Death by Force

Abel Alvarado

Male, age 41 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed Mar 28, 2008 · 18 years ago

Abel Alvarado, a 41-year-old Hispanic/Latino male, spent the evening of March 28, 2008, at a North Omaha truck shop where he rented space and worked as a mechanic. Around 8:30 p.m., police were called to reports of gunfire and directed to a building at 2015…

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Troy Bussey

Male, age 24 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Mar 28, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late afternoon of Wednesday, March 28, 2007, a burst of violence shattered the day in a Southeast Washington, D.C. neighborhood. Troy D. Bussey, a male, was shot and killed at approximately 4:11 p.m. in the 4600 block of G Street, SE. The incident left…

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James M. Williams

Male, age 24 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Mar 28, 2007 · 19 years ago

On the evening of March 28, 2007, a young Black/African American man named James M. Williams, 24, was fatally shot in Boston. The incident occurred at approximately 5:22 p.m. at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Talbot Avenue in the Mattapan neighborhood.…

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Hector Luis Sanchez Flores

Male, age 39 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Mar 28, 2007 · 19 years ago

Hector Luis Sanchez Flores, a 39-year-old Latino man, was tragically killed on March 28, 2007, in East Hollywood, Los Angeles. The incident occurred around 10:20 p.m. in the parking lot of a shopping center located in the 5200 block of Sunset Boulevard.…

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Daniel Abraham

Male, age 27 · Saginaw, Michigan

Killed Mar 28, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the early hours of Sunday, March 28, 2004, a night of entertainment at the Captain's Cove Night Club in Saginaw, Michigan, turned into a scene of violence that claimed the life of 27-year-old Daniel Michael Abraham. The male victim succumbed to multiple…

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Ellen Robertson

Female, age 79 · Leander, Texas

Killed Mar 28, 2004 · 22 years ago

On March 28, 2004, Ellen Robertson, a 79-year-old white female from Leander, Texas, was tragically killed by her former boyfriend, Otis Brown, aged 83. Ellen had ended their relationship in February of that year, but despite the breakup, Brown continued to…

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Kristopher Thomspon

Male · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Mar 28, 2003 · 23 years ago

On the evening of March 28, 2003, the life of an African-American man, Kristopher Dwayne Thompson, was tragically cut short in his own home in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Officers were dispatched to his residence at 6340 N. Denver following a report of a shooting. Upon…

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Claudia Josephine Boehmer

Female, age 55 · Fallbrook, California

Killed Mar 28, 2003 · 23 years ago

Claudia Josephine Boehmer, aged 55, passed away on March 28, 2003, in Fallbrook, California. Born on December 1, 1947, in Connersville, Indiana, Claudia was a beloved member of her community and family. She is survived by her husband, George, her daughter…

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Norman Michael Jae Jr.

Male, age 78 · Glendale, California

Killed Mar 28, 2002 · 24 years ago

Norman Michael Jae Jr. was 78 years old when he died on Thursday, March 28, 2002. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 5467 San Fernando Road, an address the Los Angeles Times Homicide…

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Lisa Gaskin

Female, age 17 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Mar 28, 2000 · 26 years ago

On the night of March 28, 2000, seventeen-year-old Lisa Marie Gaskin was walking along the railroad tracks in the 4200 block of Southwest Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She had been visiting her father at his workplace earlier that evening. At approximately…

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Cassandra Vaughn Armagost

Female, age 3 · Hawthorne, California

Killed Mar 28, 2000 · 26 years ago

On Tuesday, March 28, 2000, emergency responders and investigators were summoned to a home along Bodger Avenue in the South Bay community of Hawthorne. Inside, three-year-old Cassandra Vaughn Armagost was discovered in medical distress and died that day. The…

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Tahliq Raymond

Male, age 27 · Queens, New York

Killed Mar 28, 1999 · 27 years ago

On a tragic night in Queens, New York, the hip-hop world lost a rising star. Tahliq Raymond Rogers, a 27-year-old male known to his fans as Freaky Tah, was fatally shot on March 28, 1999. He was a member of the popular rap group the Lost Boyz, serving as the…

