Death by Force15th anniversary

Helen Edwards

Female, age 47 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found May 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

On May 15, 2011, Helen Edwards, age 47, was found dead in Jacksonville, Florida. The circumstances of her death remain unsolved, adding her case to the long list of cold cases in the area. According to Project Cold Case, her murder has not yet led to any…

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Lorenzo Gordon

Male, age 27 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Found May 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

On May 15, 2011, 27-year-old Lorenzo Gordon was tragically shot and killed at 1715 Vine Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident occurred in Hamilton County, and despite investigations by the Cincinnati Police Department, no suspect has been identified…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Travis Williams

Male, age 30 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed May 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

In Knoxville, Tennessee, the life of 30-year-old Travis Williams was tragically cut short on May 15, 2011. On that Sunday, investigators were called to the 2400 block of Linden Avenue following a report of a shooting. Williams was found at the scene and…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Rosemary Comanse

Female, age 47 · Hammond, Indiana

Killed May 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a spring Sunday in Hammond, Indiana, the life of 47-year-old Rosemary Comanse, a Hispanic female, was tragically cut short. On May 15, 2011, police were called to a residence in the 1100 block of West 177th Place where they discovered Rosemary's body in an…

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Christian Clayton Damon Dudley

Male, age 36 · Marlton, Maryland

Killed May 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Marlton, Maryland, the life of 36-year-old Christian Clayton Damon Dudley, a Black/African American male, was cut short on the night of May 15, 2011. The evening was shattered by the sound of gunfire, and when police responded to…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Preston Barrett

Male, age 21 · Candor, North Carolina

Killed May 15, 2011 · 15 years ago

Preston Lavone Barrett, a 21-year-old male from Candor, North Carolina, tragically passed away on May 15, 2011. His death was a significant loss to his family and community. Preston's funeral service was held on May 19, 2011, at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Juanita Conde

Female, age 38 · Lake-worth, Florida

Killed May 15, 2006 · 20 years ago

Juanita Conde, a 38-year-old woman from Lake Worth, Florida, tragically lost her life on May 15, 2006. She and her boyfriend were fatally shot in their home while five children slept in nearby rooms. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Luis M. Cruz

Male, age 23 · Lake-worth, Florida

Killed May 15, 2006 · 20 years ago

Luis M. Cruz, a 23-year-old Hispanic male, tragically passed away on May 15, 2006, in Lake Worth, Florida. His death was a significant event in the local community, and it has been the subject of various investigations and legal proceedings over the years.…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Antonio Miguel Biggers

Male, age 27 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed May 15, 2006 · 20 years ago

Antonio Miguel Biggers, a 27-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically passed away on May 15, 2006, in Charlotte, NC. He was born on June 21, 1978, in Salisbury, NC, and was a graduate of Salisbury High School. At the time of his death, he was…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Ashley Burks

Female, age 6 · Lodi, California

Killed May 15, 2001 · 25 years ago

On May 15, 2001, a tragic incident occurred in Lodi, California, resulting in the death of six-year-old Ashley Burks, along with her siblings and grandmother. The perpetrator, Roger Leroy Johnson, was a 48-year-old trucker who had a history of violence and…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Bobby Burks

Male, age 4 · Lodi, California

Killed May 15, 2001 · 25 years ago

On May 15, 2001, a tragic incident occurred in Lodi, California, resulting in the death of four-year-old Bobby Burks, along with his grandmother Pearl Burks, and his siblings Ashley Burks and Mikayla Burks. The perpetrator, Roger Leroy Johnson, was a…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Mikhala Burks

Female, age 5 · Lodi, California

Killed May 15, 2001 · 25 years ago

On May 15, 2001, a tragic incident occurred in Lodi, California, resulting in the death of five-year-old Mikhala Burks, along with her siblings and grandmother. The perpetrator, Roger Leroy Johnson, was identified as the suspect in this horrific crime.…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Pearl Burks

Female, age 48 · Lodi, California

Killed May 15, 2001 · 25 years ago

Pearl Burks, aged 48, tragically lost her life on May 15, 2001, in Lodi, California. The incident was a brutal and shocking event that also claimed the lives of her three young grandchildren: Ashley Burks, aged 6, Bobby Burks, aged 4, and Mikhala Burks, aged…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Teresa Wilson

Female, age 36 · West Alton, Missouri

Killed May 15, 2001 · 25 years ago

In the spring of 2001, the body of 36-year-old Teresa Wilson was discovered by a road crew mowing grass alongside Highway 67 near West Alton, Missouri. Her death marked another tragic chapter in a series of brutal killings that had been terrorizing the St.…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Roberta Walls

Female, age 22 · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Killed May 15, 1986 · 40 years ago

Roberta Walls was a 22-year-old White woman whose life was brutally cut short in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in May 1986. Known for her kindness, compassion, and close relationships with family and friends, Roberta had a promising future ahead of her. She was…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Wybett Chambers

Female, age 25 · Tillsonburg, Ontario

Killed May 15, 1986 · 40 years ago

Wybett Chambers was found deceased on May 15, 1986, in Tillsonburg, Ontario. Her death was determined to be a homicide, though the exact cause remains undisclosed. Chambers had been reported missing several days prior, and her body was discovered in a remote…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Linda Sue Boards

