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Larissa Easley-Kelly

Female, age 45 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Jan 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Larissa Easley-Kelly, a 45-year-old woman from Fort Worth, Texas, passed away on January 31, 2014. Larissa, who was born on December 16, 1968, in Colorado, had a distinguished career in the Air Force, serving from 1986 to 1996 as an air-launched cruise…

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Vicente Herrera-Rosas

Male · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Vicente Herrera-Rosas, a Hispanic / Latino man from Phoenix, is remembered in public records today not through detailed news accounts, but as a name in cold-case rolls, listed simply as a homicide victim whose killing remains unsolved. In those databases he…

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Jonathan Woods

Male, age 23 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the spring of 2011, a burst of gunfire on a street in Southeast Washington, D.C. set in motion a tragedy that would take nearly two years to reach its somber conclusion. On April 4th, in the 400 block of Burbank Street SE, a young Black man named Jonathan…

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Cardell Brown

Male, age 55 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jan 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the an early morning hour of Thursday, January 31, 2013, 55-year-old Cardell Brown, a Black male, was found deceased inside his residence in the 800 block of Jackson Avenue in New Orleans, near the edge of the St. Thomas neighborhood. An investigation by…

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Mark Hasse

Male, age 57 · Kaufman, Texas

Killed Jan 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Mark Hasse, a 57-year-old Caucasian male, was the Assistant District Attorney for Kaufman County, Texas. On January 31, 2013, he was shot and killed while walking from his car to the courthouse in Kaufman, Texas. The gunman, who was masked and dressed in…

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Chris Williams

Male, age 27 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jan 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the heart of New Orleans, a life was cut short on January 31, 2012, with the passing of Chris Michael Williams. A Black/African American male, he was known to his loved ones as "Awe-Slim." His death left a void in the lives of his family, including his…

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Fetzroy Falconer

Male · Adelphi, Maryland

Killed Jan 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a cold Tuesday evening, January 31, 2012, the life of Fetzroy Falconer, a Black/African American man, was tragically cut short in Adelphi, Maryland. In the residential neighborhood of the 1800 block of Metzerott Road, police responded to reports of a…

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Kadejah Davis

Female, age 12 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

In a tragic and senseless act of violence, 12-year-old Kade'jah Davis, a female honor roll student, was fatally shot on January 31, 2012, in her home on the northwest side of Detroit, Michigan. The young girl's life was cut short over a dispute concerning a…

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Sophos Siv

Male, age 40 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia, a quiet street became the scene of a brutal and unsettling crime. Sophos Siv, a 40-year-old Asian man, was discovered lifeless in his home, the victim of a violent home invasion. His wife made the horrific discovery…

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Miguel Ibarra

Male, age 20 · Fort Worth, Texas

Found Jan 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

Miguel Ibarra, a 20-year-old Hispanic male, was a cherished son, father, brother, and friend whose life was tragically cut short on January 31, 2012, in Fort Worth, Texas. Though his time on this earth was brief, Miguel left an indelible mark on those who…

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Dena Knight Hancock

Female, age 44 · Ozark, Arkansas

Killed Jan 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the quiet town of Ozark, Arkansas, a tragedy unfolded that cut short the life of Dena Knight Hancock. On January 31, 2012, the 44-year-old woman was found dead, a victim of gun violence. Her death marked a grim entry in the records of a national gun…

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Dion Pettis

Male, age 21 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Jan 31, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early hours of January 31, 2010, the life of 21-year-old Dion Pettis was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire at a Kansas City, Missouri nightclub. The incident unfolded at Club Champs, located at 3900 Jackson, where violence shattered the…

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Rickey Jr. Harrell

Male, age 23 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jan 31, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a cold winter's day in Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 23-year-old Rickey Jr. Harrell, a Black male, was tragically cut short on January 31, 2010. The circumstances surrounding his death remain shrouded in mystery, with publicly available information…

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Carlos Garcia

Male, age 38 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jan 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

Carlos Garcia, 38, a Hispanic/Latino man from Birmingham, was killed on January 31, 2009, in a shooting that left him dead inside a vehicle in the parking lot at 800 Gadsden Highway. Another man was found wounded in the same vehicle, suggesting the violence…

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Christopher Lester

Male, age 21 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found Jan 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

On January 31, 2009, Christopher Lashawn Lester, aged 21, was found murdered in Jacksonville, Florida. His death occurred under violent circumstances, and his case remains unsolved. Lester was shot in what appears to have been an intentional homicide.…

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Roxana Ocampo

Female, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

On January 31, 2009, a tragic fire engulfed a three-story apartment building at 3912 West Argyle Street in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood, claiming the lives of 23-year-old Hispanic female Roxana Ocampo and her 7-year-old daughter, Itzel Fernandez. At the…

