Death by Force

Susan Krauss

Female, age 56 · Melbourne Beach, Florida

Killed Dec 28, 1988 · 38 years ago

If we wanted to quickly sum up Susan’s character, looking to her home phone’s answering machine message paints the perfect picture: “Practice peace and have a wonderful day” Susan worked as a personal growth consultant and gave workshops on meditation and…

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Jose Luiz Charlie Mojica

Male, age 22 · Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Killed Dec 28, 1988 · 38 years ago

On a cold December morning in 1988, the body of 22-year-old Hispanic/Latino male Jose 'Charlie' Mojica was found discarded on Branch Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The grim discovery was made on December 28th in a desolate area near the Attleboro border…

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Stacy Elizabeth Hawn

Female, age 23 · Spokane, Washington

Killed Dec 28, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the summer of 1988, a young woman named Stacy Elizabeth Hawn, a 23-year-old White/Caucasian female, vanished. She was last seen alive on July 7, 1988, in Seattle, Washington. For months, her whereabouts remained a mystery, a painful void for those who knew…

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Georgia Mae Thomas

Female, age 43 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 28, 1988 · 38 years ago

Georgia Mae Thomas, a 43-year-old woman, was tragically found dead on December 28, 2000, in South Central Los Angeles. She was discovered lying on her back in an alleyway, dressed in a brown leather jacket, jeans, and a blue thermal shirt. The cause of death…

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Alma Walters

Female, age 29 · Meridian, Mississippi

Killed Dec 28, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 28, 1985, Meridian Police Officer Alma Walters, a 29-year-old woman, was tragically killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call. The incident unfolded at approximately 1:30 a.m. at a residence on Railroad…

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Lacy Milton Hatchell

Male, age 31 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Dec 28, 1984 · 42 years ago

Lacy Milton Hatchell, a 31-year-old white male, was brutally murdered on December 28, 1984, in Fort Worth, Texas. His body was discovered by newspaper deliverers at around 5:30 a.m., facedown on a sidewalk across from his home in the Summerfield addition of…

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Robert Glen Owen

Male, age 40 · Erie, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 28, 1980 · 46 years ago

Corporal Robert Glen Owen, aged 40, was a dedicated officer with the Erie Police Department in Pennsylvania. On the night of December 28, 1980, he was shot and killed while on duty behind a warehouse on West 18th Street near Cranberry Street. His body was…

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Elizabeth Andes

Female, age 23 · Oxford, Ohio

Killed Dec 28, 1978 · 48 years ago

On December 28, 1978, 23-year-old Elizabeth Andes was found brutally murdered in her Oxford, Ohio, apartment. A recent graduate of Miami University, Andes was preparing to move to Cincinnati for a new job. That evening, her boyfriend, Bob Young, discovered…

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David Guttenberg

Male, age 49 · New-york, New York

Killed Dec 28, 1978 · 48 years ago

On a cold December day in 1978, a dedicated 49-year-old male New York City Police Officer named David Guttenberg was going about his duties in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. It was December 28th, just a few days after Christmas, and Officer Guttenberg was on patrol. He…

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David Larry Folds

Male, age 24 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 28, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the winter of 1977, on a late December day in Atlanta, Georgia, the life of a young law enforcement officer was tragically cut short. David Larry Folds, a 24-year-old Deputy Marshal with the Fulton County Marshal's Department, was killed in the line of…

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Albert Raymond Bluhm

Male, age 40 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 28, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the early evening of December 28, 1970, Phoenix Police Officer Albert Raymond Bluhm, a 40-year-old male, was on duty when he pulled over a stolen truck. The stop occurred behind the Bali Hi Motel, located at 16th Avenue and Linden Street. As Officer Bluhm…

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Beverly Jarosz

Female, age 16 · Garfield Heights, Ohio

Killed Dec 28, 1964 · 62 years ago

On December 28, 1964, Beverly Jarosz, a 16-year-old high school student, was brutally murdered in her home in Garfield Heights, Ohio. Beverly was attacked during the early afternoon, shortly after her parents left for work. She had plans to go shopping with…

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Henry Gaw

Male, age 29 · New York City, New York

Killed Dec 28, 1928 · 98 years ago

Henry S. Gaw, a 29-year-old white man, was found dead in New York City in the days just after Christmas of 1928, inside the Guggenheim Brothers metallurgical laboratory near 202nd Street and Tenth Avenue. He worked there as a laboratory assistant and was also…

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Lily Gienke Hasel

Female · Hardscrabble, Ohio

Killed Dec 28, 1924 · 102 years ago

Lily Gienke, a white female from Hardscrabble, Ohio, died in late December 1924 under suspicious circumstances that would later be linked to a string of poisonings within her extended family. Although some sources list her surname as Hasel, she was more…

