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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)

Donald Ward - Oakland, California
Death by Force

Donald Ward

Male, age 22 · Oakland, California
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Donald Ward, aged 22, was tragically killed on January 20, 2015, in West Oakland, California. The incident occurred near the intersection of 10th and Willow streets, where Ward and another victim, Marcus Sims, were shot while sitting in a minivan. The…

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Henry Hank Mata - San-diego, California
Death by Force

Henry Hank Mata

Male, age 6 · San-diego, California
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Henry "Hank" Mata, a 6-year-old boy from San Diego, California, tragically died on January 20, 2015, in what authorities determined to be a murder-suicide. The incident occurred in the family's home in Rancho Peñasquitos, where Hank was found alongside his…

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Marcus Sims - Oakland, California
Death by Force

Marcus Sims

Male, age 29 · Oakland, California
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Marcus Sims, a 29-year-old resident of Oakland, California, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2015, in a brutal double homicide. Sims and Donald Ward, aged 22, were fatally shot while sitting in a minivan near the intersection of 10th and Willow streets…

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Min Huang - San-diego, California
Death by Force

Min Huang

Female, age 42 · San-diego, California
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Min Huang, aged 42, tragically lost her life on January 20, 2015, in San Diego, California. Her death was part of a harrowing incident that also claimed the lives of her 6-year-old son, Hank Mata, and her husband, Mark Mata. The incident was identified as a…

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Zack Mascio Knight - Atlanta, Georgia
Death by Force

Zack Mascio Knight

Male, age 21 · Atlanta, Georgia
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the fading afternoon light of January 20, 2015, a burst of violence shattered the tranquility of a typically low-crime park in Atlanta, Georgia. Zack Mascio Knight, a 21-year-old African American male, was shot multiple times in Cliftondale Park, a…

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Derrick Mcintyre - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Derrick Mcintyre

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Derrick McIntyre, a 26-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on January 20, 2015, in his home located in the 7800 block of South Coles Avenue, Chicago, IL. The incident occurred around 10:10 a.m. when McIntyre was confronted by…

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Tyrone K. Jones Jr. - Peoria, Illinois
Death by Force

Tyrone K. Jones Jr.

Male, age 17 · Peoria, Illinois
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Tyrone K. Jones Jr., a 17-year-old African American male, passed away on January 19, 2015, at 7:56 p.m. in the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center emergency room in Peoria, Illinois. Tyrone was born on September 13, 1997, in Peoria to Constance Hogan and Tyrone…

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Gerri Newkirk - Clinton, North Carolina
Death by Force

Gerri Newkirk

Female, age 30 · Clinton, North Carolina
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Gerri Newkirk, a 30-year-old woman from Clinton, NC, was tragically killed on January 20, 2015. She was shot through her bedroom window at Springwood Apartments. The incident occurred around 11:45 p.m. when seven shots were fired into the front bedroom of her…

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Lensy Arnett Gill III - Durham, North Carolina
Death by Force

Lensy Arnett Gill III

Male, age 23 · Durham, North Carolina
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Lensy Arnett Gill III, a 23-year-old African American male, was found dead on January 20, 2015, in Durham, North Carolina. His body was discovered at the intersection of Rosewood and Dayton Streets around 6:45 a.m. by local authorities. The initial…

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Robert Joseph Swedlund - Troutman, North Carolina
Death by Force

Robert Joseph Swedlund

Male, age 25 · Troutman, North Carolina
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Robert Joseph Swedlund, a 25-year-old male from Troutman, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2015. Swedlund, who was born on May 12, 1989, in Cleburne, Texas, was a beloved son, brother, and soon-to-be father. He was known for his love of…

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William Walter Allen III - Charlotte, North Carolina
Death by Force

William Walter Allen III

Male, age 24 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

William Walter Allen III, a 24-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2015, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born on July 19, 1990, in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and was affectionately known as "Will" by his…

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Antoine Keaton - Cleveland, Ohio
Death by Force

Antoine Keaton

Male, age 31 · Cleveland, Ohio
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Antoine Keaton, a 31-year-old male from Cleveland, OH, was found dead inside a car on Cleveland's east side on January 20, 2015. The car was parked at Eddy Road and Brackland Avenue, and police determined that Keaton had suffered a gunshot wound to the head.…

