Death by Force

Sherry Wilson

Female, age 14 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jan 25, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the winter of 1990, the Louisville, Kentucky community was shaken by the tragic death of 14-year-old Sherry Wilson, a Caucasian female whose life was brutally cut short on January 25th. Her death was not a simple act of violence but the culmination of a…

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Curtis William Denton Jr.

Male, age 44 · Jefferson-parish, Louisiana

Killed Jan 25, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of January 25, 1989, a dedicated public servant's life was tragically cut short in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Curtis William Denton Jr., a 44-year-old Caucasian male, had served his community for 23 years as a Lieutenant with the…

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Loretta Perry

Female, age 24 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 25, 1987 · 39 years ago

Loretta Perry, a 24-year-old Black woman, tragically lost her life on January 25, 1987. Her body was discovered in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, specifically on South Defiance Avenue. The circumstances surrounding her death were harrowing, as she was…

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Lisa Ann Jolley

Female, age 20 · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Killed Jan 25, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the winter of 1985, the life of 20-year-old Lisa Ann Jolley, a white female, was tragically cut short in her Virginia Beach, Virginia, apartment. On the morning of Friday, January 25th, her husband, an active-duty U.S. Navy enlisted man, saw her for the…

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Dorelle Brandon

Female, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 25, 1984 · 42 years ago

Dorelle C. Brandon, a 35-year-old African American female, was a dedicated police officer with the Chicago Police Department. On January 25, 1984, she tragically lost her life in the line of duty. Officer Brandon was working undercover in a narcotics…

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Anthony Yokes

Male · Boynton Beach, Florida

Killed Jan 25, 1982 · 44 years ago

On January 25, 1982, Anthony Yokes, aged 33, was murdered during a robbery at the Highway Oil Company gas station in Boynton Beach, Florida. Yokes was working at the gas station when he was fatally shot around 7:30 p.m. The perpetrator fled the scene, and…

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Martin Concannon

Male, age 33 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed Jan 25, 1980 · 46 years ago

On January 26, 1980, law enforcement officials in Tucson, Arizona, were called to the La Quinta Motel to investigate a disturbing scene. Inside one of the rooms, they discovered the bodies of two men, later identified as 33-year-old Martin Lester Concannon…

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Linda Dearth

Female · Montgomery County, Ohio

Killed Jan 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

Linda Sue Dearth, a 13-year-old from Montgomery County, Ohio, was tragically murdered on January 25, 1973. Linda was at home that day because schools in her area were closed for the funeral of former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Her 17-year-old brother…

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Marvin King

Male, age 12 · Springfield, Ohio

Found Jan 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

On January 25, 1973, 12-year-old Marvin "Beau" King went missing from his home in Springfield, Ohio, while his mother, Monica, was at work. Beau was last seen in the Rose Garden Mobile Home Park, located on Upper Valley Pike. He called his mother at the local…

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Daemon S. Francis

Male, age 4 · Santa-cruz, California

Killed Jan 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

Daemon S. Francis, a four-year-old boy from Santa Cruz, California, tragically lost his life on January 25, 1973. His death was part of a horrific series of murders committed by Herbert Mullin, a notorious serial killer active in the early 1970s. Mullin's…

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David M. Hughes

Male, age 9 · Santa-cruz, California

Killed Jan 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

David Michael Hughes, a 9-year-old boy from Santa Cruz, California, tragically lost his life on January 25, 1973. His death was part of a horrific series of murders committed by Herbert Mullin, a notorious serial killer active in the early 1970s. Mullin, who…

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James Ralph Jim Gianera

Male, age 25 · Santa-cruz, California

Killed Jan 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

James Ralph "Jim" Gianera, aged 25, tragically lost his life on January 25, 1973, in Santa Cruz, California. Jim, along with his wife Joan, was brutally murdered by Herbert Mullin, a high school friend. Mullin, who had a history of mental illness and…

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Joan Katherine Foster Gianera

Female, age 21 · Santa-cruz, California

Killed Jan 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

Joan Katherine Foster Gianera, born on July 19, 1951, in Vienna, Austria, tragically lost her life on January 25, 1973, in Santa Cruz, California. Joan, along with her husband Jim Ralph Gianera, was a victim of the notorious serial killer Herbert Mullin.…

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Kathleen Louise Kathy Prentiss

Female, age 29 · Santa-cruz, California

Killed Jan 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

Kathleen Louise "Kathy" Prentiss, aged 29, tragically lost her life on January 25, 1973, in Santa Cruz, California. Her death was part of a series of brutal murders committed by Herbert Mullin, a notorious serial killer. Mullin, who had a history of mental…

