Death by Force

Joan Marie Gatewood

Female, age 16 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed May 24, 1975 · 51 years ago

Joan Marie Gatewood, a 16-year-old girl from Dayton, Ohio, tragically lost her life on May 24, 1975. She was the girlfriend of Russell Lee Smith, a man with a troubled past who had been arrested multiple times for various offenses, including armed robbery and…

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Deborah Williams

Female, age 11 · Raytown, Missouri

Killed May 24, 1973 · 53 years ago

On a tragic day in Raytown, Missouri, the lives of a mother and her four children were violently cut short. Eleven-year-old Deborah Williams, a young girl with her whole life ahead of her, was killed by gunfire on May 24, 1973. This brutal act also claimed…

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Mary Williams

Female, age 9 · Raytown, Missouri

Killed May 24, 1973 · 53 years ago

A quiet street in Raytown, Missouri, was rocked by a horrific tragedy on May 24, 1973. On that day, a mother and her four young children were discovered slain in their home, the victims of a brutal act of gun violence that has remained a dark chapter in the…

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Thomas Fowler

Male, age 54 · Denver, Colorado

Killed May 24, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the spring of 1970, the life of Thomas Fowler, a 54-year-old white male, was cut tragically short in Denver, Colorado. On the 24th of May, police officers responded to a call concerning a man down at 2243 California Street. Upon their arrival at the scene…

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Claire Gagnon

Female, age 16 · Dieppe, New Brunswick

Killed May 24, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the small, close-knit community of Dieppe, New Brunswick, the spring of 1970 was shattered by a crime that would haunt the town for decades. On Sunday, May 24, 1970, 16-year-old Claire Gagnon, a dependable and shy teenager, failed to return to her family's…

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J. Peyton Stewart

Male, age 57 · Petersburg, Virginia

Killed May 24, 1927 · 99 years ago

In the annals of Petersburg's history, the story of Detective J. Peyton Stewart's end is a somber chapter. A 57-year-old veteran of the Petersburg Police Department with two decades of service, his life was cut short on a Tuesday, the 24th of May, 1927. On…

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Charles J. Kirkland

Male, age 49 · Mena, Arkansas

Killed May 24, 1918 · 108 years ago

In the annals of Polk County, Arkansas, the name of Deputy Sheriff Charles J. Kirkland is etched in a story of duty and sacrifice that unfolded near Mena. There are no online sources with information detailing the recent death of a male named Charles J.…

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Eric Porras

Male, age 34 · Los Angeles, California

Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Eric Porras, 34, a male Latino from Los Angeles, was pronounced dead on May 24, 2025, after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner classified the death as a homicide, with the formal pronouncement made…

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Andre Lee Jeffery Sr.

Male, age 46 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Andre Lee Jeffery, Sr., 46, a man from Chicago, was shot on the afternoon of May 24, 2025, while behind the wheel in the 800 block of North Sacramento Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The single shot struck his head as he drove; his vehicle kept…

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Jermaine Wilson

Male, age 30 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed May 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On May 24, 2022, the body of 30-year-old Jermaine Trevion Wilson was discovered by a pair of hikers along Old Stage Road in an unincorporated area of El Paso County. An autopsy would later reveal that Wilson had been fatally shot twice. Investigators quickly…

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Dora Gonzales Zarate

Female, age 39 · Granton, Wisconsin

Killed May 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On May 24, 2022, 39-year-old Dora Gonzales Zarate was found deceased inside her mobile home in Granton, Wisconsin. An autopsy later confirmed that the female victim had died from a gunshot wound to the head. The ensuing investigation into her death quickly…

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Elvis Blaize

Male, age 43 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed May 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the late evening hours of a Tuesday in Portsmouth, Virginia, the life of 43-year-old Elvis Blaize was tragically cut short. On May 24, 2022, in the 3900 block of Stateflower Court, a residential area, Blaize was discovered suffering from gunshot wounds.…

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Damion Weir

Male, age 33 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 24, 2019 · 7 years ago

Damion Gerade Weir, a 33-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on May 24, 2019. The incident occurred in the Hyde Park neighborhood, specifically in the 3400 block of West 71st Street. According to reports, Weir was in a garage…