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Edward L. Williams - Columbus, Ohio
Death by Force

Edward L. Williams

Male, age 50 · Columbus, Ohio
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Edward L. Williams, a 50-year-old African American male from Columbus, OH, tragically passed away on January 20, 2015. His death was part of a larger criminal investigation involving a narcotics conspiracy. Larry J. Williams, Jr., also known as "J Streets" or…

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Soloman Ijilade - Toledo, Ohio
Death by Force

Soloman Ijilade

Male, age 20 · Toledo, Ohio
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Solomon Ijilade, a 20-year-old male of Nigerian descent, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2015, in Toledo, Ohio. He was found in the street in the 4900 block of Merry Lane, South Toledo, with a single gunshot wound to the torso. The Lucas County Deputy…

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Zyshonne Dupri Jenkins - Columbus, Ohio
Death by Force

Zyshonne Dupri Jenkins

Male, age 16 · Columbus, Ohio
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Zyshonne Dupri Jenkins, a 16-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2015, in Columbus, Ohio. Jenkins was fatally shot during an exchange of gunfire near the intersection of E. Livingston Avenue and Dellwood Avenue. He was…

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William Doyle Jr. - Mckeesport, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

William Doyle Jr.

Male, age 24 · Mckeesport, Pennsylvania
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

On January 20, 2015, 24-year-old William Doyle Jr., a white male from McKeesport, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot in the Crawford Village housing complex. According to police reports, Doyle was with two women when two men began firing shots at their vehicle…

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James Roberson - Jackson, Tennessee
Death by Force

James Roberson

Male, age 25 · Jackson, Tennessee
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on a Tuesday morning in Jackson, Tennessee, a 25-year-old man, James Roberson, was fatally shot. The incident occurred around 9:15 a.m. on January 20, 2015. Roberson was reportedly at 12 Woodberry Trail to pick up a friend. While he…

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Montrel Quintres Patterson - Clarksville, Tennessee
Death by Force

Montrel Quintres Patterson

Male, age 22 · Clarksville, Tennessee
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the winter of 2015, a burst of violence in Clarksville, Tennessee, ended the life of Montrel Quintres Patterson, a 22-year-old male. On the evening of January 20th, at an apartment complex on Lansinger Lane, gunfire erupted, leaving a scene of chaos and…

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Marquas Howard - Fort-worth, Texas
Death by Force

Marquas Howard

Male, age 34 · Fort-worth, Texas
Killed Jan 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Marquas Dwane Howard Sr., a 34-year-old African American man from Fort Worth, Texas, tragically passed away on January 20, 2015. His death was a result of a shooting incident that occurred on the front patio of a house in Fort Worth. The incident led to a…

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Keyonna Proctor - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Keyonna Proctor

Female, age 24 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a cold winter’s night in Washington, D.C., the lives of two individuals were tragically cut short in a basement apartment, leaving a trail of unanswered questions. Keyonna Proctor, a 24-year-old Black woman, was discovered deceased on the evening of…

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Oluremi Thomas - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Oluremi Thomas

Male, age 36 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late hours of a cold January night in Washington, D.C., a discovery was made that brought a violent end to the lives of two people. On Monday, January 20, 2014, police responded to a call for an unconscious person at a rowhouse on Girard Street…

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Randy E Burgess - St. Louis, Missouri
Death by Force

Randy E Burgess

Male, age 28 · St. Louis, Missouri
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the cold of a St. Louis January in 2014, the life of Randy E. Burgess Jr., a 28-year-old African-American man, was tragically cut short. On January 20th, he was found shot while sitting in the driver's seat of a vehicle. Known to his friends and family for…

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Lancaster Robinson - Richmond, Virginia
Death by Force

Lancaster Robinson

Male, age 63 · Richmond, Virginia
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In March 2024, a quiet young man named Vincent Robinson, Jr. was fatally shot at a GRTC bus stop near City Hall in the 900 block of East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia. The 33-year-old was found with gunshot wounds to his torso and was transported to a…

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James Winters - Huntsville, Alabama
Death by Force

James Winters

Male, age 20 · Huntsville, Alabama
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the life of 20-year-old James Winters was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire in Huntsville, Alabama. On the evening of January 20th, Winters was on Patton Road when he was fatally shot. The incident prompted an investigation by…

