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Deaths by Force on May 31

808 open cases in our database happened on May 31. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (597)

Christopher Martinez - San-antonio, Texas
Death by Force

Christopher Martinez

Male, age 13 · San-antonio, Texas
Killed May 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of May 31, 2022, 13-year-old Christopher Martinez was found deceased from a gunshot wound inside a residence in the 100 block of Agnes Drive on San Antonio's North Side. Initial reports suggested that Christopher, a young Hispanic male, was the…

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Kavont Kennedy - Dallas, Texas
Death by Force

Kavont Kennedy

Male, age 15 · Dallas, Texas
Killed May 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

Kavont Kennedy, a 15-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 31, 2022, in Dallas, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of significant investigation and public interest. According to available…

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Ruben Trevino - Corpus-christi, Texas
Death by Force

Ruben Trevino

Male, age 38 · Corpus-christi, Texas
Killed May 31, 2022 · 4 years ago

Ruben Chato Trevino Jr., a 38-year-old man from Corpus Christi, Texas, tragically passed away on May 31, 2022. He was known for his joyful and caring nature, always making those around him laugh and smile. Ruben was born in Taft, Texas, to Ruben Guzman and…

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Kira Kristie Ostman - Billings, Montana
Death by Force

Kira Kristie Ostman

Female, age 34 · Billings, Montana
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet city of Billings, Montana, the life of a 34-year-old Caucasian woman, Kira Kristie Ost, was tragically cut short on the evening of Sunday, May 31, 2020. Her death, which occurred in a residence on the west end of the city, was the result of a…

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Victor Alvarez - Phoenix, Arizona
Death by Force

Victor Alvarez

Male, age 20 · Phoenix, Arizona
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in Phoenix, Arizona, a young man's life was tragically cut short. Twenty-year-old Victor Junior Alvarez was shot and killed on May 31, 2020. The incident that led to his untimely death unfolded around 10:30 p.m. in a…

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Italia Marie Kelly - Davenport, Iowa
Death by Force

Italia Marie Kelly

Female, age 22 · Davenport, Iowa
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the tumultuous night of May 31, 2020, in Davenport, Iowa, a 22-year-old biracial woman named Italia Marie Kelly was fatally shot as she was leaving a protest. The demonstration, one of many across the nation following the death of George Floyd, had turned…

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Quincy Brewer - Commerce City, Colorado
Death by Force

Quincy Brewer

Male, age 34 · Commerce City, Colorado
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early hours of a late spring morning, the body of 34-year-old Quincy Brewer was discovered in the driveway of a residence in the 8100 block of Brighton Boulevard, an area just outside the city limits of Commerce City, Colorado. It was Sunday, May 31…

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Richard Mitchell - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Richard Mitchell

Male, age 25 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early afternoon of May 31, 2020, a burst of violence shattered the quiet of a Southeast Washington, D.C. neighborhood, leaving a young man's life cut tragically short. Richard Mitchell, a 25-year-old Black male from Oxon Hill, Maryland, was discovered…

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Karleigh Miller - Louisville, Kentucky
Death by Force

Karleigh Miller

Female, age 19 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the spring of 2020, the life of 19-year-old Karleigh Breann Miller was tragically cut short in Louisville, Kentucky. On the evening of May 31st, she was discovered in a vehicle in the Park Hill neighborhood, having sustained a fatal gunshot wound.…

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Catera Marie Brown - Jackson, Mississippi
Death by Force

Catera Marie Brown

Female, age 20 · Jackson, Mississippi
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a late spring evening in Jackson, Mississippi, the life of a vibrant and promising young woman was tragically cut short. Catera Marie Brown, a 20-year-old African American female, was fatally shot on May 31, 2020. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. at a…

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Odis Lee Latham - Columbus, Mississippi
Death by Force

Odis Lee Latham

Male, age 48 · Columbus, Mississippi
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Columbus, Mississippi, a confrontation in a motel parking lot ended in the death of 48-year-old Odis Lee Latham. On May 31, 2020, Latham was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Express. The Columbus…

