Death by Force

Michael Nevins

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed May 11, 2010 · 16 years ago

On May 11, 2010, Michael Jerome Nevins Sr., aged 36, was tragically murdered in Dayton, Ohio. The incident took place in Montgomery County, and it remains unsolved. According to the Dayton Police Department, Nevins was shot and killed, and despite continued…

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Rayshon Jones

Male, age 19 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed May 11, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the spring of 2010, the life of a young New Orleans man was tragically cut short. Rayshon Jones, a 19-year-old male, was killed on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. At the time of his death, Jones was a student at Joseph S. Clark Sr. High School, where he was a…

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Ivarene Lett

Female, age 97 · Oakland, California

Found May 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

Ivarene Lett, a 97-year-old resident of Oakland, was found beaten to death in her sixth-floor apartment in the Van Buren Tower on May 11, 2009. This incident marked her as Oakland's oldest homicide victim ever recorded. Lett, who was known for her vibrant…

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Dominique Pelzer

Male, age 21 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found May 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

Dominique Pelzer, aged 21, was tragically murdered on May 11, 2009, in Philadelphia. He was found at 6100 McMahon Street, which became the location where the police responded to reports of gunfire. Details about the incident are scarce, and it appears that…

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Benjamin Ald

Male, age 72 · San Antonio, Texas

Found May 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

On May 11, 2009, Benjamin Almand, age 72, was found dead in his San Antonio, Texas residence. According to reports, Almand had suffered a violent attack inside his home. The authorities responded after neighbors noticed unusual inactivity and requested a…

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Tanya Jean Brooks

Female, age 36 · Halifax, Nova Scotia

Killed May 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

Tanya Jean Brooks was a 36-year-old Mi’kmaq woman from the Millbrook First Nation and a mother of five whose life ended during the night of May 10–11, 2009, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Also known as Tanya Lynch, she was familiar with the Gottingen Street area of…

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Ardo R Gonzalez

Male, age 29 · Oakland, California

Found May 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

Armando R. Gonzalez, aged 29, was fatally shot on May 11, 2008, in Oakland, California, as part of the violence that plagued the city during that period. Oakland's homicide rate in 2008 was alarmingly high, with a total of 125 homicides recorded. This marked…

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Victor Ortiz

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

Victor Ortiz, aged 22, was fatally shot on May 11, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. The shooting took place in the city during a particularly challenging period marked by rising violence, with numerous incidents affecting various neighborhoods. Ortiz was found…

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Nathaniel Nash

Male, age 19 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed May 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the late hours of a spring night in North Philadelphia, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Nathaniel Nash, a 19-year-old Black/African American male, was on the 1600 block of North Dover Street on Saturday, May 10, 2008, when violence…

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Sergio Garcia

Null, age 56 · Houston, Texas

Found May 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

On May 11, 2008, Sergio Cavazos Garcia, 56, was fatally shot during an attempted robbery at his home in northeast Houston. The incident occurred around 12:45 a.m. when two armed men arrived at Garcia's home in a dark-colored vehicle. One suspect, carrying a…

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Jose Antillon-Torres

Male, age 30 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed May 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

Jose Antillon-Torres, 30, a Caucasian/White male, was found dead on May 11, 2008, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Public case listings identify him as a homicide victim, but they offer only the most basic details: his name, the date he was found, and his demographic…

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Jose Ardo Calix

Male, age 43 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed May 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

On May 11, 2007, Jose Armando Calix, age 43, was tragically killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His death remains an unsolved homicide, adding to the numerous cold cases that challenge law enforcement in the city. Despite investigative efforts, the case has yet…

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Jose Galvin

Male, age 19 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed May 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jose Galvin, 19, male, Hispanic/Latino, was shot to death in the early-morning hours of Friday, May 11, 2007, after a confrontation between two groups in the parking lot of the Commercial Center shopping center on East Sahara Avenue near Maryland Parkway in…

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Stephen Shores

Male, age 36 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found May 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Stephen Shores, a 36-year-old man from Philadelphia, was tragically murdered on May 11, 2007. The incident occurred on Rodman Street in the city. Shores' death is one among the numerous unsolved homicide cases in Philadelphia during a particularly violent…

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Michael Wright

Male, age 29 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed May 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

In 2007, a 29-year-old man from Pittsburgh, Michael L. Wright, was killed in his home. Information surrounding the specific details of his death is limited in online sources. His death has been described as a homicide, and at the time of his passing, the…

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Bruce McKay III

Male, age 48 · Franconia, New Hampshire

Killed May 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

On the evening of May 11, 2007, in the small town of Franconia, New Hampshire, a routine traffic stop escalated into a tragic and violent encounter that ended two lives. Cpl. Bruce McKay, a 48-year-old Caucasian male and a twelve-year veteran of the Franconia…

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Cheri O. Robinson

Female, age 35 · Spencer, Massachusetts

Killed May 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Cheri O. Robinson, a 35-year-old White/Caucasian female from Spencer, Massachusetts, became the victim of a violent death on May 11, 2007. A dedicated employee, she had worked for 17 years as a wafer fab operator at Allegro Microsystems in Worcester. Concern…

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Demonceon Coleman

Male, age 18 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Demonceon Deshun Coleman, an 18-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically lost his life on May 11, 2007, in Houston, Texas. Coleman was fatally shot in an attack that occurred in the 7300 block of Fondren. He and Ralph Houston, another…

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Ralph Wesley Houston Jr.

