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Stanley Willis

Male, age 15 · Merced, California

Killed Mar 25, 2002 · 24 years ago

Stanley Willis, a 15-year-old from Merced, California, tragically lost his life on March 25, 2002. Stanley was one of four children killed in a horrific incident perpetrated by his stepfather, John Hogan. Hogan, a retired Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy…

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Stuart Willis

Male, age 14 · Merced, California

Killed Mar 25, 2002 · 24 years ago

Stuart Willis, a 14-year-old from Merced, California, tragically lost his life on March 26, 2002. He was one of four children killed in a horrific incident perpetrated by his stepfather, John Hogan. Hogan, a retired Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy…

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Sven Gomez

Male, age 32 · Portland, Oregon

Found Mar 25, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the spring of 1999, a grim discovery was made in a Portland, Oregon apartment building that would leave a lasting chill. A 32-year-old Hispanic male named Sven Rodriguez Gomez had been the victim of a violent end. For days, a foul odor had been emanating…

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Misty Dawn Erwin

Female, age 20 · Jefferson, Arkansas

Killed Mar 25, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the quiet community of Jefferson, Arkansas, the life of 20-year-old Misty Dawn Erwin, a White female, was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence that also claimed the lives of four others. The horrific discovery was made on March 25, 1998, inside…

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Samantha Marcia Dianne Rhodes

Female, age 12 · Jefferson, Arkansas

Killed Mar 25, 1998 · 28 years ago

On a tragic day in March of 1998, the life of 12-year-old Samantha Marcia Dianne Rhodes, a White female, was cut short in a brutal act of violence in Jefferson, Arkansas. On March 25th, Samantha was at the home of 20-year-old Misty Dawn Erwin when Erwin's…

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Shelly Marie Erwin Sorg

Female, age 24 · Jefferson, Arkansas

Killed Mar 25, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the quiet community of Jefferson, Arkansas, a horrific tragedy unfolded on March 25, 1998, shattering the lives of a young family. Shelly Marie Erwin Sorg, a 24-year-old female, was found murdered alongside her two small children, 5-year-old Sean and…

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Taylor Nicole Sorg

Female, age 3 · Jefferson, Arkansas

Killed Mar 25, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the quiet community of Jefferson, Arkansas, a horrific tragedy unfolded on March 25, 1998, forever marking the lives of those involved. On this day, three-year-old Taylor Nicole Sorg, a young female, was found deceased inside her family's mobile home. The…

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Michael Marshall

Male, age 43 · Omak, Washington

Killed Mar 25, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the small city of Omak, Washington, a routine call on March 25, 1998, escalated into a tragedy that would deeply scar the community. Michael W. Marshall, a 43-year-old Caucasian male and a dedicated patrol officer with the Omak Police Department, was…

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David Bullock

Male, age 27 · Durham, North Carolina

Found Mar 25, 1997 · 29 years ago

David Barry "Butch" Bullock, age 27, was tragically shot and killed on March 25, 1997, in Durham, North Carolina. Bullock was found dead inside a rooming house located at 614 Queen Street. His murder remains unsolved, and authorities continue to seek…

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Shirley Vaughn

Female · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Mar 25, 1997 · 29 years ago

On March 25, 1997, Shirley Vaughn, a 36-year-old woman, was found dead at her residence on Millcreek Road in Cincinnati, Ohio. Vaughn's death has been classified as a homicide, and the incident remains unsolved. The details of the case indicate that she was…

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Sarina Pretty Towle

Female, age 2 · Portland, Maine

Killed Mar 25, 1994 · 32 years ago

On the morning of March 25, 1994, a two-year-old girl named Sarina Towle was found dead by her mother, Loralee Meserve, in her bedroom. The family, including Sarina, her mother, two brothers aged four and nine, and her mother's boyfriend, Carl Bickham, lived…

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Scott A. Marcus

Male, age 37 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Mar 25, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 25, 1994, the life of 37-year-old Scott A. Marcus, a White male, was tragically cut short in what remains an unsolved homicide. Marcus was working the graveyard shift at a 7-11 convenience store located at the intersection…

