Deaths by Force on July 9

Deaths by Force (505)

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Vetta Turner

Female, age 34 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jul 9, 1973 · 53 years ago

Vetta Turner was a 34-year-old woman whose life ended violently in Broward County, Florida, on July 9, 1973. She was found dead after being asphyxiated or strangled, leaving Fort Lauderdale-area investigators with a homicide that would remain unresolved for…

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Oscar Wright

Male · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Jul 9, 1970 · 56 years ago

On July 9, 1970, Oscar Wright was found lying in the street on East Whittington Street in Greensboro, North Carolina, after being shot. Police responded to the scene around 11:10 p.m. Wright was immediately transported to Moses Cone Hospital, where he was…

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Mary Fleszar

Female, age 19 · Ypsilanti, Michigan

Killed Jul 9, 1967 · 59 years ago

In the summer of 1967, a palpable sense of unease began to creep into the idyllic college town of Ypsilanti, Michigan, a feeling that would soon escalate into full-blown terror. The unsettling saga began with the disappearance of Mary Fleszar, a 19-year-old…

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Nora Coursey

Female, age 30 · Jefferson County, Colorado

Killed Jul 9, 1957 · 69 years ago

In the summer of 1957, a simple errand to buy party napkins turned into a tragedy that has puzzled investigators for decades. Nora Lois Coursey, a 30-year-old white female, attended a children's birthday party with her daughter in Englewood, Colorado, on the…

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Leroy Pratt Percy

Male, age 40 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jul 9, 1929 · 97 years ago

In the summer of 1929, a profound sadness settled over a Birmingham, Alabama family. On July 9th, Leroy Pratt Percy, a 40-year-old male, died in the city where he was born. His death was a solitary act, a self-inflicted end to a life that had been marked by…

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William Cassidy

Male, age 65 · Altadena, California

Killed Jul 9, 1928 · 98 years ago

William J. Cassidy, a 65-year-old tinsmith from Altadena, California, met a tragic end on July 9, 1928. Cassidy was known for his involvement with the Los Angeles Police Department as an informer on liquor law violators in the Sonoratown area. His dedication…

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Otto Bauder

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 9, 1903 · 123 years ago

Otto Bauder, a 19-year-old white male, was fatally shot on July 9, 1903, during a violent robbery at a saloon located at 1820 North Ashland Avenue in Chicago. The incident was part of a series of crimes committed by a notorious gang known as the "Car Barn…

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Gene Seim

Male, age 67 · Utica, Michigan

Killed Jul 9, 2026 · this year

In the summer of 2026, the quiet life of 67-year-old Gene Seim, a resident of Utica, Michigan, came to a tragic and violent end. On July 9th, a distressing domestic dispute unfolded within his Shelby Township home, culminating in his untimely death. Mr. Seim…

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Indra Souza

Male, age 46 · Reno, Nevada

Killed Jul 9, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet Palomino Valley area near Reno, Nevada, the morning of July 9, 2024, was shattered by violence. At approximately 9:45 a.m., Washoe County Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched to a residence on the 5000 block of Microwave Drive following a…

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Claudio Diaz

Male, age 34 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 9, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the night of July 9, 2024, at approximately 11:10 p.m., Houston police officers responded to a shooting incident in the 10000 block of Club Creek Drive in southwest Houston. Upon arrival, they discovered 34-year-old Claudio Diaz lying in the roadway…

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Anthony Bronson

Male, age 56 · Stone-mountain, Georgia

Killed Jul 9, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the summer of 2023, a family tragedy unfolded in Stone Mountain, Georgia, ending in the death of 56-year-old Anthony Bronson. On the afternoon of Sunday, July 9th, police were called to a residence at the Park at 500 Apartment Homes on Old Front Street.…

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Eddie Johnny Roberts

Male, age 78 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 9, 2020 · 6 years ago

Eddie Johnny Roberts was 78 years old when he died on Thursday, July 9, 2020, in the West Adams area of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near the southeast corner of Crenshaw and Jefferson…

