Death by Force

Meredith Emerson

Female, age 24 · Blood Mountain, Georgia

Killed Jan 1, 2008 · 18 years ago

On New Year's Day 2008, 24-year-old Meredith Hope Emerson, a Caucasian female, embarked on a hike up Blood Mountain in northern Georgia with her black Labrador retriever, Ella. An avid and experienced hiker, Emerson was last seen on the trail with an older…

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George Minor

Male, age 50 · San Francisco, California

Found Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

On January 1, 2007, George Minor Jr., age 50, was tragically killed in San Francisco, California. His death occurred in a year marked by a notable number of homicides in the city, which experienced a homicide rate of 6.0 per 100,000 people that year. The…

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Camerino Guz

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Camerino Guzman, a 25-year-old male, was fatally shot on January 1, 2007, in Chicago. The homicide occurred in the Little Village neighborhood, an area that has been historically associated with high crime rates and ongoing gang conflicts. Guzman was found…

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Leon Nelson

Male, age 17 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the early hours of New Year's Day 2007, the city of Baltimore recorded its first homicide of the year, the unfortunate victim being 17-year-old Leon Nelson. The young male's life was cut short on Monday, January 1, 2007. The case, like many others, became…

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Jason Fernandes

Male, age 14 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Fourteen-year-old African-American male Jason Fernandes of Brockton, Massachusetts, was shot and killed in the early hours of New Year's Day 2007 in Boston. The shooting occurred at approximately 5:45 AM near the intersection of Clarkson and Hamilton Streets…

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Traci Lynn Douglass

Female, age 39 · South Valley, New York

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the winter of 2007, Traci Lynn Douglass, a 44-year-old female, vanished from her life in Salamanca, New York. For reasons that remain unclear, she was never reported as a missing person. Douglass had been residing in Salamanca, where she was close to her…

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Marquita Akin

Female, age 18 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

On New Year's Day in 2007, the life of 18-year-old Marquita Antionette Akin was tragically cut short in Buffalo, New York. An African-American female, her death was not an accident but a homicide that left a loving family to grapple with a profound and sudden…

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Jermaine Davis

Male, age 24 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

On January 1, 2007, 24-year-old Jermaine Davis was shot and killed during an altercation in downtown Portland, Oregon. The incident took place around 2 a.m. at the corner of SW 4th Avenue and Stark Street. A vehicle, described as dark-colored and possibly a…

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Aristeo Davila

Male, age 28 · Fort Worth, Texas

Found Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

The homicide of Aristeo Davila, a 28-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas, occurred on January 1, 2007. Unfortunately, specific details about his case are sparse in the readily available public records, as coverage from that time lacks comprehensive information.…

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Lavaughn Fortune

Male, age 34 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

On what should have been a celebratory New Year's Day in 2007, Lavaughn Fortune, Jr., a 34-year-old male, found his life tragically cut short in a violent encounter in Birmingham, Alabama. He was at the King City Food Mart, located at the intersection of…

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Jermaine Niron Davis

Male, age 24 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jermaine Niron Davis, a 24-year-old African-American male, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of New Year's Day, January 1, 2007, in downtown Portland, Oregon. The incident unfolded at approximately 2 a.m. near the corner of Southwest 4th Avenue and…

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Darrent Demarcus Williams

Male, age 24 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2007, the life of 24-year-old Darrent Demarcus Williams, a promising African-American male cornerback for the Denver Broncos, was tragically cut short in a drive-by shooting in downtown Denver. The incident…

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Janecia Lavette Peters

Female, age 25 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Janecia Lavette Peters, a 25-year-old woman, was tragically found dead on January 1, 2007, in Los Angeles, California. Her body was discovered in an alley in the 9500 block of South Western Avenue, covered with a garbage bag. A homeless man searching for…

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Janecia Peters

Female, age 17 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Janecia Peters, a 25-year-old Black woman, was tragically found dead on January 1, 2007, in an alley located in the 9500 block of South Western Avenue in Los Angeles. Her body was discovered by a homeless man searching for cans, and she had been shot and…

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Javon Gaskins

Male, age 16 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 1, 2004 · 22 years ago

On the first day of 2004, in the early morning hours, Javon Gaskins, a 16-year-old African-American male, was shot and killed in Washington, D.C.. His death was the first homicide recorded in the city that year. The incident occurred at approximately 5:45…

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Patsy Leonard

Female, age 23 · Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 1, 2004 · 22 years ago

On the first day of 2004, the nude body of 23-year-old Patsy Laverne Leonard, a white female from Wichita Falls, Texas, was discovered in a shallow creek in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Her body had been dropped from a bridge near the intersection of…

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Julian Brandon

Male, age 68 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Jan 1, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the quiet community of Blanchard, just outside of Shreveport, Louisiana, the new year of 2003 began with a shocking act of violence that would unravel a series of brutal crimes. Reverend Julian L. Brandon, Jr., a 68-year-old male minister, had recently…

