Deaths by Force on December 31

Deaths by Force (567)

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South Trimble

Male, age 78 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Dec 31, 1974 · 52 years ago

On the final night of 1974, a prominent Washington, D.C. lawyer's life was tragically cut short in what police believe was a robbery attempt. South Trimble Jr., a 78-year-old white male, was fatally shot in the chest on December 31, 1974. The incident…

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Edwin Hosli

Male, age 30 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 31, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the line of duty, Sergeant Edwin Hosli, a male officer with the New Orleans Police Department, succumbed to gunshot wounds he had sustained two months prior. His death was the result of a violent encounter with a sniper on December 31, 1972. On that day…

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Mary Jo Brosley

Female, age 33 · Miami, Florida

Killed Dec 31, 1970 · 56 years ago

Mary Jo Brosley, a 33-year-old woman, was the first known victim of Samuel Little, one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. Brosley, who was estranged from her family and struggled with alcoholism, met Little at a bar in Miami on New Year's…

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Patricia Bissette

Female, age 23 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 31, 1962 · 64 years ago

On the last day of 1962, a chilling discovery brought a tragic end to the life of 23-year-old Patricia Bissette, a Caucasian female secretary. Her boss grew concerned when she didn't answer her door on the morning of December 31st and later failed to arrive…

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Ernest Miller

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Dec 31, 1960 · 66 years ago

Ernest Miller was tragically murdered on December 31, 1960, in Dayton, Ohio. He was found dead in Montgomery County, and the case has since remained unsolved. Law enforcement officials at the time, including the Dayton Police Department, classified the death…

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Carlos Bazante

Male, age 35 · Madera, California

Killed Dec 31, 2023 · 3 years ago

On December 31, 2023, at approximately 8:00 p.m., 35-year-old Carlos Octaviano Bazante was fatally shot while driving near the intersection of East 14th and B Streets in Madera, California. Responding to reports of a car crash and gunfire, Madera police…

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Craig Whitfield

Male, age 47 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Dec 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the afternoon of December 31, 2022, a grim discovery was made in a home on Graceland Avenue in Indianapolis, Indiana. Inside, 47-year-old Craig Whitfield, a male resident of the city, was found dead. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department…

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Alejandro Diaz

Male, age 56 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Alejandro Diaz, a 45-year-old off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy, was fatally shot by police officers at the Sierra Lakes Golf Club in Fontana, California, on August 15, 2023. The incident began when Diaz's wife reported to authorities that he had…

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Edwin Soto

Male, age 56 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Edwin Soto, a 56-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Soto was fatally shot near 1531 Taft Ave. in Hollywood. The incident…

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Julio Solis

Male, age 23 · Arlington-heights, California

Killed Dec 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Julio Emmanuel Solis, a 23-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2020, in Arlington Heights, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Solis was fatally shot near 2015 8th Avenue. The incident…

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Samuel James Gonzalez

Male, age 34 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Samuel James Gonzalez, a 34-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. Gonzalez was fatally shot near the northbound 110 Freeway at the Avenue 60 off-ramp in the Montecito Heights neighborhood. The…

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Frank Allen

Male, age 56 · Pagedale, Missouri

Killed Dec 31, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the quiet community of Pagedale, Missouri, the life of 56-year-old Frank Allen was brought to a tragic and violent end on December 31, 2018. His death, which was quickly determined to be a homicide, sent ripples of concern through the local area and…

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Prentiss Pounds

Male, age 33 · Magnolia, Mississippi

Killed Dec 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Magnolia, Mississippi, a burst of violence shattered the weekend calm and left a community in mourning. On January 15, 2017, Prentiss Jackson, a 45-year-old man, was fatally shot at the Sin City nightclub on Church…

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Herman Wolfe

Male · Ragley, Louisiana

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Herman Wolfe, a man from Ragley, Louisiana, died on December 31, 2015, along a long, isolated stretch of Papania Road in rural Beauregard Parish. In the weeks leading up to that night, the road had already become a place investigators were quietly…

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Michael Cavanaugh

Male, age 34 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the last day of 2015, the life of 34-year-old Michael Cavanaugh was cut short in a New Orleans East barbershop. The male victim was discovered inside the establishment, located in the 9700 block of Lake Forest Boulevard, with a single gunshot wound to his…

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Ernest Harding

Male, age 29 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the final day of 2014, a brutal act of violence cut short the lives of Ernest Harding and his companion, Tierra Williams, in a residential neighborhood on Detroit's east side. The two were in the process of getting into a minivan on University Place when…

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Rafat Abdelaziz

Male, age 29 · Lumberton, North Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Rafat Abdelaziz, a 29-year-old male, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2014, in Lumberton, North Carolina. The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve when Abdelaziz was approached by two suspects, Corey Matthew Deese, 22, and Artiz…

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Victor Colin

Male, age 23 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Victor Colin, a 23-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2014, in Dallas, TX. He was found shot in the 1500 block of Kingsley Drive around 11:30 p.m. Colin was taken to Baylor University Medical Center, where he was…

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Vaughn Harman

Male, age 49 · Houston, Texas

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Vaughn Harman was 49 years old when he was killed in Houston on Wednesday, December 31, 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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William Heape Sr

Male, age 67 · Walterboro, South Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

On a crisp December morning in the wooded expanse near Walterboro, South Carolina, a day of hunting among friends turned into a scene of tragedy. It was on this day, December 31, 2013, that William Heape Sr., a 67-year-old male, lost his life in what was…

