Death by Force

Leon Lincoln Thorton

Male, age 22 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jun 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the early hours of a summer day in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of Leon Thornton, a 22-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short. On June 5, 2012, at approximately 12:30 a.m., violence erupted in the 4400 block of Pall Mall Road, leaving Thornton and…

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Darnell Furr Jr

Male, age 19 · Capitol Heights, Maryland

Killed Jun 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the summer of 2012, the life of 19-year-old Darnell Vincent Furr Jr. was tragically cut short in Capitol Heights, Maryland. On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 5th, police responded to a report of a shooting in the 5000 block of Emo Street. Upon their…

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David Reid

Male, age 35 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jun 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the summer of 2012, the life of 35-year-old David Reid was tragically cut short in Detroit, Michigan. An African American man, Reid was last seen by those who knew him near the intersection of Schaefer Highway and Chicago Boulevard on the city's west side.…

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Brandon Thomas

Male, age 17 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jun 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a summer evening in Detroit, the life of 17-year-old Brandon Thomas was tragically cut short. On June 5, 2012, on St. Clair Street, Thomas was fatally shot. In the years that have passed, the promising future of the young man has been overshadowed by the…

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Andvel Jackson

Male, age 35 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jun 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

On June 5, 2012, Andvel Jackson, age 35, was fatally shot in Cleveland, Ohio. The incident took place at 845 Paxton Road in Cuyahoga County. Witnesses reported that Andvel was shot by two men who were accompanied by a female. The two men were described as…

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Edward Swinton

Male, age 26 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jun 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

On June 5, 2012, Edward Swinton, age 26, was fatally shot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swinton's death was part of a troubling trend of gun violence in the city during 2012, which saw a total of 331 homicides. A staggering 85.8% of these homicides involved…

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Donald Jones

Male, age 44 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the late hours of a Thursday evening in Northeast Philadelphia, a sequence of events unfolded that would end in the tragic death of a 54-year-old man and ignite a contentious legal battle. Robert Jones, a roadside assistance operator, was driving in his…

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Lacey Edwards

Male, age 29 · San Francisco, California

Found Jun 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

On June 5, 2010, 29-year-old Lacey Edwards was tragically killed in a homicide in San Francisco, California. This incident was part of a broader pattern of violent crime affecting the city at that time. San Francisco Police Department responded to the scene…

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Kareem A. Avery

Unknown, age 30 · Miami, Florida

Found Jun 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

Kareem A. Avery, a 30-year-old man from Miami, Florida, tragically lost his life on June 5, 2010. Avery was shot in what appeared to be a targeted act of violence, adding to the numerous unresolved homicide cases in Miami. Despite efforts by law enforcement…

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William L. Lovett

Male, age 31 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Jun 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

William L. Lovett, a 31-year-old Black male, was killed on June 5, 2010, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, his life ending in what authorities classified as a homicide, a death by force. The bare facts recorded in public case listings offer only a stark outline…

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Raymond Smith

Male, age 18 · Houston, Texas

Found Jun 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

Raymond Smith, an 18-year-old resident of Houston, Texas, tragically lost his life on June 5, 2010, after an encounter with a Houston police officer. The incident occurred in the 6000 block of East T.C. Jester when Smith, in an agitated state, stopped his…

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Nicole Bailey

Female, age 33 · Houston, Texas

Found Jun 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

Nicole Bailey, a 33-year-old woman, was found dead in a ditch in southeast Houston on June 5, 2010. Her death has remained unsolved, and the Houston Police Department has continued to investigate the case, seeking any leads that might provide answers. Bailey…

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Reginald Hawkins

Male, age 30 · Evansville, Indiana

Killed Jun 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the summer of 2010, the life of Reginald D'Wayne Hawkins, a 30-year-old Black male from Evansville, Indiana, was tragically cut short. Remembered as an extraordinary son, a devoted father, and a caring brother with a winning smile, his death left a void in…

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Guillermo Huitron-Salas

Male, age 22 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jun 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

Guillermo Javier Huitron-Salas, a 22-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on June 5, 2010, in Los Angeles, California. Guillermo was attending a party in the backyard of a residence located in the 1200 block of West D Street in Wilmington when the…

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Kristi Marie Barrett Moore

Female, age 40 · Amarillo, Texas

Killed Jun 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

Kristi Marie Barrett Moore, a 40-year-old woman of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically died on June 5, 2010, in Amarillo, Texas. She was a counselor for the Amarillo Independent School District. Kristi's death was part of a tragic incident that also claimed the…

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Maria Portillo

Female, age 45 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jun 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

On June 5, 2010, Maria Aracel Portillo, a 45-year-old woman from Houston, Texas, tragically lost her life. She was found in her home at 1370 Afton #817, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The incident was initially investigated as a murder-suicide, as a…

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Lorenzo Mckeithen

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jun 5, 2009 · 17 years ago

Lorenzo McKeithen, aged 20, was fatally shot on June 5, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident took place in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood, a community that has experienced its share of violence over the years. The homicide occurred at or near a school…

