Deaths by Force on July 5

Deaths by Force (816)

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John Mayeski

Male, age 16 · San-diego, California

Killed Jul 5, 1978 · 48 years ago

John Fitzgerald Mayeski, a 16-year-old from San Diego, California, tragically lost his life on July 5, 1978. John, along with his friend Michael Baker, was kidnapped from the parking lot of a Jack in the Box restaurant in Mira Mesa. The two boys were…

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Michael Naker

Male, age 16 · San-diego, California

Killed Jul 5, 1978 · 48 years ago

Michael Naker, a 16-year-old from San Diego, California, tragically lost his life on July 5, 1978. He and his friend, John Mayeski, also 16, were abducted from a parking lot in Mira Mesa. The boys were taken by Robert Alton Harris, who intended to steal their…

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Matthew Bowman

Male, age 19 · Harwood Heights, Illinois

Killed Jul 5, 1977 · 49 years ago

Matthew Bowman, a 19-year-old male from Harwood Heights, Illinois, tragically lost his life on July 5, 1977. Bowman was one of the victims of John Wayne Gacy, a notorious serial killer and sex offender who operated in Illinois. Gacy was responsible for the…

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Audrey Lyn Nerenberg

Female, age 18 · Staten Island, New York

Killed Jul 5, 1977 · 49 years ago

On a summer afternoon in July 1977, 18-year-old Audrey Lyn Nerenberg, a Caucasian female, walked out of her family's home in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, New York, to buy a pack of cigarettes from a store just two blocks away. She assured her mother she…

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Claudia Bidstrup

Female, age 19 · Kalamazoo, Michigan

Killed Jul 5, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the summer of 1972, the lives of two young women from Chicago, 19-year-old Claudia Bidstrup and her friend Linda Clark, were tragically cut short in Kalamazoo, Michigan. On July 5th, the two friends were on their way to Ann Arbor when they pulled into a…

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Darlene Ferrin

Female, age 22 · Vallejo, California

Killed Jul 5, 1969 · 57 years ago

Darlene Ferrin was a loving mother, wife, daughter, and sister. She was a very popular woman who worked at a local diner as a waitress where she had “many fans”. She was a young adult who enjoyed having fun, which included having a good time with her friends.…

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Pearl D. Robinson

Female, age 33 · Elmira, New York

Killed Jul 5, 1933 · 93 years ago

Pearl D. Robinson, a 33-year-old white woman, was killed in Elmira, New York, on the night of Wednesday, July 5, 1933, after an evening that—on the surface—looked ordinary. Witness accounts later pieced together a rough final itinerary: she was seen with a…

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Anna Williams

Female, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 5, 1893 · 133 years ago

Anna “Nannie” Williams, a 23-year-old white woman from Texas, met a tragic end on July 5, 1893, in Chicago, Illinois. She had traveled to the city to visit her sister, Minnie Williams, who was romantically involved with Dr. H. H. Holmes, a man later unmasked…

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Minnie Holmes

Female, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 5, 1893 · 133 years ago

Minnie R. Holmes, a 25-year-old white woman, was among the confirmed victims of H.H. Holmes, one of America's earliest known serial killers. She died on July 5, 1893, in Chicago, Illinois. Born Wilhelmina Rayford Williams in Mississippi, Minnie was raised by…

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Dillan Cheeter

Male, age 18 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Jul 5, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2026, the life of 18-year-old Dillan Cheeter was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire in Little Rock, Arkansas. Officers responded to a shooting at approximately 2:05 a.m. at 5103 Asher Avenue, where they discovered…

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Matthew James Burdett

Male, age 46 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Jul 5, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2026, the quiet of a Bessemer, Alabama neighborhood was shattered by a fatal act of violence that claimed the life of 46-year-old Matthew James Burdett. Responding to a call around 4 a.m., police discovered Burdett inside…

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Lorenzo Tzoc

Male, age 25 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Lorenzo Tzoc, a 25-year-old male, Latino of Guatemalan origin, was pronounced dead on July 5, 2025, in Los Angeles after being taken to a hospital. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner’s public records—compiled by local death-notice…

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Moises Juarez

Male, age 47 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of July 5, 2025, Moises Juarez, 47, a man from Chicago, was walking in Little Village near 27th Street and South Central Park Avenue when a black Nissan circled the block several times and pulled alongside. From the driver's seat, the man inside…

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Laina Lee

Female, age 48 · Mandeville, Louisiana

Killed Jul 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In a quiet Mandeville neighborhood, a Friday evening in July turned tragic, leaving two people dead in a violent domestic dispute. The life of 48-year-old Laina Lee was cut short on July 5, 2024, in a harrowing series of events that unfolded in front of law…

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Jeremy White

Male, age 36 · Clarksdale, Mississippi

Killed Jul 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the summer of 2024, on the evening of July 5th, tragedy struck in Clarksdale, Mississippi, when 36-year-old Jeremy White was shot and killed. The incident happened at approximately 9:15 p.m. in the 500 block of Page Street. When police officers arrived at…

