Deaths by Force on January 27

Deaths by Force (492)

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Tyrone Burton

Male, age 23 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 27, 2004 · 22 years ago

On the late morning of January 27, 2004, 23-year-old Tyrone “Whopper” Burton, an African-American man from Washington, D.C., stood outside in the 3400 block of 10th Place SE when his life was abruptly taken. Around 11 a.m., gunfire shattered the routine of…

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Dwayne Alfred Winfield Jr.

Male, age 20 · Vincent, California

Killed Jan 27, 2004 · 22 years ago

Dwayne Alfred Winfield Jr., a 20-year-old resident of Vincent, California, tragically lost his life on January 27, 2004. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Dwayne was fatally shot, marking a somber day for his family and the community. The…

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Edgar Valles

Male, age 22 · South-whittier, California

Killed Jan 27, 2004 · 22 years ago

On January 27, 2004, Edgar Valles, a 22-year-old resident of La Puente, California, was tragically murdered in South Whittier. Valles, along with his friends Mario Larios and Fernando Pina, responded to an advertisement for a customized Chevrolet Monte Carlo…

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Fernando Pina

Male, age 25 · South-whittier, California

Killed Jan 27, 2004 · 22 years ago

Fernando Pina, a 25-year-old from Zacatecas, Mexico, was tragically murdered on January 27, 2004, in South Whittier, California. Pina, along with Mario Larios and Edgar Valles, was lured to the home of Cimarron Bell under the pretense of purchasing a…

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Isaiah McCallum

Male, age 14 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Jan 27, 2004 · 22 years ago

Isaiah McCallum, a 14-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 27, 2004, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of extensive investigation and public interest. Isaiah's death was…

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Fela Avery

Male, age 30 · Fairbanks, Alaska

Killed Jan 27, 2003 · 23 years ago

On January 27, 2003, 30-year-old Fela H. Avery was found shot to death in a wooded area adjacent to a walking trail on the Old Richardson Highway near the Athletic Club building in Fairbanks, Alaska. His death was ruled a homicide, and the case remains…

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Erin C. Golla

Female, age 27 · Littleton, Colorado

Killed Jan 27, 2002 · 24 years ago

On the night of January 27, 2002, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of Erin C. Golla, a 27-year-old White female, inside the AMF Broadway Lanes Bowling Alley in Littleton, Colorado. The bowling alley had closed for the evening, and Erin, an…

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Adolfo Sanchez Jimenez

Male, age 21 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 27, 2002 · 24 years ago

Adolfo Sanchez Jimenez, a 21-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on January 27, 2002, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Jimenez was fatally shot, marking a somber day for his family and community.…

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Joyce Brannon

Female, age 54 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 27, 2002 · 24 years ago

Joyce Sharon Brannon, a 54-year-old white female, was tragically murdered on January 27, 2002, in Chicago, Illinois. Joyce, who lived at 5942 N. Magnolia Ave., was a dedicated nurse and an active member of the Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was…

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Enrique Chavez

Male, age 44 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 27, 2000 · 26 years ago

Enrique Chavez, aged 44, tragically passed away on January 27, 2000, in Los Angeles, California. His death was the result of a violent incident that shocked the local community. Chavez was found deceased in his residence, having sustained multiple gunshot…

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Larry Todd Cook

Male, age 30 · Lexington, North Carolina

Killed Jan 27, 2000 · 26 years ago

Larry Todd Cook, a 30-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on January 27, 2000, in Lexington, North Carolina. Cook, who served as a Deputy Sheriff with the Davidson County Sheriff's Office, was shot and killed while attempting to serve a misdemeanor…

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Colleen Ann Waibel

Female, age 44 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 27, 1998 · 28 years ago

On January 27, 1998, Officer Colleen Ann Waibel of the Portland Police Department was tragically shot and killed in the line of duty. The incident occurred when Officer Waibel and another officer attempted to arrest Stephen Douglas Dons, a 37-year-old…

