Death by Force

Sherion R Evans

Female, age 49 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed May 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

On the morning of May 27, 2007, the body of Sherion R. Evans was discovered in an alley within the 4400 block of Lee Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. The 49-year-old Black woman had been the victim of a brutal assault, found nude with severe trauma to her head…

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Herbert D Harrison

Male, age 20 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Found May 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

On May 26, 2007, Herbert D. Harrison, aged 20, was shot and killed in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident took place at 3598 Washington Street in the Avondale neighborhood, specifically near the Walker Apartments. Harrison was standing on the front porch when he…

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Herbert Harrison

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed May 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

On May 26, 2007, twenty-year-old Herbert Harrison was shot and killed in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident took place at 3598 Washington Street, located in the Avondale neighborhood of Hamilton County. Harrison was on the front porch of the Walker Apartments…

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Margaret Pope

Female, age 59 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed May 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

Margaret Kay Kearney Pope was a 59-year-old white woman from the Tulsa area whose life was rooted in family, work, and the small rituals of rural Oklahoma. Born in Rotan, Texas on January 25, 1948, she moved as a toddler with her parents, Howard K. and Thelma…

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Eugene Drake

Male, age 27 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed May 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace near the Will Rogers Courts in Oklahoma City, leaving a young man's life cut tragically short. Eugene Drake, a 27-year-old African-American male, was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on…

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Marvin Millbrooks

Male, age 38 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed May 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

In Memphis, Tennessee, the life of Marvin Gaye Millbrooks, a 38-year-old African-American man, was tragically cut short on May 26, 2007. The circumstances surrounding his death remain a painful mystery to his family and the community, a story without a final…

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Demarcus Page

Male, age 17 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed May 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the Christenberry Heights housing project of Knoxville, Tennessee, a young life was abruptly ended on the evening of May 26, 2007. Demarcus Page, a 17-year-old male, was shot and killed, leaving a community to grapple with the violent loss of one of its…

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Arrie Dockery

Male, age 17 · Houston, Texas

Found May 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

Arrie Dockery, age 17, was fatally shot on May 26, 2007, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred around 1 a.m. at the 8600 block of Alcott. Dockery sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was transported by private vehicle to Spring Branch Memorial Hospital…

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Quanisha Pitts

Female, age 17 · Compton, California

Killed May 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

Quanisha Pitts, a 17-year-old high school junior from Compton, California, tragically lost her life on May 26, 2007. On the night of her death, Quanisha had gone to see a movie in Lakewood with a young man, aged 21. After the movie, they made a brief stop at…

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Lillie Oglesby

Female, age 69 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed May 26, 2004 · 22 years ago

On May 26, 2004, 69-year-old Lillie Oglesby was found brutally murdered in her home at 4612 Genesee Avenue in Dayton, Ohio. Lillie, a mother of eight, was described by her family as a loving and devoted woman. She was deeply involved with her church, known…

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Melvin Hodge

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed May 26, 2003 · 23 years ago

On May 26, 2003, 30-year-old Melvin Hodge was found with a gunshot wound at 54 Linwood Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. His death was ruled a homicide, and the case remains unsolved. The Columbus Police Department took charge of the investigation, but no suspects…

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Patrick Kent Hardesty

Male, age 40 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed May 26, 2003 · 23 years ago

Patrick Kent Hardesty, a 40-year-old Caucasian male, was a dedicated Tucson police officer whose life was tragically cut short on the evening of May 26, 2003. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Hardesty had served with the Tucson Police Department for 11 years as a…

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Timothy Keaton

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed May 26, 2002 · 24 years ago

On May 26, 2002, Timothy Keaton was found dead in Columbus, Ohio, near 401 North Front Street. Keaton, who was 37 years old at the time, had sustained fatal lacerations to his neck. He had been in the Arena District of Columbus visiting his sister when a…

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Steven Jones

Male, age 37 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 26, 2002 · 24 years ago

Steven Jones, a 37-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on May 26, 2002. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Jones was fatally shot in East Hollywood. The circumstances surrounding his death were…

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Francisco Gonzales Flores

Male, age 30 · Lancaster, California

Killed May 26, 2002 · 24 years ago

Francisco Gonzales Flores was 30 years old when he died on Sunday, May 26, 2002, in Lancaster. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 44750 60th Street West. His death was ruled a homicide…

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Keith Fitzpatrick

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed May 26, 2000 · 26 years ago

Keith Fitzpatrick, a 41-year-old resident of Akron, Ohio, was tragically killed on May 26, 2000. The incident took place when Keith was leaving the Interbelt Lounge, located at 70 North Howard Street in Akron. He was approached, robbed, and fatally shot…

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Barry Lee Grunow

Male, age 35 · Lake-worth, Florida

Killed May 26, 2000 · 26 years ago

Barry Lee Grunow, a dedicated and well-liked English teacher at Lake Worth Middle School in Lake Worth, Florida, tragically lost his life on May 26, 2000. Grunow, who was 35 years old at the time, was fatally shot by one of his students, Nathaniel Brazill.…

