Death by Force

Angela Kasvicis

Female, age 24 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

Angela Kasvicis, a 24-year-old from Houston, Texas, was found deceased on April 17, 2009, after juveniles discovered her body in a secluded area near Sims Bayou in the Glenbrook Valley neighborhood. She had been wrapped in a blanket and appeared to have…

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Tamara Christina Brown

Female, age 26 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Dec 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

On New Year's Eve 2009, the life of 26-year-old Tamara Christina Brown was tragically cut short in a violent encounter in Roanoke, Virginia. A female and former member of the military, Brown was fatally shot in an event that sent ripples of shock and grief…

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David Carney

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 31, 2008 · 18 years ago

David Carney, aged 21, was fatally shot on December 31, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred in the Chatham neighborhood on the city's South Side, a community that has faced ongoing challenges related to violence and crime. The shooting took place…

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Albert Collins

Male, age 30 · San Francisco, California

Found Dec 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

A 30-year-old San Francisco man was shot and killed in broad daylight Monday at the Sunnydale public housing project while shielding his daughter from gunfire in what police say was a gang-related shooting. The 11:40 a.m. shooting left blood on the street…

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Nakia Harris

Male, age 33 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

Nakia Harris, age 33, was fatally shot on December 31, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. The homicide occurred during a period of heightened violence in the city, reflecting a challenging end to the year for many communities that were already grappling with the…

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Ronald Lopez

Male · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

Ronald Lopez, 55, was found dead on December 31, 2007, in Houston, Texas. His death was the result of a homicide that took place in the city's northeast region. Authorities from the Houston Police Department's Homicide Division investigated the incident after…

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Andrew Moppin Buckskin

Male, age 20 · Oakland, California

Killed Dec 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

Andrew Moppin-Buckskin, a 20-year-old resident of Oakland, California, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2007, following a fatal encounter with police officers. The incident began when Moppin-Buckskin fled from his vehicle after being pulled over by…

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Jade Hodge

Male, age 41 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Dec 31, 2004 · 22 years ago

On the evening of New Year's Eve in 2004, a tragic event unfolded in the parking lot of a Giant Food Store located at 1050 Brentwood Road, NE, in Washington, D.C. At approximately 5:55 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting. Upon their arrival, they…

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Stephon Kendricks Jr

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Dec 31, 2004 · 22 years ago

Stephon Kendricks Jr., an 18-year-old resident of Dayton, Ohio, was tragically murdered on December 31, 2004. The incident took place in Montgomery County, and the details surrounding his death remain largely unsolved. Kendricks was described as a young Black…

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Michael Richard Soma

Male, age 34 · Agoura-hills, California

Killed Dec 31, 2004 · 22 years ago

Michael Richard Soma, a 34-year-old resident of Agoura Hills, California, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2004. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Soma was shot and killed on that fateful day. The incident occurred in Agoura…

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Valentine Mbah

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Dec 31, 2003 · 23 years ago

Valentine Mbah, a 46-year-old resident of Dayton, Ohio, was tragically killed on December 31, 2003, during an armed robbery. Mbah was shot in the parking lot of the liquor store he owned and operated, located at 3025 Salem Avenue in Dayton. The incident…

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Aaron Prasad-King

Male, age 16 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Dec 31, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the early morning hours of New Year's Eve in 2003, the quiet streets of North Portland were shattered by the sound of multiple gunshots. At approximately 6:40 a.m. on December 31st, individuals delivering newspapers in the vicinity of North Missouri Avenue…

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Lamar Joe Big Tate

Male, age 30 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 2002 · 24 years ago

Lamar Joe "Big Tate" Watson, a 30-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2002, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born on January 4, 1972, in Union County, North Carolina, Lamar was a graduate of West Charlotte High School and…

