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Deaths by Force on February 23

624 open cases in our database happened on February 23. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (443)

Death by Force

Lester James Hooks

Male, age 43 · El Monte, California
Killed Feb 23, 2005 · 21 years ago

Lester James Hooks was 43 years old when he died on Wednesday, February 23, 2005, in El Monte. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at Durfee Avenue and Felipe Street. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Death by Force

Rudy Jose Rodriguez

Male, age 40 · Baldwin Park, California
Killed Feb 23, 2005 · 21 years ago

Rudy Jose Rodriguez was 40 years old when he died on Wednesday, February 23, 2005, in Baldwin Park. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 3377 Athol St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a…

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Ali Afshari

Male, age 28 · Sylmar, California
Killed Feb 23, 2004 · 22 years ago

On Monday, February 23, 2004, twenty-eight-year-old Ali Afshari died under violent circumstances in the northern San Fernando Valley community of Sylmar. Emergency responders and law enforcement personnel were summoned to the rear of a property located in the…

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Death by Force

Smith Manning

Male, age 70 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Feb 23, 2004 · 22 years ago

Smith Manning was 70 years old when he died on Monday, Feb. 23, 2004, in Historic South-Central Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 625 E. 21st St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Giacomino Toto

Male, age 89 · Somerville, New Jersey
Killed Feb 23, 2003 · 23 years ago

Giacomino 'Jack' Toto, an 89-year-old male, passed away on February 23, 2003, while a patient at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, New Jersey. For 25 years, he had worked as a mechanic and also operated a vegetable stand. His death was later discovered…

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David Seiler

Male, age 46 · Huntsville, Alabama
Killed Feb 23, 2003 · 23 years ago

David Seiler, a 46-year-old White male from Tennessee, was one of four men killed in a burst of violence at the Labor Ready temporary employment agency in Huntsville, Alabama, in the early morning of February 25, 2003. The office was crowded with men waiting…

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Rachael Talli

Female, age 23 · Saint Charles, Iowa
Killed Feb 23, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the small town of Saint Charles, Iowa, a quiet winter Saturday in 2002 was shattered by a tragic event that claimed the life of 23-year-old Rachael Talli. On February 23rd of that year, the young woman's life was cut short when she was shot to death in her…

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Christoffer Burmeister

Male, age 27 · New-york, New York
Killed Feb 23, 1997 · 29 years ago

A visit to a world-famous landmark turned into a scene of terror and tragedy on February 23, 1997, when a gunman opened fire on the observation deck of the Empire State Building. Among the victims was Christoffer Burmeister, a 27-year-old Danish musician…

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Morris Ratter

Male · New York City, New York
Killed Feb 23, 1974 · 52 years ago

In 1974, Morris Ratter was shot to death in New York City, his life ending in the kind of sudden street violence that rarely makes room for last words or second chances. In later accounts of the crimes attributed to teenage offender George C. Adorno, Ratter’s…

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Michael Hurd

Male · New York City, New York
Killed Feb 23, 1974 · 52 years ago

In 1974, Michael Hurd, a man from New York City, was killed in a shooting that later appeared in victim lists tied to a violent run of robberies attributed to teenage offender George C. Adorno. Later summaries of Adorno’s crimes identify Hurd as one of the…

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Death by Force

August Brusius

Female, age 33 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed Feb 23, 1907 · 119 years ago

August Friedrich Brusius, a 33-year-old German-American male, was a Philadelphia police officer whose death came only months after he joined the department. Born on August 22, 1873, he was one of six children in a family of German immigrants, and his early…

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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.