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Deaths by Force on December 1

799 open cases in our database happened on December 1. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (459)

Death by Force

Kyle Duane Kiefel

Male, age 38 · Yakima, Washington
Killed Dec 1, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the city of Yakima, Washington, a life was tragically cut short on the first of December, 2024. Kyle Duane Kiefel, a 38-year-old male, was brought to Multicare Yakima Memorial Hospital in a private vehicle, suffering from a single gunshot wound to the…

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Ralph Johnson

Male, age 36 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Dec 1, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of a cold December day in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of 36-year-old Ralph Johnson was tragically cut short. On December 1, 2022, violence erupted in the 5000 block of East Monument Street, leaving Johnson with fatal gunshot…

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Dennis Sander

Male, age 66 · Turtletown, Tennessee
Killed Dec 1, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a quiet Thursday in the small community of Turtletown, Tennessee, the life of 66-year-old Dennis Sander was tragically cut short. On December 1, 2022, emergency services responded to a distress call from a local residence where they discovered a scene of…

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Iuel Nduwayezu

Male, age 27 · Rock Island, Iowa
Killed Dec 1, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the afternoon of December 1, 2020, tragedy struck in Rock Island, Iowa, when 27-year-old Iuel Nduwayezu, a male resident of the city, was fatally shot. The incident occurred at approximately 1:31 p.m. in the 2400 block of 7th Avenue, outside of a local…

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Yusuf McNeal

Male, age 18 · Morrisville, Pennsylvania
Killed Dec 1, 2020 · 6 years ago

Yusuf McNeal, an 18-year-old male of African American ethnicity from Philadelphia, tragically lost his life on December 1, 2020, in Morrisville, PA. He was fatally shot in the chest during a dispute between two groups at the Commons at Fallsington in Falls…

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Methaj Hatten

Male, age 21 · Kansas-city, Missouri
Killed Dec 1, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the morning of December 1, 2019, a violent incident occurred in Kansas City, Missouri, drawing law enforcement to a residential neighborhood near Prospect Avenue. Officers were dispatched around 8:15 a.m. to an apartment complex located in the 2600 block…

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Christopher Darden

Male, age 38 · Cleveland, Ohio
Killed Dec 1, 2019 · 7 years ago

On December 1, 2019, Christopher Dewayne Darden, a 38-year-old African American male, was found deceased near the RTA tracks in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's office confirmed that he had been fatally shot. The circumstances leading…

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Juan Jose Medrano

Male, age 22 · Houston, Texas
Killed Dec 1, 2019 · 7 years ago

Juan Jose Medrano, a 22-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on December 1, 2019, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred at a residence located at 4807 Raven Ridge Drive, where Medrano was attending a party. According to reports, an unknown male…

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Luis Fernando Cuba

Male, age 47 · Lawndale, California
Killed Dec 1, 2018 · 8 years ago

Luis Fernando Cuba was 47 years old when he died on the night of Saturday, December 1, 2018, after he was dragged by his own vehicle as thieves drove it away outside a convenience store in Lawndale. According to the Los Angeles County Medical…

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Jean Jordan

Male, age 58 · Lexington, Mississippi
Killed Dec 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

On an early December day in 2017, 58-year-old Jean Jordan was shot and killed in Lexington, Mississippi, a small county-seat town surrounded by the flat fields and two-lane roads of Holmes County. In a community better known for its historic brick streets and…

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Monday Makonnen

Male, age 54 · Randallstown, Maryland
Killed Dec 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a quiet street in Randallstown, Maryland, the life of a 54-year-old man named Monday Makonnen came to a tragic and violent end. It was Friday, December 1, 2017, when police responded to a call at his home, where they made the grim discovery of his body. An…

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Eric Pettyway

Male, age 51 · Oakland, California
Killed Dec 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Eric Pettyway was 51 years old when he was killed in Oakland on Friday, December 1, 2017. The Oakland Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Oakland through the end of 2017, lists it as…

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Kenneth Roger OLeary

Male, age 66 · Foley, Alabama
Killed Dec 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet coastal city of Foley, Alabama, the first of December in 2015 brought with it a somber discovery that would leave a lasting unease within the community. Kenneth Roger O'Leary, a 66-year-old male resident, was found deceased in his home, the…