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Anthony Minetto

Male, age 49 · Sparks, Nevada

Killed Jan 27, 1997 · 29 years ago

In a tragic and violent outburst on a busy freeway off-ramp in Sparks, Nevada, 49-year-old Anthony S. Minetto Sr., a White male, lost his life on January 27, 1997. A federal immigration agent since 1988, Minetto was involved in a minor traffic collision that…

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Johnpierre A. Kamel

Male, age 13 · West-palm-beach, Florida

Killed Jan 27, 1997 · 29 years ago

Johnpierre A. Kamel, a 13-year-old student from West Palm Beach, Florida, tragically lost his life on January 27, 1997. The incident occurred outside Conniston Middle School, where Johnpierre was fatally shot by his classmate, Tronneal Mangum, following an…

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Angela Subrize

Female, age 21 · Spokane, Washington

Killed Jan 27, 1995 · 31 years ago

In January of 1995, 21-year-old Caucasian female Angela Subrize was looking for a ride from Spokane, Washington, to see her father in Colorado. She met a truck driver, Keith Hunter Jesperson, who agreed to give her a ride. Their journey together took a dark…

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William Swank

Null · West Palm Beach, Florida

Found Jan 27, 1994 · 32 years ago

On January 27, 1994, William Swank was found dead in West Palm Beach, Florida, in a case that remains unresolved to this day. Swank's homicide occurred during a time when Palm Beach County was experiencing numerous incidents of violent crime, many of which…

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Sven Jansson

Male, age 22 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 27, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 27, 1994, the sound of gunshots broke the quiet of a North Portland neighborhood. A resident in the 600 block of N Humboldt Street discovered the body of 22-year-old Caucasian male Sven Jansson on the sidewalk at…

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Layne Bruce Cook

Male, age 36 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jan 27, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the predawn hours of a late January morning, the city of Atlanta was robbed of one of its protectors. Layne Bruce Cook, a 36-year-old male police officer with 14 years of dedicated service to the Atlanta Police Department, was tragically shot and killed.…

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Richard Mack Latham

Male, age 50 · Del-rio, Texas

Killed Jan 27, 1984 · 42 years ago

Inspector Richard Mack Latham, a 50-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, was tragically shot and killed on January 27, 1984, in Del Rio, Texas. Latham, who served as a United States Customs Inspector, was abducted from the Del Rio Port of Entry after…

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Randy Loy Davis

Male, age 28 · Longview, Texas

Killed Jan 27, 1984 · 42 years ago

Sergeant Randy Loy Davis, a 28-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, was a dedicated officer with the Longview Police Department in Texas. On January 27, 1984, Sgt. Davis was part of a narcotics unit executing a search warrant at the Globe Trotter Motel on…

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Eric Herbert Church

Male, age 21 · Seal Beach, California

Killed Jan 27, 1983 · 43 years ago

Eric Herbert Church, a 21-year-old white male from Coventry, Connecticut, was found dead on January 26, 1983, near a freeway ramp in Seal Beach, California. His body had been dumped beside the Garden Grove Freeway, and the circumstances surrounding his death…

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Marjorie Call

Female, age 57 · Cape-girardeau, Missouri

Killed Jan 27, 1982 · 44 years ago

Marjorie “Margie” Call, 57, a White woman, was living alone in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, when the quiet routine of her neighborhood was shattered on January 27, 1982. By then, the river town already carried a nervous edge from years of violence that seemed to…

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David Sutton

Male, age 36 · Everrett, Washington

Killed Jan 27, 1980 · 46 years ago

On a cold winter day in Everett, Washington, the life of David M. Sutton, Jr., a 36-year-old male antique store owner, was tragically cut short. On January 27, 1980, Sutton was discovered in his shop, the victim of a fatal gunshot wound to the head. The scene…

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Dorina Mariko Brown

Female, age 20 · Topsfield, Massachusetts

Killed Jan 27, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the quiet town of Topsfield, Massachusetts, the winter of 1978 was shattered by a brutal act of violence that would forever alter the lives of the Brown family. On January 27th, Dorina Mariko Brown, a 20-year-old woman, was tragically killed in her own…

