Death by Force

Rashim Shuler

Male, age 30 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Dec 25, 2008 · 18 years ago

Rashim Shuler, a 30-year-old man, was tragically murdered in Philadelphia on December 25, 2008. On that day, the city faced yet another incident of senseless violence, one of many that have deeply affected local communities. Rashim was a Black male, and…

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Santiago Amaro

Male, age 30 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Found Dec 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

Santiago Amaro, aged 30, was tragically killed on December 25, 2007, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Amaro’s body was found in an apartment complex in the city, and authorities classified his death as a homicide. Despite initial investigations, his case, like…

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Shawn Mcknight

Male, age 35 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Dec 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

Shawn McKnight, a 35-year-old man from Northeast Philadelphia, was tragically shot and killed on December 25, 2007. On Christmas night, McKnight visited relatives in West Philadelphia before making a quick stop at the Intocable Food Mart on 60th Street near…

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Timothy Mcgowan

Male, age 22 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Dec 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

A quiet sorrow hangs over the case of Timothy McGowan, a man whose life was cut short on Christmas Day in Memphis, Tennessee. His death, a result of violence, has remained a painful open wound for those who knew him and for the community itself. For years…

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Candelario Ortega

Male, age 35 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

On Christmas morning in 2007, what should have been a day of joy and celebration turned into a devastating tragedy for the family and friends of Candelario Ortega Jr., a 35-year-old Hispanic male from Houston, Texas. Instead of waking up to the warmth of the…

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Michael Jackson

Male, age 28 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Dec 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a Christmas day that would forever be marked by sorrow for his loved ones, Michael Washington Jackson, a 28-year-old male, passed away in Richmond, Virginia, on December 25, 2007. His death on a day typically associated with joy and family gatherings left…

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Walton

Male, age 50 · Hillsborough, North Carolina

Killed Dec 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jeffrey Lee Walton, a 50-year-old man from Hillsborough, North Carolina, died on December 25, 2007. Walton was born on December 8, 1957, in Rowan County, North Carolina. He was the son of Annie Shipwash Hunt and Donald Ross Walton. He was self-employed and…

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John Neumar

Male, age 79 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed Dec 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

John E. Neumar, Jr., a resident of Augusta, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2007, at the Veterans Administration Hospital. His death, however, would become the final chapter in a much larger and more sinister story that unfolded across multiple…

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Christopher Buro

Male, age 20 · Great-falls, Virginia

Killed Dec 25, 2005 · 21 years ago

On Christmas morning in 2005, a tragic and violent event unfolded in a home in Great Falls, Virginia, claiming the life of 20-year-old Christopher James Buro. Buro, a male, was one of three victims in a horrific shooting rampage carried out by 27-year-old…

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Sheila Cheatham

Female, age 53 · Mclean, Virginia

Killed Dec 25, 2005 · 21 years ago

On a Christmas morning that should have been filled with warmth and celebration, a tragedy unfolded in McLean, Virginia, shattering a family and a community. Sheila Gay Cheatham, a 53-year-old White female, died on December 25, 2005, the first victim in a…

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Nikky Joe Green

Male, age 35 · Devol, Oklahoma

Killed Dec 25, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 26, 2003, a day that should have been filled with post-holiday peace, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Nikky Joe Green, a 35-year-old male, was on duty. His tour of six years with the highway patrol had seasoned him, but…

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Cutberto Paredes Nava

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Dec 25, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the early hours of Christmas morning in Washington, D.C., a life was tragically cut short. On Wednesday, December 25, 2002, at approximately 4:05 a.m., Cutberto Paredes Nava was found stabbed to death. The fatal incident occurred in the first-floor hallway…

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Reginald Ashberry

Male, age 35 · Paramount, California

Killed Dec 25, 2002 · 24 years ago

Reginald Ashberry, a 35-year-old resident of Paramount, California, tragically lost his life on December 25, 2002. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Ashberry was fatally shot on that fateful Christmas Day. The incident occurred in…

