Death by Force

Irvan Jackson

Male, age 60 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed May 12, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a late spring evening in Washington, D.C., a male resident, Irvan Jackson, in his 60s, was killed in an incident that remains an open wound for the community. On Saturday, May 1, 2010, at approximately 11:25 p.m., Jackson was murdered in the 4600 block of…

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Rafael De La Torre

Unknown, age 42 · Miami, Florida

Found May 12, 2010 · 16 years ago

On May 12, 2010, Rafael De La Torre, aged 42, was tragically killed in Miami, Florida. His death was part of a homicide investigation, though specific details surrounding the case remain limited in public records. De La Torre's murder was featured in various…

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Marcus L Williams

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 12, 2010 · 16 years ago

Marcus L. Williams, age 28, was killed in a shooting incident in Chicago on May 12, 2010. The homicide occurred during a time when the city was grappling with heightened levels of violent crime, particularly in neighborhoods deeply affected by gang activity…

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Gerry G Grovenburg

Male, age 61 · Kansas City, Kansas

Killed May 12, 2010 · 16 years ago

Gerry G. Grovenburg, a 61-year-old White/Caucasian male, was a well-known and respected figure in his community. For 35 years, he had been the proprietor of Mr. G's Liquor Store in Shawnee, Kansas, a business he founded in 1976. Born in Kansas City, Missouri…

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Jason Trent

Male, age 18 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed May 12, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the spring of 2009, just days before he was set to graduate from high school, the life of 18-year-old Jason Trent was tragically cut short. An African-American male, Jason was at a home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the early morning hours where a gathering of…

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Michael Kissi

Male, age 29 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed May 12, 2008 · 18 years ago

On an ordinary spring day in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of Michael Kissi, a 29-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short. On May 12, 2008, Kissi became a victim of fatal gun violence, a stark entry in the city's grim statistics of homicides for the…

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Thomas Galliher

Male, age 44 · Pinellas Park, Florida

Found May 12, 2008 · 18 years ago

Thomas Galliher, aged 44, was found deceased on May 12, 2008, in his home in Pinellas Park, Florida, following a welfare check. Galliher, who had last been seen alive on May 9, 2008, had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The nature of the crime scene led…

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Clenix Martin

Male, age 30 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed May 12, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the spring of 2008, a 30-year-old African-American man named Clenix Martin was found shot to death in Omaha, Nebraska. His body was discovered on May 12, 2008, leaving a community to grapple with the violent end to a young life. The shooting occurred…

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Larry Broughton

Male, age 63 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Found May 12, 2008 · 18 years ago

On May 12, 2008, 63-year-old Larry Allen Broughton was tragically shot and killed during an attempted robbery while working at the front desk of the Country Hearth Inn in Charlotte, North Carolina. Two men entered the inn under the pretense of booking a room.…

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Samuel Summers

Male, age 22 · Upper-marlboro, Maryland

Killed May 12, 2008 · 18 years ago

Samuel Joseph Summers III, a 22-year-old White/Caucasian male from Brandywine, Maryland, died on May 12, 2008, after he was shot by a Prince George’s County police officer in the Upper Marlboro area. His death happened around 1:50 p.m. in the 9700 block of…

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Stevona Campbell

Female, age 13 · Palmdale, California

Killed May 12, 2008 · 18 years ago

On the evening of Sunday, May 11, 2008, thirteen-year-old Stevona Campbell was enjoying Mother’s Day festivities at her family’s apartment in east Palmdale, California. Affectionately known to her family and friends as Teeny—a moniker given at birth because…

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Jose Serrano

Male · Winter Garden, Florida

Killed May 12, 2007 · 19 years ago

On May 12, 2007, Jose Salvador Serrano was attacked outside of his apartment in Winter Garden, Florida. The incident happened at the Winter Garden Village Apartments on South Park Avenue. At approximately 1:44 a.m., Serrano managed to stumble into his…

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Jerome F Thomas

Male, age 34 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed May 12, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, the life of Jerome Farentino 'Pinky Wolf' Thomas was cut short in Louisville, Kentucky. A 34-year-old Black male, he was shot and killed on May 12, 2007, at 1601 J Brashear Court. His death was a tragic event that left his family and…

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Todd Little

Male, age 29 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 12, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, a wave of violence was crashing over the city of Baltimore, a grim reality that would soon personally touch the life of one of its residents. Todd Little, a 29-year-old African-American man, was navigating his life amidst this turbulent…

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Antwoine Deshawn Hawkins

Male, age 29 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 12, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, the life of Antwoine Deshawn Hawkins, a 29-year-old African-American man, was tragically cut short in Baltimore, Maryland. On the evening of May 12th, Hawkins was discovered with fatal gunshot wounds in the Windsor Mill area. The…

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Michelle Snyder

Female, age 38 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed May 12, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, the life of Michelle Snyder, a female resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma, came to a tragic and unresolved end. On the evening of May 5th, a domestic disturbance was reported at her home. The details of what transpired within those walls remain…

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Khalil Thrower

Male, age 19 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found May 12, 2007 · 19 years ago

