a 64-year-old woman, was in her farmhouse kitchen, reportedly baking cookies, when her life was abruptly ended. Her death marked the beginning…

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Lisa Rene Nixon Sorrell

Female, age 22 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Dec 10, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the winter of 1984, the community of Chesapeake, Virginia, was shaken by a brutal crime that claimed the lives of a young mother and her child. Lisa Rene Nixon Sorrell, a 22-year-old female, was found deceased on December 10, 1984. Her body was discovered…

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Steven Bailey

Male, age 29 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Dec 10, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the winter of 1983, a dedicated Indiana State Police Trooper named Steven Lester Bailey tragically lost his life in Indianapolis. At 29 years old, Trooper Bailey was serving as an undercover narcotics officer, a role that often placed him in dangerous…

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Walter Conley

Male, age 61 · Milford, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 10, 1980 · 46 years ago

Sergeant Walter F. Conley of the Milford Police Department in Massachusetts met his tragic end on December 10, 1980, while performing his duties. On that fateful day, Sergeant Conley, who was 61 years old at the time, was working a detail at the Milford…

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John Kilpatrick

Male, age 15 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 10, 1979 · 47 years ago

John Fredrick Kilpatrick, a 15-year-old boy from Los Angeles County, California, was born on February 24, 1964. On December 12, 1979, he tragically became one of the victims of William Bonin, a notorious serial killer known as 'The Freeway Killer.' Bonin was…

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Stanton Winston Blanton

Male, age 38 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Dec 10, 1979 · 47 years ago

Stanton Winston Blanton was born on July 30, 1952, in Nebraska, USA. He passed away on December 10, 1979, at the age of 27 in Dallas, Texas. His burial site is located at Bess Hampton Memorial Gardens in Othello, Washington. Blanton's death was linked to a…

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Ernest L. Lang Jr.

Male, age 39 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 10, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the winter of 1978, a brave off-duty police officer lost his life in an act of heroism. Corporal Ernest L. Lang Jr., a 39-year-old male, was fatally wounded on December 10, 1978, in Chester, Pennsylvania, when he intervened in a violent armed robbery. A…

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Kenneth Ellsworth Miller

Male, age 50 · Turpen, Oklahoma

Killed Dec 10, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the quiet, early morning hours of December 10, 1977, in the small community of Turpen, Oklahoma, a dedicated public servant's life was tragically cut short. Kenneth Ellsworth Miller, a 50-year-old male, served his community as an Undersheriff with the…

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Joyce Vermillion

Female, age 38 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Dec 10, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a bitterly cold night in Newark, Ohio, on December 10, 1977, Joyce Vermillion, a 38-year-old female barmaid, finished her shift at the Forker's Café. A friend and patron, Karen Dodrill, who had been celebrating her own birthday, offered Joyce a ride home…

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Karen Dodrill

Female, age 33 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Dec 10, 1977 · 49 years ago

On the night of December 10, 1977, 33-year-old Karen P. Braunbeck Dodrill, a white female from Newark, Ohio, was celebrating her birthday at Forker's Café on Union Street. She had been born on the same date in 1944, and the evening out at the neighborhood bar…

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Charles Warren Campbell Jr.

Male, age 1 · Ellenton, Florida

Killed Dec 10, 1973 · 53 years ago

Charles Warren Campbell Jr., born on December 14, 1971, tragically passed away on December 10, 1973, just a few days shy of his second birthday. His death occurred in Ellenton, Florida, and he was subsequently buried in the same locality. The circumstances…

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Teresa Lynn Marlene Terry

Female, age 17 · Ellenton, Florida

Killed Dec 10, 1973 · 53 years ago

Teresa Lynn Marlene Terry, a 17-year-old from Ellenton, Florida, tragically passed away on December 10, 1973. Born on October 24, 1956, Teresa's untimely death has left a lasting impact on her community. Despite extensive searches, there is limited publicly…

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John Charles Thomas

Male, age 26 · Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Killed Dec 10, 1972 · 54 years ago

On a Sunday evening in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a 26-year-old White/Caucasian male named John Charles Thomas was nearing the end of his shift. It was December 10, 1972, and the crisp winter air held no premonition of the tragedy that was about to unfold. A…

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James Robinson

Male, age 41 · Talladega, Alabama

Killed Dec 10, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the line of duty, 41-year-old Trooper James Buford Robinson, a male, was killed on December 10, 1972, in Talladega, Alabama. A veteran of the Korean War, he had served with the Alabama Department of Public Safety for seven years. The events that led to…

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Frances Brown

Female, age 33 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 10, 1945 · 81 years ago

Frances Brown, a 32-year-old white woman, was found dead in her Chicago apartment on December 10, 1945. Her body was discovered with a bullet wound to her head and a knife lodged in her neck. The crime scene was particularly gruesome, with her head wrapped in…

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Jimmie Lee Crane Hunter

Male, age 2 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 10, 1943 · 83 years ago

Jimmie Lee Crane Hunter, a 2-year-old Black boy, died in Atlanta on December 10, 1943, after falling ill inside the Eason Street household where he lived with his mother, Nada Belle Crane, and relatives. Online records identify him as the son of Henry Hunter…

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Otto P. Butler

Male, age 39 · Cushing, Oklahoma

Killed Dec 10, 1929 · 97 years ago

In the final, hard winter of the Prohibition era, Federal Prohibition Agent Otto P. Butler, a 39-year-old male, was still relatively new to the dangerous work of chasing bootleggers when he was sent into the small Oklahoma community of Cushing. Born in Kansas…