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Benjamin Louis Short

Male, age 29 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Mar 25, 1994 · 32 years ago

Benjamin Louis Short, a 29-year-old male Detroit Police Officer, tragically lost his life on Friday, March 25, 1994. An officer with seven years of service, he worked undercover in the department's narcotics enforcement division. On that fateful night, while…

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Go Matsuura

Male, age 19 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Mar 25, 1994 · 32 years ago

Go Matsuura, a 19-year-old film student at Marymount College in Palos Verdes, California, tragically lost his life on March 25, 1994. Matsuura, along with his friend Takuma Ito, was the victim of a violent carjacking in the parking lot of a Ralph's grocery…

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Takuma Ito

Male, age 19 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Mar 25, 1994 · 32 years ago

Takuma Ito, a 19-year-old Japanese citizen and student at Marymount College, tragically lost his life on March 25, 1994, in Los Angeles, California. Ito and his friend, Go Matsuura, were victims of a violent carjacking in the parking lot of a Ralphs…

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Armando Rosario

Male, age 23 · New-york, New York

Killed Mar 25, 1992 · 34 years ago

On a Wednesday afternoon, March 25, 1992, in the Union Port section of the Bronx, 23-year-old Auxiliary Police Officer Armando Rosario was off-duty when he witnessed a robbery. Near the intersection of Lafayette and Castle Hill Avenues, a man who had just…

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Jerry Wayne Shelton

Male, age 28 · Cottageville, South Carolina

Killed Mar 25, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the quiet town of Cottageville, South Carolina, a routine traffic stop on a late Saturday night in March of 1989 tragically escalated, leading to the death of the town's police chief, Jerry Wayne Shelton. At 28 years old, Chief Shelton had been leading the…

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Anthony Sears

Female, age 24 · West Allis, Wisconsin

Killed Mar 25, 1989 · 37 years ago

Anthony Lee Sears was a 24-year-old Black man living in Milwaukee when he disappeared in March 1989. Federal investigative records list his date of birth as January 28, 1965, and show that he was last seen at his home on the morning of March 25. A friend…

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Diane Brazil

Female, age 31 · Gainesville, Florida

Found Mar 25, 1987 · 39 years ago

Diane Brazil, a 31-year-old woman from Gainesville, Florida, was found murdered on March 25, 1987. Her body was discovered in a wooded area near 200 NE 16th Avenue in Gainesville, after she had been missing for nearly three weeks. Diane had last been seen on…

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James Tenney

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Mar 25, 1985 · 41 years ago

On March 25, 1985, James LeRoy Tenney, aged 54, was found dead in Dayton, Ohio. The homicide took place in Montgomery County, and James Tenney's death has remained unsolved. He was killed in an incident that remains shrouded in mystery, and the Dayton Police…

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Carla McMillen Otto

Female, age 19 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Mar 25, 1985 · 41 years ago

Carla McMillen Otto, a 19-year-old woman from Fort Worth, Texas, tragically lost her life on March 25, 1985. She was fatally shot during an armed robbery at a Whataburger restaurant on Sycamore School Road in Fort Worth. Carla was with friends when three…

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Robert P. Dana

Male, age 29 · Milton, Massachusetts

Killed Mar 25, 1984 · 42 years ago

On a Sunday in Milton, Massachusetts, 29-year-old White/Caucasian male, Robert P. Dana, a Metropolitan Police Officer, was shot and killed. The date was March 25, 1984. Officer Dana had initiated a traffic stop on the Blue Hills Parkway after observing a…

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John Pariset

Male, age 28 · Auburn, California

Killed Mar 25, 1984 · 42 years ago

John Pariset, aged 28, tragically lost his life on March 25, 1984, in Auburn, California. The circumstances surrounding his death were both violent and shocking. John and his brother, Robert Pariset, were in the area for fishing and gold panning when they…

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Robert Pariset

Male, age 35 · Auburn, California

Killed Mar 25, 1984 · 42 years ago

Robert Pariset, aged 35, tragically lost his life on March 25, 1984, near Auburn, California. He was found deceased at a campground, having been a resident of El Dorado County and employed as a maintenance man for Sacramento County. Pariset's death was not a…