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Brenton Oliver

Male, age 24 · Wichita, Kansas
Killed Dec 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the winter of 2015, on the first of December in Wichita, Kansas, the life of 24-year-old Brenton Oliver was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. Oliver, a male, was visiting a home in the 2500 block of East Mossman when a violent altercation erupted…

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Gregory Lynn Griffin

Male, age 37 · Long-beach, California
Killed Dec 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Gregory Lynn Griffin, a 37-year-old man from Long Beach, California, was tragically killed on December 1, 2015. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Griffin was found with a gunshot wound to the chest near an Outback Steakhouse on 20 West…

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Howard Franklin

Male, age 73 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed Dec 1, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, a dispute over property ownership in Detroit, Michigan, ended in tragedy, claiming the lives of a father and his daughter. Howard Franklin, a 72-year-old male, had recently purchased a home in the Rosedale Park neighborhood at a tax…

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Louis Saint-Hilaire

Male, age 44 · Orlando, Florida
Killed Dec 1, 2014 · 12 years ago

Louis Saint-Hilaire, aged 44, passed away on December 1, 2014, in Orlando, Florida. His death was a tragic event that drew significant attention due to the circumstances surrounding it. Saint-Hilaire was found deceased under suspicious conditions, prompting…

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Lamunte Hall

Male, age 26 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Killed Dec 1, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a winter afternoon in Pittsburgh, the life of 26-year-old Lamunte Hall was brought to a violent end. On December 1, 2014, in the city's Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood, Hall was discovered inside a parked vehicle on Manning Street, having been fatally shot.…

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Rodrigo Garcia

Male, age 20 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Dec 1, 2014 · 12 years ago

Rodrigo Garcia was 20 years old when he died on Monday, December 1, 2014, in Pacoima, in the northeast San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at Sproule Avenue and Van Nuys Boulevard. His…

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Dante Beaver

Male, age 40 · Westmont, California
Killed Dec 1, 2012 · 14 years ago

Dante Beaver was 40 years old when he was stabbed to death on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in Westmont, an unincorporated community in South Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds after being…

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Charles Toler

Male, age 74 · Chester, Pennsylvania
Killed Dec 1, 2005 · 21 years ago

On December 1, 2005, Charles Henry "Geech" Toler, a 74-year-old African American male, was fatally shot in Chester, Pennsylvania. Born in 1930, Charles was a Korean War veteran who served in the U.S. Army. At the time of his death, he was divorced. Following…

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Fernando Ramos

Male, age 21 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Dec 1, 2004 · 22 years ago

Fernando Ramos was 21 years old when he died on Wednesday, December 1, 2004, in South Park. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 600 E. 51st St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los…

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Nicole Hadley

Female, age 14 · Paducah, Kentucky
Killed Dec 1, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the quiet community of West Paducah, Kentucky, the morning of December 1, 1997, began like any other, but it would end in a tragedy that would scar the town forever. On that day, 14-year-old Nicole Marie Hadley, a freshman at Heath High School, was caught…

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Harry Evans

Male, age 23 · Chadds-ford, Pennsylvania
Killed Dec 1, 1978 · 48 years ago

Harry Evans, a 23-year-old male from Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, was tragically lost to gun violence on December 1, 1978. Born on October 31, 1955, Harry was laid to rest in Linwood, Pennsylvania. Despite the passage of time, specific details surrounding the…

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Fred Babb

Male, age 37 · Apalachicola, Florida
Killed Dec 1, 1967 · 59 years ago

Fred Earl Babb, a 37-year-old white male, was an officer with the Apalachicola Police Department in Florida. On December 1, 1967, Officer Babb was tragically killed in the line of duty. The incident began when a suspect, who had recently been released from…

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Deal Edward Carter

Male, age 35 · Studio-city, California
Killed Dec 1, 1955 · 71 years ago

Deal Edward Carter, aged 35, passed away on December 1, 1955, in Studio City, California. His death was recorded and he was subsequently buried in North Hollywood, California. The circumstances surrounding his death have been a subject of investigation and…

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William Hendon

Male, age 29 · Guin, Alabama
Killed Dec 1, 1890 · 136 years ago

In the small town of Guin, Alabama, a story of conflict and violence unfolded, leading to the untimely death of the town marshal, W. A. Hendon. The male peacekeeper's life was cut short in a fatal confrontation with a young man named Jack Guin, who was…

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