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Kedrick Bowman - Decatur, Alabama
Death by Force

Kedrick Bowman

Male, age 17 · Decatur, Alabama
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Kedrick Bowman, 17, was a Black male from Decatur, Alabama, whose last day began in the dark hours of Monday, January 20, 2014, inside a home on Cotton Place in southwest Decatur. Not long before dawn, a single gunshot left him wounded in the head, and the…

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Durrell Patrick Law - New Haven, Connecticut
Death by Force

Durrell Patrick Law

Male, age 20 · New Haven, Connecticut
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a cold afternoon in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 20, 2014, the life of a 20-year-old Black / African American male named Durrell Patrick Law was tragically cut short. Law was in the parking lot of the Fairways Apartments on Eastern Street when he was…

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Margaret Leiman - Indian Hills, Colorado
Death by Force

Margaret Leiman

Female, age 53 · Indian Hills, Colorado
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet mountain community of Indian Hills, Colorado, a domestic dispute escalated into a tragic and fatal shooting. Responding to a distressing 911 call from a young woman, Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies arrived at a home on Pawnee Road late on a…

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Candice Elizabeth Weakland - Sun Valley, Nevada
Death by Force

Candice Elizabeth Weakland

Female, age 40 · Sun Valley, Nevada
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet community of Sun Valley, Nevada, the morning of January 20, 2014, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 40-year-old Candice Elizabeth Weakland, a White / Caucasian female. Just before 11:00 a.m., the Washoe County Sheriff's…

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Earnest J. McWilliams - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Earnest J. McWilliams

Male, age 33 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of a cold Tuesday in January 2014, a violent encounter left a man fighting for his life on a street in Southeast Washington, D.C. At approximately 2:02 a.m. on January 21st, Earnest J. McWilliams was shot in the 4500 block of…

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Stefan Rushing - Lawton, Oklahoma
Death by Force

Stefan Rushing

Male, age 14 · Lawton, Oklahoma
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, a quiet home in Lawton, Oklahoma, became the scene of a grim discovery that would unravel a story of familial betrayal. On January 20th, 14-year-old Stefan Rushing, a male eighth-grader known for his involvement in various school…

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Uwe Rushing - Lawton, Oklahoma
Death by Force

Uwe Rushing

Male, age 49 · Lawton, Oklahoma
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet city of Lawton, Oklahoma, a grim discovery was made on the morning of January 20, 2014. Inside his home, 49-year-old Uwe Rushing, a White male, was found shot to death. The tragedy was compounded by the discovery of his younger son, 13-year-old…

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Stacy Ritchie - Lynchburg, Virginia
Death by Force

Stacy Ritchie

Female, age 37 · Lynchburg, Virginia
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a cold winter day in Lynchburg, Virginia, the life of 37-year-old Stacy M. Young-Ritchie was tragically cut short. On January 20, 2014, she was found deceased in a home, the victim of a violent encounter that also resulted in the death of a man with whom…

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Alexander Alberto-Rossy Veleche - Los-angeles, California
Death by Force

Alexander Alberto-Rossy Veleche

Male, age 24 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Alexander Alberto-Rossy Veleche, a 24-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on January 20, 2014, near South Normandie Avenue and West 3rd Street in Koreatown, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Veleche and his…

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Jonathan Villamizar - Los-angeles, California
Death by Force

Jonathan Villamizar

Male, age 19 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jonathan Villamizar, a 19-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on January 20, 2014, near South Normandie Avenue and West 3rd Street in Koreatown, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Villamizar and his companion…

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Arsenio Brinson - Saint-petersburg, Florida
Death by Force

Arsenio Brinson

Male, age 26 · Saint-petersburg, Florida
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Arsenio "Boo" Terrance Brinson, a 26-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, Florida, tragically passed away on January 20, 2014. His death was a significant loss to his family and community, who remembered him fondly for his vibrant personality and the joy he…

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Christopher Corey - East-naples, Florida
Death by Force

Christopher Corey

Male, age 25 · East-naples, Florida
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Christopher Jesus Corey, a 25-year-old man and former United States Marine, was killed during the early morning hours of January 20, 2014, inside his duplex at 5362 Holland Street in East Naples, Florida. Collier County sheriff’s deputies were called to the…

