Deaths by Force on March 20

Deaths by Force (399)

Death by Force5th anniversary

Gerald Wayne Marlin Jr

Male, age 41 · Oldenville, Alabama

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

A 41-year-old man, Gerald 'Jerry' Wayne Marlin Jr. of Lake View, Alabama, passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2021. At this time, publicly available information from online sources does not indicate the cause or manner of his death, and there are no reports of…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Tyshon Grimmett

Male, age 22 · Mobile, Alabama

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the port city of Mobile, Alabama, the life of a young Black/African American man, Tyshon Grimmett, was cut tragically short at the age of 22. On the evening of March 20, 2021, gunshots echoed in the vicinity of St. Stephens Road, and when authorities…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

David Camacho

Male, age 32 · Providence, Rhode Island

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

David Camacho, a 32-year-old Black man from Providence, Rhode Island, was a father of four and a chef at Rhode Island Hospital. His family described him as someone who protected them at all costs and had already endured the pain of losing David’s brother to…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Robert Ual Komeotis

Male, age 29 · Great Falls, Montana

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early spring of 2021, the life of 29-year-old Robert Ual Komeotis was tragically cut short in Great Falls, Montana. On March 20, the young man, a male, succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds in an incident that left the community seeking answers. Further…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Raymond Knight

Male, age 22 · Clarksville, Arkansas

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

A young man's life was cut short in Clarksville, Arkansas, leaving a void in the hearts of those who knew him. Raymond 'Colin' Charles Knight, a 22-year-old male, passed away on March 19, 2021, in the small city nestled in the Arkansas River Valley. Born in…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Connor James Gaines

Male, age 25 · Happy Valley, Oregon

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on March 20, 2021, Connor James Gaines, a 25-year-old Caucasian male from Happy Valley, Oregon, was killed in a double homicide. The incident took place at the Reflections at Happy Valley apartment complex in an unincorporated area…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Jerry Dale Burns

Male, age 57 · Happy Valley, Oregon

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

On March 20, 2021, Jerry Dale Burns, a 57-year-old resident of Happy Valley, Oregon, was fatally shot along with another individual, 25-year-old Connor James Gaines, in a double homicide at the Reflections apartment complex in unincorporated Clackamas County.…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Jawad Muhammad

Male, age 33 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 20, 2021, the quiet of a Charlestown neighborhood in Boston was shattered by violence. Jawad Muhammad, a 33-year-old Black / African American man from Mattapan, was found dead inside a home at 6 Mystic Place. Boston police…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Jeffrey Medina

Male, age 44 · Pueblo, Colorado

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late hours of a March weekend in Pueblo, Colorado, the life of 44-year-old Jeffrey Medina was tragically cut short. On Saturday, March 20, 2021, Medina, a male resident of the city, was found deceased in an alley, the victim of a shooting. His death…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Demetris Johnson

Male, age 21 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Saturday evening in Northeast Washington, D.C., a celebration turned to tragedy. Twenty-one-year-old Demetris Johnson was attending a gender reveal party on March 20, 2021, in the unit block of Madison Street, Northeast. At approximately 7:44 p.m., the…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Deonte Minor

Male, age 23 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the evening of March 20, 2021, a 23-year-old Black/African American male named Deonte Minor was fatally shot in Washington, D.C. A resident of King George, Virginia, Minor was a passenger in an Uber, reportedly on his way to his sister's baby shower. The…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Bao Yang

Female, age 39 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Saturday morning in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the life of 39-year-old Asian woman Bao Yang was tragically cut short in a violent act that concluded a long period of fear and harassment. On March 20, 2021, police responded to a call about a shooting and…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Krashawna Iman Muff Walker

Female, age 25 · Jackson, Michigan

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the city of Jackson, Michigan, a verbal dispute tragically escalated, leading to the death of 25-year-old Krashawna Iman “Muff” Walker. On the evening of March 20, 2021, an argument erupted between Walker and Mackenzie Lynn Quarrels. The two were at a…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Ronald Barnett Williams II

Male, age 35 · Poland, Indiana

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a tragic day in March of 2021, 35-year-old Ronald Barnett Williams II lost his life in a shooting incident in Poland, Indiana. The male victim's death on March 20th prompted an investigation that quickly led to the identification of a suspect. Justin Blake…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Byren Dennie

Male, age 31 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

On March 20, 2021, a 31-year-old male named Byren Dennie was fatally shot in the Ivanhoe Southwest neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. The incident occurred in the early morning hours following a gathering at Dennie’s residence in the 4400 block of…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Dominik Simmons

Male, age 15 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the heart of Kansas City, Missouri, a tragic story unfolded in March of 2021, forever altering the lives of two families. Dominik Simmons, a 15-year-old male, was found deceased on Sunday, March 21, 2021, the second young victim of a shooting that had…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Dominique T. Nelson