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Itzel Fernandez

Female, age 7 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

On January 31, 2009, a devastating arson attack in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood claimed the lives of 7-year-old Hispanic/Latina female Itzel Fernandez and her 23-year-old mother, Roxana Ocampo, who was five months pregnant at the time. The fire erupted…

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Kendrick Powell

Male, age 30 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jan 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the summer of 2017, the life of 38-year-old Kendrick Powell was tragically cut short in Memphis, Tennessee. A male with a passion for the culinary arts, Powell was known by friends and family as a talented chef who had honed his skills in various…

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Jesus Barboza

Male, age 38 · Houston, Texas

Found Jan 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

Jesus Barboza, a 38-year-old man from Houston, Texas, passed away on January 31, 2009. While specific details about his death are not available in the provided search results, it is known that he was a resident of Houston at the time of his passing. Houston…

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Darryl Maurice Robinson

Male, age 28 · Temple-hills, Maryland

Killed Jan 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 31, 2009, the life of 28-year-old Darryl Maurice Robinson Jr. was tragically cut short in Temple Hills, Maryland. An altercation that began inside the Trade Winds Nightclub spilled out into the surrounding area…

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Rose Marie Alice Avalos

Female, age 30 · Paramount, California

Killed Jan 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

Rose Marie Alice Avalos, a 30-year-old Latina, tragically passed away on January 31, 2009, in Paramount, California. Her death was the result of a gunshot wound to the neck, which she sustained almost a year earlier in March 2008. Avalos was sitting in a…

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John Jermaine Shannon

Male, age 22 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Jan 31, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the early moments of Wednesday, January 30, 2008, a dispute on a Nashville street corner abruptly ended the life of John Jermaine Shannon. An African-American male, Shannon was 32 years old at the time of his death. The altercation occurred near 621 Dew…

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Roderick Fontenot

Male, age 26 · Houston, Texas

Found Jan 31, 2008 · 18 years ago

Roderick Eugene Fontenot, aged 26, was killed on January 31, 2008, in Houston, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death have limited publicly available information, but his memorial page notes that he was laid to rest at Magnolia Memorial Garden in…

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Jennifer Merritt

Female, age 31 · San Francisco, California

Found Jan 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

On January 31, 2007, 31-year-old Jennifer Merritt was tragically murdered in San Francisco, California. Her case remains unsolved and is classified as a cold case by the San Francisco Police Department. Authorities continue to investigate, and there is still…

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Jarrell Reid

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jan 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

On January 31, 2007, Jarrell Reid, a 21-year-old man from Dayton, Ohio, was shot in a drive-by shooting. The incident took place in Dayton, Montgomery County, and left Reid critically injured. After fighting for his life for five days, he tragically passed…

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Michael Swann

Male, age 25 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jan 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

Michael Swann, a 25-year-old Black male, was murdered on January 31, 2007, in Philadelphia. His case remains unsolved, with no arrests made. The circumstances of the homicide are still under investigation, and the lack of leads has left the case open for more…

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Michael Ghafoor

Male, age 22 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Found Jan 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

Michael Ghafoor, a 22-year-old male, was shot and killed on January 31, 2007, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His death occurred in a period of significant gun violence in Pittsburgh, where firearms were the weapon used in 80% of the city's homicides during that…

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Jarrel Khalid Reid

Male, age 21 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jan 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jarrel Khalid Reid, a 21-year-old Black male from Dayton, Ohio, tragically lost his life on January 31, 2007. His death was ruled a homicide, and the case remains unsolved to this day. The Dayton Police Department has been investigating the incident, but no…

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Tyrone Bradley

Null, age 20 · Apple Valley, California

Killed Jan 31, 2005 · 21 years ago

Tyrone Bradley, a 20-year-old resident of Apple Valley, California, was tragically shot and killed on February 1, 2005. He was found in the parking lot of an apartment complex near Serrano Road shortly after leaving his girlfriend’s apartment. Despite an…

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Yvone Rettig

Female, age 39 · Mesa, Arizona

Killed Jan 31, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the quiet of a Mesa, Arizona neighborhood, a story of an unsolved mystery began to unfold on the last day of January in 2004. Inside her home in the 7700 block of E. Frito, the life of 39-year-old Yvone E. Rettig, a female, had been tragically cut short.…

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Winston Moton

Male, age 29 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 31, 2004 · 22 years ago

On the evening of January 31, 2004, a conversation on a Portland sidewalk turned deadly for Winston Moton, a 29-year-old African-American man. At approximately 7:37 p.m., while standing with several other men on Northwest Couch Street, between 5th and 6th…

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Jamaal Wells

Male, age 23 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 31, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 31, 2004, the life of a 23-year-old African-American man, Jamaal Wells, was tragically cut short in Portland, Oregon. Wells, described as a well-liked individual, had been out at Club Exotica, located near the…

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Sean Ross Williams

Male, age 19 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 2004 · 22 years ago

