Death by Force

Mario Martinez

Null · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 28, 2004 · 22 years ago

Mario Martinez, aged 25, was found dead on January 28, 2004, in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place south of 5506 Burberry Lane, in Franklin County. Mario had suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The…

View case

Death by Force

Lawrence Howard Groves

Male, age 40 · Lakeville, Indiana

Killed Jan 28, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the small town of Lakeville, Indiana, forty-year-old Lawrence 'Larry' Howard Groves, a Caucasian male, was known for his passion for antiques. He lived a relatively quiet life in a bungalow he had once shared with his late partner, Tom Bennett. The last…

View case

Death by Force

Marcus Primes

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Jan 28, 2002 · 24 years ago

On January 28, 2002, Marcus Primes, aged 18, was shot and killed outside a location at 820 N. Howard Street in Akron, Ohio. The circumstances of his death remain unclear as the suspect or suspects responsible for the shooting have not been identified. The…

View case

Death by Force

Cornel Young

Male, age 29 · Providence, Rhode Island

Killed Jan 28, 2000 · 26 years ago

On the cold night of January 28, 2000, in Providence, Rhode Island, the life of Cornel Young Jr., a 29-year-old Black male police officer, came to a tragic and untimely end. Young, known to his friends and family as "Jai," was off-duty and eating at Fidas…

View case

Death by Force

Renado Hunter

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 28, 1998 · 28 years ago

On January 28, 1998, Renado Hunter, a 25-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically shot and killed. The incident took place at 5956 Brady Drive, in Franklin County, Columbus. When police arrived at the scene, they found Hunter with a fatal gunshot…

View case

Death by Force

Javier Campos

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 28, 1997 · 29 years ago

Javier Campos, aged 23, was tragically killed on January 28, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place in front of 3140 Alleghany Avenue, located in Franklin County. Campos was found suffering from a gunshot wound and succumbed to his injuries that…

View case

Death by Force

DonTessa Van Hart

Female, age 23 · Chincoteague-island, Virginia

Killed Jan 28, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the quiet island town of Chincoteague, Virginia, the winter of 1994 was shattered by a brutal crime that would haunt the community for years. DonTessa Van Hart, a 23-year-old Caucasian woman and mother of two, was working her job as a pizza delivery driver…

View case

Death by Force

Mario Sonny Riccobene

Male, age 60 · Brooklawn, New Jersey

Killed Jan 28, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the winter of 1993, the life of 60-year-old Mario Sonny Riccobene came to a violent end in the parking lot of a diner in Brooklawn, New Jersey. On the evening of January 28th, Riccobene, a man with a long and complicated history with the Philadelphia crime…

View case

Death by Force

Maurice Harding

Male, age 22 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 28, 1993 · 33 years ago

On a cold winter day in Chester, Pennsylvania, the life of 22-year-old Maurice Harding was tragically cut short. On January 28, 1993, Harding, a male, became a victim of gun violence in the city. The specific details of the events that led to his untimely…

View case

Death by Force

Verbie Draper

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 28, 1992 · 34 years ago

On January 28, 1992, Verbie Draper, a 32-year-old male, was fatally shot in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place near 583 E. 3rd Avenue. Police found that Verbie Draper had sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. Despite efforts by law enforcement, the…

View case

Death by Force

Charles Smith

Null · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jan 28, 1990 · 36 years ago

Charles Ray Smith was found dead on January 24, 1990, in Dayton, Ohio. His body was discovered after he had suffered a fatal incident, and authorities determined his death to be a homicide. The case was documented among other homicide victims from 1990…

View case

Death by Force

Kenneth Koeller

Male, age 43 · Jennings, Missouri

Killed Jan 28, 1987 · 39 years ago

On the early morning of January 28, 1987, a violent confrontation unfolded at the Northland Shopping Center in Jennings, Missouri. Officers were responding to a silent alarm that had been triggered at the Dandy Man's Store located near West Florissant Avenue…

View case

Death by Force

Richard Williams

Male, age 62 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jan 28, 1987 · 39 years ago

