Deaths by Force on January 15

Deaths by Force (481)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Pilot Vartanian

Male, age 59 · Fresno, California

Killed Jan 15, 2016 · 10 years ago

Michael Der Vartanian, a 59-year-old commercial airline pilot from Clovis, California, tragically lost his life on January 15, 2016. His death was the result of a botched robbery that escalated into a fatal shooting. On that fateful day, Der Vartanian was…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Zachary Nutter

Male, age 26 · Hephzibah, Georgia

Killed Jan 15, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the winter of 2016, the life of 26-year-old Zachary T. Nutter was cut short in Hephzibah, Georgia. On the evening of Friday, January 15th, events transpired that would leave a community in mourning and a family grappling with a sudden and tragic loss. That…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Karen Lotz

Female, age 59 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 15, 2016 · 10 years ago

Karen Lotz, a 59-year-old white female from Chicago, IL, tragically lost her life on January 15, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning at her home in Barrington, a suburb of Chicago. Karen was shot multiple times by her husband, Larry…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Richard Lee

Male, age 80 · Pineville, Louisiana

Killed Jan 15, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet town of Pineville, Louisiana, a pillar of the community, Richard E. 'Dick' Lee, a man of 80 years, met a tragic end on January 15, 2016. A respected attorney and former judge, his life was one marked by a long and distinguished career in the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Benjamin Alexander Baker

Male, age 32 · Eden, North Carolina

Killed Jan 15, 2016 · 10 years ago

Benjamin Alexander Baker, a 32-year-old man from Eden, North Carolina, was found dead in his home on January 15, 2016. His body was discovered by a friend who went to check on him after he failed to show up for work. Baker was found with an apparent gunshot…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Anthon Hubbard

Male, age 42 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jan 15, 2016 · 10 years ago

Anthon Hubbard, a 42-year-old man from Cleveland, OH, was found dead in his home on January 15, 2016. His mother discovered him on the floor of their dining room with a gunshot wound to his arm. Emergency services pronounced him dead at the scene. Homicide…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Immanuel Scott

Male, age 20 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jan 15, 2016 · 10 years ago

Immanuel Scott, a 20-year-old male from Cincinnati, OH, tragically passed away on January 15, 2016. He was shot and later died at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center after being brought there by two men. The incident occurred at an apartment complex…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Martell Benton-Bridgett

Male, age 18 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 15, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a cold Friday night in January of 2016, a party on the seventh floor of the Holiday Inn Express in Green Tree, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, turned deadly. Inside one of the rooms, 18-year-old Martell Benton-Bridgett was shot multiple times in the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Giles Montgomery

Male, age 25 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 15, 2016 · 10 years ago

Giles Montgomery, a 25-year-old male from Houston, Texas, tragically passed away on January 15, 2016. He was involved in a fatal altercation at an apartment complex parking lot located at 6363 West Airport Boulevard. During the confrontation, Montgomery was…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Luis M. Venegas-Gonzalez

Male, age 23 · San Francisco, California

Found Jan 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

On January 15, 2011, 23-year-old Luis M. Venegas-Gonzalez was fatally shot at the Twin Peaks lookout in San Francisco. The incident occurred after an altercation with a group of men, who were later described as two or three white or Hispanic males. Following…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Brian K Moore

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

Brian K. Moore, a 29-year-old resident of Chicago, was shot and killed on January 15, 2011. The incident occurred in the Roseland neighborhood, which has historically faced issues with violence and socio-economic struggles. Brian was found with fatal gunshot…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Wartonka Stevenson

Male, age 38 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

Wartonka Stevenson, aged 38, was fatally shot on January 15, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred in a year marked by persistent gun violence throughout the city, contributing to Chicago's elevated homicide rate at that time. In 2011, Chicago…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Tyniell Carter

Female, age 21 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jan 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

Tyniell “Tiny” Trenece Carter was a Black woman, age 21, from New Orleans. In mid-January 2011, her name entered public record in two different ways: first through a homicide entry tied to an incident location in the 5100 block of North Rampart Street, and…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Kevin Allen

Male, age 24 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the winter of 2011, the life of a young man was tragically cut short on the streets of Detroit, Michigan. Kevin Allen, a 24-year-old African-American male, was killed on January 15, 2011. His death added to the city's grim statistics during a period marked…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Christopher Hogrefe

Male, age 38 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Jan 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

On January 15, 2011, 38-year-old Christopher Hogrefe was found shot to death at his residence on Dakota Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. Hogrefe's death was reported after neighbors heard gunshots and called emergency services. Upon arriving at the scene, the police…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Edward Crockett

Male, age 52 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Jan 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

On January 15, 2011, Edward Timothy Crockett, a 52-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, died under circumstances that have remained unresolved. His passing added to the city’s tally of cold cases, as investigators from the Columbus Police Department worked to…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Shanan Lynn Read

Female, age 33 · Manchester, Washington

Killed Jan 15, 2006 · 20 years ago

In a quiet corner of the Pacific Northwest, the story of Caucasian female Shanan Lynn Read, a 33-year-old woman, came to a tragic and mysterious end. On January 15, 2006, a resident of Manchester, Washington, spotted a plastic container floating in the Puget…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

