Deaths by Force on May 25

Deaths by Force (484)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Willie Major

Male, age 37 · Plainfield, New Jersey

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of May 25, 2016, Willie Lee Major, a 37-year-old male resident of Plainfield, New Jersey, was fatally shot. The incident occurred shortly after 6:45 p.m. in the 400 block of West 4th Street. Plainfield Police Division patrol units responded to…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Nikita Boston

Female, age 36 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of May 25, 2016, Nikita Boston, a 36-year-old Black female, was found shot to death in her vehicle just after arriving at her home in the 1100 block of East 66th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Boston, a mother of two preteen boys, had spent…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Ronald McPhatter

Male, age 33 · New-york, New York

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the night of May 25, 2016, Ronald McPhatter, a 33-year-old man, was fatally shot at the Irving Plaza concert venue in New York City. McPhatter, who worked as a bodyguard for rapper Troy Ave, was caught in the midst of a violent altercation that erupted in…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Joseph Spencer

Male, age 21 · Antioch, California

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Joseph Spencer, a 21-year-old resident of Richmond, was tragically shot and killed on May 25, 2016, in Antioch, California. The incident occurred around 10:35 a.m. when Antioch police officers responded to a report of a shooting in the area of Crater Peak Way…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dajunrae Gouard

Male, age 36 · Danville, Illinois

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Dajunrae Tarell Gouard, a 36-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on May 25, 2016, in Danville, Illinois. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 3 a.m., when residents of the 1200 block of Giddings Street reported…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Miranda Oatis

Female, age 26 · Danville, Illinois

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Miranda Oatis, a 26-year-old African American woman from Danville, Illinois, tragically lost her life on May 25, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 3 a.m., when residents of the 1200 block of Giddings Street reported hearing…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Eric Jermane Pegues

Male, age 41 · Winston-salem, North Carolina

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Eric Jermane Pegues, a 41-year-old African American man, was tragically shot and killed on May 25, 2016, outside the Paper Moon Gentlemen’s Strip Club in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 2:47 a.m.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jonathan Russell McCravey Jr.

Male, age 28 · Winston-salem, North Carolina

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jonathan Russell McCravey Jr., a 28-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 25, 2016, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The incident occurred just before 10:00 PM outside a residence on Bohannon Park Circle. When officers arrived at…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Charles Herrod

Male, age 25 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

On May 25, 2016, 25-year-old Charles Herrod, an African American male, was fatally shot multiple times in the chest around 1:30 p.m. on the 4000 block of East 151st Street, near Harvard Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. According to reports, an unidentified man in a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dion Pratt

Male, age 28 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Dion Pratt, a 28-year-old male, was tragically killed on May 25, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was sitting on the front porch of his home on Somerset Avenue near East 105th Street with a friend when three individuals emerged from an abandoned house across the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Marlon Gibson

Female, age 24 · Akron, Ohio

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Marlon Gibson, a 24-year-old male from Akron, OH, tragically lost his life on May 25, 2016. The incident occurred during a heated altercation involving a love triangle. Gibson was shot multiple times by Christopher Hunter, a 27-year-old man, after Hunter…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Richard Hudgies

Male, age 31 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Richard A. Hudgies, a 31-year-old African American man from Cincinnati, OH, tragically died on May 25, 2016. He was found shot in the head at the entryway of his apartment building in the Pendleton neighborhood. Richard, known affectionately as Rick, was a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Joseph Sommer

Male, age 48 · Washington-township, Pennsylvania

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Joseph Sommer Jr., a 48-year-old man from Northampton, PA, tragically died on May 25, 2016. He was involved in a murder-suicide incident in Washington Township, Lehigh County. Sommer was shot and killed by Harry R. Bortz Jr., 34, who then turned the gun on…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Taymar Taylor

Male, age 26 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Taymar Taylor, a 26-year-old male from Munhall, Pittsburgh, PA, tragically lost his life on May 25, 2016. Taylor was found dead inside a vehicle on Bellanca Avenue in Brentwood, Pittsburgh, following a double shooting incident. The other victim, Daniel Jones…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Bianca Horton

Female, age 26 · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

On May 25, 2016, the body of 26-year-old Bianca Horton was discovered on the side of a road in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The mother of four had been fatally shot. Her death was not a random act of violence, but a calculated effort to silence a key witness in a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dominic Tra’Juan Castro

Male, age 3 · Wichita-falls, Texas

Killed May 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Dominic Tra’Juan Castro, a three-year-old boy from Wichita Falls, Texas, tragically died on May 18, 2016. Dominic was born on August 31, 2012, to Damaion Maurice Fleming II and Veronica Renee Castro. His death was the result of a fatal shooting incident. The…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Kevin Mcintosh

Male, age 40 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed May 25, 2011 · 15 years ago

Kevin Andrew “Nielly” McIntosh, a 40-year-old Black man from Atlanta, Georgia, died on May 25, 2011, and was later laid to rest at Greenwood Cemetery in Atlanta. The scattered public traces of his life and death leave the outline of a man more visible than…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Donte James Larkins