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Martin Casper Guitron

Male, age 19 · Paramount, California

Killed Dec 31, 2000 · 26 years ago

Martin "Casper" Guitron, a 19-year-old resident of Paramount, California, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2000. Guitron was shot eight times while walking with a friend near 15121 El Camino Avenue. The incident was a shocking act of violence that…

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Carlos Cavitt

Male, age 19 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 31, 1998 · 28 years ago

Carlos Cavitt, a 19-year-old from Los Angeles, California, tragically passed away on December 31, 1998. His death was a result of a violent incident that has since been the subject of extensive investigation and legal scrutiny. Carlos was found deceased in a…

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Ottomar A. Schramm

Male, age 78 · Easton, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 31, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the winter of 1998, 78-year-old Ottomar A. Schramm, a male, was admitted to Easton Hospital in Pennsylvania for treatment following a seizure. His condition appeared to be improving, but his health took a sudden and unexpected turn for the worse. Blood…

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Matthew Mattern

Male, age 22 · Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 31, 1998 · 28 years ago

Matthew Mattern, a 22-year-old male from Shamokin, Pennsylvania, died on August 31, 1999, at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania. He was a victim of Charles Edmund Cullen, a nurse and convicted serial killer known as the 'Angel of…

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Frankie Lingard

Male, age 39 · Santee, South Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 1997 · 29 years ago

On the night of December 31, 1997, First Sergeant Frankie Lee Lingard, a 39-year-old male officer with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, was tragically killed in the line of duty. A 15-year veteran of the patrol and a United States Army veteran, Lingard was…

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Steven Gerald Gajda

Male, age 29 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 31, 1997 · 29 years ago

Steven Gerald Gajda, a 29-year-old officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, tragically lost his life on January 1, 1998, after being shot in the head while on duty. Officer Gajda was assigned to a task force aimed at preventing celebratory gunfire on…

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Trina Louise Wilson

Female, age 28 · Inglewood, California

Killed Dec 31, 1995 · 31 years ago

Trina Louise Wilson, a 28-year-old African American woman, was found deceased in Inglewood, California, on December 31, 1995. The circumstances surrounding her death remained unclear for many years, leaving her case unsolved and her family without answers.…

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James Jones

Null, age 60 · St. Paris, Ohio

Killed Dec 31, 1994 · 32 years ago

On December 31, 1994, James Jones, a 60-year-old resident of St. Paris, Ohio, was found dead under circumstances that have remained unsolved. The incident occurred in Champaign County, and the local law enforcement initially investigated the case. However…

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Deborah Hunter

Female, age 37 · Hoke County, North Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 1994 · 32 years ago

On December 31, 1994, Deborah Hunter age 37, was shot and killed inside the Puppy Creek Family Fun Center, an arcade the family operated on Rockfish Road in rural Hoke County, North Carolina. Her husband, Jamie Hunter, age 39, was also killed. During the…

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Jamie Hunter

Male, age 39 · Hoke County, North Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 1994 · 32 years ago

Jamie Hunter, a 39-year-old White male from Hoke County, North Carolina, was tragically killed on December 31, 1994, in a violent shooting that shook the local community. The incident occurred at the Puppy Creek Family Fun Center, a video arcade that Hunter…

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Steve Locklear

Male, age 18 · Hoke County, North Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 1994 · 32 years ago

Steve Locklear, an 18-year-old Native American male from Hoke County, North Carolina, was tragically killed on the night of December 31, 1994. His death occurred during a violent incident at the Puppy Creek Family Fun Center, where Rodriguez Ferguson, who had…

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Cristopher Brewer

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Dec 31, 1993 · 33 years ago

On December 31, 1993, Cristopher Brewer, a 21-year-old male, was tragically killed in Columbus, Ohio. Brewer sustained a fatal gunshot wound to his back while at the exit ramp to Refugee Avenue at State Route 104. The incident took place in Franklin County…

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Brandon Teena

Male, age 21 · Humboldt, Nebraska

Killed Dec 31, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the final days of 1993, the life of Brandon Teena, a 21-year-old white male, came to a brutal and tragic end in the frozen landscape of rural Nebraska. Having recently moved to the area of Falls City and Humboldt, he quickly formed connections, befriending…

