Deaths by Force on January 31

Deaths by Force (419)

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Vicki Ripple

Female, age 17 · Newport News, Virginia

Killed Jan 31, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the winter of 1984, a seventeen-year-old white female named Vicki Ripple was working at a High's Ice Cream store in Newport News, Virginia, when her life was tragically cut short. On January 31st, during what should have been a routine lunchtime shift on a…

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James Ryon

Male, age 26 · Shelbyville, Indiana

Killed Jan 31, 1980 · 46 years ago

On a cold winter day in Shelbyville, Indiana, the life of 26-year-old James Joseph Ryon was tragically cut short. On January 31, 1980, Ryon, a male, was killed by an act of gun violence. The specific details of the events that transpired on that day remain…

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Robert Jackson

Male, age 29 · Dothan, Alabama

Killed Jan 31, 1978 · 48 years ago

On the evening of January 31, 1978, Sergeant Robert Jackson, a 29-year-old Black male narcotics officer with the Dothan Police Department, returned to his home after a day's work. As he was getting out of his car, the night was shattered by the sound of a…

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Clyde Hay

Male, age 34 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 1975 · 51 years ago

Clyde Hay, a 34-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on January 31, 1975, in Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California. His death was part of a series of murders attributed to Vaughn Orrin Greenwood, infamously known as the 'Skid Row Slasher.'…

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Krista Melton

Female, age 14 · Titusville, Florida

Killed Jan 31, 1973 · 53 years ago

Krista Jean Melton, a 14-year-old White female from Brevard County, Florida, was reported missing on November 14, 1973. Her remains were discovered on January 31, 1974, in North Brevard, Florida. She had been shot in the head and was found fully clothed. The…

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Louis Allen

Male, age 44 · Liberty, Mississippi

Killed Jan 31, 1964 · 62 years ago

In the quiet, rural town of Liberty, Mississippi, a 44-year-old African American logger and World War II veteran named Louis Allen became a casualty of the turbulent civil rights era. His life was abruptly and violently ended on the night of January 31, 1964…

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David S. Cox

Male, age 40 · Holdenville, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 31, 1908 · 118 years ago

Deputy Sheriff David S. Cox, a 40-year-old white man serving with the Hughes County Sheriff’s Office, spent the last day of his life working a routine complaint in the small Oklahoma town of Holdenville. Born David Samuel Cox in Indiana in March 1867, he had…

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Henry Hampton

Male, age 53 · Kyle, Texas

Killed Jan 31, 1905 · 121 years ago

Night Watchman Henry Hampton Joslin, aged 53, was tragically killed in the line of duty on January 31, 1905, in Kyle, Texas. Joslin, a widower with six surviving children, was patrolling downtown near the train depot when he was shot by an unknown assailant.…

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Esteban Moya Valdez

Male, age 27 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 2026 · this year

In Los Angeles, California, on January 31, 2026, a young Hispanic man's life was cut short in what has been described as a tragic accident. Esteban Adolfo Moya Valdez, a 27-year-old male, was at his residence when he sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the…

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Stephen L Worthington

Male, age 48 · Camarillo, California

Killed Jan 31, 2026 · this year

On a Saturday morning in Camarillo, California, the life of 48-year-old Stephen L. Worthington was tragically cut short in an act of violence that concluded with a dramatic chase and the suicide of the suspect. Just before 11:45 a.m. on January 31, 2026…

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Judy M. Loewe

Female, age 60 · North Bend, Washington

Killed Jan 31, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet town of North Bend, Washington, a tragic story unfolded, revealing the final days of 60-year-old Judy M. Loewe. On January 31, 2024, maintenance workers at the Arrive North Bend townhome complex arrived to conduct a welfare check as part of a…

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Nathan Loot

Male, age 46 · Pell City, Alabama

Killed Jan 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

In a quiet corner of Pell City, Alabama, a story of intertwined fates unfolded, leaving a community with more questions than answers. Nathan Lee Loot, a 46-year-old white male, was discovered deceased inside his residence on Wolf Creek Road South, his life…

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Victor Scott

Male, age 56 · Tacoma, Washington

Killed Jan 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the afternoon of January 31, 2022, a road rage incident in Tacoma, Washington, claimed the life of 56-year-old Victor Scott, a male resident of Graham and a truck driver. Scott was a passenger in the backseat of a car, accompanied by a female driver and…

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Justin Baker

Male, age 46 · Springfield, Missouri

Killed Jan 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

In a somber turn of events in Springfield, Missouri, the body of a 46-year-old man, Justin S. Baker, was discovered on the grounds of the Springfield National Cemetery on January 31, 2022. Baker, a male, was found deceased alongside another man, Mark D.…

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James Moore

Male, age 31 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the cold of a late January night in 2022, the life of James Moore, a 31-year-old male, was brought to a violent and tragic end in Baltimore, Maryland. His body was discovered in the early morning hours of January 31st on a desolate block of Morris Road in…

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Kelvin Edouard

Male, age 24 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

Kelvin Edouard, a 24-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on January 31, 2022. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Edouard was fatally shot near 650 S. Spring St. in Downtown Los Angeles.…

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Christopher Deon Baker

Male, age 32 · Hyde-park, California

Killed Jan 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Christopher Deon Baker, a 32-year-old man, was tragically shot and killed on January 25, 2020, in Hyde Park, California. The incident occurred in the 3400 block of West Florence Avenue. According to the Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner’s records…

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Gus Bolanos Jr.

