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Albert Johnson

Male, age 22 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

An African American male, Albert Johnson, aged 62, was the victim of a fatal traffic incident that occurred on July 16, 2018, in the St. Louis suburb of Maplewood, Missouri. A well-known resident of the community, Johnson was attempting to cross South Big…

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Michael Ruiz

Male, age 39 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jan 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

Michael Ruiz, a 39-year-old man, was tragically killed on January 2, 2008, in Philadelphia. He was found on the 2800 block of North Mutter Street, and his death was listed among the numerous homicides that occurred in the city during that year. The specific…

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Calvin Randolph

Male, age 28 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the winter of 2007, a life was tragically cut short in the nation's capital. On the evening of Tuesday, January 2nd, Calvin Leroy Randolph, a male known to some as 'Old Dog,' was fatally shot in Washington, D.C. The incident occurred at approximately 9:51…

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Eddie Golf

Male, age 26 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the winter of 2007, the life of Eddie Junior Golf II, a 26-year-old Black male, was cut short in Baltimore, Maryland. On the afternoon of January 2nd, tragedy struck at the 4900 block of Challedon Road, where Golf was killed in what authorities would rule…

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Douglas Dwayne Mcfarlane

Male, age 19 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Jan 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the winter of 2007, the life of 19-year-old Douglas Dwayne Mcfarlane was tragically cut short in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On Tuesday, January 2nd, the young man died under violent circumstances, a promising future extinguished in an act that remains…

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David Curry

Male, age 17 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Jan 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the winter of 2007, the life of a young man was tragically cut short in Buffalo, New York, a case that has since been shrouded in the silence of the city's unsolved homicides. On January 2, 2007, 17-year-old David Curry, an African-American male, became a…

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Bachir Quazzani

Male, age 50 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jan 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

On January 2, 2007, Bachir Quazzani, a 50-year-old man, was found dead in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a result of gun violence. The incident occurred amid a challenging period for Philadelphia, where the city faced a high number of homicides. In 2007…

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Richard Ambriz

Male, age 29 · Houston, Texas

Found Jan 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

On January 2, 2007, 29-year-old Richard Ambriz was shot and killed during a home invasion in Houston, Texas. The incident was part of a violent criminal act that involved multiple suspects. Juan Gonzalez Jr., who has been implicated in this case, planned and…

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Mehretab Woldeghebriel

Male, age 50 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Jan 2, 2005 · 21 years ago

On January 2, 2005, 50-year-old Mehretab Woldeghebriel was fatally shot during an armed robbery at the Midtown Food Mart, located on Shamrock Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina. The suspect, described as a Black male wearing dark clothing and a hooded jacket…

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Marlan Nicholus Lee

Male, age 16 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 2, 2005 · 21 years ago

Marlan Nicholus Lee, a 16-year-old from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on January 2, 2005. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Marlan was shot in East Hollywood. The incident occurred on a Sunday, and the details…

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Aaron Michael Prasad-King

Male, age 16 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 2, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 31, 2003, the sound of multiple gunshots shattered the pre-dawn quiet in a North Portland neighborhood. Individuals delivering newspapers in the vicinity of N. Missouri Avenue and N. Mason Street heard the alarming…

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Larry Wayne Russell

Male, age 42 · Athens, Alabama

Killed Jan 2, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the winter of 2004, a tragedy unfolded in the quiet town of Athens, Alabama, forever marking the community. Larry Wayne Russell, a 42-year-old Sergeant with the Athens Police Department, found his life cut short in a sudden and violent ambush. On January…

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Kamia Nichols

Female · Inglewood, California

Killed Jan 2, 2004 · 22 years ago

The new year had barely begun when authorities in southwestern Los Angeles County were summoned to a fatal incident involving a newborn life. On Friday, January 2, 2004, infant Kamia Nichols died in Inglewood, California. She was a Black female, listed at…