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Lisa Marie Lambert

Female, age 24 · Humboldt, Nebraska

Killed Dec 31, 1993 · 33 years ago

On the last day of 1993, in the small town of Humboldt, Nebraska, the life of 24-year-old Lisa Marie Lambert, a White female, was tragically cut short. A single mother and a nurse's aide, she was found murdered in the modest farmhouse she rented, a place that…

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Phillip Elliott Devine

Male, age 22 · Humboldt, Nebraska

Killed Dec 31, 1993 · 33 years ago

On the last day of 1993, a tragic event unfolded in a modest farmhouse in rural Humboldt, Nebraska, forever altering the lives of several families. Phillip Elliott Devine, a 22-year-old Black male, was found shot to death, one of three victims in a brutal…

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Roger Dale Carter

Male, age 31 · Kannapolis, North Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 1993 · 33 years ago

Roger Dale Carter, a 31-year-old male officer with the Kannapolis Police Department, tragically lost his life on December 31, 1993. He was dispatched to a residence on Nance Street after a man called the police claiming to turn himself in on outstanding…

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Shirley Denise Winston

Female, age 26 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Dec 31, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the waning hours of 1990, a dedicated public servant, 26-year-old Officer Shirley Denise Winston, lost her life in a tragic turn of events while on duty in Columbus, Georgia. A four-year veteran of the Columbus Police Department, she was responding to a…

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Morraine Armstrong

Female, age 24 · Rochester, New York

Killed Dec 31, 1990 · 36 years ago

On the cold New Year's Eve of 1990, the life of 24-year-old Morraine Michelle Armstrong was violently cut short in her Rochester, New York apartment. A white female, Armstrong was discovered in her residence at 509 Lake Avenue, the victim of a brutal…

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Alan Specht

Male, age 27 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Dec 31, 1989 · 37 years ago

On December 31, 1989, 27-year-old Alan Specht was tragically found deceased near the intersection of Parsons Avenue and State Route 317 in Columbus, Ohio. His body was discovered in a ditch near his truck by a passerby, who subsequently notified the…

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Sarah Anne Elizabeth Kashka

Null, age 15 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Dec 31, 1984 · 42 years ago

Sarah Anne Elizabeth Kashka, a 15-year-old from Denton, Texas, was tragically killed on December 31, 1984. Sarah had been visiting friends in Fort Worth when she disappeared. On the evening of December 30, she was last seen near the Wedgwood Terrace…

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Jacquelyn Kay Jackie Sherrill

Female, age 33 · Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Killed Dec 31, 1984 · 42 years ago

On the last day of 1984, Sergeant Jacquelyn 'Jackie' Kay Sherrill, a dedicated officer with the Hattiesburg Police Department, was tragically killed in the line of duty. A California native born in 1951, Sherrill had moved to Hattiesburg at a young age and…

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Adolpho Guttierrez

Male, age 34 · Casa Grande, Arizona

Killed Dec 31, 1983 · 43 years ago

Adolpho B. Gutierrez, a 34-year-old Hispanic man from Casa Grande, Arizona, was born there on June 25, 1949, and spent his entire life in the desert town that would also become his final resting place. Growing up in Casa Grande in the postwar years, he…

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Validia Wage

Female, age 56 · Wichita, Kansas

Killed Dec 31, 1982 · 44 years ago

On the last day of 1982, in Wichita, Kansas, a 56-year-old Caucasian woman named Validia Wage was found murdered inside her residence at 441 N Santa Fe. The cause of her death was determined to be strangulation. Her case, which has remained unsolved for…

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John Wesley Sykes Jr.

