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Deaths by Force on January 20

684 open cases in our database happened on January 20. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (486)

Vivian G. Smith - Panama-city, Florida
Death by Force

Vivian G. Smith

Female, age 31 · Panama-city, Florida
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

Vivian G. Smith, a 31-year-old resident of Panama City, Florida, lost her life to gun violence on January 20, 2023. The incident occurred in Panama City, highlighting the tragic impact of gun violence in the community. There are no detailed reports available…

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Eric Demetrius McCoy - Decatur, Georgia
Death by Force

Eric Demetrius McCoy

Male, age 40 · Decatur, Georgia
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the winter of 2023, a life was tragically cut short in Decatur, Georgia. Eric Demetrius McCoy, a 40-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on January 20th. The violent encounter unfolded at a Shell gas station located on Flat Shoals Road, where an…

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Pinalkumar Patel - Macon, Georgia
Death by Force

Pinalkumar Patel

Male, age 52 · Macon, Georgia
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the night of January 20, 2023, Pinalkumar Patel, a 52-year-old man, was killed in a violent ambush in the driveway of his Macon, Georgia, home. Mr. Patel, who was of Middle Eastern or Arab descent, had just been picked up from his job at a liquor store on…

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Waymond Danzy - Macon, Georgia
Death by Force

Waymond Danzy

Male, age 39 · Macon, Georgia
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday night in Macon, Georgia, on January 20, 2023, the life of 39-year-old Waymond Danzy came to a violent end. Deputies from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office responded to a call about a person shot at the Walnut Hill Apartments on…

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Donald Lee Meade Jr. - Indianapolis, Indiana
Death by Force

Donald Lee Meade Jr.

Male, age 50 · Indianapolis, Indiana
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the night of Friday, January 20, 2023, violence erupted in the 1300 block of West 32nd Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, drawing a heavy police response to the near northwest side of the city. Just after 10:00 p.m., officers from the Indianapolis…

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Georé Marvin Tank Hankton - Baton-rouge, Louisiana
Death by Force

Georé Marvin Tank Hankton

Male, age 19 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the fading light of a Friday evening in Baton Rouge, on January 20, 2023, the life of 19-year-old Georé Marvin Tank Hankton was tragically cut short. A freshman at Southern University and A&M College with aspirations of a degree in Engineering, Georé was a…

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Melanie Andress Tobiasson - Las Vegas, Nevada
Death by Force

Melanie Andress Tobiasson

Female, age 55 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 20, 2023, former Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Melanie Anne Andress Tobiasson passed away at the age of 55. The Clark County coroner's office confirmed that she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, ruling her death a suicide. Tobiasson, a…

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Thomas Tuski - Taos, New Mexico
Death by Force

Thomas Tuski

Male, age 40 · Taos, New Mexico
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the winter of 2023, the community of Taos, New Mexico, was shaken by the unexpected death of Thomas Tuski, a 40-year-old Caucasian male. On the evening of January 20th, Tuski was fatally shot in the parking lot of a local Smith's grocery store. The…

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Dion L. Brandon - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Dion L. Brandon

Male, age 19 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the evening of January 20, 2023, tragedy struck in the 500 block of Richwood Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, forever altering the lives of a local family. Dion L. Brandon Jr., a 19-year-old Black male, was found by police suffering from gunshot wounds to…

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Alex K. Donaldson - Saluda, South Carolina
Death by Force

Alex K. Donaldson

Male, age 26 · Saluda, South Carolina
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the night of January 20, 2023, a single-car accident on May Branch Road in Saluda County, South Carolina, initially appeared to be a tragic but straightforward incident. First responders arrived at the scene to find a 2007 Nissan Altima that had veered off…

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Damari Chunk Briggs - Darlington, South Carolina
Death by Force

Damari Chunk Briggs

Male, age 14 · Darlington, South Carolina
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet community of Darlington, South Carolina, the life of 14-year-old Damari Chunk Briggs was tragically cut short on Friday, January 20, 2023. The young man, a male, was the victim of fatal gun violence that evening, a loss that sent ripples of grief…

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Terrance TJ Palmer Jr. - Portsmouth, Virginia
Death by Force

Terrance TJ Palmer Jr.