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Keith M Whitlock

Male, age 50 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jun 5, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the summer of 2009, a sense of unease settled over a Louisville, Kentucky community. Keith M. Whitlock, a 50-year-old male, had died on June 22nd of that year. The initial quiet surrounding his passing would soon give way to a more troubling reality as the…

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Tyrell Bolton

Male, age 23 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Jun 5, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a quiet evening in Oklahoma City on June 5, 2009, the tranquility of Lake Stanley Draper was shattered by a grim discovery. Twenty-three-year-old Tyrell Cornelus Bolton, a young man with a promising future, was found lifeless inside his vehicle. He had…

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Dominique Diane Curtis

Female, age 21 · Brandywine, Maryland

Killed Jun 5, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a summer day in Brandywine, Maryland, the grim discovery of human remains near a residential driveway shattered the community's peace. It was June 5, 2009, when the body of 21-year-old Dominique Diane Curtis, a Black female from southeast Washington, D.C.…

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Dorothy Smith

Female, age 37 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jun 5, 2008 · 18 years ago

Dorothy Smith, aged 37, was murdered on June 5, 2008, in Philadelphia. She was found on the 4000 block of Aspen Street. Her death is listed among the homicides that took place in Philadelphia that year, adding to a year of high violence and unsolved cases.…

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Anthony Shane Tate

Male, age 29 · Monteagle, Tennessee

Killed Jun 5, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the early morning hours of June 5, 2008, a sense of duty called upon 29-year-old Deputy Sheriff Anthony Shane Tate of the Grundy County Sheriff's Department. A three-year veteran of the force, he was known for his energetic and hardworking nature, a man…

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William E Mcdonald

Male, age 45 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jun 5, 2007 · 19 years ago

William E. McDonald, a 45-year-old resident of Chicago, was killed on June 5, 2007. His death adds to the broader narrative of ongoing violence that plagued Chicago during the mid-2000s. The homicide occurred during a period when the city experienced frequent…

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Mustafa Ghulam

Male, age 33 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jun 5, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the warm evening of June 5, 2007, a hardworking Pakistani immigrant named Ghulam Mustafa was behind the wheel of his taxi, navigating the streets of Baltimore. At 33 years old, Mustafa was building a life for his family in a new country. That night, a…

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Hosteene Isaacs

Male, age 39 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Jun 5, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the early summer of 2007, the life of Hosteene Isaacs, a 39-year-old Black man from Dorchester, was cut short in a burst of violence. On the afternoon of June 3rd, at approximately 2:44 pm, police responded to a call of a person shot at 26 Leroy Street.…

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Aaron Scott Arehart

Male, age 42 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Jun 5, 2007 · 19 years ago

Aaron Scott Arehart, a 42-year-old White man, died at 1:52 a.m. on June 5, 2007, at St. Louis University Medical Center in Missouri, after a violent encounter that left him with a gunshot wound. The published account of his death says he had been assaulted…

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Derrick Leon Handy

Male, age 26 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Jun 5, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the summer of 2007, a bright Tuesday afternoon in Nashville, Tennessee, turned tragic for 26-year-old Derrick Leon Handy. On June 5th, at approximately 3:00 p.m., the sounds of gunfire echoed through the alley between 8th Avenue North and Delta Avenue.…

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Lucio Reyes

Male, age 38 · San Antonio, Texas

Found Jun 5, 2007 · 19 years ago

Lucio Reyes, aged 38, was found dead on June 5, 2007, in San Antonio, Texas. His homicide became part of the long list of unsolved murders in the area, which authorities continue to investigate through the city's Cold Case Review Team. The circumstances…

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Colin Primer

Male, age 19 · Allentown, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 5, 2007 · 19 years ago

Colin C. Primer, a 19-year-old male from Allentown, PA, tragically died on June 5, 2007. He was found shot to death in an alley near the intersection of 4th and Washington Streets. Colin was a former gang member who had turned his life around to work with an…

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Barbara Elaine Mills

Female, age 47 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jun 5, 2005 · 21 years ago

On June 5, 2005, forty-seven-year-old Barbara Elaine Mills lost her life in Los Angeles, California. Her sudden death became part of the city's grim roster of homicides during an era of significant violence across Southern California. Beyond the official…

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James Mitchell

Male · Sun Valley, California

Killed Jun 5, 2005 · 21 years ago

On June 5, 2005, the life of James Mitchell came to an abrupt end in Sun Valley, California. The victim was an infant or young child, listed as a male of white descent. Officials from the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner took…

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Adrian Parlette

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jun 5, 2003 · 23 years ago

On June 5, 2003, 23-year-old Adrian Parlette was found dead at his residence on Pauline Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. Parlette had suffered a fatal gunshot wound. The Columbus Police Department responded to the incident, and the case was soon categorized as a…

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Antonio Broadnax

Male, age 23 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Jun 5, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the early morning hours of June 5, 2003, the life of Antonio Broadnax, a 23-year-old Black male, was cut short in a barrage of gunfire on a Tulsa, Oklahoma street. The incident unfolded at approximately 2:35 a.m. near 3100 E. Apache when the vehicle…