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John Malagon - Orlando, Florida
Death by Force

John Malagon

Male, age 19 · Orlando, Florida
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

John Malagon, a 19-year-old male, was tragically shot and killed on January 20, 2014, in Orlando, Florida. The incident occurred at the Sumerset Apartment complex on Lee Road, west of Edgewater Drive. According to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, multiple…

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Tevin Demetrius Davis - Altamonte-springs, Florida
Death by Force

Tevin Demetrius Davis

Male, age 22 · Altamonte-springs, Florida
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Tevin Demetrius Davis, a 22-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on January 20, 2014, in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Davis was walking with a friend near a Best Buy store on State Road 436 when he was gunned down in a drive-by shooting. The…

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Kelvin Hunter - College-park, Georgia
Death by Force

Kelvin Hunter

Male, age 22 · College-park, Georgia
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of Monday, January 20, 2014, a dispute in the parking lot of the El Ranchero restaurant on Old National Highway in College Park, Georgia, escalated into a fatal shooting. The victim was identified as 22-year-old Kelvin Hunter of…

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Alex Anderson - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Alex Anderson

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Alex Anderson, a 19-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on January 20, 2014, in Chicago, IL. The incident occurred during a planned narcotics transaction. Anderson was shot in the stomach by Tramian Barnes, who was 21 years old at…

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Isaiah Manuel Sampeur - Fayetteville, North Carolina
Death by Force

Isaiah Manuel Sampeur

Male, age 25 · Fayetteville, North Carolina
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Isaiah Manuel Sampeur, a 25-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2014, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He was fatally shot at the Cambridge Arms apartment complex along with Pamela Ann Coe, 40, during an…

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Pamela Ann Coe - Fayetteville, North Carolina
Death by Force

Pamela Ann Coe

Female, age 40 · Fayetteville, North Carolina
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Pamela Ann Coe, a 40-year-old woman, was tragically killed on January 20, 2014, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She was found dead alongside 25-year-old Isaiah Manuel Sampeur at the Cambridge Arms apartment complex. The incident occurred after an altercation…

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Tiffany Doney - Killbuck-township, Ohio
Death by Force

Tiffany Doney

Female, age 26 · Killbuck-township, Ohio
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Tiffany Ann Doney, a 26-year-old woman from Killbuck Township, Ohio, tragically passed away on January 20, 2014. Her death was officially ruled a homicide, and it was part of a murder-suicide incident involving her partner, Robert G. McVicker Jr., who was 25…

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William Moritz - Clifton, Ohio
Death by Force

William Moritz

Male, age 45 · Clifton, Ohio
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

William Moritz, a 45-year-old man from Clifton, OH, tragically lost his life on January 20, 2014. He was fatally shot while sitting in a car with another man in Avondale, Cincinnati. The incident occurred during a dispute over a drug deal, where Moritz…

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Hosea Lamont Davis - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Hosea Lamont Davis

Male, age 37 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Hosea Lamont Davis, a 37-year-old Black male, was killed on January 20, 2014, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in a midday shooting that unfolded in the Larimer neighborhood. Reports placed him in or near the 6400 block of Rapidan Way, close to Lowell Street and…

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David Carter - Memphis, Tennessee
Death by Force

David Carter

Male, age 48 · Memphis, Tennessee
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

David Carter, a 57-year-old white man, started his Monday, January 20, 2014, the way so many people in the produce business do: early, in the quiet hours before the city fully wakes. At the Easy Way distribution center on South Mendenhall in Memphis…

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Deontrey Southers - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Death by Force

Deontrey Southers

Male, age 13 · Chattanooga, Tennessee
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the life of a promising young teenager was tragically cut short in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Deontrey Southers, a 13-year-old African American male, was fatally shot at his home on January 20, 2014. An eighth-grade student at East Lake…

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Chaunthina Dione Mills - Dallas, Texas
Death by Force

Chaunthina Dione Mills

Female, age 28 · Dallas, Texas
Killed Jan 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Chaunthina Dione Mills, a 28-year-old woman from Dallas, Texas, tragically lost her life on January 20, 2014. She was discovered with fatal gunshot wounds in the Estell Village apartment complex in Southeast Oak Cliff, Dallas. Alongside her, 37-year-old…

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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.