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Deaths by Force on February 27

578 open cases in our database happened on February 27. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (394)

Death by Force

Francisco Alfredo Tomas

Male, age 22 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Feb 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

Francisco Alfredo Tomas, a 22-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on February 27, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred late at night on the 3300 block of East Olympic Boulevard in Boyle Heights. Tomas was walking with two friends…

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Frank Melendez

Male, age 47 · Paramount, California
Killed Feb 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

Frank Melendez, a 47-year-old Latino man, was tragically shot and killed on February 27, 2007, in Paramount, California. The incident occurred at the intersection of Olanda Street and Century Boulevard. According to reports, Melendez was riding his bicycle…

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Jade Velasquez

Female, age 34 · Pheonix, Arizona
Killed Feb 27, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the winter of 2003, the life of 34-year-old Jade Velasquez, an Apache woman, was tragically cut short in Phoenix, Arizona. On February 27, 2003, her body was discovered discarded under a palm tree, a grim finding that would unravel a series of horrific…

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Aneesha Anderson

Female, age 42 · Portland, Oregon
Killed Feb 27, 1997 · 29 years ago

Aneesha Anderson, a 42-year-old woman, was found dead on February 27, 1997, in a camper at Leonard's Tow Lot in Portland, Oregon. Originally from Venice, California, she had been reported missing by her family on January 9, 1997, and was discovered several…

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Beth Wellnitz

Female, age 40 · Columbia, Kentucky
Killed Feb 27, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the quiet town of Columbia, Kentucky, the morning of February 27, 1993, brought a gruesome discovery that would leave the community in shock. Inside their home, which also housed their veterinary clinic, 40-year-old Beth Wellnitz, her husband Joseph, and…

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Kathy Schenk

Female · Steelton, Pennsylvania
Killed Feb 27, 1990 · 36 years ago

On February 27, 1990, the body of a Harrisburg woman, Kathy Novena Schenck, who also went by the name Phoenix Bell, was discovered at a roadside dump in Penn Township, Perry County. The tragic story of her death unfolded as the actions of a serial killer came…

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Al Mills

Male · Berkeley, California
Killed Feb 27, 1980 · 46 years ago

Al Mills, along with his wife Jeannie Mills and their daughter Daphene, were tragically murdered on February 26, 1980, in their Berkeley, California home. The Mills family had previously defected from the Peoples Temple, a cult led by Jim Jones, and had…

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Daphene Mills

Female, age 15 · Berkeley, California
Killed Feb 27, 1980 · 46 years ago

Daphene Mills, aged 16, was tragically killed on February 27, 1980, in Berkeley, California. She was the daughter of Al and Jeannie Mills, who were also known as Elmer and Deanna Mertle. The Mills family had previously been members of the Peoples Temple, a…

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Jeannie Mills

Female, age 39 · Berkeley, California
Killed Feb 27, 1980 · 46 years ago

Jeannie Gustafson Mills, born Deanna Mertle, was a prominent defector from the Peoples Temple, a cult led by Jim Jones. She, along with her husband Al Mills and their children, left the Temple in 1974 after witnessing and experiencing severe abuses. The…

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Michael Carpenter

Male, age 19 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed Feb 27, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the winter of 1978, a traffic stop in Philadelphia turned fatal for 19-year-old Michael Carpenter. On the evening of February 27th, the African American teenager was pulled over by Officer Marcus Giardino. The stop escalated, and Carpenter, who was…

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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.