Death by Force

Richard Figueroa

Male, age 17 · San Francisco, California

Found May 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

Richard Figueroa, a 17-year-old resident of San Francisco, was tragically shot and killed on May 19, 2007, in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood. The shooting occurred in a part of San Francisco notorious for high crime rates, particularly gun violence.…

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Earl Drake

Male, age 24 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed May 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

On the evening of May 19, 2007, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace on Armadine Street in Boston. Responding to a call, police discovered the body of 24-year-old Earl Drake, an African-American male who had been shot. The Boston Police Department…

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Larry Emerson

Male, age 35 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed May 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

In St. Louis, Missouri, on May 19, 2007, a 35-year-old Hispanic/Latino male named Larry Emerson was tragically killed. His death occurred in a neighborhood marked by a history of violence, another victim of a rising trend in gun-related crimes in the area.…

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Willie Ashmore

Male, age 25 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Found May 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

On May 19, 2007, Willie Vanderick Ashmore, a 25-year-old resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, was found dead in Elmwood Cemetery. Ashmore had been reported missing prior to the discovery of his body, which was found lying in the grass. He had suffered a…

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Kareem Preston

Male, age 29 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found May 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

Kareem Preston, aged 29, was murdered in Philadelphia on May 19, 2007. His death remains one of the many unsolved homicides in the city, with no arrests reported to date. Kareem was found shot in Philadelphia, and despite efforts by the authorities to solve…

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Devon Liddell

Male, age 21 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed May 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

On the evening of Thursday, April 20, 2023, the life of Devon Liddell, a 26-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short in the Elliott neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Responding to a ShotSpotter alert just before 7 p.m., police discovered Liddell inside a home…

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Danielle Somerville

Female, age 27 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found May 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

Danielle Somerville, age 27, was murdered on May 19, 2007, in Philadelphia. The circumstances surrounding her death are still unresolved, with no arrests made in connection with the case. Danielle was found to be a victim of homicide, but specific details…

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Crystal Dawn Jones Hamilton

Female, age 30 · Moscow, Idaho

Killed May 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

Crystal Dawn Jones Hamilton, a 30-year-old White/Caucasian female, had her life tragically cut short on May 19, 2007, in Moscow, Idaho. Born in Boise and a graduate of Kuna High School, she had built a life for herself in Moscow over the course of a decade.…

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Lee Stewart Newbill

Male, age 48 · Moscow, Idaho

Killed May 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

Lee Newbill, a 48-year-old White male, was a police officer with the Moscow Police Department. His life was cut short on the night of May 19, 2007, in what has been described as a planned and deliberate attack on law enforcement in Moscow, Idaho. The…

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Paul Bauer

Male, age 62 · Moscow, Idaho

Killed May 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

On the evening of May 19, 2007, the quiet town of Moscow, Idaho, was shattered by a tragic and violent rampage that claimed the life of 62-year-old Paul Bauer. A male resident of the town, Bauer was the caretaker at the First Presbyterian Church, a place that…

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Michael Young

Male, age 30 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed May 19, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the late spring of 2005, the life of 30-year-old Michael Young, a White/Caucasian male, was cut short in El Mirage, Arizona. On May 19, 2005, Young was killed by an act of gun violence. Born in San Bernardino, California, he resided in the Phoenix area at…

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Antonio Smith

Male, age 18 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed May 19, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the early morning hours of Monday, May 19, 2003, the body of Antonio Eugene Smith, a male, was discovered in an alley. The unfortunate finding was made at approximately 6:50 a.m. alongside the 100 block of 60th Street, NE in Washington, D.C. It was…

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Martha A. Puebla

Female, age 16 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 19, 2003 · 23 years ago

Martha A. Puebla, a 16-year-old girl from Los Angeles, California, was tragically murdered on May 19, 2003. She was shot in the face while sitting outside her home in the San Fernando Valley. This brutal act was orchestrated by members of the Vineland Boyz…

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Jason Akeil Camoflauge Johnson

