Death by Force

Susan Ferguson

Female, age 41 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jul 3, 1995 · 31 years ago

On July 2, 1995, Susan Ferguson, a 41-year-old Caucasian female, was working as a security guard at a construction site in Dallas, Texas. Born on January 29, 1954, Susan was dedicated to her role in ensuring the safety of the premises she oversaw. In the…

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Jesus Briseno

Male, age 40 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jul 3, 1995 · 31 years ago

On July 2, 1995, in Dallas, Texas, a series of violent crimes unfolded, culminating in the death of 40-year-old Hispanic male, Jose Morales. That evening, Morales was using a public telephone booth when he was approached by Juan Rodriguez Chavez and his…

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Michelle Foster

Female, age 32 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 3, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the summer of 1994, the city of New Orleans was in the grip of fear as a suspected serial killer, later nicknamed the 'Storyville Slayer,' preyed upon vulnerable women. On July 3rd of that year, the body of 32-year-old Michelle Foster, an African-American…

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Esther Agnes Albert

Female, age 69 · Covington, Virginia

Killed Jul 3, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the small, close-knit community of Covington, Virginia, Esther Agnes Albert, a 69-year-old White female affectionately known as "Aggie," was a beloved and familiar presence. The youngest of nine children in a first-generation Lebanese-American family, she…

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Herbert Evans

Male, age 23 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed Jul 3, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the summer of 1988, a promising career in law enforcement was tragically cut short within the very walls meant to represent safety and order. Herbert Lee Evans, Jr., a 23-year-old male police officer with the Augusta Police Department, had been on the…

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Tracey Birkenfield

Male, age 31 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jul 3, 1987 · 39 years ago

Caucasian / White male Tracey Birkenfield, age 31, was discovered on the evening of July 3, 1987, lying in a grassy strip near the intersection of Northwest 1st Avenue and Everett Street in Portland's Old Town. The scene suggested a swift eruption of violence…

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Jennifer Lynn Tchir

Female, age 15 · Gresham, Oregon

Killed Jul 3, 1987 · 39 years ago

Jennifer Lynn Tchir, a 15-year-old white female, left home in Gresham, Oregon, on July 3, 1987, and never returned. Witness accounts later placed her that day near the Mount Hood Community College area, a swath of fields and woods that would loom over the…

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Montgomery Boyd

Male, age 23 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Jul 3, 1985 · 41 years ago

Montgomery Eugene Boyd was a 23-year-old man from Tulsa, Oklahoma, whose life ended violently in the summer of 1985. Born in April 1962, he had reached the beginning of adulthood by the mid-1980s, old enough to be carving out his own path while still close in…

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Ye Billy

Male, age 59 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jul 3, 1985 · 41 years ago

On July 3, 1985, the body of Ye Nashwood Billy, a 59-year-old Native American man, was discovered in a landscaped area near the Portland Fire Bureau on SW Ash and Front Avenue in Portland, Oregon. A passerby spotted Billy early in the morning, prompting the…

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Mary Jo Peyton

Female, age 21 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jul 3, 1984 · 42 years ago

Mary Jo Peyton, a 21-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on July 3, 1984, in Cleveland, Ohio. She was one of the many victims of Samuel Little, a notorious serial killer who confessed to killing 93 women across the United States. Little, who often preyed…

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Debney Lynn Lobanoff

Null, age 28 · Placerville, California

Found Jul 3, 1982 · 44 years ago

Debney Lynn Lobanoff, a 28-year-old woman from Placerville, California, was reported missing in December 1981. Her husband claimed she left their home with two "biker-type" men after they had been experiencing marital troubles. Lobanoff's nude body was…

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Teresa Wilson

Female · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jul 3, 1982 · 44 years ago

Teresa Wilson, a 27-year-old woman from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed on July 3, 1982. She was found with a fatal gunshot wound to her head at an apartment located at 61 East Henderson Street. Upon arrival, emergency responders pronounced her dead at…

