Death by Force

Stephen R. Anderson

Male, age 60 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Jun 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a summer day in Salt Lake City, June 25, 2007, the life of Stephen Anderson, a 60-year-old White male, was tragically cut short. A veteran correctional officer with 22 years of service, Anderson was escorting an inmate, Curtis Allgier, to a medical…

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Robert McCafferty

Male, age 44 · Fort-thomas, Kentucky

Killed Jun 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

In what appeared to be a tranquil home in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, 44-year-old Robert McCafferty, a man known for his charming and fun-loving nature, was found dead in his bed with a single gunshot wound to the head. The date was June 25, 2007, a Monday that…

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Kendrick Chapman

Male, age 34 · Calvin-township, Michigan

Killed Jun 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the quiet of a rural Michigan morning on June 25, 2007, a delivery driver arrived at the workshop of Kendrick Chapman in Calvin Township with a load of steel. Instead of the familiar sight of the skilled blacksmith and artist, the driver was met with a…

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Tammy Duval

Female · Greenville, North Carolina

Killed Jun 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

Tammy Hardee DuVal, a 29-year-old woman from Greenville, North Carolina, tragically passed away on June 25, 2007. She was a native and lifelong resident of Greenville, and a graduate of D.H. Conley High School and East Carolina University. Tammy worked in the…

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William Davis Jr

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jun 25, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the early morning hours of Saturday, June 25, 2005, the life of William “Billy” Davis Jr. was tragically cut short. At approximately 6:15 a.m., in the 2300 block of Pitts Place in Southeast Washington, D.C., Davis was fatally shot. The Metropolitan Police…

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Nels Daniel Dan Niemi

Male, age 42 · San-leandro, California

Killed Jun 25, 2005 · 21 years ago

Nels Daniel "Dan" Niemi, a 42-year-old police officer with the San Leandro Police Department, tragically lost his life on July 25, 2005. Officer Niemi was responding to a disturbance call on Doolittle Drive around 11:00 PM. This was his second visit to the…

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Orlando Karl Hudson

Male, age 36 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jun 25, 2004 · 22 years ago

Orlando Karl Hudson, 36, a Black male, was found mortally wounded in the parking lot behind the Cimmarron Hotel after reports of gunfire in the 7200 block of East 36th Avenue on June 25, 2004. Responding Denver officers discovered him down in the lot, and he…

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Troy Pookey Davis Sr

Male, age 31 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Jun 25, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the midst of a summer crime wave in Knoxville, Tennessee, the life of Troy 'Pookey' Davis Sr. was tragically cut short. On June 25, 2003, the 31-year-old male was riding his motorcycle when he was struck by gunfire. He was found with multiple gunshot…

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Clinton C. Mejia Jr.

Male, age 32 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jun 25, 2003 · 23 years ago

Early on the morning of Wednesday, June 25, 2003, patrol officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Newton Division responded to a dead body call at 754 East 12th Street in South Los Angeles. The location was an industrial and commercial alleyway south…

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Eduardo Vega

Male, age 15 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jun 25, 2002 · 24 years ago

Eduardo Vega, a 15-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on June 25, 2002, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Eduardo was fatally shot. The incident occurred in a neighborhood known for its…

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Kermit Woods

Male, age 49 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Jun 25, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the summer of 2000, the life of Kermit D. Woods, a 49-year-old man, was tragically cut short in Knoxville, Tennessee. On June 25th, Woods was found with a fatal gunshot wound to his chest. The incident occurred in an area known for occasional violence, at…

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Wayne Leon

Male, age 32 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jun 25, 2000 · 26 years ago

On June 25, 2000, Wayne Leon, a 32-year-old male police officer with the Cleveland Division of Police, was fatally shot during a routine traffic stop at East 40th Street and Community College in Cleveland, Ohio. Officer Leon had exited his vehicle when the…

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Jose Aguilar

Male, age 57 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jun 25, 2000 · 26 years ago

Jose Aguilar was 57 years old when he died on Sunday, June 25, 2000. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los Angeles Police Department…