William Jedrzejek

Male, age 22 · Clinton-township, Michigan

Killed Jan 15, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Clinton Township, Michigan, a young man's attempt to be a peacemaker ended in tragedy. William 'Billy' Jedrzejek, a 22-year-old male, was in the parking lot of the Post Bar on Hayes Road on January 15, 2006, when he…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Amber Hager

Female, age 9 · Arlington, Texas

Killed Jan 15, 1996 · 30 years ago

Amber Hagerman had her whole life ahead of her. She was a third grader and attended Berry Elementary School located in Arlington, Texas. She loved to play with Barbies and ride her pink bicycle, it was her favorite color. Amber had gotten the bicycle for…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Roberta Bobbie Bollinger

Female, age 31 · Los Lunas, New Mexico

Killed Jan 15, 1996 · 30 years ago

Roberta 'Bobbie' Bollinger, a 31-year-old resident of Los Lunas, New Mexico, met a tragic and violent end on January 15, 1996. The events leading to her death were marked by brutality and terror. Sometime in mid-January 1996, Bobbie was kidnapped at gunpoint…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Connie R Heerdt

Female · Rockford, Illinois

Found Jan 15, 1991 · 35 years ago

Connie R. Heerdt, aged 30, was found murdered on January 15, 1991, behind Doyle's Circle K Lounge in Rockford, Illinois. Her body was discovered in the parking lot by a utility worker checking wires at around 10:00 a.m. The Winnebago County Coroner determined…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Tommy Cooper

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 15, 1991 · 35 years ago

On January 15, 1991, seventeen-year-old Tommy Cooper was shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred outside an apartment at 879 East Mound Street. Cooper was found with a fatal gunshot wound to his left side. Authorities from the Columbus Police…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Peggy Harris

Female · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 15, 1991 · 35 years ago

On January 15, 1991, 29-year-old Peggy Harris was found dead with a gunshot wound to her left side at her residence on East Mound Street in Columbus, Ohio. The case was immediately treated as a homicide, but despite efforts from law enforcement, the case…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Sandra Carrera

Female, age 41 · Arlington, Virginia

Killed Jan 15, 1991 · 35 years ago

On the morning of Tuesday, January 15, 1991, Sandra Burt Carrera, a 41-year-old single mother, was found dead in her Arlington, Virginia, home. A family member, her 11-year-old son, made the discovery in their town house located in the 2500 block of South…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Randy Perry

Male, age 38 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 15, 1991 · 35 years ago

On January 15, 1991, Randy Perry, a 38-year-old male from Chester, Pennsylvania, was tragically lost to gun violence. Details surrounding the incident, including the circumstances of his death, have not been widely documented in publicly available sources.…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Cynthia Cadieux

Female, age 16 · Bloomfield Township, Michigan

Killed Jan 15, 1976 · 50 years ago

On the evening of January 15, 1976, sixteen-year-old Cynthia Rae Cadieux left her family's home in Roseville, Michigan, to visit a friend. After leaving her friend's house around 8 p.m., she seemingly vanished. The hope of her safe return was tragically…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

James Jay Dial Jr

Male, age 16 · Arlington, Virginia

Killed Jan 15, 1971 · 55 years ago

On the night of January 15, 1971, a date marking what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 42nd birthday, 16-year-old James 'Jay' Lorenzo Dial Jr. was walking home in the Green Valley neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. A student at Wakefield High…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

Maggie Rawlins

Female, age 84 · London, Kentucky

Killed Jan 15, 1971 · 55 years ago

Maggie P. Rawlings, an 84-year-old woman, was a patient at Marymount Hospital in London, Kentucky, when she became one of the patients later identified as victims of hospital orderly Donald Harvey. Rawlings had reportedly been admitted after suffering a…

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Death by Force105th anniversary

John McCracken

Male, age 3 · Pamplico, South Carolina

Killed Jan 15, 1921 · 105 years ago

In the winter of 1921, a grim tragedy befell the Bigham family plantation in the quiet community of Pamplico, South Carolina, forever marking the lives of those involved and leaving a dark chapter in the region's history. Among the victims of this horrific…

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Death by Force105th anniversary

Leo Black McCracken

Male, age 6 · Pamplico, South Carolina

Killed Jan 15, 1921 · 105 years ago

In the winter of 1921, a dark and tragic story unfolded on the Bigham family plantation near the small town of Pamplico, South Carolina. This event would see the violent end of five members of a prominent family, including a young boy named Leo McCracken. The…

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Death by Force105th anniversary

Mary Madora Dora Smith

Female, age 61 · Pamplico, South Carolina

Killed Jan 15, 1921 · 105 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Pamplico, South Carolina, the cold winter of 1921 was shattered by a brutal act of violence that would leave a lasting scar on the town's history. Mary Madora 'Dora' Smith, a woman of 62 years, became the victim of a shocking…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Leshaun Smith

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 15, 2021 · 5 years ago

Leshaun Smith, a 21-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 15, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. Leshaun was shot multiple times in the 7500 block of…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Jasson Allan Barajas

