Death by Force

Daryle Konczal

Male, age 40 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Jan 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

In Portsmouth, Virginia, the life of Daryle Konczal, a male, was tragically cut short in a case that remains an unsolved homicide. His name is listed among the city's cold cases, a stark reminder of a life taken and a quest for justice that continues. While…

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Myles Leonell Batts

Male, age 24 · Wake-forest, North Carolina

Killed Jan 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of January 18, 2024, 24-year-old Myles Leonell Batts was found deceased in Wake County, North Carolina. Around 9 p.m., the Wake County Sheriff's Office responded to a vehicle crash on Zebulon Road near Barham Siding Road, east of Rolesville.…

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Carlos Alvarez

Male, age 37 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

On January 18, 2024, Carlos Alvarez, 37, was fatally shot in the 6300 block of Tall Willow Drive in northwest Houston, Texas. Surveillance footage reveals that Alvarez had exited a white car shortly before the incident. As he walked toward his residence, the…

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EDarius Reed

Male, age 26 · Midland, Texas

Killed Jan 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

Edarius Reed, a 26-year-old from Midland, Texas, tragically lost his life on January 18, 2024. Reed was found deceased following an incident that quickly drew the attention of local authorities. Law enforcement officials reported that Reed had sustained fatal…

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Robert Bob Daniel Keahey

Male, age 50 · Somerville, Alabama

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a winter evening in Somerville, Alabama, the life of Robert "Bob" Daniel Keahey, a 50-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically cut short. On January 18, 2023, Keahey was killed by gunfire, a violent end to a life that had been spent as a carpenter and was…

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Aaron Hernandez

Male, age 18 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the evening hours of January 18, 2023, a meeting in a vehicle in a residential neighborhood east of 83rd Avenue and Indian School Road in Phoenix, Arizona, took a fatal turn, ending the life of 18-year-old Aaron Joseph Hernandez. Hernandez, a…

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Latoya Gay

Female, age 26 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

Latoya Gay, a 26-year-old mother of two, was fatally shot on January 18, 2023, in East Tampa, Florida. The incident occurred at the Silver Oaks Apartments located at 4200 Kenneth Court, where multiple parties were exchanging gunfire in the parking lot. Family…

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Jamell I.B. Moody

Male, age 32 · Decatur, Georgia

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

Jamell I.B. Moody, a 32-year-old Black man from Decatur, Georgia, was killed the night of January 18, 2023, after what began as an ordinary trip outside to his car turned into a deadly confrontation. Investigators said the violence unfolded around 10:30 p.m.…

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Oscar L. Beck

Male, age 7 · Fort-wayne, Indiana

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, a heartbreaking story unfolded on the morning of January 18, 2023. Seven-year-old Oscar L. Beck, a white male, was found deceased in his home in the 1100 block of Skyline Pass. The discovery was made by a relative who…

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Rickey Smith

Male, age 18 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans, a bright morning in January 2023 was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 18-year-old Rickey Smith, a Black male. On January 18th, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Smith was a passenger in a…

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Anish Rajan Rajaram

Male, age 19 · Dublin, Ohio

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 18, 2023, Dublin police officers discovered the bodies of 19-year-old Anish Rajan Rajaram, along with his parents, 54-year-old Rajan Rajaram and 51-year-old Santhalatha Rajan, in their home on the 7300 block of Balfoure Circle in Dublin, Ohio. The…

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Santhalatha Rajaram

Female, age 51 · Dublin, Ohio

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 18, 2023, Dublin Police officers responded to a well-being check at a residence on Balfoure Circle in Dublin, Ohio, just after 2 a.m. Upon arrival, they discovered the bodies of three family members: 54-year-old Rajan Rajaram, 51-year-old…

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Cameron Bullock

Male, age 30 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early evening of January 18, 2023, a burst of gunfire shattered the cold air on the 1700 block of West Lexington Street in Baltimore, Maryland. When the echo of the shots faded, 30-year-old Cameron Bullock, a White male, was left suffering from gunshot…

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Zyquez Levern Wilson

Male, age 18 · Bishopville, South Carolina

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet town of Bishopville, South Carolina, a life was tragically cut short on the evening of January 18, 2023. Zyquez Levern Wilson, an 18-year-old male, died from a gunshot wound in an incident that authorities would later describe as a heartbreaking…

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Jessica Lynn Collins

Female, age 35 · Hopewell, Virginia

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early hours of a Wednesday morning, the quiet of Hopewell, Virginia was shattered by the sound of gunfire. On January 18, 2023, 35-year-old Jessica Lynn Collins, a female resident of Hopewell, was tragically killed. The incident, which also claimed the…

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Robert Lewis Bryant Jr.

