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Deaths by Force on January 16

692 open cases in our database happened on January 16. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (459)

Death by Force

Teixeira Dorival

Male, age 26 · Hartford, Connecticut
Killed Jan 16, 2026 · this year

A sense of unease settled over a Hartford neighborhood on the evening of Friday, January 16, 2026, following reports of gunfire. Responding to the calls at approximately 6:08 p.m., police arrived in the area of 145 Francis Avenue to a grim scene. There they…

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Roger Alan Maestas

age 39 · Bakersfield, California
Killed Jan 16, 2024 · 2 years ago

On January 16, 2024, at approximately 2:38 a.m., 39-year-old Roger Alan Maestas was found with a gunshot wound to the chest in the 1000 block of Clyde Street in east Bakersfield. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene, and the Kern County…

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Robert Goston

Male · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Killed Jan 16, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 16, 2023, the life of Robert Goston, a male resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was tragically cut short. He was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds, and despite the efforts of emergency responders, he was pronounced…

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Dawson Johnson

Male, age 25 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed Jan 16, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late afternoon of a January day in Philadelphia, the life of 25-year-old Dawson Johnson was tragically cut short. On Monday, January 16, 2023, at approximately 4:54 p.m., the sounds of gunfire echoed through the 2100 block of North 20th Street. When…

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Javier Raul Grijalva

Male, age 33 · Pomona, California
Killed Jan 16, 2022 · 4 years ago

Javier Raul Grijalva, a 33-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on January 16, 2022, in Pomona, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Grijalva was fatally shot near 1681 W. 2nd St. in Pomona. The…

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Yoel Valencia-Martinez

Male, age 33 · Houston, Texas
Killed Jan 16, 2022 · 4 years ago

On January 16, 2022, Yoel Valencia-Martinez, a 33-year-old Hispanic male, was fatally shot outside a nightclub located at 2647 Winrock Boulevard in Houston, Texas. Valencia-Martinez had left the nightclub and was walking to his vehicle when he was confronted…

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Karl Braggs

Male, age 58 · Florence-Firestone, California
Killed Jan 16, 2020 · 6 years ago

Karl Braggs was 58 years old when he died on Thursday, January 16, 2020, in Florence-Firestone, an unincorporated community in South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near the 7600 block of…

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Jeremiah Chester

Male, age 36 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Jan 16, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jeremiah Chester, a 36-year-old man from Los Angeles, was tragically shot and killed on January 16, 2018. The incident occurred near Pierce Street and Dronfield Avenue in Pacoima. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Chester was outside a…

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Jhalil Washington

Male, age 27 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed Jan 16, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early moments of a Tuesday morning in January 2018, the life of Jhalil Washington, a 27-year-old man from Philadelphia, was tragically cut short. The streets of North Philadelphia were dimly lit when, at approximately 12:30 a.m., the sound of gunfire…

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David Couture

Male, age 25 · Johnson Creek, Wisconsin
Killed Jan 16, 2017 · 9 years ago

David L. Couture, 25, male, died on January 16, 2017, in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin, after a violent episode inside his grandmother’s home. Around 4:39 a.m., a 911 caller reported that the 81-year-old woman had been badly injured and that a baseball bat was on…

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John Lawrence Byler

Male, age 52 · Lafayette, Indiana
Killed Jan 16, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the morning of January 16, 2017, police in Lafayette, Indiana, responded to a distress call that brought them to a residence in the 1600 block of Center Street. Upon their arrival around 6:00 a.m., officers entered an apartment to discover 52-year-old John…

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Dorline Danford

Female, age 56 · Canal-winchester, Ohio
Killed Jan 16, 2017 · 9 years ago

Dorline Mae Danford, a 56-year-old woman from Canal Winchester, Ohio, tragically passed away on January 16, 2017. She was known for her loving nature and left behind her husband, Brian Danford, of 22 years, and her two children, Daniel and Michelle Danford.…

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Reginald Wess

Male, age 50 · Shreveport, Louisiana
Killed Jan 16, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of January 16, 2015, Reginald Wess, a 50-year-old man, was shot multiple times at a home in Shreveport, Louisiana, after a dispute inside the house spilled into sudden violence. Police were called to the 100 block of South Greenbrook Loop…