Male, age 21 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed May 19, 2003 · 23 years ago

On a tragic afternoon in Savannah, Georgia, the life of a promising 21-year-old African American male rapper was cut short. Jason Akeil Johnson, professionally known as Camoflauge, was fatally shot on May 19, 2003. The incident occurred in broad daylight…

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Dennis Earl Phelps

Male, age 47 · Clovis, California

Killed May 19, 2002 · 24 years ago

Dennis Earl Phelps, a 47-year-old deputy with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, tragically lost his life on May 19, 2002, in Clovis, California. Deputy Phelps was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Highway 168 at Shepherd Street. The vehicle he stopped…

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Maria Barajas-Tinoco

Female, age 26 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 19, 2000 · 26 years ago

Maria Eve Barajas-Tinoco, a 26-year-old Latina female, tragically lost her life on May 19, 2000, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Maria was fatally shot, marking a devastating end to her young life. The…

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Aubrey Ray Childress

Male, age 59 · Los Angeles, California

Killed May 19, 2000 · 26 years ago

Aubrey Ray Childress was 59 years old when he died on Friday, May 19, 2000, in the Green Meadows neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 827 E. 93rd St.…

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Troy Blando

Male, age 39 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 19, 1999 · 27 years ago

Troy Alan Blando, a 39-year-old male police officer with the Houston Police Department, was tragically killed on May 19, 1999, while investigating auto thefts in Houston, Texas. Officer Blando was conducting routine checks for stolen license plates outside a…

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Randy Scott Bell

Male, age 44 · Tampa, Florida

Killed May 19, 1998 · 28 years ago

Detective Randy Scott Bell, aged 44, tragically lost his life on May 19, 1998, in Tampa, Florida. Detective Bell, along with his colleague Detective Ricky Childers, was involved in transporting a suspect, Hank Earl Carr, to the police station for questioning.…

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Ricky Joe Childers

Male, age 46 · Tampa, Florida

Killed May 19, 1998 · 28 years ago

Detective Ricky Joe Childers, aged 46, tragically lost his life on May 19, 1998, in Tampa, Florida. He was a dedicated member of the Tampa Police Department, having served for 18 years. On the day of his death, Detective Childers, along with his colleague…

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James Crooks

Male, age 23 · Tampa, Florida

Killed May 19, 1998 · 28 years ago

Trooper James Bradford-Jean Crooks, a 23-year-old officer with the Florida Highway Patrol, tragically lost his life on May 19, 1998, in Tampa, Florida. Crooks was involved in a high-stakes pursuit of a suspect who had just committed a heinous crime. The…

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Robert Nicholas Nick Creson

Female, age 18 · Fayetteville, Tennessee

Killed May 19, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the spring of 1998, just days before his high school graduation, 18-year-old Robert Nicholas 'Nick' Creson, a football player at Lincoln County High School in Fayetteville, Tennessee, was fatally shot in the school parking lot. The incident, which occurred…

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Anthony Sanchez

Male, age 31 · Manhattan, New York

Killed May 19, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the early hours of May 19, 1997, a decorated ten-year veteran of the New York City Police Department, Officer Anthony Sanchez, responded to a call that would tragically be his last. The 31-year-old male officer was dispatched to a luxury apartment building…

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Kurt Alt

Male, age 31 · Tijeras, New Mexico

Killed May 19, 1995 · 31 years ago

On May 19, 1995, a tragic incident occurred in Tijeras, New Mexico, resulting in the death of 31-year-old Kurt Alt. Kurt Alt's body was discovered off the side of the road in a ditch near #60 Ramble Wood Road in Tijeras. The circumstances surrounding his…

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Brian Hill

Male, age 26 · Portland, Oregon

Killed May 19, 1994 · 32 years ago

On the evening of May 19, 1994, in Portland, Oregon, Brian Duane Hill, a 26-year-old African-American male, was at his residence at 6435 N Gay Avenue. At approximately 10:13 p.m., the sound of gunfire shattered the night. Officers responded to reports of a…