Male, age 34 · Portsmouth, Virginia
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the coastal city of Portsmouth, Virginia, the life of 34-year-old Terrance 'TJ' Palmer Jr. was cut short by an act of gun violence on the evening of Friday, January 20, 2023. A male victim of a gunshot wound was reported to the Portsmouth Police…

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Bryson Washington - Kansas-city, Missouri
Death by Force

Bryson Washington

Male, age 29 · Kansas-city, Missouri
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

A somber gathering at a Kansas City funeral home turned into a scene of violence that claimed the life of 29-year-old Bryson Washington, a Black male. On January 20, 2023, at approximately 11:40 a.m., a shooting erupted at the Elite Funeral Chapel located at…

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Micah Jordan A - Osage-beach, Missouri
Death by Force

Micah Jordan A

Male, age 20 · Osage-beach, Missouri
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 20, 2023, the life of Micah Jordan Aman, a 20-year-old Black / African American male from Columbia, Missouri, came to a violent end in Osage Beach. That Friday evening, around 8:25 p.m., emergency responders were dispatched to the 4100 block of…

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Michael Hampton - Saint-louis, Missouri
Death by Force

Michael Hampton

Male, age 19 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 20, 2023, Michael Hampton, a 19-year-old Black male from Ferguson, Missouri, was fatally shot in St. Louis. The incident occurred late that Friday night, prompting a homicide investigation by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Hampton…

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Rashaad Devaughn Pitts - Winston-salem, North Carolina
Death by Force

Rashaad Devaughn Pitts

Male, age 32 · Winston-salem, North Carolina
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 20, 2023, at approximately 8:09 p.m., 32-year-old Rashaad Devaughn Pitts was fatally shot while waiting in the drive-thru of a Popeyes restaurant located at 500 North Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Upon arrival…

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Jathan Allen Cagle - Mcminnville, Tennessee
Death by Force

Jathan Allen Cagle

Male, age 20 · Mcminnville, Tennessee
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday night in McMinnville, Tennessee, the life of 20-year-old Jathan Allen Cagle was tragically cut short. On January 20, 2023, at approximately 11:20 p.m., officers from the McMinnville Police Department were dispatched to a…

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Jonathan Buchan - Santa-clarita, California
Death by Force

Jonathan Buchan

Male, age 33 · Santa-clarita, California
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 20, 2023, 33-year-old Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Jonathan William Buchan died by suicide in Santa Clarita, California. The incident occurred at Mabel's Roadhouse, a bar located in the Saugus neighborhood, where Buchan, off-duty at the…

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Osvaldo Antonio Madera - Diboll, Texas
Death by Force

Osvaldo Antonio Madera

Male, age 18 · Diboll, Texas
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 20, 2023, 18-year-old Osvaldo Antonio Madera was fatally shot in Diboll, Texas. The incident occurred around 8:20 a.m. in the 700 block of Lynn Street, where Madera was pronounced dead at the scene due to his injuries. Shortly after the shooting…

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Zechariah Trevino - Fort-worth, Texas
Death by Force

Zechariah Trevino

Male, age 16 · Fort-worth, Texas
Killed Jan 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 20, 2023, 16-year-old Zechariah Treviño was fatally shot outside a Whataburger restaurant on West Berry Street in Fort Worth, Texas. The incident occurred shortly after 4 p.m., near R.L. Paschal High School, where Treviño was a student. His…

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Alejandra Valenzuela - Tucson, Arizona
Death by Force

Alejandra Valenzuela

Female, age 36 · Tucson, Arizona
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the late hours of a Thursday evening in Tucson, Arizona, the life of 36-year-old Hispanic female Alejandra Valles Valenzuela was tragically cut short. On January 20, 2022, in the 1100 block of East Irvington Road, Alejandra was fatally shot. When police…

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Kurt Lametta - Norwalk, Connecticut
Death by Force

Kurt Lametta

Male, age 54 · Norwalk, Connecticut
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the coastal city of Norwalk, Connecticut, a dispute between a landlord and her tenant escalated to a tragic and fatal conclusion on January 20, 2022. Kurt Lametta, a 54-year-old man known to his friends as "Puff," a "gentle giant" with a big heart and a…

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Kristopher Michael Wilson - Colorado Springs, Colorado
Death by Force

Kristopher Michael Wilson

Male, age 41 · Colorado Springs, Colorado
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the winter of 2022, the life of Kristopher Michael Wilson, a 41-year-old man, was tragically cut short in Colorado Springs, Colorado. On the evening of January 20th, at approximately 9:07 PM, police received a report of a shooting on the Martin Luther King…

