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Deaths by Force on June 8

723 open cases in our database happened on June 8. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (517)

Kevin Lebriant Thomas - Killeen, Texas
Death by Force

Kevin Lebriant Thomas

Male, age 29 · Killeen, Texas
Killed Jun 8, 2019 · 7 years ago

Kevin Lebriant Thomas, a 29-year-old man from Killeen, Texas, tragically lost his life on June 8, 2019. He was found fatally wounded early that Saturday morning in the 4700 block of Greenlee Drive. Responding officers discovered Thomas suffering from a…

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Maria Nelson - Cameron, Texas
Death by Force

Maria Nelson

Female, age 44 · Cameron, Texas
Killed Jun 8, 2019 · 7 years ago

Maria Nelson, a 44-year-old woman from Cameron, Texas, tragically lost her life to gun violence on June 8, 2019. Details surrounding the circumstances of her death are limited in public records. An online memorial page indicates that she was a victim of gun…

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Marissa U. Jernigan - San-antonio, Texas
Death by Force

Marissa U. Jernigan

Female, age 20 · San-antonio, Texas
Killed Jun 8, 2019 · 7 years ago

Marissa U. Jernigan, a 20-year-old woman from San Antonio, Texas, tragically lost her life on June 8, 2019. She was the mother of a young son named Ryder and was well-loved by her family and friends. Marissa was born on September 13, 1998, at Ft. Campbell…

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Laura Hernandez-Urbina - Goodyear, Arizona
Death by Force

Laura Hernandez-Urbina

Female, age 41 · Goodyear, Arizona
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a tragic evening in Goodyear, Arizona, the life of 41-year-old Laura Hernandez-Urbina was cut short in a violent act of domestic violence. On June 8, 2018, Hernandez-Urbina was abducted from her workplace in the Deer Valley area by her ex-husband…

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Lawrence Butler - Little Rock, Arkansas
Death by Force

Lawrence Butler

Male, age 62 · Little Rock, Arkansas
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a summer evening in Little Rock, Arkansas, a planned get-together to watch a basketball game turned into a scene of tragedy. On June 8, 2018, the body of 62-year-old Lawrence Clayborn Butler Jr., a Black male, was discovered inside his home. His cousin…

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Tyrese Robert Parson - Des Moines, Iowa
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Tyrese Robert Parson

Male, age 17 · Des Moines, Iowa
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of June 8, 2018, the life of 17-year-old Tyrese Robert Parson, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in Des Moines, Iowa. Just before 6:30 a.m., a call was made to police about a person down in the 800 block of…

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Anthony Baker - Brockton, Massachusetts
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Anthony Baker

Male, age 21 · Brockton, Massachusetts
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a tragic evening in Brockton, Massachusetts, the life of Anthony Baker, a 21-year-old Black / African American male, was cut short. The date was June 8, 2018, and what should have been a joyous time for his family turned into a nightmare. Baker had come…

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Hasan Ameen - Las Vegas, Nevada
Death by Force

Hasan Ameen

Male, age 33 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

On June 8, 2018, a tragic incident occurred in North Las Vegas, Nevada, resulting in the death of 33-year-old Hasan Ameen. The incident unfolded early Friday morning at a fourplex located at 2500 Ellis Street, near the intersection of Carey Avenue and Pecos…

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Matthew Minkler - Henderson, Nevada
Death by Force

Matthew Minkler

Male, age 17 · Henderson, Nevada
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on June 8, 2018, 17-year-old Matthew Minkler, a Caucasian male, was found dead in an abandoned home in Henderson, Nevada. His death, caused by a gunshot wound to the head, was the grim culmination of what was initially described by…

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Coty Lawhorn - Russell-springs, Kentucky
Death by Force

Coty Lawhorn

Male, age 28 · Russell-springs, Kentucky
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Coty Allen Lawhorn, a 28-year-old male, tragically lost his life on Friday, June 8, 2018. The fatal incident unfolded that morning around 10:15 AM at a residence on Highway 92 in Clinton County, Kentucky, stemming from a custody dispute. Lawhorn, a resident…

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Kevin Price - Norman, Oklahoma
Death by Force

Kevin Price

Male, age 32 · Norman, Oklahoma
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the summer of 2018, the community of Noble, Oklahoma, was struck by a tragedy that began with a grim discovery at a nearby lake. On June 8th, a woman walking along the shore of Lake Thunderbird in Norman made a startling find near the southeast side of the…

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Olen Gray - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Olen Gray