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Judy Wright

Female, age 40 · Paducah, Kentucky

Killed Jun 25, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the summer of 1997, a 40-year-old Caucasian woman named Judy Wright vanished from the city of Paducah, Kentucky. Her last known whereabouts were at a local establishment called Bob's Place on the evening of June 25th. Eyewitnesses reported that she left…

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Pamela Gallagher

Female, age 38 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Jun 25, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the summer of 1993, the life of 38-year-old Pamela Susan Gallagher, a White female, came to a tragic and mysterious end in her Roanoke, Virginia apartment. On June 25th, after neighbors grew concerned that her mail was piling up, she was discovered…

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Darryl Wilson

Male, age 31 · Chester-township, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 25, 1993 · 33 years ago

On a summer day in 1993, the life of 31-year-old Darryl Wilson was tragically cut short in Chester Township, Pennsylvania. The date was June 25th, a Friday that would become etched in the memory of his loved ones as a day of profound loss and unanswered…

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Charles Powell

Male · Yuma, Arizona

Killed Jun 25, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the warm desert night of Yuma, Arizona, on June 25, 1992, a construction foreman named Charles Newton Powell was in town for a job. His work had brought him to the Hacienda Motel on Fourth Avenue, a place that would become the final scene of his life. Just…

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John Lawrence Bailey

Male, age 48 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jun 25, 1990 · 36 years ago

On a Monday morning, June 25, 1990, in Las Vegas, Nevada, 48-year-old Special Agent John Lawrence Bailey of the FBI walked into the Security Pacific Bank on East Desert Inn Road. He was there on official business, serving a subpoena for bank records. At…

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Ronald Monahan

Male, age 25 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jun 25, 1985 · 41 years ago

On June 25, 1985, Ronald Monahan, a 25-year-old white male, was found stabbed to death in his Houston, Texas apartment. Initially, investigators believed the homicide was the result of a burglary gone wrong. However, further investigation revealed a more…

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Dominic Gallo

Male, age 11 · Jersey City, New Jersey

Killed Jun 25, 1985 · 41 years ago

Dominic Gallo was an 11-year-old White boy from Jersey City, New Jersey, who disappeared from his Mallory Avenue home and was later found dead on June 25th, 1985. In the days before his body was discovered, his neighborhood held onto hope with handwritten…

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Adeline McLaughlin

Female, age 84 · Worcester, Massachusetts

Killed Jun 25, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the summer of 1983, the life of Adeline McLaughlin, an 84-year-old woman originally from Worcester, Massachusetts, came to a brutal and tragic end. On June 25th, she was discovered deceased in her apartment at a downtown retirement community in St.…

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Honora Lahmann

Female, age 67 · Joliet, Illinois

Killed Jun 25, 1983 · 43 years ago

Honora A. Lahmann, a 67-year-old woman from Joliet, Illinois, was tragically murdered on June 25, 1983. Honora, along with her sister Zita Blum, 66, was found shot to death in their home in Joliet Township. The bodies of the two women were subsequently burned…

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Zita Blum

Female, age 66 · Joliet, Illinois

Killed Jun 25, 1983 · 43 years ago

Zita Blum, a 66-year-old woman from Joliet, Illinois, was tragically found dead on June 25, 1983. Zita Blum and her sister, Honora "Nora" Lahmann, 67, were both discovered shot to death in their home. The bodies of the two sisters were also burned, adding a…

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Lupe Leo Ornelas

Male, age 33 · Sedgwick County, Kansas

Killed Jun 25, 1982 · 44 years ago

On a summer day in 1982, the quiet landscape of Sedgwick County, Kansas, became the backdrop for a grim discovery. On June 25th, the blood-soaked vehicle of 33-year-old Lupe Leo Ornelas was found abandoned near 55th Street South and K-15. The chilling find…

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Arthur Edwin Gray Jr.