Sean Ross Williams, a 19-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on January 31, 2004. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Sean was fatally shot in Cypress Park, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. The incident…

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Casey Jo Pipestem

Female, age 19 · Grapevine, Texas

Killed Jan 31, 2004 · 22 years ago

Casey Jo Pipestem, a 19-year-old Native American woman and member of the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma, was found dead on January 31, 2004, beneath a bridge near Big Bear Creek in Grapevine, Texas. Her body was discovered by a man and his daughter walking near a…

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Jerome Booda Medina

Male, age 20 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Jan 31, 2002 · 24 years ago

A 20-year-old Hispanic male named Jerome "Booda" Parker Medina died from gun violence in Hartford, Connecticut, on Thursday, January 31, 2002. At the time of his death, both of his parents, Cielo Medina and Jerome Parker, had already passed away. He was under…

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Melody Brewer

Female, age 17 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 2000 · 26 years ago

Melody Ann Brewer, a 17-year-old from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost her life on January 31, 2000. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Melody was shot in San Pedro, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. The incident occurred when she was…

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Curtis Isreal

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jan 31, 1998 · 28 years ago

On January 31, 1998, Curtis Isreal, aged 38, was shot and killed in Dayton, Ohio. The incident took place in Montgomery County, and Curtis died on the same day. The Dayton Police Department is handling the investigation, but unfortunately, the case remains…

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Tina Hertzog

Female, age 21 · Reading, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 31, 1998 · 28 years ago

In a tragic end to a life marked by a violent act a quarter-century earlier, Tina L. Hertzog, a 45-year-old white woman from Reading, Pennsylvania, died on February 1, 2023. Her death was the direct result of complications from a gunshot wound she sustained…

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Misty McGugin

Female, age 22 · Mobile, Alabama

Killed Jan 31, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the winter of 1998, a young woman's disappearance from Mobile, Alabama, unraveled a story of a predator lurking in the shadows. Misty McGugin, a 22-year-old female, was last seen by her family on Friday, January 30, 1998, when she dropped off her…

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Colette Rowles

Female · Oak Hills, California

Found Jan 31, 1997 · 29 years ago

Colette Rowles, a 50-year-old resident of Hesperia, California, was reported missing on January 3, 1997. She was last seen with her boyfriend, Barry Bryant, and two other friends after they left a local bar. According to Bryant, the two had an argument later…

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Diana Ault

Female, age 26 · Independence, Missouri

Killed Jan 31, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the winter of 1994, the life of Diana Ault, a 26-year-old female, was tragically cut short in her Independence, Missouri, home. On the evening of January 31st, she returned from a Super Bowl watch party with her two young children, a four-year-old son and…

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Neal Summers

Male, age 45 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Jan 31, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the pre-dawn quiet of a Monday morning in Seattle, on January 31, 1994, Neal Summers, a 45-year-old male teacher, arrived at Whitman Middle School. As he was about to enter the building around 6:20 a.m., the calm was shattered by the sound of a rifle…

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Guy P. Gaddis

Male, age 24 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 31, 1994 · 32 years ago

Guy P. Gaddis, a 24-year-old white male police officer with the Houston Police Department, was tragically killed on January 31, 1994, while transporting two handcuffed prisoners to jail. Officer Gaddis was shot in the back of the head three times by one of…

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Fidel Rodriguez Hernandez

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 31, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 31, 1993, a man named Fidel Rodriguez Hernandez was shot and killed in Washington, D.C. The incident occurred at approximately 2:50 a.m. in the 1400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest. The case remains an open…

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Nathan Williams

Male · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Jan 31, 1993 · 33 years ago

Nathan Williams was a newly graduated Jackson Police Department officer, a Black/African American man, whose life was cut short by gunfire in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 31, 1993. He had just completed the police academy and was preparing to begin his…

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Hilario Larry Serrano

Male, age 29 · Bronx, New York

Killed Jan 31, 1992 · 34 years ago

On the evening of January 31, 1992, Hilario 'Larry' Serrano, a 29-year-old off-duty New York City Police Officer, was in the elevator of his mother's apartment building on Andrews Avenue in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx. He was accompanied by his…

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Doris Wong Lee

Female, age 62 · Oakland-hills, California

Killed Jan 31, 1985 · 41 years ago

Doris Wong Lee, aged 62, was tragically found dead in her Oakland Hills home on January 31, 1985. Her death was the result of a violent burglary that escalated into murder. The perpetrator, Anthony Rene Wimberly, broke into her home with the intent to rob it.…

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Angelo Brown

Male, age 27 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Jan 31, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the early morning hours of a frigid Tuesday, January 31st, 1984, the life of Angelo E. Brown, a 27-year-old male police officer, was tragically cut short on a Brooklyn street. Brown, who had served with the New York City Police Department for a single…

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