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Ronnie Earl Martin

Male, age 35 · Lynwood, California

Killed Dec 25, 2000 · 26 years ago

On Christmas Day in 2000, tragedy unfolded on a residential corridor in Lynwood, California. While families throughout the South Los Angeles community gathered to observe the holiday, thirty-five-year-old Ronnie Earl Martin suffered fatal trauma at an address…

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Melvin DeJesus

Male, age 17 · Harvey, Louisiana

Killed Dec 25, 1998 · 28 years ago

Christmas night in Harvey, Louisiana, the kind of evening when most storefronts are quiet and families are indoors, turned violent outside the Metro Mart on Manhattan Boulevard. Melvin DeJesus Jr., 17, a Black/African American man, was standing in the parking…

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Mark Allen Swaney

Male, age 26 · Davidson, North Carolina

Killed Dec 25, 1997 · 29 years ago

Mark Allen Swaney, a 26-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on December 25, 1997, in Davidson, North Carolina. Officer Swaney was serving with the Davidson Police Department at the time of his death. He had been with the department for two years and…

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Kathleen Naughton

Female, age 37 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 25, 1995 · 31 years ago

On Christmas Day in 1995, the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, was marked by the tragic death of 37-year-old Kathleen Naughton. A victim of gun violence, her life was cut short on a day typically associated with celebration and peace. The circumstances…

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Darryn Leroy Robins

Male, age 30 · Santa-ana, California

Killed Dec 25, 1993 · 33 years ago

Darryn Leroy Robins, a 30-year-old deputy with the Orange County Sheriff's Department, tragically lost his life on December 25, 1993, in Santa Ana, California. Robins, who had served with the department for seven years, was known for his dedication to his…

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Harvey Russell Oles

Male, age 42 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Dec 25, 1992 · 34 years ago

On the Christmas day of 1992, a Caucasian male named Harvey Russell Oles, aged 42, met a violent end in Las Vegas, Nevada. The incident unfolded in the rear alley behind his warehouse located at 513 S. Main St. Earlier that day, Oles and his business partner…

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Baltazar Lopez

Male · Tyler, Texas

Killed Dec 25, 1992 · 34 years ago

On December 25, 1992, Baltazar Lopez was attending a Christmas Party at 117 S. Horace Street. Around 3:00 a.m. a disturbance occurred inside the residence that ended up out in front of the residence with gunfire. Two victims had been shot by a Hispanic male…

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James Friday

Male, age 43 · Gastonia, North Carolina

Found Dec 25, 1989 · 37 years ago

James Clifford Friday, a 43-year-old resident of Gastonia, North Carolina, was found murdered on Christmas Day, December 25, 1989. Family members arrived at his home on West Walnut Avenue for a holiday dinner but were unable to reach him. After repeated…

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Thurman Earl Sharp

Male, age 55 · Carmel, Indiana

Killed Dec 25, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the quiet, early hours of Christmas Day in 1988, a selfless act of camaraderie would end in a brutal and unsolved mystery. Lieutenant Thurman Earl Sharp, a 55-year-old veteran of the Marion County Sheriff's Office, had offered to work the late shift at an…

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Debbie Faye Pelletier

Female, age 27 · Regina, Saskatchewan

Killed Dec 25, 1988 · 38 years ago

Debbie Faye Pelletier was a 27-year-old woman and mother of four living in Regina, Saskatchewan. Those who knew her remembered her as funny, caring and devoted to her children. Accounts of her life describe a difficult background that included family abuse…

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Darrell Gammon

Male, age 34 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Dec 25, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the early morning hours of Christmas Day, 1985, a dispute in the area of the 800 block of East 26th Avenue in Denver, Colorado, ended in the tragic death of 34-year-old Darrell Gammon. Gammon, a Black male, was shot during the altercation. Police and…

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Beverly Bryant

Female, age 24 · Oakland, California

Killed Dec 25, 1985 · 41 years ago

Beverly Bryant, a 24-year-old woman, was found deceased on December 25, 1985, in Oakland, California. Her body was discovered at an elementary school in the Oakland hills, and authorities determined that she had died from severe head injuries. Investigators…