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Melanie Ruth Camilini

Female, age 29 · Seymour, Connecticut

Killed Jan 1, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the winter of 2003, Melanie Ruth Camilini, a 29-year-old White female and mother of two from Seymour, Connecticut, vanished. She was last seen in the Waterbury area sometime in January with two men. Camilini had been grappling with substance abuse and had…

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Nikia Shanell Kilpatrick

Female, age 20 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Jan 1, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the early days of January 2003, concern grew for 20-year-old Nikia Shanell Kilpatrick, a young, pregnant mother of two in Jacksonville, Florida. When friends and family couldn't reach her for several days, the silence became deeply unsettling. Tragically…

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Roberto Lara

Male, age 24 · Atascosa, Texas

Killed Jan 1, 2002 · 24 years ago

Roberto Lara, a 24-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost his life on January 1, 2002, in Atascosa County, Texas. His death was the result of a shooting at a rest stop, carried out by Richard Steven Merla, a member of the Bandidos motorcycle…

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Janice Marie Buono

Female, age 29 · Lawton, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 1, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the winter of 2002, the life of twenty-nine-year-old Janice Marie Buono, a Native American woman and mother of three, came to a tragic and mysterious end. She was last seen on New Year's Day in Lawton, Oklahoma, a city that would become the backdrop to a…

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Anthony Davis

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jan 1, 2000 · 26 years ago

Anthony Davis, age 28, was tragically shot and killed on January 1, 2000, in Cincinnati, Ohio. This homicide marks a painful instance in the Cincinnati community, highlighting the ongoing challenges posed by gun violence in the area. The details surrounding…

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Kaysone Khounpanya

Female, age 49 · Hurst, Texas

Killed Jan 1, 2000 · 26 years ago

Kaysone Khounpanya, aged 49, was found dead at her residence in Hurst, Texas, on January 1, 2000. Friends had not seen her for about a week and contacted the authorities for a welfare check. When officers arrived, they discovered her body in her home. Details…

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Frank Hoebich

Male, age 38 · Lakewood, Colorado

Killed Jan 1, 2000 · 26 years ago

In early 2000, the body of a 38-year-old white male, Frank Chaminade Hoebich, was discovered in a desolate stretch of the Mojave Desert, 67 miles west of Las Vegas. A Bureau of Land Management officer happened upon a rolled-up carpet on January 9, 2000, and…

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Herbert Graham Pryor

Male, age 83 · Hawthorne, California

Killed Jan 1, 2000 · 26 years ago

Herbert Graham Pryor was 83 years old when he died on Saturday, January 1, 2000, New Year's Day, in Hawthorne, a city in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt…

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Pablo Campos Torres

Male, age 68 · Vermont Knolls, California

Killed Jan 1, 2000 · 26 years ago

Pablo Campos Torres was 68 years old when he died on Saturday, January 1, 2000, New Year's Day, in Vermont Knolls, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma…

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Reggie Scott

Male, age 20 · Portland, Oregon

Found Jan 1, 1998 · 28 years ago

On New Year's Day in 1998, the body of 20-year-old African-American male Reggie Scott was discovered, bringing a tragic end to what should have been a night of celebration. He was found at approximately 7:40 in the morning near the bleachers of a baseball…

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John Kevin Lamm

Male, age 26 · Fairbanks, Alaska

Killed Jan 1, 1998 · 28 years ago

White/Caucasian male John Kevin Lamm, age 26, was a Fairbanks Police Department patrol officer who was killed on January 1, 1998, after responding with two fellow officers to a call about a reportedly suicidal man at 2218 Mercier Avenue in Fairbanks, Alaska.…

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Koni Lynn Berry

Female, age 30 · Talent, Oregon

Killed Jan 1, 1995 · 31 years ago

White/Caucasian. Koni Lynn Berry, a 30-year-old female from Talent, Oregon, stepped out into a cold January night in 1995 and told a friend she'd be gone no longer than twenty minutes. She was last seen at the Talent Club, a local bar where closing time…

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Carl Leonard Lee Stroop

Male, age 42 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Jan 1, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the city of Roanoke, a man known to his friends as Lee, Carl Leonard Stroop, lived a life described as sparse and simple. At the age of 42, he was a large man with a bushy beard that gave him an appearance reminiscent of Grizzly Adams. His life, along with…

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James Morrison

Male, age 28 · Raeford, North Carolina

Killed Jan 1, 1995 · 31 years ago

James Morrison, a 28-year-old African American male from Raeford, North Carolina, was tragically killed in the early hours of January 1, 1995. His death occurred just hours after a mass shooting at the Puppy Creek Family Fun Game Room on Rockfish Road, which…

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Lisa Otberg

Female, age 24 · Grand Rapids, Michigan

Killed Jan 1, 1994 · 32 years ago

Lesa Irene Otberg, a 24-year-old Caucasian female, was found deceased on January 1, 1994, in Muskegon County, Michigan. Her death was ruled a homicide. Otberg, who was known by her maiden name, Schwab, had grown up in the Grand Rapids area, where she attended…

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Shawn Dafney

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 1, 1993 · 33 years ago

On January 1, 1993, Shawn Dafney, a 21-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was shot and killed near 1509 E. Main Street. Shawn suffered a gunshot wound to the torso, and despite extensive investigations by the Columbus Police Department, the case remains…

