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Deaths by Force on December 20

642 open cases in our database happened on December 20. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (451)

Death by Force

Jose Rascon

Male, age 28 · Tucson, Arizona
Killed Dec 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the evening of December 20, 2020, Jose Roberto Martinez Rascon, a 28-year-old Hispanic/Latino male, was shot during a deadly attack on Tucson’s south side near the intersection of East Mossman Road and South Jeanette Boulevard. Police were dispatched just…

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Otto Rene Gomez Ramos

Male, age 43 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Dec 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

Otto Rene Gomez Ramos, a 43-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on December 20, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. According to reports, he was fatally shot, marking a somber end to his life. The incident occurred under circumstances that have…

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Benny Wayne Maness

Male, age 35 · Enville, Tennessee
Killed Dec 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a quiet Sunday morning in December 2020, the body of 35-year-old Benny Wayne Maness, a male resident of Enville, Tennessee, was discovered in a remote area along Nolen Road. The ensuing investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Chester…

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Robert Jackson

Male, age 53 · Lufkin, Texas
Killed Dec 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

Robert Jackson, a 53-year-old man from Lufkin, Texas, tragically died on December 20, 2020, after being shot in the chest during a family disturbance at his home. The incident occurred in the 1500 block of Allen Drive, and Jackson was taken to a local…

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Cadarius Munford

Male, age 27 · Brighton, Alabama
Killed Dec 20, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the winter of 2019, a dispute between two men in Brighton, Alabama, escalated to a fatal conclusion, ending the life of 27-year-old Cadarius Munford. On December 20, 2019, Munford was shot and killed in Bessemer. The authorities investigating the shooting…

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Jerry Castro

Male, age 26 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Dec 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jerry Castro, a 26-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on December 20, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Castro was shot in the Central-Alameda area. The incident occurred in the early hours of…

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Michale Hodge

Male, age 28 · Dallas, Texas
Killed Dec 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

Michale Eugene Hodge, a 28-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically died on December 20, 2018, in Dallas, TX. His death was part of a double murder case that shocked the community. Michale's mother, Robbi Hodge, aged 51, was also found dead at…

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William Salcido

Male, age 52 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Dec 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

William Salcido, a 52-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life following a shooting incident on December 20, 2017. On that day, Salcido was standing alone on a sidewalk in the 200 block of West F Street in Wilmington when he was…

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Makayla Keanna Prenatt

Female, age 3 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Dec 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Makayla Keanna Prenatt was 3 years old when she died on Wednesday, December 20, 2017. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Huntington…

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Madison Fowler

Female · Los Angeles, California
Killed Dec 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the morning of Sunday, December 20, 2015, emergency personnel were dispatched just before noon to the 12100 block of Birch Avenue in Hawthorne, California. First responders arrived to find an unconscious six-month-old infant, later identified as Madison…

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Brandon Holland

Male, age 28 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Dec 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Brandon Holland was 28 years old when he was stabbed in the early hours of Sunday, December 20, 2015, in the 300 block of North Calvert Street in Baltimore. The Baltimore Police Department investigated his death, and the Baltimore Sun's homicide database…

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David Mostaffa

Male, age 57 · Kansas City, Missouri
Killed Dec 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, a night out in Kansas City, Missouri, turned tragic for 57-year-old David Brian Mostaffa. On the evening of Saturday, December 20th, what began as a social gathering at a local bar on East 24th Street ended in unexpected and fatal…

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Quaron Isaacs

Male, age 20 · Brooklyn, New York
Killed Dec 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

A dispute outside of a bike and scooter shop on Nostrand Avenue in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn escalated into a fatal shooting that claimed the life of 23-year-old Nicholas Isaac. The incident began with an argument between Isaac and another…

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Alejandro Motil

Male, age 49 · Houston, Texas
Killed Dec 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Alejandro Motil, a 49-year-old man from Houston, Texas, was tragically shot and killed on December 20, 2014. Motil was outside his apartment with his family when he was approached by two armed men. Initially, he handed over his wallet to the suspects, but…

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Milton Forest

Male, age 48 · St. Louis, Missouri
Killed Dec 20, 2007 · 19 years ago

Milton Forest was 48 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Thursday, December 20, 2007. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through 2017…

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Alberto Rodolfo Galindo Garcia

Male, age 39 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Dec 20, 2003 · 23 years ago

Alberto Rodolfo Galindo Garcia was 39 years old when he died on Saturday, December 20, 2003, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 245 S. Main St. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Hercules Johnson

Male, age 54 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Dec 20, 2002 · 24 years ago

Hercules Johnson was 54 years old when he died on Friday, December 20, 2002, in the Westlake district of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 2208 W. 8th St. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Russell Smith

Male, age 42 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Killed Dec 20, 1997 · 29 years ago

On the cold winter morning of December 20, 1997, the holiday rush at the main post office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was shattered by an act of shocking violence. Russell Smith, a 42-year-old male employee, was shot and killed during his shift. The festive…

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John M. Murphy

Male, age 40 · Yavapai, Arizona
Killed Dec 20, 1885 · 141 years ago

In the quiet expanse of Walnut Creek, some forty miles west of Prescott, Arizona, the life of Deputy Sheriff John M. Murphy, a 40-year-old man, was tragically cut short in December of 1885. Known as one of the most popular men in Yavapai County, his death…

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