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Deaths by Force on March 16

649 open cases in our database happened on March 16. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (434)

Broderick McGhee - Hamilton, Ohio
Death by Force

Broderick McGhee

Male · Hamilton, Ohio
Killed Mar 16, 2013 · 13 years ago

Broderick McGhee, a 35-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on March 16, 2013, in Hamilton, Ohio. He was the owner of MKM Custom Motors, a custom-painting business located at 1133 Central Avenue. On that fateful night, McGhee was inside his…

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Shawn Ray - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Shawn Ray

Male, age 21 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Mar 16, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a late Friday night in Washington, D.C., the life of 21-year-old Shawn Junior Ray was cut short. On March 16, 2012, at approximately 11:33 p.m., Ray, a Black male, was shot and killed during a robbery in the 4200 block of Edson Place, NE. The Metropolitan…

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Fareed Caldwell - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Fareed Caldwell

Male, age 25 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Mar 16, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a tragic day in Baltimore, the life of a young Black man, Fareed Caldwell, was cut short. On March 16, 2012, the 25-year-old was killed in the 3500 block of West Belvedere Avenue. The incident was recorded as a homicide, adding another statistic to the…

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Rafael Roberts - Detroit, Michigan
Death by Force

Rafael Roberts

Male, age 37 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed Mar 16, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the spring of 2012, a young man’s life was cut tragically short on the streets of Detroit. Twenty-year-old Rafael Roberts, a male, became a victim of homicide on March 15th of that year. The incident that claimed his life unfolded at 18686 Lauder Street, a…

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Louis Ray - Memphis, Tennessee
Death by Force

Louis Ray

Male, age 76 · Memphis, Tennessee
Killed Mar 16, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the early morning hours of a Friday in downtown Memphis, a confrontation outside a hotel escalated to a fatal shooting that claimed the life of 37-year-old Shaun Michael Ray. The incident unfolded after an initial dispute between Ray and another man…

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Eddie Arnold Ezzell - Newport-news, Virginia
Death by Force

Eddie Arnold Ezzell

Male, age 43 · Newport-news, Virginia
Killed Mar 16, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the quiet confines of a recreational vehicle parked at the Davis Mobile Home and RV Park in Newport News, Virginia, a grim discovery was made on March 16, 2012. Inside, the bodies of 43-year-old Eddie Arnold Ezzell III and his wife, Katherine Parker…

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Katherine Diane Parker-Ezzell - Newport-news, Virginia
Death by Force

Katherine Diane Parker-Ezzell

Female, age 47 · Newport-news, Virginia
Killed Mar 16, 2012 · 14 years ago

On March 16, 2012, the lives of Katherine Diane Parker-Ezzell, a 47-year-old female, and her husband, Eddie Arnold Ezzell III, were brought to a tragic and violent end in Newport News, Virginia. A concerned relative discovered the couple deceased inside their…

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Lisa Anne Mowrey - Tampa, Florida
Death by Force

Lisa Anne Mowrey

Female, age 24 · Tampa, Florida
Found Mar 16, 2010 · 16 years ago

Lisa Anne Mowrey, aged 24, was found dead on March 16, 2010, after having been missing for over six years. Lisa disappeared on February 6, 2004, at the age of 18. She was last seen around 6:30 a.m. while leaving her home to attend the Manhattan Hairstyling…

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Nathaniel Taylor - Boston, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Nathaniel Taylor

Male, age 22 · Boston, Massachusetts
Killed Mar 16, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a Tuesday night in March of 2010, the life of 22-year-old Nathaniel Taylor of Mattapan was cut short by gunfire in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. Shortly after 11 p.m. on March 16th, police responded to a report of a shooting and discovered Taylor…

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Jeremy Wagner - Detroit, Michigan
Death by Force

Jeremy Wagner

Male, age 36 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed Mar 16, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the summer of 2008, the life of a talented and well-loved Detroit hairdresser was brutally cut short, leaving a void in the community and a case that remains a painful, unsolved mystery for his family and friends. Jeremy Waggoner, a 37-year-old male, was…

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Stephen Richard Spike Erving - Stoughton, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Stephen Richard Spike Erving

Male, age 21 · Stoughton, Massachusetts
Killed Mar 16, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early hours of March 16, 2010, the life of 21-year-old Stephen Richard "Spike" Erving, a White/Caucasian male, was tragically cut short in what should have been the safety of his own bedroom. At approximately 3:30 a.m. in Stoughton, Massachusetts…

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Jason Brown - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Jason Brown

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Mar 16, 2009 · 17 years ago

Jason Brown, a 21-year-old male, was fatally shot on March 16, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was part of a troubling pattern of violence that afflicted many communities in the city during that year. The homicide occurred amid a broader backdrop of…

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Amir Rashard Clemons - Raytown, Missouri
Death by Force

Amir Rashard Clemons

Male, age 10 · Raytown, Missouri
Killed Mar 16, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 16, 2009, a horrific act of violence unfolded within the walls of a Raytown, Missouri, apartment, forever silencing the life of 10-year-old Amir Rashard Clemons. Amir, a young boy on spring break from school, was spending…

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Andre Donnell Jones Sr. - Raytown, Missouri
Death by Force

Andre Donnell Jones Sr.

