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Deaths by Force on February 2

644 open cases in our database happened on February 2. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (436)

Di Ganshert - Hillsboro, Wisconsin
Death by Force

Di Ganshert

Female, age 5 · Hillsboro, Wisconsin
Killed Feb 2, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the quiet community of Hillsboro, Wisconsin, a devastating tragedy unfolded on February 2, 2005, forever marking the date with sorrow. Five-year-old Di Ganshert, a White/Caucasian female, became a victim of an unthinkable act of violence that also claimed…

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Mary Ganshert - Hillsboro, Wisconsin
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Mary Ganshert

Female, age 36 · Hillsboro, Wisconsin
Killed Feb 2, 2005 · 21 years ago

On a cold winter day in Hillsboro, Wisconsin, the life of 36-year-old Mary Ganshert, a White/Caucasian female, was tragically cut short. On February 2, 2005, she was found deceased in her home, the victim of a shocking act of violence that also claimed the…

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Troy Klein - Hillsboro, Wisconsin
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Troy Klein

Male, age 14 · Hillsboro, Wisconsin
Killed Feb 2, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the small community of Hillsboro, Wisconsin, the life of 14-year-old Troy "T.J." Klein, a Caucasian male, was tragically cut short on February 2, 2005. The teenager was a victim in a horrific event that also claimed the lives of 36-year-old Mary Ganshert…

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James Exavier Bam Bam - Washington, District of Columbia
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James Exavier Bam Bam

Male, age 17 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Feb 2, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the winter of 2004, the life of 17-year-old James Exavier Richardson, a promising running back for Ballou Senior High School's football team, was tragically cut short. Known affectionately by his friends and family as 'Bam Bam' and 'J-Rock,' Richardson was…

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Perry Lee Clark - Los-angeles, California
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Perry Lee Clark

Male, age 16 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Feb 2, 2000 · 26 years ago

Perry Lee Clark, a 16-year-old from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on February 2, 2000. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Perry was shot in San Pedro, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. The incident occurred on a Wednesday…

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John Dalton - Phelan, California
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John Dalton

Male · Phelan, California
Killed Feb 2, 1999 · 27 years ago

John Dalton, aged 53, was found shot and killed inside his trailer on February 2, 1999, in Phelan, California. The trailer was located on Smoke Tree Road, and investigators believe the homicide might be linked to an outlaw motorcycle gang. The case has…

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Loretta Daniels - Springfield, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Loretta Daniels

Female, age 38 · Springfield, Massachusetts
Killed Feb 2, 1998 · 28 years ago

Loretta Daniels, a 38-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on February 2, 1998, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Her partially clothed body was discovered in an alley near the Mason Square post office. Loretta was a single mother of three…

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Javier Gutierrez - Long-beach, California
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Javier Gutierrez

Male, age 17 · Long-beach, California
Killed Feb 2, 1995 · 31 years ago

Javier Gutierrez, a 17-year-old from North Long Beach, California, was tragically killed on February 2, 1995. Known as a peacemaker in his community, Javier was walking across an athletic field to watch a soccer match when he was senselessly shot by a gang…

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Michael Brian Iverson - Las Vegas, Nevada
Death by Force

Michael Brian Iverson

Male, age 16 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed Feb 2, 1994 · 32 years ago

On a winter day in Las Vegas, the life of a Caucasian male teenager was tragically cut short. Sixteen-year-old Michael Brian Iverson was walking near the intersection of Arlington Street and Wyoming Avenue on February 2, 1994, when he was shot and killed. The…

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Denise Brothers - Odessa, Texas
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Denise Brothers

Female, age 38 · Odessa, Texas
Killed Feb 2, 1994 · 32 years ago

Denise Christie Brothers, a 38-year-old white female, was reported missing on January 1, 1994. Her body was discovered about a month later in a vacant lot in Odessa, Texas. The cause of death was determined to be homicide by strangulation. For years, her…

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Vanessa Mack - Charlotte, North Carolina
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Vanessa Mack

Female, age 25 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Killed Feb 2, 1994 · 32 years ago

Vanessa Little Mack, a 25-year-old Black female from Charlotte, North Carolina, was murdered on February 20, 1994. At the time of her death, she was living in an apartment in west Charlotte and working as a patients' escort at Carolinas Medical Center.…

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Cheryl Lewis - Bridge City, Louisiana
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Cheryl Lewis

Female, age 30 · Bridge City, Louisiana
Killed Feb 2, 1993 · 33 years ago

Cheryl Lewis, a 30-year-old African-American woman from Bridge City, Louisiana, was reported missing by her mother, Lillian Lewis, on February 2, 1993. In the days that followed, the worry in her circle hardened into something darker: three witnesses later…

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Richard Anthony Martin, Jr. - San Diego, California
Death by Force

Richard Anthony Martin, Jr.

