Death by Force10th anniversary

Anant Singh

Male, age 64 · Symmes-township, Ohio

Killed May 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Anant Singh, a 64-year-old man of Indian descent, was found dead in his home in Symmes Township, Ohio, on May 4, 2016. Singh, who had recently retired from General Electric, was discovered by his wife in the garage of their Redcloud Court residence. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Alexis Barnett

Female, age 19 · Washington, Pennsylvania

Killed May 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Alexis Marcille Barnett, a 19-year-old female from Washington, Pennsylvania, died on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, after a nighttime shooting in the city of Washington. She was walking with a group of people on Bruce Street at about 9:40 p.m. when gunfire broke…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Richard Ferretti

Male, age 52 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed May 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early hours of May 4, 2016, a search for a parking spot in Philadelphia's Overbrook neighborhood ended in the death of 52-year-old Richard Ferretti. An unarmed man, Ferretti was fatally shot by a Philadelphia police officer, an event that would lead to…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Terrance Smith Jr.

Male, age 16 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed May 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a spring evening in Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 16-year-old Terrance Smith Jr., an African American male, was tragically cut short. On May 4, 2016, at approximately 8:39 PM, in the area of New Willow and Getwell, Smith was shot in the back. He was…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Michael Dawid

Male, age 35 · Katy, Texas

Killed May 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Michael William Dawid, a 35-year-old Caucasian male from Katy, Texas, tragically lost his life on May 4, 2016. He was born on December 9, 1980, and worked as a supervisor at Knight Transportation. Michael was known for his dedication and kindness, leaving…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Reynaldo Reyes Jr.

Male, age 21 · Edinburg, Texas

Killed May 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On May 4, 2016, 21-year-old Reynaldo Reyes Jr., a male of Hispanic ethnicity, was fatally shot at an apartment complex in Edinburg, Texas. The incident occurred shortly after midnight when Victor Lee Alfaro, then 27 years old, allegedly shot Reyes Jr.…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Donald P. Jones

Male, age 20 · Miami, Florida

Found May 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

Donald P. Jones, a 20-year-old, was tragically killed on May 4, 2011, in Miami, Florida. His homicide remains unsolved, and law enforcement has continued to seek information that could help bring justice to his case. The Miami Police Department has listed…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Robert E Barr

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

Robert E. Barr, a 29-year-old male, was killed on May 4, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was part of a series of violent incidents that year, adding to the city's troubling statistics on homicides and violent crime. The incident involving Robert Barr…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Mary Jo Choate

Female, age 32 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

Mary Jo Choate was a 32-year-old Caucasian woman whose life, though cut short far too soon, left an unmistakable imprint on the people who loved her. She came from Detroit, a city where strength is often forged through hardship, and those who knew her…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Davon Goodwin

Male, age 19 · Charleston, South Carolina

Killed May 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the spring of 2011, a young man's life was cut tragically short in Charleston, South Carolina. Nineteen-year-old Davon Goodwin, a male, was shot in the abdomen on April 26, 2011. Rushed to the hospital, he fought for his life for over a week, enduring…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Gary Jonathan Buro

Male, age 34 · Ettrick, Virginia

Killed May 4, 2006 · 20 years ago

On a spring night in Ettrick, Virginia, the life of 34-year-old Gary Jonathan Buro was cut short. On May 4, 2006, the male Chesterfield County Police Officer was responding to a domestic dispute at a residence on Totty Street. He and his partner entered the…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Dusty Shuck

Female, age 24 · New Market, Maryland

Killed May 4, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the spring of 2006, the life of 24-year-old Dusty Myriah Shuck came to a tragic and violent end, leaving her loved ones with years of unanswered questions. On May 4, 2006, her body was discovered by a passing motorist on the shoulder of eastbound I-70…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Casonya Crawford

Female, age 14 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed May 4, 2006 · 20 years ago