Richard E. Williams, a 62-year-old Black man from Atlanta, Georgia, was not described in the online record as having died on January 28, 1987. Instead, the available public accounts say that January 28, 1987, was the day his life was shattered. Williams was…

View case

Death by Force

Randy David Horton

Male, age 26 · Scott Valley, California

Killed Jan 28, 1983 · 43 years ago

On January 28, 1983, Randy David Horton, a 26-year-old male, was found dead near Scott Valley, California. Horton was last seen hitchhiking from his grandmother's home in San Jose, California, and he was reportedly traveling toward Spokane, Washington. His…

View case

Death by Force

Debra Terrell Mackey

Female · Lubbock, Texas

Killed Jan 28, 1982 · 44 years ago

Debra Mackey was only 20 years old when she went missing. She was described as a fun-loving young woman who was close with her family. Debra's cousin said she was a “happy-go-lucky person.” The young woman had a turbulent life. Debra was pregnant at 11, and…

View case

Death by Force

Craig Tepel

Male, age 33 · San-francisco, California

Killed Jan 28, 1982 · 44 years ago

On January 28, 1982, Craig Tepel, a 33-year-old resident of Mill Valley, California, tragically lost his life in a violent incident at One Market Plaza in San Francisco. The event unfolded when Ricardo Contawe, a 38-year-old unemployed bellhop, entered the…

View case

Death by Force

John Edward Smith

Male, age 44 · San-francisco, California

Killed Jan 28, 1982 · 44 years ago

John Edward Smith, a 44-year-old resident of San Francisco, CA, tragically passed away on January 28, 1982. His death was a significant event that led to extensive investigations and legal proceedings. Smith's demise was initially surrounded by mystery…

View case

Death by Force

Cecil Frank Sledge

Male, age 35 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Jan 28, 1980 · 46 years ago

On the cold winter day of January 28, 1980, a dedicated 35-year-old male police officer, Cecil Frank Sledge, tragically lost his life in the line of duty in Brooklyn, New York. A 12-year veteran of the New York City Police Department assigned to the 69th…

View case

Death by Force

Noel Johnson

Male, age 21 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Jan 28, 1980 · 46 years ago

Noel Johnson, a 21-year-old individual from Albuquerque, New Mexico, was tragically murdered on January 28, 1980. His death was part of a larger criminal case involving multiple victims. The primary suspect in the case was William Wayne Gilbert, who was later…

View case

Death by Force

Charles Edward Clark

Male, age 65 · Anchorage, Alaska

Killed Jan 28, 1977 · 49 years ago

The death of Edward Clark, which occurred on January 28, 1977, in Anchorage, Alaska, remains an unsolved cold case under the jurisdiction of the Alaska State Troopers. The case is listed among other unresolved homicides and missing persons cases that the Cold…

View case

Death by Force

Ralph Pizzalato

Male, age 30 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jan 28, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a cold winter afternoon in Denver, Colorado, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. On January 28, 1974, 30-year-old Ralph Pizzalato was discovered inside a vehicle parked in the lot of the Alpine Inn. He had been fatally shot. The male victim's…

View case

Death by Force

Jane Holly

Female, age 45 · San-francisco, California

Killed Jan 28, 1974 · 52 years ago

Jane Holly, a 45-year-old resident of San Francisco, California, tragically lost her life on January 28, 1974. Jane was employed by Wells Fargo Bank and was known for her dedication and hard work. On the fateful day, she was at the Lightning Coin Launderette…

View case

Death by Force

John Bambic

Male, age 84 · San-francisco, California

Killed Jan 28, 1974 · 52 years ago

John Bambic, an 84-year-old resident of San Francisco, California, was tragically shot and killed on January 28, 1974. The incident occurred at the intersection of Ninth and Howard Streets. Witnesses later identified the assailant as J.C. Simon, who fled the…

View case

Death by Force

Tana Smith

Female, age 32 · San-francisco, California

Killed Jan 28, 1974 · 52 years ago

Tana Smith, a 32-year-old woman from San Francisco, California, was tragically shot and killed on January 28, 1974. The incident occurred at a bus stop located at the corner of Geary Boulevard and Divisadero Street. The assailant used a .32 caliber firearm in…

