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Orville Fuller

Male, age 40 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the early hours of a Wednesday in Washington, D.C., the life of Orville Fuller, a male, was cut short by an act of violence. On February 27, 2008, at approximately 12:26 a.m., Fuller was shot and killed in the 2700 block of Randolph Street, Northeast. The…

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Fidel Marrero

Unknown, age 50 · Miami, Florida

Found Feb 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

Fidel Marrero, a 50-year-old man, was tragically murdered on February 27, 2008, in Miami, Florida. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unresolved, leaving the case categorized as an unsolved homicide. Marrero was found with fatal injuries, but…

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Tony Turner

Male, age 50 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Feb 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

Tony Turner was a 50-year-old Black man from Buffalo, New York, and his death left a silence that can’t be measured in headlines or timelines. A life doesn’t end as a single moment; it ends with unfinished conversations, with routines that suddenly have no…

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Tony Smith

Male, age 50 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Feb 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

Anthony “Tony” Smith, a 50-year-old man, died suddenly on Saturday, July 4, 2009, at Saratoga Hospital, a loss that rippled outward from his home base in the Ballston Spa–Saratoga Springs area and into the many circles that knew him as a husband, father…

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James Young

Male, age 53 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late evening hours of a cold Monday, on February 26, 2007, a life was violently cut short in the nation's capital. James Young, a man known to some as 'Pete,' was in the vicinity of 1710 A Street in Southeast Washington, D.C., when an unknown assailant…

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Claudio Jean Charles

Unknown, age 21 · Miami, Florida

Found Feb 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

Claudio Jean Charles, a 21-year-old from Miami, Florida, was killed on February 27, 2007. His homicide remains unsolved, and it is part of the extensive list of cold cases that the Miami Police Department continues to investigate. The crime occurred in…

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John Edward Watkins

Male, age 39 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Feb 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late winter of 2007, the life of John Edward Watkins, a 39-year-old Black male from Louisville, Kentucky, was tragically cut short. On Tuesday, February 27, 2007, Watkins was found deceased at a residence located at 1934 Beech Street. His death was…

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Vic Gigio Roy Fenner

Male, age 17 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a cold February night in 2007, the life of 17-year-old Vic Gigio Roy Fenner, a Black male, was cut short in Baltimore, Maryland. His death on Tuesday, February 27, 2007, was the result of a shooting that occurred in the vicinity of Guilford Avenue and 21st…

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Jova Guidroz

Male, age 27 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Feb 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

On the evening of February 27, 2007, a burst of violence on a Dorchester street cut short the life of Jova Guidroz, a 27-year-old African-American man. At approximately 9:08 p.m., Boston police officers from District 3 received a radio call reporting a person…

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Kevin Earl Carper

Male, age 39 · Spartanburg, South Carolina

Killed Feb 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday in Spartanburg, South Carolina, a sequence of events unfolded that would end in tragedy. Kevin Earl Carper, a 39-year-old male, was on duty as a Deputy Sheriff for the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office on February 27, 2007. A…

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Enrique Chavez

Male, age 15 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Feb 27, 2005 · 21 years ago

Enrique Chavez, a 15-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on February 27, 2005, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Enrique was fatally shot, marking a devastating end to his young life. The incident…

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Anthony Boone

Male, age 21 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 27, 2004 · 22 years ago

On a cold February morning in Washington, D.C., a young man named Anthony Boone was tragically killed. The 21-year-old was waiting for a bus at the corner of 13th and Savannah Streets, SE, on his way to work on February 27, 2004, when he was accosted. The…

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Donna Johnston

Female, age 43 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Feb 27, 2004 · 22 years ago

In February 2004, the life of 43-year-old Donna Bennett Johnston was tragically cut short, marking the end of a terrifying chapter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A white female, Johnston became the eighth and final victim of the serial killer Sean Vincent Gillis.…

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Robert Hawthorne

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Feb 27, 2000 · 26 years ago

Robert Hawthorne, a 57-year-old resident of Akron, Ohio, was found dead in his home on February 27, 2000. The incident took place at his residence at 353 Hickory Street in Akron. On the day of his death, the door to Hawthorne’s home was found ajar, and he was…

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Brian Anthony Colpitts

Male, age 7 · West Puente Valley, California

Killed Feb 27, 2000 · 26 years ago

On Sunday, February 27, 2000, emergency first responders were called to a scene in the unincorporated community of West Puente Valley in eastern Los Angeles County. There, authorities discovered seven-year-old Brian Anthony Colpitts suffering from fatal…

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Faud Alabsi

Male, age 34 · Lakewood, Ohio

Killed Feb 27, 1997 · 29 years ago

On 02/28/1997, the Lakewood Police Department responded to 15010 Madison Avenue(Apartment #206) on the report that a male was found unresponsive inside his apartment. Officers investigating at the scene were able to determine that the resident, an Iraqi male…

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D'artanian Counts

Male, age 15 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Feb 27, 1995 · 31 years ago

On the evening of February 27, 1995, D'artanian Counts, a 15-year-old boy, was tragically killed in Charlotte, North Carolina. D'artanian and two friends were standing near a payphone between a Quick-N-Eze store and a pawn shop on Tuckaseegee Road when they…

