Death by Force

Lionel Hampton

Male, age 30 · Kokomo, Indiana

Killed Feb 8, 1997 · 29 years ago

On the night of February 8, 1997, violence erupted in the parking lot of the Elks Lodge in Kokomo, Indiana, shattering the evening's atmosphere. Lionel Hampton, a 30-year-old male, became the target of a fatal assault in this public space. The incident…

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Bryan Chan

Male, age 19 · Daly City, California

Found Feb 8, 1995 · 31 years ago

Bryan Chan, a 19-year-old resident of Daly City, California, was found murdered on February 8, 1995. The incident took place in his family’s home in the Westlake District, located on the 1300 block of South Mayfair. Bryan had been shot at close range, and his…

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Kenneth Atchison

Male, age 57 · Overland, Missouri

Killed Feb 8, 1993 · 33 years ago

Kenneth “Doc” Atchison, a 57-year-old White man, vanished on the evening of February 8, 1993, after stepping out with the kind of single-minded purpose that makes friends uneasy. At an Eat-Rite Diner, he talked openly about where he was headed next: to Gary…

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Gary Kramer II

Male, age 18 · Uhrichsville, Ohio

Killed Feb 8, 1992 · 34 years ago

On February 8, 1992, Gary Dan Kramer II, an 18-year-old from Uhrichsville, Ohio, was found deceased at the Big Stillwater Creek dam. The tragic incident involved severe physical assault—Kramer had been beaten unconscious before being placed into the water.…

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Michael Love

Male, age 28 · Rochester-borough, Pennsylvania

Killed Feb 8, 1992 · 34 years ago

On February 8, 1992, Patrolman Michael D. Love, aged 28, of the Rochester Borough Police Department in Pennsylvania, was tragically shot and killed while attempting to intervene in a murder. Patrolman Love was off duty at the time, patronizing a restaurant at…

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Del Shannon

Male, age 55 · Santa-clarita, California

Killed Feb 8, 1990 · 36 years ago

Del Shannon, born Charles Westover, was a prominent figure in the early rock and roll era, best known for his 1961 hit "Runaway." On February 8, 1990, at the age of 55, Shannon tragically took his own life at his home in Santa Clarita, California. He was…

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Hyram Kitchen

Male, age 57 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Feb 8, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 8, 1990, a day that marked the tenth anniversary of his appointment as dean, Dr. Hyram Kitchen, a 57-year-old male, was brutally murdered in the driveway of his North Knox County, Tennessee, home. The dean of the College…

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Carol Miller

Female, age 35 · Riverside County, California

Killed Feb 8, 1990 · 36 years ago

Carol Lynn Miller, a 35-year-old white female, was tragically murdered in Riverside County, California, on February 8, 1990. Her death was one of a series of brutal killings attributed to William Lester Suff, a convicted serial killer known as the 'Riverside…

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Lathan Thornton

Male, age 82 · Melrose, Florida

Killed Feb 8, 1988 · 38 years ago

Lathan Thornton, an 82-year-old man from Gainesville, Florida, passed away on February 8, 1988, in Melrose, Florida. Thornton had spent most of his life in the Gainesville area and was known for his contributions as the co-founder of Alachua Furniture Company…

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Russell Harper

Male, age 45 · Springfield, Missouri

Killed Feb 8, 1987 · 39 years ago

On the afternoon of February 8, 1987, a 45-year-old male Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper named Russell Wynn Harper was patrolling U.S. Highway 60 just east of Springfield, Missouri. While operating a radar device in Greene County near Farm Route 189, he…

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Anna Marie Patterson

Female, age 27 · Austintown, Ohio

Killed Feb 8, 1987 · 39 years ago

Anna Marie Patterson, a 27-year-old white female from Findlay, Ohio, was found beaten to death along Interstate 71 in February 1987. Patterson had been arrested for criminal trespassing at a truck stop in Austintown on February 7, 1987. During her arrest, she…