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Wilfred Brown

Male, age 45 · Topsfield, Massachusetts

Killed Jan 27, 1978 · 48 years ago

On the cold evening of Friday, January 27, 1978, in the quiet town of Topsfield, Massachusetts, a horrific act of violence shattered a family. Wilfred Brown, a 45-year-old Caucasian male, was murdered in his own home, along with his wife Yoshika, 49, and…

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Yoshiko Brown

Female, age 49 · Topsfield, Massachusetts

Killed Jan 27, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the quiet town of Topsfield, Massachusetts, the evening of January 27, 1978, brought a horrifying end to the life of 49-year-old Yoshiko Brown, an Asian woman of Japanese descent. What began as a seemingly ordinary Friday night descended into a shocking…

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Daniel Meredith

Male, age 52 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jan 27, 1978 · 48 years ago

Daniel Meredith, aged 52, was tragically murdered on January 27, 1978, in Sacramento, California. His death was part of a gruesome spree carried out by Richard Chase, who became infamously known as the "Vampire of Sacramento." On that fateful day, Chase also…

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David Ferreira

Male, age 1 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jan 27, 1978 · 48 years ago

David Michael Ferreira, a one-year-old boy from Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on January 27, 1978. His death was part of a horrific series of murders committed by Richard Trenton Chase, infamously known as the "Vampire of Sacramento." On…

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Evelyn Miroth

Female, age 38 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jan 27, 1978 · 48 years ago

On January 27, 1978, in Sacramento, California, 38-year-old Evelyn Miroth became one of the final victims of Richard Chase, infamously known as the "Vampire of Sacramento." Chase entered Miroth's home, where she was present with her six-year-old son, Jason…

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Jason Bradford Miroth

Male, age 6 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jan 27, 1978 · 48 years ago

Jason Bradford Miroth, a six-year-old boy from Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on January 27, 1978. Jason was one of the victims of Richard Trenton Chase, infamously known as "The Vampire of Sacramento." On that fateful day, Chase brutally…

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Hazel Meeker

Female, age 72 · Lenexa, Kansas

Killed Jan 27, 1977 · 49 years ago

Hazel Meeker, 72, a female and white neighbor living near the Grissom family in Kansas, was killed on January 27, 1977. That morning, after an argument with his parents, 16-year-old Richard Anthony Grissom Jr. left home, armed himself with a railroad spike…

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Wallace Mayo Thornton

Male, age 25 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Jan 27, 1975 · 51 years ago

In the winter of 1975, the life of a young Caucasian man named Wallace Mayo Thorton, age 25, came to a violent and mysterious end in Salt Lake City, Utah. The last time anyone is known to have seen or heard from him was on or around January 23, 1975. It was…

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Rita Lloyd

Female, age 16 · New-york, New York

Killed Jan 27, 1973 · 53 years ago

On January 27, 1973, a brief street encounter in New York City turned into a fatal moment that would leave more questions than closure. Rita Lloyd was in public with a friend when police stopped them, and within moments gunfire ended her life. Lloyd was a…

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Jean Irene Bianchi

Female · McHenry, Illinois

Killed Jan 27, 1970 · 56 years ago

Jean Irene Bianchi, a 27-year-old white female from McHenry, Illinois, was a wife and mother of two young children. On the night of January 27, 1970, she left her home to do laundry at the Suds-n-Duds Laundromat in downtown McHenry. She never returned. Her…

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Carol J. King

Female, age 16 · Bennet, Nebraska

Killed Jan 27, 1958 · 68 years ago

On a cold January day in 1958, the life of a 16-year-old White / Caucasian female named Carol J. King was tragically cut short in Bennet, Nebraska. She was an unwitting victim of a deadly crime spree orchestrated by Charles Starkweather and his young…

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Robert W. Jensen

Male, age 17 · Bennet, Nebraska

Killed Jan 27, 1958 · 68 years ago

On a cold January day in 1958, the life of 17-year-old Caucasian male Robert W. Jensen of Bennet, Nebraska, was tragically cut short. On January 27th, Jensen and his 16-year-old girlfriend, Carol King, were driving near Bennet when they stopped to offer a…