Male, age 33 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 25, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the spring of 2011, the life of Donte James Larkins, a 33-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting. The incident occurred on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, in the 1500 block of North Monroe Street in Baltimore, Maryland. When authorities…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Miguel Tabares

Male, age 42 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 25, 2011 · 15 years ago

Miguel 'Mike' David Tabares, Sr., a 78-year-old male from Detroit, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 14, 2024. He was the beloved husband of the late Tomasita Tabares. A dedicated landscaper by trade, he took great pride in his work. His personal…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Vanessa R. Richardson

Female, age 20 · Columbus, Ohio

Found May 25, 2011 · 15 years ago

Vanessa R. Richardson, a 20-year-old woman from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically found dead on May 25, 2011. Vanessa had been reported missing prior to her death, and her disappearance and subsequent death shocked her family and the community. Her body was…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Melanie Diane Parker

Female, age 21 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 25, 2006 · 20 years ago

Melanie Diane Parker, a 21-year-old blue-eyed blonde woman, was tragically found dead on May 25, 2006, in her apartment at 2737 Briargrove Drive in Houston, Texas. Emergency services were called to the scene after neighbors reported seeing smoke coming from…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Femi Anjorin

Male, age 23 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed May 25, 2001 · 25 years ago

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 25, 2001, the life of a promising 23-year-old male musician was tragically cut short. Femi Charrone Anjorin, known by his nickname 'Fame,' was discovered in the sideyard of an abandoned house at 2436 N. Main. An investigation…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Baylor Mcklveen

Female · Los Angeles, California

Killed May 25, 2001 · 25 years ago

On May 25, 2001, infant Baylor Mcklveen died in Los Angeles, California. Baylor, recorded as a white female infant whose age was listed as zero, had her life cut short before it had truly begun. First responders and investigators were summoned to examine the…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Corey Johnson

Male, age 21 · Hanover County, Virginia

Killed May 25, 1991 · 35 years ago

On a spring evening in 1991, a young man named Corey Delano Johnson borrowed his father's burgundy Mercury Grand Marquis. His own car was in for repairs, and he needed a vehicle for the evening of May 25th. What began as a mundane borrowing of a car spiraled…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Leonard Wilbur Brand

Male, age 50 · Tallapoosa, Alabama

Killed May 25, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the quiet of a late spring evening on Sunday, May 25, 1986, the life of Deputy Sheriff Leonard Wilbur Brand of the Tallapoosa County Sheriff's Department was tragically cut short. The 50-year-old male officer, a veteran of the United States Army, was…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Karen Knippers

Female, age 32 · Dixon, Missouri

Killed May 25, 1981 · 45 years ago

On May 25, 1981, authorities in Pulaski County, Missouri, were alerted to a grim discovery at a low-water crossing on Highway MM near the town of Dixon. There, lying near the water, was the body of a woman who had been beaten and strangled with a pair of…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

Barbara Katherine Cunningham

Female, age 34 · Eugene, Oregon

Killed May 25, 1971 · 55 years ago

The murder of Barbara Katherine Cunningham, a 34-year-old woman, remains unsolved after over five decades. Cunningham was found strangled to death in her apartment on West 8th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon, on May 25, 1971. She had been discovered by her mother, who…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

Charles Fleming

Male, age 67 · Sutter County, California

Killed May 25, 1971 · 55 years ago

Charles Fleming was a 67-year-old male drifter who became one of the victims in the series of killings committed in the orchards outside Yuba City in Sutter County, California, in 1971. Although May 1, 1971 has sometimes been associated with his death, the…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

Melford Sample

Male, age 59 · Sutter County, California

Killed May 25, 1971 · 55 years ago

In the spring of 1971, a series of gruesome discoveries in the peach orchards of Sutter County, California, shattered the rural tranquility and exposed the horrific acts of a serial killer. Among the victims was a man named Melford Everett Sample. The story…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

John J. Haluka

Male, age 52 · Sutter County, California

Killed May 25, 1971 · 55 years ago

In the spring of 1971, a grim discovery in a Sutter County peach orchard shattered the rural tranquility of the area and uncovered a series of horrific crimes. A local farmer, noticing a freshly filled-in hole on his property, alerted the authorities. What…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

Lloyd Wallace Wenzel

Male, age 60 · Sutter County, California

Killed May 25, 1971 · 55 years ago

In the late summer of 1971, a dark chapter unfolded in the agricultural heartland of Sutter County, California, though the specific details surrounding the death of a male named Lloyd Wallace Wenzel on August 22 of that year remain elusive in online records.…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

Arthur Crusey

Male, age 25 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 25, 1911 · 115 years ago

Arthur B. Crusey, a 25-year-old policeman with the Los Angeles Police Department, tragically lost his life on May 25, 1911. Crusey had been on duty for only three months when he encountered a suspect attempting to break into a pawn shop to steal a bicycle.…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Eric Bobadilla

