Deaths by Force on December 2

Deaths by Force (471)

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William Petro

Male, age 33 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Dec 2, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the winter of 1988, the life of William Robert Petro, a 33-year-old male, was tragically cut short in Knoxville, Tennessee. On December 2nd of that year, his body was discovered on Muhammond Drive, the victim of a murder that would leave a lasting scar on…

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Mae Stringer

Female, age 83 · Pulaski County, Kentucky

Killed Dec 2, 1988 · 38 years ago

On December 2, 1988, the life of 83-year-old Mae Frisbie Stringer came to a tragic and violent end in her Pulaski County, Kentucky home. For more than two decades, her death was officially attributed to a house fire, a conclusion that brought a somber, albeit…

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Russell Eugene Johnson

Male, age 35 · Jacksonville, Oregon

Found Dec 2, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the quiet Applegate Valley of Oregon, the life of Russell Eugene Johnson, a 35-year-old man, was brought to an abrupt and violent end on December 2, 1985. Johnson was inside his home, situated across from the historic Log Town Cemetery on Highway 238, when…

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Kelly Poppleton

Female, age 14 · Sunol, California

Found Dec 2, 1983 · 43 years ago

Kelly Poppleton, a 14-year-old girl, was brutally murdered on December 2, 1983, in Sunol, California. Her body was discovered by a motorist along Kilkare Road, and the scene revealed the extent of the violence inflicted upon her. Poppleton had been beaten…

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Christopher Walden

Male, age 12 · Sarpy County, Nebraska

Killed Dec 2, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the quiet community of Sarpy County, Nebraska, a sense of unease lingered in the fall of 1983. A few months earlier, in September, 13-year-old Danny Joe Eberle had been abducted and murdered, leaving families on edge and parents hesitant to let their…

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Ariel Rios

Male · Miami, Florida

Killed Dec 2, 1982 · 44 years ago

Ariel Rios, a 28-year-old Puerto Rican male, was an undercover special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). On December 2, 1982, he was tragically killed during an undercover operation in Miami, Florida. Rios and his…

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David Peter Hampton

Male, age 22 · Lake-charles, Louisiana

Killed Dec 2, 1982 · 44 years ago

On a cool December evening in Lake Charles, Louisiana, a young police officer's life was tragically cut short, leaving a lasting wound in the community. David Peter Hampton Sr., a 22-year-old White male, had been with the Lake Charles Police Department for…

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Thomas Elroy Buntrock

Male, age 43 · Mequon, Wisconsin

Killed Dec 2, 1979 · 47 years ago

Thomas Elroy Buntrock, a 43-year-old White/Caucasian male, was serving as chief of the Mequon Police Department when a robbery and hostage crisis ended with his death on December 2, 1979. Buntrock had served with the department for approximately 19 years and…

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Deedah Godzari

Female, age 22 · New York City, New York

Killed Dec 2, 1979 · 47 years ago

In the winter of 1979, the life of a young woman named Deedah Godzari came to a horrific end in a New York City hotel room. A 22-year-old immigrant from Iran, she was found on December 2nd alongside another, unidentified woman. The scene that greeted…

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Margaret Rohrbough

Female, age 20 · Costa Mesa, California

Killed Dec 2, 1979 · 47 years ago

Margaret Rohrbough, a 20-year-old white female, was murdered on December 2, 1979, in Costa Mesa, California. Her death was later attributed to Gerald Parker, a serial killer known as the 'Bedroom Basher,' who terrorized Orange County during the late 1970s.…

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Ernest Billy Isom

Male, age 27 · Sioux City, Iowa

Killed Dec 2, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the winter of 1974, a sense of unease settled over the family of Ernest Billy Isom, a 27-year-old White/Caucasian male living in Sioux City, Iowa. Known as Billy to his friends and family, he shared a two-story home on Morningside Avenue with his…

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Freta Bostic

Female, age 24 · Sioux City, Iowa

Killed Dec 2, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a cold December day in 1974, the quiet of a Sioux City, Iowa, neighborhood was shattered by a grim discovery. Inside a home at 1117 Morningside Avenue, the lives of three young people had been violently cut short. Among them was Freta Bostic, a 24-year-old…