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Robert Draper

Male, age 23 · Anniston, Alabama

Killed Jan 27, 1927 · 99 years ago

In the winter of 1927, in Anniston, Alabama, the life of a young man named Robert Allen Draper was cut tragically short. A White male of 23 years, he served his community as a police officer. On Thursday, January 27th, an ordinary day at the Anniston Police…

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Duncan Waller

Male, age 19 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jan 27, 1923 · 103 years ago

In the winter of 1923, a grim discovery was made on a secluded road near Memphis, Tennessee, a place known to locals as a lover's lane. The tranquility of the area was shattered by a brutal crime that would linger in the community's memory. Duncan Waller, a…

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Ruth McElwaine Tucker

Female, age 20 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jan 27, 1923 · 103 years ago

In the quiet seclusion of a lovers' lane near Memphis, Tennessee, a young woman's life was tragically cut short on the night of January 27, 1923. Ruth McElwaine Tucker, a 20-year-old female, was in the company of 19-year-old Duncan Waller when they were…

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Ruth McElwaine Tucker

Female, age 20 · Bowling Green, Kentucky

Killed Jan 27, 1923 · 103 years ago

In a secluded lovers' lane near Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 20-year-old Ruth McElwaine Tucker from Bowling Green, Kentucky, came to a violent and tragic end on January 27, 1923. She was in the company of 19-year-old salesman Duncan Waller when they were…

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Ikechukwu Onodu

Male, age 20 · Queens, New York

Killed Jan 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late afternoon of January 27, 2025, tragedy struck in the Queens Village neighborhood, forever altering the lives of one family. Ikechukwu Onodu, a 20-year-old Black man, was in the lobby of the Cunningham Apartments on 86th Drive when his life was…

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Deborah German

Female, age 57 · Houston, Missouri

Killed Jan 27, 2022 · 4 years ago

On January 27, 2022, law enforcement officials in Houston, Missouri, responded to a residence following a request to assist emergency medical services with a report of an unresponsive person. Upon arriving at the home in Texas County, officers discovered a…

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Joshua Robert

Male, age 27 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jan 27, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early hours of New Year's Day 2016, a promising young man's life was tragically cut short in the vibrant streets of New Orleans. Joshua Woodruff, a 28-year-old tourist, was visiting the city to celebrate with old college friends. At approximately 3…

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Joshua Ketchum

Male, age 27 · Lancaster, California

Killed Jan 27, 2018 · 8 years ago

Joshua Ketchum was 27 years old when he died on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, in Lancaster. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 43000 block of Gadsden Avenue. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed…

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Millard Dixon Jr

Male, age 47 · Irvine, Kentucky

Killed Jan 27, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late evening of a Tuesday in January 2015, a fatal altercation unfolded at a residence on Sugar Hollow Road in Irvine, Kentucky, ending the life of 47-year-old Millard E. Dixon. A man who had spent his entire life in Estill County, Dixon was a logger…

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Michael Joseph Robertson

Male, age 30 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 27, 2015 · 11 years ago

Michael Joseph Robertson, a 30-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on January 27, 2015. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Robertson was fatally shot in the Willowbrook area. The incident was classified…

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Michael Rogers

Male, age 46 · Myrtle-beach, South Carolina

Killed Jan 27, 2014 · 12 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on January 27, 2014, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a dispute over a drug transaction ended the life of 46-year-old Michael Jerome Rogers. The man responsible for his death, Antwuan Levon Nelson, then 29, was later sentenced to a…

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Raymond Kent

Male, age 25 · Oakland, California

Killed Jan 27, 2014 · 12 years ago

Raymond Kent, a 25-year-old resident of Oakland, California, tragically lost his life on January 27, 2014. The circumstances surrounding his death were shrouded in mystery and prompted a thorough investigation by local law enforcement. Initial reports…

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