Death by Force

Antonio B Foreman

Male, age 25 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Mar 17, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early hours of a Wednesday morning in Kansas City, Missouri, the life of Antonio B. Foreman, a 25-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On March 17, 2010, at approximately 12:42 a.m., police officers were dispatched to the area of 57th Street and…

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Tyree Jackson

Male, age 22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Mar 17, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early hours of a Wednesday morning in March 2010, a burst of gunfire erupted at the intersection of Cobbs Creek Parkway and Walnut Street in West Philadelphia, leaving two men dead. One of the victims was 22-year-old Tyree Jackson from the 4500 block…

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Farrakhan Mickeals

Male, age 21 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Mar 17, 2010 · 16 years ago

Farrakhan Mickeals, a 21-year-old resident of Philadelphia, was tragically killed on March 17, 2010. The incident occurred at the 100 block of South Cobbs Creek Parkway, where he was fatally shot. Despite the efforts of investigators, the case remains open…

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Amy Mayfield

Female, age 37 · Cedar-hill, Texas

Killed Mar 17, 2010 · 16 years ago

On March 17, 2010, Amy Renea Thornhill Mayfield, a 37-year-old white female, was found deceased in her home in Cedar Hill, Texas. Born on October 6, 1972, to Larry and Joyce Thornhill, Amy was affectionately known as "MeMe" by her family. She is survived by…

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Grace Dedert

Female, age 69 · Dothan, Alabama

Killed Mar 17, 2010 · 16 years ago

Grace Ann Bridges Dedert, also identified in police and news reports as Grace Bell Bridges, was a 69-year-old Caucasian female from Dothan, Alabama, whose life ended violently on March 17, 2010. She was working inside Dedert's Furniture Store at 966 South…

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Jonathan Wilson

Male, age 17 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Mar 17, 2009 · 17 years ago

Jonathan Wilson, a 17-year-old from Chicago, was fatally shot on March 17, 2009, in an incident that reflects the broader violence plaguing Chicago at the time. His death was part of a troubling pattern of homicides in Chicago, particularly affecting the…

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Oscar Salgado

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Mar 17, 2009 · 17 years ago

Oscar Salgado, a 26-year-old male, was killed on March 17, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was recorded during a time when Chicago was struggling with widespread violence. In 2009, the city reported a decrease in homicide rates compared to previous…

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Ricardo Lee

Male, age 49 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Mar 17, 2009 · 17 years ago

Ricardo Lee, a 49-year-old male, was killed on March 17, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. The homicide was part of a series of violent incidents that were indicative of the broader crime trends during that period. Chicago in 2009 experienced significant issues…

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Anthony Jr. Adams

Male, age 28 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Mar 17, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 17, 2009, the quiet of a Philadelphia neighborhood was broken by a grim discovery. Inside a Chevrolet Cobalt parked on the 5000 block of North Camac Street, the body of 28-year-old Anthony Jr. Adams was found. He had been…

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Nicholas Howard

Male, age 26 · Temple-hills, Maryland

Killed Mar 17, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early hours of a Tuesday in March 2009, a chaotic and violent scene unfolded outside a Temple Hills, Maryland sports bar that ended the life of Nicholas A. Howard. The 26-year-old man from Southeast Washington, D.C., was fatally shot in a confrontation…

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Eric Ricky Gates

Male, age 18 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Mar 17, 2009 · 17 years ago

In a tragic turn of events that cut short a promising young life, Rodricous Gates Jr., a 20-year-old male, was fatally shot on a Sunday night in August 2017. The incident occurred at the Hampton Downs Apartments on Mt. Zion Boulevard in Morrow, a community in…

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Antoine Beasley

Male, age 34 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Found Mar 17, 2008 · 18 years ago

Antoine Beasley, a 34-year-old Charlotte resident, was tragically killed on March 17, 2008. His murder has remained unsolved for several years, leaving family and friends searching for answers. Beasley was found shot to death in what police initially…

