Death by Force

Marchannae Johnson

Female, age 17 · San-diego, California

Killed Dec 11, 2005 · 21 years ago

Marchannae Johnson, a 17-year-old girl from Murrieta, California, tragically lost her life on December 11, 2005, in San Diego. She was sitting in a parked car with friends in the Lincoln Park area when a 15-year-old boy opened fire on the vehicle. Marchannae…

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Brandon Sazesh

Male, age 30 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Dec 11, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the winter of 2004, the life of 30-year-old Brandon Roualah Sazesh, a Hispanic male, was cut tragically short in Salt Lake City, Utah. On the night of December 11, he was discovered gravely wounded in the driver's seat of a vehicle that had crashed behind…

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George Black Sr.

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Dec 11, 2003 · 23 years ago

On December 11, 2003, George Blackman Sr. was murdered in Dayton, Ohio, in a case that remains unsolved. The circumstances surrounding his death, recorded by the Dayton Police Department, have been investigated without conclusive leads, and Blackman’s case is…

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Linda Ann Thomason Walenta

Female, age 55 · Wichita, Kansas

Killed Dec 11, 2000 · 26 years ago

On a cold December evening in Wichita, Kansas, the life of 55-year-old Linda Ann Thomason Walenta was irrevocably altered in a moment of senseless violence. On December 11, 2000, the Caucasian female cellist with the Wichita Symphony was returning to her home…

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Donna Alice Jennings

Female, age 100 · Nocona, Texas

Killed Dec 11, 2000 · 26 years ago

Donna Alice Jennings, a 100-year-old woman, passed away on December 11, 2000, in Nocona, Montague County, Texas. Her death was later linked to a series of suspicious fatalities at the Nocona General Hospital, where multiple elderly patients died under unusual…

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Thomas Goodwin

Male, age 31 · Goshen, Indiana

Killed Dec 11, 1998 · 28 years ago

On a tragic Friday morning, December 11, 1998, the city of Goshen, Indiana, lost a dedicated public servant. Patrolman Thomas Edward Goodwin, a 31-year-old male officer with the Goshen Police Department, was fatally shot while responding to a call at the…

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John Paul Monego

Male, age 33 · Oakland, California

Killed Dec 11, 1998 · 28 years ago

John Paul Monego, a 33-year-old Alameda County sheriff's deputy, was tragically killed on December 11, 1998, during a robbery at the Outback Steakhouse in Dublin, California. Monego responded to a 911 call about a robbery in progress at the restaurant. Upon…

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Linda Barnes

Female, age 44 · Melbourne, Florida

Killed Dec 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

Linda Barnes, a 44-year-old white woman, was found murdered in her Melbourne, Florida apartment on December 12, 1997. The authorities were called to conduct a welfare check and discovered her body stuffed inside a closet. The apartment was in disarray, with…

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Vera Campbell

Female · San Diego, California

Found Dec 11, 1993 · 33 years ago

Vera Campbell, aged 70, was killed on December 11, 1993, in her home on 45th Street in San Diego, California. She lived alone, and her daughter discovered her body after not being able to contact her for two days. Upon arriving at the home, the daughter found…

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Donald Lee Mauldin

Male, age 51 · Pinal, Arizona

Killed Dec 11, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the line of duty, Pinal County Sheriff's Corporal Donald Lee Mauldin, a 51-year-old male, responded to a domestic disturbance call on December 11, 1993, in Apache Junction, an event that would ultimately lead to his death years later. The call concerned a…

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Donald Roy Stockburger

Male, age 63 · Fort-stockton, Texas

Killed Dec 11, 1990 · 36 years ago

Donald Roy Stockburger, a 63-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically lost his life on December 11, 1990, in Fort Stockton, Texas. He was a dedicated deputy sheriff with the Pecos County Sheriff's Department, having served for ten years. Deputy…

