Deaths by Force on February 13

Deaths by Force (372)

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Christine Hardman

Male, age 26 · Franklin, Ohio

Killed Feb 13, 1978 · 48 years ago

Christine Hardman, a 26-year-old woman, tragically lost her life on February 13, 1978, in Franklin, Ohio. She was the victim of a brutal crime committed by Gary and Thaddeus Lewingdon, who were later dubbed "The .22 Caliber Killers". The Lewingdon brothers…

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Dorothy McCann

Female, age 77 · Franklin, Ohio

Killed Feb 13, 1978 · 48 years ago

Dorothy McCann, a 77-year-old woman from Franklin, Ohio, tragically lost her life on February 13, 1978. She was found dead in her son Robert "Mickey" McCann's house at 4187 Ongaro Drive, a semi-rural area just outside Columbus, Franklin County. Dorothy McCann…

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Robert McCann

Male, age 52 · Franklin, Ohio

Killed Feb 13, 1978 · 48 years ago

Robert McCann, a 52-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, was tragically murdered on February 13, 1978, in Franklin County, Ohio. McCann, along with his 77-year-old mother, Dorothy Marie McCann, and his 26-year-old girlfriend, Christine Herdman, was found…

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Luis Garza

Male · Lubbock, Texas

Killed Feb 13, 1978 · 48 years ago

On February 13, 1978, 2½-month-old Hispanic male infant Luis Garza died under suspicious circumstances in Friona, Texas. His mother, Diana Lumbrera, claimed that Luis had experienced convulsions and stopped breathing. She brought him to Parmer County…

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Fred Abbie Perez

Male, age 72 · Santa-cruz, California

Killed Feb 13, 1973 · 53 years ago

Fred Abbie Perez, a 72-year-old resident of Santa Cruz, California, tragically lost his life on February 13, 1973. Perez was one of the victims of Herbert Mullin, a mentally ill spree killer who terrorized the Santa Cruz area in the early 1970s. On the day of…

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Leslie Perlov

Female, age 21 · Stanford, California

Killed Feb 13, 1973 · 53 years ago

Leslie Perlov, a 21-year-old white female and Stanford University alumna, was tragically murdered on February 13, 1973. Her body was discovered three days later, on February 16, in the hills overlooking the Stanford University campus. Leslie, who worked as a…

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Fred Perez

Male, age 72 · Santa Cruz, California

Killed Feb 13, 1973 · 53 years ago

Fred Perez, a 72-year-old man from Santa Cruz, California, was tragically shot and killed on the morning of February 13, 1973, while working in his yard near his home. Perez, who came from one of the oldest pioneer families in Santa Cruz, was engaged in yard…

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Opal Diane Buckson

Female, age 15 · Gaffney, South Carolina

Killed Feb 13, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Mount Sinai in Gaffney, South Carolina, the morning of February 13, 1968, began like any other for fifteen-year-old Opal Diane Buckson. The young African-American girl was walking to her school bus stop when the unimaginable…

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Marshal William Henry Maeger

Male, age 53 · Tallapoosa, Georgia

Killed Feb 13, 1910 · 116 years ago

In the winter of 1910, the city of Tallapoosa, Georgia, lost a dedicated public servant in a sudden and violent manner. Marshal William Henry Maeger, a 53-year-old male, was shot and killed on Sunday, February 13th. His death occurred within the confines of…

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William Monroe

Male, age 50 · Salisbury, North Carolina

Killed Feb 13, 1909 · 117 years ago

William Monroe, a 50-year-old male police officer from Salisbury, North Carolina, was shot and killed on February 13, 1909. Monroe was attempting to arrest a man for wife beating when he was fatally shot. The suspect was apprehended four months later in…

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John Garscia

Male, age 30 · Inkerman, Pennsylvania

Killed Feb 13, 1909 · 117 years ago

In the winter of 1909, a tragic incident in Inkerman, Pennsylvania, led to the death of 30-year-old John Garscia, a male Private with the Pennsylvania State Police. On the night of Saturday, February 13, Garscia and his partner, Private Frederick Carlton…

