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Deaths by Force on May 26

756 open cases in our database happened on May 26. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (553)

Death by Force

Leo Aleman Hipolito

Male, age 50 · Anderson, South Carolina

Killed May 26, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the late spring of 2022, the city of Anderson, South Carolina, was marked by a sudden act of violence that claimed the life of 50-year-old Leo Aleman Hipolito. On the evening of May 26th, Hipolito was riding his bicycle near the intersection of Keys Street…

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Richard Rios Rivera

Male, age 45 · North-charleston, South Carolina

Killed May 26, 2022 · 4 years ago

A forty-five-year-old man, Richard Rios Rivera, tragically lost his life in a shooting incident that unfolded within a North Charleston mattress store on the evening of May 26, 2022. The male victim's life was cut short by gunfire, and he was discovered by…

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Francisco Anton Medrano Campos

Male, age 29 · Silver-spring, Maryland

Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the morning of Tuesday, May 26, 2020, 29-year-old Francisco Anton Medrano Campos was leaving his apartment in the 2300 block of Glenmont Circle in Wheaton, Maryland, to go to work when he was fatally shot. At approximately 7:07 a.m., Montgomery County…

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Roberto Robledo

Male, age 35 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

Roberto Robledo, a 35-year-old Hispanic man, was fatally shot outside his home in northeast Harris County, Houston, Texas, on May 26, 2019. According to reports, Robledo was unloading ATVs from a trailer when he was shot just after midnight. Neighbors heard a…

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Monica Perkins

Female, age 61 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed May 26, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 26, 2018, a domestic dispute at the Landmark Apartments and Townhomes in Indianapolis turned fatal, claiming the life of 61-year-old Monica Perkins. The female victim was discovered by police officers who were dispatched to…

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George Wright

Male, age 36 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed May 26, 2015 · 11 years ago

George Lee Wright was a 36-year-old man from Jackson, Mississippi, whose brief visit home ended in a killing that left his family and neighborhood shattered. On the night of May 26, 2015, he returned to the west Jackson neighborhood near Jackson State…

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Galvin Becerra

Male, age 26 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed May 26, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the night of May 26, 2015, 26-year-old Galvin Becerra, a male resident of Brooklyn, NY, was fatally shot in a violent encounter that also left his twin brother wounded. The incident unfolded inside their Gravesend apartment building on Stillwell Avenue.…

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Warren Neil

Male, age 62 · Manor, Texas

Killed May 26, 2015 · 11 years ago

Warren Clark Neil, a 62-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity from Manor, Texas, tragically passed away on May 26, 2015. His death was the result of a deadly shooting incident that occurred on the same day. The incident stemmed from a dispute over an…

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Lynn DeRosa

Female, age 57 · Mullica Township, New Jersey

Killed May 26, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet community of Mullica Township, New Jersey, the life of 57-year-old Lynn DeRosa came to a violent and tragic end on May 26, 2014. On that day, a 911 call was made from her home, reporting that she had been shot. When police arrived, they found…

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Gregory Louise Singletary

Male, age 59 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 26, 2014 · 12 years ago

Gregory Louise Singletary, a 59-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on May 26, 2014. According to reports, Singletary was fatally shot, marking a somber end to his life. The incident occurred on a Monday, and the details…

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Robert Grundei

Male, age 48 · Huntley, Illinois

Killed May 26, 2014 · 12 years ago

Robert Grundei, a 48-year-old man from Huntley, Illinois, died on May 26, 2014, following a tragic family dispute. The incident occurred at the family home on Morning Glory Lane, where Robert and his 50-year-old brother, Mark Grundei, got into a heated…

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David Ackerson

Male, age 51 · Grant-township, Pennsylvania

Killed May 26, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet of a Sunday evening in Grant Township, Indiana County, a verbal dispute between neighbors escalated into a fatal encounter. The life of David Ackerson, a 51-year-old male, was cut short on May 26, 2014, following a heated argument that turned…