Male, age 43 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

Eric Bobadilla, a 43-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on May 25, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. According to reports, Bobadilla was shot, leading to his untimely death. The incident has been classified as a homicide, and it has left a…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Victor Eugene Garbe Jr

Male, age 36 · Sussex County, Virginia

Killed May 25, 1981 · 45 years ago

On May 25, 1981, the body of 36-year-old Victor Eugene Garbe Jr., a Caucasian male, was found just inside the tree line along the northbound side of U.S. Route 301 in Sussex County, Virginia. The location was approximately two-tenths of a mile north of the…

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Death by Force125th anniversary

George Smith

Male, age 25 · Medford, Oklahoma

Killed May 25, 1901 · 125 years ago

George Smith, a 25-year-old male deputy sergeant with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office in Oklahoma, walked the streets of Medford in the spring of 1901 as one of the young lawmen responsible for keeping order in the fast-growing town. He had been a deputy…

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Chilo

Male, age 67 · Bakersfield, California

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

On the evening of May 25, 2026, in the eastern part of Bakersfield, California, a grim discovery was made that shattered the quiet of the neighborhood. In the 5700 block of Eucalyptus Drive, the lives of two men were brought to a violent end. Responding to…

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Amy Coon

Female, age 45 · Pleasant Hill, Missouri

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

In the late afternoon of Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, the community of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 45-year-old Amy Coon. A resident of nearby Strasburg, Coon was at the Price Chopper grocery store when…

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Andolan Davis

Female, age 1 · Glendale, Arizona

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

A domestic dispute that began in the early morning hours of May 25, 2026, tragically ended with the deaths of 1-year-old Andolan Davis, her 10-year-old brother Austin Davis, and their mother, Andrea Clarice Davis, in what authorities have described as a…

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Austin Davis

Male, age 10 · Glendale, Arizona

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

Austin Davis, a 10-year-old boy, was killed on May 25, 2026, during a violent domestic incident that began in Glendale, Arizona, and ended at a Phoenix home near 47th Avenue and Bell Road. Police said the events unfolded shortly after midnight, when Glendale…

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Ben Jefferson

Male, age 36 · Lexington, Mississippi

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

In the late spring of 2026, the life of 36-year-old Ben Jefferson, a Black male also known to his loved ones as Benjamin Jefferson III or simply "BJ," was tragically cut short. On the evening of May 25th, in the town of Lexington, Mississippi, Jefferson was…

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Calvin Washington

Male, age 27 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

On the evening of Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, the life of 27-year-old Calvin Washington was tragically cut short in Kansas City, Missouri. Known affectionately as "Fats" to his loved ones, Calvin was a man whose larger-than-life personality and infectious…

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DAli Brown

Male, age 47 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

On the evening of May 25, 2026, the life of 47-year-old D’Ali Brown was cut short by an act of gun violence in a Dayton, Ohio neighborhood. The incident unfolded around 11:45 p.m. in the vicinity of Clement Avenue and Custer Place, where police responded to…

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Daniel Carl Krueger

Male, age 64 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

A sense of unease had been brewing in the Minneapolis home on Snelling Avenue South in the weeks leading up to Memorial Day of 2026. Neighbors had overheard heated arguments between Daniel Carl Krueger, a 64-year-old man, and his 41-year-old son, Daniel…

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Douglas E Wright

Male, age 58 · Ravenel, South Carolina

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Ravenel, South Carolina, the life of 58-year-old Douglas E. Wright was brought to a tragic and abrupt end on the evening of May 25, 2026. An African-American man, Mr. Wright was at his home on Buckhorn Road when a heated argument…

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Francisco Cisco Navarro

Male, age 41 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of a Monday in Houston, Texas, on May 25, 2026, the life of a 41-year-old Hispanic male, Francisco "Cisco" Navarro, was tragically cut short by gun violence. The specific circumstances that led to his death have not been publicly detailed…

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Gabriel Sanchez

Male, age 8 · Reidsville, North Carolina

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

In the late afternoon of May 25, 2026, a sense of normalcy was shattered in a Reidsville, North Carolina home, leaving a family and community heartbroken. Eight-year-old Gabriel Sanchez was found with a life-threatening gunshot wound inside his residence on…

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Ja Quan J Cummings

Male, age 25 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

Ja Quan J. Cummings, a 25-year-old man, was killed in Cleveland, Ohio, in the early hours of Memorial Day, May 25, 2026. The shooting happened in the city’s Garden Valley neighborhood, where Cleveland Fourth District officers were called to the 7100 block of…

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Jaeshon Epps

Male, age 15 · Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Killed May 25, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, the life of 15-year-old Jaeshon Epps was tragically cut short on the afternoon of May 25, 2026. What began as a reported disturbance on Emerald Lake Circle soon revealed a scene of violence that would…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.