Death by Force

Amy Randall

Female, age 21 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jan 14, 2009 · 17 years ago

A 21-year-old African-American woman named Amy Randall died on January 14, 2009, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The circumstances surrounding her death remain largely unclear as there has been a notable lack of media coverage regarding the case from the outset. This…

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Thomas Williams

Male, age 24 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 14, 2009 · 17 years ago

Thomas Williams, a 24-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was killed on January 14, 2009, in North Philadelphia. Online homicide listings identify him as the seventh recorded homicide victim in Philadelphia that year and place the fatal assault and his…

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Harold Enander

Male, age 69 · Hudson, Colorado

Killed Jan 14, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the quiet community of Hudson, Colorado, a grim discovery shattered the winter calm in January 2009. Harold 'Hap' Enander, a 69-year-old male, was found deceased in his home alongside his wife, Velva Sue Enander. A concerned neighbor, having not heard from…

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Velva Sue Enander

Female, age 61 · Hudson, Colorado

Killed Jan 14, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the quiet town of Hudson, Colorado, a grim discovery shattered the winter peace on January 15, 2009. Velva Sue Enander, a 61-year-old female, was found brutally murdered in her home alongside her husband, Harold 'Hap' Enander, 69. A friend, concerned after…

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Edward Eugene Smith

Male, age 14 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 14, 2008 · 18 years ago

Edward Smith was 14, male, and Black, and he died in Baltimore, Maryland. In the public-facing online material that is readily available, his name appears without the kind of detailed narrative that often follows a homicide or suspicious death—no widely…

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Stephen Moll

Male, age 20 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 14, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the late hours of January 14, 2008, the life of 20-year-old Stephen Allen Mollman, a White male, was tragically cut short in southwest Oklahoma City. Authorities responded to reports of gunfire and discovered Mollman at the scene, where he was pronounced…

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Yusef Campbell

Male, age 21 · San Francisco, California

Found Jan 14, 2007 · 19 years ago

Yusef Campbell, a 21-year-old resident of San Francisco, was fatally shot on January 14, 2007, in what became a tragic double homicide in the Lower Haight neighborhood. Campbell and his friend Tony Hunt, age 20, were both gunned down in front of 433 Haight…

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Rudy Valdez

Male, age 25 · San Diego, California

Found Jan 14, 2007 · 19 years ago

On January 14, 2007, Rudy Valdez, aged 25, was found dead in San Diego, California. He was shot in a motel room at the Economy Inn located on Via de San Ysidro. Officers were dispatched following reports of multiple gunshots and found Valdez suffering from a…

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Tony Hunt

Male, age 20 · San Francisco, California

Found Jan 14, 2007 · 19 years ago

Tony Hunt, a 20-year-old resident of San Francisco, was fatally shot on January 14, 2007, in a double homicide that also claimed the life of 21-year-old Yusef Campbell. The shooting occurred in the Lower Haight neighborhood, specifically in front of 433…

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Robert McPherson

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jan 14, 2007 · 19 years ago

Robert McPherson, a 26-year-old resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, was tragically killed on January 14, 2007. His body was found in an alley behind the area of 1923 Colby Alley, where he had been shot. The incident was discovered early in the morning when a woman…

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Dashawn Myers

Male, age 14 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Found Jan 14, 2007 · 19 years ago

On January 14, 2007, 14-year-old Dashawn Meyers was tragically shot and killed in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident took place at approximately 2165 Linn Street, located in the city’s Hamilton County. Dashawn, a young teenager, suffered fatal injuries and was…

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Dashawn Meyers

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jan 14, 2007 · 19 years ago

On January 14, 2007, 14-year-old Dashawn Meyers was tragically shot and killed at 2165 Linn Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident occurred late at night, and Meyers was found fatally wounded at the scene. The Cincinnati Police Department responded, and…

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Carlos Rivera

Male, age 57 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jan 14, 2007 · 19 years ago

Carlos Rivera, age 57, was murdered on January 14, 2007, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The incident occurred in what appeared to be a violent confrontation, but specific details about the circumstances of his death were not extensively reported. This was…

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Derrick Pearson

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 14, 2005 · 21 years ago

On January 14, 2005, Derrick Pearson, a 44-year-old Black male, was tragically killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred at 2071 E. 5th Ave., where Pearson suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the neck. The circumstances surrounding his death remain…

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Thomas Wood

Male, age 37 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 14, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 14, 2005, a violent encounter on Philadelphia's Schuylkill Expressway claimed the life of 37-year-old Thomas Wood. A white male and a former member of the Pagans motorcycle club, Wood was driving his 2000 GMC pickup truck…

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Mont Highley IV

Male, age 33 · Shorter, Alabama

Killed Jan 14, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the crisp late autumn of 2003, the Highley family gathered for Thanksgiving, unaware that it would be the last holiday spent with 33-year-old Mont F. Highley IV. A true son of the South, Mont was known for his love of the outdoors, particularly hunting and…

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Antoine Omar Medley

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 14, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, January 14, 2004, a grim discovery was made in the rear of 401 New York Avenue, NE, in Washington, D.C. Inside a vehicle, police found Antoine Omar Medley, a male victim of a fatal shooting. He was suffering from…