Casonya Crawford, a 14-year-old African American girl, was murdered on May 4, 2006, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was one of the victims of Anthony Kirkland, a convicted serial killer who preyed on women and young girls in the Cincinnati area. Kirkland, who had…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Jason Lopez

Male, age 26 · Casa-grande, Arizona

Killed May 4, 2001 · 25 years ago

On May 4, 2001, Pinal County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Patrick Lopez, a 26-year-old male, was shot and killed near Casa Grande, Arizona. He was attempting to serve a felony warrant when the encounter turned violent. The suspect resisted arrest, drew a handgun…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Bonnie Bakley

Female, age 44 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 4, 2001 · 25 years ago

Bonnie Lee Bakley, aged 44, was fatally shot on May 4, 2001, while sitting in her husband Robert Blake's car outside a restaurant in Studio City, Los Angeles. The couple had just finished dinner at Vitello's Restaurant when Blake claimed he left Bakley in the…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Mae Edith Thornton

Female, age 34 · Gainesville, Florida

Killed May 4, 1996 · 30 years ago

Mae Edith Thornton, aged 34, was found murdered on May 4, 1996, in Gainesville, Florida. Her body was discovered in a wooded area near 1600 SE 4th Avenue. She appeared to have been deceased for some time before her body was found, and her death was ruled as a…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Antonio Jose Gonzales

Male · Greensboro, North Carolina

Found May 4, 1996 · 30 years ago

On May 4, 1996, 25-year-old Antonio Jose Gonzales was shot and killed in Greensboro, North Carolina. Police responded to a shooting on Trent Street and found Gonzales critically injured. He was transported to Moses Cone Hospital but succumbed to his injuries.…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Randy Majors

Male · Racine, Wisconsin

Killed May 4, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the early hours of May 4, 1991, the life of Randy Majors, an African-American male, was tragically cut short in Racine, Wisconsin. Majors was last seen leaving a local establishment, Mr. Kools tavern, located at 1308 State Street, at approximately 12:30…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Pattie Diann Fugate

Female, age 38 · Putnam, Georgia

Killed May 4, 1991 · 35 years ago

On a spring day in Putnam, Georgia, the life of 39-year-old Pattie Diann Fugate, a White female, was brought to a violent and tragic end. On May 4, 1991, she was ambushed at her Lake Sinclair home by her ex-husband, Wallace Marvin Fugate, III. The couple had…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Solomon Lopez

Male, age 44 · Denver, Colorado

Killed May 4, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the spring of 1986, a grim discovery was made in a field on the 5100 block of West 8th Avenue in Denver. On May 4th, a 44-year-old Hispanic male named Solomon Lopez was found shot and gravely wounded. Emergency services were called to the scene, and Lopez…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Bryan Drew Boone

Male, age 19 · Hawkins, Texas

Killed May 4, 1986 · 40 years ago

Bryan Drew Boone, a 19-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically lost his life on May 4, 1986, in Hawkins, Texas. Boone, along with his girlfriend Gena Turner and their friend Suzanne Harrison , were kidnapped by Jerry Walter McFadden, also known as…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Gena Lee Turner

Female, age 20 · Hawkins, Texas

Killed May 4, 1986 · 40 years ago

On May 4, 1986, 20-year-old Gena Lee Turner, a young woman from Hawkins, Texas, was tragically murdered. Turner, along with 19-year-old Bryan Boone and 18-year-old Suzanne Harrison, had gone on a day trip to Lake Hawkins, north of Tyler, Texas. Their outing…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Suzanne Denise Harrison

Female, age 18 · Upshur County, Texas

Killed May 4, 1986 · 40 years ago

Suzanne Denise Harrison, an 18-year-old woman, tragically lost her life on May 4, 1986, in Upshur County, Texas. She was one of three victims in a brutal crime that shook the local community. Harrison, along with 20-year-old Gena Turner and 19-year-old Bryan…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Gena Lee Turner

