Death by Force

Eric Pedroso

Male, age 29 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Dec 30, 1999 · 27 years ago

Eric Pedroso, a 29-year-old male, was tragically killed on December 30, 1999, in Tampa, Florida. Pedroso was one of the victims in a horrific shooting spree at the Radisson Bay Harbor Hotel. The perpetrator, Silvio Izquierdo-Leyva, a housekeeper at the hotel…

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George Jones

Male, age 43 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Dec 30, 1999 · 27 years ago

George Jones, aged 43, tragically lost his life on December 30, 1999, in Tampa, Florida. His death was part of a horrific mass shooting incident at a hotel, which was crowded with football fans in town for a bowl game. The perpetrator, Silvio Izquierdo-Leyva…

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Jose Aguilar

Male, age 40 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Dec 30, 1999 · 27 years ago

On December 30, 1999, Jose Aguilar, aged 40, was tragically killed in a mass shooting at the Radisson Bay Harbor Inn in Tampa, Florida. The incident occurred when Silvio Izquierdo-Leyva, a housekeeper at the hotel, opened fire on his co-workers and guests.…

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Dion Foster

Null · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Dec 30, 1997 · 29 years ago

On December 30, 1997, Dion Foster, also known as Dion Foster-Stinson, was killed in Dayton, Ohio. The incident occurred on Gard Avenue, and Dion was the victim of a shooting, which marked Dayton's 35th and final homicide for the year of 1997. The details…

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Ray Desmond

Male, age 17 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Dec 30, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the winter of 1995, a life was cut tragically short on the streets of Denver. Ray Desmond, a 17-year-old Black male, became the victim of a fatal shooting on the evening of December 30th. The incident occurred in the area of East 24th Avenue and Downing…

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Leanne Nichols

Female, age 38 · Brookline, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 30, 1994 · 32 years ago

On a tragic day in Brookline, Massachusetts, 38-year-old Leanne Nichols, a White/Caucasian female, lost her life in a violent attack on December 30, 1994. Nichols was working as a receptionist at the Preterm Health Services clinic when a gunman entered and…

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Shannon Lowney

Female, age 25 · Brookline, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 30, 1994 · 32 years ago

On the morning of December 30, 1994, Shannon Lowney, a 25-year-old White female, was at her post as a receptionist at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Brookline, Massachusetts. A dedicated advocate for women's reproductive rights, she had returned to this…

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Troy Merle Hogue

Male, age 39 · Howard, Texas

Killed Dec 30, 1994 · 32 years ago

Troy Merle Hogue, a 39-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was a dedicated State Trooper with the Texas Department of Public Safety. He began his career with the department on January 19, 1988, and was stationed in Big Spring, Texas. Tragically, Trooper…

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Jason Edward White

Male, age 25 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Dec 30, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the waning days of 1993, a dedicated 25-year-old male Metropolitan Police Department officer, Jason Edward White, tragically lost his life in the line of duty. On the evening of December 30th, he and his partner were patrolling a neighborhood near Capitol…

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Raymond Sam La Marca

Male, age 24 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Dec 30, 1992 · 34 years ago

On a winter evening in Las Vegas, a confrontation that began over a trivial matter tragically escalated, ending the life of 24-year-old Raymond Sam La Marca, a Caucasian male. The events of December 30, 1992, started at a Jack-in-the-Box restaurant located at…

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Dantee Elise Oshita Aka

Male, age 23 · Hillsboro, Oregon

Killed Dec 30, 1992 · 34 years ago

On December 30, 1992, the life of 23-year-old Dantee Elise Oshita Aka, a White/Caucasian male also known as Chantee Alyce Woodman, was tragically cut short. After leaving a nightclub in downtown Hillsboro, Oregon, he was abducted by two men. These individuals…

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Damon Roberts

Male, age 20 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Dec 30, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the cold winter of 1992, the life of a young man, Damon Roberts, was cut short on the streets of Denver, Colorado. A 20-year-old Black male, Roberts was fatally shot on the evening of December 30, 1992. The incident occurred in the 1200 block of East 28th…