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Jim Ralph Gianera

Male, age 25 · Santa Cruz, California

Killed Jan 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

Jim Ralph Gianera, a 25-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically murdered on January 25, 1973, in Santa Cruz, California. Gianera was a high school friend of Herbert Mullin, a notorious serial killer who terrorized the region during the early 1970s. On the day…

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Joan Gianera

Female, age 21 · Santa Cruz, California

Killed Jan 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

Joan Katherine Foster Gianera, a 21-year-old Austrian woman, was tragically murdered on January 25, 1973, in Santa Cruz, California. Joan was married to Jim Ralph Gianera, and the couple lived on Western Drive in Santa Cruz. On that fateful day, both Joan and…

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Kathy Francis

Female, age 29 · Santa Cruz, California

Killed Jan 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

On January 25, 1973, a tragic event unfolded in the Santa Cruz Mountains near the popular tourist attraction known as the Mystery Spot. Kathleen Louise “Kathy” Prentiss Francis, a 29-year-old white female, and her two sons, David Hughes, aged 9, and Daemon…

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Daemon Francis

Male, age 4 · Santa Cruz, California

Killed Jan 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

Daemon S. Francis, a 4-year-old boy, was tragically murdered on January 25, 1973, in Santa Cruz County, California. His death was part of a series of killings committed by Herbert Mullin, a man who had embarked on a violent spree that claimed multiple lives.…

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David Hughes

Male, age 9 · Santa Cruz, California

Killed Jan 25, 1973 · 53 years ago

David Michael Hughes, a 9-year-old boy, tragically lost his life on January 25, 1973, in Santa Cruz, California. His death was part of a series of murders committed by Herbert Mullin, a serial killer active in the early 1970s. Mullin, who had developed…

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Marion Sylvester Bartlett

Male, age 58 · Lincoln, Nebraska

Killed Jan 25, 1958 · 68 years ago

Marion Bartlett, a 57-year-old White male, was killed in Lincoln, Nebraska, on January 21, 1958, when nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather arrived at the Bartlett home and was told to stay away. Starkweather returned armed and fatally shot Marion and…

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Velda Martha Street Bartlett

Female, age 36 · Lincoln, Nebraska

Killed Jan 25, 1958 · 68 years ago

In January of 1958, the life of 36-year-old Velda M. Street Bartlett, a White female from Lincoln, Nebraska, came to a tragic and violent end. On January 21st, an argument erupted between Velda and her daughter's 19-year-old boyfriend, Charles Starkweather.…

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Douglas Byers

Male · Concord, North Carolina

Killed Jan 25, 2026 · this year

In the quiet neighborhood of Kite Court NE in Concord, North Carolina, the evening of Monday, January 26, 2026, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of Douglas Byers and another individual. Around 8:11 p.m., law enforcement responded to…

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Vaughn Wilson

Male, age 60 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Jan 25, 2024 · 2 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on a Thursday evening in January 2024, Vaughn Wilson, a 60-year-old male, lost his life in what authorities have described as a fatal shooting. The incident unfolded at a residence on Denham Road in East Baton Rouge Parish, where…

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James Murphy

Male, age 66 · Rohnert-park, California

Killed Jan 25, 2024 · 2 years ago

On January 25, 2024, James Murphy, a 66-year-old resident of Garberville, California, was found deceased in the parking lot of a Walmart in Rohnert Park. At approximately 6:30 p.m., a passerby reported hearing a noise resembling a gunshot and discovered…

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Jorge Osuna

Male, age 37 · San-diego, California

Killed Jan 25, 2024 · 2 years ago

On January 22, 2024, at approximately 4:07 a.m., San Diego Police responded to reports of a shooting in the 100 block of East Calle Primera in San Ysidro. Upon arrival, officers discovered two men with gunshot wounds near a motel and a third victim near a gas…

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Roman Gonzalez

Male, age 48 · Burmingham, Alabama

Killed Jan 25, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a Wednesday afternoon in late January, the life of Roman Gonzalez, a 48-year-old Hispanic man, was abruptly and violently cut short. It was January 25, 2023, and Gonzalez was diligently at work, renovating a house in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham…

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Deborah Daub

Female, age 59 · York, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 25, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 25, 2023, authorities in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, discovered the bodies of 59-year-old Deborah A. Daub, her husband, 62-year-old James A. Daub, and their daughter, 26-year-old Morgan E. Daub, in the backyard of their…

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James Daub

Male, age 62 · York, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 25, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 25, 2023, authorities in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, discovered the bodies of 62-year-old James A. Daub, his wife, 59-year-old Deborah A. Daub, and their 26-year-old daughter, Morgan E. Daub, in the backyard of their…