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Megan Scherer

Female, age 12 · Portageville, Missouri

Killed Mar 28, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Portageville, Missouri, a horrific crime shattered the peace on March 28, 1998. Twelve-year-old Megan Scherer and her 38-year-old mother, Sherri, were discovered in their rural home by their husband and father, Tony Scherer…

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Sherri Scherer

Female, age 38 · Portageville, Missouri

Killed Mar 28, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Portageville, Missouri, a horrific crime shattered the peace on March 28, 1998. Sherri Scherer, a 38-year-old mother, and her 12-year-old daughter, Megan, were found murdered in their rural home. The discovery was made by…

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Keith Herson

Male, age 20 · Duluth, Minnesota

Killed Mar 28, 1994 · 32 years ago

On the night of March 28, 1994, in Duluth, Minnesota, a celebration turned into a scene of tragedy. Keith Richard Hermanson, a 20-year-old Caucasian male, was at a house party for his friend Sam Witherspoon's 21st birthday. The festivities were shattered when…

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Peter Moore

Male, age 21 · Duluth, Minnesota

Killed Mar 28, 1994 · 32 years ago

On March 28, 1994, a house party in Duluth, Minnesota's East Hillside neighborhood turned into a scene of tragedy, resulting in the death of 21-year-old Peter Moore and two other young men. Moore was attending the gathering with Samuel Witherspoon, 21, and…

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Samuel Sam Witherspoon

Male, age 21 · Duluth, Minnesota

Killed Mar 28, 1994 · 32 years ago

On what should have been a joyous celebration, the life of 21-year-old Samuel Sam Witherspoon, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short on March 28, 1994. The evening was meant to honor his 21st birthday at a house party in Duluth, Minnesota…

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Michelle Vinson

Female, age 24 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Mar 28, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the early spring of 1992, a violent encounter in Denver tragically ended the life of 24-year-old Michelle Vinson, a White female. On the evening of March 28th, Vinson and a companion became involved in an altercation with a group of unidentified males near…

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Cecil Cyrus

Male, age 56 · Paintsville, Kentucky

Killed Mar 28, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the late winter of 1992, the community of Paintsville, Kentucky, was struck by a tragedy that would claim the life of its dedicated Sheriff. Cecil E. Cyrus, a 56-year-old Caucasian male, had served the Johnson County Sheriff's Office for twelve years, a…

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Minnie Sutton

Female, age 37 · Bridgeport, Connecticut

Killed Mar 28, 1992 · 34 years ago

Minnie Sutton, a 37-year-old Black female, became a victim in a series of terrifying events that unfolded in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the early 1990s. Her life was violently cut short, leaving a community in fear and a family to grapple with a profound…

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Robin Rhodes

Female, age 28 · New Bedford, Massachusetts

Killed Mar 28, 1989 · 37 years ago

On a late March day in 1989, the grim reality of a serial killer's reign over New Bedford, Massachusetts, came into sharp focus once again. It was on March 28th that the body of 29-year-old Robin Rhodes, a mother also known as "Bobbie Lyn," was discovered by…

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Willis Henry Gravell

Male, age 49 · Oro-valley, Arizona

Killed Mar 28, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the quiet desert landscape of Oro Valley, Arizona, the life of a dedicated law enforcement officer came to a violent and mysterious end. Willis Henry 'Bill' Gravell, a 49-year-old male detective with the Oro Valley Police Department, was found deceased on…

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Hugh Ellis Thomas Jr.

