Death by Force

Diane McFarland

Female, age 65 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a cold January day in Indianapolis, the lives of a family were forever altered by an act of violence. Sixty-five-year-old Diane McFarland, a White female, was found deceased on January 9, 2020. She was not alone in her final moments; alongside her was…

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Seth Barton

Male, age 19 · Muncie, Indiana

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the winter of 2020, the life of 19-year-old Seth Barton was tragically cut short in his hometown of Muncie, Indiana. On the morning of January 9th, Muncie police were dispatched to an apartment complex on West White River Boulevard after reports of…

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Shane McFarland

Male, age 26 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the cold of a January evening in Indianapolis, a grim discovery was made that left a family shattered and a community searching for answers. On January 9, 2020, police were called to the 6600 block of East 45th Street on the city's northeast side. Inside a…

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Shaugnje Scott

Male, age 24 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the winter of 2020, the life of 24-year-old Shaugnje Scott was tragically cut short in Indianapolis, Indiana. On the morning of January 9th, a 911 call led officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department to her apartment on the city's west…

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Richard Reed

Male, age 41 · New-york, New York

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

An evening in the East Village took a violent turn on January 9, 2020, resulting in the death of 41-year-old Richard Reed. The incident, which unfolded into a chaotic scene involving police, concluded with a second death and an ongoing investigation into the…

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Raul Martinez

Male, age 49 · Florence---firestone, California

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

Raul Martinez, a 49-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on January 9, 2020, in Florence-Firestone, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Martinez was shot near 1916 E. 69th St. The incident occurred in…

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Raul Perez Leon

Male, age 52 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

Raul Perez Leon, a 52-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on January 9, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. According to reports, Raul Perez Leon was fatally shot, marking his death as a homicide. The incident occurred under circumstances that have…

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Kollin Felton

Male, age 26 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

Kollin Felton, a 26-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 9, 2020, in Jacksonville, Florida. Felton was riding his newly purchased dirt bike in the Lackawanna neighborhood when he was pursued by a newer-model Dodge Ram truck. The…

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Chance Kelley

Male, age 19 · Thomasville, Georgia

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet pre-dawn hours of January 9, 2020, the life of Chance Jammal Kelley, a 19-year-old male, was violently extinguished in his hometown of Thomasville, Georgia. A United States Marine, Kelley was discovered deceased from multiple gunshot wounds under…

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James Christopher Drake

Male, age 75 · Hephzibah, Georgia

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet, early morning hours of January 9, 2020, in the rural town of Hephzibah, Georgia, a domestic dispute turned fatal, ending the life of 75-year-old James Christopher Drake. A disabled Vietnam veteran and a man who found joy in restoring old cars…

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Carl Bubba Eugene Jones

Male, age 31 · Emerald-isle, North Carolina

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

Carl "Bubba" Eugene Jones Jr., a 31-year-old male from Newport, North Carolina, tragically passed away on January 9, 2020. He was found shot to death inside a fully-engulfed burning home on Melanie Street in Emerald Isle. Emergency personnel responded to the…

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Leonard Loehr

Male, age 42 · Morganton, North Carolina

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

Leonard Evan Loehr, a 42-year-old man of Filipino ethnicity, tragically passed away on January 9, 2020, in Morganton, North Carolina. Leonard, also known as Leo, was born on September 3, 1977, in Olongapo City, Philippines, to Rosalinda Wilson. He was found…

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Brian Hall

Male, age 21 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

Brian Hall, a 21-year-old male from Harrisburg, PA, tragically died on January 9, 2020, as a result of a shooting at his apartment in the 1500 block of South 15th Street. According to reports, Hall had moved to Harrisburg from New Jersey and was staying at…

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Lexus Jawanda Brice

Female, age 25 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the Mayfair section of Philadelphia, a story of a young life cut short unfolded in January 2020. Lexus Jawanda Brice, a 25-year-old Black female, was a woman who wore many hats: a devoted foster mother to three children, a home health care worker, and a…

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AnJonae Jenice Eubanks

Female, age 33 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

AnJonae Jenice Eubanks, a 33-year-old African American woman, was tragically shot and killed on January 9, 2020, in Fort Worth, Texas. The incident occurred in front of a home on Canyon Circle, a residential street near Altamesa Boulevard and McCart Avenue.…

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Willie Earl Thomas Jr.