View case

Death by Force

Vincent Wollin

Male, age 69 · San-francisco, California

Killed Jan 28, 1974 · 52 years ago

Vincent Wollin, aged 69, was tragically killed on January 28, 1974, in San Francisco, California. His death was part of a series of racially motivated attacks known as the Zebra murders. These murders were carried out by a group of four men who referred to…

View case

Death by Force

Pamela Kay Garner

Female, age 12 · Victoria, Texas

Killed Jan 28, 1967 · 59 years ago

On January 28, 1967, in Victoria, Texas, 12-year-old Pamela Kay Garner tragically lost her life to gun violence. Born on September 18, 1954, Pamela was a young girl whose life was cut short under devastating circumstances. On that fateful day, Pamela, along…

View case

Death by Force

Paul Garner

Male, age 9 · Victoria, Texas

Killed Jan 28, 1967 · 59 years ago

On January 28, 1967, in Victoria, Texas, a tragic incident of gun violence claimed the lives of three family members. Among the victims was Paul Anthony Garner, a 9-year-old male. His sister, Pamela Kay Garner, a 12-year-old female, and their mother, Pansy…

View case

Death by Force

Chester Lauer Ward

Male, age 47 · Lincoln, Nebraska

Killed Jan 28, 1958 · 68 years ago

In the quiet, affluent Country Club neighborhood of Lincoln, Nebraska, the lives of the Ward family were irrevocably shattered on January 28, 1958. Chester Lauer Ward, a 47-year-old Caucasian male and a prominent local businessman, returned to his stately…

View case

Death by Force

William Rosen

Male, age 30 · Rancho-palos-verdes, California

Killed Jan 28, 1928 · 98 years ago

On July 20, 1928, William Rosen, a 30-year-old resident of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, was discovered dead on a secluded road near San Pedro. He had been shot three times in the head. Rosen was known as an underworld figure and had recently served as a…

View case

Death by Force

Mcduffie Stone

Male, age 32 · Laurens, South Carolina

Killed Jan 28, 1909 · 117 years ago

In the early hours of a cold winter night in Laurens, South Carolina, a dedicated police officer’s life was tragically cut short. Patrolman McDuffie Hampton Stone, a 32-year-old male, had been with the Laurens Police Department for two years, a tenure that…

View case

Death by Force

Carlos Smith

Male, age 46 · Brookhaven, Mississippi

Killed Jan 28, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, January 28, 2024, a dispute in Brookhaven, Mississippi, escalated to fatal violence, claiming the life of 46-year-old Carlos Tarell Smith. The Brookhaven Police Department received a call around 12:03 a.m. reporting a…

View case

Death by Force

Matthew Johnson

Male, age 31 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 28, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the city of Philadelphia, on January 28, 2024, a 31-year-old man named Matthew Duel Johnson died. His death, which occurred at a friend's house in the East Falls section of the city, was officially ruled a suicide by authorities. However, this conclusion…

View case

Death by Force

Jose Suchite

Male, age 45 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jan 28, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the morning of January 28, 2023, law enforcement officials in Indianapolis, Indiana, were dispatched to the city's northeast side following reports of gunfire. The incident occurred on a Saturday, a time when residents in the area were beginning their…

View case

Death by Force

Demario Lockett

Male, age 44 · San-francisco, California

Killed Jan 28, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 28, 2023, 44-year-old Demario Lockett was fatally shot in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood. Responding to a ShotSpotter alert around 8 p.m. in the 700 block of Missouri Street, San Francisco Police Department officers initially found no…

View case

Death by Force

Quinlan Parker

Male, age 48 · Decatur, Georgia

Killed Jan 28, 2022 · 4 years ago

In a tragic turn of events stemming from a dispute over a small debt, 48-year-old Quinlan Parker, a male resident of Decatur, Georgia, was fatally shot on January 28, 2022. The incident, which took place at an apartment on Maypop Lane in unincorporated…

View case

Death by Force

Donald Dale

Male, age 58 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 28, 2022 · 4 years ago