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Suzanne Wendy Logan

Female, age 21 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Mar 25, 1984 · 42 years ago

On a spring day in 1984, the life of 21-year-old Suzanne Wendy Logan was tragically cut short. On March 25th of that year, she was abducted from the Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City, a bustling hub that became the backdrop for a terrifying encounter. Her…

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Michael Arthur Coleman

Male, age 30 · San-joaquin, California

Killed Mar 25, 1982 · 44 years ago

Michael Arthur Coleman, a 30-year-old deputy sheriff with the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department, tragically lost his life on March 25, 1982, during a narcotics raid. Coleman was part of a Metro Narcotics Task Force team serving a search warrant at the…

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Charles Crumpler

Male, age 44 · Immokalee, Florida

Killed Mar 25, 1980 · 46 years ago

On March 25, 1980, Charles Crumpler, a 44-year-old man from Immokalee, Florida, was found dead from a severe head trauma injury. He had last been seen alive on March 22, 1980, and his body was discovered three days later. The circumstances of his death…

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Harry Turner

Male, age 15 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Mar 25, 1980 · 46 years ago

On March 24, 1980, 15-year-old Harry Todd Turner, a Caucasian male, was lured into a van by serial murderer William Bonin and his accomplice William Ray Pugh. Turner had absconded from the Optimist Home for Boys in Highland Park several days earlier. The…

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Letha Mae Williams

Female · Polk County, Florida

Killed Mar 25, 1980 · 46 years ago

Letha Mae Williams was a 21-year-old woman whose disappearance and death became part of an unresolved Polk County homicide investigation centered in the Lakeland area. She disappeared in March 1980, with March 25 recorded as the date associated with her…

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Agnes Hicks

Female, age 43 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Mar 25, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 25, 1978, before the familiar hustle and bustle of a new day began, a grim scene was unfolding inside the Shoney's restaurant in Henrico County, Virginia. Agnes Hicks, a 43-year-old female waitress, was at her place of…

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Franklin Cooley

Male, age 40 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Mar 25, 1978 · 48 years ago

On the morning of March 25, 1978, in Henrico County, Virginia, a tragedy unfolded at a local Shoney's restaurant that would leave a lasting scar on the community. Before the doors opened to the public, an employee named Charles Sylvester Stamper perpetrated a…

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Steven Staples

Male, age 20 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Mar 25, 1978 · 48 years ago

On the morning of March 25, 1978, the quiet of a Shoney's restaurant in Henrico County, Virginia, was shattered by a brutal triple homicide. Steven Staples, the 20-year-old male morning manager, was found murdered alongside two of his co-workers, Agnes Hicks…

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Terry Stewart

Null · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Mar 25, 1972 · 54 years ago

Terry Stewart was found dead on March 25, 1972, in Dayton, Ohio. His homicide occurred on the same day in Montgomery County, and the case has remained unsolved for decades. The Dayton Police Department has managed the investigation, but so far, no suspects…

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Jack G. Deitrick

Male, age 38 · Northport, Washington

Killed Mar 25, 1910 · 116 years ago

In the small town of Northport, Washington, a tragic event unfolded on Friday, March 25, 1910, forever marking the community. Town Marshal Jack G. Deitrick, a 38-year-old Caucasian male with twelve years of law enforcement experience, responded to a…

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Probationary Clarence Roscoe Cummings

Male, age 25 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Mar 25, 1904 · 122 years ago

On a tragic evening in Detroit, Michigan, Probationary Police Officer Clarence Roscoe Cummings, a 25-year-old male, lost his life in the line of duty. On Friday, March 25, 1904, with only one week left in his probationary period, the young officer responded…

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Leo Addison

Male, age 39 · District-heights, Maryland

Killed Mar 25, 2025 · 1 year ago

Leo Addison, a 39-year-old male, was fatally shot on the evening of Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in Prince George's County, Maryland. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. in the parking lot of a gas station located in the 7600 block of Marlboro Pike in…

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Jesus Jose Rodriguez Jr.