Male, age 33 · Raytown, Missouri
Killed Mar 16, 2009 · 17 years ago

On March 16, 2009, a tragic quadruple homicide was discovered in an apartment in Raytown, Missouri, claiming the life of 33-year-old Andre Donnell Jones Sr., along with three other victims. The grim discovery was made by the father of two young boys who had…

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Precious JoNicole Triplett - Raytown, Missouri
Death by Force

Precious JoNicole Triplett

Female, age 21 · Raytown, Missouri
Killed Mar 16, 2009 · 17 years ago

On March 16, 2009, the community of Raytown, Missouri, was shaken by the discovery of a quadruple homicide inside an apartment that claimed the life of 21-year-old African American female Precious JoNicole Triplett. The grim scene was uncovered early in the…

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Jimmy Hau-Gongora - San Francisco, California
Death by Force

Jimmy Hau-Gongora

Male, age 25 · San Francisco, California
Found Mar 16, 2008 · 18 years ago

Jimmy Hau-Gongora, age 25, was killed on March 16, 2008, in San Francisco, California. The incident occurred in the Excelsior District of San Francisco, an area that had experienced significant violence during that period. Jimmy was one of several victims of…

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Jose Luis Garcia Bailey - Long Beach, California
Death by Force

Jose Luis Garcia Bailey

Male, age 11 · Long Beach, California
Found Mar 16, 2008 · 18 years ago

On March 16, 2008, 11-year-old Jose Luis Garcia Bailey was tragically shot and killed in Long Beach, California. The incident occurred at approximately 9:47 p.m. in front of a residence on 2024 East 15th Street, across the street from where Jose lived. He was…

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Ryan Harris - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Ryan Harris

Male, age 15 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Mar 16, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Washington, D.C., the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Fifteen-year-old Ryan T. Harris was shot and killed on March 16, 2008, in the 3100 block of Apple Road, NE. The incident occurred sometime between…

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Salvador Contreras - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Salvador Contreras

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Mar 16, 2008 · 18 years ago

Salvador Contreras, aged 18, was fatally shot on March 16, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the West Elsdon neighborhood, which is located on the Southwest Side of the city. Salvador was found on the street with fatal injuries caused by…

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David Harris - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

David Harris

Null, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Mar 16, 2008 · 18 years ago

David Harris, aged 23, was killed on March 16, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a period when Chicago was grappling with high homicide rates, contributing to an environment of heightened tension and violence across various parts of the…

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Starlett Miller - Indianapolis, Indiana
Death by Force

Starlett Miller

Female, age 29 · Indianapolis, Indiana
Killed Mar 16, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the early months of 2008, the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, was home to a 29-year-old Black woman named Starlett Carisa Miller, known affectionately to her friends and family as "Star." Born into a large, loving family, she was the daughter of Vera Kersey…

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Thomas Rodriguez Espinoza - Los-angeles, California
Death by Force

Thomas Rodriguez Espinoza

Male, age 18 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Mar 16, 2008 · 18 years ago

Thomas Rodriguez Espinoza, an 18-year-old from Los Angeles, California, tragically passed away on March 16, 2008. His death was a result of a violent incident that has since been the subject of extensive investigation and legal proceedings. The circumstances…

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Francisco Martinez - Los Angeles, California
Death by Force

Francisco Martinez

Male, age 47 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Mar 16, 2008 · 18 years ago

Francisco Martinez was 47 years old when he died on Sunday, March 16, 2008, eight days after he was beaten in Van Nuys. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 14903 Victory Boulevard in Van…

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Barbara Flowers - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Barbara Flowers

Female, age 43 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Mar 16, 2007 · 19 years ago

The homicide of Barbara Flowers, a 43-year-old woman, occurred in Chicago on March 16, 2007. Flowers' death adds to a long list of homicides that have shaped Chicago's history. According to the data available from the Chicago Police Department's Citizen Law…

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Lavon Mcneil - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Lavon Mcneil