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Alfred Palmer

Male, age 71 · Medicine Hat, Alberta

Killed Dec 30, 1990 · 36 years ago

Alfred Palmer, a 71-year-old man, had spent his life farming on a dairy operation west of Medicine Hat, Alberta. He was remembered as community-minded and had once served as a councillor with the Municipal District of Cypress. His daughter-in-law, Dolores…

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Dolores Palmer

Female, age 35 · Medicine Hat, Alberta

Killed Dec 30, 1990 · 36 years ago

Dolores Palmer was a 35-year-old woman living with her husband on a dairy farm west of Medicine Hat, Alberta. The couple occupied a separate residence on the property from her father-in-law, Alfred Palmer. Dolores worked on the dairy farm and also held a…

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Porfirio Soto Jr.

Male, age 26 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Dec 30, 1988 · 38 years ago

Police Officer Porfirio Soto Jr., aged 26, tragically lost his life on December 30, 1988, in Tampa, Florida. Officer Soto was serving an arrest warrant at 3710 E. Idlewild Avenue alongside another officer. The suspect, wanted for armed robbery, aggravated…

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Jesus Santos

Male, age 22 · Nashua, New Hampshire

Killed Dec 30, 1987 · 39 years ago

Jesus Santos, 22, male, of Nashua, New Hampshire, was shot and killed on the night of December 30, 1987, during a two-city rampage that began in Nashua and spilled into Londonderry. Police said the gunman first entered separate apartments in Nashua and…

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Nicarno Rodriquez

Male, age 49 · Nashua, New Hampshire

Killed Dec 30, 1987 · 39 years ago

On a winter's day in 1987, the life of Nicarno Rodriquez, a 49-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically cut short in a spree of violence that spanned two New Hampshire communities. On December 30th, a man named Rafael Rodriguez, 38, embarked on a shooting…

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Richard Proulx

Male, age 41 · Nashua, New Hampshire

Killed Dec 30, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the winter of 1987, a wave of violence shattered the quiet of Nashua, New Hampshire, leaving a trail of death and questions. On December 30th, Richard Proulx, a 41-year-old male from Lawrence, Massachusetts, found himself tragically caught in this…

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Agnes Drees

Female, age 79 · Algona, Iowa

Killed Dec 30, 1987 · 39 years ago

On a cold December day in 1987, the small town of Algona, Iowa, was rocked by a horrific tragedy that befell the well-regarded Dreesman family. Agnes Dreesman, a 74-year-old White female, was known throughout the community for her exceptional cooking and…

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Jason Chuang

Male, age 12 · Algona, Iowa

Killed Dec 30, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the small town of Algona, Iowa, the holiday season of 1987 came to a tragic and violent end. On December 30th, twelve-year-old Jason Chuang, a male, was found deceased alongside six of his family members in an apparent murder-suicide. The grim discovery…

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Jennifer Chuang

Female, age 11 · Algona, Iowa

Killed Dec 30, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the quiet town of Algona, Iowa, the holiday season of 1987 was shattered by a horrific act of violence that claimed the lives of an entire family. Among the victims was eleven-year-old Jennifer Chuang, a young girl visiting her grandparents for a festive…

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John Drees

Male, age 79 · Algona, Iowa

Killed Dec 30, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Algona, Iowa, the holiday season of 1987 was shattered by a horrific act of violence that claimed the life of 79-year-old John Dreesman, a white male, and six members of his family. On December 30th, what should have been a…

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Joshua Chuang

Male, age 8 · Algona, Iowa

Killed Dec 30, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the quiet town of Algona, Iowa, a horrifying chapter unfolded on December 30, 1987, forever marking the community with a senseless tragedy. Among the victims of this terrible event was 8-year-old Joshua Chuang, a young boy whose life was abruptly cut…

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Marilyn Chuang

Female, age 12 · Algona, Iowa

Killed Dec 30, 1987 · 39 years ago

On the cold winter day of December 30, 1987, a horrific scene unfolded within the otherwise quiet town of Algona, Iowa. Inside the home of John and Agnes Dreesman, a family gathering for the holidays took a devastating turn. Marilyn Chuang, a 48-year-old…