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Marshal Thornton

Male, age 52 · Perrysburg-city, Ohio

Killed Dec 28, 1905 · 121 years ago

Marshal Francis M. Thornton, age 52, was a dedicated officer of the Perrysburg City Police Department in Ohio. On December 28, 1905, while questioning five suspicious men at the town's train station, Marshal Thornton was shot in the abdomen by one of the…

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Francis Langhorne Dade

Male, age 43 · Bushnell, Florida

Killed Dec 28, 1835 · 191 years ago

Francis Langhorne Dade, a brevet major in the U.S. Army, met his tragic end on December 28, 1835, near Bushnell, Florida. He was leading a column of 107 officers and men from Fort Brooke (present-day Tampa) to Fort King (present-day Ocala) on a resupply…

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Wiley Thompson

Male, age 54 · Fort-king, Florida

Killed Dec 28, 1835 · 191 years ago

Wiley Thompson, aged 54, met a tragic end on December 28, 1835, at Fort King, Florida. Thompson, who served as the Seminole Indian Agent, was deeply involved in the contentious process of Indian removal, a policy strongly supported by President Andrew…

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Tyrea James

Male, age 20 · Kenner, Louisiana

Killed Dec 28, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late days of December, the life of 20-year-old Tyrea James was tragically cut short in a shooting in Kenner, Louisiana. The male victim was killed on December 28th, leaving a community to grapple with the sudden violence. In the weeks that followed…

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Claude Adams

Male, age 47 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 28, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the closing days of December 2023, tragedy struck in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood of St. Louis. Claude Adams, a 47-year-old man, was found late one Thursday evening, the victim of a fatal shooting. The discovery was made by police officers who…

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Michael Gordon

Male, age 32 · Banning, California

Killed Dec 28, 2022 · 4 years ago

Michael Gordon, a 32-year-old resident of Banning, California, was tragically killed in a drive-by shooting on January 16, 2017. The incident occurred in the 1200 block of Wyte Way, where Gordon was with a female friend when Ronald Dean Ricks, a 31-year-old…

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Jalil Wilson

Male, age 21 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Dec 28, 2022 · 4 years ago

Jalil Wilson, a 21-year-old male from Cleveland, OH, tragically passed away on December 28, 2022. The details surrounding his death indicate that he was a victim of a shooting incident. The incident has led to a series of legal actions and investigations.…

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David Smith

Male, age 55 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 28, 2022 · 4 years ago

David Smith, a 55-year-old male from Philadelphia, PA, tragically died on December 28, 2022. He was found lying on the corner of Custer Street and Allegheny Avenue at around 5:03 a.m., and despite the efforts of Philadelphia Police officers who rushed him to…

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Albina Victoria Devos

Female, age 44 · Naches, Washington

Killed Dec 28, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet town of Naches, Washington, a grim discovery was made on December 28, 2020, shattering the holiday season's peace. Inside a home on West 4th Street, the bodies of 44-year-old Albina Victoria Devos and her 72-year-old father, Michael John Casey…

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Michael John Casey

Male, age 72 · Naches, Washington

Killed Dec 28, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet town of Naches, Washington, a grim discovery was made on December 28, 2020, that left the community unsettled. Seventy-two-year-old Michael John Casey, a male resident of Naches, was found deceased in a home. The tragedy was compounded by the…

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Christopher Kent Miln

Male, age 54 · Brandon, Mississippi

Killed Dec 28, 2020 · 6 years ago

In a quiet neighborhood near the reservoir in Rankin County, Mississippi, a dispute between neighbors escalated to a fatal confrontation on December 28, 2020. Christopher Kent Miln, a 54-year-old white male, was shot and killed during an altercation with his…

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Carlos Demetrius Harris

Male, age 45 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 28, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the last days of a tumultuous year, the life of Carlos Demetrius Harris, a 45-year-old male, was abruptly and violently cut short in Atlanta, Georgia. On the afternoon of December 28, 2020, the Peoplestown neighborhood was disturbed by the sound of…

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Jeffrey Brown

Male, age 59 · Ashville, Ohio

Killed Dec 28, 2019 · 7 years ago

Jeffrey A. Brown, a 59-year-old male from Ashville, Ohio, passed away on December 28, 2019, at his home. He was a lifelong carpenter by trade and is survived by his mother, Margie Brown, and four siblings: Kathy Liff, Debbie Edgington, Ron Brown, and Myron…

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Sean Greenwood

Male, age 48 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 28, 2019 · 7 years ago

Sean Greenwood, 48, who lived in Englewood, was found badly hurt in an alley in the 3500 block of West 24th Street in Little Village, on Chicago's Southwest Side, on Saturday, December 28, 2019. He died a little over a week later. Area Central detectives of…

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Glen Dale Scott Jr

Male, age 47 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Dec 28, 2018 · 8 years ago

Shortly after Christmas in 2018, Glen Dale Scott Jr, a 47-year-old male, was in north Tulsa when gunfire cut through the cold night near the intersection of Apache Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Residents later told reporters they had heard…