Male, age 63 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of June 8, 2018, the life of 63-year-old Olen Gray, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in his Oklahoma City home. The incident, which marked the city's 36th homicide of the year, took place around 1 a.m. in the…

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Michael D. Jackson - Roanoke, Virginia
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Michael D. Jackson

Male, age 42 · Roanoke, Virginia
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a summer evening in Roanoke, Virginia, a dispute in a parking lot escalated into a fatal encounter that claimed the life of 42-year-old Michael Daniel Jackson. The incident, which occurred on June 8, 2018, unfolded outside the LT Store near Washington…

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Shawn Goliday - Indianapolis, Indiana
Death by Force

Shawn Goliday

Male, age 17 · Indianapolis, Indiana
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a summer evening in Indianapolis, Indiana, tragedy struck a family and a community. Shawn Goliday, a 17-year-old male, was fatally wounded on June 8, 2018. The incident occurred around 11:00 p.m. outside the Wyckford Court Apartments. Goliday, a student at…

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Sammy Holmes - Kansas-city, Missouri
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Sammy Holmes

Male, age 30 · Kansas-city, Missouri
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

On the evening of June 8, 2018, a violent incident claimed the life of Sammy Holmes, a 30-year-old Black male and aspiring musician from the Kansas City area. Holmes had been at an Applebee’s restaurant located on Missouri 350 Highway in Raytown, a suburb…

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Shone Swearingin - Springfield, Missouri
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Shone Swearingin

Male, age 48 · Springfield, Missouri
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Shone Allen Swearingin, age 48, a white male from Strafford, Missouri, was found dead on the morning of June 8, 2018, lying in the eastbound lane of Highway WW just north of Springfield. His body was discovered by a passerby shortly after 3:30 a.m., and…

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Jaime Melgoza Herrera - Delano, California
Death by Force

Jaime Melgoza Herrera

Male, age 27 · Delano, California
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jaime Melgoza Herrera, a 27-year-old resident of Delano, California, tragically lost his life on June 8, 2018. On that fateful morning, Herrera was shot at approximately 5:15 a.m. in the 1300 block of Clinton Street in Delano. Despite being rushed to Delano…

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Mack Holloman Jr - Lakeland, Florida
Death by Force

Mack Holloman Jr

Male, age 38 · Lakeland, Florida
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Mack Holloman Jr., a 38-year-old African American man from Lakeland, Florida, was found dead on June 8, 2018. His body was discovered in an alleyway in the 500 block of West Magnolia Street with a severe head injury. Initially, it was unclear what had caused…

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Alexis Burks - Dolton, Illinois
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Alexis Burks

Female, age 21 · Dolton, Illinois
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Alexis Burks, a 21-year-old African American woman, was tragically found dead on June 8, 2018, in Dolton, Illinois. She had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was discovered in an alley near 146th Street and Woodlawn Avenue. Alexis, who had recently moved…

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Curtis Britt - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Curtis Britt

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Curtis Britt, a 26-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death on June 8, 2018, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL. According to reports, Curtis Britt was in a vehicle around 8:30 a.m. in the 200 block of North Hamlin…

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Kennedy Blount - Chicago, Illinois
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Kennedy Blount

Male, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Kennedy Blount, a 30-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on June 8, 2018, in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. when Blount was walking in the 1600 block of South Homan Avenue.…

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Jimmy Brianna Stamey - Morganton, North Carolina
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Jimmy Brianna Stamey

Female, age 22 · Morganton, North Carolina
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jimmy "Brianna" Stamey, a 22-year-old woman from Morganton, NC, tragically lost her life on June 7, 2018. Born on May 3, 1996, in Burke County, NC, she was the daughter of Abraham William Stamey and Elisabeth "Lisa" Carol Stroupe Braswell. Brianna was a…

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Pamela Renee Ward - Morganton, North Carolina
Death by Force

Pamela Renee Ward

Female, age 57 · Morganton, North Carolina
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Pamela Renee Ward, a 57-year-old woman from Morganton, North Carolina, passed away on June 8, 2018. She was born on October 9, 1960, in McDowell County to the late Ralph and Hope Patterson. Pamela was a weaver in the textile industry and a member of Connelly…

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Trae Ward - Morganton, North Carolina
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Trae Ward

Male, age 23 · Morganton, North Carolina
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Trae Montana Ward, a 23-year-old male from Morganton, North Carolina, tragically passed away on June 8, 2018. Trae was born on June 1, 1995, in Burke County, North Carolina. He was a member of the Connelly Springs Freewill Baptist Church and worked at Saft in…

