Deaths by Force on December 26

Deaths by Force (465)

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Jean Muir

Female, age 79 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Dec 26, 1985 · 41 years ago

On the day after Christmas in 1985, a sense of unease settled over a Salt Lake City neighborhood. Jean Muir, a 79-year-old Caucasian woman, was looking forward to a trip to Utah County with her sister. The two had spoken on the telephone around 12:30 in the…

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John Koppin

Male, age 22 · Miami-beach, Florida

Killed Dec 26, 1984 · 42 years ago

John Carroll Koppin, a 22-year-old police officer with the Miami Beach Police Department, tragically lost his life on December 26, 1984. Officer Koppin was accidentally shot and killed when his service revolver discharged while he was cleaning it at his…

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Dennis Au

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Dec 26, 1982 · 44 years ago

Dennis Auman, a 29-year-old resident of Akron, Ohio, was murdered in his home on December 26, 1982, during a violent home invasion. Unknown intruders broke into his residence on South Main Street, where Auman was fatally stabbed. This tragic incident shocked…

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Avery Peaches Shorts

Female, age 6 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Dec 26, 1980 · 46 years ago

On the day after Christmas in 1980, a six-year-old African-American girl named Avery Vernie 'Peaches' Shorts left her home in the Montgomery Village housing project in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her mother, Hazel Smith, had given her 58 cents to walk to a nearby…

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Gino DiLorenzo

Male, age 31 · Johnstown, Rhode Island

Killed Dec 26, 1979 · 47 years ago

On a cold December evening in 1979, the life of Gino DiLorenzo, a 31-year-old male, was abruptly ended. On December 26th, upon arriving at his residence on Harrison Street in Johnston, Rhode Island, he was fatally shot. The sudden violence of the act left the…

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William G. Pfalmer Jr.

Male, age 45 · Anchorage, Alaska

Killed Dec 26, 1970 · 56 years ago

White / Caucasian male William G. Pfalmer, age 45, died on December 26, 1970 in Anchorage, Alaska, from complications of gunshot wounds he had suffered seventeen years earlier while serving as an Anchorage police officer. On June 9, 1953, then-27-year-old…

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Gloria Evans

Female, age 3 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 26, 1944 · 82 years ago

In the winter of 1944, a young life was tragically cut short in Atlanta, Georgia. Three-year-old Gloria Evans, a female, passed away on December 26th of that year. At the time, her death was officially attributed to acute gastroenteritis. She was living with…

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Jackson Palmer

Male, age 36 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Dec 26, 1908 · 118 years ago

Jackson Palmer, a 36-year-old male, was a Special Officer with the North Fort Worth Police Department. On December 26, 1908, he was tragically shot and killed while attempting to intervene in a domestic dispute at a saloon near 400 NE 11th Street in North…

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Nathaniel Thomas Holt Jr.

Male, age 40 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 26, 1899 · 127 years ago

Nathaniel Thomas Holt Jr., a 40-year-old African American police officer with the Philadelphia Police Department, tragically died on December 26, 1899. Officer Holt was off-duty at the time, enjoying the evening at Wolf's Saloon on Chestnut Street and 24th…

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Jawasiki Deuventa Guyton

Male, age 34 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Dec 26, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early hours of the day after Christmas in 2024, a gathering at a residence on Triple Hill Drive in Macon, Georgia, turned deadly. Jawasiki Deuventa Guyton, a 34-year-old male, was fatally wounded in a shooting that also left six other people injured.…

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Daniel Romulus

Male, age 62 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Dec 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the evening of December 26, 2020, a tragic event unfolded in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, forever altering the lives of those who knew and loved Daniel Romulus. Inside a building on East 17th Street, the 62-year-old man's life was cut short by a…

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Nathanael Rodriguez

Male, age 21 · Bay-shore, New York

Killed Dec 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early hours of December 26, 2020, a horrific chain of events began to unfold that would end the life of 21-year-old Nathanael Rodriguez of Bay Shore, New York. Around midnight, Peter Pendzinski, a 24-year-old from Shirley, arrived at Rodriguez's home…

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Luis Hernandez-Cesarez

Male, age 20 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

Luis Carlos Hernandez-Casarez, a 20-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on December 26, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Hernandez-Casarez was shot near 9401 Sepulveda Blvd.…

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Robert Hagan

Male, age 60 · Houston, Texas

Killed Dec 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

Robert Hagan, a 60-year-old individual, was tragically lost to gun violence on December 26, 2019, in Houston, Texas. Details surrounding the circumstances of his death, including the specific location, events leading up to the incident, and any potential…

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Andre Trammell

Male, age 51 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

Andre Trammell, 51, was stabbed and died on Thursday, December 26, 2019, in the 1400 block of May Court in Baltimore. The Baltimore Police Department investigated his death, and the Baltimore Sun's homicide database lists it as a homicide caused by stabbing.…

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Tranel Tyrone Reed

Male, age 52 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 26, 2018 · 8 years ago

The day after Christmas in 2018 brought a grim discovery in the Historic South-Central neighborhood of Los Angeles. On Wednesday, December 26, Tranel Tyrone Reed, a 52-year-old Black man, was found to have died from blunt force trauma. The incident occurred…

