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Deaths by Force on May 14

683 open cases in our database happened on May 14. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (492)

Death by Force

Patrick Olarerin

Male, age 57 · North Brunswick, New Jersey
Killed May 14, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of Mother's Day, May 14, 2017, Patrick Olarerin, a 57-year-old man originally from Lagos, Nigeria, was found in his North Brunswick, New Jersey, apartment with a fatal gunshot wound. Emergency services were called to his residence…

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Sean Michael Pelletier

Male, age 37 · Portage, Michigan
Killed May 14, 2015 · 11 years ago

In May of 2015, a dispute over a trespassing warrant related to an eviction escalated into a police chase and fatal shooting in Portage, Michigan, ending the life of 37-year-old Sean Michael Pelletier. The incident, which also involved his younger brother…

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Joseph Wright

Male, age 46 · Pickens, South Carolina
Killed May 14, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a spring evening in 2015, Joseph Paul Wright, a 46-year-old man, was nearing two decades of life in South Carolina, far from the Pennsylvania town where he had grown up. Born in Wilkinsburg in 1969, he graduated with the Franklin Regional High School Class…

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Quinton Davis

Male, age 23 · Atlanta, Georgia
Killed May 14, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, a violent altercation in northwest Atlanta claimed the life of 23-year-old Quinton Davis. On the night of May 14th, a dispute between two groups erupted into a shootout in the 1000 block of Hollywood Road. The exchange of gunfire…

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Andre Roshawn Threatt Jr.

Male, age 22 · Los-angeles, California
Killed May 14, 2014 · 12 years ago

Andre Roshawn Threatt Jr., a 22-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on May 14, 2014. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Threatt was shot in the Carthay neighborhood of Los Angeles. The incident occurred…

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Maria Serpas

Female, age 68 · Los Angeles, California
Killed May 14, 2014 · 12 years ago

Maria Serpas was 68 years old when she died on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in Reseda. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 18242 Saticoy Street. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Jesus Mendoza

Male, age 26 · Alhambra, California
Killed May 14, 2000 · 26 years ago

Jesus Mendoza, a 26-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on May 14, 2000, in Alhambra, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Mendoza was fatally shot on that fateful Sunday. The incident left the community in shock and…

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Ryan Turner

Male, age 15 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida
Killed May 14, 1994 · 32 years ago

Ryan Turner, a 15-year-old from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, tragically lost his life on May 14, 1994, due to a fatal gunshot wound. The incident occurred at George English Park, where Ryan and a group of friends were playing with a .38-caliber snub-nosed…

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Benjamin Goldstein

Male, age 76 · Denver, Colorado
Killed May 14, 1979 · 47 years ago

Benjamin Goldstein, 76, male, White, kept close watch over his small jewelry store, Ben the Silversmith, on South Broadway near Mexico Avenue in Denver. On the night of May 14, 1979, two intruders broke into the shop at 1788 South Broadway. Hearing them…

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Kathlyn J. Blum

Female, age 26 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed May 14, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the spring of 1977, the vibrant and often transient city of Las Vegas, Nevada, became the unwilling backdrop for a brutal crime that would go unsolved for years. On May 14, 26-year-old Kathlyn J. Blum, a female commercial driver, was found deceased in a…

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James C. Langford

Male, age 40 · Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Killed May 14, 1954 · 72 years ago

In May of 1954, Tuscaloosa Police Officer James C. Langford, a 40-year-old male, tragically lost his life in the line of duty. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in World War II. He was survived by his wife and four-year-old son. On the day of…

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E. T. Norman

Male, age 40 · Moultrie, Georgia
Killed May 14, 1954 · 72 years ago

Edward Thomas “E. T.” Norman, a 42-year-old white man from Moultrie, Georgia, died on May 14, 1954, in a burst of violence that shook Colquitt County over two days. Online records identify his death as a homicide caused by slashing injuries, and his burial is…

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