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Calvin Dillard

Male, age 22 · Houston, Texas

Found Mar 17, 2008 · 18 years ago

On the early morning of March 17, 2008, a young life was cut tragically short in the streets of southwest Houston. Calvin Christian Dillard, a 22-year-old African American male, was found lifeless on the pavement, his body riddled with gunshot wounds. The…

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Shelley Hall Gatlin

Female, age 37 · Gainesville, Florida

Found Mar 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

Shelley Hall Gatlin, age 37, was found murdered on March 17, 2007, in Gainesville, Florida. Her body was discovered along the Hawthorne Rails-to-Trails bike path. The cause of death was determined to be strangulation, and she had been left in a wooded area…

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Rodney Dewitt

Male, age 21 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Mar 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a late winter day in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of 21-year-old Rodney Dewitt, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short. On March 17, 2007, in the 4900 block of Queensberry Avenue, Dewitt became a victim of homicide. The specific details…

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Victoria O Franklin

Female, age 30 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Mar 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a spring day in Kansas City, Missouri, March 17, 2007, the life of 30-year-old Victoria O. Franklin was tragically cut short. The circumstances surrounding her death were violent, and authorities quickly determined that she had been the victim of a…

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Robert Skaggs

Male, age 60 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Mar 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

Robert Turman Skaggs, a 68-year-old White male, was tragically killed on March 17, 2007, in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place at 2240 Sullivant Avenue, where he was fatally injured during a robbery. Reports indicate that Skaggs sustained a severe head…

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Robert T. Skaggs

Male, age 68 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Mar 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

Robert T. Skaggs, a 68-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically murdered during a robbery on March 17, 2007. The incident occurred at 2240 Sullivant Avenue, where Robert sustained a fatal head injury during the course of the robbery. Despite ongoing…

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Rodrick Cousins

Male, age 18 · Henrico, Virginia

Killed Mar 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a spring evening in Henrico, Virginia, the life of 18-year-old Rodrick Cousins Jr. was tragically cut short. A senior at Highland Springs High School, Cousins was fatally shot on March 17, 2007, a victim of gun violence that sent ripples of grief through…

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Brian Bell

Male, age 21 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Mar 17, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, a young man’s life was tragically cut short in Capitol Heights, Maryland. Brian F. Bell, a 21-year-old known affectionately to his loved ones as 'Doug,' was killed by gun violence on March 17, 2007. At the time of his death, Brian was a…

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Tearonn Daniel

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Mar 17, 2005 · 21 years ago

On March 17, 2005, Tearonn Daniel was tragically murdered in Dayton, Ohio. Tearonn was a young Black male, and his death occurred under mysterious circumstances that have yet to be fully resolved. The incident took place in Dayton, specifically within…

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Thomas Catchings

Male, age 41 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Mar 17, 2005 · 21 years ago

On March 17, 2005, Jackson Police Department Patrolman Thomas Catchings, a nine-year veteran of the force, was returning home from motorcycle training when his path crossed with a violent crime in progress. A citizen flagged him down at the intersection of…

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Danielle Baker

Female, age 19 · Marianna, Florida

Killed Mar 17, 2005 · 21 years ago

Danielle Baker, a 19-year-old mother from Marianna, Florida, was tragically found dead on March 17, 2005, along with her three young sons. The discovery was made by an apartment complex worker who was conducting routine inspections. Baker and her children…

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Dori M. Cordova

Female, age 31 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Mar 17, 2004 · 22 years ago

Dori M. Cordova, a 31-year-old single mother, was in a period of struggle, striving to create a better life for herself and her young son. Having lost her office job, she found herself without steady employment and residing at the Jensonia Hotel in Seattle, a…

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Donald Raymond Howard

Male, age 46 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Mar 17, 2004 · 22 years ago