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Dawn DeHerrera

Female, age 31 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jan 2, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the cold beginning of a new year, the life of a woman known for her boundless kindness was tragically cut short. Dawn DeHerrera, a 31-year-old member of the Navajo Nation, was found deceased in a massage parlor near the intersection of Speer and Federal…

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Romanno Avellino Head

Male, age 22 · Dumfries, Virginia

Killed Jan 2, 2002 · 24 years ago

On a cold winter’s night in Dumfries, Virginia, the lives of two young men were tragically cut short. Romanno Avellino Head, a 22-year-old male, and his friend, Robert I. Morrison, also 22, were inside an apartment in the 3400 block of Allerton Court on…

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Phouvong Phommaviset

Male, age 26 · Richmond, British Columbia

Killed Jan 2, 2002 · 24 years ago

Phouvong Phommaviset, a 26-year-old Asian man, was killed in a case that unfolded against a period of intense gang-related violence across British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. On January 2, 2002, his badly burned remains were discovered near the Fraser River in…

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Timothy Lee Navarro

Male, age 24 · Lancaster, California

Killed Jan 2, 2000 · 26 years ago

Timothy Lee Navarro, a 24-year-old resident of Lancaster, California, tragically lost his life on January 2, 2000. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Navarro was fatally shot, marking a violent end to his young life. The incident occurred…

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Wendy Jordan

Female, age 39 · Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Killed Jan 2, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the cold winter of 2000, the community of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, was unsettled by a grim discovery. On January 2nd, the body of 39-year-old Wendy Jordan, a female, was found in the Rouge River. The man who reported the discovery was John Eric…

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Joyce Ramonas

Female · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 2, 1997 · 29 years ago

On a cold winter’s evening in Washington, D.C., the life of Joyce Ramonas, a female resident of the city, was tragically cut short. On January 2, 1997, within the familiar walls of her home in the 200 block of 13th Street, Southeast, she was fatally shot. The…

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Grant Patrick Hendrickson

Male, age 22 · Monroe, Georgia

Killed Jan 2, 1995 · 31 years ago

On a quiet night in January 1995, Grant Patrick Hendrickson, a 22-year-old student at Mercer University, was with his 19-year-old girlfriend, Michele Cartagena, at a secluded spot known as 'the Point' overlooking Lake Juliette in Monroe County, Georgia. The…

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Michele Cartagena

Female, age 19 · Monroe, Georgia

Killed Jan 2, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the quiet cold of a January night in 1995, the lives of two promising college students were violently extinguished near Lake Juliette in Monroe County, Georgia. Michele Cartagena, a 19-year-old Hispanic female, and her 22-year-old boyfriend, Patrick…

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Lesa Otberg

Female, age 23 · Grand Rapids, Michigan

Killed Jan 2, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the early hours of January 2, 1994, Lesa Irene Otberg, a 24-year-old Caucasian woman from Grand Rapids, Michigan, was seen for the last time getting into a car on Division Avenue. This vibrant and opinionated young mother, known for her big heart and…

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Virginia Johannessen

Female, age 76 · Aurora, Illinois

Killed Jan 2, 1993 · 33 years ago

Virginia Johannessen, a 76-year-old widow, was found shot to death in her home on Felton Road in Aurora, Illinois, on January 5, 1993. Her brother, Francis Reines, discovered her body after being unable to reach her by phone. Virginia was sitting in her…

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Marie Maureen Wagner

Female, age 35 · Gervais, Oregon

Found Jan 2, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the quiet community of Gervais, Oregon, the new year of 1992 was marked by a tragedy that would linger for decades. On the second day of January, 35-year-old Marie Maureen Wagner was found deceased. The circumstances of her death were not immediately…

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Mary Holloman

Female, age 39 · New York City, New York

Killed Jan 2, 1992 · 34 years ago

On January 2, 1992, Mary Ann Holloman, a 39-year-old white woman, moved through Manhattan in a world where quick exchanges and hard luck often blurred together. In accounts later tied to the case, she was described as living with addiction and doing whatever…