Male, age 39 · Downey, California

Killed Jan 15, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jasson Allan Barajas was 39 years old when he died on Friday, January 15, 2021, in Downey. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after being stabbed near 12848 Lakewood Blvd. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Bacilio Vasquez

Male, age 76 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jan 15, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early evening of a Thursday in Las Vegas, a long-simmering family feud erupted into violence, tragically ending the life of 76-year-old Hispanic male, Bacilio Garcia Vasquez. The fatal encounter unfolded at a residence on Riverside Drive, located near…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Omar Hassan Leverett

Male, age 32 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 15, 2006 · 20 years ago

Omar Hassan Leverett was 32 years old when he died on Sunday, January 15, 2006, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1315 S. Flower Street. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Death by Force105th anniversary

Leonard Smiley Bigham III

Male, age 43 · Pamplico, South Carolina

Killed Jan 15, 1921 · 105 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Pamplico, South Carolina, a horrific series of events unfolded on January 15, 1921, culminating in the death of Leonard Smiley Bigham III and four of his family members. Bigham, a 43-year-old male, was found deceased in the…

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Death by Force105th anniversary

Marjorie Ann Bigham Black

Female, age 43 · Pamplico, South Carolina

Killed Jan 15, 1921 · 105 years ago

In the winter of 1921, a dark chapter unfolded in the history of the Bigham family, a prominent and powerful family in Pamplico, South Carolina. Marjorie Ann Bigham Black, a 43-year-old woman, found her life tragically cut short, not by a stranger, but…

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Brandon Watt

Male, age 22 · Springfield, Missouri

Killed Jan 15, 2026 · this year

In the heart of Springfield, Missouri, the night of January 15, 2026, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 22-year-old Brandon Watt. The fatal encounter unfolded near the intersection of Kimbrough Avenue and Elm Street, where police…

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India Norwood Davis

Female, age 41 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Jan 15, 2026 · this year

In Macon, Georgia, a community is grappling with the loss of India Norwood Davis, a 41-year-old woman, whose life was tragically cut short on the afternoon of Thursday, January 15, 2026. Deputies were dispatched to the 2100 block of Adams Avenue around 4 p.m.…

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Isaiah Ramos-Bostwick

Male, age 16 · Jackson, Michigan

Killed Jan 15, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Thursday, January 15, 2026, the quiet of a Jackson, Michigan neighborhood was shattered by a fatal shooting. Inside a home in the 500 block of Harris Street, 16-year-old Isaiah Ramos-Bostwick was found with a gunshot wound to his face.…

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Jarvis Shannon

Male, age 38 · Lancaster, South Carolina

Killed Jan 15, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Lancaster, South Carolina, a tragic event unfolded on the evening of Thursday, January 15, 2026, forever altering the lives of those involved. Jarvis Shannon, a 38-year-old man, was fatally shot in the front yard of a residence on…

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Jawaun Scruggs

Male, age 38 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed Jan 15, 2026 · this year

In the early evening of January 15, 2026, the life of 38-year-old Jawaun Scruggs, a male resident of Augusta, Georgia, was tragically cut short. Responding to a call, deputies from the Richmond County Sheriff's Office discovered Scruggs in the 600 block of…

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Johnathan Payne

Male, age 20 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jan 15, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Thursday, January 15, 2026, the life of 20-year-old Johnathan Payne was cut short in a burst of violence that has left a community in search of answers. Payne was discovered with a fatal gunshot wound near a freeway interchange…

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Mariela G. Duarte Gaxiola

Female, age 34 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 15, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of January 15, 2026, the life of 34-year-old Hispanic female Mariela G. Duarte Gaxiola was tragically cut short in Phoenix, Arizona. Born in Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico, on November 19, 1991, Mariela was a resident of Phoenix. Her…

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Myshaela Burnham

Female, age 29 · Bradenton, Florida

Killed Jan 15, 2026 · this year

On January 15, 2026, the life of 29-year-old Myshaela Burnham was tragically cut short in a violent attack at her workplace in Bradenton, Florida. A mother to a six-year-old son, Burnham was shot and killed at her desk in a medical office complex on 4th…

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Roxana Elizabeth Rodriguez

Female, age 48 · Lakewood, California

Killed Jan 15, 2026 · this year

A tranquil suburban morning in Lakewood, California, was shattered by violence on January 15, 2026, culminating in the tragic death of 48-year-old Hispanic female, Roxana Elizabeth Rodriguez. What unfolded inside their home on Lorelei Avenue was a horrific…

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Sienna Alfaro

Female, age 17 · Lakewood, California

Killed Jan 15, 2026 · this year

In the quiet city of Lakewood, California, a devastating tragedy unfolded on the morning of January 15, 2026, claiming the life of 17-year-old Sienna Alfaro. The incident, which occurred at a residence on Lorelei Avenue, also resulted in the deaths of her…

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Terrance London

Male, age 26 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Jan 15, 2026 · this year

In the late afternoon of January 15, 2026, the life of 26-year-old Terrance London was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The incident unfolded around 3:56 p.m. in the 2500 block of Shada Avenue, near Scenic Highway.…

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