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George Karras

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Feb 8, 1985 · 41 years ago

On February 8, 1985, George Karras, a 44-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed during a robbery at his home on Avenwood Court. As he attempted to escape, Karras was shot in the back with a high-caliber rifle, collapsing outside in the…

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Raymond Hubbard

Male, age 28 · Hillcrest-heights, Maryland

Killed Feb 8, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the winter of 1982, a brave off-duty police officer lost his life while protecting others. On February 8th, 28-year-old Prince George's County Police Officer Raymond Hubbard was shopping at the Iverson Mall in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, when he witnessed…

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Tommie Lee Jones

Female, age 35 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Feb 8, 1980 · 46 years ago

On a cold winter week in 1980, 35-year-old Tommie Lee Jones, a female resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, vanished from her usual routines and slipped into a silence that worried those around her. Born in July 1944 in Oakland, California, she had built a life…

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Margaret Cline

Female, age 56 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Feb 8, 1979 · 47 years ago

Margaret Guse Cline was a 56-year-old White/Caucasian woman whose life was taken during a robbery in Milwaukee on Thursday, February 8, 1979. Records place her birth on November 13, 1922, and identify her death as a fatal shooting. She was at work that day in…

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Rick Smoot

Male, age 28 · San-francisco, California

Killed Feb 8, 1979 · 47 years ago

On February 8, 1978, at approximately 2 a.m., 28-year-old Rick Allen Smoot was fatally shot outside 244 Ninth Street in San Francisco. A San Francisco police officer discovered Smoot at the scene and arranged for his transport to a hospital, where he…

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Patricia Gildawie

Female, age 17 · Mclean, Virginia

Killed Feb 8, 1975 · 51 years ago

In the winter of 1975, a 17-year-old White female named Patricia Agnes Gildawie, affectionately known as 'Choubi,' vanished from Fairfax, Virginia. She was last seen on February 8 of that year, a free-spirited teenager who had a fondness for driving a white…

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Vera Hill

Female, age 21 · Fort Worth, Texas

Killed Feb 8, 1975 · 51 years ago

On February 8, 1975, Vera Louise Hill, a 21-year-old Black woman, was tragically murdered in Fort Worth, Texas. Born on June 27, 1953, in Arizona, Vera was employed as a cook at Church's Chicken and resided at 1802 E. Roberts in Fort Worth. She was unmarried…

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Betty Williams

Female, age 24 · Fort Worth, Texas

Killed Feb 8, 1975 · 51 years ago

On February 8, 1975, 24-year-old African American woman Betty Williams was brutally murdered in Fort Worth, Texas, by 26-year-old Kenneth Granviel, a convicted serial killer. Granviel lured Betty Williams to his apartment under the pretense of giving her a…

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Roger G Allard

Male, age 47 · Westbrook, Maine

Killed Feb 8, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the quiet town of Westbrook, Maine, a grim discovery brought a tragic end to the story of the Allard family in the winter of 1968. Roger G. Allard, a 47-year-old man, was found deceased in his home on February 8th. The initial scene gave way to a far more…

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Susan Allard

Female, age 12 · Westbrook, Maine

Killed Feb 8, 1968 · 58 years ago

On a cold winter day in Westbrook, Maine, the life of 12-year-old Susan Allard, a young female, was tragically cut short in a devastating family event on February 8, 1968. This event also resulted in the deaths of her father, Roger G. Allard, age 47, her…

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Delano Herman Middleton

Male, age 17 · Orangeburg, South Carolina

Killed Feb 8, 1968 · 58 years ago

Delano Herman Middleton, a 17-year-old Black male, was a promising high school athlete, known for his prowess in both football and basketball. On the evening of February 8, 1968, after finishing basketball practice, he made a stop at the campus of South…

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Henry Ezekial Smith

Male, age 17 · Orangeburg, South Carolina

Killed Feb 8, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the racially charged atmosphere of February 1968, a young African American man named Henry Ezekial Smith, a student at South Carolina State College, found his life cut tragically short. At eighteen years old, he was known to his family as an intelligent…

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Samuel Ephesians Hammond Jr.