Male, age 24 · Seminole, Florida

Killed Mar 28, 1989 · 37 years ago

Deputy Sheriff Hugh Ellis Thomas Jr., a 24-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on March 28, 1989, in Seminole County, Florida. He was responding to a prowler call in a rural area near the intersection of Old Mims Road and Snow Hill Road. Upon…

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Lili Fiello

Female, age 40 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed Mar 28, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the spring of 1988, a grim discovery on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona, began to unravel a story of brutal violence that had claimed the lives of a mother and her teenage daughter. The charred remains of a Porsche, later identified as belonging to…

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Melinda Ann Peters

Female, age 17 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed Mar 28, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the quiet community of Tucson, Arizona, a devastating series of events unfolded in March of 1988, culminating in the tragic death of 17-year-old Melinda Ann 'Mindy' Peters, a female, and her mother. The grim discovery was made on March 28, 1988, after Pima…

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Lynn Russell Sutter

Male, age 41 · Bethel-park, Pennsylvania

Killed Mar 28, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the line of duty, Detective Lynn Russell Sutter, a 41-year-old male, tragically lost his life on March 28, 1987. A veteran of the Bethel Park Police Department for 19 years, he was deeply involved in an undercover drug operation as part of a multi-agency…

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Melvin Kenneth Drum

Male, age 57 · Perryton, Texas

Killed Mar 28, 1987 · 39 years ago

Melvin Kenneth Drum, a 57-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on March 28, 1987, in Perryton, Texas. Chief Deputy Sheriff Drum was performing his duties as a law enforcement officer when he was fatally shot during a traffic stop related to a…

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Robin Smith

Female, age 21 · Engewood, Washington

Killed Mar 28, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the late hours of a March evening in 1987, the life of a vibrant 21-year-old White/Caucasian woman named Robin Smith was tragically cut short. Known to her friends as 'Rockin' Robin,' she was a lively individual from Edgewood, Washington. On the night of…

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Timothy Hayden

Male, age 27 · Menomonie, Wisconsin

Killed Mar 28, 1987 · 39 years ago

Timothy Hayden, a 27-year-old White/Caucasian man, was working as a custodian at the University of Wisconsin–Stout when his life became intertwined with Alvin Taylor, a traveling singer and entertainer who would later be identified as responsible for a series…

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Kathleen Dudosh

Female · Allentown, Pennsylvania

Killed Mar 28, 1985 · 41 years ago

Kathleen Dudosh, a 37-year-old woman from Allentown, PA, tragically lost her life on March 28, 1985. She was killed by her estranged boyfriend, Richard P. Miller, despite having obtained a protection-from-abuse order against him. The court order, however…

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Ada Dixon

Female, age 5 · Anaheim, California

Killed Mar 28, 1984 · 42 years ago

On March 28, 1984, five-year-old Amanda Dixon and her mother, Patricia Dixon, were tragically murdered while on a vacation near Disneyland in Anaheim, California. They were found in their hotel room at the Anaheim Park Motor Inn, both having been shot…

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Patricia Dixon

Female, age 25 · Anaheim, California

Killed Mar 28, 1984 · 42 years ago

On March 28, 1984, Patricia Dixon, a 25-year-old mother, and her 5-year-old daughter Amanda were found brutally murdered in a motel room near Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Patricia was discovered lying next to the bed, while her daughter was found in…

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Christina Evans

Female · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Mar 28, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the spring of 1984, a heart-wrenching discovery was made in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, home that would leave a lasting mark on the community. On March 28, the father of seven-month-old Christina Marie Evans found his infant daughter unresponsive in her crib. The…

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Amanda Michelle Dixon

Female, age 5 · Anaheim, California

Killed Mar 28, 1984 · 42 years ago

Amanda Michelle Dixon, a 5-year-old girl from Seattle, Washington, was tragically found dead on March 28, 1984, in a motel room near Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Amanda and her mother, Patricia Dixon, were discovered by a maid at the Anaheim Park Motor…

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Christopher Daniel Lumbrera

Male · Dimmitt, Texas

Killed Mar 28, 1984 · 42 years ago

Christopher Daniel Lumbrera, a 5 ½-month-old Hispanic male, passed away on March 28, 1984. His cause of death was initially determined to be septicemia, a severe blood infection. His death was one among several tragic losses in his family, as his mother…

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Willie Ellison

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Mar 28, 1982 · 44 years ago

On March 28, 1982, Willie D. Ellison was the victim of a homicide in Dayton, Ohio. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, and despite significant time passing since the crime, it remains unsolved. The Dayton Police Department was the lead agency handling…

