Deaths by Force on June 23

Deaths by Force (491)

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Rico Nathaniel

Male, age 31 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jun 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a summer day in Richmond, Virginia, the life of Rico Lamont Nathaniel was tragically cut short. On June 23, 2007, the 31-year-old male was found deceased. The cause of his death was determined to be gun violence, a violent end to a life that had seen just…

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Donald Murphy

Male, age 47 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jun 23, 2004 · 22 years ago

On a summer evening in Detroit, 47-year-old Donald Murphy, a male police officer, was fatally wounded by gunfire on June 23, 2004. Despite investigations into his death, publicly available online sources do not contain specific details regarding the…

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Rodney Freddrick Pocceschi

Male, age 33 · Virginia-beach, Virginia

Killed Jun 23, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the early morning hours of June 23, 2003, a male Virginia Beach police officer, 33-year-old Rodney Freddrick Pocceschi, was tragically killed in the line of duty. The fatal encounter occurred at approximately 3:24 a.m. on Dam Neck Road during what began as…

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Michael Morris

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jun 23, 2002 · 24 years ago

On June 23, 2002, Michael Morris, a 23-year-old male, was shot and killed in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident occurred at 5850 Center Hill Drive, located in Hamilton County. Cincinnati Police officers responded to the scene following the shooting, but despite…

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Anthony Buck

Male, age 17 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jun 23, 2002 · 24 years ago

On June 23, 2002, 17-year-old Black male Anthony Buck was shot and killed in Cincinnati, Ohio. The shooting occurred at 3636 Vine Street in Hamilton County, and official records list the date of the shooting and the date of his homicide as the same day. Buck…

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Lyndon Craig Cox II

Male, age 25 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jun 23, 2002 · 24 years ago

Lyndon Craig Cox II, a 25-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on June 23, 2002. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Cox was fatally shot in Harvard Park, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. The incident…

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Stacy Lynn Baker

Female, age 26 · Granada Hills, California

Killed Jun 23, 2002 · 24 years ago

Stacy Lynn Baker was 26 years old when she died on Sunday, June 23, 2002, in Granada Hills, in the northern San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 10636 Woodley Ave. Her death was ruled a…

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Khari Rattigan

Male, age 18 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Jun 23, 1999 · 27 years ago

On a summer evening in June of 1999, the life of 18-year-old Khari Rattigan, a male teenager from Milton, was cut short by gunfire on a street in Boston. The shooting occurred on June 23rd at 40 Langdon Street in the city's Roxbury neighborhood. When police…

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Keith Haynes

Male, age 36 · Frankford, Delaware

Killed Jun 23, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the early morning hours of Thursday, June 23, 1994, the life of Keith Haynes, a 36-year-old Black male from Frankford, Delaware, was tragically cut short. A truck driver who hauled chickens for a living, Haynes was found on Lazy Lagoon Road next to his…

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Deborah Emmick

Female, age 36 · Concord-township, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 23, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the summer of 1993, a tragedy struck the quiet community of Concord-township, Pennsylvania, with the death of 36-year-old Deborah Emmick. On June 23rd of that year, Emmick, a female resident of the area, became a victim of gun violence. The incident cut…

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Juanita Wofford

Female, age 58 · Fort Smith, Arkansas

Killed Jun 23, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the summer of 1993, a shadow fell over Fort Smith, Arkansas, with the discovery of a beloved community member's brutal murder. Juanita Wofford, a 58-year-old white female, was found deceased in her home on June 23, 1993. Known for her kindness and deep…

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Lee Floyd Berry

Male, age 26 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jun 23, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the summer of 1987, a series of seemingly minor traffic violations culminated in the tragic death of 26-year-old Lee Floyd Berry, Jr. in Detroit, Michigan. On June 23rd, Berry was driving a company van with his sixteen-year-old brother and eight-year-old…

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Catherine Catrina Mowrey

Female, age 24 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jun 23, 1985 · 41 years ago

On June 25, 1985, the body of Catherine "Catrina" Mowrey, age 24, was discovered in Dallas, Texas. Her remains were found in the trunk of a car parked near the Casa III apartments, following a call from an employee who noticed a suspicious odor coming from…

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Wayne Reiher

Male, age 32 · Upper-chichester, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 23, 1985 · 41 years ago

Wayne Edward Reiher, a 32-year-old man from Upper Chichester, PA, tragically lost his life on June 23, 1985. Wayne was working at the Landhope Farms convenience store in Boothwyn when he was shot multiple times in the back and leg during a robbery. Despite…

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Donna Gentile

Female, age 22 · East County, California

Killed Jun 23, 1985 · 41 years ago

Donna Gentile, a 22-year-old white female from East County, California, was found murdered on June 23, 1985, her body discovered by a man walking his dog along a remote turnout off Sunrise Highway, north of Interstate 8. The young woman had been brutally…

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Joanne Nichols

Female, age 23 · Ridley-township, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 23, 1984 · 42 years ago

Joanne Janet Nichols, a 21-year-old woman from Collingdale, Pennsylvania, passed away on June 23, 1984. According to genealogical records, her death was registered in Collingdale, PA. Despite thorough searches, there is a lack of publicly available…