Female, age 23 · Warren County, Kentucky

Killed May 15, 1981 · 45 years ago

On May 15, 1981, the body of 23-year-old Linda Sue Boards, a Black female, was discovered on a farm located on Hydro-Pondsville Road, southeast of Smiths Grove in Warren County, Kentucky. An investigation revealed that she had been raped and strangled to…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Donna Payant

Female, age 31 · Stormville, New York

Killed May 15, 1981 · 45 years ago

In the spring of 1981, Donna Payant, a 31-year-old female corrections officer, was just beginning her career at the Green Haven Correctional Facility in Stormville, New York. A mother of three, she came from a family with a history in corrections; her husband…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

Edward Landers Drew

Male, age 45 · Sonoratown, Arizona

Killed May 15, 1911 · 115 years ago

Edward Landers Drew, a 45-year-old male, had only been a Pinal County Deputy Sheriff for three months before his untimely death. On the night of May 15, 1911, shortly before midnight, he was in a saloon in Sonoratown, a small mining community just south of…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Robert Hamm III

Male, age 61 · Archbald, Pennsylvania

Killed May 15, 2021 · 5 years ago

Robert J. Hamm III, a 61-year-old man from Berwick, PA, tragically passed away on May 15, 2021, at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton. The incident occurred at the Pennsylvania Game Commission shooting range in Archbald, Lackawanna County. Hamm…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Samuel Cuevas

Male, age 46 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 15, 2016 · 10 years ago

Samuel Cuevas, a 46-year-old Latino, was fatally shot on May 15, 2016, in the 8000 block of Langdon Avenue in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, the incident occurred shortly after 4 a.m. when officers from the Los…

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Arianna Grant

Female, age 29 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed May 15, 2026 · this year

On the evening of Friday, May 15, 2026, the life of 29-year-old Arianna Grant was tragically cut short in Montgomery, Alabama. Police responded to reports of a double shooting at a residence on Simmons Drive around 11:30 p.m. Upon arrival, they discovered…

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Ashley Rose Jackson

Female, age 26 · Casper, Wyoming

Killed May 15, 2026 · this year

In the late afternoon of May 15, 2026, the life of 26-year-old Ashley Rose Jackson of Casper, Wyoming, was tragically cut short in an act of violence that also claimed the life of a man she knew. The incident, which has been described by authorities as a…

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Bonita Scott

Female, age 21 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed May 15, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of a Friday night in Saint Louis, Missouri, on May 15, 2026, chaos erupted in the Carr Square neighborhood, culminating in the tragic death of 21-year-old Bonita Scott. A large fight reportedly broke out, leading to an exchange of gunfire…

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Daqualon Rudd

Male, age 22 · Dallas, Texas

Killed May 15, 2026 · this year

In the early evening of Friday, May 15, 2026, the life of 22-year-old Daqualon Rudd was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting in a South Dallas neighborhood. Dallas police officers were dispatched to the 1700 block of Pear Street around 5:40 p.m. after…

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David Scarborough

Male, age 34 · Palmdale, California

Killed May 15, 2026 · this year

David Lee Scarborough, a 34-year-old White/Caucasian man, died on May 15, 2026, after suffering a gunshot wound to the head at a residence in the Palmdale area of Los Angeles County’s Antelope Valley. Scarborough was born on April 16, 1992, in Los Angeles…

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Demareo Whitley

Male, age 37 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed May 15, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Friday, May 15, 2026, the life of 37-year-old Demareo Whitley was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire on Weldon Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina. The shooting, which occurred at approximately 1:56 a.m., left another…

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Devin Porter

Male, age 14 · Michigan City, Indiana

Killed May 15, 2026 · this year

In the late afternoon of Friday, May 15, 2026, the life of 14-year-old Devin Porter was tragically cut short in Michigan City, Indiana. A freshman at Michigan City High School known for being on the honor roll and his love for basketball, Devin was shot in…

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Justin D. Ramos

Male, age 19 · Cicero, Illinois

Killed May 15, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of Friday, May 15, 2026, a life was tragically cut short in Cicero, Illinois. Justin D. Ramos, a 19-year-old male from the nearby community of Schiller Park, was fatally shot. The incident occurred just before midnight in an alley in the…

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Khyla Rodriguez

Male, age 25 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed May 15, 2026 · this year

On the evening of May 15, 2026, the life of 25-year-old Khyla Rodriguez was tragically cut short by gun violence in Augusta, Georgia. The incident, as reported by local news outlets, unfolded in the Meadowbrook neighborhood, with specific mention of a…

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Tre’sean Lamarr Reid

Male, age 23 · Beaufort, South Carolina

Killed May 15, 2026 · this year

Tre’Sean Lamar Reid, a 23-year-old man from the Beaufort-area community of Lobeco/Allendale, South Carolina, died late Friday night, May 15, 2026, after a shooting in Port Royal. Police were called at about 10:58 p.m. to Shell Point Apartments at 287 Midtown…