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David Carreau

Male, age 32 · Goffstown, New Hampshire

Killed May 19, 1993 · 33 years ago

On May 19, 1993, David Carreau, 32, and his wife Deborah Carreau, 36, were tragically murdered in their Goffstown, New Hampshire home. The couple was found shot multiple times, and their deaths remain unsolved to this day. The gruesome discovery was made by…

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Deborah Carreau

Female, age 36 · Goffstown, New Hampshire

Killed May 19, 1993 · 33 years ago

On May 19, 1993, Deborah Carreau, aged 36, and her husband, David Carreau, were brutally murdered in their home at 51 Warren Avenue in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Both victims were found shot to death, and their bodies were discovered by one of their children…

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Lisa M Wallace

Female, age 25 · Jackson Township, Indiana

Killed May 19, 1992 · 34 years ago

On May 19, 1992, authorities in Indiana were alerted to a grim discovery at a truck stop located at the intersection of State Road 1 and Interstate 70 in Jackson Township. At the rear of the Stop One Truck Stop, the body of a deceased female was found…

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Danny Roberts

Male, age 40 · Tazewell County, Virginia

Killed May 19, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the spring of 1992, a grim discovery was made in the Pounding Mill section of Tazewell County, Virginia, beginning a mystery that has endured for decades. On May 19th, the nude body of 40-year-old Danny Kelly Roberts, a white male, was found. The location…

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Charlie Matney

Male, age 63 · Wythe County, Virginia

Killed May 19, 1990 · 36 years ago

On a spring day in May of 1990, a trip to a familiar hunting lodge in Wythe County, Virginia, ended in tragedy for 63-year-old Charlie Matney, a male resident of Jolo, West Virginia. Matney, a well driller, had traveled to the trailer located in Deer Trail…

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David Andrew Spears

Male, age 47 · Chassahowitzka, Florida

Killed May 19, 1990 · 36 years ago

David Andrew Spears, a 47-year-old construction worker, was found dead on June 1, 1990, in Citrus County, Florida. His body was discovered nude and had been shot six times in the torso. Spears was last seen alive on May 19, 1990, in Chassahowitzka, Florida.…

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Wilson Williams Jr

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed May 19, 1988 · 38 years ago

Wilson Osborn Williams Jr was a male victim of a still-unsolved shooting in Washington, D.C., whose death in the early morning hours of Thursday, May 19, 1988, continues to linger as an unanswered question in the city’s history. In the dark just after…

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Robert Remington

Male, age 39 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed May 19, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 19, 1987, veteran Metropolitan Police Department Officer Robert Remington, a 39-year-old male, was nearing the end of his shift when a burglar alarm sounded from a designer clothing store in Georgetown. Responding to the…

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Tammy Lyons

Female, age 24 · Ftworth, Texas

Killed May 19, 1987 · 39 years ago

Tammy Sue Lyons, a 24-year-old Caucasian female from Fort Worth, Texas, was born on October 24, 1962. She passed away on May 19, 1987, and was subsequently laid to rest in Herington, Kansas. Despite the passage of time, specific details surrounding the…

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Troy Lynn Duncan

Male, age 34 · Manley Hot Springs, Alaska

Killed May 19, 1984 · 42 years ago

White/Caucasian male Troy Lynn Duncan, age 34, died on May 19, 1984, near Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, during an airborne search for a suspected spree killer. A trooper based in Fairbanks, he and other Special Emergency Response Team members were closing in…

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John Streacker

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed May 19, 1983 · 43 years ago

On May 19, 1983, John B. Streacker was found dead in Dayton, Ohio, marking yet another tragic unsolved homicide in the area. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, and the case has since remained open with the Dayton Police Department handling the…

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Cheryl Downs

Female, age 7 · Springfield, Oregon

Killed May 19, 1983 · 43 years ago

On May 19, 1983, a tragic and shocking incident occurred in Springfield, Oregon, involving Diane Downs and her three children. Cheryl Downs, aged 7, Christie Downs, aged 8, and Danny Downs, aged 3, were all shot at close range while in their mother's car.…