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Bobby Joe Nolen

Male, age 55 · Ripley, Tennessee

Killed Jan 2, 1990 · 36 years ago

In an act of kindness that tragically turned fatal, 55-year-old Lauderdale County Deputy Sheriff Bobby Joe Nolen was killed on January 2, 1990. On that Tuesday, Deputy Nolen and his partner, Deputy Kevan M. Ward, came across an 82-year-old man whose car had…

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Christine Miller

Female, age 19 · Sand Springs, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 2, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the winter of 1989, the quiet community of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, was unsettled by a grim discovery. On January 2nd, human remains were found on the banks of the Arkansas River at 16100 W. Wekiwa Road. The female victim remained a mystery for over two…

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Tyra Perry

Female, age 16 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Jan 2, 1988 · 38 years ago

Tyra Perry was a 16-year-old Black / African American female whose disappearance in late December 1987 became a long-running Albuquerque-area cold case. Perry was five months pregnant and living with her mother, Faye, and her grandparents. She attended New…

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Roberto Vichot

Male · Altamonte Springs, Florida

Killed Jan 2, 1987 · 39 years ago

On January 2, 1987, Roberto Vichot, a 32-year-old man from Miami, was fatally shot at the Sundance Inn in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Vichot, who was visiting from Miami, was found dead around 8 p.m. in his hotel room, where illegal drugs were also…

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Richard James Davidson

Male, age 23 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Jan 2, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the line of duty, Police Officer Richard James Davidson, a 23-year-old male, lost his life on January 2, 1987, in Shreveport, Louisiana. On that fateful day, Officer Davidson, a three-year veteran of the force, was among the officers responding to a…

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Deborah Dudley

Female, age 23 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 2, 1987 · 39 years ago

Deborah Dudley, a 23-year-old Black woman, was one of the victims of Gary Heidnik, a self-ordained preacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who kidnapped, tortured, and murdered women in his basement between November 1986 and March 1987. Heidnik abducted six…

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Patricia Stichler

Female, age 30 · Sylvania, Ohio

Killed Jan 2, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 2, 1985 the victim's eleven year old daughter awoke and discovered her mother's bloody body in the master bedroom. The thirty year old victim's mostly nude body was found by responding units on the floor of her bedroom…

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Kurt Barlow

Male, age 19 · Vernon-township, Illinois

Killed Jan 2, 1984 · 42 years ago

Kurt Barlow, a 19-year-old male from Vernon Township, Illinois, tragically lost his life on January 2, 1984. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and tragic. Kurt Barlow was fatally shot in the chest while he was at the home of his…

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Gerald Novoselatz

Male, age 39 · San Jose, California

Killed Jan 2, 1983 · 43 years ago

Gerald Jacob Novoselatz, a 39-year-old man, passed away on January 2, 1983, in San Jose, California. His burial took place at Mount Calvary Cemetery in De Pere, Wisconsin. While records confirm his death, there is no publicly available information detailing…

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Sharon Novoselatz

Female, age 34 · San Jose, California

Killed Jan 2, 1983 · 43 years ago

Sharon K. Gossen Novoselatz, a 34-year-old Caucasian woman, was born on August 16, 1948, in De Pere, Wisconsin. She graduated from De Pere High School in 1966 and worked as a secretary for various companies, including Smith, Smith and Roels; Rothe Foundry…

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William Nichols

Male, age 32 · Indiana, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 2, 1980 · 46 years ago

William C. Nichols, a 32-year-old male from Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, tragically died on January 2, 1980, in Indiana, PA. Nichols was a victim of a brutal murder carried out by Michael Travaglia and John Lesko, who were involved in a killing spree known as…

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Kristine Mihelich

Female, age 10 · Franklin Village, Michigan

Killed Jan 2, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the winter of 1977, a quiet ten-year-old girl named Kristine Mihelich, a white female, vanished from her Berkley, Michigan neighborhood, sparking a mystery that would haunt the community for decades. On the afternoon of January 2nd, she walked the short…