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James Wright

Male · Rogersville, Tennessee

Killed Feb 13, 1907 · 119 years ago

James Wright, a male town marshal in the small East Tennessee town of Rogersville, spent his final years enforcing the laws of a community that had grown up around its old courthouse and narrow streets, a place where tradition ran deep and where public order…

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Charles Lee Douglas II

Male, age 40 · Elberta, Alabama

Killed Feb 13, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Friday, February 13, 2026, a deadly confrontation shattered the quiet of an Elberta, Alabama neighborhood. Charles Lee Douglas II, a 40-year-old man, was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in the 12000 block of Sandy Creek…

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Michael Hague

Male, age 55 · Cadillac, Michigan

Killed Feb 13, 2024 · 2 years ago

In February 2024, the community of Cadillac, Michigan, was shaken by the disappearance and subsequent discovery of the murder of 55-year-old Michael Hague. A male resident of the area, Hague was reported missing on February 20, 2024. The initial investigation…

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Raymond Howard

Male, age 78 · Sherman-oaks, California

Killed Feb 13, 2023 · 3 years ago

On February 13, 2023, at approximately 3:15 a.m., 78-year-old Raymond "Ray" Lewis Howard was fatally shot in his apartment in the 14600 block of Moorpark Street in Sherman Oaks, California. The incident stemmed from a dispute between Howard and his neighbor…

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Linville Curtis

Male, age 54 · Lake-city, Florida

Killed Feb 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Linville Curtis, a 54-year-old African American male from Lake City, Florida, was found dead on February 13, 2020. The Columbia County Sheriff's Office responded to a call about a person shot in the 300 block of SW Donovan Glenn. Upon arrival, deputies…

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Jimmy Lee Martin

Male, age 38 · Midfield, Alabama

Killed Feb 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the winter of 2019, the community of Midfield, Alabama, was unsettled by a violent intrusion that claimed the life of a local man. On the evening of February 13th, 38-year-old Jimmy Lee Martin, a male resident of the area, was fatally wounded during what…

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MiKenzi Bostic

Female, age 6 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Feb 13, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of a day before Valentine's Day in 2017, a tragedy unfolded in a St. Louis, Missouri home that claimed the life of six-year-old Mi'Kenzie Bostic. The young female was found with a gunshot wound to her head and died at the scene. At…

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Andrea Anderson

Female, age 50 · Springfield, Missouri

Killed Feb 13, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the winter of 2015, a domestic dispute in Springfield, Missouri, escalated into a tragic double homicide. On the evening of February 13th, 50-year-old Andrea Anderson was at her home with her adult sons, Ronald and Kevin Anderson. An argument erupted…

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Kevin Anderson

Male, age 35 · Springfield, Missouri

Killed Feb 13, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a tragic day in Springfield, Missouri, the lives of a mother and son were brutally cut short. Thirty-five-year-old Kevin Anderson, a male resident of the city, was killed in his home on February 13, 2015. The unfortunate event unfolded when an argument…

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Robert Elias

Male, age 61 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Feb 13, 2015 · 11 years ago

Robert Elias, a 61-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, was found dead on February 13, 2015. His body was discovered in the front yard of a home located in the 1100 block of Ceralvo Street on the city's West Side. Elias had been shot in the head and stabbed…

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Cecil Johnson

Male, age 63 · Clark County, Nevada

Killed Feb 13, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the community of Clark County, Nevada, was met with the sorrowful news of the passing of Cecil Johnson, a respected public official. On Thursday, February 13, 2014, Johnson, at the age of 63, was found deceased. The Clark County…

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Derrick Leroy Hair

Male, age 42 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Feb 13, 2014 · 12 years ago

Derrick Leroy Hair, aged 42, was tragically shot and killed on February 13, 2014, in Orlando, Florida. The incident occurred behind a building on the 800 block of Jackson Street around 9 a.m. Hair was found with gunshot wounds, and the circumstances…

