Death by Force

Diane Lovette

Female, age 19 · Ogallah, Kansas

Killed Dec 13, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the winter of 1974, a chilling series of events unfolded near the small community of Ogallah, Kansas, forever altering the lives of several families. On December 13, 19-year-old Diane Lynn Lovette, a female, was traveling on Interstate 70 with her friend…

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Doreen Carlucci

Female, age 14 · Woodbridge, New Jersey

Killed Dec 13, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a cold December day in 1974, a sense of unease settled over Woodbridge, New Jersey, when two teenage girls, 14-year-old Doreen Carlucci and her friend Joanne Delardo, vanished after attending a church recreation function on the 13th of the month.…

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Joanne Delardo

Female, age 15 · Woodbridge, New Jersey

Killed Dec 13, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a cold December day in 1974, 15-year-old Joanne Delardo and her friend Doreen Carlucci, 14, vanished from a church recreational event in their hometown of Woodbridge, New Jersey. Initially, their disappearance on December 13th was dismissed by the…

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Marietta DiGirolamo

Female, age 31 · San-francisco, California

Killed Dec 13, 1973 · 53 years ago

Marietta DiGirolamo, aged 31, tragically lost her life on December 13, 1973, in San Francisco, California. On that fateful evening, Marietta was walking south on Divisadero Street toward Haight Street when she was shot and killed. The assailant used a .32…

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Kyle Culbert

Male, age 22 · Ridley-township, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 13, 1973 · 53 years ago

On a cold December evening in 1973, a young man’s life was tragically cut short in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania. Kyle E. Culbert, a 22-year-old male, was fatally shot on December 13th of that year. He was not alone when the incident occurred; he was sitting…

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James Glass

Male, age 14 · Houston, Texas

Killed Dec 13, 1970 · 56 years ago

James Eugene Glass, a 14-year-old boy from Houston, Texas, tragically lost his life on December 13, 1970. He was one of the victims of Dean Corll, a notorious serial killer also known as "The Candy Man." Corll, along with his teenage accomplices, David Brooks…

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Danny Yates

Male, age 14 · Houston, Texas

Killed Dec 13, 1970 · 56 years ago

Danny Michael Yates, a 14-year-old Caucasian male, tragically lost his life on December 13, 1970, in Houston, Texas. He was one of the victims of Dean Corll, infamously known as "The Candy Man," a serial killer who preyed on teenage boys and young men in…

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Norman Lee Read

Male · Saraland, Alabama

Killed Dec 13, 1959 · 67 years ago

In the winter of 1959, the community of Saraland, Alabama, was shaken by the sudden and violent death of one of its own. Patrolman Norman Lee Read, a male officer with the Saraland Police Department, lost his life in the line of duty on December 13th. His…

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Tom Pierce

Male, age 63 · Bearden, Arkansas

Killed Dec 13, 1934 · 92 years ago

In the small town of Bearden, Arkansas, a long-serving lawman's life came to a tragic and violent end. Marshal Tom Pierce, a 63-year-old man who had dedicated 16 years to the Bearden Police Department, was shot and killed on December 13, 1934. The…

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Howard Thurman

Male, age 45 · Colbert, Alabama

Killed Dec 13, 1927 · 99 years ago

Howard E. Thurman, a 45-year-old man, was serving as a deputy sheriff in Colbert County, Alabama, when his life ended on December 13, 1927, during a raid on an illicit still in the Sutton Hill district. The accounts available online describe a tense…

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Sophia Hasel

Female, age 72 · Hardscrabble, Ohio

Killed Dec 13, 1924 · 102 years ago

Sophia Hasel, a 72-year-old white female from Hardscrabble, Ohio, died on December 13, 1924 under suspicious circumstances that later became part of one of Ohio’s most sensational criminal cases of the era. She was born in Germany in 1852 and had settled in…

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Bruce Patton

Male, age 27 · Coraopolis-borough, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 13, 1905 · 121 years ago

In the winter of 1905, a dedicated male officer with the Coraopolis Borough Police Department, Patrolman Bruce A. Patton, lost his life in the line of duty. At 27 years old, his service to the community was cut tragically short following a violent encounter.…