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Desmond Sherry

Male, age 29 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jul 3, 1980 · 46 years ago

Desmond Sherry, a 29-year-old male police officer with the Cleveland Division of Police, tragically lost his life on July 3, 1980. Officer Sherry was off-duty and driving home when he noticed suspicious activity near East 66th Street and Euclid Avenue. He…

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Kenneth Tomaszewski

Male, age 24 · Lorain, Ohio

Killed Jul 3, 1979 · 47 years ago

Kenneth M. Tomaszewski, a 24-year-old male of Polish-American ethnicity, was a Deputy Sheriff with the Lorain County Sheriff's Department in Ohio. On July 3, 1979, he was tragically shot and killed by a juvenile suspect following a routine traffic stop. The…

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John Price

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jul 3, 1978 · 48 years ago

John Price, aged 49, was murdered on July 3, 1978, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was found shot in the area of Rapid Run Park in Hamilton County. The Cincinnati Police Department has been leading the investigation, but unfortunately, no suspects have been…

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Leonard McAdoo

Male, age 30 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jul 3, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 3, 1974, the discovery of a man's body in the parking lot of the Aladdin Theater, located near East Colfax Avenue and Race Street in Denver, marked the tragic end to the life of Leonard McAdoo. A 30-year-old Black male…

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Walter ONeal Allanson

Male, age 51 · Zebulon, Georgia

Killed Jul 3, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the summer of 1974, the small town of Zebulon, Georgia, was rocked by a brutal crime that tore a family apart. On the evening of July 3rd, while the nation prepared to celebrate Independence Day, 51-year-old Walter O'Neal Allanson and his wife, Carolyn…

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Leroy Flisram

Male, age 48 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jul 3, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 3, 1970, the life of Leroy David Flisram, a 48-year-old Caucasian male, came to a brutal and tragic end in Portland, Oregon. At approximately 6 a.m., a Broadway Cab driver witnessed a gruesome scene unfold. He saw Flisram…

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Eloise Howard

Female, age 24 · East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 3, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the summer of 1970, a young woman's life was tragically cut short in East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. Eloise Howard, a 24-year-old female, died on July 3rd of that year. Her death was the result of gun violence, a stark and sudden end to a life that had just…

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Ernest Gwinn

Male, age 76 · Oak Hill, West Virginia

Killed Jul 3, 1962 · 64 years ago

Ernest Gwinn, a 76-year-old White/Caucasian man, was a retired railroad brakeman living at the Virginian Hotel on Main Street in Oak Hill, West Virginia, when he vanished in the summer of 1962. A widower originally from Summers County, Gwinn had settled into…

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John Rescigno

Male, age 62 · Astoria, New York

Killed Jul 3, 1960 · 66 years ago

John Rescigno, a 62-year-old man, was a white resident of Astoria, Queens, whose final hours unfolded in the thick of a New York summer weekend in 1960. On the evening of July 3, he crossed paths with a stranger who seemed down on his luck—Frederick Charles…

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Frederick Sess

Male, age 78 · Astoria, New York

Killed Jul 3, 1960 · 66 years ago

Frederick Sess, a 78-year-old white male from Astoria, Queens, was found dead inside the small “little house” he shared with his roommate, John Rescigno, after what investigators determined was a violent late-June attack that left Sess with multiple skull…

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Joseph Allen

age 45 · Fort Collins, Colorado

Killed Jul 3, 1907 · 119 years ago

In the summer of 1907, Fort Collins was a town grappling with its own brand of frontier justice, a place where the lines between law and lawlessness could blur in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains. It was in this setting that Joseph Allen, a 45-year-old…

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Louis Nelson Massey

Male, age 51 · Evansville, Indiana

Killed Jul 3, 1903 · 123 years ago

In the summer of 1903, a seemingly minor incident would tragically cut short the life of a veteran police officer. On Friday, July 3rd, 51-year-old Patrolman Louis Nelson Massey of the Evansville Police Department was making his rounds when he was approached…