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Robert Glynn Tatum III - Gulfport, Mississippi
Death by Force

Robert Glynn Tatum III

Male, age 18 · Gulfport, Mississippi
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

An evening meant for celebration turned into a scene of tragedy in Gulfport, Mississippi, marking the untimely death of 18-year-old Robert Glynn Tatum III. The young man lost his life to gun violence on May 31, 2020, during a graduation party that was…

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Wahmeen Combs - Paterson, New Jersey
Death by Force

Wahmeen Combs

Male, age 34 · Paterson, New Jersey
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the late spring of 2020, the city of Paterson, New Jersey, was struck by a wave of violence that left the community reeling. On the evening of Sunday, May 31st, this spate of shootings claimed the life of 34-year-old Wahmeen Combs. A male resident of…

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Hector Martinez - Hampton, Virginia
Death by Force

Hector Martinez

Male, age 20 · Hampton, Virginia
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the night of May 31, 2020, 20-year-old Hector Martinez Jr. was fatally shot at a gas station in Hampton, Virginia. A Black male, he had been at a party and was heading home when he stopped at the Miller Mart on Coliseum Drive and West Mercury Boulevard to…

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Dorell Glenn Townsend Jr. - Gary, Indiana
Death by Force

Dorell Glenn Townsend Jr.

Male, age 22 · Gary, Indiana
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the late afternoon of May 31, 2020, a trip to a Gary, Indiana, gas station turned fatal for 22-year-old Dorell Glenn Townsend Jr. Townsend, a male, was inside the convenience store with his girlfriend when a verbal altercation escalated into a deadly…

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Dorian Murrell - Indianapolis, Indiana
Death by Force

Dorian Murrell

Male, age 18 · Indianapolis, Indiana
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the turbulent backdrop of protests for George Floyd in downtown Indianapolis, 18-year-old Dorian Murrell, a Black male, was fatally shot on May 31, 2020. The unarmed teenager was near Market and Pennsylvania Streets around 2:30 a.m. when the incident…

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Roosevelt Allen III - Fort-wayne, Indiana
Death by Force

Roosevelt Allen III

Male, age 36 · Fort-wayne, Indiana
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 31, 2020, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, violence erupted in the 500 block of McKinnie Avenue, leaving one man dead and two others wounded. Roosevelt Allen III, a 36-year-old male, was discovered by Fort Wayne Police Department…

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William Scott - Indianapolis, Indiana
Death by Force

William Scott

Male, age 30 · Indianapolis, Indiana
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning on May 31, 2020, tragedy struck on the northeast side of Indianapolis. William Scott III, a 30-year-old Black male, was caught in a burst of gunfire that would abruptly end his life. The incident unfolded shortly before…

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Anthony Ford - Kansas-city, Missouri
Death by Force

Anthony Ford

Male, age 27 · Kansas-city, Missouri
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the evening of May 31, 2020, law enforcement officers in Kansas City, Missouri, were dispatched to a residence in the 8800 block of Crystal Lane following reports of a shooting. Upon arrival at the apartment complex, police discovered a male victim…

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Marvin Francois - Kansas-city, Missouri
Death by Force

Marvin Francois

Male, age 50 · Kansas-city, Missouri
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the night of May 31, 2020, Marvin Francois, a 50-year-old Black male from Kansas City, Missouri, had his life cut short in an incident that shook his community. As protests over the death of George Floyd swept across the nation and through the streets of…

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Tyler Schemkes - Saint-louis, Missouri
Death by Force

Tyler Schemkes

Male, age 23 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a tragic day in the spring of 2020, a young man's life was cut short in St. Louis, Missouri. Tyler Michael Schemkes, a 23-year-old male from O'Fallon, was killed on Sunday, May 31, 2020. He was a devoted father to his daughter, Jenaiah. That day, amidst a…

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Willie Johnson - Saint-louis, Missouri
Death by Force