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Kevin McMillian

Male, age 26 · Grandview, Missouri

Killed Jul 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the summer of 2024, a holiday weekend was tragically marked by violence in Grandview, Missouri, culminating in the death of 26-year-old Kevin McMillian. A resident of nearby Kansas City, McMillian was fatally shot on the evening of July 5th in the area of…

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Alex Madrano

Male, age 18 · Flint, Michigan

Killed Jul 5, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a quiet Sunday in the late summer of 2016, the life of Alex Medrano, a longtime resident of Flint, Michigan, came to an end. Born on May 26, 1962, the 54-year-old man passed away on September 18, 2016. His death was formally announced to the community…

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Alejandro J. Ramirez

Male, age 35 · Norcross, Georgia

Killed Jul 5, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, July 5, 2020, following the Fourth of July holiday, a dispute in a Norcross, Georgia, parking lot tragically cut short the life of 35-year-old Alejandro J. Ramirez. The male victim, an Alpharetta resident, was found with…

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Manuel Carlos Ruiz

Male, age 69 · El Monte, California

Killed Jul 5, 2020 · 6 years ago

Manuel Carlos Ruiz was 69 years old when he died on Sunday, July 5, 2020, in El Monte, in the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near 10107 Garvey Ave. His death was…

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Michael Cuccia

Male, age 41 · Hammond, Louisiana

Killed Jul 5, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2019, the life of 41-year-old Michael Cuccia, a male from Hammond, Louisiana, was tragically cut short. The incident unfolded just before 1 a.m. in the parking lot of the Nada Food Mart on East University Avenue. Hammond…

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Jay Salinas Onofre

Male · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 5, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jay Salinas Onofre, a Latino male, tragically lost his life on July 11, 2018, in the Westlake area of Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, his death was part of a broader incident that also claimed the lives of his…

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Gary Dean Duke

Male, age 58 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Jul 5, 2018 · 8 years ago

Gary Dean Duke, a 58-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was working as a store clerk at a pawn shop on North University Drive when a robbery attempt turned deadly. During the incident…

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Dave Day

Male, age 47 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 5, 2018 · 8 years ago

Dave Day was 47 years old when he was found fatally stabbed on Thursday, July 5, 2018, in the 1900 block of West North Avenue in Baltimore. The Baltimore Sun's homicide database lists his death as a homicide and records that he was found at about 12:38 a.m.…

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Alex Denzel Horowitz

Male, age 23 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Alex Denzel Horowitz was 23 years old when he died on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Historic South-Central Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 157 E. 36th St. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Sara Arthur

Female, age 37 · Auburn, Washington

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer evening in Auburn, Washington, the life of 29-year-old Sara Arthur was tragically cut short. On July 5, 2015, she was in Les Gove Park with a companion, 32-year-old Chaz Schmitz. The two were homeless and had traveled to the area from Idaho…

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Demetrius Arnold

Male, age 25 · Madison, Florida

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Demetrius Arnold, a 25-year-old resident of Madison, Florida, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2015. The incident occurred at the Hilltop Apartments Complex located at 251 SW Safari Drive. On that fateful night, officers from the Madison Police Department…

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Xzavier Johnson

Male, age 26 · Oakland, California

Killed Jul 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Xzavier Johnson, a 26-year-old resident of Stockton, California, was fatally shot on July 5, 2014, in East Oakland. The incident occurred near the corner of High Street and Lyon Avenue, close to Brookdale Park, around 10:20 a.m. Johnson was found with…

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Gerson Eusebe

Male, age 23 · College-park, Georgia

Killed Jul 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

In what was described as an apparent accidental shooting in College Park, Georgia, a young man's life was cut short. Gerson Eusebe, a 23-year-old male, died at the scene on a Saturday after a pistol he was handling discharged. The incident involved another…

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William David Angel

Male, age 20 · East Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

William David Angel was 20 years old when he died on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in East Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 1408 S. Woods Place. His death was ruled a homicide…

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Megail Aaron

Male, age 44 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

On July 5, 2012, law enforcement officials in Detroit, Michigan, were alerted to a violent incident in the 22600 block of West Chicago. Upon arriving at the scene, officers discovered the lifeless body of a victim who had succumbed to fatal injuries. The…

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Jarvis Kent Hodges

Male, age 26 · Oakland, California

Found Jul 5, 2008 · 18 years ago

On July 5, 2008, 26-year-old Jarvis Kent Hodges was shot and killed in Oakland, California. His death added to the city's troubling pattern of violent crime during that year. Oakland was grappling with high rates of gun violence, particularly in areas marked…

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Adrian Carrillo

Male, age 24 · Bellflower, California

Killed Jul 5, 2008 · 18 years ago

Adrian Carrillo was 24 years old when he died on Saturday, July 5, 2008, in Bellflower, a city in southeastern Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 16228 Eucalyptus Ave. His death was…

