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Deaths by Force on January 29

631 open cases in our database happened on January 29. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (409)

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William Ownes Jr.

Male, age 31 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 29, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early hours of a January morning in Saint Louis, Missouri, the life of 31-year-old William Ownes Jr. came to a violent end. On January 29, 2022, Ownes was involved in a robbery in the parking lot of a nightclub. During the commission of the crime, a…

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Davion Davon Martin

Male, age 25 · Inglewood, California

Killed Jan 29, 2020 · 6 years ago

Davion Davon Martin was 25 years old when he was fatally stabbed on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, in Inglewood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 4000 block of West Century Boulevard. His death was…

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Iris Griselda Galan Rivera

Female, age 38 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 29, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the morning of Tuesday, January 29, 2019, a hiker traversing the brush along a trail heading toward the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles noticed a suspicious bundle discarded off the roadway. Hidden among the foliage near Red Oak Drive and Ferndell…

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Earnest Brownlee

Male, age 55 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Jan 29, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a cold January afternoon in 2018, a burst of violence shattered the mid-day calm on a street corner in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Earnest Brownlee, a 55-year-old man, had just stepped out of the B&G Deli and Food Corp. on Throop…

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Antwuan Brown

Male, age 27 · Hazlehurst, Mississippi

Killed Jan 29, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the night of January 28, 2017, in the Wesley Chapel Road area of Hazlehurst, Mississippi, a call to the Copiah County Sheriff's Office reported a man lying on the ground as another individual fled the scene. The man on the ground was identified as…

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Xue Zou

Male, age 28 · Bowie, Maryland

Killed Jan 29, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Sunday morning in January 2017, the lives of three men were tragically cut short in what should have been the promising setting of a new restaurant. Xue Zou, a 28-year-old man, was one of three victims in a fatal shooting that occurred at the Blue Sunday…

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Lazaro Dreke Rodriguez

Male, age 42 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 29, 2017 · 9 years ago

Lazaro Dreke Rodriguez, a 42-year-old Latino, was involved in a fatal incident on January 29, 2017, in downtown Los Angeles. The altercation occurred near South San Pedro and East Fifth streets around 8:50 a.m. Rodriguez was engaged in a dispute with another…

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Jesse C. Montes de

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 29, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jesse C. Montesdeoca, a 31-year-old Hispanic male, tragically passed away on January 29, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was a result of a violent incident that has since been the subject of extensive investigation and legal proceedings. Montesdeoca's…

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Terrell Anthony Butler

Male, age 27 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 29, 2017 · 9 years ago

Terrell Anthony Butler was 27 years old when he died on Sunday, January 29, 2017, in Sylmar. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 13000 block of Dronfield Avenue. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Stephen Vaise

Male, age 60 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 29, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet Curtis Bay neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, a story of domestic turmoil reached its tragic conclusion in late January 2015. Stephen Vaise, a 60-year-old male, was found deceased in his home on Prudence Street on January 29th. His death was…

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Kalease Harris

Male, age 15 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 29, 2015 · 11 years ago

Kalease Kenyon Harris, a 15-year-old teenager, tragically lost his life on January 29, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. Harris was walking with a group of friends near Avalon Boulevard and East 105th Street in the Green Meadows neighborhood when a vehicle…

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Wilbert Arias

Male, age 50 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 29, 2015 · 11 years ago

Wilbert Anthony Arias, a 50-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on January 29, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. Arias was fatally shot, and his death was recorded as a homicide. The incident occurred under circumstances that prompted an…

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Roy Wright

Male, age 57 · East-saint-louis, Illinois

Killed Jan 29, 2015 · 11 years ago

Roy Wright, a 57-year-old African American male from East St. Louis, Illinois, passed away on January 28, 2015. His death was reported in the Belleville News-Democrat on January 29, 2015. The obituary did not provide specific details about the cause of his…

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Will Henry Wright

Male, age 68 · Ecorse, Michigan

Killed Jan 29, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the community of Ecorse, Michigan, was shaken by the violent and untimely death of 68-year-old Will Henry Wright. On the evening of January 29th, the male resident had just departed from a friend's home on 9th Street when his path was…

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Lawrence D. Chavez

Male, age 29 · Deridder, Louisiana

Killed Jan 29, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet town of DeRidder, Louisiana, the life of 29-year-old Lawrence Daniel Chavez, a Hispanic male, came to a tragic end on the night of January 29, 2014. A decorated veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, Chavez had served his…

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Grady Lee Morgan

Male, age 69 · Lancaster, California

Killed Jan 29, 2013 · 13 years ago

Grady Lee Morgan was 69 years old when he died on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, in Lancaster, in the Antelope Valley of northern Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 43415 16th St. West. His…

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Michael K. Evans

Male, age 24 · Artesia, New Mexico

Killed Jan 29, 2012 · 14 years ago

On January 29, 2012, Michael Evans, a 24-year-old security guard from Artesia, New Mexico, was fatally shot in a tragic incident that unfolded in the early hours of the morning. The events leading to his death were captured in part by surveillance footage and…

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Kevin Davis

Male, age 31 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 29, 2010 · 16 years ago

Kevin Davis was 31 years old when he died on Friday, January 29, 2010, after he was stabbed in the 800 block of West Fayette Street in Baltimore. According to the Baltimore Sun, he "was found stabbed inside of a vehicle." The Baltimore Police Department…

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Raymond McKinnley

Male, age 59 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 29, 1997 · 29 years ago

On January 29, 1997, Raymond R. McKinnley Sr., a 59-year-old African American male, was tragically lost to gun violence in Chester, Pennsylvania. Details surrounding the circumstances of his death are scarce, and public records provide limited information…

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Coy White

Male, age 40 · Chatham, Virginia

Killed Jan 29, 1993 · 33 years ago

On a tragic January morning in 1993, the life of 40-year-old Coy M. White was violently cut short in his Chatham, Virginia, home. The ordeal began around 6:00 a.m. on January 29th, when an acquaintance named Ronald Lee Fitzgerald broke into the White…

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Hugh Morrison

Male, age 72 · Pittsylvania-county, Virginia

Killed Jan 29, 1993 · 33 years ago

On a tragic day in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 72-year-old taxi driver Hugh E. Morrison, a male also known as Huie Morrison, was killed on January 29, 1993, becoming an unfortunate victim in a brutal crime spree. His death was part of a violent chain of…

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Louis J. Johnson Jr.

Male, age 28 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jan 29, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the winter of 1992, a wave of violence swept through Richmond, Virginia, leaving a trail of bodies and a community gripped by fear. Among the victims was a man named Louis Johnson, whose life was cut short in a brutal act of violence connected to the…

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George Frias

Male, age 45 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 29, 1975 · 51 years ago

George Frias, a 45-year-old man, was among the victims of Vaughn Orrin Greenwood, infamously known as the "Skid Row Slasher." Greenwood was a serial killer who targeted homeless individuals and transients in Los Angeles, California, between 1964 and 1975. His…

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Ben Sen Wu

Male, age 21 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 29, 1919 · 107 years ago

In the upscale Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C., a gruesome discovery was made on January 29, 1919. Inside the Chinese Educational Mission house, the bodies of three men were found amidst a scene of disarray, with overturned furniture, shattered…

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Chang Hsi Hsie

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 29, 1919 · 107 years ago

In the winter of 1919, a grim discovery was made in a stately rowhouse on Kalorama Road in Washington, D.C., a residence that served as the headquarters for the Chinese Educational Mission. Three of its occupants, Chang Hsi Hsie, Theodore T. Wong, and Ben Sen…

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