Death by Force

April Misenhimer

Female, age 21 · Santa Rosa, California

Found Jan 17, 2003 · 23 years ago

April Misenhimer, a 21-year-old woman, was found dead on January 17, 2003, in a Santa Rosa motel room. She had been strangled, and her death was ruled a homicide. Misenhimer was last seen alive at the motel, and investigators believe she was killed there…

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Ronald Ronnie Norman

Male, age 49 · Allenstown, New Hampshire

Killed Jan 17, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the quiet town of Allenstown, New Hampshire, a community was shaken by the violent death of one of its own. On January 17, 2003, 49-year-old Ronald Norman, a male resident, was found deceased in his apartment located at 72 Turnpike Street. The discovery…

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Raymond Long John Martorano

Male, age 74 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 17, 2002 · 24 years ago

Raymond "Long John" Martorano, an Italian-American mobster and a made man in the Philadelphia Crime Family, died on January 17, 2002, at the age of 74. He was shot three times while driving his Lincoln Town Car near Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.…

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Sheryl Mae Markham

Female, age 57 · Long Beach, California

Killed Jan 17, 2002 · 24 years ago

Sheryl Mae Markham was 57 years old when she died on Thursday, January 17, 2002, in Long Beach. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 2541 Termino Avenue. Her death was ruled a homicide…

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Faustino Molina

Male, age 19 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 17, 1999 · 27 years ago

On a cold January night in 1999, a young life was abruptly cut short in a violent encounter outside a Tulsa nightclub. Nineteen-year-old Faustino Alfaro Molina, a male, was at the Kabana Club, located at 3601 E. Admiral, when tragedy struck. In the early…

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Martin Tafolla-Sanchez

Male, age 23 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 17, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the late evening of Tuesday, January 17, 1995, the sound of gunfire shattered the quiet of a North Missouri Avenue neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. Responding to a 9-1-1 call about shots being fired, police officers arrived at the 3500 block around 9:45…

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Misty Micheletti

Female, age 11 · Vancouver, Washington

Killed Jan 17, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the winter of 1994, the life of 11-year-old Caucasian female, Misty Micheletti, was tragically cut short in what remains an unsolved case that has haunted her family and the community of Vancouver, Washington. On the night of January 15th, Misty was at her…

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Mark Johnson

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 17, 1992 · 34 years ago

On January 17, 1992, Mark Johnson was tragically killed in Columbus, Ohio, marking another homicide in a city that has struggled with violent crime. Details about the case indicate that Johnson's death was part of the numerous unsolved homicides recorded in…

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Bryan Drew

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 17, 1992 · 34 years ago

On January 17, 1992, Bryan Drew, a 23-year-old male, was found shot to death in front of 1423 Manchester Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and his homicide remains unsolved. The incident occurred late at night, and there were no…

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Oeun Lim

Female, age 8 · Stockton, California

Killed Jan 17, 1989 · 37 years ago

Oeun Lim, an 8-year-old child, tragically lost her life on January 17, 1989, in Stockton, California, during the Cleveland Elementary School shooting. This horrific event unfolded when a 24-year-old gunman named Patrick Purdy opened fire on the school…

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Ram Chun

Male, age 8 · Stockton, California

Killed Jan 17, 1989 · 37 years ago

Ram Chun, a young boy of Cambodian descent, tragically lost his life on January 17, 1989, during the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in Stockton, California. This horrific event unfolded when a 24-year-old gunman named Patrick Purdy entered the school…

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Rathanar Or

Male, age 9 · Stockton, California

Killed Jan 17, 1989 · 37 years ago

Rathanar Or, a 9-year-old boy, tragically lost his life on January 17, 1989, during the Cleveland Elementary School shooting in Stockton, California. This horrific event unfolded when a lone gunman, Patrick Purdy, entered the school playground during recess…

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Sokhim An

Female, age 6 · Stockton, California

Killed Jan 17, 1989 · 37 years ago

On January 17, 1989, six-year-old Sokhim An tragically lost her life in a mass shooting at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California. This horrific event unfolded when a lone gunman, Patrick Purdy, entered the school playground during recess and…

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Teresa Thuy Tran

Female, age 6 · Stockton, California

Killed Jan 17, 1989 · 37 years ago

Teresa Thuy Tran, a six-year-old girl, tragically lost her life on January 17, 1989, in Stockton, California. Teresa was one of the victims of the Cleveland Elementary School shooting, a horrific event that shocked the nation. On that fateful day, a gunman…

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Michael Francke

Male, age 42 · Salem, Oregon

Killed Jan 17, 1989 · 37 years ago

Michael Francke was a 42-year-old White male who was serving as director of the Oregon Department of Corrections when he was killed outside his office in Salem on the evening of January 17, 1989. Francke worked in the Dome Building on the grounds of the…