Donald Raymond Howard was 46 years old when he died on Wednesday, March 17, 2004, in Los Angeles County. 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…

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Carlie Thompson

Male · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Mar 17, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the spring of 2000, a life was tragically cut short in Knoxville, Tennessee, leaving behind a mystery that endures to this day. On March 17, 2000, a male individual named Carlie Thompson was killed at 1419 W. Oldham. The case is officially documented as an…

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Ricky Leon Kinchen

Male, age 35 · West-end, Georgia

Killed Mar 17, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the West End neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, a nine-year veteran of the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, 35-year-old Deputy Sheriff Ricky Leon Kinchen, tragically lost his life in the line of duty. On the evening of March 16, 2000, Kinchen and his…

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Dinho Fernandes

Male, age 17 · Brockton, Massachusetts

Killed Mar 17, 1999 · 27 years ago

On a spring evening in Brockton, Massachusetts, the life of 17-year-old Dinho Fernandes was cut short by gunfire. On March 17, 1999, in what was described as a drive-by shooting on Sylvester Street, the male teenager was struck in the back by a 9mm bullet and…

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Jason Childers

Male, age 27 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Mar 17, 1997 · 29 years ago

Caucasian/White male Jason Childers, age 27, finished the graveyard shift's quiet rituals shortly before dawn at the Plaid Pantry at 917 SW Gibbs Street, just down the hill from OHSU in Portland, Oregon. Around 4:20 a.m. on March 17, 1997, a customer stepped…

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Irvin Ellis Powell

Male, age 48 · Sublette, Kansas

Killed Mar 17, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the quiet plains of Sublette, Kansas, a tragic event unfolded that would cut short the life of a dedicated public servant. Irvin Ellis Powell, a 48-year-old White male, served his community as both a jailer and a dispatcher for the Haskell County Sheriff's…

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Kelly Malczynski

Male, age 26 · South-bend, Indiana

Killed Mar 17, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 17, 1993, the body of 26-year-old Kelly Diego Malczynski was discovered outside an apartment building at 925 S. Ironwood Drive in South Bend, Indiana. Malczynski, a Caucasian male, had been shot once in the head. The…

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Raymond Bradford

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Mar 17, 1992 · 34 years ago

On March 17, 1992, Raymond Bradford, aged 41, was found brutally beaten to death in his apartment at 423 Whiteman Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident was reported on the same day, and the Cincinnati Police Department launched an investigation, but despite…

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Rachel Hurley

Female, age 14 · Jupiter, Florida

Killed Mar 17, 1990 · 36 years ago

On March 17, 1990, Rachel Hurley, a 14-year-old from Jupiter, Florida, was murdered after a day spent with friends at the beach. Rachel had been out on a boat with her friends, and around mid-afternoon, she left to meet her mother at Carlin Park, just a mile…

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Dayle Yoshie Okazaki

Female, age 34 · Rosemead, California

Killed Mar 17, 1985 · 41 years ago

Dayle Yoshie Okazaki, aged 34, was tragically murdered on March 17, 1985, in her Rosemead, California, condominium. The incident occurred when Richard Ramirez, infamously known as the "Night Stalker," broke into her home. Ramirez, a notorious serial killer…

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Tsai Lian Veronica Yu

Female, age 30 · Monterey-park, California

Killed Mar 17, 1985 · 41 years ago

Tsai Lian Veronica Yu, a 30-year-old student at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, tragically lost her life on March 17, 1985, in Monterey Park, California. In the early morning hours, while driving home, she was stopped by Richard Ramirez…

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Tsai-Lian Veronica Yu

Female, age 30 · Monterey Park, California

Killed Mar 17, 1985 · 41 years ago

Tsai-Lian Veronica Yu, a 30-year-old Taiwanese woman, was tragically killed on March 17, 1985, in Monterey Park, California. At the time of her death, she was a student at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. In the early morning hours, she was…