Male, age 55 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

Willie Earl Thomas Jr. was 55 years old when he was killed in his own home in the Florence neighborhood of South Los Angeles on Thursday night, January 9, 2020. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died from blunt force trauma.…

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Brandi Michelle Allen

Female, age 39 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the quiet community of Bagley, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, the morning of January 9, 2019, was shattered by a tragic act of violence that claimed the life of 39-year-old Brandi Michelle Allen. A woman described by those who knew her as happy, funny…

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Steven Becker

Male, age 35 · Waterloo, Iowa

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In early January of 2019, the life of 35-year-old Steven Paul Becker, a White male, was tragically cut short. His body was discovered in the basement of a residence on Church Street in Waterloo on January 11, 2019. An autopsy later confirmed that he had died…

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Aneas David King

Male, age 16 · North Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

On January 9, 2019, a tragic incident occurred in North Las Vegas, Nevada, resulting in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Aneas David King. The incident took place near the intersection of Craig Road and Simmons Street. According to the North Las Vegas Police…

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Adrian Jones

Male, age 22 · Topeka, Kansas

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the fall of 2015, the life of 7-year-old Adrian Jones came to a horrific end, not in a sudden, unforeseen tragedy, but as the culmination of a long and documented period of abuse. His father, Michael Jones, and his stepmother, Heather Jones, were the…

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DeAnthony Snell

Male, age 23 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a Wednesday afternoon in Jackson, Mississippi, the life of 23-year-old DeAnthony Snell was cut short in a sudden act of violence. The Black / African American male was standing outside a residence on the 1600 block of First Avenue on January 9, 2019, when…

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Alayna Ortiz

Female, age 18 · Griffith, Indiana

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the winter of 2019, the life of 18-year-old Alayna Ortiz was tragically cut short in a burst of violence that was not intended for her. On the evening of January 9th, the Portage High School senior was a passenger in a red SUV in a Griffith, Indiana…

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Svitlana Novotney

Female, age 19 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 9, 2019, the quiet of the Woodlake Apartments complex on the north side of Indianapolis was broken by the sound of what some residents described as a muffled gunshot. Responding to a report of a person shot around 4:20…

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James Whitney

Male, age 42 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the winter of 2022, a quiet Hazelwood apartment complex became the scene of a fatal shooting that would tear a family apart. On the evening of November 27th, 65-year-old John Whitney was found with a gunshot wound inside his apartment in the 7500 block of…

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Malik Wysinger

Male, age 18 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the cold of a Wednesday evening in St. Louis, Missouri, the life of 18-year-old Malik Wysinger was tragically cut short. On January 9, 2019, the young man was driving on Interstate 70 with two friends when the unthinkable happened. Gunfire erupted, and…

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Regis Payne

Male, age 26 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 9, 2019, the body of 26-year-old Regis Payne, a male resident of Northeast, D.C., was discovered lying in the 5900 block of Baltic Street in Capitol Heights, Maryland. A citizen who saw him on the road contacted the…

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Tavon Wilson

Male, age 20 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the winter of 2019, the life of Tavon Travis Wilson, a 20-year-old African American male, was cut short in a fatal shooting in Northwest Baltimore. On the evening of January 9th, Baltimore Police Department officers were dispatched to the 3600 block of…

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Juan Ruben Cuevas

Male, age 26 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Juan Ruben Cuevas, a 26-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on January 9, 2019, near Beverly Boulevard and North Saint Andrews Place in the Larchmont area of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s records, the…

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Juanito Cuevas

Male, age 26 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Juanito Cuevas, a 26-year-old resident of Los Angeles, tragically lost his life on January 9, 2019, following a violent altercation outside a Koreatown liquor store. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. near Beverly Boulevard and St. Andrews Place.…

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Matthew Tidwell

Male, age 42 · Fresno, California

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Matthew Tidwell, a 42-year-old man from Orange County, California, was found dead on January 9, 2019, in Fresno County. His body was discovered early in the morning at the intersection of Herndon and Dower avenues. Initially, his death was investigated as a…

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Talya Torres

Male, age 18 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early hours of a January morning in 2019, firefighters in East Point, a suburb of Atlanta, were dispatched to extinguish a car fire on Connally Drive. Inside the vehicle, they made a grim discovery: the body of 18-year-old Talya Torres. The young…

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Zachary Dunnum

Male, age 26 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a cold January night in Augusta, Georgia, the life of 26-year-old Zachary Dunnum was tragically cut short. On January 9, 2019, Dunnum, a male, was shot and killed on Roosevelt Street, a victim of gun violence that has plagued many communities. The…

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Maeisha Simoneaux

Female, age 40 · Bossier-city, Louisiana

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the winter of 2019, a domestic dispute in Bossier City, Louisiana, escalated into a tragic double homicide that claimed the lives of a mother and her daughter. Forty-year-old Maeisha Simoneaux and her twenty-two-year-old daughter, Shandrell Simoneaux, were…