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Harold Emery Jr - Cleveland, Ohio
Death by Force

Harold Emery Jr

Male, age 63 · Cleveland, Ohio
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Harold Emery Jr., a 63-year-old man, was tragically found dead on June 8, 2018, in his Cleveland, OH home. He was discovered in his bedroom with a gunshot wound to his head. Alongside him, Rita Berish, a 54-year-old woman, was also found deceased under the…

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Marrickco Swift - Memphis, Tennessee
Death by Force

Marrickco Swift

Male, age 41 · Memphis, Tennessee
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Marrickco Swift, a 41-year-old Black man from Memphis, Tennessee, was killed by gun violence on June 8, 2018. In the days that followed, the killing was linked in later reporting to a shooting outside the Grizzly Mart store on National Street, a small stop…

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Taneric Weatherall - Rosenberg, Texas
Death by Force

Taneric Weatherall

Male, age 22 · Rosenberg, Texas
Killed Jun 8, 2018 · 8 years ago

Taneric Weatherall, a 22-year-old man from Rosenberg, Texas, tragically lost his life on June 8, 2018. He was found shot in the 1400 block of Bridal Path, lying in the grass with a gunshot wound. Weatherall was transported to Oak Bend Hospital, where he later…

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Paul Carter - Birmingham, Alabama
Death by Force

Paul Carter

Male, age 32 · Birmingham, Alabama
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of June 8, 2017, a grim discovery was made in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, when firefighters responded to a vehicle fire. After extinguishing the flames that had engulfed the four-door sedan, they found a body in the…

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Kyle A. Rea - Anchorage, Alaska
Death by Force

Kyle A. Rea

Male, age 24 · Anchorage, Alaska
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Native American/Indigenous male Kyle A. Rea, 24, was found dead in Anchorage, Alaska, on June 8, 2017. Publicly available case listings record his death as a homicide and place him in the city's rolls of victims from that year, but they offer few details…

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Christopher Bow - Jacksonville, Florida
Death by Force

Christopher Bow

Male, age 39 · Jacksonville, Florida
Found Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Christopher Scott Bowman, a 39-year-old father, was killed on June 8, 2017, in Jacksonville, Florida, in what was a tragic and violent encounter at his home. The incident began when Bowman and his fiancée, Chelsea, responded to a Facebook advertisement for a…

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Jimmy Lee Tucker - Miami, Florida
Death by Force

Jimmy Lee Tucker

Male, age 69 · Miami, Florida
Found Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jimmy Lee Tucker, age 69, was killed on June 8, 2017, in Miami, Florida. The Miami Police Department has been actively investigating his homicide, but it remains unsolved. Tucker was found at 1385 N.W. 54th Street in the Model City area of Miami. Despite…

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Isaac J Reed - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Isaac J Reed

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On June 8, 2017, Isaac J. Reed, a 25-year-old father of two, was shot and killed in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. The tragic incident occurred while Reed was placing his children in the car. The shooting happened on a sidewalk, highlighting the…

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Xavier O Joy - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Xavier O Joy

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

Xavier O. Joy, aged 23, was tragically shot and killed on June 8, 2017, in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago, just a block away from the University of Chicago. Joy was a former Morehouse College student and football player, who had returned to his hometown…

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Darcarl Ferrell - Columbus, Ohio
Death by Force

Darcarl Ferrell

Male, age 26 · Columbus, Ohio
Found Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On June 7, 2017, Darcarl A. R. Ferrell, a 26-year-old male, was found dead in Columbus, Ohio. His body was discovered by workers who were cleaning out a vacant building on the 1500 block of Aberdeen Avenue. They followed a trail of blood that led them to the…

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Guillermo Ortiz-Morales - Tucson, Arizona
Death by Force

Guillermo Ortiz-Morales

Male, age 26 · Tucson, Arizona
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late hours of a Wednesday evening, the relative peace of Mission Manor Park in Tucson, Arizona, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. On June 7, 2017, 26-year-old Guillermo Ortiz-Morales, a Hispanic male, was at the park when a verbal dispute erupted…

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Ro Nieto - Tucson, Arizona
Death by Force

Ro Nieto

Male, age 20 · Tucson, Arizona
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the warm evening hours of June 7, 2017, in Tucson, Arizona, a burst of violence shattered the tranquility of Mission Manor Park, leaving two men dead. One of the victims was 20-year-old Roman Nieto. He, along with 26-year-old Guillermo Ortiz-Morales, was…