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Jesse Hanni

Male, age 26 · Sioux City, Iowa

Killed Dec 2, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the winter of 1974, in Sioux City, Iowa, a sense of unease settled over Harriet Isom when her son, Billy, and his roommate, Jesse Hanni, a 26-year-old Caucasian male, failed to show up for their jobs as boilermakers. On the snowy morning of December 3rd…

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Lewis McDowell

Male, age 29 · Rocherster, New York

Killed Dec 2, 1969 · 57 years ago

Lewis McDowell, a 29-year-old man from Rochester, New York, died on December 2, 1969, after he was found in his garage with carbon monoxide poisoning. In later retellings of the case, the scene is described as a closed-garage death that authorities treated as…

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Emogene Harrington

Female, age 56 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Dec 2, 1965 · 61 years ago

Emogene Harrington, a 56-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on December 2, 1965. She was the first known victim of the serial killer later dubbed the 'Cincinnati Strangler'. Harrington was strangled to death, marking the beginning of a series of violent…

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Mary Holland

Female, age 33 · Evansville, Indiana

Killed Dec 2, 1954 · 72 years ago

In the winter of 1954, a shadow fell over Evansville, Indiana, beginning with the tragic death of 33-year-old Mary Holland. A pregnant woman, she and her husband, Charles, were the proprietors of a local liquor store on Bellemeade Avenue. On the night of…

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Joachim Matthews

Male, age 57 · Macomb, Michigan

Killed Dec 2, 1910 · 116 years ago

In an otherwise quiet Macomb, Michigan community, the life of Joachim Matthews, a 57-year-old male, was brought to a violent and tragic end. On December 2, 1910, while performing his duties as the Sheriff of Macomb County, Matthews was fatally shot. The…

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Jhan Carlos Blanquissett

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 2, 2024, at approximately 2:10 p.m., a mass shooting occurred during a birthday party in the 3500 block of West 59th Street in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood. The gathering featured a performance by a renowned DJ from Venezuela. During the…

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Osmer Angel Ferrer Oria

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 2, 2024, a tragic mass shooting occurred in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood, resulting in the death of 32-year-old Osmer Angel Ferrer Oria. The incident took place around 2:10 p.m. at a residence in the 3500 block of West 59th Street, where a…

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Cesar Ignacio Sanchez

Male, age 41 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Dec 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 2, 2024, at approximately 3:30 a.m., Greensboro police responded to a report of an injured individual in a black Ram pickup truck on the shoulder of westbound Interstate 40 near NC 68. Upon arrival, officers discovered 41-year-old Cesar Ignacio…

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Eric Johnson

Male, age 50 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Dec 2, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the evening of December 2, 2023, a quiet neighborhood in West Allis, Wisconsin, became the scene of a tragic event that ended the lives of 50-year-old Eric Johnson and his 75-year-old mother, Stephanie Perla. Police were called to a home near 57th and…

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Joseph Bright

Male, age 62 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 2, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a winter afternoon in Baltimore, the life of Joseph Bright, a 63-year-old Black man, was irrevocably altered. On December 2, 2022, at approximately 2:40 p.m., in the 100 block of West Hamburg Street, Bright was shot. The incident left him with severe…

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Mario Anderson

Male, age 49 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 2, 2020 · 6 years ago

Mario Anderson, 49, was killed in St. Louis, Missouri on December 2, 2020, in a shooting that left him with multiple gunshot wounds. Days later, police recovered his body behind a vacant home in the 2200 block of Alberta Street in south St. Louis.…

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Timothy Joe Stoudt

Male, age 65 · Kilgore, Texas

Killed Dec 2, 2019 · 7 years ago

Timothy Joe Stoudt, a 65-year-old man from Kilgore, Texas, was tragically killed on December 2, 2019. The incident occurred around 2:15 p.m. in the 3800 block of Farm-to-Market Road 2087 in Gregg County. Timothy Joe Stoudt was identified as the victim of this…

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Melvin Vinson

Male, age 54 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Dec 2, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a cold December evening in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the life of 54-year-old Melvin Vinson was tragically cut short. On December 2, 2017, Vinson was shot near 95th and Allyn Streets. The incident occurred at approximately 6:00 p.m., shattering the quiet of the…