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Gerardo Astacio-Leon

Male, age 48 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed Jan 16, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early evening of January 16, 2015, Gerardo Astacio-Leon, a 48-year-old man, was fatally shot inside his home in the Eastwick neighborhood of Philadelphia. Police were called to his residence on Theodore Street near 71st Street shortly before 6 p.m.…

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Yves Jean-Julien

Male, age 25 · Babylon, New York
Killed Jan 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 16, 2014, a tragic and violent encounter unfolded outside the Nite Owl Lounge in Deer Park, New York, abruptly ending the life of 25-year-old Yves Jean-Julien of Babylon. Jean-Julien, a young male, was inside a white…

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Nhia Lee

Male, age 65 · Fresno, California
Killed Jan 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

Nhia Lee, a 65-year-old resident of Fresno, California, tragically lost his life on January 16, 2014, during a violent crime spree in Northwest Fresno. The incident began when the suspect, identified as Joshua Lewis, embarked on a rampage involving multiple…

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John Soloman

Male, age 66 · Fort-pierce, Florida
Killed Jan 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

John Solomon, aged 66, tragically lost his life on January 16, 2014, in Fort Pierce, Florida. The incident occurred during a violent home invasion at a residence on North 18th Street. Solomon, along with 30-year-old Dontavis Albury, was fatally shot by…

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Luis Gonzalez

Male, age 38 · Palm-beach, Florida
Killed Jan 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

Luis Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on January 16, 2014, in Palm Beach, Florida. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially unclear, prompting a thorough investigation by local authorities. Gonzalez's death was…

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Fredrick Douglas

Male, age 28 · Homewood, Pennsylvania
Killed Jan 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

Fredrick Douglas, a 28-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically lost his life on January 16, 2014, in Homewood, Pennsylvania. He was fatally shot near Kedron Street and North Lang Avenue around 6:30 p.m. When police arrived at the scene, they…

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Abraham Joey Montgomery III

Male, age 50 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Jan 16, 2009 · 17 years ago

Abraham Joey Montgomery III was 50 years old when he died on Friday, January 16, 2009, in the Exposition Park area of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1640 W. 35th St. His death was…

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Luis Ortiz

Male, age 52 · Long Beach, California
Killed Jan 16, 2007 · 19 years ago

Luis Ortiz was 52 years old when he died on Tuesday, January 16, 2007, in Long Beach. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after being stabbed near 555 E. Adams St. His death was ruled a homicide. The Los Angeles Times…

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Susan M. Parenteau

Female, age 54 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Jan 16, 2005 · 21 years ago

Susan M. Parenteau was 54 years old when she died on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2005, in Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma. The public record does not give the address where she was…

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Jeanine Villareal

Female, age 26 · Phoenix, Arizona
Killed Jan 16, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the winter of 2004, a young woman's life was tragically cut short in Phoenix, Arizona. On January 16, 2004, Jeanine Villareal, a 27-year-old Hispanic female, was killed by gun violence. The specific details surrounding the circumstances of her death remain…

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David Patrick Sanez

Male, age 19 · Lancaster, California
Killed Jan 16, 2003 · 23 years ago

David Patrick Sanez was 19 years old when he died on Thursday, January 16, 2003, in Lancaster. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 2040 W. Avenue J-13. His death was ruled a homicide…

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Angela Dales

Female, age 33 · Grundy, Virginia
Killed Jan 16, 2002 · 24 years ago

On a tragic day in Grundy, Virginia, 33-year-old Angela Denice Dales, a promising law student and devoted single mother, had her life cut short. On January 16, 2002, the Appalachian School of Law became the scene of a horrific mass shooting that would claim…

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Anthony Sutin

Male, age 42 · Grundy, Virginia
Killed Jan 16, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the small town of Grundy, Virginia, the Appalachian School of Law became the scene of a tragic shooting on January 16, 2002. The incident claimed the life of the school's dean, Lewis Anthony Sutin, a 42-year-old male. Sutin, a Harvard Law School graduate…

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L Anthony Sutin

Male, age 42 · Grundy, Virginia
Killed Jan 16, 2002 · 24 years ago

L. Anthony Sutin, the 42-year-old Dean of the Appalachian School of Law, was killed on January 16, 2002, in a tragic shooting that shattered the small community of Grundy, Virginia. A former student, Peter Odighizuwa, 43, who had been academically dismissed…

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