Male, age 62 · Lane, Oregon

Killed Jun 25, 1982 · 44 years ago

On June 25, 1982, the body of 62-year-old Arthur Edwin Gray Jr. was discovered at the Twin Springs Campground, located approximately 80 miles east of Eugene, Oregon. Gray had been bound and fatally shot in the back of the head, indicating a deliberate…

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Irving Lawrence Burkett

Male, age 63 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jun 25, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the late evening hours of July 25, 1982, a brazen escape attempt unfolded at the Rocky Butte Jail in Portland, Oregon, forever altering the life of Multnomah County Sheriff's Deputy Irving Lawrence Burkett, a man then in his early sixties. What began as a…

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Nancy Santomero

Female, age 19 · Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Killed Jun 25, 1980 · 46 years ago

Nancy Santomero was a 19-year-old White/Caucasian woman from Huntington, New York, who was traveling with 26-year-old Vicki Durian of Wellman, Iowa, during the summer of 1980. The two young women were hitchhiking toward West Virginia’s Monongahela National…

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Vicki Durian

Female, age 26 · Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Killed Jun 25, 1980 · 46 years ago

On the evening of June 25, 1980, Vicki Durian, a 26-year-old White woman from Wellman, Iowa, was traveling through rural West Virginia with her friend Nancy Santomero. The two had been hitchhiking east with plans to attend the Rainbow Family Gathering in the…

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Steven Kirk

Male, age 29 · Fort Collins, Colorado

Killed Jun 25, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the summer of 1977, a grim discovery was made in Fort Collins, Colorado, that would leave a lasting mark on the community. On June 25th of that year, the decomposing body of 28-year-old Steven Kirk, a White male, was found inside a camping trailer parked…

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Dorothy Williamson-Oliver

Female, age 19 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Jun 25, 1974 · 52 years ago

On June 25, 1974, 19-year-old Dorothy Williamson-Oliver was tragically killed in Akron, Ohio. She was found fatally shot at her residence on East Lods Street, with unknown individuals responsible for her death. Despite initial investigative efforts, the case…

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Martha Avery

Female, age 84 · Petersburg, Virginia

Killed Jun 25, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the summer of 1974, a shadow fell over Petersburg General Hospital in Virginia as an alarming number of patients began to die unexpectedly. Among them was Martha Avery, an 84-year-old woman whose death on June 25, 1974, would become part of a chilling…

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Valerie Turner

Female, age 16 · Melrose, Florida

Killed Jun 25, 1972 · 54 years ago

On June 25, 1972, 16-year-old Valerie Turner, a white female from Melrose, Florida, was abducted from her mother’s beauty shop and later found murdered in nearby woods. Her tragic death is among several killings possibly linked to the McCrary-Taylor crime…

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Joan Dymond

Female, age 14 · Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 25, 1969 · 57 years ago

In the summer of 1969, a young girl's disappearance cast a long shadow over Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, a mystery that would take more than half a century to begin to unravel. Fourteen-year-old Joan Marie Dymond, a young female, vanished on the evening of…

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Gary Lee Robison

Male, age 16 · Good-hart, Michigan

Killed Jun 25, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the summer of 1968, a horrific crime silenced a vacationing family in the peaceful resort area of Good Hart, Michigan. Gary Lee Robison, a 16-year-old male, was one of the six members of the Robison family who were brutally murdered in their Lake Michigan…

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Randall Robison

Male, age 12 · Good-hart, Michigan

Killed Jun 25, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the summer of 1968, a horrific crime shattered the tranquility of the idyllic resort community of Good Hart, Michigan. The victims were the Robison family, who were vacationing in their secluded cottage on the shores of Lake Michigan. Among them was…

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Richard Carl Robison

Male, age 42 · Good-hart, Michigan

Killed Jun 25, 1968 · 58 years ago

On a summer day in 1968, Richard Carl Robison, a 42-year-old male, was vacationing with his family in their cottage in Good Hart, Michigan, when their lives were tragically cut short. The Robison family, including Richard's wife Shirley, 40, and their four…

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Richard Craig Ritchie Robison

