Death by Force

Carlos Mejia Escamilla

Male, age 18 · Smithfield, North Carolina

Killed Jan 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Carlos Mejia Escamilla, an 18-year-old male from Selma, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on January 8, 2018. The incident occurred at 120 Neuse Bend Road, off Grabtown Road, in the Brogden community east of Smithfield. The Johnston County Sheriff’s…

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Lyn Ardell Bullard

Male, age 22 · Lumberton, North Carolina

Killed Jan 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Lyn Ardell Bullard, a 22-year-old male from Maxton, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on January 8, 2018. Lyn, who was also known as "Pa," was found deceased near a pond on Kalyn Drive in Maxton. The investigation revealed that Lyn had been shot, and…

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Nicole Thorpe

Female, age 36 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jan 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Nicole S. Thorpe, a 36-year-old woman from Cleveland, OH, was tragically shot dead inside her Garfield Heights home on January 8, 2018. Her death was initially deemed suspicious by the police. The investigation revealed that her 16-year-old nephew, Alonzo…

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Harvey Dwayne Harper

Male, age 41 · Winchester, Tennessee

Killed Jan 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a cold January afternoon in 2018, the quiet of Oak Park in Winchester, Tennessee, was broken by a grim discovery. Harvey Dwayne Harper, a 41-year-old male from nearby Shelbyville, was found deceased in his vehicle on January 8th. An officer with the…

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David Morales Canas

Male, age 5 · Galveston, Texas

Killed Jan 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

David Morales Canas, a 5-year-old Hispanic boy, tragically died on January 8, 2018, in Galveston, Texas. The incident occurred at the San Luis Resort, an upscale hotel on the Gulf of Mexico. David, along with his father Mauricio Canas and older brother…

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Mauricio Morales Canas

Male, age 39 · Galveston, Texas

Killed Jan 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Mauricio Morales Canas, a 39-year-old Hispanic man, tragically lost his life on January 8, 2018, in Galveston, Texas. He was fatally shot by his wife, Flor de Maria Pineda Canas, who then took her own life after killing their two sons, ages 10 and 5. The…

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Thomas Sluterbeck

Male, age 43 · Nacogdoches, Texas

Killed Jan 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Thomas Vaiden Sluterbeck, a 43-year-old male from Nacogdoches, Texas, tragically passed away on January 8, 2018. He was born on May 20, 1974, and is remembered by his family and friends. The circumstances surrounding his death were investigated as a murder…

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Julian Garcia

Male, age 21 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday winter morning, the stillness of a Bessemer neighborhood was broken by the discovery of a wrecked vehicle. Inside, authorities would find 21-year-old Julian Garcia, a resident of nearby Alabaster. First responders were called to…

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Kenneth Lee King

Male, age 44 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On January 8, 2017, a shooting in north Phoenix, Arizona, left 44-year-old African-American man Kenneth Lee King mortally wounded. Police were called to the scene early that Sunday after reports of gunfire. When officers arrived, they found King suffering…

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Devante Hogan

Male, age 23 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, January 8, 2017, a young man's life was tragically cut short in a cold-blooded ambush in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood. Devante Hogan, a 23-year-old male, was fatally shot at approximately 3:14 a.m. as he was walking to…

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Larry Jr. Ware

Male, age 50 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Larry Jr. Ware, a 50-year-old Black man, was killed in Detroit, Michigan. His death appears in the public record as a homicide, but the story of what happened to him is difficult to piece together from widely accessible reporting: there is no clear, commonly…

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Remel Davis

Male, age 50 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the city of Detroit, the story of Remel Davis, a male resident, is one marked by an unsettling lack of closure. Information gleaned from online sources indicates that his passing is considered an unsolved case of death by force or murder. The community has…

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William Lashay Irvin

Male, age 35 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

William Lashay Irvin, 35, a Black man, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after gunfire erupted in the downtown Warehouse District during the early hours of January 8, 2017. It was the uneasy moment after bar close, when the night's crowds spilled into the…

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David Atchison

Male, age 38 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 8, 2017, the body of 38-year-old David Atchison was discovered on a roadway in southwest Oklahoma City. Officers had been responding to reports of a body when they made the grim discovery. Investigators noted that…

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Catherine Wicker

Female, age 81 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On Sunday evening, January 8, 2017, 81-year-old Catherine Ione Wicker, a white woman from the Memphis area, drove to the Sycamore Lake Apartments in northeast Memphis to visit her adult son. She was known among family and friends as a nurturing, deeply kind…

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Juan Rodriguez

Male, age 60 · Fort Worth, Texas

Found Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On January 8, 2017, Juan Rodriguez, a 60-year-old Hispanic male from Fort Worth, Texas, passed away. However, there are no publicly available records or reports detailing the circumstances surrounding his death, nor any information regarding arrests…