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Donald D. Ova

Male, age 32 · Fort Collins, Colorado

Killed Dec 25, 1984 · 42 years ago

On a crisp autumn day in 1984, the quiet of the lower Poudre Canyon near Fort Collins, Colorado, was shattered by a grim discovery. On November 25th, a resident taking a walk stumbled upon the body of a man, later identified as 32-year-old Donald D. Ova. A…

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David Hite

Null · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Dec 25, 1984 · 42 years ago

On December 25, 1984, David Hite, aged 37, was found dead from gunshot wounds in front of his residence at 997 Leona Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. Authorities responded to the scene and determined that he had sustained multiple gunshot injuries that led to his…

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Sam Etheredge

Male, age 34 · Daytona-beach, Florida

Killed Dec 25, 1980 · 46 years ago

Sam Edward Etheredge Jr., a 34-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on December 25, 1980, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Officer Etheredge, who served with the Daytona Beach Police Department for ten years, was responding to a disturbance call at the…

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Berry Joe Mcguire

Male, age 26 · Amarillo, Texas

Killed Dec 25, 1980 · 46 years ago

Berry Joe McGuire, a 26-year-old white male, was tragically killed on December 25, 1980, in Amarillo, Texas. McGuire, who was serving as a patrolman with the Amarillo Police Department, was conducting a routine traffic stop on the 900 block of South Willow…

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Gisbert Ben Kistemaker

Male, age 26 · Skagit County, Washington

Killed Dec 25, 1979 · 47 years ago

In the spring of 1979, a 26-year-old Dutch national, Gisbert "Ben" Kistemaker, a Caucasian male, embarked on an adventure across the United States. After arriving in New York in May, he purchased a faded blue and white 1968 Chevy van and began a journey that…

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Dorothy Virginia Sutton

Female, age 58 · Hamblen County, Tennessee

Killed Dec 25, 1979 · 47 years ago

In the quiet community of Morristown, nestled within Hamblen County, Tennessee, a dark story unfolded around the Christmas of 1979, forever marking the family of Dorothy Sutton. At fifty-eight years old, Dorothy, a retired schoolteacher who had taken on the…

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Michael Bailey

Male, age 24 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Dec 25, 1975 · 51 years ago

On a Christmas morning in 1975, the holiday peace was shattered in Denver's West City Park neighborhood. In the back yard of a residence in the 2000 block of Lafayette Street, the body of Michael Bailey, a 24-year-old Black male, was discovered. The Denver…

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Austin Thomas

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Dec 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

On December 25, 1973, Austin Thomas was found dead in Dayton, Ohio, in a case that remains an unsolved homicide. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, and the Dayton Police Department has been investigating this case, which has yet to be resolved.…

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Robert Kirk

Male, age 56 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Dec 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

Robert Kirk, aged 56, was found semi-conscious after an apparent home invasion at his residence in Akron, Ohio, on December 1, 1973. He was transported to a local hospital for medical attention but succumbed to his injuries on December 25, 1973. The details…

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Lois Petrie

Female, age 43 · San Pedro, California

Killed Dec 25, 1972 · 54 years ago

Lois Petrie, a 43-year-old widow from San Pedro, Los Angeles, was last seen alive at a local bar on Christmas Day in 1972. The following day, her partially nude body was discovered in her bedroom. An autopsy revealed that she had been sexually assaulted and…

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Morgan Nielson

Male, age 50 · Globe, Arizona

Killed Dec 25, 1944 · 82 years ago

In the early hours of Christmas morning in 1944, a tragic event unfolded at the Owl Buffet in Globe, Arizona, culminating in the death of its proprietor, 50-year-old Morgan Nielson. The incident began a few hours earlier when U.L. Holley and his neighbor…

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Carrie Lawson

Female, age 12 · Germanton, North Carolina

Killed Dec 25, 1929 · 97 years ago

On December 25, 1929, Carrie Lawson, a 12-year-old girl from Germanton, North Carolina, tragically lost her life in a horrific familicide. Carrie was one of the seven children of Charles Davis Lawson and his wife, Fannie Manring Lawson. The Lawson family was…