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Willie Mae Stevenson

Male, age 32 · Shrewsbury, New Jersey

Killed Jun 23, 1982 · 44 years ago

Willie Mae Stevenson, a 32-year-old male from Shrewsbury, New Jersey, was closely tied to the working communities of Monmouth County when his life ended in gunfire on June 23, 1982. That early summer day placed him not in his listed city of Shrewsbury, but in…

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Exie Wilson

Female, age 20 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jun 23, 1980 · 46 years ago

Exie LaFaye Wilson, a 20-year-old woman from Los Angeles, California, met a tragic end on June 23, 1980. Her death was part of a series of gruesome murders that terrorized the Los Angeles area during that summer. Wilson's body was discovered in a particularly…

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Karen Jones

Female, age 24 · Burbank, California

Killed Jun 23, 1980 · 46 years ago

On June 23, 1980, the body of 24-year-old Karen Jones was discovered behind a steakhouse in Burbank, California. She had been fatally shot in the head with a small-caliber pistol. Earlier that morning, around 2:00 to 2:30 a.m., Officer Guzzetta had…

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Aaron Wyche

Male, age 10 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jun 23, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the summer of 1980, a wave of fear was already gripping the city of Atlanta as children began to disappear. On June 23rd of that year, 10-year-old African-American boy Aaron Wyche vanished, adding to the city's growing dread. He was last seen near Tanner's…

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Yarkin Harley

Male, age 72 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Jun 23, 1979 · 47 years ago

On what should have been a day of celebration, his 72nd birthday, Yarkin S. Harley, a 71-year-old Muscogee Creek Nation man, was found brutally murdered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was on the late evening of June 23rd, 1979, at approximately 11:30 p.m., that his…

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Michael Thomas

Male, age 19 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jun 23, 1979 · 47 years ago

On a September afternoon in 2006, veteran Aurora Police Detective Michael D. Thomas, a 52-year-old male, was fatally shot while stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of Peoria Street and Montview Boulevard. He was driving his personal vehicle between…

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Marjorie Fithian

age 23 · Greeley, Colorado

Killed Jun 23, 1975 · 51 years ago

In the summer of 1975, a young mother's journey home to Greeley, Colorado, ended in a desolate gravel road, leaving a mystery that would linger for decades. Marjorie Sue Fithian, a 23-year-old woman, had been visiting family in Denver with her 18-month-old…

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Cristobal F. Delgado

Male, age 53 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed Jun 23, 1975 · 51 years ago

On a summer evening in Colorado Springs, the life of a local business owner was tragically cut short in a violent confrontation. Cristobal F. Delgado, a 53-year-old white male, was killed on June 23, 1975, during an attempted armed robbery at his…

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Beverly Christensen

Female, age 24 · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Killed Jun 23, 1974 · 52 years ago

On June 23, 1974, what should have been another ordinary summer weekend at the Virginia Beach oceanfront turned into a scene that would haunt the city for decades. Inside a small apartment in the 2500 block of Arctic Avenue, Beverly Christensen, a 24-year-old…

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Robert Johnson

Male, age 22 · Anchorage, Alaska

Killed Jun 23, 1973 · 53 years ago

Robert Johnson, a 22-year-old white male grocery clerk from Anchorage, Alaska, was found beaten to death in Earthquake Park in 1973. Contemporary accounts and later retrospectives identify the attack as a brutal beating that ended the life of the 22-year-old…

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Thomas Elroy Davis Jr.

Male, age 21 · Marcola, Oregon

Killed Jun 23, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the summer of 1970, a roadside encounter in the small community of Marcola, Oregon, tragically cut short the life of 21-year-old Thomas Elroy Davis Jr. On June 23rd of that year, a dispute erupted between Davis and another man, Robert Wayne Danielson…

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Henry Dallas Humphrey

Male, age 51 · Alma, Arkansas

Killed Jun 23, 1933 · 93 years ago

In the quiet, early morning hours of June 22, 1933, in Alma, Arkansas, the newly elected town marshal, Henry Dallas Humphrey, was making his rounds. A 51-year-old farmer and handyman by trade, he had only been in his new role for two months, a position he…

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William Murphy

Male, age 37 · Peoria, Illinois

Killed Jun 23, 1903 · 123 years ago

Detective William F. Murphy, aged 37, was a dedicated officer of the Peoria Police Department in Illinois. On June 23, 1903, Detective Murphy was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a coal thief near Eaton Street and Water Street in Peoria. The…

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Sindy Michelle Masny

Female, age 56 · Decatur, Alabama

Killed Jun 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Lynnwood Circle in Decatur, Alabama, the life of 56-year-old Sindy Michelle Masny, a female, came to a tragic and abrupt end. On the evening of Monday, June 24, 2025, Decatur police and fire departments were dispatched to her…

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Amadou Diallo

Male, age 22 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jun 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Amadou Diallo, 22, male, was shot just after midnight on June 23, 2025, outside the Speedway gas station at 121 East Stewart Street, a short walk from the University of Dayton campus. A 911 caller reported hearing five or six gunshots in quick succession…