Male, age 22 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Dec 31, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the waning hours of New Year's Eve, 1982, a young Memphis police officer's life was tragically cut short, just thirteen days after he had proudly graduated from the police academy. John Wesley Sykes Jr., a 22-year-old male, was on patrol with his field…

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Helen Phelps

Female, age 70 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 31, 1980 · 46 years ago

On the eve of a new year, a quiet home in Phoenix, Arizona, became the scene of a brutal and calculated crime. On December 31, 1980, Helen Genevieve Phelps, a 70-year-old female, was with her daughter, Marilyn Redmond, and son-in-law, William 'Pat' Redmond…

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William Patrick Redmond

Male, age 46 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 31, 1980 · 46 years ago

On New Year's Eve 1980, as he and his wife, Marilyn, were preparing for a party at their Phoenix, Arizona home, 46-year-old William Patrick 'Pat' Redmond was met by three men at his door. The men, one of whom was a former police officer, forced their way into…

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Randall Blank

Male, age 23 · Rockford, Illinois

Killed Dec 31, 1980 · 46 years ago

Patrol Officer Randall A. Blank, a 23-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on December 31, 1980, in Rockford, Illinois. Officer Blank was responding to a report of a purse snatching at a local bar when he encountered the suspect. During the ensuing…

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Cindy Carlton Stewart

Female, age 20 · Pasco County, Florida

Killed Dec 31, 1978 · 48 years ago

On the last day of 1978, a night of heavy drinking among three individuals culminated in the tragic death of 20-year-old Cindy Carlton Stewart. Originally from Columbus, Georgia, the young female's life was cut short in Pasco County, Florida. It was…

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William Crouse

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Dec 31, 1977 · 49 years ago

On December 31, 1977, William Crouse, a 30-year-old Caucasian male from Dayton, Ohio, was found deceased under circumstances that have remained unresolved for decades. Despite extensive investigations by the Dayton Police Department, the case has remained…

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Laura Mills

Female, age 65 · Fulton, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 31, 1977 · 49 years ago

On December 31, 1977, Laura Mills, a 65-year-old white female from Fulton County, Pennsylvania, was murdered alongside her husband, Guy Mills, also 65 years old. The couple was found dead in their ransacked home in Breezewood, Bedford County, early on the…

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Joel Krueger

Male, age 36 · Bedford, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 31, 1977 · 49 years ago

For decades, the case of Joel Krueger's death remained a painful mystery, a cold file in the archives of Pennsylvania law enforcement. That all changed in March of 2021, when a 79-year-old convicted serial killer named Edward A. Surratt, already serving two…

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Elaine Zeigler

Female, age 15 · Spring-hill, Florida

Killed Dec 31, 1975 · 51 years ago

Elaine Zeigler, a 15-year-old girl from Ohio, was one of the victims of convicted serial killer Billy Mansfield Jr. Her remains were discovered on Mansfield's property in Spring Hill, Florida, in 1981, along with the remains of three other women. Elaine had…

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Elaine Zeigler

Female, age 15 · Brooksville, Florida

Killed Dec 31, 1975 · 51 years ago

Elaine Louise Zeigler, a 15-year-old girl from Parkman, Ohio, disappeared on New Year's Eve in 1975 while vacationing with her family at a KOA campground near Brooksville, Florida. She was last seen heading to the camp showers, but never returned. Initially…

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Michael Mansfield

Male, age 19 · Rolling meadows, Illinois

Killed Dec 31, 1975 · 51 years ago

Michael Mansfield, a 19-year-old white male college student from Rolling Meadows, Illinois, disappeared on December 31, 1975. At the time, he was home on break from Lincoln College and was scheduled to testify in a criminal case just six days later. On the…

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Mark Howard Hall

Male, age 22 · Santa Ana, California

Killed Dec 31, 1975 · 51 years ago

Mark Howard Hall, a 22-year-old white male, was murdered on or around December 31, 1975. Born on April 3, 1953, in Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho, Mark Hall was the son of Darwin Leroy Hall and Lois Gene Soloman. At the time of his death, he was residing in…

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