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Enrique Barrios Castrellon

Male, age 21 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jun 5, 2002 · 24 years ago

Enrique Barrios Castrellon was 21 years old when he died on Wednesday, June 5, 2002, in Northridge. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 19101 Bryant Street. His death was ruled a…

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Dennis James Lyden

Male, age 44 · Horry, South Carolina

Killed Jun 5, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of June 5, 2000, a routine traffic stop on a desolate stretch of State Highway 544 in Horry County, South Carolina, turned into a scene of brutal violence that would claim the life of a dedicated law enforcement officer. Corporal Dennis…

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Richard L Robinson

Male, age 56 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jun 5, 1999 · 27 years ago

On a warm evening in Las Vegas, 56-year-old Caucasian male Richard L. Robinson pulled his 1995 Chevrolet pick-up truck into the south parking lot of the Silverton Casino on June 5, 1999. As he was getting out of his vehicle, he was unexpectedly approached by…

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Nancy Richards-Akers

Female, age 45 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jun 5, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the affluent Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Georgetown, the life of 45-year-old author Nancy Richards-Akers came to a violent and tragic end on the late evening of Saturday, June 5, 1999. A successful writer of historical romance novels, she was shot…

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Ida Russell

Female, age 91 · San Francisco, California

Killed Jun 5, 1998 · 28 years ago

The 91-year-old female white victim, Ida Russell, was discovered dead on June 5 1998 inside her small home at 343 London Street in San Francisco's Excelsior District. A neighbor, concerned by the smell of decomposition, alerted authorities. Examiners noted…

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Adrian Davis

Male, age 21 · Trenton, New Jersey

Killed Jun 5, 1995 · 31 years ago

On the evening of June 5, 1995, a 21-year-old male resident of Trenton, New Jersey, named Adrian Davis, was fatally shot. His life was cut short during a street encounter with two armed men, Jermaine Vaughn and Jeremiah Bass. The two men had been driving…

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Joaquin Shields

Male, age 15 · San-bernardino, California

Killed Jun 5, 1994 · 32 years ago

Joaquin Shields, a 15-year-old from San Bernardino, California, tragically lost his life on June 5, 1994. His death was a result of a violent incident that shocked the local community. Joaquin was found with multiple gunshot wounds, leading authorities to…

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Andrew Krakow

Male, age 41 · Montello, Wisconsin

Killed Jun 5, 1990 · 36 years ago

On a tragic day in Montello, Wisconsin, 41-year-old Andrew Krakow, a White male, lost his life. It was June 5, 1990, and Krakow, a conservation warden, was responding to a call for assistance from the Marquette County Sheriff's Department regarding a domestic…

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Erin Smith

Female, age 8 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jun 5, 1989 · 37 years ago

On June 5, 1989, Erin Smith, an eight-year-old girl from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, tragically lost her life in an accidental shooting. The incident occurred when Erin and her ten-year-old brother, Sean, returned home from school. While searching for video…

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Michael Masson

Male, age 27 · Medicine Hat, Alberta

Killed Jun 5, 1989 · 37 years ago

Michael Marvin Masson was a 27-year-old man whose disappearance from Medicine Hat, Alberta, in the summer of 1989 became a homicide investigation that has never been publicly solved. Although June 5, 1989, is sometimes listed as the date connected with his…

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Brian Jeffery Tunnell

Male, age 27 · Miami, Oklahoma

Killed Jun 5, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the summer of 1988, a dedicated police officer's life was tragically cut short in the line of duty. Brian Jeffery Tunnell, a 27-year-old male Patrolman with the Miami Police Department, succumbed to a fatal gunshot wound on June 5, 1988. He had served on…

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Carolyn Mills

Female · Akron, Ohio

Found Jun 5, 1987 · 39 years ago

On June 5, 1987, Carolyn Mills was reported missing from Akron, Ohio. Her body was later discovered on July 15, 1987, in an abandoned building located near Kenmore Boulevard. Carolyn Mills, who was in her thirties, had been brutally stabbed. This case has…

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Elandra Joyce Bunn

Female, age 33 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jun 5, 1987 · 39 years ago

Elandra Joyce Bunn, a 33-year-old African-American woman from Los Angeles, California, was found dead on June 5, 1987. Her body was discovered in an alley along the Figueroa corridor in South Los Angeles by an 11-year-old boy. The scene was grim—she had been…

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Gwendolyn Ann Gwen Turnbough

Female, age 40 · Stone-mountain, Georgia

Killed Jun 5, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the quiet suburbs of Stone Mountain, Georgia, the life of Gwendolyn Ann Gwen Turnbough, a 40-year-old Black woman, came to a tragic and violent end on June 5, 1985. She was a career woman, a mother, and a person who, in the face of escalating terror, had…

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Willy Penland

Male · Portland, Oregon

Found Jun 5, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the quiet, early morning hours of June 5, 1983, a sense of unease led a friend to the Portland, Oregon home of Harold "Willy" Penland, a Caucasian male known to be security conscious. The friend's repeated knocks and calls went unanswered, a silence that…

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