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Tymell Millan-Mason

Male, age 18 · Allentown, Pennsylvania

Killed May 15, 2026 · this year

On the evening of May 15, 2026, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18-year-old Tymell Millan-Mason was fatally shot in the parking lot of a McDonald's on Union Boulevard. The incident, which also resulted in another person being wounded, stemmed from a disturbance…

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Donte Cordell Swan

Male, age 38 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Donte Cordell Swan, 38, a Black male from Jacksonville, was shot in the early hours of May 15, 2025, outside his home on Wheat Road near Ricker Road after confronting people he and his fiancée saw attempting to break into their cars on a home security feed.…

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Micah Gabriel Mebane

Male, age 35 · Kissimmee, Florida

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Micah Gabriel Mebane, a 35-year-old male Black resident of Kissimmee, Florida, died on May 15, 2025. He was identified publicly in an obituary notice and memorial listing that recorded his age and date of death and placed him in Kissimmee at the time he was…

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Andrew Antonio Gatlin

Male, age 17 · Norcross, Georgia

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a moment of violence that shattered the peace of a neighborhood, 17-year-old Andrew Antonio Gatlin, a male from Lilburn, lost his life on May 15, 2025, in unincorporated Norcross, Georgia. The fatal encounter unfolded on Pirkle Road, where a planned…

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Gabriel Rodriguez

Male, age 23 · Baldwin Park, California

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Gabriel Rodriguez, age 23, a male of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, died on May 15, 2025, in Baldwin Park, California. Late that evening, Baldwin Park police responded to reports of gunfire near North Larry Avenue and Nubia Street and found Gabriel Rodriguez…

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Jorge M. Zavala Estrella

Male, age 30 · Covelo, California

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jorge M. Zavala Estrella, a 30-year-old male of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, died on May 15, 2025, after a burst of gunfire tied to an illegal cannabis grow near Covelo in northeastern Mendocino County. Deputies first traced a 9:01 p.m. 911 hang-up on May 14 to…

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Michael Kelly

Male, age 59 · Los Angeles County, California

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Michael Kelly, age 59, male, White/Caucasian, was found on a hiking trail in Los Angeles County on May 15, 2025, where the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner identified him and recorded his death. The agency determined that he died from a…

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Akaysha Miller

Female, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Akaysha Miller, 19, a female Black / African American from Chicago, was sitting in a parked car on the 1600 block of South Ridgeway Avenue in North Lawndale on the afternoon of May 15, 2025, when three people walked up and one opened fire. She was struck in…

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Mileena Brown

Female, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Mileena Brown, 20, a Black/African American woman, was shot and killed just after 1 a.m. on May 15, 2025, during a confrontation on Chicago’s South Side. According to police and the Cook County medical examiner, an argument among a group of women near the…

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Troy Andre Morris Jr.

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Troy Andre Morris, Jr., 25, a Black man from Chicago, was spending the early evening of May 15, 2025 in Calumet Park along the Far South Side lakefront when a quarrel spiraled into gunfire. Around 6:30 p.m., in the 9900 block of South Crilly Drive, an…

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Michael Ray Adkins

Male, age 48 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis, a Thursday evening in May turned tragic for Michael Ray Adkins, a 48-year-old Black/African American male from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. On May 15, 2025, an argument that began inside a vehicle escalated with sudden and…

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Terryondra Deon Brown Augustine

Male, age 22 · Simmesport, Louisiana

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the small town of Simmesport, Louisiana, a life full of promise was tragically cut short on the afternoon of Thursday, May 15, 2025. Terryondra Deon Brown Augustine, a 22-year-old Black / African American male, was fatally wounded in a shooting that also…

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Franklin Vicks

Male, age 38 · Grenada, Mississippi

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Thursday night in Grenada County, Mississippi, the life of 38-year-old Franklin Vicks of Holcomb was tragically cut short. On May 15, 2025, a 911 call was placed at 11:19 p.m. reporting a shooting at a residence on Lincoln Road. When…

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Kasey Maria Rowley

Female, age 28 · Hernando, Mississippi

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet community of Hernando, Mississippi, the life of Kasey Maria Rowley, a 28-year-old Black woman, was abruptly ended. On the evening of Thursday, May 15, 2025, concerned parties requested a welfare check at her home on Magnolia Ridge. Responding…

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William Wills

Male, age 36 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the North Hampton neighborhood of St. Louis, a grim discovery was made on the evening of May 15, 2025, that would unravel a violent end to a man's life. Firefighters, responding to a structure fire at an apartment in the 5000 block of Pernod Avenue around…

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Michael Franklin

Male, age 55 · Rochester, New York

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a spring evening in Rochester, New York, violence shattered the quiet of a neighborhood on the city's northwest side. On May 15, 2025, 55-year-old Michael Franklin, a male resident of the area, was found on the front porch of a house on…

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Alaysha Odom

Female, age 20 · Lumberton, North Carolina

Killed May 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Alaysha Odom, 20, a young woman from Red Springs, was shot on the night of May 15, 2025, inside the Ramada Inn along North Roberts Avenue/Highway 211 in Lumberton. Police were called at about 10:21 p.m. for a disturbance and found Alaysha Odom, 20, with…

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