Male · San Diego, California
Found Feb 2, 1992 · 34 years ago

On the evening of February 2, 1992 the victim Richard Martin was walking westbound on the north sidewalk of 4500 University Avenue. Two black male juveniles walking down Chamoune Avenue turned westbound onto University Avenue so that they were walking…

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George Schroeder - Chester, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

George Schroeder

Male, age 25 · Chester, Pennsylvania
Killed Feb 2, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the winter of 1992, a young man's life was tragically cut short on the streets of Chester, Pennsylvania. George Schroeder, a 25-year-old male, was fatally shot on the night of February 2nd. The incident unfolded at the intersection of 10th and Booth…

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Bruce Williford - Augusta, Georgia
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Bruce Williford

Male, age 28 · Augusta, Georgia
Killed Feb 2, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 2, 1987, the city of Augusta, Georgia, was the scene of a tragic event that would claim the life of a dedicated law enforcement officer. Bruce Williford, a 28-year-old white male, had served as a deputy with the Richmond…

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Deana Hubbard Wild - Big Sur, California
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Deana Hubbard Wild

Female, age 20 · Big Sur, California
Killed Feb 2, 1987 · 39 years ago

Deana Hubbard Wild, a 20-year-old white female, tragically lost her life on April 2, 1987, after falling from a cliff in Big Sur, California. Initially, her death was considered an accident, as she had been visiting the scenic coastal overlook with Virginia…

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Paul Morel - Lawrence, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Paul Morel

Male, age 38 · Lawrence, Massachusetts
Killed Feb 2, 1985 · 41 years ago

Paul Morel, a 38-year-old White male, was working as a taxi driver on the cold night of February 2, 1985, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, unaware that his life was about to be tragically cut short. On that fateful evening, three teenagers, 16-year-old Jose…

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Gary Lee Ward - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Gary Lee Ward

Male, age 45 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Killed Feb 2, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the winter of 1985, a dedicated officer's life was tragically cut short in Oklahoma City. Detective Gary Lee Ward, a 45-year-old man and a 14-year veteran of the Oklahoma City Police Department, was killed on the evening of February 2nd. That night, he was…

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Timothy Earney - Albia, Iowa
Death by Force

Timothy Earney

Male, age 29 · Albia, Iowa
Killed Feb 2, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the quiet town of Albia, Iowa, a tragic event unfolded on February 2, 1984, forever altering the community. On that cold day, 29-year-old Timothy Charles Earney, a male resident, was found deceased in his home located at 322 N. Eighth Street. The grim…

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Edward Toefield Jr. - Tangipahoa-parish, Louisiana
Death by Force

Edward Toefield Jr.

Male, age 40 · Tangipahoa-parish, Louisiana
Killed Feb 2, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the quiet setting of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, a routine attempt to apprehend a wanted man tragically escalated, resulting in the death of a dedicated law enforcement officer. On February 2, 1984, Deputy Sheriff Edward Toefield Jr., a 40-year-old male…

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Carolyn Hedrick - Newport News, Virginia
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Carolyn Hedrick

Female, age 44 · Newport News, Virginia
Killed Feb 2, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the winter of 1984, a chilling series of events unfolded in the Tidewater region of Virginia, leaving a community gripped by fear. Among the victims of this terrifying spree was Carolyn Elizabeth Joyner Hedrick, a 44-year-old Caucasian woman. A resident of…

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Antonio Martinez Kelsey - Landover, Maryland
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Antonio Martinez Kelsey

Male, age 22 · Landover, Maryland
Killed Feb 2, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the fading light of a winter evening in Landover, Maryland, a young police officer's life was tragically cut short in a sudden and violent encounter. On February 2, 1980, Prince George's County Police Officer Antonio Martinez Kelsey, a 22-year-old man who…

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Delma Devon Adams - Raleigh, North Carolina
Death by Force