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Fannie Manring Lawson

Female, age 37 · Germanton, North Carolina

Killed Dec 25, 1929 · 97 years ago

Fannie Manring Lawson, a 37-year-old woman of European descent, tragically lost her life on December 25, 1929, in Germanton, North Carolina. She was one of the victims in a horrific familicide committed by her husband, Charles Davis Lawson. The Lawson family…

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James Lawson

Male, age 4 · Germanton, North Carolina

Killed Dec 25, 1929 · 97 years ago

On December 25, 1929, in Germanton, North Carolina, a tragic event unfolded that would become known as the Lawson family massacre. James Lawson, a four-year-old boy, was one of the victims. His father, Charles Davis Lawson, a 43-year-old sharecropper…

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Marie Lawson

Female, age 12 · Germanton, North Carolina

Killed Dec 25, 1929 · 97 years ago

Marie Lawson, a 12-year-old girl from Germanton, North Carolina, was tragically murdered on December 25, 1929. The incident, known as the Lawson family massacre, involved the brutal killing of Marie and six other family members by her father, Charles Davis…

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Maybell Lawson

Male, age 7 · Germanton, North Carolina

Killed Dec 25, 1929 · 97 years ago

On December 25, 1929, in Germanton, North Carolina, seven-year-old Maybell Lawson was tragically murdered along with six other members of her family. The perpetrator was her father, Charles Davis Lawson, who committed the familicide by shooting his wife…

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Raymond Lawson

Male, age 2 · Germanton, North Carolina

Killed Dec 25, 1929 · 97 years ago

On December 25, 1929, in Germanton, North Carolina, a tragic event unfolded that would shock the entire nation. Raymond Lawson, a two-year-old boy, was one of the victims in what became known as the Lawson family murders. The perpetrator was Charles Davis…

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Alma Gertrude Haggard

Male, age 12 · Vernon, Texas

Killed Dec 25, 1929 · 97 years ago

Alma Gertrude Haggard, a 12-year-old girl of Caucasian ethnicity from Vernon, Texas, tragically died on December 25, 1929. Her death was part of a devastating incident that also claimed the lives of her father, J.H. Haggard, and her four siblings. The family…

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Dorothy Haggard

Female, age 6 · Vernon, Texas

Killed Dec 25, 1929 · 97 years ago

Dorothy Haggard, a six-year-old girl from Vernon, Texas, tragically died on December 25, 1929. She was found shot to death in her family's home along with her father, J.H. Haggard, and her siblings. The incident occurred in their poverty-stricken home, and it…

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John Haggard

Male, age 9 · Vernon, Texas

Killed Dec 25, 1929 · 97 years ago

On December 25, 1929, a tragic incident occurred in Vernon, Texas, resulting in the death of John Haggard, a 9-year-old boy. John was one of six children who were found shot to death in their home. The incident also claimed the life of their father, J.H.…

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Aylmer Ragland

Male, age 45 · Jonesboro, Arkansas

Killed Dec 25, 1920 · 106 years ago

In the winter of 1920, a male patrolman named Aylmer Ragland, age 45, served the community of Jonesboro, Arkansas. Having been with the Jonesboro Police Department for several years, he was a familiar presence on the city's streets. His life, however, came to…

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Huang Yuanyong

Male, age 30 · San-francisco, California

Killed Dec 25, 1915 · 111 years ago

Huang Yuanyong, a prominent Chinese journalist and author, met a tragic end on December 25, 1915, in San Francisco, California. At the age of 30, Huang was assassinated under mysterious circumstances while visiting the city. His death remains an unsolved…

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William Billie C. Nelson

Male, age 23 · Midvale, Utah

Killed Dec 25, 1912 · 114 years ago

In the early hours of Christmas morning in 1912, a sense of festive celebration turned tragic in the town of Midvale, Utah. William "Billie" Nelson, a 23-year-old male, was serving his community as a special night watchman, brought on to assist the regular…

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