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Benjamin Billings

Male, age 33 · Finksburg, Maryland

Killed Dec 13, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the morning of Friday, December 13, 2024, 33-year-old Benjamin Billings was driving his white Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck in Finksburg, Maryland, with a colleague, David Anderson, in the passenger seat. As they approached the intersection of Wesley…

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Delvon C. Green

Male, age 31 · Saginaw, Michigan

Killed Dec 13, 2022 · 4 years ago

Late on December 13, 2022, a routine night on Saginaw’s east side turned frantic when emergency calls came in from a car wash along East Holland Avenue. Officers and investigators converged on the 2200 block, where they found Delvon C. Green, a 31-year-old…

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Jonathan Flores

Male, age 31 · Mission, Texas

Killed Dec 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jonathan Flores, a 31-year-old man from Mission, TX, tragically died on December 13, 2020. His body was discovered on November 9, 2024, atop a roof at a business park on West Sam Houston Parkway in Harris County, Texas. According to his friend Christian…

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Terrance Dwayne Williams

Male, age 29 · Bay-city, Texas

Killed Dec 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Terrance Dwayne Williams, a 29-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on December 13, 2020, in Bay City, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of intense investigation and public interest. Williams' death was…

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Earl Pearson

Male, age 55 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a cold December day in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of 55-year-old Earl Pearson was tragically cut short. On December 13, 2019, Pearson, a male resident of the city, became a victim of gun violence. The specific circumstances surrounding the shooting…

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Roberto Nucico

Male, age 29 · Oxnard, California

Killed Dec 13, 2018 · 8 years ago

Roberto Gutierrez Nucico, a 29-year-old resident of Oxnard, California, tragically lost his life on December 13, 2018. The incident occurred in front of a home on Magnolia Avenue, where Gutierrez was confronted by Manuel Dominguez, a 25-year-old from Santa…

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Cynthia Rudolph

Female, age 58 · Springfield, Missouri

Killed Dec 13, 2017 · 9 years ago

Cynthia K. Rudolph, a 58-year-old female, was discovered deceased on December 13, 2017, in a recreational vehicle situated in Springfield, Missouri, near the intersection of Douglas Avenue and Atlantic Street. Alongside her, authorities found the body of…

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Rose Dyer

Female, age 88 · Silver-spring, Maryland

Killed Dec 13, 2017 · 9 years ago

In a quiet Silver Spring, Maryland apartment building, a deeply distressing event unfolded, revealing a tragedy within a family. Rose Dyer, an 88-year-old woman, became the victim of a violent act that ended her life. The incident, which occurred on the…

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Tyrone Wesley

Male, age 48 · Union-city, Georgia

Killed Dec 13, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the winter of 2017, a domestic dispute in a quiet Union City, Georgia, apartment complex escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of 48-year-old Tyrone Wesley. On the evening of December 13th, police were called to the scene of a shooting where they…

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Peter Yu

Male, age 28 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 13, 2015 · 11 years ago

Peter Yu, a 28-year-old Korean man, was tragically shot and killed on December 13, 2015, in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. in the 3900 block of Wilshire Boulevard. According to the Los Angeles County…

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Andre Donner

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 13, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the morning of December 13, 2015, 26-year-old Andre D. Donner Jr., an African American male, was fatally shot in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. At approximately 10 a.m., officers discovered him with a gunshot wound to the head in the 7200 block of South…

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Denzel Collins

Male, age 21 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 13, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of New Year's Eve in 2015, the life of a young Philadelphia man was tragically cut short. Denzel Collins, a 21-year-old Black male, found himself the victim of fatal gun violence in the city's streets. The incident unfolded at…

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James Drew

Male, age 44 · Cedar-hill, Texas

Killed Dec 13, 2015 · 11 years ago

James Drew, a 44-year-old male, was tragically killed on December 13, 2015, in Cedar Hill, Texas. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning at a residence on Robin Road. Drew was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced…