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Phouthasak Inthilatvongsy

Male, age 56 · Bossier-city, Louisiana

Killed Feb 13, 2014 · 12 years ago

On February 13, 2014, Phouthasak Inthilatvongsy, a 56-year-old man from Bossier City, Louisiana, died, leaving behind the kind of sudden silence that follows a life cut short. A name that belonged to a real person with routines, relationships, and a history…

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Timothy Thomas

Male, age 18 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Feb 13, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the life of 18-year-old Timothy Thomas was tragically cut short by gun violence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. On the evening of February 13th, the young man was fatally shot at the Park East Apartment complex located on Sharp Lane. The…

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Roberta Patterson

Female, age 94 · Downey, California

Killed Feb 13, 2013 · 13 years ago

On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, emergency responders were called to a single-family residence situated at 10604 Horley Avenue in the suburban city of Downey, California. Inside the home, ninety-four-year-old Roberta Patterson was discovered deceased.…

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William Perkins

Male, age 44 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Feb 13, 2009 · 17 years ago

William Perkins was 44 years old when he was killed in St. Louis, Missouri, on Friday, February 13, 2009. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis…

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Tina Freeman

Female, age 31 · Shelby, North Carolina

Killed Feb 13, 2008 · 18 years ago

Tina Freeman, a 31-year-old woman from Shelby, North Carolina, tragically passed away on February 13, 2008. Tina, a native of Cleveland County, was employed by Alpha Mailing Service. She was survived by her parents, Berry and Billie McGowan Freeman, and her…

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Tyrone Bradley

Male, age 41 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 13, 2007 · 19 years ago

Tyrone Bradley, a 41-year-old Black man from Washington, DC, was out in the early hours of Tuesday, February 13, 2007, when the quiet of the 1500 block of Butler Street SE was broken by gunfire. Around 12:30 a.m., neighbors heard shots and called for help.…

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Sean Oderinde

Male, age 18 · Hyattsville, Maryland

Killed Feb 13, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a cold winter day in Hyattsville, Maryland, the life of 18-year-old Sean Oderinde was tragically cut short. On Tuesday, February 13, 2007, the young man was killed by gunfire. The specific circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear from…

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Shawn Floyd Soares

Male, age 39 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Feb 13, 2005 · 21 years ago

Shawn Floyd Soares was 39 years old when he died on Sunday, February 13, 2005, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1330 S. Olive St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed…

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Raul Uribe

Male, age 25 · El Monte, California

Killed Feb 13, 2002 · 24 years ago

Raul Uribe was 25 years old when he died on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, in El Monte, in the San Gabriel Valley east of downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 12026 1/2 Magnolia St. His death…

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Willie James Walker

Male, age 43 · Pasadena, California

Killed Feb 13, 2002 · 24 years ago

Willie James Walker was 43 years old when he died on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2002, in Pasadena. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 784 N. Fair Oaks Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a…

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Nghia Tan Pham

Male, age 16 · San-diego, California

Killed Feb 13, 2000 · 26 years ago

Nghia Tan Pham, a 16-year-old from San Diego, California, tragically lost his life on February 13, 2000, in a car-to-car shooting on Interstate 15. Pham was driving southbound when he was struck in the head by one of several shots fired at his vehicle. The…

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Prestiss Wells

Male, age 57 · Newton, Georgia

Killed Feb 13, 1992 · 34 years ago

Prestiss Lamar Wells, identified in Georgia Supreme Court records as Prentiss Wells, was a 57-year-old Black man who was killed on February 13, 1992, after what began as an ordinary day in Newton County, Georgia, turned into a calculated robbery. Court…

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Richard Rice

Male, age 63 · Elbert, Georgia

Killed Feb 13, 1984 · 42 years ago

Richard Rice, a 63-year-old male, was a garage owner in Elbert County, Georgia, and on February 13, 1984, what began as an ordinary workday turned into a trap. According to the court record, someone called Rice’s grandson and reported that a green Chevrolet…

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