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Stephen Amos

Male, age 24 · Winston-salem, North Carolina

Killed Feb 27, 1995 · 31 years ago

Stephen Levi Amos II, a 24-year-old male police officer of African American ethnicity, tragically lost his life on February 27, 1995, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Officer Amos and his partner, Senior Police Officer John Pratt, were responding to a call…

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Roberta Butler

Female, age 52 · Sacramento, California

Killed Feb 27, 1995 · 31 years ago

On February 27, 1995, 52-year-old Roberta A. Butler, a Caucasian female, was found dead in her Benicia townhouse. Her son, Jack Barron, discovered her lifeless body in bed, with signs indicating she had been smothered. This tragic event marked the fourth…

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Ralph Bow

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Feb 27, 1993 · 33 years ago

On February 27, 1993, Ralph Bowman, a resident of Columbus, Ohio, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest at 1921 E. 5th Avenue. The Columbus Police Department responded to the scene and subsequently initiated an investigation into the case.…

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Mary Elizabeth Keller

Female, age 35 · Cumberland, Virginia

Killed Feb 27, 1993 · 33 years ago

On a tragic night in Cumberland, Virginia, 35-year-old Mary Elizabeth Keller and her husband, Morris C. Keller Jr., became the victims of a brutal and senseless act of violence. On February 27, 1993, their lives were cut short when two men invaded the…

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Morris Keller

Male, age 45 · Cumberland, Virginia

Killed Feb 27, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the quiet community of Cumberland, Virginia, the lives of 45-year-old Morris Keller and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Keller, were brutally cut short on the night of February 27, 1993. The couple became the victims of a horrific home invasion that ended in a…

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Leah Evans

Female, age 28 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Feb 27, 1993 · 33 years ago

In early 1993, the vibrant life of Leah Evans, a 28-year-old white woman residing in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, was tragically cut short. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and a mother to two children, Julian and Eve, she was known…

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Jose Aguilar

Male, age 14 · San-diego, California

Killed Feb 27, 1992 · 34 years ago

Jose Aguilar, a 14-year-old from San Diego, California, tragically lost his life on February 27, 1992. The circumstances surrounding his death were deeply troubling and sparked a significant investigation. Jose was found deceased under suspicious…

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Tammy Salyer

Female, age 18 · Bristol, Virginia

Killed Feb 27, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the quiet early hours of February 28, 1990, the life of 18-year-old Tammy Eleene Salyer was tragically cut short in what was initially believed to be a car accident. A female, she was a recent graduate of Virginia High School, working as an assistant…

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Luis Perez

Male, age 34 · Naples, Florida

Killed Feb 27, 1989 · 37 years ago

Luis Perez, aged 34, was murdered on February 27, 1989, in Naples, Florida. Perez was at a home in a neighborhood in Naples when an argument escalated into violence. During the altercation, he was shot and attempted to flee. His assailants pursued him…

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David Hartlaub

Male · Perkins-township, Ohio

Killed Feb 27, 1988 · 38 years ago

David P. Hartlaub, a 28-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically shot and killed on February 27, 1988, in Perkins Township, Ohio. Hartlaub, who was a music store manager, was making a night deposit at a bank near the Sandusky Mall when he was attacked. The…

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Fred Edgi

Male, age 36 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Feb 27, 1987 · 39 years ago

Just before the break of dawn in Portland, Oregon, on February 27, 1987, the body of Fred William Edgi, a 36-year-old Indian male, was discovered. He was found deceased in his sleeping bag, tucked away beneath the west side of the Burnside Bridge near what…

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Tommy Williams

Male, age 31 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Feb 27, 1987 · 39 years ago

Tommy Williams, 31, a Black man from Atlanta, Georgia, died on February 27, 1987, in a killing that later unfolded in court as a planned execution rather than a sudden act of violence. The case that began with his death in Atlanta eventually led prosecutors…

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Homer Abel

Male, age 63 · Garfield, Colorado

Killed Feb 27, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the quiet expanse of Garfield County, Colorado, the life of a 63-year-old gas station attendant, Homer Abel, was tragically cut short on the cold day of February 27, 1984. A white male, Abel was working at the Asamera Gas Station, situated on Highway 6…

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Kenneth Kramer

Male, age 28 · Cherryfield, Maine

Killed Feb 27, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the quiet, tight-knit community of Cherryfield, Maine, the story of Kenneth Kramer, a 28-year-old White/Caucasian male, came to a tragic and mysterious end. On the evening of February 27, 1983, Kramer, a man of many parts—a merchant marine, a veteran of…

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Fred Bailey

Male, age 63 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Feb 27, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 27, 1982, a sense of unease settled over the Golden Gloves Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. Fred 'Spike' Bailey, a 63-year-old male who served as a security guard for the venue, was nowhere to be found. A local boxing…

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Bruce Owens

Male, age 60 · Dayton, Tennessee

Killed Feb 27, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the quiet early morning hours of February 28, 1982, in Dayton, Tennessee, a violent jailbreak shattered the calm at the Rhea County Jail, forever altering the life of Sergeant Bruce Owens. Owens, a 47-year-old Caucasian male, was on duty in the…