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Charles Raymond

Male, age 42 · Everett, Washington

Killed Jul 3, 1902 · 124 years ago

In the summer of 1902, a widespread manhunt for an escaped convict cast a shadow of fear across the Pacific Northwest. This extensive search would ultimately lead to the tragic death of 42-year-old White / Caucasian male, Detective Charles Raymond of the…

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Enoch Breece

Male, age 45 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Jul 3, 1902 · 124 years ago

Enoch Breece, a 45-year-old White male, served as a Seattle Police Officer for four years before his untimely death. His story is intertwined with that of a notorious escaped convict named Harry Tracy, who was associated with the Butch Cassidy Gang. The…

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Cornelius Rowley

Male · Seattle, Washington

Killed Jul 3, 1902 · 124 years ago

On a summer evening in Seattle, Washington, on July 3, 1902, a man named Cornelius Rowley, a quartz miner who had joined a posse, found himself in the midst of a violent shootout. His life would end that night, not in a mining accident, but in a hail of…

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Ernest Lilman Hayes

Male, age 44 · Pittsburg, California

Killed Jul 3, 2026 · this year

On a summer evening in Pittsburg, California, the life of 44-year-old Ernest “Lilman” Hayes was tragically cut short. On July 3, 2026, Hayes was fatally shot in an incident that stemmed from a domestic dispute at a residence in the nearby community of Bay…

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Izah Kirryae Runels

Male, age 33 · Clarksville, Texas

Killed Jul 3, 2023 · 3 years ago

On July 3, 2023, 33-year-old Izah Kirryae Runels was fatally shot in Clarksville, Texas. The incident, which also resulted in injuries to three other men, prompted an investigation by local authorities and the Texas Rangers. In the ensuing months, law…

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Jordan James Davis

Male, age 35 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jul 3, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Phoenix, Arizona, a confrontation outside a local bar and grill tragically cut short the life of Jordan James Davis, a 35-year-old man working as a security guard. The events unfolded on July 3, 2022, when Davis…

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Ronald Laws

Male, age 54 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a summer evening in 2020, the life of 54-year-old Ronald Laws was tragically cut short by gun violence in Baltimore, Maryland. The fatal shooting occurred on July 3rd in the Northwest district of the city, leaving a community shaken and a family mourning…

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Daniel Raburn

Male, age 39 · Dublin, Georgia

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the summer of 2020, in Dublin, Georgia, the life of 39-year-old Daniel Raburn was brought to a violent and tragic end. On the morning of July 4th, his body was discovered lying in the yard of his home on Village Circle. Authorities who responded to the…

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Hugh James

Male, age 65 · Wyandanch, New York

Killed Jul 3, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the evening of July 3, 2019, a 65-year-old male, Hugh James of Deer Park, was found dead in his commercial Town Car in Wyandanch, New York. Police officers responded to a 911 call reporting a car crash on Lake Drive at approximately 6:45 p.m. Upon arrival…

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Terry Leday Mitchell

Male, age 38 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jul 3, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the summer of 2018, the life of 38-year-old Terry Leday Mitchell, a male, was cut short in a burst of violence in Birmingham, Alabama. On the evening of Tuesday, July 3, 2018, shots rang out in the Pratt City neighborhood, and when police arrived at the…

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Akram Harana

Male, age 52 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 3, 2018 · 8 years ago

Akram Harana, a 52-year-old gas station clerk, tragically lost his life on July 3, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. Harana was working at a Shell gas station on Venice Boulevard in the Mid-City area when he was fatally shot during what police believe was an…

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Gloria Oyler

Female, age 47 · Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Killed Jul 3, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a summer day in 2017, the Pine Bluff, Arkansas community was shaken by the violent deaths of two of its residents. Gloria Oyler, a 47-year-old woman, was found shot to death on July 3rd in what police determined to be a double homicide. Alongside her was…