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Gary Dean Lack

Male, age 58 · Nora Springs, Iowa

Killed Jan 14, 2004 · 22 years ago

Gary Dean Lack, a 58-year-old White man, died at his rural home northeast of Nora Springs, Iowa, on January 14, 2004. He had been seriously ill with colon cancer that had spread to his liver and was receiving hospice care during the final period of his life.…

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Clinton Earl Walker

Male, age 26 · Prattville, Alabama

Killed Jan 14, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the winter of 2004, the Prattville Police Department in Alabama experienced a profound loss with the death of one of its own, Officer Clinton Earl Walker. A 26-year-old male of European-American/White descent, Walker was a dedicated public servant and a…

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Wendy Cranford Wallace

Female, age 29 · Southmont, North Carolina

Killed Jan 14, 2004 · 22 years ago

Wendy Cranford Wallace, a 29-year-old woman from Southmont, North Carolina, tragically lost her life on January 14, 2004. Wendy, who was of Caucasian ethnicity, was found deceased at her home on Greenwood Street. The circumstances surrounding her death were…

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Jermaine Tillman

Male, age 27 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 14, 2002 · 24 years ago

On January 14, 2002, Jermaine Tillman, a 27-year-old African American male from Chester, Pennsylvania, lost his life under circumstances that remain unclear. A young man with his whole future ahead of him, Jermaine’s story remains largely untold, buried under…

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Geralyn DeSoto

Female, age 21 · Addis, Louisiana

Killed Jan 14, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the quiet town of Addis, Louisiana, the life of 21-year-old Geralyn DeSoto, a promising Louisiana State University graduate, was brutally cut short on January 14, 2002. On that tragic morning, she was found in a pool of her own blood in her home, having…

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Robert Lee Salandino

Male, age 64 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 14, 2002 · 24 years ago

Robert Lee Salandino was 64 years old when he died on Monday, January 14, 2002, in Van Nuys. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 14345 Friar Street. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Ramon Valentin Beltran

Male, age 42 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 14, 2000 · 26 years ago

The new millennium was only two weeks old when violence claimed the life of Ramon Valentin Beltran. On January 14, 2000, the 42-year-old Hispanic man became one of the earliest homicide victims recorded in Los Angeles that year. The circumstances that…

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Sher Jennings

Male · San Diego, California

Found Jan 14, 1999 · 27 years ago

On January 14, 1999, Sherman Jennings, a taxi driver for Yellow Cab, was found dead in his vehicle on C Street in San Diego. A resident leaving for work early that morning noticed the abandoned cab and discovered Jennings slumped over the steering wheel. When…

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Ronald Haynes

Male, age 17 · Arlington, Virginia

Killed Jan 14, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the winter of 1999, a violent encounter in Arlington, Virginia, cut short the life of 17-year-old Ronald Haynes. The fatal incident occurred on the evening of January 14th, beginning with a physical altercation at the Glebe Market. Haynes, a male, was with…

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Sherman Jennings

Male · San-diego, California

Killed Jan 14, 1999 · 27 years ago

Sherman Jennings, a driver for the Yellow Cab Taxi Company, was tragically found dead on January 14, 1999, in San Diego, California. At approximately 3:30 a.m., a resident of 4100 C Street noticed an apparently abandoned Yellow Cab parked across the street.…

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Arturi Verra

Male, age 22 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Jan 14, 1998 · 28 years ago

Arturi Verra was a 22‑year‑old White male when he died on January 14, 1998. His death is recorded as a confirmed murder victim of serial killer Amos Earl Robinson, who operated in Florida. Verra is listed among Robinson’s confirmed victims alongside Carlos…

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Timothy Sewards

Male, age 32 · Chillicothe, Ohio

Killed Jan 14, 1995 · 31 years ago

On January 14, 1995, Timothy Sewards, a 32-year-old man, was found dead in Chillicothe, Ohio. His body was discovered by a passerby at approximately 10:25 a.m. in a vacant railroad yard located at the corner of Rose and Main Streets, about 50 feet from East…

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John Paul Gisclon

Male, age 47 · Ashland, Ohio

Killed Jan 14, 1995 · 31 years ago

Lieutenant John Paul Gisclon, age 47, was a dedicated officer with the Ashland County Sheriff's Office in Ohio. On the night of January 14, 1995, he was working overtime and responding to a breaking and entering case at a local gun shop. Around 3:00 a.m., he…

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Richard Hutchinson

Male, age 32 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Jan 14, 1995 · 31 years ago

On January 14, 1995, Richard Hutchinson, a 32-year-old male, was traveling with his brother in a blue pickup truck through the Poly neighborhood on the east side of Fort Worth, Texas. As they proceeded along 3200 Avenue I, an unidentified male approached the…

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Thomas Howard Jones

Male, age 22 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 14, 1992 · 34 years ago

On January 14, 1992, the life of 22-year-old Thomas Howard Jones came to a tragic and untimely end in Chester, Pennsylvania. A young man full of potential, hopes, and dreams, Thomas Howard Jones was taken from his family, friends, and community far too soon.…