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William Ronnie Brooks

Male, age 27 · Clarendon, Arkansas

Killed Feb 27, 1975 · 51 years ago

In the small town of Clarendon, Arkansas, a tragic event unfolded on February 27, 1975, that would end the life of a dedicated law enforcement officer. William Ronnie Brooks, a 27-year-old male Trooper with the Arkansas State Police, was killed in the line of…

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Martin Bustos

Male, age 27 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Feb 27, 1970 · 56 years ago

On a cold winter's night in Denver, Colorado, on February 27, 1970, a young man's life was tragically cut short, leaving a mystery that has endured for decades. Martin Bustos, a 27-year-old White male, was found fatally shot near his 1955 Chevrolet at the…

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Lorraine McGraw

Female, age 26 · South Nyack, New York

Killed Feb 27, 1970 · 56 years ago

Lorraine Montalvo McGraw, a 26-year-old Hispanic/Latina woman, disappeared on February 27, 1970, and within days the woods above the Hudson would become the silent keeper of what happened next. Late on Sunday, March 1, hikers moving along a trail just west of…

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Janice Bolyard

Female, age 22 · Des Plaines, Illinois

Killed Feb 27, 1970 · 56 years ago

Janice Bolyard, a 22-year-old white female, was murdered on February 27, 1970, in Des Plaines, Illinois. Born in Toledo, Ohio, she had recently graduated from Northwestern University in 1969 and was working in the research and testing division of a chemical…

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Michael Arcomone

Male, age 47 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Feb 27, 1954 · 72 years ago

In the winter of 1954, the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, was rocked by the violent death of one of its own. Michael Arcomone, a 47-year-old male, was a familiar face in the community, known both as a local grocer and as a city tax collector. His life was cut…

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Garnet Ginn

Female, age 33 · Portland, Indiana

Killed Feb 27, 1950 · 76 years ago

In the small town of Portland, Indiana, the morning of February 28, 1950, brought with it a mystery that would linger for decades. Garnet Ginn, a 33-year-old female home economics teacher at Portland High School, failed to arrive for her classes. Concerned…

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Omar Wynter

Male, age 77 · Santa Fe Springs, California

Killed Feb 27, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Santa Fe Springs, a distressing scene unfolded on the evening of February 27, 2026, culminating in the death of 77-year-old Omar Wynter. The elderly man was discovered deceased in a residence located on the 11600 block of Telegraph…

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Terrance English

Male, age 54 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

Terrance English, 54, was stabbed on Monday, February 27, 2023, in the 800 block of Port Street in East Baltimore. The Baltimore Police Department investigated, and the Baltimore Sun's homicide database lists his death as a homicide. Eastern District officers…

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Lizeth Maldonado

Female, age 32 · Harvey, Louisiana

Killed Feb 27, 2022 · 4 years ago

In a tragic end to a volatile relationship, 32-year-old Lizeth Maldonado was killed in her Harvey, Louisiana, home on February 27th. The Hispanic woman’s life was cut short by a fatal gunshot wound inflicted during an argument with her estranged boyfriend…

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Salomon Mendoza Mazariegos

Male, age 67 · Palmdale, California

Killed Feb 27, 2019 · 7 years ago

Salomon Mendoza Mazariegos, a 67-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on February 27, 2019, in Lake Los Angeles, a community near Palmdale, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Mazariegos was fatally…

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Omar Luciano-Jesus Magallanes

Male, age 22 · Bell-gardens, California

Killed Feb 27, 2017 · 9 years ago

Omar Luciano-Jesus Magallanes, a 22-year-old resident of Bell Gardens, California, tragically lost his life on February 27, 2017. According to reports, Magallanes was walking with a friend on the east side of Ajax Avenue when a car approached them from the…

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Julieanne Cieslikowski

Female, age 16 · Bonney Lake, Washington

Killed Feb 27, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet community of Bonney Lake, Washington, a devastating discovery was made on the evening of February 27, 2015. Inside their home on Rhododendron Drive East, 16-year-old female Julieanne Cieslikowski was found deceased in her bedroom. The grim scene…

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Devion Russell-Reed

Male, age 21 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Feb 27, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the heart of winter, the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, became the final chapter in the life of Devion Russell-Reed, a young man of 21. On Thursday, February 27, 2014, his journey came to an untimely end, leaving a void in the lives of those who knew him.…

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Jimmy Lee Wallace

Male, age 57 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Feb 27, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jimmy Lee Wallace, aged 57, passed away on February 27, 2014, in Bakersfield, California. His death was a significant event in the local community, sparking a series of investigations and legal proceedings. Wallace's death was initially surrounded by mystery…

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Maurice Webb

Male, age 23 · Fresno, California

Killed Feb 27, 2014 · 12 years ago

Maurice De Carlo Webb, a 23-year-old resident of Fresno, California, tragically passed away on February 27, 2014. His death was a significant loss to his family and community, as reflected in the heartfelt tributes and condolences shared during his funeral…

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