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Jonathan Maurice Monroe

Male, age 34 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 25, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a cold January night in Detroit, the life of Jonathan Maurice Monroe, a 34-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On January 25, 2022, Monroe was the victim of a robbery that turned fatal. The incident occurred on the city's east side, where he was found…

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Matthew Salas-Keen

Male, age 30 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jan 25, 2022 · 4 years ago

Matthew Salas-Keen, a 30-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on January 25, 2022, in a drive-by shooting. The incident occurred near Del Paso Heights, where officers responded to reports of a shooting and found Salas-Keen…

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Mohammad Hassan Heidari

Male, age 70 · Simi-valley, California

Killed Jan 25, 2022 · 4 years ago

On January 25, 2022, Mohammad Hassan Heidari, a 70-year-old resident of Simi Valley, California, was involved in a tragic incident that resulted in his death. The event took place at his home on Dusty Rose Court in the Wood Ranch neighborhood. Authorities…

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Braylin Brown

Male · Ft-worth, Texas

Killed Jan 25, 2022 · 4 years ago

Braylin Brown Sr., a 47-year-old man from Fort Worth, Texas, was tragically killed on January 25, 2022. The circumstances surrounding his death were particularly shocking as it was revealed to be a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by his own son, Braylin…

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Freddie Mills

Male, age 37 · Arlington, Tennessee

Killed Jan 25, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the summer of 1965, the life of Freddie Mills, a 46-year-old male and former world light-heavyweight boxing champion, came to a sudden and mysterious end. On the night of July 24th, he was found deceased in his car, which was parked in an alley behind his…

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Charlie Hayes

Male, age 63 · Sylacauga, Alabama

Killed Jan 25, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the winter of 2017, a dispute between neighbors over a dog in Sylacauga, Alabama, escalated to a fatal encounter, leaving one man dead and a community in search of answers. The victim was identified as Charlie Hayes, a 63-year-old male resident of the…

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Michael Riley

Male, age 22 · New-york, New York

Killed Jan 25, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the winter of 2017, a young man named Michael Riley, 22, lost his life in a burst of violence outside a Harlem bodega. On the evening of January 25th, Riley was inside the Adnader Inc. grocery store at the corner of Saint Nicholas Avenue and West 121st…

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Randell Cassimy

Male, age 25 · Queens, New York

Killed Jan 25, 2015 · 11 years ago

In a tragic turn of events stemming from a gang rivalry, 25-year-old Randell Cassimy lost his life on January 25, 2015. The fatal encounter unfolded inside a Springfield Gardens apartment building in Queens, NY, when a dispute between Cassimy and a…

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Christopher Patrick Day

Male, age 35 · Newport-news, Virginia

Killed Jan 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the winter of 2013, the life of Christopher Patrick Day, a 35-year-old male, was cut short under circumstances that remain shrouded in uncertainty. On January 25th, inside the Newport News, Virginia, home he rented, Day suffered a gunshot wound. He was…

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Dewayne Dunmore

Male, age 37 · District-heights, Maryland

Killed Jan 25, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of a frigid January morning, 37-year-old Dewayne Robert Dunmore, Sr. found himself in a desolate parking lot in Forestville, Maryland, bleeding from four gunshot wounds. It was just before 2 a.m. on January 25, 2008, and in his final…

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Ernesto Cabrera

Male, age 34 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 25, 2004 · 22 years ago

Ernesto Cabrera was 34 years old when he died on Sunday, January 25, 2004, in Mission Hills, a neighborhood in the northern San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 11160…

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Valente Patino

Male, age 17 · King-city, California

Killed Jan 25, 1995 · 31 years ago

Valente Patino, a 17-year-old student from King City, California, tragically lost his life on January 25, 1995. The incident occurred in the parking lot of King City High School, where Patino was involved in an altercation with another student, identified as…

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Bridgett Allen

Female, age 14 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jan 25, 1990 · 36 years ago

In January of 1990, the life of 14-year-old Bridgett Allen, a young female, was tragically cut short in Louisville, Kentucky. According to Bridgett's diary, she and her friend, 14-year-old Sherry Wilson, had been acquainted with Philip E. Cloftton for some…

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Allen Gage

Male, age 38 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 25, 1980 · 46 years ago

Allen F. Gage was a 38-year-old white male gastroenterologist who, in January 1980, was staying in a Phoenix, Arizona hotel during what should have been a routine stretch of work and travel. On the night of January 24, 1980, a stranger came to his door…

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Zack Horton

Male, age 43 · Camden, Arkansas

Killed Jan 25, 1927 · 99 years ago

Zack Horton, 43, male, left home in Ouachita County on the evening of January 25, 1927, as a deputy sheriff headed for a dangerous assignment on the outskirts of Camden. Prohibition had turned backwoods stills into flashpoints, and a tip sent the sheriff’s…

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