Male, age 18 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Ralph Wesley Houston Jr., an 18-year-old male of African American ethnicity from Houston, TX, tragically passed away on May 11, 2007. Ralph was a senior at Alief-Hastings High School and was well-loved by his family and friends. His death was a significant…

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Nancy Carol Stevens

Female, age 46 · Decatur, Alabama

Killed May 11, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the summer of 2005, the discovery of a woman's body on the side of County Road 41 in Lee County, Mississippi, marked the beginning of a years-long mystery. The deceased was identified as Nancy Carol Stevens, a 46-year-old Black/African American woman from…

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Leanne Rae Hendrickson

Female, age 42 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed May 11, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the spring of 2004, the life of Leanne Rae Hendrickson, a 42-year-old business owner, was brought to a tragic and violent end in Chesapeake, Virginia. On the afternoon of May 11, a friend, unable to reach her by phone, went to her place of business…

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Maria Apis

Female, age 31 · Abilene, Texas

Killed May 11, 2004 · 22 years ago

On May 11, 2004, in Abilene, Texas, 31-year-old Maria Apis, a Hispanic female, was tragically shot and killed by her husband, 45-year-old Max Apis. Following the shooting, Max Apis took his own life, resulting in a murder-suicide. This incident was reported…

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Mahogany Davis

Female, age 21 · Fairbanks, Alaska

Killed May 11, 2002 · 24 years ago

African-American/Black female Mahogany Davis, age 21, was found gravely wounded in the early morning of May 11, 2002, outside the Little Dipper Apartments at 1910 Turner Street in Fairbanks, Alaska. Around 4:15 a.m., neighbors saw her collapse in the parking…

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Michael Oliver

Male · Greensboro, North Carolina

Found May 11, 2000 · 26 years ago

On May 11, 2000, Michael Oliver was found dead from a gunshot wound in Greensboro, North Carolina. The incident occurred at the Ray Warren Homes, located in the 800 block of Pasadena Street. Oliver was discovered lying on the porch of a residence. The…

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Lisa Yvonne Alexander Crider

Female, age 23 · Lynchburg, Virginia

Killed May 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the spring of 1997, the life of 23-year-old Lisa Yvonne Alexander Crider, a Black/African American female from Lynchburg, Virginia, was tragically cut short in a brutal series of events that began on May 10th and ended with the discovery of her body on…

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Kevin Leroy Spann

Male, age 35 · Richmond, Georgia

Killed May 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

Kevin Leroy Spann, a 35-year-old White male Army staff sergeant, was killed on May 11, 1997, in Richmond County, Georgia, at his home on Old Waynesboro Road near Augusta. What should have been an ordinary Mother’s Day night ended in a bloody scene inside his…

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Anthony Hughes

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed May 11, 1995 · 31 years ago

On May 11, 1995, Anthony T. Hughes, a 39-year-old Black male, was found deceased at the bottom of the basement steps at 541 Morgan Avenue in Akron, Ohio. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds. The Akron Police Department responded to the scene and…

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Ernesto Flores

Male, age 19 · Oceanside, California

Killed May 11, 1995 · 31 years ago

Ernesto Flores, a 19-year-old resident of Oceanside, California, tragically lost his life on May 11, 1995. The circumstances surrounding his death were violent, as he was fatally shot. The case quickly drew attention due to the nature of the crime and the…

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Tyrone Hayes

Male · Portland, Oregon

Killed May 11, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 11, 1994, a sense of unease shattered the quiet of a Northeast Portland neighborhood. Inside his bedroom in the 5800 block of NE Killingsworth Street, Tyrone Marquette Hayes, a Black male, was spending time with his…

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Tyrone Hayes

Male, age 20 · Portland, Oregon

Killed May 11, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 11, 1994, the life of 20-year-old Tyrone Marquette Hayes was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. Hayes, a male, was in his bedroom in the 5800 block of NE Killingsworth Street in Portland, Oregon, sharing a…

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Ruby Dean Lane

Female, age 19 · Perry, Florida

Killed May 11, 1993 · 33 years ago

Ruby Dean Lane, a 19-year-old woman from Perry, Florida, was tragically murdered on May 11, 1993. Her case remained unsolved for years until investigators linked her death to Samuel Little, a notorious serial killer who confessed to numerous murders across…

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Jennifer Judd

Female, age 20 · Baxter Springs, Kansas

Killed May 11, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the small town of Baxter Springs, Kansas, the life of a young, 20-year-old White/Caucasian woman named Jennifer Judd was tragically cut short on May 11, 1992. A newlywed of just nine days, Jennifer had her whole life ahead of her, a future intertwined with…