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Angel Guardia Espana

Male, age 49 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jun 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Angel Yobani Guardia Espana, 49, was found fatally stabbed in an alley in the 6200 block of South Michigan Avenue in the Washington Park community area on the South Side on the morning of Monday, June 23, 2025. The Chicago Police Department investigated, and…

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Angela Hayslett

Female, age 56 · Lewisburg, Ohio

Killed Jun 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On June 23, 2024, at approximately 9:54 a.m., the Preble County Sheriff's Office received a distressing 911 call from a woman who had discovered her parents deceased in their residence on Sonora Road, north of Lewisburg, Ohio. Upon arrival, deputies found…

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Carole Smith

Female, age 80 · Baden, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On June 23, 2024, Carole Smith, aged 80, and her husband, Roger Smith, aged 81, were found deceased in their residence on Spang Road in Marshall Township, Pennsylvania. Both individuals had sustained fatal gunshot wounds. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner…

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Elizander Navarez-Fernandez

Male, age 26 · Richmond, California

Killed Jun 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the night of June 23, 2024, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Richmond Police Department officers responded to reports of a shooting at the Bella Vista at Hilltop apartment complex, located in the 3400 block of Richmond Parkway. Upon arrival, officers…

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Ryan R. Jackson

Male, age 30 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Jun 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the evening of June 23, 2023, a violent altercation at a downtown Kansas City, Missouri, gas station resulted in the death of Cyree Cook. Responding to reports of a shooting at 10th and Locust streets, police discovered Cook in the parking lot with gunshot…

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Brandon Clark

Male, age 34 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a Friday evening in Southwest Philadelphia, the life of 34-year-old Brandon Clark was tragically cut short. Just before 8:45 p.m. on June 23, 2023, police were called to the 6400 block of Greenway Avenue where they discovered Clark suffering from multiple…

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James Thomas

Male, age 18 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jun 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the spring of 2023, a violent encounter at an Indianapolis gas station tragically cut short the lives of two brothers. Jimmy Thomas and Jaquareous Mitchell were inside the Shell gas station at 34th Street and Emerson Avenue on the evening of Saturday…

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Christian Cordova

Male, age 20 · Carson, California

Killed Jun 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Christian Cordova was 20 years old when he died on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Carson. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after being stabbed near 110 E. Carson St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los…

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Thomas E Luetzow

Male, age 58 · Minnetonka, Minnesota

Killed Jun 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

On June 23, 2017, 58-year-old Thomas Edward Luetzow was fatally shot at the Public Mini Storage facility on Hedberg Drive in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner determined that Luetzow died from a gunshot wound to the head and neck…

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Gerald Richard Jackson

Male, age 62 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jun 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

Gerald Richard Jackson, a 62-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on June 23, 2017. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Jackson was fatally shot in Downtown Los Angeles. The incident occurred on a Friday…

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Manuel Vasquez

Male, age 40 · Columbus, Mississippi

Killed Jun 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, a chilling story unfolded in the quiet community of New Hope, a suburb of Columbus, Mississippi, culminating in the tragic death of 40-year-old Manuel 'Manny' Vasquez. A native of San Antonio, Texas, and a U.S. Army veteran, Vasquez had…

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Joshua Dyer

Male, age 34 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jun 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer evening in Indianapolis, Indiana, the life of 34-year-old Joshua Dyer was cut short in a chaotic and violent encounter with law enforcement. On June 23, 2015, Dyer was a passenger in a 2007 Nissan Maxima driven by Matthew Cole. The incident began…

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Steve Fermin Cerda

Male, age 18 · Whittier, California

Killed Jun 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Steve Fermin Cerda, an 18-year-old recent high school graduate, was tragically shot and killed on June 23, 2015, in Whittier, California. The incident occurred around 11:20 p.m. in the 6100 block of Norwalk Boulevard, near his home. Cerda was standing outside…

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Ryan Osburn

Male, age 32 · Minden, Nevada

Killed Jun 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Ryan Wallace Osburn, 32, male, was found on June 23, 2014, when an inmate work crew came across human remains near Spooner Summit above Lake Tahoe in Douglas County, Nevada. More than a year later, DNA testing confirmed the identity as Osburn, a Reno man…

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Devon Jones

Male, age 30 · Kinston, North Carolina

Killed Jun 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Devon Wayne Jones, a 30-year-old African American male, was found dead on June 23, 2014, in his home at 706 Williams Street, Kinston, North Carolina. He had suffered a gunshot wound to his back and was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident occurred late…

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Roger Dale Sisk

Male, age 65 · Shelby, North Carolina

Killed Jun 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Roger Dale Sisk, a 65-year-old white male, died on June 23, 2014, at his residence on Baker Drive in Shelby, North Carolina. Sisk was a retired truck driver and a member of Trinity Baptist Church. He was known for his love of television, puzzles, and cooking.…

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Andrew Roberts

Male, age 23 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

On June 23, 2014, Andre Roberts, a 23-year-old Black male from the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot. The incident occurred in the city, contributing to a year that saw a significant number of homicides in Allegheny County. In 2014…

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