Male, age 19 · Good-hart, Michigan

Killed Jun 25, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the summer of 1968, the tranquil resort community of Good Hart, Michigan, became the setting for a horrific crime that claimed the lives of an entire family. Richard Craig Ritchie Robison, a 42-year-old male, along with his wife Shirley, 40, and their four…

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Shirley Robison

Female, age 40 · Good-hart, Michigan

Killed Jun 25, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the summer of 1968, the tranquil resort community of Good Hart, Michigan, was shattered by a crime that would haunt the area for decades. Shirley Robison, a 40-year-old female, her husband Richard, and their four children were spending their annual…

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Susan Claire Susie Robison

Female, age 7 · Good-hart, Michigan

Killed Jun 25, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the quiet resort community of Good Hart, Michigan, a horrifying discovery shattered the summer serenity of 1968. The lifeless bodies of the Robison family were found in their secluded vacation cottage on July 22nd, nearly a month after they had been…

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Tom Greene

Male, age 56 · Rector, Arkansas

Killed Jun 25, 1948 · 78 years ago

In the summer of 1948, a routine act of law enforcement in Rector, Arkansas, tragically ended the life of City Marshal Tom Green. While on duty, Marshal Green, accompanied by the night marshal, escorted a man out of a pool hall whom they had just arrested for…

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Charles Sterner

Male, age 35 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jun 25, 1922 · 104 years ago

In the summer of 1922, the life of 35-year-old Charles O. Sterner, a male Prohibition Agent, was cut tragically short in St. Louis, Missouri. On June 25th, Sterner, along with local law enforcement, was investigating the illegal production of moonshine on the…

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James Carroll

Male, age 55 · Lynn, Massachusetts

Killed Jun 25, 1910 · 116 years ago

On June 25, 1910, Patrolman James H. Carroll of the Lynn Police Department in Lynn, Massachusetts, lost his life in a tragic and violent incident. Carroll, who was 55 years old and had served on the force for 28 years, was assigned to escort a partner from…

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Mohamadou Diallo

Male, age 25 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jun 25, 2025 · 1 year ago

Mohamadou Diallo, 25, male, was found unresponsive on the Southeast Side of Columbus after police were dispatched at 2:12 p.m. on June 25, 2025, to a reported robbery in the 4400 block of Coble Hill Drive near Canal Winchester. Officers located him a short…

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Jaherious Montgomery

Male, age 18 · Clarkston, Georgia

Killed Jun 25, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the summer of 2024, the life of 18-year-old Jaherious 'Jah' Montgomery, a male resident of Clarkston, Georgia, was tragically cut short. On the evening of June 25th, police responded to a call at the Silver Oaks Apartments on Brockett Road. There, they…

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Timothy Bradburn

Male, age 68 · Spokane, Washington

Killed Jun 25, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet early hours of a Tuesday morning in Spokane, Washington, the life of 68-year-old Timothy Bradburn came to a violent end. On June 25, 2024, shortly before 1 a.m., police received a startling 911 call from a woman who calmly stated she had just…

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Willie Thompson

Male, age 41 · Hillsdale, Missouri

Killed Jun 25, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet community of Hillsdale, Missouri, the morning of June 25, 2024, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Responding to a call for shots fired near Greer and Kienlen Avenues, officers from the North County Police Cooperative discovered a man…

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Willie Allen

Male, age 58 · Lansing, Michigan

Killed Jun 25, 2023 · 3 years ago

On June 25, 2023, the Lansing, Michigan community was shaken by the violent death of 58-year-old Willie Allen. The incident occurred during a summer that saw a series of fatal violence across the city, contributing to a tally of homicides that local law…

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Anderson Martinez

Male, age 42 · Chicopee, Massachusetts

Killed Jun 25, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Saturday afternoon, June 25, 2022, a dispute in Chicopee, Massachusetts, turned fatal, claiming the life of 42-year-old Anderson Martinez of Holyoke. The incident unfolded around 3:56 p.m. in the 600 block of Chicopee Street, where police responded to a…

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