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Todd Nelloms

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jan 14, 1990 · 36 years ago

On January 14, 1990, Todd Nelloms was tragically killed in Dayton, Ohio. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, where Todd, a young man, lost his life to gun violence. The Dayton Police Department responded to the scene, and the case has since remained…

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John Joseph Kerr

Male, age 32 · Union-city, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 14, 1990 · 36 years ago

On January 14, 1990, Patrolman John Joseph Kerr, aged 32, of the Union City Police Department in Pennsylvania, tragically lost his life in the line of duty. Officer Kerr was shot and killed by one of three men he suspected of possessing drugs as he approached…

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James Joe

Male, age 34 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jan 14, 1988 · 38 years ago

James Allen Joe, a 34-year-old male police officer with the Dallas Police Department, tragically died on January 14, 1988. Officer Joe was off-duty when he observed a burglary-in-progress at an apartment complex on Whitehurst Drive, where he resided. He…

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Ann Jenkins

Female, age 23 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 14, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the harsh winter of 1987, the city of Detroit was a place of shadows and fear, with violent crime casting a long pall over its residents. It was in this unforgiving landscape that the life of a young woman, Ann Marie Jenkins, was tragically extinguished.…

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Buddy Joe Webster Jr.

Male, age 19 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Jan 14, 1985 · 41 years ago

Buddy Joe Webster Jr., a 19-year-old male from Fort Worth, Texas, was tragically killed on January 14, 1985. His death occurred during a robbery at Crusty's Pizza shop in Fort Worth, where he was employed. Webster was found with a gunshot wound above his…

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Thomas Lawson

Male, age 45 · Anchorage, Alaska

Killed Jan 14, 1984 · 42 years ago

Thomas Lawson, a 45-year-old male from Anchorage, died after midnight on January 14, 1984. He had come north years earlier after a stint in the U.S. Air Force and worked iron on the city's rising skyline, picking up shifts behind the wheel of a Yellow Cab…

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Brandon Dunn

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 14, 1983 · 43 years ago

On January 14, 1983, three-year-old Brandon Dunn was tragically killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred while Brandon was being babysat, during which he sustained severe head and facial injuries. These injuries ultimately led to his death. The…

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Larry J. Vincent

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 14, 1983 · 43 years ago

Larry J. Vincent, a 29-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on January 14, 1983, in Chicago, IL. Officer Vincent was serving as a patrolman with the Chicago Police Department at the time of his death. On the evening of January 14, 1983, Officer…

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Larry P. Childress

Male, age 39 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jan 14, 1982 · 44 years ago

On the cold and snowy evening of January 14, 1982, Memphis Police Patrolman Larry P. Childress, a 39-year-old white male, responded to a call that would end his 14 years of service to the city. He and his partner arrived at a residence in the 5600 block of…

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Perry Watkins

Male · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jan 14, 1980 · 46 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on January 14, 1980, United States Secret Service Special Agent Perry S. Watkins was shot and killed inside the agency's Denver field office. The male agent, a nine-year veteran of the Secret Service with a total of thirteen years…

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Gregory Gilligan

Male, age 4 · Evansville, Indiana

Killed Jan 14, 1980 · 46 years ago

On the quiet evening of January 14, 1980, in Evansville, Indiana, the lives of the Gilligan family were tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence that shook the community. Four-year-old Gregory Patrick Gilligan, a young male, his five-year-old sister…

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Lisa Gilligan

Female, age 5 · Evansville, Indiana

Killed Jan 14, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the quiet city of Evansville, Indiana, a horrific crime shattered the community's sense of peace. On the night of January 14, 1980, five-year-old Lisa Gilligan, her four-year-old brother Gregory, and their parents, Patrick and Theresa, were tragically…

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Theresa Gilligan

Female, age 30 · Evansville, Indiana

Killed Jan 14, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the winter of 1980, a quiet Evansville, Indiana neighborhood was rocked by a brutal crime that claimed the lives of an entire family. On the night of January 14, 30-year-old Theresa Gilligan, her husband Patrick, also 30, and their two young children…

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Sophia Marie Barrera

Female, age 50 · St. Louis, Michigan

Killed Jan 14, 1980 · 46 years ago

Sophie Marie Barrera, a 50-year-old woman and owner of a dental laboratory, was killed on January 14, 1980, in St. Louis, Missouri. She had been embroiled in a financial dispute with a local dentist, Dr. Glennon Engleman, who owed her laboratory approximately…

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Mark Dillard

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jan 14, 1979 · 47 years ago

On January 14, 1979, Mark Dillard was tragically killed in Dayton, Ohio. This incident, which occurred in Montgomery County, has remained unsolved since it was first reported to the Dayton Police Department. The circumstances surrounding the homicide of Mark…

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Jay Warren Jackson

Male, age 29 · West-covina, California

Killed Jan 14, 1978 · 48 years ago

On January 14, 1978, Police Officer Jay Warren Jackson, aged 29, tragically lost his life in the line of duty in West Covina, California. Officer Jackson was responding to a call when another patrol officer attempted to stop a vehicle at Orange Avenue and…

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