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Eric Smith

Male, age 31 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Dec 28, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a late Friday morning, just days after Christmas, the life of 31-year-old Eric Smith Jr. was tragically cut short. The male resident of Seat Pleasant, Maryland, was found outside on December 28, 2018, in the 200 block of 68th Place, suffering from gunshot…

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Patrick L. Sampson

Male, age 42 · Henderson, Tennessee

Killed Dec 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a winter evening in Henderson, Tennessee, the life of 42-year-old Patrick L. Sampson, a male, was tragically cut short. On December 28, 2015, Sampson was killed by gunfire. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the Chester County Sheriff's Office…

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Alexander Pena

Male, age 33 · Miami, Florida

Killed Dec 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

Alexander Pena, a 33-year-old Hispanic male, died on December 28, 2014, in Miami, FL. His death was the result of a violent altercation that occurred during a drug deal gone wrong. Pena, along with his associate Renell Jones, was involved in setting up a drug…

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Ricardo Eugene Ray

Male, age 18 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Dec 28, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 28, 2009, the life of 18-year-old Ricardo Eugene Ray was tragically cut short. A resident of Washington, D.C., the young man was in the 7300 block of Central Avenue in Capitol Heights, Maryland, when he was shot multiple…

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Brandon Austin

Male, age 24 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Dec 28, 2007 · 19 years ago

On December 28, 2007, the life of 24-year-old Brandon Lee Austin Sr. came to an end in Richmond, Virginia. A resident of the city, his passing left a void in the lives of those who knew and loved him. In the wake of his death, public records and media…

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Terrence Glenn Orrick

Male, age 55 · Carson, California

Killed Dec 28, 2005 · 21 years ago

Terrence Glenn Orrick was 55 years old when he died on Wednesday, December 28, 2005, in Carson. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 313 E. 220th St. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Marisol Hernandez

Female, age 14 · Vermont Knolls, California

Killed Dec 28, 2003 · 23 years ago

During the final days of December 2003, fourteen-year-old Marisol Hernandez spent the post-Christmas holiday at home surrounded by family, playing board games like Monopoly with several of her eleven siblings. On the afternoon of Saturday, December 27, the…

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Michael Gunnar Carlson

Male, age 47 · Santa Clarita, California

Killed Dec 28, 2002 · 24 years ago

Michael Gunnar Carlson was 47 years old when he died on Saturday, December 28, 2002, in Santa Clarita. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 24307 Railroad. His death was ruled a homicide…

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Edward Sudler

Male, age 44 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 28, 2000 · 26 years ago

Edward Sudler, a 44-year-old male of African American ethnicity from Philadelphia, PA, tragically passed away on December 28, 2000. The circumstances surrounding his death were part of a larger, more infamous event known as the Lex Street Massacre, which…

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George Porter

Male, age 18 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 28, 2000 · 26 years ago

George Porter, an 18-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically lost his life on December 28, 2000, in Philadelphia, PA. His death was part of the infamous Lex Street Massacre, which remains the deadliest mass murder in Philadelphia's history. On…

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Jermaine Davis

Male, age 23 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 28, 1993 · 33 years ago

Jermaine Davis, a 23-year-old African American male from Chester, Pennsylvania, was tragically found deceased on December 28, 1993. His body was discovered in a secluded area near the 400 block of East 22nd Street, a neighborhood known for its high crime…

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James Crist

Male, age 88 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 28, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the late 1980s, an elderly white male named James Crist Sr., 88, and his wife, Elizabeth 'Betty' Crist, were living in Atlanta, Georgia, and in need of care. A woman named Patricia Vann Taylor Allanson, using the alias Pat Taylor, was hired as a caregiver…

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James David J.D. Chaffin

Male, age 33 · Russellville, Arkansas

Killed Dec 28, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the winter of 1987, the community of Russellville, Arkansas, was irrevocably scarred by a chilling sequence of events that claimed the life of James David 'JD' Chaffin. A 33-year-old firefighter, Chaffin was a man caught in the maelstrom of another's rage…

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Kathy Kendrick

Female, age 24 · Russellville, Arkansas

Killed Dec 28, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the winter of 1987, a 24-year-old woman named Kathy Kendrick was working as a secretary at the Peel, Eddy, and Gibbons Law Firm in Russellville, Arkansas. On the morning of December 28th, her life was tragically cut short in a horrifying act of violence…

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Johnnie Wilson

Male, age 37 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Dec 28, 1985 · 41 years ago

On a cold winter night in Denver, Colorado, the life of 37-year-old Johnnie Wilson was tragically cut short. The Black male was outside an after-hours club in the Park Hill neighborhood, on the 2800 block of Fairfax Street, on December 28, 1985, when he was…

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Charles Stanchick

Male, age 61 · Morton, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 28, 1978 · 48 years ago

On December 28, 1978, Charles Stanchick, a 61-year-old male from Morton, Pennsylvania, was tragically lost to gun violence. His death is commemorated on Gun Memorial, where individuals can light candles and share memories in his honor. Despite the passage of…

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