Donald Dale, a 58-year-old Black male, was killed on Friday, January 28, 2022, in West Philadelphia. The shooting unfolded on Poplar Street, where police were called in the late afternoon for a report of a person shot. Officers found Dale suffering from…

View case

Death by Force

Wesley Alan Gibson

Male · Knoxville, Maryland

Killed Jan 28, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the winter of 2020, the life of Wesley Alan Gibson, a male resident of Knoxville, Maryland, came to a violent end in his home on South Mountain Road. On the evening of January 28th, his fiancée, Michelle Handorf, placed a 911 call, informing dispatchers…

View case

Death by Force

Charles Alex Lewis

Male, age 31 · Decatur, Georgia

Killed Jan 28, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a tragic morning in Decatur, Georgia, the life of Charles Alex Lewis, a 31-year-old African American male, was cut short. On January 28, 2020, Lewis was fatally wounded during an attempted armed robbery at his apartment complex on Wesley Club Drive. He…

View case

Death by Force

Francisco Ruiz Morones

Male, age 60 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 28, 2019 · 7 years ago

Francisco Ruiz Morones was 60 years old when he died on Monday, January 28, 2019, four days after he was found unconscious on a sidewalk on Lancaster Avenue in Boyle Heights. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of blunt force…

View case

Death by Force

Victor I. Waters

Male, age 64 · Willowbrook, California

Killed Jan 28, 2019 · 7 years ago

Victor I. Waters was 64 years old when he died on Monday, January 28, 2019, in Willowbrook. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1122 E. 124th St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a case of…

View case

Death by Force

Timothy Rogers

Male, age 53 · Lawrenceville, Georgia

Killed Jan 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of a Saturday morning, on January 28, 2017, the quiet of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was shattered by gunfire outside the Crossland Studio Suites on West Pike Street. Responding to a 2 a.m. call, Lawrenceville Police officers arrived to a grim…

View case

Death by Force

Marcell Steven Bulliner

Male, age 23 · Willowbrook, California

Killed Jan 28, 2010 · 16 years ago

Marcell Steven Bulliner was 23 years old when he died on Thursday, January 28, 2010, in Willowbrook, an unincorporated community in South Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 2000…

View case

Death by Force

Ernest Leary

Male, age 22 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jan 28, 2007 · 19 years ago

Ernest Leary was 22 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Sunday, January 28, 2007. The Atlanta Police Department Homicide Unit investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through 2017…

View case

Death by Force

Adeline Josephine Chybych

Female, age 86 · Santa Monica, California

Killed Jan 28, 2005 · 21 years ago

On January 28, 2005, eighty-six-year-old Adeline Josephine Chybych died in Santa Monica, California. She was an elderly white woman whose life came to an abrupt and violent end within the coastal city, prompting an inquiry by local authorities and county…

View case

Death by Force

Pedro Javier Aguilar

Male, age 39 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 28, 2003 · 23 years ago

Pedro Javier Aguilar was 39 years old when he died on Tuesday, January 28, 2003, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 529 S. Los Angeles St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

View case

Death by Force

Juan Jose Navarro

Male, age 14 · South Gate, California

Killed Jan 28, 2000 · 26 years ago

Juan Jose Navarro was 14 years old when he died on Friday, Jan. 28, 2000, in South Gate. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 4100 block of Firestone Boulevard. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

View case

Death by Force

Hugh Phillips

Male · Rocky-mount, North Carolina

Killed Jan 28, 1984 · 42 years ago

Hugh B. Phillips, a resident of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on January 28, 1984. Phillips was walking on Northeast Main Street when he was physically assaulted and robbed by an unknown male suspect. The assault led to severe…

View case

Death by Force

Ricky Duncan

Male, age 29 · Vista, California

Killed Jan 28, 1983 · 43 years ago

Ricky D. Duncan, aged 29, passed away on January 28, 1983, in Vista, California. His death has been a subject of interest due to the circumstances surrounding it. Born on January 14, 1954, Ricky's life was tragically cut short, and he was laid to rest in…

View case

Deaths by Force on January 28

Deaths by Force (483)