Female, age 20 · Lake Hawkins, Texas

Killed May 4, 1986 · 40 years ago

Gena Lee Turner, a 20-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on May 4, 1986, in Texas. On that day, Turner, along with 19-year-old Bryan Boone and 18-year-old Suzanne Harrison, embarked on a trip to Lake Hawkins, located approximately 100 miles east of…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Jan Brinkers

Male, age 42 · Bronx, New York

Killed May 4, 1981 · 45 years ago

On the evening of May 4, 1981, Jan Brinkers, a 42-year-old male, was inside a tavern on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx when his life was cut tragically short. An off-duty Lieutenant with the New York City Housing Authority Police Department, Brinkers found…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Carol Booth

Female, age 26 · South San Francisco, California

Found May 4, 1976 · 50 years ago

Carol Lee Booth, a 26-year-old woman, was last seen on March 15, 1976, in South San Francisco. She had been walking from a bus stop on El Camino Real towards her home, taking a shortcut near Kaiser Hospital and Mission Road. Her disappearance sparked a…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Bennett Brown

Male, age 18 · Bedford, Indiana

Killed May 4, 1976 · 50 years ago

In the spring of 1976, the life of 18-year-old Bennett Brown was tragically cut short, leaving a mystery that has endured for decades. A Caucasian male and a freshman at Northern Illinois University, Brown had just completed his first year of college. He was…

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Death by Force70th anniversary

Frazer Cameron

Male, age 32 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed May 4, 1956 · 70 years ago

In a tragic and unforeseen act of violence, 32-year-old Frazer Cameron, a male teacher, was fatally shot on May 4, 1956, at Maryland Park Junior High School in Capitol Heights, Maryland. The events of that day were set in motion when a 15-year-old student…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

James Work

Male, age 32 · Muskogee, Oklahoma

Killed May 4, 1911 · 115 years ago

On a spring day in 1911, the long-simmering tensions of the Porum range country in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, erupted into sudden gunfire. James Work, a 32-year-old white male deputy sheriff serving with the Muskogee County Sheriff’s Office, rode out with…

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Ayed Mdanat

Male, age 50 · Oak Lawn, Illinois

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

In the quiet suburb of Oak Lawn, Illinois, the evening of May 4, 2026, was shattered by a domestic dispute that ended in the tragic death of 50-year-old Ayed Mdanat. The events of that night unfolded within the family's apartment on the 10400 block of South…

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Christopher Robertson

Male, age 38 · North Lubbock, Texas

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of May 4, 2026, the life of 38-year-old Christopher Robertson was tragically cut short in what authorities would later describe as a murder-suicide in North Lubbock, Texas. Police were initially called to a residence on North Avenue…

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Craig Stone

Male, age 46 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Monday, May 4, 2026, the life of 46-year-old Craig Stone was tragically cut short in a violent encounter on a Kansas City, Missouri, highway. Reports from that morning indicate that police responded to calls of a shooting near East…

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Donald Bennet

Male, age 56 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Monday, May 4, 2026, the quiet of a Baton Rouge neighborhood was shattered by gunfire. Around 2:45 a.m., first responders were dispatched to the corner of North 16th Street and Bay Street, where they discovered two individuals with…

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Eric Schaffer

Male, age 31 · Akron, Ohio

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

On the evening of May 4, 2026, a dispute inside the Noisy Oyster Pub in Akron, Ohio, escalated to a fatal act of violence, claiming the life of 31-year-old Eric Schaffer. A resident of nearby Cuyahoga Falls, Schaffer was a lifelong area native known for his…

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Javion Semien

Male, age 15 · Ville Platte, Louisiana

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

In the quiet town of Ville Platte, Louisiana, the afternoon of May 4, 2026, was shattered by a senseless act of violence that claimed the life of 15-year-old Javion Semien. A promising ninth-grade student and a dedicated member of the Ville Platte High School…

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Kenneth Singleton

Male, age 38 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

On the evening of May 4, 2026, the lively atmosphere of the Uptown Cafe in Philadelphia's East Mount Airy neighborhood was shattered by gunfire. Inside, 38-year-old Kenneth Singleton, a father known to his friends and family as "Scooter," was participating in…