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Richard Hammack

Male, age 31 · Palmdale, California

Killed May 11, 1992 · 34 years ago

Deputy Sheriff Richard B. Hammack, aged 31, tragically lost his life on May 11, 1992, while serving a high-risk search warrant at a mobile home on Gazelle Drive in Palmdale, California. Hammack, a dedicated member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's…

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Helen Booth

Female, age 24 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed May 11, 1989 · 37 years ago

Helen Stephens Wood Booth, a 99-year-old female, passed away in Louisville, Kentucky on December 13, 2014. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 4, 1915, to Franklin Monroe Stephens and Helen Carolyn Settles Stephens. A 1937 graduate of Ohio State…

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Eric Bernstein

Male, age 2 · Marple-township, Pennsylvania

Killed May 11, 1987 · 39 years ago

In May of 1987, in the quiet community of Broomall, located within Marple Township, Pennsylvania, a tragedy unfolded involving a young boy named Eric Bernstein. Eric, a 2 1/2-year-old male, was fatally shot in the head and back with a. 32-caliber handgun in…

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Frances Campbell

Female, age 23 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed May 11, 1984 · 42 years ago

For decades, the disappearance and death of Frances Campbell remained a painful mystery for her family. A 23 year old Black woman from Savannah, Georgia, her life was tragically cut short, leaving behind unanswered questions and a void in the hearts of her…

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Harvey Rosenberg

Male, age 28 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed May 11, 1979 · 47 years ago

Harvey 'Chris' Rosenberg, a 28-year-old male member of the notorious DeMeo crew, met a violent end on May 11, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York. His death was not a random act of violence but a calculated execution ordered from within the ranks of the Gambino crime…

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Gerrit Van Leeuwen

Male, age 59 · Cobb, Georgia

Killed May 11, 1979 · 47 years ago

In a tragic turn of events stemming from a domestic dispute, Gerrit Van Leeuwen, a 59-year-old white male, was killed on May 11, 1979, in Cobb County, Georgia. The series of events that led to his death began when he accompanied his daughter, Linda Gilreath…

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Judy Ann Adams

Female, age 15 · Morgan City, Louisiana

Killed May 11, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the late spring of 1978, the community of Morgan City, Louisiana, was rocked by a crime that would leave a lasting scar. Fifteen-year-old Judy Ann Adams, a young woman with her life ahead of her, vanished on the night of May 11th. She and a friend…

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Bertha Yvonne Gould

Female, age 14 · Morgan City, Louisiana

Killed May 11, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the late spring of 1978, a shadow fell over the small community of Morgan City, Louisiana, with the disappearance of 14-year-old Bertha Yvonne Gould. A Caucasian female with brown hair and hazel eyes, Bertha had recently moved to the area from Yazoo City…

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Dorothy Gibson

Female, age 17 · Miami, Florida

Killed May 11, 1977 · 49 years ago

Dorothy Gibson, a 17-year-old runaway, was tragically murdered on May 11, 1977, in Miami, Florida. She was strangled outside a downtown Miami hotel by Samuel Little, a serial killer who later confessed to her murder. Little, who is considered one of the most…

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Frederick Capin

Male, age 32 · San Fransisco, California

Killed May 11, 1975 · 51 years ago

Frederick Capin, a 32-year-old man, was one of the victims of an unidentified serial killer known as 'The Doodler,' who was active in San Francisco between January 1974 and September 1975. The Doodler was believed to have targeted men in the city's gay…

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Leslie Johnston

Female, age 22 · Orlando, Florida

Killed May 11, 1974 · 52 years ago

Leslie Johnston, a 22-year-old white female medical technician student, was reported missing from Orlando, Florida, on May 11, 1974. A week later, her body was discovered in a heavily wooded area, having suffered three gunshot wounds to the upper torso .…

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Rodney Eigenberger

Male, age 31 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed May 11, 1972 · 54 years ago

Rodney Eigenberger, a 31-year-old resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, was tragically shot and killed on May 11, 1972. The incident took place at 418 Race Street in Cincinnati, and the case has remained unsolved for over five decades. Eigenberger's death is listed…

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Charlie Mack Murphy

Male, age 39 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed May 11, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the tumultuous spring of 1970, a wave of civil unrest swept through Augusta, Georgia, forever altering the city's history and leaving a trail of tragedy in its wake. At the heart of this story is Charlie Mack Murphy, a 39-year-old Black man who had…

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James Stokes

Male, age 19 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed May 11, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the tumultuous backdrop of the 1970 Augusta riot, a 19-year-old Black male named John Stokes, who was at times misidentified in official reports as James Stokes, lost his life. The city was a powder keg of racial tension, which had been escalating and…

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Sammie McCullough

Male, age 20 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed May 11, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the tumultuous backdrop of Augusta, Georgia, in May of 1970, a young, 20-year-old Black man named Sammie L. McCullough became one of the casualties of a city simmering with racial tension. The atmosphere in Augusta was charged following the death of…

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William Wright Jr

Male, age 18 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed May 11, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the turbulent spring of 1970 in Augusta, Georgia, a season of simmering racial tension boiled over, tragically claiming the life of 18-year-old William Wright Jr. An African American male, Wright was a basketball player and a fan of wrestling. On the…

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