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Harden Davis

Male, age 53 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 24, 2019 · 7 years ago

Harden B. Davis, 53, was found stabbed in a garage in the 1300 block of West 61st Street on Chicago's South Side early on Friday, May 24, 2019, the start of the Memorial Day weekend. The Sun-Times described the area as Englewood; the tracker places it in the…

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Dennis Shaner

Male, age 50 · Springfield, Missouri

Killed May 24, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the late spring of 2018, the life of 50-year-old Dennis Shaner came to a tragic end outside the Greene County Jail in Springfield, Missouri. On May 24th, Shaner, a male inmate, was being transported by a private company, Inmate Services Corporation. The…

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Martin Harris

Male, age 33 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed May 24, 2018 · 8 years ago

Martin R. Harris, a 33-year-old male from Columbus, OH, tragically lost his life on May 24, 2018, due to gunshot wounds sustained during a home invasion. Harris was found critically injured at the Colonial Arms Apartment Complex on Berwick Arms Place and was…

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Darrell Edwards

Male, age 54 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

Darrell Edwards, a 54-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, was tragically killed on May 24, 2017. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Edwards was driving his dark-colored Audi sedan east on Imperial Highway when he stopped at a red…

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Derrick Henderson

Male, age 45 · Lehigh-acres, Florida

Killed May 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

Derrick Henderson, a 45-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on May 24, 2017, in Lehigh Acres, Florida. The incident occurred late at night on Alido Avenue, where deputies from the Lee County Sheriff's Office responded to reports of…

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Victor Diaz

Male, age 19 · Oakland, California

Killed May 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Victor Diaz, a 19-year-old from Oakland, California, tragically lost his life on May 24, 2015. The circumstances surrounding his death were violent and involved a confrontation during an attempted robbery. Diaz and another individual, Kevin Henry, had planned…

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Devonte Bowie

Male, age 18 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

Devonte Laray Bowie, an 18-year-old from Los Angeles, California, was tragically shot and killed on May 24, 2014. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 2:25 a.m., in the Nickerson Gardens Housing development located in the 1300 block…

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Xavier Buckler

Male, age 23 · Panama-city, Florida

Killed May 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

Xavier Buckler, a 23-year-old resident of Panama City, Florida, tragically lost his life on May 24, 2014. The incident occurred during an altercation at a gas station around 2 a.m. Buckler, originally from McComb, Mississippi, was shot and killed alongside…

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Jose Garcia

Male, age 28 · Los Angeles, California

Killed May 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jose Garcia was 28 years old when he was found dead early on Saturday, May 24, 2014, in the Green Meadows neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds, and his body was found in the…

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Frank Montes

Male, age 20 · Charter Oak, California

Killed May 24, 2008 · 18 years ago

Frank Davis Montes was 20 years old when he died on Saturday, May 24, 2008, in Charter Oak, an unincorporated community in the San Gabriel Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 19553 E. Covina Blvd.…

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Jonathan Elee Grice

Male · Carthage, North Carolina

Killed May 24, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jonathan Elee Grice, a 27-year-old man from Carthage, NC, tragically died on May 24, 2007. He was shot in the head and his body was found wrapped in a car cover and dumped in a trash pile behind the house he shared with his girlfriend, Jessica Denise White.…

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Barbara Jackson

Female, age 62 · Burlington, North Carolina

Killed May 24, 2005 · 21 years ago

Barbara Jean Wheless Jackson, a 62-year-old woman from Holly Springs, NC, tragically died on May 24, 2005. She was found shot to death at the Fairfield Inn in Raleigh, NC, alongside Walter Edward Jones, a 53-year-old man from Raleigh. The incident was…

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Stanford Anthony Swann

Male, age 81 · Los Angeles, California

Killed May 24, 2005 · 21 years ago

Stanford Anthony Swann was 81 years old when he died on Tuesday, May 24, 2005, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 311 Spring St. His death was ruled a homicide…