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James Oneal Johnson

Male, age 24 · Denver, Colorado

Killed May 26, 1999 · 27 years ago

On a spring evening in Denver, Colorado, the sound of music and camaraderie filled the air in the 1100 block of 26th Street. Among those gathered outside on May 26, 1999, was 24-year-old James Oneal Johnson, a Black male who was enjoying the company of his…

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William Guglielmo

Male, age 49 · New-york, New York

Killed May 26, 1999 · 27 years ago

William Cutolo, a 49-year-old Italian-American man known on the streets as “Wild Bill,” moved through New York City as a feared Colombo crime family powerbroker—an underboss with old war scars from the bloody internal feud that had split the family in the…

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Joe Hicks

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Found May 26, 1998 · 28 years ago

Joe Hicks, a two-month-old infant, was tragically killed in Cincinnati, Ohio, in an incident that took place between May 26 and June 8, 1998. The incident occurred at 1441 Pullan Avenue, and Joe Hicks was subsequently taken to a hospital at 375 Dixmyth…

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Anthony Mosomillo

Male, age 36 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed May 26, 1998 · 28 years ago

On May 26, 1998, Anthony Mosomillo, a 36-year-old white male and a 14-year veteran of the New York City Police Department, was killed in the line of duty in Brooklyn, New York. Officer Mosomillo and his partner were attempting to arrest a parolee, Jose…

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William Elton

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed May 26, 1997 · 29 years ago

William J. Elton, aged 54, was found dead on May 26, 1997, in Akron, Ohio. He was discovered unresponsive in his bedroom at his residence on Wyley Avenue, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The homicide took place in the Summit County area of Akron, and…

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Erwin Hayes

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed May 26, 1994 · 32 years ago

Erwin L. Hayes, aged 20, was tragically murdered on May 26, 1994, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident took place at 4690 Ashtree Drive, where Hayes was shot by three unidentified individuals. The attack occurred late in the evening, and while there were reports…

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Sharon Varnadore Chancey

Female, age 43 · Charlton, Georgia

Killed May 26, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 26, 1994, 43-year-old Sharon Varnadore Chancey was brutally murdered in a calculated act of violence that began with a deceptive plea for help. The chain of events leading to her death was set in motion by James Allyson Lee…

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Herman Jones

Male, age 50 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 26, 1993 · 33 years ago

Herman A. Jones, Sr., a 50-year-old Baltimore Police Officer, was shot and killed on May 26, 1993, in a Chinese food carryout in East Baltimore. After completing his 4 p.m. to midnight shift, the 24-year veteran of the police force stopped at the restaurant…

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Franklin Harrison

Male, age 18 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed May 26, 1990 · 36 years ago

On May 26, 1989, 18 year old Franklin Anthoine Harrison was shot to death in the front seat of his car in Charlotte, NC. His case remains unsolved.

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Janell Jarrett

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed May 26, 1990 · 36 years ago

On May 26, 1990, Janell Jarrett, a 24-year-old male, was fatally shot in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place in front of 357 Miller Avenue, located in Franklin County. Jarrett sustained a gunshot wound to his side and was pronounced dead at the scene. The…

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Antoinette Jordan

Female, age 35 · San Antonio, Texas

Killed May 26, 1990 · 36 years ago

On May 26, 1990, Antoinette Jordan, a 35-year-old mother of eight, was found dead under the North Walters Street Bridge in San Antonio, Texas. Her body was discovered by a passerby lying face-up under the bridge. Upon investigation, it was determined that she…

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Robert Lewis Mcghee Jr.

Male, age 50 · Ocean-springs, Mississippi

Killed May 26, 1990 · 36 years ago

On May 26, 1990, Robert Lewis McGhee, Jr., a 50-year-old white male, was shot and killed in the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Mississippi. McGhee, a U.S. Park Ranger, was a respected member of his community and a veteran of the Navy who had served as a…

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Albert Lufsey

Male, age 37 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed May 26, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 26, 1988, a fatal encounter unfolded in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Albert Lewis Lufsey, a 37-year-old Caucasian male from Alexandria, Virginia, was with a female companion in the 2000 block of O…

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Clifford Jackson

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed May 26, 1983 · 43 years ago

Clifford Jackson, a resident of Columbus, Ohio, died on May 26, 1983, as a result of a homicide that remains unsolved. According to the records maintained by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), the case is classified as a cold case, meaning that…

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Rose Ouellette

Female, age 33 · Portland, Oregon

Found May 26, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the late spring of 1983, the life of 33-year-old Rose Marie Ouellette, a Caucasian female, was tragically cut short in her Portland, Oregon apartment. On the morning of Thursday, May 26, 1983, her body was discovered in her residence at the Evergreen…

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William White

Null, age 40 · Union Township (now known as West Chester), Ohio

Killed May 26, 1980 · 46 years ago

On May 26, 1980, William White, aged 40, was found dead in a Knights Inn Motel located near Interstate 75 and Tylersville Road in Union Township, which is now known as West Chester, Ohio. White, who had driven up from Georgia with a female acquaintance, was…