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Robert Jude Nanni

Male, age 22 · Vero-beach, Florida

Killed Dec 11, 1988 · 38 years ago

Robert Jude Nanni, a 22-year-old resident of Vero Beach, Florida, tragically lost his life on December 11, 1988. Robert was known for his cheerful demeanor and love for life. He had a passion for cars and worked as a mechanic, a skill he honed from a young…

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Deborah Taylor

Female, age 27 · Kansas City, Kansas

Killed Dec 11, 1987 · 39 years ago

Deborah Taylor, 27, female, left home for the last time on December 11, 1987. That day, she was found in a vacant field in Kansas City, strangled to death. Public burial records list her as Deborah Diane Taylor, born October 19, 1960, and laid to rest at…

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Hugh Scrutton

Male, age 38 · Sacramento, California

Killed Dec 11, 1985 · 41 years ago

Hugh Campbell Scrutton, a 38-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically killed on December 11, 1985, in Sacramento, California. Scrutton was the owner of a computer rental store and was in the parking lot of his business when he noticed an object that appeared…

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Kimberly Billy

Female, age 19 · Linden, California

Killed Dec 11, 1984 · 42 years ago

Kimberly Billy, a 19-year-old woman, went missing in 1984 and was later identified as one of the victims of the notorious serial killer duo known as the 'Speed Freak Killers'. The killers, Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog, were responsible for a series of…

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Dianne Elaine Hodnett

Female · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Dec 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

On the night of December 11, 1983, Dianne Elaine Hodnett, a female guest at the Shamrock Motel on East 11th Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was in her second-floor room when an ordinary winter evening turned into something calculated and deadly. The Shamrock sat…

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Jack Ohrberg

Male, age 44 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Dec 11, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 11, 1980, a sense of duty led 44-year-old Indianapolis Police Sergeant Jack Ohrberg to a residence on North Oxford Street. A 19-year veteran of the force, the male officer was part of a team attempting to serve arrest…

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Parnell Steven Stacks Edwards

Male, age 31 · Queens, New York

Killed Dec 11, 1978 · 48 years ago

Parnell Steven 'Stacks' Edwards, a 31-year-old Black male, met a violent end in his Queens, New York, apartment on December 18, 1978. A musician with connections to the criminal underworld, his death was a direct consequence of his involvement in the…

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Jimmie Chadwell

Male, age 45 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Dec 11, 1978 · 48 years ago

Officer Jimmie F. Chadwell, a 45-year-old white male, was tragically killed on December 11, 1978, in Fort Worth, Texas. Officer Chadwell was serving with the Fort Worth Police Department at the time of his death. He had been with the department for 12 years…

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Robert Piest

Male, age 15 · Des Plaines, Illinois

Killed Dec 11, 1978 · 48 years ago

Robert Jerome Piest, a 15-year-old Caucasian male, tragically lost his life on December 11, 1978, in Des Plaines, Illinois. His death marked the final chapter in the horrifying crimes of John Wayne Gacy, one of America's most infamous serial killers. Piest…

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Arthur Dahlstedt

Male, age 54 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 11, 1974 · 52 years ago

Arthur Dahlstedt, a 54-year-old man, was among the victims of Vaughn Orrin Greenwood, an American serial killer known as the 'Skid Row Slasher.' Greenwood carried out a series of murders in Southern California between November 1964 and January 1975, targeting…

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Paul Dancik

Male, age 26 · San-francisco, California

Killed Dec 11, 1973 · 53 years ago

Paul Dancik, a 26-year-old artist from San Francisco, was tragically killed on December 11, 1973. On that fateful day, Dancik was standing near a telephone booth on Haight Street in the Fillmore neighborhood when he was approached by two young men. Without…

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Frederich Cassel

Male · Jefferson County, Colorado

Killed Dec 11, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the autumn of 1972, a shadow of unease began to fall over the life of Frederich H. Cassel, a 50-year-old Caucasian man residing in the Applewood area of Jefferson County, Colorado. On November 3rd, what started as a complaint of chest congestion would set…

