Deaths by Force on June 20

Deaths by Force (566)

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Audrey Brown

Female, age 21 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jun 20, 1992 · 34 years ago

Audrey Brown, a 21-year-old woman from Houston, Texas, tragically lost her life on June 20, 1992. She was one of the victims in a horrific crime known as the Brownstone Lane murders. Audrey, along with three other individuals, was shot execution-style during…

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Frank Farias

Male, age 17 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jun 20, 1992 · 34 years ago

Frank Farias, a 17-year-old Hispanic male from Houston, Texas, was tragically murdered on June 20, 1992. His death was part of a quadruple homicide carried out by Arthur Brown Jr., Marion Dudley, and Anthony Dunson. The victims were tied up and shot in the…

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Jessica Quiñones

Female, age 19 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jun 20, 1992 · 34 years ago

Jessica Quiñones, a 19-year-old Hispanic woman, tragically lost her life on June 20, 1992, in Houston, Texas. She was nine months pregnant at the time of her death. Jessica, along with her unborn daughter Alyssa Monique, was murdered during a drug-related…

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Lorenzo Rodgers

Male, age 23 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jun 20, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the warm evening of June 12, 1990, a promising life was tragically cut short in Saint-Louis, Missouri. Lorenzo Rodgers, a 23-year-old male, was off-duty from his role as a police officer when he found himself in a fatal confrontation. He was standing in…

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Frank Black

Male, age 70 · Lima, Ohio

Killed Jun 20, 1988 · 38 years ago

Frank Black, aged 70, was found dead on June 20, 1988, in Lima, Ohio, after what appeared to be a violent home invasion. According to police reports, an unknown suspect entered Black's residence on South McDonel Street at around 11:10 p.m., likely with the…

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Audrey Cardenas

Female, age 24 · Belleville, Illinois

Killed Jun 20, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the summer of 1988, Audrey Cardenas, an ambitious 24-year-old female, had just graduated from Texas A&M University and was beginning an internship at the Belleville News-Democrat in Illinois. Her promising career was tragically cut short when she failed to…

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Ray Edward Kovar

Male, age 34 · New-hope, Texas

Killed Jun 20, 1982 · 44 years ago

Ray Edward Kovar, a 34-year-old male deputy sheriff with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department in Texas, was killed in the line of duty on June 20, 1982. Deputy Kovar and his partner were responding to a call for assistance on a prowler at a local business…

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Susan Becker

Female, age 20 · Boulder, Colorado

Killed Jun 20, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the summer of 1982, the community of Boulder, Colorado, was shaken by the discovery of a young woman's body. On July 1st, fishermen in Boulder Canyon came across the remains of 20-year-old Susan 'Susie' Becker. An investigation revealed she had suffered a…

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Robin Samsoe

Female, age 12 · Huntington Beach, California

Killed Jun 20, 1979 · 47 years ago

On June 20, 1979, 12-year-old Robin Samsoe disappeared from Huntington Beach, California, in a case that would later be linked to the notorious serial killer Rodney Alcala. Robin was last seen alive when she left her friend Bridget Wilvert's apartment to ride…

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Robert McKee

Male, age 35 · Newport, Maine

Killed Jun 20, 1975 · 51 years ago

In the early morning hours of June 20, 1975, Robert McKee, a 35-year-old White/Caucasian male, was working the overnight shift at McNally's Texaco station in Newport, Maine. A married father of two and a respected sixth-grade teacher at the Vickery School in…

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John Woolery

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jun 20, 1975 · 51 years ago

On June 20, 1975, John T. Woolery was found dead in Dayton, Ohio, the victim of an unsolved homicide. Woolery's body was discovered in Montgomery County, and his death occurred on the same day. The circumstances surrounding the crime remain unclear, and no…

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Louis Mercer

Male, age 62 · El Cajon, California

Killed Jun 20, 1965 · 61 years ago

Louis Lafayette Mercer, a 62-year-old white male, was brutally murdered in El Cajon, California, on June 20, 1965. Mercer was attacked in his apartment during a violent burglary that also left his 57-year-old wife, Lola Mercer, severely injured. The assailant…