On May 12, 2007, Khalil Thrower, a 19-year-old Black male, was murdered in Philadelphia. Despite ongoing investigations, no arrests have been made, and the case remains unsolved. The circumstances around his death have not yet been clarified, and the…

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Shamica Allen

Female, age 30 · Houston, Texas

Found May 12, 2007 · 19 years ago

On May 12, 2007, Shamica Allen, aged 30, was fatally stabbed at her residence on Gulf Freeway, Houston, Texas. The incident occurred around 8:10 p.m., and Shamica sustained a stab wound to her upper abdominal area. She was pronounced dead at the scene by…

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Whitnei Dubois

Female, age 26 · Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana

Killed May 12, 2007 · 19 years ago

In May 2007, the body of 26-year-old Whitnei Dubois was discovered by passersby at a rural crossroads five miles outside of Jennings in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. Her naked body was the first of the 'Jennings 8' victims to be found on dry land, a…

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Laconia Brown

Female, age 23 · Jennings, Louisiana

Killed May 12, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, the shadow of death that had been cast over Jennings, Louisiana, grew longer with the discovery of another young woman's body. Laconia "Muggy" Brown, a 23-year-old Black / African American female, became another name in a growing list…

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Dontay Davis

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed May 12, 2005 · 21 years ago

Dontay Davis, 24, was fatally shot on May 12, 2005, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident took place in the 1400 block of Apjones Street, where Davis was found critically injured from gunshot wounds. Despite the efforts of first responders, he did not survive.…

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Angela Jones

Female, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 12, 2000 · 26 years ago

Angela Jones, a 32-year-old African American woman and mother of seven, was found dead on May 12, 2000, in an abandoned building on Chicago’s South Side. Her body was discovered by city workers during cleanup efforts in the Roseland neighborhood. An autopsy…

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Luis Verduzco

Male, age 59 · Los Angeles, California

Killed May 12, 2000 · 26 years ago

Luis Verduzco was 59 years old when he died on Friday, May 12, 2000. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma, and his death was ruled a homicide. The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report, which…

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Wesley Poindexter

Male, age 40 · South-bend, Indiana

Killed May 12, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the spring of 1999, the life of 40-year-old Wesley E. Poindexter, a lifelong resident of South Bend, Indiana, was tragically cut short. On the afternoon of May 12th, the sound of an argument followed by several gunshots echoed through the 55000 block of…

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Melody Ann Murfin

Female, age 43 · Spokane, Washington

Killed May 12, 1998 · 28 years ago

Melody Ann Murfin, born on December 16, 1954, in Spokane Valley, Washington, was one of the victims of the notorious serial killer Robert Lee Yates Jr. Murfin, who had a history of drug abuse, was reported missing on June 4, 1998. Her body was discovered in…

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Dennis Warren Finch

Male, age 52 · Traverse-city, Michigan

Killed May 12, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the line of duty, Sergeant Dennis Warren Finch, a 52-year-old male, made the ultimate sacrifice. A 30-year veteran of the Traverse City Police Department, his life was cut short after a tense standoff on Wellington Street. For over an hour, Finch had been…

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Tavaneka Sellers

Female, age 18 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed May 12, 1998 · 28 years ago

Tavaneka Nicole Sellers, an 18-year-old Black female from Birmingham, Alabama, vanished on May 12, 1998, but online sources describe that date as the day she became a missing person rather than the confirmed date her body was found. She was a student at…

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Sophie Macar

Female, age 44 · Anchorage, Alaska

Killed May 12, 1995 · 31 years ago

On May 12, 1995, in the Mountain View neighborhood of Anchorage, 44-year-old Sophie Macar, a female, was found dead; an Alaska Native woman whose life ended in a narrow space between a house on 4th Avenue and the American Tire Warehouse off Unga Street. The…

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Catherine Ashford

Female, age 35 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed May 12, 1995 · 31 years ago

A sense of dread washed over a ten-year-old girl and a concerned co-worker on May 12, 1995, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Catherine Ashford, a 35-year-old woman, had uncharacteristically failed to pick up her daughter from school. When her daughter and the co-worker…

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Stephen Wayne Blair

Male, age 31 · Lynwood, California

Killed May 12, 1995 · 31 years ago

Stephen Wayne Blair, a 31-year-old deputy sheriff with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, tragically lost his life on May 12, 1995, in Lynwood, California. Blair was on duty with his partner when they approached a group of suspected gang members at…

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Dave Earl Carr

Male · San Diego, California

Found May 12, 1994 · 32 years ago

On May 12, 1994 SDPD officers responded to a shooting at 5114 El Cajon Blvd. and found the victim Dale Carr unconscious and suffering from a gunshot wound. Carr was rushed to a hospital but died from his injury. An investigation developed the following…

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Irma Smith

Female · Salisbury, Maryland

Killed May 12, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 12, 1994, the city of Salisbury, Maryland, was rocked by a brutal and senseless act of violence that claimed the life of Irma Jane Smith, a store clerk at the Shore Stop convenience store located at the intersection of Route…