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Khalil Roberts - Louisville, Kentucky
Death by Force

Khalil Roberts

Male, age 18 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

An evening in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, turned tragic on January 20, 2022, when 18-year-old Khalil Roberts, a Black male, was shot and killed. The incident occurred late at night at his residence on Swaps Lane, where his…

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Nora Gillie Schindler - Graham, Washington
Death by Force

Nora Gillie Schindler

Female, age 75 · Graham, Washington
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet community of Graham, Washington, a tragic event unfolded on January 20, 2022, ending the life of 75-year-old Nora Gillie Schindler. Friends of Schindler's 68-year-old male roommate grew concerned and a welfare check at their residence in the…

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Desmount Dixon - Oak-park, Michigan
Death by Force

Desmount Dixon

Male, age 33 · Oak-park, Michigan
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the night of January 20, 2022, Desmount Dixon, a 33-year-old male, was in the 25000 block of Lincoln Terrace in Oak Park, Michigan, for what authorities believe was a marijuana transaction. During this encounter, an attempt was allegedly made to rob him.…

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Steven Shelby - Detroit, Michigan
Death by Force

Steven Shelby

Male, age 41 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the cold of a Detroit winter, a man's hope for a new beginning was tragically extinguished. Steven Shelby, a 41-year-old male who had recently moved from the warmth of Tampa, Florida, to seek better opportunities in Detroit, was found dead on January 20…

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Jessica Cobb - Berkeley, Missouri
Death by Force

Jessica Cobb

Female, age 41 · Berkeley, Missouri
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

On January 20, 2022, authorities in St. Louis County, Missouri, were called to a residence in the suburb of Berkeley following reports of a shooting. Officers arrived at the home located in the 4000 block of McKibbon Road, where they discovered the body of…

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Lakwan Echols - Saint-louis, Missouri
Death by Force

Lakwan Echols

Male, age 19 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the afternoon of January 20, 2022, a violent tragedy unfolded in the northern neighborhoods of St. Louis, Missouri, claiming the life of a young local resident. The victim was identified as Lakwan Echols, a 19-year-old Black male who lived in the nearby…

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Riley Youngblood - Independence, Missouri
Death by Force

Riley Youngblood

Male, age 23 · Independence, Missouri
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the morning of January 20, 2022, a devastating event unfolded on U.S. Highway 40 in Independence, Missouri, that would tragically cut short the life of a young father. Riley Youngblood, a 23-year-old male, was discovered slumped over the wheel of his…

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Jermaine Fowlkes - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Jermaine Fowlkes

Male, age 28 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Thursday afternoon in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of Jermaine Fowlkes, a 28-year-old man, was tragically cut short. On January 20, 2022, at approximately 2:07 p.m., Fowlkes was fatally shot in the 1600 block of West North Avenue. The incident was one…

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Yoskar Feliz - Bronx, New York
Death by Force

Yoskar Feliz

Male, age 27 · Bronx, New York
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the Bronx, on January 20, 2022, a 27-year-old male named Yoskar Feliz died after being shot by police officers. The events leading to his death began when police responded to a 911 call reporting a break-in at an apartment on Bronx Boulevard. Upon arrival…

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Adele Pearl Galindo - Laguna-woods, California
Death by Force

Adele Pearl Galindo

Female, age 91 · Laguna-woods, California
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Adele Pearl Galindo, aged 91, was found dead on January 20, 2022, in her home in Laguna Woods, California. The circumstances surrounding her death were tragic and involved an apparent murder-suicide. According to the Orange County Sheriff's Department…

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Damian Montoya - Pasadena, California
Death by Force

Damian Montoya

Male, age 14 · Pasadena, California
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Damian Montoya, a 14-year-old boy from Pasadena, California, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2022. The incident occurred near the intersection of North Los Robles Avenue and Eldora Road. Damian was a passenger in a white Toyota when he was fatally…

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Paul Kennedy Flemister - Compton, California
Death by Force

Paul Kennedy Flemister

Male, age 55 · Compton, California
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Paul Kennedy Flemister, a 55-year-old resident of Compton, California, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2022. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Flemister was fatally shot near 905 S. Mayo Ave. in Compton. The…

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Ronald Sanders - Oakland, California
Death by Force