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Mar 16, 2007 · 19 years ago

Lavon McNeil, age 19, was shot and killed on March 16, 2007, in Chicago. His death was part of the ongoing violence that was prevalent in many parts of the city during the 2000s. The incident took place in a neighborhood that had been struggling with systemic…

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Theodora Summers - Lanham, Maryland
Death by Force

Theodora Summers

Female, age 40 · Lanham, Maryland
Killed Mar 16, 2007 · 19 years ago

Theodora Yvonne Summers, a 40-year-old female, was tragically killed on the afternoon of March 16, 2007, when a stray bullet entered her home in Lanham, Maryland, and struck her in the head. At the time of the incident, Summers, a hotel restaurant hostess…

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Antwanisha Morgan - San-francisco, California
Death by Force

Antwanisha Morgan

Female, age 17 · San-francisco, California
Killed Mar 16, 2007 · 19 years ago

Antwanisha Morgan, a 17-year-old from San Francisco, California, was tragically killed on March 16, 2007. She was gunned down outside a community youth center in the Bayview neighborhood, where she had been volunteering. Antwanisha, known as "Nisha" to her…

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Game Warden Justin Phillip - Wharton, Texas
Death by Force

Game Warden Justin Phillip

Male, age 34 · Wharton, Texas
Killed Mar 16, 2007 · 19 years ago

Game Warden Justin Phillip Hurst, aged 34, was shot and killed on March 16, 2007, in Wharton County, Texas. The incident occurred following a high-speed pursuit on U.S. Route 90 ALT. The pursuit began when another game warden suspected a man of illegally…

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Leon Leslie Big L - Boston, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Leon Leslie Big L

Male, age 25 · Boston, Massachusetts
Killed Mar 16, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, on the evening of March 16, 2005, a 25-year-old Black/African American man named Leon Leslie Bocage Jr., known to his friends and family as "Big L," was fatally shot. The incident occurred at 780 Shawmut Avenue, where…

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Ronald Michael James - Aurora, Colorado
Death by Force

Ronald Michael James

Male, age 28 · Aurora, Colorado
Killed Mar 16, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the early moments of a Wednesday morning in Aurora, Colorado, the life of Ronald Michael James Jr. was tragically cut short. On March 16, 2005, the 28-year-old Black male was attacked and fatally shot by an unknown assailant. The incident occurred at 12:00…

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Santino L Henson - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Santino L Henson

Male, age 19 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Mar 16, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 16, 2003, the life of 19-year-old Santino L. Henson was tragically cut short in a parking lot in Northwest Washington, D.C. The young man was sitting in the driver's seat of a car at the rear of 33 K Street, NW, when he was…

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Antonia Grant - Cincinnati, Ohio
Death by Force

Antonia Grant

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio
Killed Mar 16, 2002 · 24 years ago

On March 16, 2002, 23-year-old Antonia Grant was shot and killed at 2023 Vine Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident took place in the area of Hamilton County, and law enforcement officials classified the death as a homicide. Despite investigations by the…

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Junious Ricardo Peterson - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Junious Ricardo Peterson

Male · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Mar 16, 2000 · 26 years ago

On a late winter day in Washington, D.C., the life of Junious Ricardo Peterson, a male resident of the city, was tragically cut short. On March 16, 2000, in the 4600 block of South Capitol Street, SE, Peterson was killed under circumstances that led the…

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Patrick Moses Dorismond - New-york, New York
Death by Force

Patrick Moses Dorismond

Male, age 26 · New-york, New York
Killed Mar 16, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 16, 2000, Patrick Moses Dorismond, a 26-year-old Haitian-American security guard and father of two, was standing with a friend outside a cocktail lounge in New York City. His life was about to take a tragic and abrupt turn.…

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Nolan Williamson Sr. - East-feliciana-parish, Louisiana
Death by Force

Nolan Williamson Sr.

Male, age 61 · East-feliciana-parish, Louisiana
Killed Mar 16, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the quiet parish of East Feliciana, Louisiana, a veteran law enforcement officer's life was cut short in a sudden act of violence. Sergeant Nolan Williamson Sr., a 61-year-old Caucasian male with over two decades of service, responded to what he believed…

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Leticia Andrade - Los Angeles, California
Death by Force

Leticia Andrade

Female, age 31 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Mar 16, 2000 · 26 years ago

Leticia Andrade, 31, died on Thursday, March 16, 2000. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los Angeles Police Department Foothill…

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Wilma Clifton-Johnson - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Death by Force