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Eleanora Schlegel

Female, age 77 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 2, 1977 · 49 years ago

Eleanora Schlegel, a 77-year-old white female, died on January 2, 1997, at Glendale Adventist Medical Center in Los Angeles County, California. She had been admitted to the hospital on December 30, 1996, suffering from pneumonia. Despite initial signs of…

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Nancy Jean Heard

Female, age 24 · Ormand Beach, Florida

Killed Jan 2, 1975 · 51 years ago

On January 2, 1975, the body of Nancy Jean Heard, a 24-year-old white woman, was discovered near Bulow Creek Road, just north of Ormond Beach, Florida. Her remains were found in a wooded area, partially concealed under tree branches. Investigators determined…

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Richard Monroe Giles

Male, age 42 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 2, 1935 · 91 years ago

Richard Monroe “Dick” Giles was a professional gambler based in Phoenix, Arizona. At the time of his death he was a 42-year-old white male, born in Texas in 1892 and later buried in the City of Mesa Cemetery after his killing in early 1935. Contemporary…

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William Everette Wheeler

Male, age 29 · Almond, Arkansas

Killed Jan 2, 1935 · 91 years ago

William Everette Wheeler, male, age 29, was the chief deputy sheriff of Independence County when he was fatally shot on January 2, 1935, near Almond, Arkansas. He and Sheriff J. R. Engles had set out to serve an arrest warrant after a gas drive-off at a…

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Tony Oliver

Male, age 50 · Springfield, Missouri

Killed Jan 2, 1932 · 94 years ago

In the winter of 1932, a tragic and violent event unfolded in the rural outskirts of Springfield, Missouri, forever marking a dark day in the region's history. This event led to the death of Chief of Detectives Tony Oliver, a 50-year-old male who had…

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Oliver Crosswhite

Male, age 43 · Springfield, Missouri

Killed Jan 2, 1932 · 94 years ago

On the afternoon of January 2, 1932, a violent confrontation known as the Young Brothers Massacre took place at a farmhouse near Brookline, just outside of Springfield, Missouri. A group of law enforcement officers, including 42-year-old male Deputy Sheriff…

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Albert Sidney Meadows

Male, age 46 · Brookline, Missouri

Killed Jan 2, 1932 · 94 years ago

In the winter of 1932, a tragic and violent event unfolded in the quiet farming community of Brookline, Missouri, forever marking it as the site of one of the deadliest days in American law enforcement history. Albert Sidney Meadows, a male officer, found…

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Charles Lee Charlie Houser

Male, age 28 · Brookline, Missouri

Killed Jan 2, 1932 · 94 years ago

On January 2, 1932, a violent confrontation known as the 'Young Brothers Massacre' claimed the life of 28-year-old male Charles Lee 'Charlie' Houser near the small community of Brookline, Missouri. Houser, a patrol driver for the Springfield Police…

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Marcell Hendrix

Male, age 44 · Springfield, Missouri

Killed Jan 2, 1932 · 94 years ago

On the afternoon of January 2, 1932, a violent confrontation known as the Young Brothers Massacre unfolded at a farmhouse near Brookline, just outside of Springfield, Missouri. The incident claimed the life of Greene County Sheriff Marcell C. Hendrix, a…

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Federal Wesley Allen Fraser

Male, age 34 · Eckington, Minnesota

Killed Jan 2, 1928 · 98 years ago

In the winter of 1927, Federal Prohibition Agent Wesley Allen Fraser, a 34-year-old White male, was diligently enforcing the nation's liquor laws. On December 9th, he and his partner, Agent Carl Olson, discovered an active still in the basement of a residence…

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Alva Tucker

Male, age 52 · Ellensburg, Washington

Killed Jan 2, 1927 · 99 years ago

In the summer of 1927, a confrontation in the small city of Ellensburg, Washington, ended in the tragic death of Alva Tucker. At 52 years of age, Tucker served as the Chief of Police for the Ellensburg Police Department. His death occurred on July 2, 1927…

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