Female, age 15 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the heart of Kansas City, Missouri, a bright and loving 15-year-old girl named Dominique T. Nelson, who was a female, had her life tragically cut short on March 20, 2021. Dominique, who was known for her goofy nature and love for her family, music, and…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Linda Joyce Koehler

Female, age 78 · Strafford, Missouri

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

On March 20, 2021, a tragic series of events unfolded in a quiet residence near Strafford, Missouri, involving a family gathering that turned deadly. Linda Joyce Koehler, a 69-year-old female, and her husband, Ronald Lee Koehler, had traveled from their home…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Ronald Koehler

Male, age 71 · Strafford, Missouri

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

On March 20, 2021, a tragic sequence of events unfolded at a residence in Strafford, Missouri, resulting in the death of 71-year-old male Ronald Lee Koehler. He had traveled from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, alongside his wife, Linda Koehler, to stay with their…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Tonya Rochelle Hicks Huy

Female, age 48 · Strafford, Missouri

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet town of Strafford, Missouri, the life of 48-year-old Tonya Rochelle Hicks Huy, a dedicated registered nurse, was tragically cut short on March 20, 2021. A Caucasian female known for her passion for caring for her patients and her love for the…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Curtis Mason Smith

Male, age 19 · Frederick, Maryland

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a tragic day in March 2021, the life of 19-year-old White male Curtis Mason Smith of Frederick, Maryland, was cut short. His body was discovered on March 20, 2021, inside his own car which was left near an abandoned barn in a remote area of Frederick. An…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Steven Joiner

Male, age 26 · Rochester, New York

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early hours of a spring night in Rochester, New York, a large party on West Main Street turned into a scene of violence that claimed the life of 26-year-old Steven Joiner. On March 20, 2021, gunfire erupted amidst the gathering, leaving one man dead…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Joseph Raymond Gutierrez II

Male, age 35 · Fresno, California

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

Joseph Raymond Gutierrez II, a 35-year-old resident of Fresno, California, passed away on March 19, 2021. He was a beloved father, son, grandson, brother, and friend. Known affectionately as Joey or Big Joe, he was remembered for his towering presence and his…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Luis Alberto Garcia

Male, age 31 · Pomona, California

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

Luis Alberto Garcia, a 31-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on March 20, 2021, in Pomona, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Garcia was shot near 1715 W. Holt Ave. He was found in a crashed pickup…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Sia Marie Xiong

Female, age 27 · Compton, California

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

Sia Marie Xiong, a 27-year-old Asian woman, was tragically killed on March 20, 2021, in Compton, California. The incident occurred early in the morning, around 6 a.m., in the 1600 block of East Kay Street. Sia was found with a single gunshot wound and was…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Van Surrell

Male, age 29 · Stockton, California

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

Van Surrell Jr., a 29-year-old resident of Stockton, California, tragically lost his life on March 20, 2021. Van was shot and killed outside the front entrance of a Motel 6 on March Lane in Stockton. His family was temporarily staying at the motel after their…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Darrell Holiday

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

Darrell Holiday Jr., a 27-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on March 20, 2021, in the Douglas neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. The incident occurred around 3:05 p.m. in the 3400 block of South Prairie Avenue. Darrell Holiday Jr. and…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Mya Vimal Patel

Female, age 5 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

In March of 2021, a senseless act of violence tragically cut short the life of five-year-old Mya Vimal Patel, an Indian American girl from Shreveport, Louisiana. Mya was born on July 19th, 2015, to her parents, Vimal and Sneha Patel. Described as a…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Darnesha Arabella Johnson

Female, age 26 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

Darnesha Arabella Johnson, a 26-year-old Black woman from Cleveland, Ohio, was killed in March 2021. Her life was cut short in an act of violence that left her family and community seeking answers. In the early morning hours of Saturday, March 20, 2021…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Kyreese Hodges

Male, age 18 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

Kyreese Lee Arthur Hodges, an 18-year-old African American male from Toledo, Ohio, tragically lost his life on March 20, 2021. Hodges was fatally shot while riding his dirt bike near the corner of Easterly Ct. and Leach in East Toledo. He was on his way to a…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

RayShawn Hamilton

Male, age 35 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

RayShawn Hamilton, a 35-year-old African American man from Akron, OH, was tragically shot and killed on March 20, 2021, in the driveway of his own home. Hamilton, who was a father of five children, was gunned down around 11:30 p.m. after pulling into his…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Damion Curtis

Male, age 39 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 20, 2021, the life of 39-year-old Damion Curtis, a Black male, was tragically cut short in Philadelphia. The fatal incident occurred on the 4200 block of Germantown Avenue, where Curtis was found inside a building, having…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Daisy Giselle Navarrete