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Charles Gluchacki

Male, age 65 · Riverside, California

Killed Dec 13, 2014 · 12 years ago

Charles Gluchacki, a 65-year-old resident of Riverside, California, passed away on December 13, 2014. His death was a significant event in the local community, prompting an extensive investigation by law enforcement authorities. The circumstances surrounding…

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Geray Christiaan Campbell

Male, age 35 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Dec 13, 2013 · 13 years ago

On December 13, 2013, 35-year-old Geray Christiaan Campbell was found fatally shot in the streets of north Minneapolis. The incident occurred just before 11 p.m. in the 3700 block of Girard Avenue North, a residential area near Folwell Park. Campbell, a…

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Angela Dodson

Female, age 32 · Marion, Indiana

Killed Dec 13, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 13, 2010, a night that began with drinks at a local bar would end in tragedy for 32-year-old Angela K. Dodson. After returning to their shared home in Indianapolis, Angela, her boyfriend Curt Lowder, and a mutual friend…

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Jose Mercado

Male, age 29 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 13, 2010 · 16 years ago

On May 6, 2010, Joseph Mercado, 32, committed a tragic act of violence in Hawaiian Gardens, California. He set fire to the home of his ex-girlfriend, Serena Tarin, who was inside with her family. Mercado then broke into the house and opened fire with an…

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Tyrice Spencer

Male, age 19 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 13, 2010 · 16 years ago

Tyrice Spencer, 19, was shot outside a basketball game at Clyde C. Miller Career Academy in St. Louis on Monday, December 13, 2010. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death. Few details of the shooting have been made public. The…

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Anjelo Kinard

Male, age 18 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Dec 13, 2008 · 18 years ago

Anjelo Kinard, an 18-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on December 13, 2008, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The events leading to his death were both shocking and heartbreaking. On that fateful evening, Anjelo was at home with his family…

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Gabrille Kinard

Female, age 38 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Dec 13, 2008 · 18 years ago

Gabrielle Kinard, a 38-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on December 13, 2008, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred at her residence, where she was found face down in the front yard near a van parked in the driveway.…

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Stuart W. Greenburg

Male, age 67 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 13, 2008 · 18 years ago

Stuart W. Greenburg was 67 years old when he died on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, in Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los Angeles Police…

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Geary Herbert

Male, age 26 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 13, 2002 · 24 years ago

Geary Eugene Harbert II, a 26-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on December 13, 2002. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Harbert was fatally shot in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. The incident occurred…

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Tywanna Lynette Johnson

Female, age 28 · Long Beach, California

Killed Dec 13, 2000 · 26 years ago

Tywanna Lynette Johnson was 28 years old when she died on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2000, in Long Beach. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at Pacific Coast Highway and Myrtle Avenue. Her death was ruled a…

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Harchand Dhaliwal

Male, age 54 · Portage, Indiana

Killed Dec 13, 1990 · 36 years ago

On December 13, 1990, a violent crime occurred in Portage, Indiana, claiming the life of Harchand Dhaliwal, a 54-year-old male of Southwest Asian descent. Employed as an attendant at a local gas station, Dhaliwal was working his shift when he became the…

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David Gibbs

Male, age 16 · Peoria, Illinois

Killed Dec 13, 1964 · 62 years ago

A sixteen-year-old male identified as David Gibbs, a white teenager from Peoria, Illinois, was fatally assaulted during the early morning hours of December 13, 1964. According to available reports, Gibbs and a group of male teenagers—including David Roland…

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Fred Hasel

Male · Hardscrabble, Ohio

Killed Dec 13, 1924 · 102 years ago

Fred Hazel, a white male from Hardscrabble, Ohio, died on December 13, 1924, under circumstances that were later revealed to be part of a disturbing series of poisonings. While specific details about Fred Hazel's age are not readily available in public…

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Simon R. Cannon

Male, age 51 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Dec 13, 1907 · 119 years ago

In the fading light of a December evening in Louisville, Kentucky, Patrolman Simon R. Cannon, a 51-year-old man who had dedicated five years of his life to the city's police force, began his shift. On that Friday, the 13th of December, 1907, as he walked his…

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