Male, age 50 · Aurora, Colorado

Killed Mar 25, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early spring of 2022, the life of 50-year-old Jesus Jose Rodriguez Jr., a male resident of Aurora, Colorado, was brought to a tragic and violent end. On March 25th of that year, his body was discovered discarded in a field near the intersection of East…

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Jaxxon Rodriguez-Barnes

Male, age 1 · Fort-walton-beach, Florida

Killed Mar 25, 2020 · 6 years ago

On March 25, 2020, the tragic death of Jaxxon Rodriguez-Barnes occurred in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Jaxxon, a five-month-old infant, was fatally shot by his mother, Maria Rodriguez-Barnes, in the parking lot of The Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island. This…

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Joseph Lamont Kelley

Male, age 30 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Mar 25, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles, where stories of tragedy can quickly become lost in the daily churn of news, the death of Joseph Lamont Kelley on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, remains a stark and silent testament to a life cut short. At the age of…

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Evard Earl Artis

Male, age 63 · Wilson, North Carolina

Killed Mar 25, 2019 · 7 years ago

Evard Earl Artis, a 63-year-old man from Wilson, NC, was tragically found shot to death in his front yard on the morning of March 25, 2019. Police were called to his home on Stadium Street around 1:30 a.m. after responding to a shots fired call. Despite…

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Richard Isaac

Male, age 31 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Mar 25, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the afternoon of March 25, 2019, 31-year-old Richard Isaac was sitting on a front porch in the East Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia. At approximately 4 p.m., on the 100 block of Meehan Avenue, he was shot multiple times in the head and body.…

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Sandra Foster

Female, age 78 · Stony-brook, New York

Killed Mar 25, 2018 · 8 years ago

In a quiet home on Pembrook Drive in Stony Brook, New York, a devastating event unfolded that ended the life of 78-year-old Sandra Foster. On a Sunday evening in March 2018, a family member made the grim discovery of two deceased adults inside the residence…

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Sedric Darrell Lewis

Male, age 27 · Opelika, Alabama

Killed Mar 25, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, a burst of gunfire shattered the evening quiet in Opelika, Alabama, leaving two men dead and a community searching for answers. On the night of March 25th, authorities responded to reports of shots fired in the 400 block of Toomer…

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Rutilio Salvador Vega

Male, age 33 · Salinas, California

Killed Mar 25, 2017 · 9 years ago

Rutilio Salvador Vega, aged 33, was tragically killed on March 25, 2017, in Salinas, California. On that fateful day, Rutilio and his cousin, Fidencio Torres-Vega, were relaxing and having beers in a driveway on Dennis Avenue, a few blocks south of Williams…

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Juan Gerardo Casares

Male, age 23 · Progreso, Texas

Killed Mar 25, 2017 · 9 years ago

On March 25, 2017, Juan Gerardo Casares, a 23-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity from Progreso, Texas, was tragically killed in a shooting incident on the 600 block of Martinez Street. The incident occurred around 3:54 a.m. when the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s…

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Leon Garrison

Male, age 32 · Atlantic City, New Jersey

Killed Mar 25, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late hours of a Wednesday in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the life of 32-year-old Leon Latif Garrison was tragically cut short. On March 25, 2015, Garrison, a male, was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The violent incident unfolded in the…

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Robert Wilson

Male, age 30 · Ocala, Florida

Killed Mar 25, 2015 · 11 years ago

Robert Jason Wilson, a 30-year-old resident of Ocala, Florida, tragically lost his life on March 25, 2015. Born on April 8, 1984, in Orlando, Florida, Robert, affectionately known as "BJ," spent most of his life in Ocala, where he worked in the restaurant…

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Hershel Key

Male, age 77 · Mount-airy, Georgia

Killed Mar 25, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet community of Mount Airy, Georgia, a long-running dispute between two neighbors culminated in a tragic and violent end. On a Wednesday afternoon in March 2015, the serene neighborhood on Key Road was shattered by the sounds of gunfire, leaving two…

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