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Barris Jones

Male, age 22 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed May 26, 2014 · 12 years ago

Barris Jones, a 22-year-old male, was killed on May 26, 2014, in Memphis, Tennessee. The fatal encounter occurred in broad daylight at an apartment complex in the Hickory Hill neighborhood. Jones was in the simple act of taking out his trash when he was…

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Raymond Louis Sowell

Male, age 24 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed May 26, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the early morning hours, the quiet of a Baton Rouge neighborhood was shattered by the discovery of a young life cut short. Raymond Louis Sowell, a 24-year-old male, was found shot to death on Brice Street. The call came in to the Baton Rouge Police…

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Keith Jordan

Male, age 45 · Upper-marlboro, Maryland

Killed May 26, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early hours of May 26, 2009, Keith Arness Jordan, a 44-year-old male, was tragically killed in his Fort Washington, Maryland, home. His death was part of a violent episode that also claimed the life of his 48-year-old common-law wife, Audrey Monette…

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James Freeman

Male, age 62 · Oakland, California

Killed May 26, 2009 · 17 years ago

James Freeman, a 62-year-old white man, was killed in Oakland on Tuesday, May 26, 2009, the day after Memorial Day. The Oakland Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Oakland from 2008…

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Alfonso Castro

Male, age 51 · Rosemead, California

Killed May 26, 2008 · 18 years ago

Alfonso Castro was 51 years old when he died on Monday, May 26, 2008, in Rosemead, in the San Gabriel Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 3226 Burton Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Quadeer Battie

Male, age 19 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed May 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late spring of 2007, the life of a young Camden, New Jersey man was cut short, leaving a family and community in mourning. Quadeer Battie, a 19-year-old male, was fatally shot on May 26, 2007. His sudden and violent death was a profound loss for his…

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Desmond Edmundson

Male, age 32 · Landover, Maryland

Killed May 26, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late spring of 2007, the life of 32-year-old Desmond Leon Edmundson was cut short in Landover, Maryland. On May 26, 2007, the male resident of the Prince George's County suburb passed away, leaving behind a grieving family that included his son…

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Travis Cooper

Male, age 22 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 26, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the summer of 2023, the life of 42-year-old Travis Cooper, a Black male from Baltimore, Maryland, came to a tragic end as a result of a violent act that had occurred nearly two decades earlier. His death on August 21, 2023, was the final chapter in a long…

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Sergio Antonio Deleon

Male, age 46 · Lynwood, California

Killed May 26, 2005 · 21 years ago

Sergio Antonio Deleon was 46 years old when he died on Thursday, May 26, 2005, in Lynwood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 10313 S. Alameda St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it…

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Rodney Franklin Rees

Male, age 49 · Hawthorne, California

Killed May 26, 2003 · 23 years ago

Rodney Franklin Rees was 49 years old when he died on Monday, May 26, 2003, in Hawthorne. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 4172 W. El Segundo Blvd. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Stacy Anne Haas

Female, age 22 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed May 26, 1982 · 44 years ago

Stacy Anne Haas, a 22-year-old woman from California, tragically lost her life on May 26, 1982, in Fort Worth, Texas. Her death was part of a horrific crime spree that shocked the community and led to a series of investigations and legal proceedings. On…

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Laura Sue Benjamin

Female, age 23 · Angeles-crest, California

Killed May 26, 1979 · 47 years ago

Laura Sue Benjamin, aged 23, was found dead on May 26, 1979, in the Angeles National Forest near Big Tujunga Dam in Los Angeles County, California. Her body was discovered in a drainage culvert, and it was determined that she had been shot twice in the head.…

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Clarence Gist

Male, age 25 · Carlisle, South Carolina

Killed May 26, 1907 · 119 years ago

In Carlisle, South Carolina, a tragic sequence of events unfolded on Sunday, May 26, 1907, involving 25-year-old White Town Marshal Clarence Calhoun Gist. During the course of his duties that day, Marshal Gist had intervened to maintain order at a local ball…

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