Male, age 33 · Hopewell, Virginia

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early hours of January 18, 2023, the life of 33-year-old Robert Lewis Bryant Jr., a male resident of Hopewell, Virginia, was tragically cut short in a hail of gunfire. The incident, which also claimed the life of 35-year-old Jessica Lynn Collins…

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Jimmy Lee Smith III

Male, age 24 · Raeford, North Carolina

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 18, 2023, Staff Sgt. Jimmy Lee Smith III, a 24-year-old culinary specialist assigned to the Group Support Battalion of the 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, was found unresponsive on Hammock Lane in Raeford, North Carolina. Emergency medical…

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Mackenzie McCord Strickland

Male, age 27 · Asheville, North Carolina

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

Mackenzie McCord Strickland, a 27-year-old Black man, was trying to turn his life around. According to his mother, after a troubled youth that led to prison time, Mackenzie had returned to Asheville, North Carolina, was working, and had started to build his…

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Samuel Leon Nixon

Male, age 35 · Monroe, North Carolina

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 18, 2023, 35-year-old Samuel Leon Nixon of Monroe, North Carolina, tragically lost his life to gun violence. His passing was publicly acknowledged through various obituaries, which noted that he died on that date and provided details about his…

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Carlos Alberto Page Merced

Male, age 56 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the morning of January 18, 2023, Carlos Alberto Merced, a 56-year-old Hispanic male, was at his place of work, an auto body shop in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia. Known to his loved ones as 'Page,' he was a beloved husband, father, and…

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Eric Ferrer

Male, age 47 · Reading, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the winter of 2023, a violent encounter in Reading, Pennsylvania, claimed the life of 47-year-old Eric Ferrer. On the evening of January 18th, Ferrer was in a vehicle on Washington Street when a hail of bullets shattered the night. Nearly a dozen shots…

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Lamaine Pugh

Male, age 36 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 18, 2023, 36-year-old Lamaine R. Pugh was fatally shot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The incident occurred on the 5700 block of Baltimore Avenue in the city's Southwest section. Following the shooting, authorities apprehended a suspect in…

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Jennifer Belcher

Female, age 41 · Talbott, Tennessee

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet community of Talbott, Tennessee, a domestic dispute escalated to a tragic conclusion, leaving a family shattered and a community in mourning. On the night of January 18, 2023, 41-year-old Jennifer Belcher, a White female, was shot and killed in…

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Katie Arnold

Female, age 36 · Blountville, Tennessee

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a cold January evening in Blountville, Tennessee, the life of 36-year-old Katie Elizabeth Arnold was brought to a sudden and violent end. On January 18, 2023, Arnold was in the bathroom of her Deck Lane home when she was fatally shot through the window. It…

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Kristopher Julian Baca Jr.

Male, age 17 · Palmdale, California

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 18, 2023, 17-year-old Kristopher Julian Baca Jr. was fatally shot in Palmdale, California. The incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. in the 38600 block of 11th Street East, where deputies responding to a shots-fired call discovered Baca in a driveway…

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Leonard Charles Owens

Male, age 53 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 18, 2023, 53-year-old Leonard Charles Owens was found deceased in Fort Worth, Texas, alongside his fiancée, 45-year-old Calleen "Niecy" Medlin. Both had suffered fatal gunshot wounds. Leonard was born on January 10, 1970, in Fort Worth to Leonard…

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Omar Nabor Guajardo

Male, age 19 · Tye, Texas

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 18, 2023, 19-year-old Omar "Mo" Nabor Guajardo was found deceased in his residence on the 200 block of Airbase Road in Tye, Texas. Authorities discovered him around 7:45 p.m., having suffered a gunshot wound to the head. An autopsy was ordered to…

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Roy Eugene Vaughn III

Male, age 32 · Venus, Texas

Killed Jan 18, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 18, 2023, at approximately 2 p.m., Ellis County Sheriff's deputies responded to a reported shooting in the 600 block of Bunkhouse Road in Venus, Texas. The incident involved an argument between two adult males, culminating in one individual…

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Kendall Fair

Male, age 22 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a cold January afternoon in 2022, the life of 22-year-old Kendall Fair of West Hartford was cut short in a burst of gunfire that echoed through the streets of Hartford, marking the city's first homicide of the year. The tragic events of January 18th began…

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Tevin Alhashemi

Male, age 26 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

On January 18, 2022, a series of 911 calls reported gunshots at the Tropicana Royale apartment complex, located just west of the intersection of Eastern and Tropicana Avenues in Las Vegas, Nevada. Officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department…

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Devin Brewers

Male, age 19 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early evening of January 18, 2022, 19-year-old Devin Brewer was sitting in his wheelchair outside his home on Cloud Place in Northeast Washington, D.C., with friends. A car slowly drove past, and a person inside opened fire, striking Brewer in the…