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Kenneth Godfrey

Male, age 29 · Shelby, North Carolina

Killed Jan 17, 1987 · 39 years ago

Kenneth Godfrey, a 29-year-old male, tragically lost his life on January 17, 1987, in Shelby, North Carolina. He was one of three men killed in a mass shooting at the Shelby III Bookstore, an adult bookstore known to attract a gay clientele. The incident also…

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Paul Weston

Male, age 26 · Shelby, North Carolina

Killed Jan 17, 1987 · 39 years ago

Paul Weston, a 26-year-old male, tragically lost his life on January 17, 1987, in Shelby, North Carolina. He was one of three men killed in a mass shooting at the Shelby III Adult Bookstore, which was known for its gay clientele. The incident also left two…

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Travis Melton

Male, age 19 · Shelby, North Carolina

Killed Jan 17, 1987 · 39 years ago

On the night of January 17, 1987, 19-year-old Travis Melton, a young man working at the Shelby III adult bookstore in Shelby, North Carolina, was tragically killed in a brutal attack. The bookstore, located on U.S. 74, was known to attract a gay male…

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Fred Eckles

Male · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 17, 1984 · 42 years ago

Fred Eckles Jr., a 41-year-old male of ethnicity, was a dedicated officer with the Chicago Police Department. On January 17, 1984, Officer Eckles was part of a tactical unit executing a search warrant at an apartment located at 8051 South Maryland Avenue. The…

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Carl Whippo

Male, age 63 · Johnsonburg-borough, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 17, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the quiet borough of Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, a routine day at the police department turned into a scene of tragedy and violence. It was inside the very building meant to uphold the law that Officer Carl Harold Whippo, a 63-year-old male, would lose his…

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Margaret Fossi

Female, age 25 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 17, 1982 · 44 years ago

Margaret Everson Fossi, a 25-year-old white female architecture student at Rice University in Houston, Texas, was found dead on January 18, 1982. She had been reported missing the day before by relatives with whom she lived. Margaret had gone out with fellow…

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William Billy Suttle

Male, age 44 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jan 17, 1980 · 46 years ago

William "Billy" Suttle, originally from New York, was found dead on January 17, 1980, in Sacramento, California. His body was discovered in the bleachers of a local softball diamond, neatly dressed in jeans, a blue sweater, and a denim hat. Suttle had been…

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Mercedes Mendez

Female, age 48 · Mesquite, Texas

Killed Jan 17, 1979 · 47 years ago

On January 17, 1979, the lifeless body of 48-year-old Mercedes Mendez, a Hispanic woman, was discovered in a wooded area near Mesquite, Texas. The victim had been subjected to a brutal assault, including physical beating and sexual molestation, before being…

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Robert Shannahan

Male, age 46 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 17, 1975 · 51 years ago

On January 17, 1975, the body of 46-year-old white male Robert Lee Shannahan was discovered in a Los Angeles hotel room. A hotel maid found him with a bayonet protruding from his chest, and evidence suggested he had been dead for several days. Shannahan was a…

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George Rudnycky

Male, age 18 · Tinicum, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 17, 1969 · 57 years ago

George Ihor Rudnycky, an 18-year-old male of Ukrainian ethnicity, tragically died on January 17, 1969, in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He was a jitney operator for the transportation department of Westinghouse and was also attending day…

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Zachary Shipley

Male, age 60 · Flora, Illinois

Killed Jan 17, 1909 · 117 years ago

Zachary T. Shipley, a 60-year-old male, served as the Night Marshal in Flora, Illinois. On January 17, 1909, Marshal Shipley was tragically killed in the line of duty. His death was a result of gunfire, specifically a shotgun blast, which struck him in the…

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Bryce Gray

Male, age 34 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jan 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the heart of Las Vegas, a life was abruptly cut short on the evening of January 17, 2024, when 34-year-old Bryce Gray was killed in a violent shootout. The incident unfolded around 5:30 p.m. in the 200 block of Chicago Avenue, a location situated near the…

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Shawn Hall

Male, age 51 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early evening hours of December 23, 2022, a burst of violence at a Phoenix bus stop shattered the holiday season calm and ultimately claimed the life of 51-year-old Shawn Hall. The incident unfolded near the intersection of 27th Avenue and Indian…

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Jeronimo Gomez

Male, age 30 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Jan 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the winter of 2023, a fatal encounter stemming from a traffic accident cut short the life of 30-year-old Jeronimo Gomez in North Knoxville. On the evening of January 17th, a confrontation occurred on Bradshaw Garden Road following a vehicle collision.…

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Gennadiy Ivanovich Mironov

Male, age 62 · North-highlands, California

Killed Jan 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Gennadiy Ivanovich Mironov, a 62-year-old resident of North Highlands, California, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2022. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning when Mironov was alerted by a Ring camera notification about suspicious…