Male, age 17 · Orangeburg, South Carolina

Killed Feb 8, 1968 · 58 years ago

On the night of February 8, 1968, a deeply rooted struggle against racial segregation in Orangeburg, South Carolina, culminated in a tragic outburst of violence that claimed the life of 18-year-old Samuel Ephesians Hammond Jr., a Black male student at South…

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Nancy Christine Rhinehart

Female, age 14 · Gaffney, South Carolina

Killed Feb 8, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the winter of 1968, the town of Gaffney, South Carolina, was gripped by a chilling series of events that would leave a lasting scar on the community. Among the victims of this reign of terror was a 14-year-old female named Nancy Christine Rhinehart. In…

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Forest Harris

Male · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Feb 8, 1935 · 91 years ago

In the heart of a Birmingham, Alabama winter, the life of Forest J. Harris, a White male police officer, was irrevocably altered. On the night of January 30, 1935, Officer Harris responded to a robbery in progress at a local nightclub. In an ensuing exchange…

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Walker Percy Sr.

Male, age 52 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Feb 8, 1917 · 109 years ago

In the winter of 1917, a shadow fell over a prominent Birmingham, Alabama family, one that would stretch across generations. On February 8th, Walker Percy Sr., a 52-year-old male, ended his own life. His death by a self-inflicted gunshot wound marked another…

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William Cooper

Male · Waterloo, Wisconsin

Killed Feb 8, 1902 · 124 years ago

William Cooper, a White/Caucasian male, was serving as a deputy with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office when he was killed in the line of duty in Waterloo, Wisconsin, on the night of Saturday, February 8, 1902. Surviving accounts place the shooting shortly…

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Michael Richard Massey

Male, age 71 · Montague, California

Killed Feb 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

On February 8, 2025, law enforcement officials in Montague, California, responded to a distressing report of a deceased individual at a residence on Jade Avenue. Upon arrival, deputies from the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office encountered 61-year-old Robin…

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Daniel Baker

Male, age 50 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Feb 8, 2020 · 6 years ago

Daniel Michael Baker, a 50-year-old man, was found dead on February 9, 2020, in his apartment located in the 4100 block of Wilshire Boulevard in Windsor Square, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Baker had…

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William Simmons

Male, age 61 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Feb 8, 2020 · 6 years ago

William Alphonso Simmons, aged 61, tragically lost his life on February 8, 2020, in Orlando, Florida. The incident occurred early in the morning when Orange County deputies responded to reports of a shooting at the intersection of 39th Street and South…

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Angel Funez

Male, age 25 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Feb 8, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early hours of a Saturday morning in New Orleans, a tragic story unfolded that cut short the lives of two young people. Angel Funez, a 25-year-old male, was in the vibrant Mid-City neighborhood with a companion, 25-year-old Niukura Gonzales. The pair…

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Niukura Gonzales

Female, age 25 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Feb 8, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early hours of February 8, 2020, in the Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans, the life of 25-year-old Niukura Gonzales was tragically cut short. Gonzales, a Hispanic female, was with another individual, Angel Funez, in the 600 block of South Pierce…

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Timothy Dywane Jackson

Male, age 53 · View-park---windsor-hills, California

Killed Feb 8, 2019 · 7 years ago

Timothy Dywane Jackson, a 53-year-old resident of View Park-Windsor Hills, California, tragically lost his life on February 8, 2019. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Jackson was fatally shot on the 3500 block of Floresta…

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Bill Drake

Male, age 85 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed Feb 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Bill Drake, an 85-year-old male Tucson resident whose ethnicity was not specified in public reports, died on February 8, 2018, in what authorities described as an apparent murder-suicide at the midtown home he shared with his wife, 71-year-old Margaret Hoyt…