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Tony Kilgore

Male, age 15 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 30, 1987 · 39 years ago

Tony Kilgore, a 15-year-old Black male from Atlanta, Georgia, died on December 30, 1987, in a killing that unfolded inside his grandmother’s home in DeKalb County, just outside Atlanta. Court records describe a grim morning in which Tony had spent the night…

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Lee Seward

Male, age 43 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 30, 1987 · 39 years ago

Patrol Specialist Lee Richard Seward, Sr., a 43-year-old white male, was a dedicated officer with the Chicago Police Department, serving for over 16 years. On December 30, 1987, at approximately 9:48 p.m., Officer Seward and his partner, Patrolman Patricia…

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Anthony Jansen

Male, age 25 · Newport, Kentucky

Killed Dec 30, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 30, 1984, Newport Police Officer Anthony E. Jansen, a 25-year-old male, was responding to a call about a man waving a firearm in the 700 block of York Street. Officer Jansen, who had been with the department for two…

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William \Jim\ Winters Jr

Male, age 35 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Found Dec 30, 1983 · 43 years ago

On the night of December 30, 1983, William Richard "Jim" Winters Jr., aged 35, was found dead at his residence located at 3940 Guthrie Street in Charlotte, North Carolina. His home was being used as an illegal gambling house at the time. Winters died as a…

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Gail Mark

Female, age 28 · New York, New York

Killed Dec 30, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the winter of 1982, in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, 28-year-old Gail Mark, a wife and mother, was brutally murdered in her own home. On the morning of December 30th, she was found stabbed and strangled in the bedroom of her duplex apartment.…

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David Block

Male, age 22 · Highland Park, Illinois

Killed Dec 30, 1982 · 44 years ago

David Block, a 22-year-old white male and recent Yale University graduate, tragically lost his life on December 30, 1982. His disappearance occurred while he was visiting his parents in the affluent suburb of Highland Park, Illinois. David had informed his…

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Wendell Barnes

Male, age 26 · Rochester, New York

Killed Dec 30, 1980 · 46 years ago

Wendell Barnes, a 26-year-old Black/African American man, was fatally stabbed in Rochester, New York, on December 30, 1980. Barnes was waiting at a bus stop on East Main Street when he was attacked and stabbed in the chest. He was rushed to a hospital, but…

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Suzanne Powell

Female, age 20 · Gainesville, Florida

Killed Dec 30, 1979 · 47 years ago

Suzanne Michelle Powell was a 20-year-old White woman whose promising future was tragically cut short in Gainesville, Florida, on December 30, 1979. Born on Tuesday, September 8, 1959, to Donald and Louise Powell, Suzanne grew up in a family of four children…

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Bobby Howard

Male, age 24 · Williamson, West Virginia

Killed Dec 30, 1979 · 47 years ago

On Sunday, December 30, 1979, Bobby D. Howard, a 24-year-old White/Caucasian male, was serving as a police officer with the Williamson Police Department in Williamson, West Virginia. Howard had been with the department for approximately one year when an…

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Debra Alexandria Manning

Female, age 35 · Goleta, California

Killed Dec 30, 1979 · 47 years ago

Debra Alexandria Manning, a 35-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on December 30, 1979, in Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California. She was killed alongside Dr. Robert Offerman, and their deaths were later linked to the infamous serial offender known as…

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Robert Offerman

Male, age 44 · Goleta, California

Killed Dec 30, 1979 · 47 years ago

Robert Offerman was one of the victims of the notorious Golden State Killer, also known as the East Area Rapist and the Original Night Stalker. On December 30, 1979, Offerman, a Caucasian male, was brutally murdered alongside his partner, Debra Manning, in…

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David A. Spangler

Male, age 17 · Littleton, Colorado

Killed Dec 30, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the quiet suburban landscape of Littleton, Colorado, the Spangler family home on South Franklin Way became the scene of a grim discovery on December 30, 1978. Inside, authorities found the bodies of 17-year-old David A. Spangler, his 15-year-old sister…

