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Deaths by Force on July 1

898 open cases in our database happened on July 1. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (539)

Death by Force

Ryan Smith

Male, age 23 · Lumberton, North Carolina
Killed Jul 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Ryan L. Smith, a 23-year-old male from Lumberton, NC, tragically lost his life on July 1, 2015. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of extensive investigation. Ryan, who was of African American descent, was found deceased under…

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Death by Force

Arlan Dier White

Male, age 28 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed Jul 1, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a summer evening in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of Arlan D'Airre White, a 28-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short. On July 1, 2014, shots rang out at 1912 W. Madison Street, leaving one person dead and another injured. Arlan D'Airre White was…

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Death by Force

James Arnel

Male, age 47 · Shingletown, California
Killed Jul 1, 2014 · 12 years ago

James Arnel, aged 47, tragically lost his life on July 1, 2014, in Shingletown, California. The incident occurred outside a residence on Pine Hollow Drive, where Arnel and his mother, Ida Arnel, had visited Michael Donald Ackley, a close friend of James. The…

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Kevon Bobb

Male, age 21 · Saint-martinville, Louisiana
Killed Jul 1, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 1, 2014, the life of 21-year-old Kevon Bobb of New Iberia, a Black male, was tragically cut short in Saint-Martinville, Louisiana. Authorities responded to reports of gunshots on Gov. Mouton Street and discovered Bobb…

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Daniel Pereyra

Male, age 30 · South Gate, California
Killed Jul 1, 2012 · 14 years ago

On the warm summer evening of Sunday, July 1, 2012, violence erupted in a residential South Gate neighborhood, claiming the life of a young man and leaving a community searching for answers. Around dinner hour, gunfire and physical commotion disturbed the…

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Death by Force

Tekeisha Neely

Female, age 39 · Long Beach, California
Killed Jul 1, 2012 · 14 years ago

Tekeisha Neely was 39 years old when she died on Sunday, July 1, 2012, in Long Beach. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 35 E. Plymouth St. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Long Beach…

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Christopher Demean Wright

Male, age 29 · Langley-park, Maryland
Killed Jul 1, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a spring afternoon, Christopher Michael Wright, a 43-year-old male, was tending to his garden in his front yard in Brooklyn Park, Maryland. This peaceful scene on May 19, 2023, was abruptly shattered when a group consisting of two adults and three…

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Darrel Johnson

Male, age 20 · Sanford, North Carolina
Killed Jul 1, 2005 · 21 years ago

Darrel Kobe Johnson, a 20-year-old African American male, was found dead on July 1, 2005, in Sanford, North Carolina. The Sanford Police Department responded to a call at approximately 4:17 a.m. and discovered Johnson's body at an apartment on South Steele…

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John L. Daniels Jr.

Male, age 36 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Jul 1, 1992 · 34 years ago

John L. Daniels Jr., a 36-year-old tow truck driver from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on July 1, 1992. The incident occurred at a service station located at Florence Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard, a few miles west of the area heavily…

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Death by Force

James Melvin Short

Male, age 40 · Purcell, Oklahoma
Killed Jul 1, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the summer of 1977, the life of James Melvin Short, a 40-year-old male taxi driver from Purcell, Oklahoma, was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence that stemmed from a desperate prison escape. His death was not an isolated incident but rather a…

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Ralph Gordon

Male, age 13 · Camden, New Jersey
Killed Jul 1, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a summer evening in Camden, New Jersey, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of 13-year-old Ralph Gordon. The young male was inside Litwin's Food Market at the corner of Morton and Royden Streets on July 1, 1974, when two men entered and…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.