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Timmy Williams

Male, age 24 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed May 24, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the summer of 2003, a 24-year-old man named Timmy Omar Williams was tragically killed in a shooting in Chester, Pennsylvania. His life was cut short on May 24, 2003, leaving a void in the lives of those who knew him. The incident was a stark reminder of…

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Datrell Woods

Male, age 19 · Houma, Louisiana

Killed May 24, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the late spring of 2003, the community of Houma, Louisiana, was unknowingly living in the shadow of a predator. It was on May 24, 2003, that the body of 19-year-old Datrell Woods, an African American male, was discovered in an east-Houma sugar cane field…

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Beth Ann Parlow

Female, age 26 · Westchester, California

Killed May 24, 2003 · 23 years ago

On the morning of Saturday, May 24, 2003, emergency responders and law enforcement were called to the 5200 block of West Century Boulevard in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles. There, authorities discovered the lifeless body of Beth Ann Parlow, a…

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Ali Ibadat

Male, age 40 · Queens, New York

Killed May 24, 2000 · 26 years ago

On the evening of May 24, 2000, Ali Ibadat, a 40-year-old man from Pakistan, was working at a Wendy's restaurant in Flushing, Queens, when his life was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence that would come to be known as the 'Wendy's massacre.'…

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Jeremy Mele

Male, age 18 · Queens, New York

Killed May 24, 2000 · 26 years ago

On the evening of May 24, 2000, 18-year-old Jeremy Mele was working at a Wendy's restaurant in Flushing, Queens, unaware that his life was about to be tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence. This young man, along with six of his colleagues, became…

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Jayme Hurley

Female, age 39 · Asheville, North Carolina

Killed May 24, 1990 · 36 years ago

Jayme Denise Hurley, a 39-year-old white individual from Asheville, North Carolina, was reported missing on May 24, 1990. Hurley had previously worked as a counselor and teacher at the Juvenile Evaluation Center in Swannanoa and was known for her dedication…

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Haig Caeser

Male, age 38 · St.Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Killed May 24, 1984 · 42 years ago

On May 24, 1984, the lifeless body of 38-year-old Haig Gilbey Caesar, a Black male originally from Calibishie, Dominica, was discovered in his car on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The vehicle appeared to have veered off the road without…

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Paulette Couch

Female, age 25 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed May 24, 1975 · 51 years ago

Paulette A. Couch, a 25-year-old woman from Dayton, Ohio, tragically lost her life on May 24, 1975. She was one of the victims of a violent spree killing carried out by Russell Lee Smith, who also took his own life on the same day. Smith killed two people…

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John Williams

Male, age 6 · Raytown, Missouri

Killed May 24, 1973 · 53 years ago

On a tragic day in Raytown, Missouri, May 24, 1973, the life of six-year-old John Williams was cut short in a devastating event that also claimed the lives of several of his family members. The male child was found deceased alongside his siblings…

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Mark Williams

Male, age 13 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed May 24, 1973 · 53 years ago

On the quiet evening of May 24, 1973, a tragedy unfolded in a home in Raytown, a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, that would leave a lasting scar on the community. Inside, 13-year-old Mark Williams, a young boy on the cusp of his teenage years, was found…

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Pauline Joyce Sissy Brazeal

Female, age 37 · Raytown, Missouri

Killed May 24, 1973 · 53 years ago

On May 24, 1973, a devastating tragedy occurred in Raytown, Missouri, claiming the life of thirty-seven-year-old Pauline Joyce 'Sissy' Brazeal Williams. The violent event unfolded at her residence and resulted in a mass fatality that included not only Pauline…

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James Ruble

Male, age 26 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed May 24, 1954 · 72 years ago

On April 10, 1990, James Ruble, a 26-year-old male real estate agent in Tucson, Arizona, was tragically murdered. His death was the result of a violent encounter with a man who had feigned interest in leasing a commercial property. The man, who identified…

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Shoichi James Okamoto

Male, age 30 · Tule-lake, California

Killed May 24, 1944 · 82 years ago

Shoichi James Okamoto, a 30-year-old American-born Japanese, was tragically shot and killed on May 24, 1944, at the Tule Lake Segregation Center. Okamoto, who was working as a construction worker, was returning to the center after delivering lumber to a job…

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