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Nancy Jane Stahl Spangler

Female, age 45 · Littleton, Colorado

Killed Dec 30, 1978 · 48 years ago

On December 30, 1978, in the quiet suburban community of Littleton, Colorado, a shocking scene unfolded that would take over two decades to be fully understood. Inside their home on South Franklin Way, 45-year-old Nancy Jane Stahlman Spangler was found dead…

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Susan E. Spangler

Female, age 14 · Littleton, Colorado

Killed Dec 30, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the quiet suburban community of Littleton, Colorado, the life of fifteen-year-old Susan E. Spangler was tragically cut short on December 30, 1978. On that day, she, along with her seventeen-year-old brother David and their forty-five-year-old mother Nancy…

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Robert Lee Blake

Male, age 42 · Jackson, Michigan

Killed Dec 30, 1978 · 48 years ago

On a cold New Year's Eve in 1978, the life of 42-year-old Robert Lee Blake, a flagman for the railroad, was tragically cut short in a violent rampage at the train depot in Jackson, Michigan. Blake, a male from Southgate, was one of three railroad employees…

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Sylvia Cabalic

Female, age 24 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Dec 30, 1974 · 52 years ago

On December 30, 1974, Sylvia Cabalic, a 24-year-old nurse, was found beaten to death in the basement laundry room of her apartment building located at 507 Lowell Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sylvia had worked the night shift, and it was reported that she…

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Carmen Wright Drayton

Female, age 25 · Olean, New York

Killed Dec 30, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a cold December afternoon in Olean, New York, the life of 25-year-old Carmen Wright Drayton was tragically cut short. It was December 30, 1974, and the pregnant woman was driving near Olean High School when she was struck by a bullet. Her death was part of…

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Earl Metcalf

Male, age 62 · Olean, New York

Killed Dec 30, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a grim afternoon in Olean, NY, a 62-year-old man named Earl Metcalf became the first victim in a deadly school shooting. The date was December 30, 1974, when 17-year-old Anthony F. Barbaro, an honor student and member of the school's rifle team, initiated…

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Neal Pilon

Male, age 58 · Olean, New York

Killed Dec 30, 1974 · 52 years ago

Neal Pilon, a 58-year-old male, was one of three fatalities in a mass shooting that unfolded in Olean, New York, on December 30, 1974. On that day, Anthony Barbaro, a 17-year-old honor student and member of the school's rifle team, initiated a deadly attack…

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Lillian Bullard

Female, age 64 · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Killed Dec 30, 1974 · 52 years ago

Lillian Bullard, a white female, passed away on December 30, 1974. She was the mother of Velma Barfield, a notorious serial killer known as the 'Death Row Granny.' Lillian Bullard's death was initially attributed to natural causes, but later investigations…

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Leroy Gordon

Male, age 28 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Dec 30, 1973 · 53 years ago

On December 30, 1973, Leroy Gordon, aged 28, was found fatally shot in the street near the intersection of Bluff and Summit Street in Akron, Ohio. The Akron Police Department responded to the incident, but despite initial investigations, Gordon's homicide…

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Eva Miller

Female, age 80 · St. Petersburg, Florida

Killed Dec 30, 1963 · 63 years ago

On December 30, 1963, Eva Miller, an 80-year-old white female residing in St. Petersburg, Florida, was found dead in her home following a brutal attack. According to reports from the time, neighbors alerted authorities after hearing cries from Miller’s…

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Ole Havey

Male · Hayfield, Minnesota

Killed Dec 30, 1905 · 121 years ago

On December 30, 1905, Village Marshal Ole Havey of Hayfield, Minnesota, was tragically shot and killed while responding to a burglary in progress at the Dalen & Alrick Mercantile Store on Main Street. Ole Havey, born on December 16, 1865, had been serving as…

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Charles Haggerty

Male, age 48 · Mobile, Alabama

Killed Dec 30, 1903 · 123 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 30, 1903, a Mobile Police Officer, Charles Haggerty, a 48-year-old male, was dutifully patrolling the quiet streets of the city. While on Royal Street, between Government and Conti Streets, he began observing a…

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