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Kyle Quinn

Male, age 31 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the Frogtown neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota, on the evening of January 18, 2022, 31-year-old Kyle Quinn was found outside a residence on the 300 block of Blair Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds. The call came in around 5:30 p.m., and upon their…

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Charles A. Evans

Male, age 26 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a cold Tuesday in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of Charles A. Evans, a 26-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short. On January 18, 2022, Evans fell victim to gun violence in the Park Duvalle neighborhood. Emergency responders found Evans at the scene…

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Shannon Ayers

Female, age 58 · Deer Park, Washington

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet community of Deer Park, Washington, the life of 58-year-old Shannon Ayers came to a tragic end on January 18, 2022. That night, her husband, Dean Ayers, placed a call to 911 at 11 p.m. to report that his wife had shot herself in the head. When…

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Kayla Frank

Female, age 28 · Merrill, Wisconsin

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a tragic January morning in 2022, the life of Kayla M. Frank, a 28-year-old Caucasian female from Merrill, Wisconsin, was cut short. On January 18th, Merrill Police were called to a residence on East Fifth Street with a report of a shooting. Inside, they…

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Charlotte Freiny

Female, age 62 · Battle-creek, Michigan

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet community of Bedford Township, a suburb of Battle Creek, Michigan, the life of 62-year-old Charlotte Sue Freiny came to a tragic and violent end on January 18, 2022. A beloved mother and grandmother, Freiny was known for her love of family…

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Frankie D. Bland

Male, age 24 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on a Tuesday evening, a domestic dispute ended in a Norfolk, Virginia, man losing his life. Frankie D. Bland, a 24-year-old male, was shot on January 18, 2022. The incident unfolded inside a residence on Remsen Street. Police…

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Kavon Teon Gallishaw

Male, age 21 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early afternoon of a Tuesday in Richmond, Virginia, the life of 21-year-old Kavon Teon Gallishaw was tragically cut short. On January 18, 2022, at approximately 12:41 p.m., police responded to a report of a vehicle crash near the intersection of…

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Antonio Polo Baynes

Male, age 30 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of a Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland, the quiet of the 2000 block of Robb Street was shattered by the sound of gunfire. On that morning of January 18, 2022, Antonio Polo Baynes, a 30-year-old male, was fatally wounded. Police responded to…

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Agustin Bravocerez

Male, age 33 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

Agustin Bravocerez, a 33-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on January 18, 2022. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially unclear, prompting a thorough investigation by local authorities. According to the Los…

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Arthur Jess Medina

Male, age 34 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

Arthur Jess Medina, a 34-year-old resident of Bakersfield, California, tragically lost his life on January 18, 2022. The incident occurred early in the morning when sheriff's deputies were called to the area of Steele Street and Mount Vernon Avenue around…

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Serenity Zanae Gershon

Female, age 21 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

Serenity Zanae Gershon, a 21-year-old Black female, was killed on January 18, 2022, in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles, near the Gardena border. Public reporting first described the shooting as an apparent ambush: she was in a vehicle traveling north…

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Sabrina Renee Dollar

Female, age 43 · Warner-robins, Georgia

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet early morning hours of a Tuesday in Warner Robins, Georgia, the life of a 43-year-old woman, Sabrina Renee Dollar, was tragically cut short. On January 18, 2022, while working as a clerk at the J&J Dollar Store on Knodishall Drive, she became the…

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Caleb Westbrook

Male, age 15 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

Caleb Westbrooks, a 15-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on January 18, 2022, in the Noble Square neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Caleb was a freshman at Rauner College Prep, known for his infectious personality and constant smile. On…

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Karen Laurice Antipatia Easton

Female, age 42 · Naperville, Illinois

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

Karen Laurice Antipatia Easton, a 42-year-old woman from Naperville, IL, tragically lost her life on January 18, 2022. Karen, who was known for her dedication as a caregiver, was found dead in her apartment on Crabapple Court. The cause of her death was…

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Whitney Wilson

Female, age 34 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early hours of a Tuesday in New Orleans, a tragedy unfolded on the city's interstate that cut short the life of a 34-year-old woman. Whitney Wilson, a female resident of the city, was driving when she was struck by gunfire in what has been described as…

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Katrina Renee Smith

Female, age 43 · Concord, North Carolina

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

Katrina Renee Smith, a 43-year-old Black woman from Concord, North Carolina, was known for her big smile and open heart. A mother of four, she was remembered by friends and family as charismatic, beautiful inside and out, and an amazing parent. One friend who…

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Alexander Gaddy Jr.

Male, age 30 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

On January 18, 2022, at approximately 6:48 p.m., Philadelphia Police officers responded to a call at a mini-mart located on the 2100 block of 72nd Avenue. Upon arrival, they discovered 30-year-old Black male, Alexander Gaddy Jr., suffering from multiple…

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