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Jaqualine Reddick

Female · Dayton, Ohio

Killed May 19, 1980 · 46 years ago

On May 19, 1980, Jaqualine Reddick was tragically murdered in Dayton, Ohio. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, and Jaqualine was found dead on the same day. Details about the circumstances surrounding her death remain limited, and her case has become…

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Narciso Fierro

Male, age 42 · Portland, Oregon

Found May 19, 1980 · 46 years ago

On the morning of May 19, 1980, a young girl walking along the 100 block of NE Sacramento Street in Portland, Oregon, made a grim discovery. Lying in the weeds of a vacant lot was the body of a man, later identified as 42-year-old Hispanic male, Narciso…

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Sean King

Male, age 14 · Downey, California

Killed May 19, 1980 · 46 years ago

On May 19, 1980, 14-year-old Sean King, a white male from South Gate, California, was abducted by William Bonin, infamously known as the "Freeway Killer." Bonin, operating alone that day, had previously invited his accomplice, Vernon Butts, to join him, but…

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Morton Rosenfeld

Male, age 43 · Fort Collins, Colorado

Killed May 19, 1979 · 47 years ago

In the quiet mountain town of Estes Park, Colorado, a grim discovery was made on May 19, 1979. The severely beaten body of 43-year-old Morton Rosenfeld was found in the basement of an apartment where he was staying. Rosenfeld, a white male, had been the…

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Robert Taulbee

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed May 19, 1979 · 47 years ago

Robert Taulbee, aged 27, was found dead on May 19, 1979, in Dayton, Ohio. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, and it has remained an unsolved homicide. According to reports, Robert E. Taulbee was killed under circumstances that left investigators with…

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James Preston Odom

Male, age 1 · Groton, Connecticut

Killed May 19, 1967 · 59 years ago

On a quiet Friday afternoon in May of 1967, a horrific scene unfolded within the walls of a home in Groton, Connecticut. One-year-old James Preston Odom, a male infant, and his two-year-old sister, Wendy Gail Odom, were found shot to death. The grim discovery…

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Wendy Gail Odom

Female, age 2 · Groton, Connecticut

Killed May 19, 1967 · 59 years ago

In May of 1967, a terrible event unfolded in a small trailer park in Groton, Connecticut, forever altering the lives of a young family. Inside their modest mobile home, two-year-old Wendy Gail Odom, a female, and her one-year-old brother, James Preston Odom…

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Annie Lucille Dedmond

Female, age 33 · Gaffney, South Carolina

Killed May 19, 1967 · 59 years ago

In the spring of 1967, the life of 33-year-old Annie Lucille Dedmond, a Caucasian woman from Gaffney, South Carolina, came to a tragic and violent end. On May 20th, after an evening spent with her husband, Roger Zane Dedmond, her nude body was discovered on…

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Bernardino Barney Grottano

Male, age 42 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed May 19, 1924 · 102 years ago

On the evening of May 19, 1924, in a bustling section of Brooklyn, the life of 42-year-old White/Caucasian male Bernardino Grottano, an off-duty New York City detective, came to a violent and tragic end. Affectionately known as Barney, Grottano was standing…

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Richard Choate

Male · Texarkana, Arkansas

Killed May 19, 1922 · 104 years ago

In May of 1922, Patrolman Richard Choate, a ten-year veteran of the Texarkana Police Department, was involved in an incident that would tragically end his life. While accompanying the police chief in escorting a robbery suspect, events took a violent turn.…

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Felix Davidson

Male · Manchester, Kentucky

Killed May 19, 1900 · 126 years ago

In the late spring of 1900, a male Deputy Sheriff named Felix Davidson tragically lost his life in the line of duty in Manchester, Kentucky. On May 19th of that year, he was shot and killed. The region of Clay County, where Manchester is located, had a…

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