Ronald Sanders

Male, age 38 · Oakland, California
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Ronald Sanders, aged 38, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2022, in Oakland, California. On that fateful evening, Sanders was socializing in the driveway of his West Oakland home, adhering to social distancing guidelines after recently testing positive…

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Arnelius Sneed - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Arnelius Sneed

Male, age 40 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Arnelius Sneed, a 40-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death on January 20, 2022, in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago, IL. The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. while Sneed was sitting in a parked car in the 8700 block of South…

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Dont’onio Jennings Jones - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Dont’onio Jennings Jones

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Dont’onio Jennings Jones, a 21-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2022, in Chicago, Illinois. He was born on October 11, 2000, in Cincinnati, Ohio. On the evening of his death, Dont’onio was involved in a shooting incident…

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Isaiah Kylee Hoskins - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Isaiah Kylee Hoskins

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Isaiah Kylee Hoskins, a 20-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2022, in a shooting incident in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred around 5:30 PM in the 5500 block of West Haddon…

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Hailey Molina Dominguez - Concord, North Carolina
Death by Force

Hailey Molina Dominguez

Female, age 18 · Concord, North Carolina
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

On January 20, 2022, Hailey Molina Dominguez, an 18-year-old woman from Concord, North Carolina, was tragically shot and killed. The incident occurred at a home on Zered Place NW, where officers from the Concord Police Department responded to reports of a…

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William Kenneth Butchie Sampson - Clinton, North Carolina
Death by Force

William Kenneth Butchie Sampson

Male, age 35 · Clinton, North Carolina
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

William Kenneth "Butchie" Sampson, a 35-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2022, in Clinton, North Carolina. The incident occurred following a traffic collision involving Sampson. Later that day, individuals involved in…

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Joshua Hamilton - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Joshua Hamilton

Male, age 19 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the winter of 2022, a young man's life was cut tragically short in Pittsburgh's Allentown neighborhood. Joshua Brian Hamilton, a 19-year-old male, was fatally shot on the night of Thursday, January 20, 2022. Remembered as a kind and caring individual…

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Fernando Akins - Nashville, Tennessee
Death by Force

Fernando Akins

Male, age 18 · Nashville, Tennessee
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Fernando Akins, an 18-year-old male from Nashville, Tennessee, tragically passed away on January 20, 2022. He was shot in the chest inside an apartment on West H. Davis Drive in North Nashville. The incident occurred when Fernando's half-brother, 17-year-old…

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Nicholas Croom - Humble, Texas
Death by Force

Nicholas Croom

Male, age 26 · Humble, Texas
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Nicholas Croom, a 26-year-old African American male from Humble, Texas, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2022, in what authorities described as a road rage incident. According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, Croom was on his way home from work…

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Samuel Shawn command Berry command - Abilene, Texas
Death by Force

Samuel Shawn command Berry command

Male, age 53 · Abilene, Texas
Killed Jan 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Samuel Shawn Berry, a 53-year-old male from Abilene, Texas, was tragically killed on January 20, 2022, in what was the city's first homicide of the year. The incident occurred at Berry's residence in the 200 block of Miss Ellie Lane. According to court…

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Robert D Mullen Jr - Louisville, Kentucky
Death by Force

Robert D Mullen Jr

Male, age 48 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed Jan 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the heart of winter, a Louisville community was shaken by the loss of one of its own. Robert D. Mullen Jr., a 48-year-old Black male, was killed on Monday, January 20, 2020. The fatal incident occurred at 2601 West Broadway, a location that would become a…

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Mathew Bennette Stevenson - Thornton, Colorado
Death by Force

Mathew Bennette Stevenson

Male, age 33 · Thornton, Colorado
Killed Jan 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the cold, early morning hours of January 20, 2020, the life of 33-year-old Mathew Bennette Stevenson, a male, was tragically cut short in Thornton, Colorado. He was in the vicinity of East 88th Avenue, somewhere between the bustling Interstate 25 and Grant…

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Lemandre Ingram - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Death by Force

Lemandre Ingram

Male, age 40 · Minneapolis, Minnesota
Killed Jan 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

On January 20, 2020, the body of Lemandre Eugene Ingram, aged 40, was discovered in an alley behind the 3500 block of 4th Street North in Minneapolis, MN. Responding officers were called to the scene around 7:15 a.m. and observed signs of trauma on Ingram's…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.