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Marcus Bruner

Male, age 29 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 1, 1993 · 33 years ago

Marcus Dewayne Bruner was a 29-year-old African-American man from Tulsa, Oklahoma, spending the first hours of New Year's Day 1993 in a north Tulsa neighborhood. In the quiet of the early morning, at about 3:15 a.m., he stepped out of a residence at 5117…

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Aden J.D. Wood

Male, age 20 · Eugene, Oregon

Killed Jan 1, 1993 · 33 years ago

Just after dawn on January 1, 1993, a fire raced through an apartment building at 310 East 17th Avenue in Eugene, Oregon. Inside unit #7 was Aden J.D. Wood, a 20-year-old male whose new year began with smoke and heat and ended with silence. Fire and police…

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Eric Villar

Male, age 11 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jan 1, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the cold, celebratory air of New Year's Day in 1992, a young life was tragically cut short in Denver, Colorado. Eric Villar, an 11-year-old Hispanic male, was outside in the 2500 block of Emerson Street, joining in the festivities to welcome the new year.…

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Brian Ross

Male · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Jan 1, 1987 · 39 years ago

A search for information regarding the death of a male named Brian Ross in Knoxville, Tennessee, reveals a single, stark entry in the city's records of unsolved murders. According to the City of Knoxville's website, Brian Ross was the victim of a homicide on…

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Leo Parker

Male, age 47 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jan 1, 1987 · 39 years ago

Leo Parker, a 47-year-old Black man, was a patient at Daniel Drake Memorial Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, when he became one of the victims of hospital orderly Donald Harvey, the serial killer later known as the “Angel of Death.” Contemporary reporting…

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Tina Farmer

Female, age 21 · Jellico, Tennessee

Killed Jan 1, 1985 · 41 years ago

On New Year's Day in 1985, the body of a young woman was found down an embankment off the southbound side of Interstate 75 near Jellico, Tennessee. The Caucasian female, who had shoulder-length curly red hair, had been strangled to death approximately 72…

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Kenneth Boyer

Male, age 20 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 1, 1985 · 41 years ago

On January 1, 1985, the body of 20-year-old Kenneth Wesley Boyer was discovered in a remote industrial area in North Portland, Oregon. The body was found in a car parked on N. Portland Road between N. Columbia Blvd and N. Marine Drive, a location that was…

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Gregory Slone

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 1, 1983 · 43 years ago

On January 1, 1983, Gregory Slone was found dead in Columbus, Ohio, in what has been classified as a homicide. The incident occurred in Franklin County, and details about the circumstances of his death remain scarce. Gregory Alan Slone was 34 years old at the…

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Chuck Deane

Male, age 28 · Boca Raton, Florida

Found Jan 1, 1982 · 44 years ago

Chuck Deane, aged 28, was found murdered on January 1, 1982, in his Boca Raton apartment. On December 28, 1981, Deane had left Bacchus, a Fort Lauderdale club, to return home. A neighbor heard loud music later that night and interacted with Deane, who then…

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Doyle Wayne Baker

Male · Henderson, Texas

Killed Jan 1, 1982 · 44 years ago

Doyle Wayne Baker, a 40-year-old Caucasian male from Henderson, Texas, was found dead on January 1, 1982. His death was later linked to Betty Lou Beets, his fourth wife, who was convicted of his murder. Baker's body was discovered buried under a storage shed…

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Arthur Robinson

Male, age 67 · Searsmont, Maine

Killed Jan 1, 1980 · 46 years ago

On the first day of the new year, January 1, 1980, a grim discovery was made in the small town of Searsmont, Maine. The body of Arthur Robinson was found behind the greenhouse where he had been living. The circumstances of his death immediately pointed…

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James Irvin Jim Plance

Male, age 54 · Burlington, Colorado

Killed Jan 1, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the rural landscape of Burlington, Colorado, the story of James Irvin 'Jim' Plance, a 54-year-old man, came to a tragic end in 1980. Plance, who worked on the McCormick farm as either the cook or foreman, became entangled in a dark series of events that…

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James Newkirk

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jan 1, 1977 · 49 years ago

On January 1, 1977, James Newkirk, age 54, was found dead in his residence at 1215 Sunset Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. He had been stabbed, and the circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear. The investigation at the time was led by the Cincinnati…

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Robert Lee Sowarsh

Male, age 49 · Burlington, Colorado

Killed Jan 1, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the desolate expanse of eastern Colorado, the story of Robert Lee Sowarsh, a male ranch hand, unfolds as a dark and disturbing chapter in the state's criminal history. His life became entangled with the McCormick family, a father and son duo, Tom and…

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Martha Sue Young

Female, age 19 · Bath, Michigan

Killed Jan 1, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the quiet community of Bath, Michigan, the new year of 1977 began with a grim discovery that would unravel a story of love turned to tragedy. Martha Sue Young, a 19-year-old Michigan State University student, vanished in the early hours of New Year's Day…

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