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Charlie Stevenson

Male, age 54 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 3, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the summer of 2017, the life of a 54-year-old Black man, Charlie Stevenson, was tragically cut short in Baltimore, Maryland. On the morning of July 3rd, at approximately 4:55 a.m., violence erupted in the 5300 block of Ready Avenue, leaving Stevenson the…

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Larry Wayne Turner

Male, age 30 · Steele, Missouri

Killed Jul 3, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, the life of 30-year-old Larry Wayne Turner was tragically cut short in the town of Steele, Missouri. On the evening of July 3rd, authorities were called to the scene of a shooting where they discovered Turner had sustained fatal…

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Lynett Karim

Female, age 29 · Norcross, Georgia

Killed Jul 3, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 3, 2015, a heated argument in the parking lot of the Highland Lakes Apartments in Norcross, Georgia, ended in the tragic death of 29-year-old Lynett Karim. A 911 call reported a man and a woman fighting, a dispute that…

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Willie James Edwards

Male, age 52 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 3, 2015 · 11 years ago

Willie James Edwards was 52 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Friday, July 3, 2015, the eve of the Fourth of July holiday. The case was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. The Washington Post's homicide database, which…

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Darren Jenkins

Male, age 31 · Pine-grove, Texas

Killed Jul 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Darren Jenkins, a 31-year-old male from Pine-grove, TX, tragically lost his life on July 3, 2014. The incident occurred on a Thursday night, and Jenkins was taken to Jasper Memorial Hospital around 11 p.m. He was pronounced dead around 6 a.m. the following…

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Miki Hatcher

Female, age 23 · Chocowinity, North Carolina

Killed Jul 3, 2010 · 16 years ago

Miki Hatcher, a 23-year-old woman from Chocowinity, NC, was tragically killed on July 3, 2010. The incident occurred in the apartment she shared with her boyfriend, Richard Leon Armstead, who was 21 years old at the time. The couple had a history of…

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Jacqueline Garcia

Female, age 12 · East Compton, California

Killed Jul 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

On Friday, July 3, 2009, twelve-year-old Jacqueline Garcia lost her life in East Compton, California. Emergency responders and local law enforcement were called to the scene on the eve of the Independence Day holiday weekend, discovering the young girl in…

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Paul Pattin

Male, age 45 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

Paul Pattin was 45 years old when he was killed in St. Louis, Missouri, on Friday, July 3, 2009. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis from 2007…

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Thomas Turcios

Male, age 37 · Long Beach, California

Killed Jul 3, 2007 · 19 years ago

On Tuesday, July 3, 2007, 37-year-old Thomas Turcios died under violent circumstances in the coastal city of Long Beach, California. The exact time and neighborhood setting where Turcios was discovered were among the many details closely held or minimally…

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Brenda Joyce Deon

Female, age 33 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 3, 2005 · 21 years ago

Brenda Joyce Deon was 33 years old when she died on Sunday, July 3, 2005, in the Westlake district just west of downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 735 S. Hartford Ave. Her death was…

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Lorenzo Walker

Male, age 29 · South-bend, Indiana

Killed Jul 3, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the summer of 2004, the life of 29-year-old Lorenzo Joel Walker was tragically cut short in his South Bend, Indiana home. On the afternoon of Saturday, July 3rd, police and fire departments responded to a 911 call at 2105 Hamilton Street. Upon arrival…

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Thomas Wesley Cole

Male, age 64 · Halifax, Virginia

Killed Jul 3, 2002 · 24 years ago

A simmering, long-standing dispute over a shared driveway in rural Halifax County, Virginia, erupted into a tragic outburst of violence on July 3, 2002, claiming the life of 64-year-old Thomas Wesley Cole. The male victim, along with his brother and wife…

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