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Angela Kelly

Female · Pasadena, Texas

Found Mar 28, 1979 · 47 years ago

Angela Desiree Kelly, a high school senior from Pasadena, Texas, was tragically found murdered on March 28, 1979. A driver discovered her body along the curb in the 7800 block of Red Bluff Road, Pasadena, in the early morning hours. Angela had been strangled…

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John Holmes

Male, age 54 · Mount Holly, New Jersey

Killed Mar 28, 1975 · 51 years ago

In the quiet town of Mount Holly, New Jersey, a sequence of events unfolded that would forever alter the lives of several police officers and their families. It was on March 28, 1975, that Mount Holly Police Officer John O. Holmes, a male United States Army…

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Joyce Taylor

Female, age 29 · New-york, New York

Killed Mar 28, 1970 · 56 years ago

On March 28, 1970, Joyce Taylor, a 29-year-old woman, was killed in New York City during a burst of violence that authorities quickly treated as both a shooting and an arson case tied to the same suspect. She was identified as the “common-law wife” of Eugene…

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Larry Payne

Male, age 18 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Mar 28, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the turbulent spring of 1968, amidst the clamor of the Memphis sanitation strike, a sixteen-year-old African American young man named Larry Payne was fatally shot. His death on March 28, 1968, was a tragic chapter in the city's history, intertwined with…

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Goebel Duncan

Male, age 51 · Henderson, Kentucky

Killed Mar 28, 1955 · 71 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Henderson, Kentucky, a day of anticipated joy turned into a scene of unimaginable horror on March 28, 1955. Goebel Duncan, a 51-year-old male farmer, and his son, Raymond Duncan, were looking forward to visiting Raymond's…

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Maple Elizabeth Duncan

Female, age 20 · Henderson, Kentucky

Killed Mar 28, 1955 · 71 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Henderson, Kentucky, the spring of 1955 was shattered by a brutal act of violence that claimed the lives of multiple members of the Duncan family. Among them was twenty-year-old Maple Elizabeth Duncan, a young woman whose…

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Raymond Duncan

Male, age 29 · Henderson, Kentucky

Killed Mar 28, 1955 · 71 years ago

In the quiet rural landscape of Henderson County, a sense of dread unfolded on a cold March day in 1955. What began as a day of celebration for 29-year-old Raymond Duncan, who had just welcomed his first child the night before, quickly turned into a gruesome…

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Frankie Wright

Male · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Mar 28, 1927 · 99 years ago

In the spring of 1927, a man named Frankie Wright, a jewel thief who had relocated from Chicago to Detroit, met a violent and bloody end. His death was not a simple affair but a calculated execution that would come to be known as the Milaflores Massacre.…

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George Cohen

Male · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Mar 28, 1927 · 99 years ago

In the tumultuous era of Prohibition-era Detroit, a man named George Cohen, a male, became a casualty of the city's vicious gang warfare. His life came to a violent end on March 28, 1927, in what would become known as the Milaflores Massacre. Cohen, along…

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Joseph Bloom

Male · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Mar 28, 1927 · 99 years ago

In the criminal underworld of 1920s Detroit, the name Joseph Bloom was tied to a life of high-stakes crime that ultimately led to his violent demise. Alongside his associates, Frank Wright and George Cohen, Bloom was involved in kidnapping local gamblers for…

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Vincent Harper

Male, age 64 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Mar 28, 2024 · 2 years ago

Vincent Harper was 64 years old when he died on Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Chicago. The Chicago Police Department investigated his death, and the Chicago Sun-Times homicide tracker, which lists every homicide in the city, records it as a homicide by assault…

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Samuel Sanders

Male, age 71 · Commerce, Georgia

Killed Mar 28, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 28, 2022, a dispute between coworkers returning to Philadelphia after a job in Georgia turned deadly on Interstate 85 in Jackson County. Samuel Sanders, a 71-year-old man, was fatally shot while in a panel van that was…

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