Deaths by Force on December 23

Deaths by Force (505)

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Walter Dempsey Jr.

Male, age 10 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 23, 1934 · 92 years ago

In the winter of 1934, just two days before Christmas, a horrific tragedy befell the Dempsey family in their Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania home. Ten-year-old Walter Dempsey Jr., a white male, was among the victims of a violent rampage carried out by a relative.…

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Jesse Gilman

Male · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 23, 1910 · 116 years ago

Patrolman Jesse C. Gilman, a 56-year-old white male, was a veteran of the Chicago Police Department, having served for nearly 21 years. On December 23, 1910, he was involved in a tragic incident that led to his death. The events unfolded when Gregori Gracio…

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William Osborne

Male, age 51 · Lancaster, Ohio

Killed Dec 23, 1909 · 117 years ago

William T. Osborne, a 51-year-old male police officer with the Lancaster Division of Police in Ohio, tragically died on December 23, 1909. Officer Osborne was shot and killed while conducting a burglary surveillance at the Fairfield County Courthouse around…

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Gideon Littleton Mathis

Male, age 57 · Sandersville, Georgia

Killed Dec 23, 1904 · 122 years ago

In the winter of 1904, in the town of Sandersville, Georgia, a law enforcement officer named Gideon Littleton Mathis, a 57-year-old male, met a violent end. On Friday, December 23rd, while on duty as a Special Officer with the Sandersville Police Department…

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Romel White

Male, age 17 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the Gravois Park neighborhood of St. Louis, a young man’s life was cut tragically short on the evening of December 23, 2024. Romel White, a 17-year-old male, was in the 3600 block of Minnesota Avenue when violence erupted just before Christmas. Police…

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Henry Antonio Cordero

Male, age 37 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Dec 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 23, 2024, at approximately 9:53 PM, 37-year-old Henry Antonio Cordero was found deceased at his residence in the 2300 block of Sanborn Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office determined the manner of death to be…

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Michael Alan King

Male, age 58 · Burmingham, Alabama

Killed Dec 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

Michael Alan King, a 58-year-old man from Birmingham, Alabama, died on December 23, 2023. In the simplest line on paper, those are the facts, but they do not begin to capture what a date like that does to a family, or how a name suddenly becomes something…

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Rasheem Brown

Male, age 20 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

Rasheem Brown, a 20-year-old male from Philadelphia, was killed on Friday, December 23, 2022, in West Philadelphia. That evening, police officers from the 18th District were called to the 5800 block of Catharine Street at about 7:30 p.m. to 7:36 p.m. for a…

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James Mayes

Male, age 30 · Oakland, California

Killed Dec 23, 2018 · 8 years ago

James Mayes, a 30-year-old resident of San Francisco, was tragically shot and killed on the night of December 23, 2018, outside Club 21 in the Uptown district of Oakland, California. The incident occurred around 9:35 p.m. on Franklin Street, where Mayes was…

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Joshua Young

Male, age 29 · Medford, New York

Killed Dec 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of a Saturday in Medford, New York, the lives of two men were tragically cut short. Just before 1 a.m. on December 23, 2017, 29-year-old Joshua Young of Coram and his friend, Cristino Gomez II, also 29, of Medford, were shot in front of a…

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Leroy William Dunston

Male, age 44 · Rocky-mount, North Carolina

Killed Dec 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

Leroy William Dunston, a 44-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on December 23, 2017, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. On that fateful night, Dunston was attending a card game at a neighbor's house located at 843 Gay Street, just across…

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Richard Duncan

Male, age 73 · Abington, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Richard Duncan, a 73-year-old man from Abington, PA, was tragically shot and killed on December 23, 2015, while on his front porch. The incident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on the 1700 block of Prospect Avenue. Duncan was known in the community for his…

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Joel Garcia Jr.

Male, age 32 · Bellflower, California

Killed Dec 23, 2012 · 14 years ago

Joel Garcia Jr. was 32 years old when he was stabbed to death on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, two days before Christmas, in Bellflower. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 14500 block of McNab Avenue. His…

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Antwan Davon Enwere

Male, age 22 · Hawthorne, California

Killed Dec 23, 2010 · 16 years ago

Antwan Davon Enwere was 22 years old when he died early on Thursday, December 23, 2010, in the Hawthorne area of the South Bay. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 4365 W. 116th St. His death was ruled a…

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Jerome Mutin

Male, age 21 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 23, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the days leading up to Christmas, a family in New Orleans was irrevocably altered by violence. Jerome Mutin, a 21-year-old African American man known affectionately to some as 'Nuddie,' was fatally shot on December 23, 2009. His life was cut short in an…

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Leroy Langlais

Male, age 41 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Dec 23, 2008 · 18 years ago

Leroy Langlais, a 41-year-old male, came to Birmingham from the Texas side of his life on what appears to have been a business trip, flying in and renting a car before something went terribly wrong. In the days that followed, his wife realized he had vanished…

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Dennis William Poe

Male, age 26 · Temple-hills, Maryland

Killed Dec 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Temple-hills, Maryland, the life of 26-year-old Dennis William Poe, Jr. was tragically cut short by gun violence on December 23, 2007. His death was not an isolated incident but was deeply intertwined with a previous shooting that…

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Darryl E. Gates

Male, age 56 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

Darryl E. Gates was 56 years old when he died on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007, two days before Christmas, in South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at a location that was never…

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Bobby Lee Chatman

Male, age 34 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 23, 2004 · 22 years ago

Bobby Lee Chatman, a 34-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on December 23, 2004. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Chatman was fatally shot in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. The incident occurred on a…

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Wilbur Kenneth Channell

Male, age 70 · Unincorporated Santa Susana Mountains, California

Killed Dec 23, 2002 · 24 years ago

On Monday, December 23, 2002, seventy-year-old Wilbur Kenneth Channell was found dead in the unincorporated Santa Susana Mountains, situated along the rugged northern periphery of Los Angeles County. The location of his death was recorded at 25714 The Old…

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Timothy Ott

Male, age 32 · Easley, South Carolina

Killed Dec 23, 1999 · 27 years ago

On December 23, 1999, the life of 32-year-old Timothy R. Ott was tragically cut short in his Easley, South Carolina, home. A quiet evening turned into a scene of terror when Dallen Forrest Bounds, a 28-year-old white male, forced his way into the residence…

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Lloyd Walker

Male, age 19 · Contra-costa, Missouri

Killed Dec 23, 1992 · 34 years ago

There is a severe lack of publicly accessible information regarding the death of Lloyd Jerome Walker, a 19-year-old male who died on December 23, 1992, in what has been described as Contra-costa, Missouri. His death has been categorized as a murder or a…

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Anna Evardo

Female, age 24 · Oakland, California

Killed Dec 23, 1984 · 42 years ago

Anna Evardo, a 24-year-old resident of Oakland, California, was tragically found dead on December 23, 1984. Her body was discovered inside a closet in her family home, nude and bleeding from three small-caliber bullet wounds. The investigation revealed that…

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Leonard Wick

Male, age 69 · Gary, Indiana

Killed Dec 23, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the winter of 1972, a quiet home in Gary, Indiana, became the scene of a brutal crime that would echo through the decades. On December 23rd, 69-year-old Leonard Frank Wick was killed inside his residence during a home burglary. The tranquility of the…

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Alonzo Lon Rains

Male · Chickamauga, Tennessee

Killed Dec 23, 1905 · 121 years ago

In the winter of 1905, a deadly confrontation cut short the life of Constable Alonzo 'Lon' Rains. The male lawman, a U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish-American War, had been specifically asked by citizens to be present in the village of Chickamauga to maintain…

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