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Ulysses Grant Holliday

Male, age 37 · Breathitt, Kentucky

Killed Dec 10, 1905 · 121 years ago

In the rugged landscape of Breathitt County, Kentucky, a dedicated lawman met a tragic and untimely end. Ulysses Grant Holliday, a 37-year-old male, had only been a Deputy Sheriff for a few weeks before he was killed in the line of duty on December 10, 1905.…

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Henry Barganier

Male · Butler, Alabama

Killed Dec 10, 1892 · 134 years ago

On a December day in 1892, Deputy Sheriff Henry Barganier of the Butler County Sheriff's Department was involved in a fatal confrontation while attempting to apprehend a wanted man. Accompanied by a posse, Deputy Barganier proceeded to a boarding house where…

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Jabrielle Francis

Male, age 22 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Dec 10, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early hours of Tuesday, December 10, 2024, the life of 22-year-old Jabrielle Francis was tragically cut short in Kansas City, Missouri. A male, Francis was discovered outside a vehicle near the intersection of East 51st Street and Indiana Avenue in the…

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Darryl Porter

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 10, 2023 · 3 years ago

Darryl Porter, a 32-year-old man, was fatally shot on December 10, 2023, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred around 10:40 a.m. in the 3700 block of West Lexington Street, where Porter was shot multiple times in…

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John Allen Gaither

Male, age 42 · Gulfport, Mississippi

Killed Dec 10, 2023 · 3 years ago

John Allen Gaither, a 42-year-old male, met a tragic and disturbing end in Gulfport, Mississippi. His death, which occurred on December 10, 2023, was the result of a gunshot wound to the back of his head. The circumstances surrounding his demise remained…

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Raymond Garcia

Male, age 45 · Bronx, New York

Killed Dec 10, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a cold December evening in the Bronx, a burst of gunfire shattered the night, leaving a man dead in the lobby of a West Farms Road apartment building. Raymond Garcia, a 45-year-old Hispanic male who had recently moved to New York from Puerto Rico, was…

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Barbara Reader

Female, age 83 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Dec 10, 2022 · 4 years ago

In a quiet home on Northeast Alameda Street, in the Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, a long life came to a tragic and unexpected end. On the morning of Saturday, December 10, 2022, police responded to a call reporting two people had been…

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Adrian Henderson

Male, age 41 · Greenwood, Mississippi

Killed Dec 10, 2022 · 4 years ago

In December of 2022, the life of 41-year-old Adrian Henderson was tragically cut short in Greenwood, Mississippi. On a Saturday afternoon, deputies from the Leflore County Sheriff's Department responded to a call of shots fired on Payton Avenue. Upon their…

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Terrence Trice

Male, age 33 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 10, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the winter of 2022, the life of 33-year-old Terrence Trice was cut short under circumstances that remain shrouded in uncertainty. On the evening of December 10th, police officers were canvassing a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri, in pursuit of a…

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Daehwan An

Male, age 61 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 10, 2022 · 4 years ago

Daehwan An, a 61-year-old man of Korean descent, tragically lost his life on December 10, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred around 11:42 am near the intersection of 5th Street and Commonwealth Avenue, a residential area just east of…

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Randy Salyer

Male, age 63 · Staffordsville, Kentucky

Killed Dec 10, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet community of Staffordsville, Kentucky, a distressing event shattered the peace on a Thursday afternoon in December 2020. Randy Salyer, a 63-year-old male resident, was found deceased from an apparent gunshot wound to his chest. The Johnson County…

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Franklin Ray Straub

Male, age 49 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 10, 2019 · 7 years ago

Franklin Ray Straub was 49 years old when he died on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near Wall and Winston streets. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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DeAndre Moore Jr.

Male, age 41 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 10, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a cold December morning in 2018, the community of Calverton Park, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, was jolted by a grim discovery. On December 10th, police officers were dispatched to the intersection of Barto Drive and New Florissant Road to investigate a…

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Moses Joseph De La

Male, age 32 · Arvin, California

Killed Dec 10, 2018 · 8 years ago

Moses Joseph De La Fuente, a 32-year-old resident of Arvin, California, tragically lost his life on December 10, 2018. The incident occurred in the evening when Arvin police responded to reports of gunshots in the area of Langford Avenue near Cardiff and…

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Archie Geiger

Male, age 49 · Temple, Texas

Killed Dec 10, 2017 · 9 years ago

Archie Lee Geiger, a 49-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, tragically passed away on December 10, 2017, in Temple, Texas. According to a preliminary autopsy ruling, Geiger died from a gunshot wound, and his death was later ruled a homicide. The discovery…

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Walter Cook

Male, age 42 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Dec 10, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, in Birmingham, Alabama, a violent act shattered the life of Walter Cook, a 42-year-old Black man. On a day in early December, Cook was on College Avenue when he was struck by gunfire. The reasons for the shooting and the circumstances…

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Jason Quijada

Male, age 37 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Dec 10, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, a tragic event unfolded in a home in unincorporated Adams County, a community near Denver, Colorado, that claimed the life of 37-year-old Jason Quijada. On December 10th, a distraught woman’s call to 911 summoned law enforcement to a…

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Jane Doe #83

Female · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 10, 2012 · 14 years ago

The baby girl known only as Jane Doe #83 was found dead on Monday, December 10, 2012, in the City of Industry. She had no name, and no one has ever come forward to say who she was. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after…

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Thomas Levern Davenport

Male, age 47 · Pomona, California

Killed Dec 10, 2010 · 16 years ago

Thomas Levern Davenport was 47 years old when he died on Friday, December 10, 2010, in Pomona. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of a stab wound at 2248 Carlton Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a…

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Jose Ismael Fuentes

Male, age 43 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 10, 2009 · 17 years ago

Jose Ismael Fuentes was 43 years old when he died on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, in Boyle Heights, on the Eastside of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after being beaten and stabbed in the 2500 block of East…

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