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Andrew Dereck Santos

Male, age 23 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 17, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the night of January 17, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona, a fatal shooting cut short the life of 23-year-old Andrew Dereck Santos, a male of Brazilian descent. Phoenix Police Department officers were dispatched to the vicinity of 24th Avenue and Hazelwood Street…

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Gregory Menjoe Reed

Male, age 38 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 17, 2020 · 6 years ago

Gregory Menjoe Reed, a 38-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2020. Reed was shot and killed near East 98th Street and South Avalon Boulevard in the Green Meadows neighborhood. The incident occurred around 9 p.m.…

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James Span

Male, age 51 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Jan 17, 2020 · 6 years ago

In a tragic turn of events, a verbal altercation inside a Nashville apartment led to the fatal shooting of 51-year-old James Span. The dispute, which began inside an apartment in the 800 block of Taylor Street, resulted in both Span and the suspect, Joseph D.…

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George Michael Atkeson

Male, age 62 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 17, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the evening of January 17, 2019, the life of George Michael Atkeson, a 62-year-old male, was brought to a violent end in a residence in Portland, Oregon. The fatal incident unfolded in the 5300 block of Northeast 74th Avenue, where police responded to…

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Christian Deutz

Male, age 76 · Naples, Florida

Killed Jan 17, 2019 · 7 years ago

Christian Deutz, a 76-year-old man of German descent, passed away on January 17, 2019, in Naples, Florida. Born on February 5, 1942, in Berlin, Germany, Christian emigrated to the United States at the age of 16 with his parents. He served in the US Air Force…

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Elijah Moore

Male, age 22 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Elijah Moore, a 22-year-old African American male, was found dead on January 17, 2018, at his home in Tampa, Florida. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office discovered his body around 2:15 a.m. on Carroway Street. The initial investigation revealed that…

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Kevin Kennedy

Male, age 22 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of a January morning in 2017, a burst of gunfire on the 600 block of 14th Place, Northeast, shattered the quiet of the Washington, D.C. neighborhood. When officers arrived at approximately 6:40 a.m., they discovered two men inside a…

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Peter Ross

Male, age 57 · Oxford, New Jersey

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet community of Oxford, New Jersey, a tragic event unfolded on January 17, 2017, leading to the death of 57-year-old Peter Ross. The incident, a shooting at a group home, resulted in one person dead and another wounded, shaking the otherwise…

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Johnnie Jones III

Male, age 30 · Lancaster, California

Killed Jan 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Johnnie Jones III, a 30-year-old man from Lancaster, California, was tragically shot and killed on January 17, 2015. The incident occurred in the 45400 block of Corkwood Avenue. According to reports, the altercation began around 10:30 p.m. when Jones got into…

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Marco Cesar Lopez

Male, age 29 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Marco Cesar Lopez, a 29-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2015, in Pacoima, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Marco was fatally shot, marking a violent end to his life. The incident occurred in a…

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Jorge Angel

Male, age 48 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On January 17, 2015, in Houston, Texas, 48-year-old male Jorge Angel was tragically lost to gun violence. Details surrounding the incident are scarce, and specific information about the circumstances of his death has not been widely reported. The available…

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Marvin Hills

Male, age 24 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed Jan 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Marvin Anthony Hills, a 24-year-old Black male from Savannah, was gravely wounded in the early hours of January 17, 2014, when gunfire erupted near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and West Victory Drive. According to Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police…

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King Jayden Johnson

Male, age 2 · Lancaster, California

Killed Jan 17, 2013 · 13 years ago

King Jayden Johnson was 2 years old when he died on Thursday, January 17, 2013, in Lancaster, a city in the Antelope Valley in the northern part of Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining…

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Joseph Thompson

Male, age 25 · Landover, Maryland

Killed Jan 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a winter morning in 2007, the life of 25-year-old Joseph Lavelle Thompson was cut short in a fatal shooting in Landover, Maryland. The male victim was killed on Wednesday, January 17, 2007, in what police described as a violent culmination of a love…

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Hubert Walter Ifield

Male, age 62 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 17, 2005 · 21 years ago

Hubert Walter Ifield was 62 years old when he died on Monday, January 17, 2005, in Vermont Square, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 4630 S. Vermont Ave. His death was…

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Mary Hannig

Female, age 39 · Marple-township, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 17, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the quiet suburban landscape of Marple Township, Pennsylvania, the year 1972 was marked by a tragedy that has since faded from the headlines, yet remains an unsolved piece of the area's history. A 39-year-old woman named Mary Hannig, a resident of the…

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Ira Kinne

Male, age 28 · New-york, New York

Killed Jan 17, 1905 · 121 years ago

In the early hours of a cold January morning in 1905, the life of Patrolman Ira D. Kinne of the New York City Police Department was tragically cut short. The 28-year-old officer was shot and killed in the line of duty on January 17th in Manhattan. The…

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