Delma Devon Adams

Female, age 33 · Raleigh, North Carolina
Killed Feb 2, 1980 · 46 years ago

Delma Devon Adams, a 33-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on February 2, 1980, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Known as "Jimmy" to his friends, Adams was a dedicated police officer who had served the Raleigh Police Department for 13 years. On the…

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Brian Maggiore - Sacramento, California
Death by Force

Brian Maggiore

Male, age 20 · Sacramento, California
Killed Feb 2, 1978 · 48 years ago

Brian Maggiore, aged 20, and his wife Katie were tragically murdered on February 2, 1978, in Rancho Cordova, a suburb of Sacramento, California. The couple was out for an evening walk with their dog when they were confronted by an armed assailant. Brian was…

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Katie Maggiore - Sacramento, California
Death by Force

Katie Maggiore

Female, age 20 · Sacramento, California
Killed Feb 2, 1978 · 48 years ago

Katie Maggiore, aged 20, was tragically murdered on February 2, 1978, in Rancho Cordova, a suburb of Sacramento, California. On that fateful evening, Katie and her husband, Brian Maggiore, were out for a walk with their dog when they were confronted by an…

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Claude Snelling - Visalia, California
Death by Force

Claude Snelling

Male, age 45 · Visalia, California
Killed Feb 2, 1978 · 48 years ago

Claude Snelling, a 45-year-old white male, was murdered in the early hours of September 11, 1975. Snelling, a journalism professor at the College of the Sequoias, was shot and killed while attempting to protect his teenage daughter from an intruder who had…

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Sher Bayless - Dayton, Ohio
Death by Force

Sher Bayless

Male · Dayton, Ohio
Killed Feb 2, 1973 · 53 years ago

On February 2, 1973, Sherman Bayless was tragically killed in Dayton, Ohio. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, and Bayless was found dead on the same day. He was a young man, only 20 years old, when he died. The case has remained unsolved for…

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John Anderson - Dayton, Ohio
Death by Force

John Anderson

Male · Dayton, Ohio
Killed Feb 2, 1972 · 54 years ago

On February 2, 1972, John Anderson was found dead outside his home in Dayton, Ohio. Anderson, aged 51, was fatally shot between the eyes while either getting in or out of his car parked in front of his residence on Mercer Avenue. Neighbors reported hearing a…

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Minnie McFerren - Hartford-city, Indiana
Death by Force

Minnie McFerren

Female, age 57 · Hartford-city, Indiana
Killed Feb 2, 1960 · 66 years ago

On the morning of February 2, 1960, a tragic series of events unfolded at William Reed Elementary School in Hartford City, Indiana. The day began like any other until approximately 10:00 a.m., when the school principal, Leonard Redden, entered the building…

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Daniel Bell - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Death by Force

Daniel Bell

Male, age 22 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Killed Feb 2, 1958 · 68 years ago

On the night of February 2, 1958, Daniel Bell, a 23-year-old Black / African American man, was driving through Milwaukee when a routine traffic matter turned into a fatal encounter with two Milwaukee police officers. Federal court records later identified…

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Bert Blanchard - Contra-costa, California
Death by Force

Bert Blanchard

Male · Contra-costa, California
Killed Feb 2, 1913 · 113 years ago

Game Warden Bert Blanchard, serving with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, tragically lost his life on February 2, 1913, in Contra Costa County, California. His death occurred under violent circumstances while he was performing his duties in…

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D’Shawn Jabriel Johnson

Male, age 25 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Feb 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 2, 2024, the life of D’Shawn Jabriel Johnson, a 25-year-old male, was tragically cut short in the Cherry Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. At approximately 7:01 a.m., Southern District patrol officers were…

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Hector David Flores

Male, age 16 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Feb 2, 2022 · 4 years ago

Hector David Flores, a 16-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on February 2, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred in the Historic South-Central neighborhood, specifically near 252 E. 28th Street. According to the Los Angeles…

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Christian Honore

Male, age 24 · New-orleans, Louisiana
Killed Feb 2, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the night of February 2, 2022, a tragic and violent sequence of events unfolded on Interstate 10 West in New Orleans, ending the life of 24-year-old Christian Honore. A male, Honore was driving near the Old Gentilly Boulevard on-ramp at approximately 11:03…