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Corey Robinson Jr

Male, age 18 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Jul 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the summer of 2019, the life of 18-year-old Corey Robinson Jr. was tragically cut short in a Kansas City park. On July 9, 2019, the young man was found with multiple gunshot wounds in Brookside Park, located near 57th and McGee streets. Kansas City police…

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Larry Ramon Hart

Male, age 25 · Compton, California

Killed Jul 9, 2017 · 9 years ago

Larry Ramon Hart, a 25-year-old resident of Compton, California, tragically lost his life on July 9, 2017. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Hart was fatally shot in Compton. The incident, which occurred on a Sunday, left the community in…

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Antonio Chavez

Male, age 44 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Jul 9, 2015 · 11 years ago

Antonio Chavez, a 44-year-old Hispanic male, was spending the evening of July 9, 2015, at the Checkers Truck Stop on East Reno Avenue in Oklahoma City, a busy spot where trucks and travelers moved in and out under the summer sky. He was a long-haul truck…

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Benjamin Novack

Male, age 44 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Jul 9, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the morning of July 12, 2009, 53-year-old Ben Novack Jr., a male and heir to the Fontainebleau hotel fortune, was discovered brutally murdered in the penthouse suite of the Hilton Hotel in Rye Brook, New York. He was in New York for a convention his…

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Kevin Deshawn Sparrow

Male, age 33 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 9, 2010 · 16 years ago

Kevin Deshawn Sparrow was 33 years old when he died on Friday, July 9, 2010, in the Florence neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 138 W. 61st St. His death was ruled a…

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Jacob Jacobo

Male, age 27 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 9, 2009 · 17 years ago

Jacob Jacobo, a 27-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, was tragically found dead on July 9, 2009. His body was discovered in the driver's seat of his car, which was parked on Pico Boulevard in the Arlington Heights neighborhood. The Los Angeles County…

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Adrian Stewart

Male, age 27 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Jul 9, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the summer of 2009, a quiet street in Baton Rouge was shattered by a brutal act of violence that claimed the lives of three people. On July 9th, 27-year-old Adrian Stewart, a male resident of the city, was found deceased alongside two other individuals.…

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Jesus Torres

Male, age 45 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 9, 2009 · 17 years ago

Jesus Torres was 45 years old when he died on Thursday, July 9, 2009, in the South Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 49th Place and Wadsworth…

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Trupti Patel

Female, age 36 · East Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Jul 9, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the summer of 2004, the life of 36-year-old Trupti Patel, a woman of Southwest Asian descent, came to a tragic and violent end in East Hartford, Connecticut. On July 9, 2004, her husband reported her missing when he returned home from his overnight shift…

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Carl Gibb Jr

Male, age 44 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jul 9, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 9, 1990, a 44-year-old Caucasian male named Carl Gibb Jr. was found deceased on a sidewalk in Portland, Oregon. A passerby discovered his body shortly before 7 a.m. on North Williams Avenue, just north of North Failing…

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Steven Watson

Male, age 48 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Jul 9, 1934 · 92 years ago

In the turbulent summer of 1934, amidst the heated tensions of a bitter waterfront strike that had paralyzed Seattle and other West Coast ports, 48-year-old Steve S. Watson, a special deputy sheriff for King County, met a violent and untimely end. On July 9…

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Elzadah Lockwood

Female · Vinita, Oklahoma

Killed Jul 9, 1919 · 107 years ago

In the summer of 1919, in the town of Vinita, Oklahoma, a tumultuous relationship came to a violent and tragic end for a woman named Elzadah Lockwood. A widow, she had recently remarried a man named Lee Monroe Betterton, a man with a dark and violent past…

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Harry Bierer

Male, age 42 · Luxor, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 9, 1903 · 123 years ago

In the small mining town of Luxor, Pennsylvania, a dedicated law enforcement officer met a tragic and violent end. Constable Harry Foster 'Darby' Bierer, a 42-year-old male, was shot and killed on Thursday, July 9, 1903, while in the line of duty. He had been…

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