Male, age 30 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Gus Bolanos Jr., a 30-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on January 31, 2020, in Wilmington, Los Angeles. The incident occurred around 11:52 a.m. while Bolanos was seated in the passenger seat of a parked car on the 200 block of West Anaheim…

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Marc-Antony Ramirez Sr.

Male, age 55 · Long Beach, California

Killed Jan 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Marc-Antony Ramirez Sr. was 55 years old when he died on Friday, January 31, 2020, almost four weeks after he was found badly hurt in an alley in North Long Beach. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, his death was a homicide caused…

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Ming Yang

Male, age 53 · Monterey Park, California

Killed Jan 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Ming Yang was 53 years old when he died on Friday, January 31, 2020, in Monterey Park, in the western San Gabriel Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 1100 block of College View Drive. His death…

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Ana Smith

Female, age 50 · Hawthorne, California

Killed Jan 31, 2018 · 8 years ago

Ana Smith, a 50-year-old resident of Hawthorne, California, tragically lost her life on January 31, 2018. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Ana Smith was fatally shot near the intersection of 141st Street and Prairie…

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Fidel Campos

Male, age 24 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Fidel De Jesus Campos, a 24-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on February 1, 2017, following a shooting incident in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of Los Angeles. On the night of January 31, 2017, Campos and Ricardo Cruz-Mendoza, 43, were walking in…

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Ricardo Cruz-Mendoza

Male, age 43 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Ricardo Cruz-Mendoza, a 43-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on January 31, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Cruz-Mendoza was shot in the 900 block of West 74th Street in the Vermont Knolls…

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Juan Garcia

Male, age 28 · Katy, Texas

Killed Jan 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Juan Martin Garcia, a 35-year-old male of Salvadoran descent, was executed on October 6, 2015, for the capital murder of Hugo Solano, a 36-year-old Christian missionary from Guadalajara, Mexico. The incident occurred on September 17, 1998, when Garcia, along…

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Herbert Aragon Jr.

Male, age 37 · Moneta, Virginia

Killed Jan 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Herbert Aragon Jr., a 37-year-old man from Moneta, Virginia, died on January 31, 2014, in a shooting inside the home he shared with his girlfriend in Franklin County. In the early afternoon, a 911 call came in from a cell phone, and the caller—shaken and…

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Laura Evans

Female, age 45 · Appomattox, Virginia

Killed Jan 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet community of Appomattox, Virginia, the life of 45-year-old Laura Lee Woody Evans was tragically cut short on the evening of Friday, January 31, 2014. A graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman's College and a dedicated employee of the Appomattox County…

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Justin Russell

Male, age 31 · Groveland, Florida

Killed Jan 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Justin Russell, a 31-year-old resident of Groveland, Florida, tragically lost his life on January 31, 2014. The incident occurred during a gathering of family and friends in the Stuckey Loop area near Groveland. The altercation that led to his death was…

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Mario Monroy Hughes

Male, age 31 · Moore-haven, Florida

Killed Jan 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Mario Monroy Hughes, a 31-year-old male of Salvadoran descent, tragically passed away on January 31, 2014, in Moore Haven, Florida. Born on July 12, 1982, in Ahuachapán, El Salvador, Mario grew up in Moore Haven and graduated from Moore Haven High School in…

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Fred Martin Jr.

Male, age 37 · Saint-amant, Louisiana

Killed Jan 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

In a quiet neighborhood in Saint Amant, Louisiana, the life of Fred Martin Jr., a 37-year-old male, was abruptly cut short on January 31, 2014. That evening, deputies from the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a residence on LA Highway 933…

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Michael Rogers

Male, age 52 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Jan 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a cold January morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the body of a 52-year-old man named Michael Rogers was discovered. It was Friday, January 31, 2014, and Rogers, who was known to be homeless, had been fatally shot. The circumstances surrounding his death…

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Joseph Christopher Magdaleno

Male, age 21 · Whittier, California

Killed Jan 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

Joseph Christopher Magdaleno was 21 years old when he died on Saturday, January 31, 2009, in Whittier. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 12725 Wardman St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed…

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Wesley Hemphill

Male, age 43 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 31, 2007 · 19 years ago

Wesley Hemphill was 43 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Wednesday, January 31, 2007. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through…

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Victoriano Lopez Cruz

Male, age 37 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 2005 · 21 years ago

Victoriano Lopez Cruz was 37 years old when he died on Monday, January 31, 2005, in Sun Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 12058 Saticoy St. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Denied Balderama

Female, age 19 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 2004 · 22 years ago

On January 31, 2004, nineteen-year-old Denied Balderama died in Los Angeles, California. She was a Hispanic female whose life was abruptly cut short in the sprawling city at an age when adulthood was just beginning. The specific street corner, residence, or…

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Su Cha Thomas

Female, age 40 · Dale-city, Virginia

Killed Jan 31, 1982 · 44 years ago

On a cold winter day in Dale City, Virginia, the life of 40-year-old Asian female Su Cha Thomas was tragically cut short. On January 31, 1982, she became a victim of gun violence, a shocking event in what was then considered a part-rural, part-suburban…

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