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Elizabeth Lizzie Harman Lyman

Female, age 81 · Bloomington, California

Killed May 26, 1980 · 46 years ago

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Harman Lyman, an 81-year-old retired piano teacher, was tragically murdered on May 26, 1980, in Bloomington, California. Born on September 17, 1898, in Dunkirk, New York, Lizzie had dedicated much of her life to teaching piano. Her death…

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James Grimes

Male, age 37 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed May 26, 1978 · 48 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on May 26, 1978, Second Lieutenant James Pat Grimes, a 37-year-old male officer with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, was killed in the line of duty. This dark day in the history of Oklahoma law enforcement unfolded in Pottawatomie…

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Billy Young

Male, age 51 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed May 26, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the line of duty, 51-year-old Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Billy G. Young was killed on May 26, 1978. He, along with two other officers, Trooper Houston 'Pappy' Summers, 62, and Second Lieutenant James Pat Grimes, 37, were actively searching for two…

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Houston F. Pappy Summers

Male, age 62 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed May 26, 1978 · 48 years ago

On May 26, 1978, a day that would become the darkest in the history of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 62-year-old Trooper Houston F. 'Pappy' Summers was killed in the line of duty. His death was the result of a violent shootout near Caddo, Oklahoma, with two…

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Henry Koebel

Male, age 27 · Manhattan, New York

Killed May 26, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the bustling Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, a place of constant motion and fleeting encounters, the life of 27-year-old Port Authority Police Officer Henry J. Koebel came to a sudden and violent end. On Friday, May 26, 1978, what began as a…

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Eric Christgen

Male, age 4 · St. Joseph, Michigan

Killed May 26, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the late spring of 1978, a shadow fell over the city of St. Joseph, Missouri, with the disappearance of four-year-old Eric Christgen. On May 26th, the young male was briefly left outside a downtown store by his babysitter, and in those few moments, he…

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Kenneth McDonald

Male, age 23 · Huntsville, Alabama

Killed May 26, 1975 · 51 years ago

In the late hours of a Monday in Huntsville, Alabama, a tragic chain of events began to unfold, culminating in the death of 23-year-old Devin Tyler McDonald. His body was discovered in a parking lot on Quality Circle on the morning of Tuesday, August 29th. He…

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Patricia Clements Jones

Female, age 23 · Independence, Missouri

Killed May 26, 1960 · 66 years ago

In late May 1960, the community of Independence, Missouri, was shaken by the disappearance and subsequent discovery of the body of 23-year-old White female Patricia Ann Clements Jones. A devoted mother and file clerk, Patricia had vanished on the evening of…

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Orrin Meyers

Male, age 51 · Lansdale, Pennsylvania

Killed May 26, 1932 · 94 years ago

On May 26, 1932, Orrin G. Meyers, a 51-year-old male from Lansdale, Pennsylvania, met a tragic end in a shooting incident. Meyers, who held the position of secretary-treasurer at the prominent Krupp, Meyers & Hoffman Coal and Lumber company, was fatally shot…

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Alexander Manley

Male, age 35 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed May 26, 1927 · 99 years ago

On May 26, 1927, Alexander A. Manley, a 35-year-old male Birmingham police officer, stepped into what should have been an ordinary street encounter and never came back from it. Online accounts agree that Manley was approaching a man whose car was illegally…

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Matthew Curran

Male, age 28 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed May 26, 1905 · 121 years ago

On a spring evening in Philadelphia, what began as a response to a domestic disturbance call tragically ended the life of a young police officer. Matthew Curran, a 28-year-old Caucasian male, had only been with the Philadelphia Police Department for five…

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Jesse Tyler

Male, age 43 · Moab, Utah

Killed May 26, 1900 · 126 years ago

In the rugged landscape of Grand County, Utah, a chapter of the Old West closed with the violent death of Sheriff Jesse Tyler. A White / Caucasian man of 43, Tyler, known by the moniker "Honest Jack," had established a reputation for his commitment to the law…

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Michael Baer

Male, age 31 · Fort Smith, Arkansas

Killed May 26, 1869 · 157 years ago

On May 26, 1869, Michael Baer, aged 31, was fatally shot while serving as Chief of Police in Fort Smith, Arkansas. At the time of his death, he was accompanied by a sheriff's deputy as they investigated a gang of horse thieves operating in the area. The two…

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Kevin Menos

Male, age 23 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed May 26, 2024 · 2 years ago

On May 26, 2024, at approximately 5 a.m., 23-year-old Kevin Merlos-Saravia was fatally shot at the Woodland Estates Apartments on Winged Elm Court in east Charlotte, North Carolina. Officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) responded to…

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Claire Soulner

Female, age 79 · Santee, California

Killed May 26, 2024 · 2 years ago

On May 26, 2024, authorities discovered the bodies of 79-year-old Claire Soulner and her husband, 82-year-old David Soulner, in their residence on Lantern Crest Way in Santee, California. Both had sustained fatal gunshot wounds. The San Diego County Sheriff's…

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