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Leonard Arnold

Male, age 32 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the winter of 2015, the life of 32-year-old Leonard Arnold was tragically cut short in Saint Louis, Missouri. On the second of December, Arnold was killed, marking another grim statistic in the city's homicide count for the year. The initial circumstances…

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Demetrius Allen

Male, age 40 · Prichard, Alabama

Killed Dec 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

A rising star in the world of professional bull riding, 27-year-old Demetrius Omar Lateef Allen, known to fans as 'Ouncie Mitchell,' was fatally shot on September 12, 2022. The male victim was in Salt Lake City, Utah, to compete in the Utah State Fair and was…

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David William Spencer

Male, age 66 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

David William Spencer, a 66-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on December 2, 2014. According to reports, Spencer was shot, leading to his untimely death. The incident was recorded as a homicide, and it drew significant…

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Steven Antonio Robinson

Male, age 22 · West-palm-beach, Florida

Killed Dec 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Steven Antonio Robinson, a 22-year-old resident of West Palm Beach, Florida, tragically lost his life on December 2, 2014. He was shot to death in the 700 block of North Tamarind Avenue. Despite being rushed to St. Mary's Medical Center, he succumbed to his…

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Jesse Anthony Calderon

Male, age 56 · Castaic Canyons, California

Killed Dec 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jesse Anthony Calderon was 56 years old when he died on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, in the Castaic area of northern Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma near 29340 The Old…

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Pamela Garmon

Female, age 28 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Dec 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

Pamela Garmon, a 28-year-old woman from Charlotte, NC, was tragically murdered on December 1, 2010. Pamela, who was African American, was found shot to death at her home on Summerour Place in west Charlotte. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m., and it was…

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Jose Munoz

Male, age 26 · Upper-marlboro, Maryland

Killed Dec 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

Jose A. Munoz, a 26-year-old Hispanic man, was killed on the night of December 2, 2008, in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Late that evening—around 11:03 p.m.—gunfire erupted along the 5600 block of Landover Road, and he was the one who didn’t make it back…

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Raymond Cortez

Male, age 16 · Paramount, California

Killed Dec 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

Raymond Cortez, a 16-year-old Latino youth from Paramount, California, tragically lost his life on December 2, 2007. The incident occurred on November 30, 2007, as Raymond was leaving Paramount High School. While walking from the crowded campus at Downey and…

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Lillie Viola Jones

Female, age 72 · Vermont Knolls, California

Killed Dec 2, 2003 · 23 years ago

Lillie Viola Jones was 72 years old when she died on Tuesday, December 2, 2003, in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 1112 W. 76th St. Her death was…

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Manuel Siria

Male, age 33 · Lennox, California

Killed Dec 2, 2000 · 26 years ago

Manuel Siria was 33 years old when he died on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2000, in Lennox. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 10425 Inglewood Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los Angeles…

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Vincent Terry Fontecchio

Male, age 48 · Anderson, California

Killed Dec 2, 1999 · 27 years ago

Vincent Terry Fontecchio, aged 48, passed away on December 2, 1999, in Anderson, California. His death was a tragic event that left the community in shock. According to available records, Vincent's death was the result of a violent incident, which led to a…

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Delbert Haas

Male · Yavapai, Arizona

Killed Dec 2, 1994 · 32 years ago

On December 2, 1994, a trip to Laughlin, Nevada, among friends ended in a tragic and calculated murder. Delbert L. Haas, a male resident of Yavapai County, Arizona, was killed by his friend, George Kayer. Kayer, along with his girlfriend Lisa Kester, had…

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Thomas DeJose

Male · Catoosa, Georgia

Killed Dec 2, 1984 · 42 years ago

Thomas DeJose was a man publicly identified in later court records as Tommy DeJose. Online records available without using Crime Solvers Central place his death on December 2, 1984, in or near Catoosa, Georgia, and public memorial records describe it as a…

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Walter Willis

Male, age 64 · Stuart, Virginia

Killed Dec 2, 1939 · 87 years ago

In the quiet hills of Stuart, Virginia, a dedicated public servant, Deputy Sheriff Walter W. Willis, a 64-year-old male, met a tragic and untimely end. His death, however, would not be a mystery, as his own final words would ensure that justice was swiftly…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.