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Thornton Groce

Male, age 60 · Daytona Beach, Florida

Killed Dec 11, 1970 · 56 years ago

Thornton Groce, a 60-year-old male, was originally from Daytona Beach, Florida, and had lived through a long arc of American history before his death on December 11, 1970. He was a World War II veteran, and contemporary newspaper accounts indicated he had…

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Samuel Cooke

Male, age 33 · El-segundo, California

Killed Dec 11, 1964 · 62 years ago

Samuel 'Sam' Cooke, a renowned R&B singer, tragically died on December 11, 1964, at the age of 33. His death occurred under controversial and mysterious circumstances at the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles, California. On that fateful night, Cooke was shot by…

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Robert Bunyan Sheppard

Male, age 29 · Stuart, Virginia

Killed Dec 11, 1932 · 94 years ago

In the winter of 1932, the life of Constable Robert Bunyan Sheppard, a 29-year-old male lawman in Stuart, Virginia, was cut tragically short. On December 11th, he was involved in an attempt to stop a stolen vehicle alongside the town sergeant. The car in…

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James Crawford

Male, age 42 · Huntsville, Alabama

Killed Dec 11, 1928 · 98 years ago

James Crawford, a 42-year-old man from the Huntsville area, died on December 11, 1928, in what began as a routine trip into the countryside and ended in sudden violence. He was serving as a deputy sheriff in Madison County, and that day he went out to the…

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James Mercer

Male, age 42 · Pima, Arizona

Killed Dec 11, 1914 · 112 years ago

In the early winter of 1914, a dedicated lawman named James A. Mercer, a 42-year-old male, met a tragic end while carrying out his duties in Pima County, Arizona. On December 2nd, Mercer, who served as a County Ranger, was investigating a report of a stolen…

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Andrew Craw

Male · Edgewater, New Jersey

Killed Dec 11, 1912 · 114 years ago

Andrew J. Craw, a white male Erie Railroad police captain in his late twenties, spent the morning of December 11, 1912, working the busy New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad yards and coal docks at Edgewater, New Jersey, where coal from inland lines met…

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Thomas Mallory

Male · Edgewater, New Jersey

Killed Dec 11, 1912 · 114 years ago

Police Officer Thomas Mallory, a white, Caucasian male serving with the Erie Railroad Police Department and assigned to the bustling coal docks of Edgewater, New Jersey, met his death on December 11, 1912, in the middle of a violent labor dispute. At the New…

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Thomas Simpson Fowler

Male, age 50 · Hutchinson, Kansas

Killed Dec 11, 1910 · 116 years ago

In the quiet town of Hutchinson, Kansas, the evening of December 11, 1910, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 50-year-old Deputy Sheriff Thomas Simpson Fowler. A married merchant and respected lawman, Fowler was assisting the local…

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Cornelius Terell Smith

Male, age 37 · Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Killed Dec 11, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the winter of 2024, the life of 37-year-old Cornelius Terell Smith was tragically cut short in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. On the afternoon of Wednesday, December 11th, officers responded to a call at the Forrester Gardens apartments located at 1350 James I…

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Deonte Lavon Anderson

Male, age 21 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 11, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 11, 2024, a violent incident occurred in Glasgow Village, a community in North St. Louis County, Missouri, resulting in the death of 21-year-old Deonte Lavon Anderson. Shortly after midnight, at approximately 12:07 a.m., officers from the St.…

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James Garcia

Male, age 44 · Whittier, California

Killed Dec 11, 2023 · 3 years ago

On December 11, 2023, at approximately 11:55 p.m., deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department responded to reports of gunshots near the intersection of Bernardino Avenue and Pioneer Boulevard in Whittier, California. Upon arrival, they…

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Cheryl Garner Medlin

Female, age 75 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Dec 11, 2022 · 4 years ago

Cheryl Garner Medlin, a 75-year-old woman from Durham, NC, tragically died on December 11, 2022, after being shot in the head by her daughter, Paula Lee Decoteau. The incident occurred at their home on Spruce Pine Trail in the early hours of Sunday morning.…