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Lola Mercer

Female, age 57 · El Cajon, California

Killed Jun 20, 1965 · 61 years ago

On June 20, 1965, Lola Mercer, a 57-year-old white female from El Cajon, California, was the victim of a violent crime that remained unsolved for decades. Lola was assaulted in her home during a break-in that also resulted in the murder of her husband, Louis…

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Stella Darlene Nolan

Female, age 8 · Auction City, California

Killed Jun 20, 1950 · 76 years ago

Stella Darlene Nolan, an eight-year-old girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, tragically disappeared on June 20, 1953, in Los Angeles County, California. She was last seen at Auction City in the Norwalk area, where her mother worked at a refreshment stand.…

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Benjamin Bugsy Siegel

Male, age 41 · Beverly-hills, California

Killed Jun 20, 1947 · 79 years ago

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, a notorious mobster, met a violent end on June 20, 1947, at the age of 41. Siegel was in the living room of his girlfriend Virginia Hill's Beverly Hills home when an unknown assailant fired multiple shots through the front window.…

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Charles Mcclary

Male, age 32 · Alexandria, Virginia

Killed Jun 20, 1929 · 97 years ago

In the summer of 1929, the city of Alexandria, Virginia, was rocked by the sudden and violent death of one of its own. Sergeant Charles R. McClary, a 32-year-old male officer with the Alexandria Police Department, was gunned down in the line of duty on the…

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Federal William Frank Porter

Male, age 39 · Camp Creek, West Virginia

Killed Jun 20, 1925 · 101 years ago

William Frank Porter, a 39-year-old White/Caucasian male, was serving as a federal Prohibition agent when he was killed on June 20, 1925, at Camp Creek, West Virginia. Porter worked for the United States Department of the Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service…

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John Sparks

Male, age 49 · Cullman, Alabama

Killed Jun 20, 1919 · 107 years ago

In the summer of 1919, a tragic event unfolded in the small town of Cullman, Alabama, forever marking its history. John W. Sparks, a 49-year-old man who had honorably served as the community's Chief of Police for five years, had recently been elected as the…

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Maurice Ahearn

Male, age 32 · New-rochelle, New York

Killed Jun 20, 1903 · 123 years ago

In the early morning hours of June 20, 1903, a male Special Police Officer named Maurice Ahearn, aged 32, was shot and killed in the Rochelle Park neighborhood of New Rochelle, New York. While on patrol, he encountered a man carrying a bag over his shoulder.…

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Christopher Serafin

Male, age 42 · Gaston, Oregon

Killed Jun 20, 2026 · this year

On a quiet Saturday evening in Gaston, Oregon, the life of 42-year-old Christopher Serafin was tragically cut short. On June 20, 2026, emergency services received multiple 9-1-1 calls around 9:15 p.m. reporting a shooting on Vista Ridge Court. When police and…

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Christopher Gonzales

Male, age 54 · Dayton, Washington

Killed Jun 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Christopher Gonzales, 54, male, was found mortally wounded on the evening of June 20, 2022, inside an apartment at 118 East Washington Avenue in Dayton, Washington. Deputies and medics responded after a report of a shooting; Gonzales had suffered a single…

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Jerold Arnett

Male, age 78 · Salyersville, Kentucky

Killed Jun 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a summer day in June of 2020, the community of Salyersville, Kentucky, was shaken by the discovery of a local man's untimely death. Jerold Arnett, a 78-year-old male resident, was found lying in a driveway on Roanne Road. The initial investigation by the…

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Fidel Ayala Rodriguez

Male, age 75 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jun 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

Fidel Ayala Rodriguez was 75 years old when he died on Saturday, June 20, 2020, in the Historic South-Central neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma near 1248 East…

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Santos Valasquez Merida

Male, age 27 · Brighton, Alabama

Killed Jun 20, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the predawn hours of June 20, 2019, the night in Brighton, Alabama, broke open with gunfire at the Holiday Mobile Home Park along Bessemer Super Highway. When the first calls came in around 2:00 a.m., investigators began piecing together a scene that…