Wilma Clifton-Johnson

Female, age 37 · Tulsa, Oklahoma
Killed Mar 16, 1999 · 27 years ago

On a quiet Tuesday in March 1999, 37-year-old Wilma Clifton-Johnson, a white female resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was inside her home when the stillness of the night was broken by gunfire. Police were dispatched in response to reports of shots fired, and…

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Robert Mitchell - North Ridge/Moorefield Township, Ohio
Death by Force

Robert Mitchell

Male, age 69 · North Ridge/Moorefield Township, Ohio
Killed Mar 16, 1997 · 29 years ago

Robert G. Mitchell, aged 69, was found deceased in his residence at 1932 Biscayne Drive, located in North Ridge/Moorefield Township, Ohio, on March 16, 1997. The case remains unsolved, and details of the incident indicate that Mitchell had suffered head…

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Myron Kelly - Osceola, Arkansas
Death by Force

Myron Kelly

Male, age 45 · Osceola, Arkansas
Killed Mar 16, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the quiet town of Osceola, Arkansas, Sergeant Myron Kelly, a 45-year-old male law enforcement officer, began his watch on March 16, 1997, unaware it would be his last. A dedicated officer with eight years of service, he was known in the community for his…

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Scot Stobaugh - Little Rock, Arkansas
Death by Force

Scot Stobaugh

Male, age 22 · Little Rock, Arkansas
Killed Mar 16, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the early hours of March 16, 1993, a college student named Scot Stobaugh was doing his laundry at the Funwash Laundromat on West Markham Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. The quiet, mundane task took a horrific turn when a man, later identified as Terrick…

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Shirley Ann Stanton - Las Vegas, Nevada
Death by Force

Shirley Ann Stanton

Female · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed Mar 16, 1989 · 37 years ago

On March 16, 1989, the body of Shirley Ann Stanton, a Caucasian female, was discovered off the side of a road near Laughlin, Nevada, by passengers on a bus. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the scene and determined that Stanton…

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Stella Lemon - Cincinnati, Ohio
Death by Force

Stella Lemon

Female, age 87 · Cincinnati, Ohio
Killed Mar 16, 1987 · 39 years ago

Stella Lemon was an 87-year-old white female patient at Daniel Drake Memorial Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, whose death on March 16, 1987, became part of one of the most extensive hospital serial-murder investigations in American history. Contemporary…

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Rita Drury - Seattle, Washington
Death by Force

Rita Drury

Female, age 51 · Seattle, Washington
Killed Mar 16, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the city of Seattle, Washington, a tragic event unfolded on March 16, 1985, forever altering the lives of one family. Rita Drury, a 51-year-old female, was spending the evening babysitting her grandchild, a quiet night that was violently shattered. In an…

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Donald Abbott - South-connellsville, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Donald Abbott

Male, age 48 · South-connellsville, Pennsylvania
Killed Mar 16, 1985 · 41 years ago

On a tragic day in South Connellsville, Pennsylvania, the life of 48-year-old Donald Abbott was cut short in a horrifying act of workplace violence. On March 16, 1985, Abbott, a male foreman at the Anchor Glass Container Corp. plant, was one of four victims…

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John Coligan - South-connellsville, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

John Coligan

Male, age 31 · South-connellsville, Pennsylvania
Killed Mar 16, 1985 · 41 years ago

John Coligan, a 31-year-old male, was killed on March 16, 1985, during a workplace shooting at the Anchor Glass Container Corp. plant in South Connellsville, Pennsylvania. The violence erupted on what had been an ordinary Saturday morning inside the glass…

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Paul Gabelt - South-connellsville, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Paul Gabelt

Male, age 52 · South-connellsville, Pennsylvania
Killed Mar 16, 1985 · 41 years ago

Paul Edward Gabelt, a 52-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was tragically killed on March 16, 1985, in South Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Gabelt was a foreman at the Anchor Glass Container Corporation, where he worked for many years. His death was part of…

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Ralph Tomaro - South-connellsville, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Ralph Tomaro

Male, age 52 · South-connellsville, Pennsylvania
Killed Mar 16, 1985 · 41 years ago

Ralph Tomaro, a 52-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, tragically lost his life on March 16, 1985, in South Connellsville, Pennsylvania. Ralph was one of four victims killed in a workplace shooting at Anchor Glass Container Corp. The incident was carried…

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Ronald Lee Fewell - Lee, Florida
Death by Force

Ronald Lee Fewell

Male, age 24 · Lee, Florida
Killed Mar 16, 1983 · 43 years ago

Corporal Ronald Lee Fewell, a 24-year-old officer with the Lee County Sheriff's Office in Florida, tragically lost his life on March 16, 1983. On that fateful day, Corporal Fewell was responding to a domestic disturbance call where shots had been fired. As…

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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.