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Darryn Kenneth Dean

Male, age 40 · Westmont, California

Killed Jul 5, 2005 · 21 years ago

Darryn Kenneth Dean was 40 years old when he died on Tuesday, July 5, 2005, in Westmont, an unincorporated community in the southern part of Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force…

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Keeomie Elyse Howlett

Female, age 20 · Westmont, California

Killed Jul 5, 2005 · 21 years ago

Keeomie Elyse Howlett was 20 years old when she died on Tuesday, July 5, 2005, in Westmont, an unincorporated community in the southern part of Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt…

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Francis Lytton

Female, age 83 · Sunset-beach, North Carolina

Killed Jul 5, 2004 · 22 years ago

On July 5, 2004, in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, 83-year-old Frances Louise Johnson Lytton, a Caucasian female, was found deceased alongside her husband, 79-year-old Charles Robert Lytton. Authorities determined that Charles Lytton fatally shot his wife…

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Fredrick William Holland Sr.

Male, age 67 · Long Beach, California

Killed Jul 5, 2004 · 22 years ago

The summer holiday of July 5, 2004, came to a quiet and somber close in the coastal city of Long Beach, California, marked by the death of Fredrick William Holland Sr. Fredrick was a 67-year-old Black man whose life was abruptly cut short under circumstances…

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Harry L. Hancock

Male, age 69 · Rockville, Maryland

Killed Jul 5, 2003 · 23 years ago

Harry L. Hancock, a 69-year-old White man, died on July 5, 2003, and was described in published death notices as being of Boyds, Maryland. In the years after his death, his name surfaced again in a disturbing account tied to Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in…

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Maria Theresa Cardona

Female, age 32 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 5, 2002 · 24 years ago

Maria Theresa Cardona, a 32-year-old Hispanic woman, died on July 5, 2002, after being strangled in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report records her death date and cause as strangulation and lists the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s…

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Hokchun Soo-Hoo

Male, age 63 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 5, 2002 · 24 years ago

Hokchun Soo-Hoo was 63 years old when he died on Friday, July 5, 2002, in Highland Park, in northeast Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 4956 Monte Vista St. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Karen Avanesov

Male, age 17 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 5, 2000 · 26 years ago

Karen Avanesov was 17 years old when he died on Wednesday, July 5, 2000, in Harvard Heights, in central Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in front of 3131 W. Pico Blvd. His death was ruled a…

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Marisa Deneen Jackson

Female, age 35 · Southlake, Texas

Killed Jul 5, 1999 · 27 years ago

On July 5, 1999, Marisa Deneen Jackson, a 35-year-old woman from Southlake, Texas, was tragically killed during her morning jog. The incident occurred in an upscale Fort Worth suburb where she and her two daughters, aged 6 and 8, were staying with her…

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Duy Le

Male, age 25 · Tacoma, Washington

Killed Jul 5, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 1998, a scene of terror unfolded at the Trang Dai Cafe in Tacoma, Washington, forever altering the lives of many. Duy Le, a 25-year-old man, was present at the karaoke bar when three masked gunmen suddenly burst in just…

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Duy Q. Le

Male, age 25 · Tacoma, Washington

Killed Jul 5, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 1998, a popular Vietnamese restaurant and karaoke bar in Tacoma, Washington, became the scene of a tragic and violent outburst that claimed the life of 25-year-old Duy Q. Le and four others. The Trang Dai Cafe, a normally…

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Hai Q. Le

Male, age 27 · Tacoma, Washington

Killed Jul 5, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the early hours of July 5, 1998, a tragic event unfolded at the Trang Dai Cafe in Tacoma, Washington, forever altering the lives of many. On that day, Asian male Hai Q. Le, who was 27 years old, was killed in a violent outbreak of gunfire. The incident…

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Tuong Hung Do

Male, age 33 · Tacoma, Washington

Killed Jul 5, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 1998, a popular karaoke bar in Tacoma, Washington's Lincoln District became the scene of a horrific massacre. Tuong Hung Do, a 33-year-old Asian man, was among the patrons at the Trang Dai Cafe when violence erupted…

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Tuyen Vo

Male, age 21 · Tacoma, Washington

Killed Jul 5, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 1998, a scene of terror unfolded at the Trang Dai Cafe in Tacoma, Washington, forever altering the lives of those present. Among the victims of this violent outburst was a 21-year-old Asian woman named Tuyen Vo, who was…

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Sarah Jane Kelley

Female, age 77 · Covington, Kentucky

Killed Jul 5, 1979 · 47 years ago

In the summer of 1979, a quiet community in Covington, Kentucky, was unsettled by the death of a 77-year-old woman named Sarah Jane Kelley. A resident of a second-floor apartment, Kelley was known to be a regular attendee of a local prayer meeting. It was her…

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J.T McAteer

Male, age 50 · Lancaster, South Carolina

Killed Jul 5, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the summer of 1977, a routine day at the Lancaster County Prison Camp in South Carolina turned tragic, forever altering the lives of a dedicated guard and his family. On July 5th, 50-year-old Guard J.T. McAteer was on duty when he permitted two inmates to…

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