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Guadalupe Castillo Magana

Female, age 53 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 26, 2017 · 9 years ago

Guadalupe Castillo Magana was 53 years old when she died on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 444 S. Lafayette Park Place. Her death…

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Joseph Dimatteo

Male, age 69 · Lyons, Oregon

Killed Dec 26, 2015 · 11 years ago

On December 26, 2015, Joseph DiMatteo, a 69-year-old man, was found dead at his residence in Lyons, Oregon. The circumstances surrounding his death were startling, as it was his wife, Carolyn DiMatteo, who reported the incident to the authorities. Carolyn…

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James Russell Keyser Parker

Male, age 19 · Cameron, West Virginia

Killed Dec 26, 2014 · 12 years ago

James Russell Keyser Parker, a 19-year-old male from Cameron, West Virginia, died on December 26, 2014, after a shooting inside a residence at 24 North Avenue in Cameron. Parker had been born in Morgantown and graduated from Cameron High School in 2013. He…

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Jesse Willard Young

Male, age 23 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Dec 26, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the life of 23-year-old Jesse Willard Young of Indianapolis, Indiana, was cut short. The young man, a male, passed away on December 26, 2014, leaving behind a grieving family and a community searching for answers. His death was…

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Tyrone Richardson

Male, age 55 · Elgin, South Carolina

Killed Dec 26, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a December evening in Elgin, South Carolina, a grim discovery was made at a residence on Archer Avenue, shattering the peace of the community. Inside the home, authorities found 55-year-old Tyrone Richardson, a male resident, and another individual…

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Harrington McFrazier III

Male, age 24 · Compton, California

Killed Dec 26, 2014 · 12 years ago

Harrington McFrazier III, a 24-year-old resident of Compton, California, tragically lost his life on December 26, 2014. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, McFrazier was fatally shot in West Compton. The incident occurred while he was…

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Robert Craddock

Male, age 49 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Dec 26, 2014 · 12 years ago

Robert Craddock, a 49-year-old male from Charlotte, NC, tragically died on December 26, 2014, from a gunshot wound. The incident occurred at the Fox Haven apartments complex on Carmel Road in South Charlotte. According to police reports, the shooting resulted…

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Manlio Fajardo

Male, age 27 · Houston, Texas

Killed Dec 26, 2014 · 12 years ago

Manlio Fajardo was 27 years old when he was killed in Houston on Friday, December 26, 2014. The Houston Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Houston through 2017, lists it as a…

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Juan Sanchez

Male, age 33 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 26, 2010 · 16 years ago

Juan Sanchez was 33 years old when he died on Sunday, December 26, 2010, in Sylmar, the day after Christmas. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 12919 Dronfield Ave. His death was ruled…

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Macon Griffin

Male, age 24 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Dec 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the winter of 2007, a promising life was tragically cut short in Richmond, Virginia. Macon Henry Griffin, a 24-year-old man, was fatally shot in his own home on December 26th. The incident unfolded as a home invasion robbery, a violent intrusion that ended…

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Timothy Langston

Male, age 25 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

Timothy Langston, 25, known as "Front Street," was killed in Atlanta on Wednesday, December 26, 2007, the day after Christmas. The Atlanta Police Department investigated, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007…

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Lisa Rene Christy

Female, age 44 · San Gabriel, California

Killed Dec 26, 2005 · 21 years ago

Lisa Rene Christy was 44 years old when she died on Monday, Dec. 26, 2005, the day after Christmas, in San Gabriel. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 159 S. Burton St. Her death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Miguel Alejandro Reyes

Male, age 20 · Citrus, California

Killed Dec 26, 2004 · 22 years ago

Miguel Alejandro Reyes, a 20-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on December 26, 2004, in Citrus, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Reyes was fatally shot on that fateful Sunday. The incident left the community in…

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Eva Visco

Female, age 74 · Deltona, Florida

Killed Dec 26, 2000 · 26 years ago

Eva Visco, aged 74, passed away on December 26, 2000, in Deltona, Florida. Her death was the result of a gunshot wound to the head, inflicted by her husband, Leo Visco. The incident was described as a mercy killing, as Eva had been suffering from chronic…

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James David Chaffin

Male, age 33 · Russellville, Arkansas

Killed Dec 26, 1987 · 39 years ago

On a day that would otherwise be forgotten, December 28, 1987, the town of Russellville, Arkansas, was rocked by a series of violent acts that left an indelible mark on the community. James David 'J.D.' Chaffin, a 33-year-old man, became an unsuspecting…

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Charles Habib

Male, age 32 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 26, 1984 · 42 years ago

Charles Habib was a 32-year-old male from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whose life came to a tragic end on December 26, 1984. What should have been the quiet close of a holiday season instead became the day his name was tied to a troubling and painful mystery.…

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Elmer Ghiggioli

Male, age 60 · Sonoma, California

Killed Dec 26, 1960 · 66 years ago

Elmer Ghiggioli, a 60-year-old cheese company employee from Sonoma, California, tragically lost his life on December 26, 1960, in a violent shooting incident. The incident occurred at his residence on Penmark Street, where a wild shooting spree unfolded…

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