Willie Johnson

Male, age 25 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

On May 31, 2020, officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call regarding a shooting in the 2700 block of North 10th Street in St. Louis, Missouri. Upon arriving at the scene, investigators discovered two men deceased inside a…

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Edlars Isa Johnson Funez - Greenville, South Carolina
Death by Force

Edlars Isa Johnson Funez

Male, age 32 · Greenville, South Carolina
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the late hours of May 31, 2020, in Greenville, South Carolina, a life was tragically cut short. Edlars Isa Johnson Funez, a 32-year-old man, was fatally shot while working as a security guard at La Guera Bar and Grill on West Parker Road. The incident…

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James Mobley - Rock-hill, South Carolina
Death by Force

James Mobley

Male, age 33 · Rock-hill, South Carolina
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Robert Aaron Mobley, a 50-year-old male South Carolina Highway Patrol sergeant, had built a life around public service long before the summer evening when it was taken from him. Born on November 12, 1928, in Vina, Alabama, he grew up in Greenwood, South…

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Keith Donnell Jenkins - Lanham, Maryland
Death by Force

Keith Donnell Jenkins

Male, age 49 · Lanham, Maryland
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet morning hours of a late spring day, tragedy struck in Prince George's County. Keith Donnell Jenkins, a 49-year-old male from Lanham, was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the 6300 block of Carters Lane in Riverdale. The discovery was made…

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Amy Fantauzzi - Bronx, New York
Death by Force

Amy Fantauzzi

Female, age 39 · Bronx, New York
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Amy Fantauzzi was 39, female, and off duty when the final moments of her life unfolded in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx in the early hours of May 31, 2020. In the quiet of her apartment, the night ended in a single gunshot that would pull first…

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Zachary Holloway - Syracuse, New York
Death by Force

Zachary Holloway

Male, age 19 · Syracuse, New York
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the city of Syracuse, New York, a young life was abruptly cut short on the evening of May 31, 2020. Zachary L. Holloway, a 19-year-old male, was fatally shot in what authorities described as a targeted attack. The incident occurred in the 500 block of…

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Daniel Robert Sisneros - Covina, California
Death by Force

Daniel Robert Sisneros

Male, age 28 · Covina, California
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Daniel Robert Sisneros, a 28-year-old resident of Covina, California, tragically lost his life on May 31, 2020. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Daniel was shot near 1127 E. Wanamaker Drive in Covina. The incident…

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Dylan Garay - Los-banos, California
Death by Force

Dylan Garay

Male, age 25 · Los-banos, California
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Dylan Nicholas Garay, a 25-year-old resident of Los Banos, California, tragically lost his life on May 31, 2020. The incident occurred following an altercation at a gas station, which escalated into a fatal shooting. According to reports, Garay was driving a…

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Jose Roberto Vargas - Los-angeles, California
Death by Force

Jose Roberto Vargas

Male, age 22 · Los-angeles, California
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jose Roberto Vargas, a 22-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on May 31, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Vargas was shot near 940 S. Hill St. in Downtown Los Angeles. The…

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Demarcus Lee - Atlanta, Georgia
Death by Force

Demarcus Lee

Male, age 33 · Atlanta, Georgia
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 31, 2020, Demarcus Lee, a 33-year-old male, was fatally shot while waiting at a red light. The incident occurred at the intersection of Peachtree Road and Peachtree Battle Avenue, across from…

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Andrew Crues - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Andrew Crues

Male, age 34 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

On May 31, 2020, Andrew Crues, a 34-year-old man from Chicago, Illinois, lost his life to gun violence in a city that was grappling with one of its deadliest days in recent history. That single day saw 18 homicides, a staggering number that marked it as…

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Angelo Bronson - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Angelo Bronson

Male, age 36 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Angelo Bronson, a 36-year-old African American man, was tragically killed on May 31, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. According to reports, Angelo was shot in the chest and leg by an…