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Roy Lee Fitzgerald

Male, age 69 · Jackson, Mississippi
Killed Feb 2, 2020 · 6 years ago

On Sunday, February 2, 2020, police in Jackson, Mississippi, launched a homicide investigation following a deadly shooting at a business on Robinson Road. Officers responded to the scene in the 3500 block of Robinson Street, where they discovered two men who…

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Derrick Wallace

Male, age 31 · Kansas-city, Missouri
Killed Feb 2, 2020 · 6 years ago

In a grim discovery on the morning of February 2, 2020, the body of Derrick Lee Wallace, a 31-year-old man, was found in Kansas City, Missouri. The initial report to authorities described a body on top of a shopping cart in a burned area of what appeared to…

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Luis Maldonado

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Feb 2, 2020 · 6 years ago

Luis Maldonado, a 23-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically killed on February 2, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side of Chicago. Maldonado was riding in the back seat of a vehicle when a…

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Jose Cumplido

Male, age 35 · Lancaster, California
Killed Feb 2, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jose Cumplido, a 35-year-old resident of Lancaster, California, was tragically shot and killed on February 2, 2017. Cumplido lived in an apartment with two other men in an industrial building that also housed a body shop. He had been residing in the area for…

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Lawrence Chap

Male, age 36 · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Killed Feb 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

On February 2, 2015, 36-year-old Lawrence Chapman was found shot to death near Kathryn Avenue and Ortiz Drive in southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Albuquerque Police Department responded to reports of a suspicious death in the area and discovered…

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Troy Filinow

Male, age 18 · Palmdale, California
Killed Feb 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Troy Filinow, an 18-year-old resident of Palmdale, California, was tragically shot and killed on February 2, 2015. The incident occurred in the 37800 block of Robina Avenue, a residential area in Palmdale. According to reports, deputies from the Los Angeles…

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Darrien Johnson

Male, age 20 · Monroe, Louisiana
Killed Feb 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet hours of a February morning in 2015, the life of 20-year-old Darrien Johnson was tragically cut short in Monroe, Louisiana. On Monday, February 2, 2015, officers from the Monroe Police Department were dispatched to a residence on Thomas Drive…

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Earl Hamilton Jr

Male, age 30 · Pinole, California
Killed Feb 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Earl Hamilton Jr., a 30-year-old resident of Richmond, California, was tragically shot and killed on February 2, 2014, outside the Green Lantern Bar located at 1907 San Pablo Avenue in Pinole. The incident occurred shortly after midnight when Hamilton was…

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Anthony Riggs

Male, age 25 · Rockford, Illinois
Killed Feb 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Anthony Riggs, a 25-year-old African American male from Rockford, Illinois, tragically lost his life on February 2, 2014. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of extensive investigation and legal scrutiny. Riggs was found deceased in…

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Mark Gregory Bodden

Male, age 44 · Cary, North Carolina
Killed Feb 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Mark Gregory Bodden, a 44-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on February 2, 2014, in Cary, North Carolina. The incident occurred inside the apartment he shared with his mother and brother, Kevin Leroy Bodden, at 2101 Talking Rock Drive…

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Richard Jason McPherson

Male, age 29 · Clarendon, North Carolina
Killed Feb 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Richard Jason McPherson, a 29-year-old male from Clarendon, NC, died on February 2, 2014, from an apparent gunshot wound to the chest. The incident occurred in the Green Acres community, leaving investigators with few leads. Born in Columbus County, Richard…

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Garey Cox

Male, age 45 · Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Killed Feb 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 2, 2014, a night out in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, turned tragic, ending the life of 45-year-old Garey Sid Cox. The male victim was at Shakers Bar on West Broad Street with his fiancée, Naya Wade, when a fight broke out.…

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Kenneth Simmons

Male, age 71 · Macon, North Carolina
Killed Feb 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

Kenneth Simmons, a 71-year-old male from Macon, NC, tragically passed away on February 2, 2012. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially unclear, leading to a thorough investigation by local authorities. The investigation revealed that Kenneth…

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William Baker

Male, age 31 · Phoenix, Arizona
Killed Feb 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

On February 2, 2009, William Baker, a 31-year-old male from Phoenix, Arizona, was found shot inside his girlfriend’s home and later pronounced dead at the hospital. Public memorial and case-index sites agree on the basic timeline: he was discovered with a…

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