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Landon Scott Sellers

Male, age 20 · Cheraw, South Carolina

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

In the small town of Cheraw, South Carolina, the life of 20-year-old Landon Scott Sellers was cut tragically short on the evening of May 4, 2026. Known affectionately as "Big Country" to his baseball family and "Smiley" to those who knew him best, Landon was…

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Max Mitchell

Male, age 4 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

In a quiet, affluent Houston neighborhood, the life of a young boy named Max Mitchell, aged four, was abruptly and tragically cut short on May 4, 2026. The devastating event unfolded inside his family's home on Kingston Street in the River Oaks area. Concern…

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Maya Mitchell

Female, age 8 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

On a quiet Monday in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood, a devastating scene unfolded that would leave the community in shock and mourning. Eight-year-old Maya Mitchell, a student at River Oaks Elementary, was found deceased in her bed on May 4, 2026, a victim…

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Michael Shannon Rymer

Male, age 62 · Cleveland, Tennessee

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

A quiet evening in Cleveland, Tennessee, turned tragic on May 4, 2026, when 62-year-old Michael Shannon Rymer, a white male, was fatally shot in an altercation with a neighbor. The incident, which occurred in the 3800 block of Lead Mine Valley Road SW, also…

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Terell Malik Owens

Male, age 28 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

On the evening of May 4, 2026, a tragic event unfolded on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, claiming the life of 28-year-old Terell Malik Owens. At approximately 9 p.m., the sound of gunfire shattered the night, leading to a fatal car crash. Owens was driving…

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Thy Mitchell

Female, age 39 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

In a story that has deeply unsettled the Houston community, 39-year-old Thy Mitchell, a successful restaurateur of Vietnamese-American descent, was found dead on May 4, 2026, in what police have described as a tragic murder-suicide. The grim discovery was…

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Tylik Sessoms

Male, age 25 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

On a tragic evening in Chesapeake, Virginia, the life of 25-year-old Tylik Sessoms was cut short by gunfire. The incident, which unfolded shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 4, 2026, also left two other individuals wounded in what authorities described as…

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Thy Mai

Female, age 39 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 4, 2026 · this year

In a tragedy that stunned the Houston community, Thy Mai, a 39-year-old Asian woman, was found deceased on May 4, 2026, inside her upscale River Oaks home. The horrific discovery was made after a day filled with unanswered calls and growing concern. When the…

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Jamahl Marqui Jackson

Male, age 36 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed May 4, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of May 4, 2025, the life of 36-year-old Jamahl Marqui Jackson, a male resident of Montgomery, Alabama, was tragically cut short by gunfire. The fatal encounter unfolded around 4:00 a.m. at the intersection of Highland Avenue and…

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Quintaveious Johnson

Male, age 38 · Opelika, Alabama

Killed May 4, 2025 · 1 year ago

Quintaveious Marques Johnson, a 38-year-old male from Opelika, Alabama, tragically lost his life on the night of Sunday, May 4, 2025. The incident occurred around 11:38 p.m. in the 1200 block of Samford Place, where Johnson was discovered inside a residence…

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Christopher Sproule

Male, age 21 · Glendale, Arizona

Killed May 4, 2025 · 1 year ago

Christopher Juaquin Sproule, a 21-year-old Hispanic male from Glendale, Arizona, was killed on the night of May 4, 2025, when gunfire erupted outside El Camaron Gigante Mariscos & Steakhouse, a restaurant just off Glendale’s historic downtown. He had gone to…

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Damien Anthony Sproule

Male, age 17 · Glendale, Arizona

Killed May 4, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a festive evening in Glendale, Arizona, what began as a Cinco de Mayo celebration on May 4, 2025, ended in a tragedy that claimed the life of 17-year-old Damien Anthony Sproule, a Hispanic male. The event, held at the El Camaron Gigante restaurant, was a…

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