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Ashanika Lee

Female, age 42 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Ashanika “Shanika” Lee, a 43-year-old Black woman, was killed in Milwaukee during the early morning hours of January 8, 2017, after a night out with members of her family. Lee was near North 76th Street and West Florist Avenue, in the area of 76th and…

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Elizabeth Anne Rousseau

Female, age 44 · Prattville, Alabama

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a quiet Sunday evening in Prattville, Alabama, the stillness of January 8, 2017, was shattered by a domestic dispute that escalated into a tragic act of violence, leaving a family torn apart. Inside their home, 44-year-old Elizabeth Anne Rousseau, a…

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Dariberto Velazquez Mendez

Male, age 32 · Wilmington, Delaware

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Dariberto Velazquez Mendez was 32 years old, a Hispanic/Latino man whose life ended inside a parked vehicle on a quiet Sunday morning in Wilmington, Delaware. At approximately 8:45 a.m. on January 8, 2017, Wilmington police officers were dispatched to the 200…

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Mashon Jackson

Male, age 20 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Sunday evening in January 2017, the life of 20-year-old Mashon L. Jackson, a male, was cut short in a burst of gunfire near the intersection of 34th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Little Rock, Arkansas. Officers from the Little Rock Police…

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Heriberto Rodriguez

Male, age 35 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of Sunday, January 8, 2017, the life of 35-year-old Hispanic male Heriberto Rodriguez was tragically cut short in Hartford, Connecticut. The city's first homicide of the new year unfolded on Whitmore Street, where police responded to a…

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Anna Morrison

Male, age 71 · Morehead, Kentucky

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet community of Morehead, Kentucky, a welfare check on a Sunday afternoon escalated into a tragic event that claimed the lives of three people, including 71-year-old Anna Morrison. When deputies from the Rowan County Sheriff's Office arrived at the…

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Latoya Cooper

Female, age 32 · Morehead, Kentucky

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a tragic day in Morehead, Kentucky, the life of 32-year-old Latoya Leah Susan Cooper, a white female, was cut short in a violent shooting on January 8, 2017. Born and raised in Morehead, Latoya was a former business owner in Cincinnati, Ohio, known for her…

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Juan Palomino

Male, age 25 · Toppenish, Washington

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Toppenish, Washington, the life of a young man, Juan Antonio Palomino, was tragically cut short on the night of January 8, 2017. At 25 years old, Juan, a male known for his intelligence and kind heart, was a passenger in a…

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Barbara Martone

Female, age 81 · Wayne, New Jersey

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a winter day in Wayne, New Jersey, the life of 81-year-old Barbara Martone came to a tragic end. On January 8, 2017, she was found deceased in her home on Dwyer Street. A resident of Wayne for 44 years, Barbara was a well-known and loved member of the…

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Deavon Jacobs

Male, age 25 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the winter of 2017, the life of 25-year-old Deavon L. Jacobs, a Black / African American man from Richmond, Virginia, was tragically cut short. On the night of January 8th, police were called to a Motel 6 on Greshamwood Place in South Richmond. Inside one…

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Joseph Samuel Hall

Male, age 87 · Simpsonville, South Carolina

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet town of Simpsonville, South Carolina, the lives of a long-married couple, Joseph Samuel Hall, 87, and his wife, Mildred Ann Hall, 85, came to a tragic and unsettling end. On a Sunday in early January 2017, a grim discovery was made at their home…

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Mildred Ann Hall

Female, age 85 · Simpsonville, South Carolina

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet community of Simpsonville, South Carolina, the lives of an elderly couple were tragically cut short in a violent act that remains shrouded in mystery. On January 8, 2017, 85-year-old Mildred Ann Hall and her 87-year-old husband, Joseph Samuel…

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Jermaine Roach

Male, age 25 · Temple-hills, Maryland

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the winter of 2017, the life of 25-year-old Jermaine Roach, a Black male from Temple Hills, Maryland, was tragically cut short. On the afternoon of January 8th, gunshots rang out in the vicinity of Hill Park Drive and Dunlap Street. When officers from the…

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Mary Gray

Female, age 40 · Tallahassee, Florida

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Mary Lee Gray, a 40-year-old woman from Tallahassee, FL, was tragically killed on January 8, 2017. Mary, who was working as a confidential informant for the Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), was fatally shot during a drug deal at a Holton Street apartment…

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Deon Beamon

Male, age 21 · Harvey, Illinois

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Deon Beamon, a 21-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 8, 2017, in Harvey, Illinois. The incident occurred during a violent home invasion at his family's residence on Calumet Boulevard. On that fateful evening, two masked men…

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Willie Reeves

Male, age 25 · Bedford-park, Illinois

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Willie Reeves, a 25-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 8, 2017, in Bedford Park, Illinois. The incident occurred after he was shot early on New Year's Day. Despite efforts to save him, Willie succumbed to his injuries a week…