Female, age 21 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

Daisy Giselle Navarrete, a 21-year-old woman of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost her life on March 20, 2021, in Dallas, Texas. She was one of eight people shot at Pryme Nightclub, where a dispute escalated into a deadly shooting. Navarrete had just turned…

View case Share

Death by Force5th anniversary

Jahkeese Chambliss

Male, age 21 · Baytown, Texas

Killed Mar 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jahkeese Chambliss, a 21-year-old African American male from Baytown, Texas, tragically lost his life on March 20, 2021. Jahkeese was involved in a violent altercation that took place in a parking lot in the 1200 block of Missouri. According to witnesses, a…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Jermaine Bradley

Male, age 32 · Oakland, California

Found Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jermaine Bradley, aged 32, was fatally shot on March 20, 2016, in Oakland, California. His death was part of a particularly violent period in the city. Bradley was shot in downtown Oakland during a weekend that saw multiple incidents of gun violence, with…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Christian Ortiz

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the afternoon of March 20, 2016, Christian Ortiz, a 23-year-old Hispanic male, was fatally shot in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood. The incident occurred around 2:45 p.m. in the 4800 block of North Albany Avenue. A male suspect, described as wearing a…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Martache Tiffith

Male, age 43 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

Martache Tiffith, aged 43, was killed on March 20, 2016, in Chicago, Illinois. His death is part of the troubling pattern of escalating violence in Chicago during 2016, which became one of the deadliest years in the city in recent history. Martache's homicide…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Billie Jo BJ Hettinger

Female, age 32 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

In what was described by a neighbor as a nearly 'perfect family,' a quiet Sunday in an upscale Louisville, Kentucky neighborhood was shattered by a horrific act of violence. On March 20, 2016, 32-year-old Billie Jo 'BJ' Hettinger, a White female, was…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Collin Louis Hettinger

Male, age 5 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet suburbs of Louisville, Kentucky, a heartbreaking story unfolded in March of 2016, forever marking a day of tragedy for a young family. Collin Louis Hettinger, a 5-year-old boy, was found deceased in his home on March 20th. His life, full of…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Courtney Grace Hettinger

Female, age 4 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a heartbreaking turn of events in Louisville, Kentucky, four-year-old Courtney Grace Hettinger, a Caucasian female, lost her life on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Her death was part of a devastating murder-suicide orchestrated by her father, 33-year-old Brad…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Michael Flowers

Male, age 33 · Renton, Washington

Killed Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, March 20, 2016, a violent encounter unfolded inside a Renton, Washington apartment that tragically ended the life of 33-year-old Michael Anthony Flowers, a Black male. The incident, which took place at the Plum Tree Park…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Thomas Baroni-Abrego

Male, age 29 · Spokane, Washington

Killed Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a tragic night in Spokane, Washington, the life of a 29-year-old Caucasian male, Thomas Baroni-Abrego, was cut short on March 20, 2016. What began as an arranged meeting for what he believed to be a trade of drugs for sex turned into a fatal robbery.…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Justin Butch Porter

Male, age 25 · Yazoo-city, Mississippi

Killed Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early hours of March 20, 2016, a life was tragically cut short in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Justin 'Butch' Porter, a 25-year-old male, was fatally shot at a local nightclub, Club Teflon, located on North Mound Street. The incident unfolded around 3 a.m.…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Tommy Jenkins

Male, age 62 · Grenada, Mississippi

Killed Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

Tommy Jenkins was a 62-year-old Black/African American man from Grenada, Mississippi, whose life was cut short by gun violence on March 20, 2016. On that day, along Futheyville Road on the edge of town, what should have been another quiet Sunday in a small…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Karen Cates

Female, age 41 · Galax, Virginia

Killed Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet town of Galax, Virginia, a tragedy unfolded that would leave the community in shock. Karen Cates, a 41-year-old White/Caucasian woman, found her life cut short in a violent encounter on March 20, 2016. The harrowing events of that day took place…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Carl Allen Koontz

Male, age 27 · Russiaville, Indiana

Killed Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet, early morning hours of Sunday, March 20, 2016, a tragic event unfolded in a Russiaville, Indiana, mobile home park that would cut short the life of a dedicated law enforcement officer. Deputy Sheriff Carl Allen Koontz, a 26-year-old male, was a…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Robert Declements

Male, age 51 · Hammond, Indiana

Killed Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

Robert DeClements, a 51-year-old White man, was in Hammond, Indiana, on Sunday, March 20, 2016, when violence erupted around him without warning. Just before 1 p.m., police found him inside a vehicle in the 1000 block of Becker Street with a gunshot wound to…

View case Share

Death by Force10th anniversary

Levi Michael Happy

Male, age 22 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Mar 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 20, 2016, the life of 22-year-old Levi Michael Happy, a White male, was cut short in Columbia, South Carolina. His body was discovered inside a vehicle parked at 1001 Harden Street, in the vicinity of a Food Lion grocery…

View case Share

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.