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Darius Jelks - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Darius Jelks

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Darius Jelks, a 31-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on May 31, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. On that day, Darius and his cousin Maurice Jelks, aged 39, were driving to their mother's home when they were fatally shot. The incident occurred…

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Francisco Romero - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Francisco Romero

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Francisco Romero Jr., an 18-year-old male from Chicago, Illinois, tragically passed away on May 31, 2020. Francisco, who was of Hispanic descent, was deeply mourned by his family and friends. He was the beloved son of Madonna Mullins and Francisco Romero, and…

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Jalieel Jackson - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Jalieel Jackson

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jalieel Jackson, a 28-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on May 31, 2020, in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, IL. The incident occurred on the street, and Jackson was pronounced dead at the scene. The circumstances surrounding his death…

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Jaquawn Newman - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Jaquawn Newman

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jaquawn Newman, a 26-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on May 31, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. Newman was in a vehicle with another man, aged 20, when…

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Keishanay Bolden - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Keishanay Bolden

Female, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Keishanay Bolden, an 18-year-old African American woman from Chicago, IL, was tragically killed on May 31, 2020. Keishanay, a student at Western Illinois University, was shot during an argument in the West Englewood neighborhood. The incident occurred around…

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Lazarra Daniels - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Lazarra Daniels

Female, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Lazarra M. Daniels, an 18-year-old African American female, tragically lost her life on May 31, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. She was fatally shot in the head in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, specifically in the 4200 block of West Van Buren Street. The…

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Lenell McClain - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Lenell McClain

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Lenell Deandre McClain, a 26-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on May 31, 2020, in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. According to reports, McClain was driving in the 900 block of East 93rd Street around 8…

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Maurice Jelks - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Maurice Jelks

Male, age 39 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Maurice Jelks, a 39-year-old African American man from Chicago, IL, was fatally shot on May 31, 2020, in the Calumet Heights neighborhood. Maurice was driving with his cousin, Darius Jelks, 31, when their vehicle was attacked by someone in a dark-colored SUV…

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Myqwon Blanchard - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Myqwon Blanchard

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Myqwon Blanchard, a 22-year-old African American male from Chicago, IL, was tragically killed on May 31, 2020. The incident occurred at the North Riverside Park Mall, located in the western suburbs of Chicago. On that fateful day, Blanchard was pursued by an…

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Ramiro Reyes-Hernandez - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Ramiro Reyes-Hernandez

Male, age 37 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Ramiro Reyes-Hernandez, a 37-year-old Latino transgender woman, was tragically murdered on May 31, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. Known to her friends and family as Selena, she was shot multiple times in her home in the Marquette Park neighborhood. The incident…

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Ricky Hulitt - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Ricky Hulitt

Male, age 36 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Ricky Hulitt, a 36-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 31, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. He was fatally shot in the head in the Ashburn neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. The incident occurred in the 8300 block of South…

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Robert English - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Robert English

Male, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

On May 31, 2020, Robert English, a 24-year-old male, was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred while he was riding in a vehicle; an unknown assailant opened fire, striking him in the head. This tragic event took place during a particularly…

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Selena Reyes-Hernandez - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Selena Reyes-Hernandez

Female, age 37 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

On May 31, 2020, 37-year-old Selena Reyes-Hernandez was tragically killed in her Chicago home. In the early hours of that day, she met 18-year-old Orlando Perez, a high school senior at Bogan High School. The two returned to her basement apartment in the 3300…

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Sharod Turner - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Sharod Turner

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Sharod Turner, a 25-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 31, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. He was taken to Norwegian American Hospital with gunshot wounds to the right side of his neck and his upper back. Despite the medical team's…

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Tommie Gatewood - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Tommie Gatewood

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 31, 2020 · 6 years ago

Tommie N. Gatewood, a 27-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 31, 2020, in Chicago, IL. Gatewood was fatally shot while attempting to prevent looting at a liquor store located in the 5100 block of West Madison Street during a period…

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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.