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Andrea Durrah

Female · Columbus, Ohio

Killed May 12, 1992 · 34 years ago

On May 12, 1992, Andrea Durrah, a 25-year-old woman, was tragically killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place in Franklin County, and her death remains unsolved to this day. Andrea was discovered dead under circumstances that have left investigators…

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Hector Reyes

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 12, 1992 · 34 years ago

Hector Reyes, a 21-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically murdered on May 12, 1992, in Chicago, Illinois. Reyes, along with 22-year-old Jimmy Cruz, was lured to Humboldt Park by Jacqueline Montanez, a 15-year-old female gang member. Montanez, who was…

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Jimmy Cruz

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 12, 1992 · 34 years ago

On May 12, 1992, at approximately 12:15 a.m., 22-year-old Jimmy Cruz, a male of Hispanic descent, and 21-year-old Hector Reyes were fatally shot in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. Both men were members of the Latin Kings street gang. Cruz was found…

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Mary Show

Female, age 28 · Denver, Colorado

Killed May 12, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the spring of 1989, concern grew for 28-year-old Mary Showman, a white female, when she uncharacteristically failed to show up for her job in Denver, Colorado. On May 12th, her worried coworkers went to her apartment located near Mississippi Avenue and…

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Paula Logan

Female · Columbus, Ohio

Killed May 12, 1987 · 39 years ago

Paula Logan, a 23-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed on May 12, 1987. Logan was discovered at the rear of 1321 North 5th Street with severe head injuries that ultimately led to her death. The Columbus Police Department responded to the…

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Kandy Janell Kirtland

Female, age 9 · Bryan, Texas

Killed May 12, 1987 · 39 years ago

On May 12, 1987, 9-year-old Kandy Janell Kirtland, a fourth-grade student at Crockett Elementary School in Bryan, Texas, was abducted from her home after being dropped off by the school bus. Her parents found her backpack on the front porch and the front door…

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Robert Letson

Male · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed May 12, 1987 · 39 years ago

Robert Letson was a man whose death followed an attempted robbery and shooting on Cleveland’s west side in the spring of 1987. During the early morning hours of April 24, Letson had been at Bev’s Bar near West 98th Street and Lorain Road with Kim Wilson and…

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Willie Mea Bivins

Female, age 26 · Tallahassee, Florida

Killed May 12, 1984 · 42 years ago

Willie Mae Bivins, a 26-year-old Black woman from Tallahassee, Florida, was found beaten and strangled in May 1984 in a vacant lot near the intersection of Shadeville Highway and Bloxham Cutoff Road in Wakulla County. Her body was discovered two days after…

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Bob Neal Rogers

Male, age 49 · Bay City, Texas

Killed May 12, 1983 · 43 years ago

On May 12, 1983, Bob Neal Rogers, a 49-year-old white male residing in Bay City, Texas, lost his life in a fire that consumed his mobile home. Initially, the circumstances surrounding the blaze were unclear. However, years later, during a police interview…

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Patrick Penny

Male, age 21 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed May 12, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the spring of 1980, a young man's life was tragically cut short on the streets of Brooklyn, New York, a consequence of being in the wrong place at the wrong time and witnessing a violent mob crime. Twenty-one-year-old Patrick Penny became a target after he…

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Darin Kendrick

Male, age 19 · Stanton, California

Killed May 12, 1980 · 46 years ago

Darin Kendrick, a 19-year-old male, tragically lost his life on April 29, 1980. He was working as a box boy at a supermarket in Stanton, California, when he was lured into a van by serial murderers William Bonin and Vernon Butts under the pretext of selling…

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John Oertel

Male, age 84 · East-saint-louis, Illinois

Killed May 12, 1979 · 47 years ago

John Oertel, an 84-year-old man from East St. Louis, Illinois, was tragically murdered on May 12, 1979. His death was part of a series of violent crimes committed by Girvies Davis and Richard Holman, who were known as "The .22 Caliber Killers". The pair were…

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David Lee Lilly

Male, age 30 · Beckley, West Virginia

Killed May 12, 1975 · 51 years ago

On the night of May 12, 1975, a 30-year-old White male named David Lee Lilly, a Sergeant with the Beckley Police Department in West Virginia, was on duty. Shortly before midnight, he conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of the Route 19/21 bypass and…

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Edward Anthony Buccieri

Male, age 52 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed May 12, 1975 · 51 years ago

On May 12, 1975, Edward Anthony Buccieri, a 52-year-old white male, was found dead in the parking lot of Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Buccieri, also known as 'Marty,' had been employed as a floorman at the casino since 1967. He was discovered…

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William Wright

Null · Dayton, Ohio

Killed May 12, 1974 · 52 years ago

On May 12, 1974, William Wright, also known as Reverend William Wright Sr., was killed in Dayton, Ohio. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, and the case was handled by the Dayton Police Department. The specifics of the homicide have not been…

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John Bennett

Male, age 28 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed May 12, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the spring of 1970, the city of Augusta, Georgia, was a powder keg of racial tension waiting for a spark. Decades of systemic oppression and injustice simmered just beneath the surface for the city's Black residents. That spark came with the death of…

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