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Deaths by Force on February 17

629 open cases in our database happened on February 17. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (436)

Death by Force

Valerie Chalk

Female, age 34 · Highland Park, Michigan
Killed Feb 17, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the winter of 1992, the discovery of multiple bodies in a derelict Highland Park hotel sent a chill through the community, uncovering the tragic death of 34-year-old Valerie Chalk. On February 17, 1992, her body, along with those of 23-year-old Juanita…

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Death by Force

Steven Milillo

Male · Upper-darby, Pennsylvania
Killed Feb 17, 1990 · 36 years ago

Stephen A. Milillo, born in 1955, left this world in 1990, leaving behind memories that continue to be cherished by those who knew and loved him. A resident of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, Stephen's life was one that, like so many others, carried with it…

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Death by Force

Lee Zumwalt

Male, age 86 · Eugene, Oregon
Killed Feb 17, 1979 · 47 years ago

Lee Jackson Zumwalt Sr., aged 86, passed away on February 17, 1979, in Junction City, Lane County, Oregon. His death was later linked to a series of alleged mercy killings carried out by a nursing home orderly named Otha Harrison Hart. Hart, a former Eugene…

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Death by Force

Charles Cecil

Male, age 31 · Pineville, Kentucky
Killed Feb 17, 1902 · 124 years ago

Deputy Sheriff Charles Cecil was a 31-year-old male serving with the Bell County Sheriff’s Department in southeastern Kentucky when his life ended in a burst of gunfire on February 17, 1902. From Pineville, the county seat, he and fellow officers rode out…

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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.