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Eric Lee Smothers

Male, age 54 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Feb 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Eric Lee Smothers, aged 54, passed away on February 8, 2017, in Jacksonville, Florida. His death was noted in local obituaries, but specific details regarding the cause of his death were not prominently disclosed in the available sources. The obituary…

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Mauro Noyola-Solis

Male, age 33 · Oakland, California

Killed Feb 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

Mauro "Mauricio" Noyola-Solis, a 33-year-old resident of Oakland, California, was tragically shot and killed on February 8, 2015. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning as Noyola-Solis was walking home in the Eastlake district, near Lake…

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Emma DeJesus Serin-Paul

Female, age 45 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Feb 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

Emma DeJesus Serin-Paul was 45 years old when she was killed on Sunday, February 8, 2015, in the Harvard Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds in the 1700 block of South…

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Charles Robert Thompson

Male, age 27 · Forestville, Maryland

Killed Feb 8, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early hours of February 8, 2013, the life of 27-year-old Charles Robert Thompson was tragically cut short in a shocking act of violence that began in Forestville, Maryland. Thompson, a male resident of the area, was discovered with a gunshot wound…

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Jesus Lopez

Male, age 44 · Paramount, California

Killed Feb 8, 2012 · 14 years ago

Forty-four-year-old Jesus Lopez died on February 8, 2012, in the city of Paramount in Los Angeles County. Known to authorities and community records as a Hispanic male, his death was officially determined to be a homicide. However, specific details regarding…

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Vernie Martello

Male, age 40 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Feb 8, 2007 · 19 years ago

Vernie Martello was 40 years old when he died on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007, after being stabbed in San Pedro, the harbor community at the southern end of the city of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab…

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Luis Valencia Pulido

Male, age 48 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Feb 8, 2005 · 21 years ago

Luis Valencia Pulido was 48 years old when he died on Tuesday, February 8, 2005, in Elysian Valley, a neighborhood just north of downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1065 W. Blake Ave.…

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Louis Thomas Pass

Male, age 50 · La-crescenta-montrose, California

Killed Feb 8, 2000 · 26 years ago

Louis Thomas Pass, a 50-year-old resident of La Crescenta-Montrose, California, tragically lost his life on February 8, 2000. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Pass was fatally shot on that day. The incident occurred in the quiet suburban…

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Steven Watkins

Male, age 19 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Feb 8, 1994 · 32 years ago

In a story marked by a bitter custody dispute, Steven Watkins, a 32-year-old male, was killed on November 25, 2008. The events leading to his death unfolded in Ashland, Illinois, at the home of his estranged wife's family. Watkins had gone to the residence to…

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Dak Leong

Male, age 19 · New-york, New York

Killed Feb 8, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the winter of 1990, the life of 19-year-old Dak Leong was violently cut short in New York, NY. On the evening of February 8th, Leong was at Winnie's Lounge in Chinatown when the establishment was targeted in a brazen shooting. The attack was not a random…

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Peter Wong

Male, age 20 · New-york, New York

Killed Feb 8, 1990 · 36 years ago

Peter Wong was a 20-year-old Asian man living in New York City when his life was cut short on the night of February 8, 1990. He spent that evening in the dim, smoky confines of Winnie’s Bar, a small but well-known Chinatown hangout on Bayard Street that had…

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Frances Allard

Female, age 43 · Westbrook, Maine

Killed Feb 8, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the quiet community of Westbrook, Maine, a somber discovery was made in February 1968, unveiling a tragic end for the Allard family. Inside their home off Bridgton Road, the bodies of 43-year-old Frances Allard, her husband Roger, and their 12-year-old…

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Robert D Freeman

Male · Yountville, California

Killed Feb 8, 1930 · 96 years ago

Federal Prohibition Agent Robert D. Freeman died on February 8, 1930, from gunshot wounds he sustained during a raid on December 9, 1929, in Yountville, California. Freeman, along with fellow Prohibition Agent Henry Jones, was executing a search warrant at…

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