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Joshua Goyette - Chicopee, Massachusetts
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Joshua Goyette

Male, age 15 · Chicopee, Massachusetts
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a tragic day in June of 2017, the life of 15-year-old Joshua Goyette, a White male, came to a devastating end in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The events of June 8th unfolded within the family home, culminating in a sequence of violence that would leave two…

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Andrew L. Phillips - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Andrew L. Phillips

Male, age 39 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a summer evening in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the life of Andrew L. Phillips, a 39-year-old Black/African American man, was tragically cut short. On June 8, 2017, inside a residence near 55th and Casper, a dispute escalated into fatal violence. Phillips, a…

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Darrin LaShaun Da Da - Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Darrin LaShaun Da Da

Male, age 16 · Tulsa, Oklahoma
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the summer of 2017, the life of a Tulsa teenager, Darrin LaShaun 'Da Da' Wilson, was tragically cut short at the age of 16. On June 8, 2017, the young man was found murdered, his death the result of gun violence. The discovery sent ripples of grief through…

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Eddric Pierre - Monticello, Mississippi
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Eddric Pierre

Male, age 8 · Monticello, Mississippi
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On June 8, 2017, Eddric Pierre, age 8, a Black male child from Monticello, Mississippi, lost his life to a gunshot in the nearby rural community of Oma, a small crossroads settlement a short drive north of town. He was remembered as a bright, energetic kid…

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Lonell Diggins - Grenada, Mississippi
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Lonell Diggins

Male, age 16 · Grenada, Mississippi
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the small city of Grenada, Mississippi, a sense of unease settled over the community on a Thursday morning, June 8, 2017. The life of 16-year-old Lonell Diggins, a Black male, was cut tragically short by an act of violence that left more questions than…

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Dominique D Lee - Ypsilanti, Michigan
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Dominique D Lee

Male, age 28 · Ypsilanti, Michigan
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of June 8, 2017, the life of 28-year-old Dominique Deshawn Lee, a Black male from Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, was tragically cut short. At approximately 2:45 a.m., authorities responded to a call reporting gunshots and a vehicle crash at…

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Lewis Young - Trenton, New Jersey
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Lewis Young

Male, age 30 · Trenton, New Jersey
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

An evening drive on June 8, 2017, turned tragic for 30-year-old Lewis Young, a Black male from Trenton, New Jersey. While behind the wheel of his vehicle, Young was struck by gunfire in a fatal shooting that unfolded on the city's streets. The sudden burst of…

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Douglas Taylor - Portsmouth, Virginia
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Douglas Taylor

Male, age 30 · Portsmouth, Virginia
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the summer of 2017, the life of 30-year-old Douglas T. Taylor was tragically cut short on the streets of Portsmouth, Virginia. On the evening of June 8th, gunshots echoed at the intersection of Elm Avenue and Fag Street, and when the sound faded, Taylor…

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John Nunamaker - Portsmouth, Virginia
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John Nunamaker

Male, age 70 · Portsmouth, Virginia
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of a Thursday morning in Portsmouth, Virginia, a domestic dispute escalated into a fatal encounter that ended the life of 70-year-old John Larry Nunamaker Sr. On June 8, 2017, emergency dispatchers received a call reporting a domestic…

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Sunu Mujahid - Indianapolis, Indiana
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Sunu Mujahid

Male, age 43 · Indianapolis, Indiana
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of June 8, 2017, the life of 43-year-old Sunu Mujahid was tragically cut short on the east side of Indianapolis, Indiana. A male resident of the city, Mujahid was discovered near the sidewalk around 4 a.m. at the intersection of…

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Benjamin Renick - New-florence, Missouri
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Benjamin Renick

Male, age 29 · New-florence, Missouri
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

On June 8, 2017, Benjamin Renick, a 29-year-old male and world-renowned snake breeder, was found dead at his reptile facility in New Florence, Missouri. His wife, Lynlee Renick, discovered his body in a pool of blood and called his brother, Sam Renick, before…

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Gentrail Wafford - Saint-louis, Missouri
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Gentrail Wafford

Male, age 35 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed Jun 8, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the summer of 2017, on the 8th of June, a violent encounter in the 1400 block of Desoto in Saint Louis, Missouri, tragically ended the life of 35-year-old Gentrail Wafford. Wafford, a male, found himself in the midst of a robbery attempt. In an act of…

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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.