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William Welsh

Male, age 47 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Mar 17, 1983 · 43 years ago

William Welsh, a 47-year-old male, died on March 17, 1983, after being shot outside the Pittsburgh home of his former girlfriend, Carol Stonehouse. Welsh was a retired Pittsburgh police officer who had served for about two decades, and Stonehouse was also a…

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Delores Williams

Female, age 17 · Auburn, Washington

Killed Mar 17, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the spring of 1983, a sense of unease settled over parts of King County, Washington, as the number of missing women and girls continued to climb. Among them was Delores LaVerne Williams, a 17-year-old Black/African American female. She was last seen in the…

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Ernesto Carbajal Garcia

Male, age 26 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Mar 17, 1979 · 47 years ago

On March 17, 1979, the body of Ernesto Carbajal Garcia, a 26-year-old Hispanic male, was discovered in an abandoned building in downtown Dallas, Texas. The scene was gruesome: his skull had been crushed with a concrete block, and further examination revealed…

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Daniel Joseph Oller

Male, age 24 · Redwood City, California

Killed Mar 17, 1978 · 48 years ago

Daniel Joseph Oller, a 24-year-old white male from Redwood City, California, was found deceased on March 18, 1978. His body was discovered near Huddart Park in Woodside, San Mateo County, with a plastic bag tied over his head. Oller was known to have…

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Shirley Relford

Female, age 24 · Wichita, Kansas

Killed Mar 17, 1977 · 49 years ago

On March 17, 1977, Shirley Ruth Vian Relford, a 26-year-old white female, was murdered in her home in Wichita, Kansas. Although some sources list her age as 24, official records indicate she was born in 1951, making her 26 at the time of her death. Shirley…

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Clarence Jordan Mcclary

Male, age 28 · Leesburg, Virginia

Killed Mar 17, 1935 · 91 years ago

In the quiet mountains south of Leesburg, Virginia, a manhunt in the spring of 1935 turned deadly, claiming the life of a dedicated public servant. Corporal Clarence Jordan McClary, a 28-year-old White male and an eight-year veteran of the Alexandria Police…

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Donte Jennings

Male, age 25 · Chicago Heights, Illinois

Killed Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

On March 17, 2025, 25-year-old Donte Jennings, a Black male resident of Chicago Heights, Illinois, was fatally shot in the 500 block of West 15th Street. According to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, Jennings sustained multiple gunshot wounds and…

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Marco Amaya Diaz

Male, age 55 · Fresno, California

Killed Mar 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Marco Amaya Diaz, aged 55, tragically lost his life on March 17, 2022, in Fresno, California. The incident occurred at a mobile home on Clarkson Avenue near Cedar, where the family was preparing for a quinceañera celebration. Without any prior warning…

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Ronald L Holland

Male, age 40 · Collinsville, Illinois

Killed Mar 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Ronald L. Holland, a 40-year-old African American male from Jennings, Missouri, was tragically found dead on March 17, 2022, in the 2000 block of North Bluff Road, Collinsville, Illinois. The incident occurred within the municipal limits of Maryville, despite…

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Edwin Green

Male, age 47 · Wilmerding, Pennsylvania

Killed Mar 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

An argument between two men working in a garage on a Thursday morning in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, escalated into a fatal encounter that left one of them dead. The victim was identified as 47-year-old Edwin R. Green, a male from Verona. The tragic events…

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Pedro Flores Gutierrez

Male, age 66 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Mar 17, 2020 · 6 years ago

Pedro Flores Gutierrez was 66 years old when he died on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma near 1238 East Olympic Boulevard. His death was…

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Elias Lopez Garcia

Male, age 33 · Fresno, California

Killed Mar 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Elias Lopez Garcia, aged 33, tragically lost his life on March 17, 2018, in Fresno, California. The circumstances surrounding his death were deeply troubling, as it was determined to be a homicide. Garcia was found with multiple gunshot wounds, leading to an…

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