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Javonte Donaldson

Male, age 19 · Slidell, Louisiana

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on a Sunday night in Slidell, Louisiana, 19-year-old Javonte Donaldson, a male, lost his life in a shootout that erupted during a drug transaction. The incident, which marked the first homicide in St. Tammany Parish in 2017…

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Ryan Dubuc

Male, age 28 · Hahnville, Louisiana

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the morning of January 9, 2017, the body of 28-year-old Ryan Joseph Dubuc of Metairie, Louisiana, was discovered by plant workers along an access road in Hahnville. An electrician on his way to work, Dubuc had been shot multiple times and was pronounced…

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Savaughn Conner

Male, age 33 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Savaughn Conner, a 33-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically shot to death on January 8, 2017. His body was discovered around 9:30 a.m. that morning near the entrance of a business park on South James Road. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene.…

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Brock Wyatt Blick

Male, age 11 · Cedar-hill, Tennessee

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Sunday in January of 2017, the life of a young boy from Clarksville, Tennessee, was tragically cut short. Eleven-year-old Brock Wyatt Blick was on a hunting trip in the Cedar Hill area on January 8th when he was fatally wounded by a shotgun blast. The…

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Edgar Avila

Male, age 25 · Balch-springs, Texas

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Edgar Avila, a 25-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on January 8, 2017, in Balch Springs, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of extensive investigation and legal proceedings. Edgar Avila's death was a result of…

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George Martinez

Male, age 32 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On January 8, 2017, George Joseph Martinez, a 32-year-old Hispanic male from San Antonio, Texas, was involved in a fatal altercation at a gas station located at Interstate 35 and Starlight Terrace. Martinez, accompanied by his girlfriend, Holly Darkentell…

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Manuel Rodriguez

Male, age 28 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the evening of January 8, 2017, the Rodriguez family returned to their home at the Santa Monica Apartments in Houston, Texas. Manuel Rodriguez, a 28-year-old Hispanic male, was unloading groceries with his wife and three children around 8:30 p.m. In a…

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Kenneth Washington

Male, age 47 · Temple Hills, Maryland

Killed Jan 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the winter of 2015, the life of 47-year-old Kenneth Washington, a Black male, was tragically cut short in Temple Hills, Maryland. On the afternoon of January 8th, police were called to the 3100 block of Good Hope Avenue for a report of a shooting. Upon…

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Alex Dosouto

Male, age 25 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Jan 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the cold winter night of January 8, 2015, Alex Dosouto, a 24-year-old Black male from Dorchester, became the first homicide victim of the year in Boston. At approximately 10:45 PM, gunfire erupted on Harrishof Street in the Roxbury neighborhood. When…

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Kareem Dacres

Male, age 22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

Kareem Dacres, a 22-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was shot on Christmas Day, Thursday, December 25, 2014, on the 1700 block of Pike Street. Philadelphia police officers were called to the scene at about 5:42 p.m., where they found him suffering from…

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Darren Fluellen

Male, age 26 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the cold of a Philadelphia January in 2015, the life of 26-year-old Darren Fluellen was tragically cut short by an act of gun violence. On a day that started like any other, Fluellen found himself on his cousin's front porch, a familiar and ordinarily safe…

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David Koah

Male, age 30 · San Antonio, Texas

Found Jan 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

David Koah, aged 30, died on January 8, 2015, after a tragic sequence of events that began in March 2014. He was shot in the head during what was believed to be a drug-related incident at an apartment complex on the Northeast Side of San Antonio. When police…

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Shaquille Johnson

Male, age 24 · Glendale, Arizona

Killed Jan 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the winter of 2015, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace in Glendale, Arizona, leaving a young man dead and another fighting for their life. The incident, which unfolded on January 8, 2015, claimed the life of 24-year-old Shaquille Johnson, a Black male…

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Randy Alexander Williams

Male, age 28 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

Randy Alexander Williams, a 28‑year‑old male, was discovered unresponsive on the morning of January 8, 2015, in the parking lot of the Candalaria Plaza Apartments in Southeast Portland, Oregon. When police arrived, they found him gravely injured and promptly…

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Kevin Gramajo

Male, age 16 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a cold Thursday evening in early January 2015, traffic along Southwest 25th Street and South May Avenue in Oklahoma City moved as usual until a brief, angry encounter between drivers pulled Kevin Gramajo, a 16-year-old male from the city, into a moment…

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Christy Ann Wilt

Female, age 41 · Palmyra, Michigan

Killed Jan 8, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet community of Palmyra, Michigan, the life of 41-year-old Christy Ann Wilt, a Caucasian female, came to a sudden and tragic end on the evening of January 8, 2015. Authorities were called to her Deerfield Road home where they discovered her outside…

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