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Manju Gurung Poonmagar

Female, age 37 · Marietta, Georgia

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Manju Gurung Poonmagar, a 37-year-old Nepalese woman from Marietta, was coming home from her shift at a BP station near Windy Hill Road in the final hours of December 31, 2013, when her life was cut short. Police were called to Westminster Square Apartments…

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August Galladay

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

On December 31, 2013, August Galladay, a 25-year-old male, was fatally shot in the Armour Square neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. The incident occurred during an argument with his father, Donald Golladay, 67, inside their home on the 3700 block of South…

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Savannah Cree Lucero

Female · Downey, California

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Savannah Cree Lucero was less than a year old when she died on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, in Downey. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 8924 Imperial Highway. Her death was ruled a…

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Alicia Espinoza

Female, age 45 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Alicia Espinoza was 45 years old when she was found dead on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, in Wilmington, in the Harbor area of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 1712 Wilmington Blvd. Her death…

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Shoua Lee

Female, age 41 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Dec 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a cold Thursday morning in Milwaukee, the life of 41-year-old Shoua Lee, a male, came to a violent end. Outside his home in the 5600 block of N. 83rd St., he was shot three times, with wounds to his face, chest, and abdomen. The date was December 31, 2009…

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Roosevelt Davenport

Male, age 38 · Forestville, Maryland

Killed Dec 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

On the last day of 2009, in Forestville, Maryland, the life of 38-year-old Roosevelt Davenport, Jr. was tragically cut short. Known to his loved ones, he was a son, a father to one daughter, and a brother to five siblings. His sudden and violent death on…

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Jairon Jeremias Osorio

Male, age 28 · Silver-spring, Maryland

Killed Dec 31, 2008 · 18 years ago

On the final day of 2008, a violent encounter cut short the life of 28-year-old Jairon Jeremias Osorio. He was outside his home in Takoma Park, Maryland, engaged in the mundane task of washing his car when he was ambushed. A man approached him from behind and…

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Charles Eugene Terrell

Male, age 27 · Inglewood, California

Killed Dec 31, 2008 · 18 years ago

Charles Eugene Terrell was 27 years old when he died on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, New Year's Eve, in the city of Inglewood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 234 W. Arbor Vitae St. His death was ruled a…

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Brian Patrick White

Male, age 16 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

Brian Patrick White was 16 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Monday, December 31, 2007. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through…

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Amanda Terlouw

age 25 · Houston, Texas

Killed Dec 31, 2004 · 22 years ago

On December 31, 2004, Amanda H. Terlouw, a 25-year-old woman from Houston, Texas, tragically lost her life. According to available records, Amanda was born on July 2, 1979, and her death was officially recorded on the aforementioned date. Reports indicate…

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Timothy Powell

Male, age 20 · Hoke County, North Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 1994 · 32 years ago

Timothy Powell, a 20-year-old male from Raeford in Hoke County, North Carolina, tragically died on December 31, 1994. Born on July 27, 1974, Timothy Brian Powell was laid to rest in Raeford Cemetery, located in his hometown. His death occurred at a young age…

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Guy Mills

Male, age 64 · Fulton, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 31, 1977 · 49 years ago

Guy McClelland Mills, a 64-year-old white male from Breezewood in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, was murdered on December 31, 1977. He and his wife, Laura Mills, also 65 and white, were found shot to death in their home early the following morning. The crime…

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Hugh Francis Mahoney

Male, age 60 · Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 31, 1975 · 51 years ago

On the last day of 1975, a horrific act of violence shattered the peace of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, resulting in the death of 60-year-old Dr. Hugh Francis Mahoney, a respected male obstetrician. The tragic events unfolded on New Year's Eve at the Mahoney…

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John Patrick Mahoney

Male, age 14 · Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 31, 1975 · 51 years ago

On the cold New Year's Eve of 1975, in the quiet town of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, the life of 14-year-old John Patrick Mahoney, a male freshman at Austin Prep, was tragically cut short. In a brutal act that shook the community, John, along with his father…

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Ruth Mahoney

Female, age 48 · Tewksbury, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 31, 1975 · 51 years ago

On the cold New Year's Eve of 1975, a horrific scene was discovered in the quiet town of Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Inside their home on Whipple Road, 48-year-old Ruth Mahoney, a female nurse, her husband, Dr. Hugh Mahoney, and their 14-year-old son, John, had…

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Alfred Harrell

Male, age 19 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 31, 1972 · 54 years ago

On the night of December 31, 1972, a 19-year-old Black male named Alfred Harrell was on duty as a New Orleans Police Department cadet. At approximately 10:55 p.m., while working at the gate of the Central Lockup, Harrell was struck by a sniper's bullet. The…

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Jessie James Morgan

Male, age 69 · Hughes, Arkansas

Killed Dec 31, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the line of duty, Hughes Police Department Officer Jessie James Morgan, a 69-year-old male, lost his life on the last day of 1968. On that Tuesday, December 31st, he was responding to a robbery in progress. As he arrived at the scene, the four individuals…

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Antonio Mazza

Male · Manhattan, New York

Killed Dec 31, 1905 · 121 years ago

On the final day of 1905, in the bustling borough of Manhattan, a White male named Antonio Mazza lost his life to an act of gun violence. The fatal incident occurred on December 31, 1905, cutting short the life of a man whose personal details, such as his…

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Claude Brice

Male · Joplin, Missouri

Killed Dec 31, 1904 · 122 years ago

In the early hours of a New Year's Eve in Joplin, Missouri, a dedicated police officer named Claude Brice was making his rounds. On December 31, 1904, Officer Brice, a male, had received a tip about a potential burglary at a business on the 100 block of Main…

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