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Chatéri Payne

Female, age 22 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the evening of January 9, 2019, Chatéri Alyse Payne, a 22-year-old female Shreveport Police Officer, was preparing to leave for her shift. Dressed in her uniform, she was fatally shot outside the home she shared with her boyfriend, Tre'Veon Demarcus…

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Shandrell Simoneaux

Female, age 22 · Bossier-city, Louisiana

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the evening of January 9, 2019, a tragic event unfolded inside an apartment in Bossier City, Louisiana, leading to the untimely death of 22-year-old Shandrell Simoneaux. Responding to a 911 call from a neighbor about a shooting at the Misty Hollow…

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Sherrell Mattis

Male, age 27 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Sherrell Mattis, a 27-year-old male from Cleveland, OH, tragically lost his life on January 9, 2019. The incident occurred at a gas station in Cleveland's Glenville neighborhood. Mattis was involved in an altercation with Eric Yates, a 36-year-old man, in the…

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Dante Shen Welton

Male, age 11 · Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Dante Shen Welton, an 11-year-old boy from Milton, Pennsylvania, tragically passed away on January 9, 2019. He was a fifth-grade student at Baugher Elementary School and was known for his love of video games and Harry Potter. Dante was born on July 26, 2007…

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Jonathan Freeman

Male, age 16 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Jonathan Freeman, a 16-year-old African-American male from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot on January 9, 2019, in the Homewood South neighborhood. He was discovered inside a residence on Susquehanna Street around 7:40 p.m., suffering from gunshot…

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Daniela Medina

Female, age 18 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Daniela Medina, an 18-year-old Hispanic woman, was celebrating her birthday in Nashville, Tennessee, when her life was cut short. Born on January 8, 2001, she was the mother of a 10-month-old baby girl named Hope Abigail Medina. A family fundraising page…

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Donald Anton Jelinek

Male, age 57 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Donald Anton Jelinek, a 57-year-old male, was tragically found dead in his apartment at the Tribeca on the Creek complex on Melody Lane in Dallas, Texas, on January 9, 2019. He was discovered after a welfare check was requested, and upon arrival, officers…

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Donald Eldridge

Male, age 66 · Amarillo, Texas

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Donald Eldridge, a 66-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity from Amarillo, Texas, tragically passed away on January 9, 2019. His death was part of a tragic incident that also involved his son, Travis Eldridge, and another individual. According to the Amarillo…

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Tracey Lovell

Female, age 44 · Victoria, Texas

Killed Jan 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Tracey Lovell, a 44-year-old British woman from Hayle, Cornwall, tragically died on January 9, 2019, in Victoria, Texas. She was found shot dead in bed at the home of her partner, Tom Bailey, a 60-year-old American prison guard. The incident was ruled a…

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Charles Jones

Male, age 25 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Jan 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the winter of 2018, the life of Charles Antwan Jones, a 25-year-old male, was tragically cut short in Montgomery, Alabama. On the evening of Tuesday, January 9, 2018, Jones became the city's first homicide victim of the new year. The circumstances…

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Michael Stone

Male, age 32 · Selma, Alabama

Killed Jan 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a Tuesday evening in Selma, Alabama, the life of Michael Stone, a 32-year-old Black/African American man, was tragically cut short. On January 9, 2018, at approximately 6:30 PM, law enforcement responded to a call on the 2500 block of Summerfield Road.…

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Taggart Seth Fuller Jr.

Male, age 13 · Sierra-vista, Arizona

Killed Jan 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the quiet community of Sierra Vista, Arizona, a tragedy unfolded on the morning of January 9, 2018, leaving a family and a school in mourning. Taggart Seth Fuller, Jr., a 13-year-old White male, died that day from a gunshot wound. Initial reports from the…

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Cory Lee Channon

Male, age 39 · Des Moines, Iowa

Killed Jan 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the cold of a January night in Des Moines, Iowa, the life of Cory Lee Channon, a 39-year-old Caucasian male, was brought to a sudden and violent end. On January 9, 2018, within the confines of an apartment at 1332 21st Street, just a few blocks from Drake…

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Sara Schmidt

Female, age 38 · Harrison, Wisconsin

Killed Jan 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the quiet Village of Harrison, Wisconsin, the life of 38-year-old Sara Schmidt, a Caucasian female, came to a tragic end on January 9, 2018. What began as a domestic disturbance call to a home on Sweet Clover Drive in Calumet County swiftly escalated into…

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Titus Pitts

Male, age 45 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Jan 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

On the cold evening of January 9, 2018, the life of Titus Pitts, a 45-year-old Black/African American man, was tragically cut short in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The fatal incident unfolded near the intersection of 6th and Burleigh, a place that would become the…

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