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Deaths by Force on May 30

744 open cases in our database happened on May 30. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (536)

Death by Force

Terry Smith

Male, age 56 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Killed May 30, 2005 · 21 years ago

On a tragic Memorial Day in 2005, a wave of violence swept through a quiet mobile home park in southeast Oklahoma City, leaving a trail of devastation and claiming the life of 56-year-old Terry Smith and three others. The brutal attack, fueled by a misguided…

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Death by Force

Amanda Oliveras

Female, age 4 · Catalina, Arizona
Killed May 30, 2004 · 22 years ago

Amanda Oliveras, a 4-year-old female child whose race or ethnicity has not been publicly specified in available records, died on May 30, 2004, as a result of gun violence in the small community of Catalina, Arizona. Online memorial records list her as having…

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Death by Force

Charles Melvin Hodgkinson

Male, age 58 · Los Angeles, California
Killed May 30, 2004 · 22 years ago

Charles Melvin Hodgkinson was 58 years old when he died on Sunday, May 30, 2004, in Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a…

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Ryan Harris

Male, age 21 · Phoenix, Arizona
Killed May 30, 1997 · 29 years ago

In May of 1997, a University of Dayton sophomore named Ryan Harris was the victim of a fatal late-night carjacking in a central Phoenix park. At the time of his death, the 6'3' student had been excelling in his studies, earning a 3.4 grade point average in…

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Lee Grant

Male, age 27 · Fresno, California
Killed May 30, 1993 · 33 years ago

Lee Grant, a 27-year-old tax examiner from Fresno, California, tragically lost his life on May 30, 1993. Grant was shot to death while riding his bicycle in Fresno's Sunnyside neighborhood. His death was part of a series of violent incidents that shook the…

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Death by Force

Charlye Dixon

Male, age 18 · Chatham, Georgia
Killed May 30, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the quiet darkness of a lakeside 'lovers' lane' in Ware County, Georgia, a tragic story unfolded on the evening of May 30, 1993. Eighteen-year-old Charlye Merinda Dixon and her 19-year-old fiancé, Jason Hampton, were together in Hampton's pickup truck…

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Bernon D Shark Jr

Male, age 14 · Lamar, Pennsylvania
Killed May 30, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the quiet community of Lamar, Pennsylvania, a horrific tragedy unfolded on May 30, 1988, forever scarring the small town. On that day, 14-year-old Bernon D. Shark Jr., a male, along with his two brothers, Christopher and Ryan, were found shot in the head…

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James Day

Male, age 30 · Whitesburg, Kentucky
Killed May 30, 1904 · 122 years ago

In the late spring of 1904, a dedicated lawman named James Day, a 30-year-old male, met a violent and untimely end. Having served with the Letcher County Sheriff's Office for only three months, Deputy Day was just beginning his career in law enforcement in…

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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.