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Rayqywan Morrison

Male, age 26 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 11, 2022 · 4 years ago

Rayqywan Morrison, a 26-year-old male from Philadelphia, PA, tragically passed away on December 11, 2022. His death was publicly announced by Lenwood Jones Funeral Home in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, there is limited information available regarding the…

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Raimy Joshua Thompson

Male, age 42 · Blaine, Tennessee

Killed Dec 11, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet town of Blaine, Tennessee, the life of 42-year-old Raimy Joshua Thompson, a male resident, was tragically cut short on December 11, 2022. On that Sunday, just before 11:30 a.m., officers from the Blaine Police Department were dispatched to a…

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Shanees Saffore

Female · Durant, Mississippi

Killed Dec 11, 2019 · 7 years ago

On December 11, 2019, in the small town of Durant, Mississippi, Shanees Saffore, a local woman, was killed in an act of gun violence that would later be formally recorded among the state’s homicide victims. Her death is noted in national records of people…

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Ronald G Green

Male, age 57 · Natchitoches, Louisiana

Killed Dec 11, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday night in Natchitoches, Louisiana, the sound of gunfire shattered the calm on Caspari Street. On December 11, 2018, just before midnight, a violent encounter unfolded that would leave one man dead and three others wounded. Ronald…

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John Horvat

Male, age 57 · Hammond, Indiana

Killed Dec 11, 2017 · 9 years ago

In December 2017, the community of Hammond, Indiana, was shaken by the violent death of a beloved local figure. John A. Horvat, a 57-year-old white male, was discovered in his home on Birch Avenue, the victim of a fatal gunshot wound. His passing, which…

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Howard Gillian

Male, age 27 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 11, 2017 · 9 years ago

Howard Gillian was 27 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Monday, December 11, 2017, two weeks before Christmas. The case was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. The Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked…

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Uel Niceforo Cardenas

Male, age 34 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Dec 11, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a Thursday evening in Las Vegas, a violent altercation in a downtown alley cut short the life of Manuel Niceforo Cardenas. It was December 11, 2014, when the 35-year-old Hispanic man was shot multiple times near Maryland Parkway and Ogden Avenue. According…

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Miguel Arciga

Male, age 23 · Wapato, Washington

Killed Dec 11, 2014 · 12 years ago

Miguel Arciga, a 23-year-old from Outlook, Washington, tragically lost his life on December 11, 2014, in Wapato, WA. Arciga's death was the result of a shooting incident that occurred outside a bar in Wapato. The incident stemmed from a confrontation that…

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Mario Tarrio

Male, age 29 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Dec 11, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the life of 29-year-old Mario Tarrio was tragically cut short in Jackson, Mississippi. On the evening of Thursday, December 11, 2014, he was fatally wounded by gunfire in an event that drew the attention of local law enforcement and the…

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Michael Ward

Male, age 23 · St-petersburg, Florida

Killed Dec 11, 2013 · 13 years ago

Michael Ward, a 23-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, Florida, tragically lost his life on December 11, 2013. The circumstances surrounding his death were deeply troubling and led to a significant investigation by local authorities. Michael was found…

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Eric Lawrence Dorsey

Male, age 22 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 11, 2010 · 16 years ago

Eric Lawrence Dorsey was 22 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Saturday, December 11, 2010. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through…

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Isadoro Oros

Male, age 63 · El Sereno, California

Killed Dec 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

On December 11, 2009, 63-year-old Isadoro Oros lost his life in the Eastside neighborhood of El Sereno, California. Emergency responders and law enforcement officers were dispatched following reports of a deceased individual discovered in the vicinity of…

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Rashad Tavon McMillan

Male, age 16 · Upper-marlboro, Maryland

Killed Dec 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

On a cold December morning in 2008, the life of 16-year-old Rashad Tavon McMillan was tragically cut short in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The young man was discovered behind a building on Addison Road, having sustained a fatal gunshot wound to his upper body.…

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