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Deaths by Force on February 20

668 open cases in our database happened on February 20. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (442)

Death by Force

Linda Nickle

Female, age 61 · Marion, Indiana
Killed Feb 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a tragic day in February of 2010, the lives of two women were cut short in a brutal act of violence. Linda Nickle, a 61-year-old female, and her son's 24-year-old fiancée, Elizabeth Newcomer, were found shot to death in the Indianapolis home they shared on…

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Death by Force

Francisco Velazquez

Male, age 33 · Compton, California
Killed Feb 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

Francisco Velazquez was 33 years old when he died on Saturday, February 20, 2010, in Compton. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 307 S. Burris Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a case…

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Michelle Denise Proud

Female, age 30 · Clinton, Iowa
Killed Feb 20, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the early hours of Sunday, February 20, 2005, the life of 30-year-old Michelle Denise Proud, a female resident of Clinton, Iowa, was tragically cut short. Just after midnight, as she was leaving her job as a radiology technician at Mercy Medical Center…

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Larry Wayne Bumgarner

Male, age 53 · Lancaster, California
Killed Feb 20, 2002 · 24 years ago

Larry Wayne Bumgarner was 53 years old when he died on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2002, in Lancaster, in the Antelope Valley of northern Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 45803 Kingtree Ave.…

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Ripley Marston

Male, age 68 · Shenandoah-county, Virginia
Killed Feb 20, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the quiet of Shenandoah County, Virginia, a dark chapter unfolded, forever marking the community with the tragic death of Corporal Ripley E. Marston Sr. A 68-year-old male, Marston became the first victim in a senseless rampage on a cold February day in…

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Walter Noonie Custer

Male, age 26 · Shenandoah-county, Virginia
Killed Feb 20, 1989 · 37 years ago

In February of 1989, the life of 26-year-old Walter Noonie Custer, a male resident of Shenandoah County, Virginia, was tragically cut short in what would become a multi-victim homicide. Custer was discovered in an apple orchard, the first victim in a string…

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Christina Caldwell

Female, age 58 · San Francisco, California
Killed Feb 20, 1985 · 41 years ago

Christina Caldwell, a 58-year-old woman, was tragically killed on February 20, 1985, in San Francisco, California. She and her sister, Mary Caldwell, who was 70 years old, were found stabbed to death in their Telegraph Hill apartment. The brutal nature of the…

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Glen B. Smith

Male, age 27 · Tucson, Arizona
Killed Feb 20, 1960 · 66 years ago

On February 20, 1960, Glen B. Smith, a 27-year-old male of unspecified race/ethnicity, was fatally shot during a robbery at a gas station in Tucson, Arizona. Contemporary and modern summaries of the case describe an armed youth entering the station, carrying…

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Ira Lee Hardison

Male, age 55 · Phoenix, Arizona
Killed Feb 20, 1960 · 66 years ago

In the winter of 1960, a wave of violence orchestrated by a teenage spree killer tragically found its way to Phoenix, Arizona, culminating in the death of 55-year-old Ira Lee Hardison. On February 20th of that year, Hardison's life was cut short when he was…

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John Mcadams

Male, age 43 · Anderson, South Carolina
Killed Feb 20, 1909 · 117 years ago

In the late winter of 1909, a male lawman named John McAdams met a violent end in the mill village of Orr Mill, just outside of Anderson, South Carolina. At 43 years of age, he was serving as a Deputy Constable, appointed by the Anderson County Sheriff to…

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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.