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Cenovio Morales

Male, age 15 · Sylmar, California

Killed Jun 20, 2019 · 7 years ago

Cenovio George Morales, a 15-year-old resident of Sylmar, California, tragically lost his life on June 20, 2019. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Cenovio was fatally shot, marking a devastating end to a young life full…

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Jeredy Peters

Male, age 40 · Canyonville, Oregon

Killed Jun 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer evening in the small city of Canyonville, Oregon, a domestic dispute turned deadly, forever altering the lives of one family. On June 20, 2015, 40-year-old Jeredy Peters, a male, was shot and killed. The incident, which occurred in the evening…

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Denise Gonzalez

Female, age 22 · Passaic, New Jersey

Killed Jun 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer night in June of 2015, a violent encounter outside a Passaic, New Jersey nightclub tragically cut short the life of 22-year-old Denisse Gonzalez. In the early morning hours of June 20th, outside the Cloud 9 Lounge on Market Street, Gonzalez was…

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Darius Porter

Male, age 25 · Anderson, South Carolina

Killed Jun 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer morning in Anderson, South Carolina, the life of 25-year-old Darius Porter was tragically cut short. On June 20, 2015, the Conyers, Georgia resident was fatally shot. The incident prompted an immediate investigation by local law enforcement…

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Shawn Lovell Parker

Male, age 49 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Jun 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Shawn Lovell Parker, a 49-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on June 20, 2015, in West Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred early in the morning on Windy Valley Drive. Police responded to the call around 3:35 AM and…

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Jose Luis Horta

Male, age 34 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jun 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jose Luis Horta, a 34-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on June 20, 2014, in the Vermont Square neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to coroner's records, Horta was walking his dog around 1:45 a.m. on South Figueroa Street when a brown van…

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Richard Richmond

Male, age 30 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Jun 20, 2009 · 17 years ago

Just after daybreak on June 20, 2009, trouble spilled into the 700 block of Capitol Heights Boulevard in Capitol Heights, Maryland. In the first reports that circulated online afterward, the victim’s name appears in two different forms: some memorial-style…

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Victor Smith

Male, age 35 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Jun 20, 2009 · 17 years ago

On June 20, 2009, Victor W. Smith Sr., a 35-year-old male from Capitol-heights, MD, passed away. Information regarding the specific circumstances of his death, including whether it was the result of a homicide, is not available in publicly accessible online…

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Francisco Barrera

Male, age 46 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jun 20, 2008 · 18 years ago

Francisco Barrera was 46 years old when he died on Friday, June 20, 2008, in Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at Wilshire Boulevard and Shatto Place in Koreatown. His death…

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Tavaris Randell

Male, age 22 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jun 20, 2007 · 19 years ago

Tavaris Randell was 22 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Wednesday, June 20, 2007. The Atlanta Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through 2017, lists it…

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Juan Bosco Luna

Male, age 19 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jun 20, 2002 · 24 years ago

Juan Bosco Luna, a 19-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on June 20, 2002, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Luna was fatally shot, marking a somber day for his family and community. The incident…

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Jose Tovar

Male, age 32 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jun 20, 1992 · 34 years ago

On June 20, 1992, 32-year-old Jose Tovar, a Hispanic male from Houston, TX, was tragically killed during a drug-related robbery. The incident took place in a Houston home, where Jose Tovar and his wife, Rachel Tovar, were targeted by a group involved in drug…

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Paul Hill

Male, age 20 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jun 20, 1973 · 53 years ago

In the late summer of 2003, a sense of unease settled over a home in Denver. Inside, Paul Bernal, a 33-year-old man, was with his girlfriend when their lives were irrevocably shattered. The ordinary moments of their day were violently interrupted by the…

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Albert Miller

Male · Oxford, Massachusetts

Killed Jun 20, 1909 · 117 years ago

In the quiet community of Oxford, Massachusetts, the summer of 1909 was shattered by a violent encounter that resulted in the death of Town Constable Albert Miller. On a fateful day, Constable Miller came upon two teenage brothers in the act of burglarizing…

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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.