Deaths by Force on November 24

Deaths by Force (418)

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Rheena Brunson

Female, age 34 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Nov 24, 1990 · 36 years ago

Rheena Ann Brunson, a 34-year-old woman, tragically lost her life on November 24, 1990, in Portland, Oregon. She was discovered in critical condition in front of a Safeway grocery store, having suffered severe injuries. Rheena had been brutally beaten…

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Alonzo Don Cade

Male, age 12 · Fort Smith, Arkansas

Killed Nov 24, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the winter of 1990, a shadow fell over Fort Smith, Arkansas, with the disappearance of 12-year-old Alonzo Don Cade. The young male was last seen on November 24, 1990, at a basketball game at Westark Community College. A sense of dread grew in the community…

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Thomas Wohlfeil

Male, age 37 · Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Killed Nov 24, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the quiet town of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, a community was shaken by a sudden and violent act that claimed two lives and left an indelible mark on all who knew the victims. Thomas Wohlfeil, a 37-year-old male, was a man known for his dedication to his…

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Lenora Cortez

Female, age 21 · Conifer, Colorado

Killed Nov 24, 1985 · 41 years ago

On a crisp autumn day in 1985, the quiet mountain community of Conifer, Colorado, was shaken by a grim discovery that would linger for decades. On November 24th, a motorist traveling along US Highway 285 near Light Lane stumbled upon a deeply unsettling…

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Alisha Heinrich

Female, age 1 · Moss Point, Mississippi

Killed Nov 24, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the cold December of 1982, the body of a small child was discovered in the Escatawpa River near Moss Point, Mississippi. For 38 years, she was known only as 'Delta Dawn' or 'Baby Jane,' her identity a mystery. It wasn't until 2020 that genetic genealogy…

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Marco Williams

Male · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Nov 24, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the early evening hours of November 24, 1982, a sense of unease settled over a Tulsa, Oklahoma home. It was there that a family member discovered Marco Williams, a male, unresponsive on the couch. He was not breathing, and a call for help was made in…

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Brian Whitcher

Male, age 26 · Wilsonville, Oregon

Killed Nov 24, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the autumn of 1982, the life of 26-year-old Brian Whitcher, a Caucasian male, tragically came to an end in Wilsonville, Oregon. His body was discovered on November 24, 1982, a day before Thanksgiving, casting a dark shadow over the holiday season for his…

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Jeffrey Sayre

Male, age 15 · Westminster, California

Killed Nov 24, 1979 · 47 years ago

Jeffrey Bryan Sayre, a 15-year-old White male, disappeared on November 24, 1979, in Westminster, California. That evening, Jeffrey had gone out with his girlfriend and her siblings to see the film And Justice For All. After the movie, they returned to her…

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James Mazzara

Male, age 20 · Channahon, Illinois

Killed Nov 24, 1978 · 48 years ago

James Mazzara, a 20-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on November 24, 1978. His remains were discovered in the Des Plaines River at Channahon, Illinois, on December 28, 1978. Mazzara was one of the victims of John Wayne Gacy, a notorious serial…

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David Micheal Longfellow

Male, age 17 · Manchester, New Hampshire

Killed Nov 24, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of November 24, 1974, the quiet of a Manchester, New Hampshire lovers' lane was shattered by sudden violence. Seventeen-year-old David Michael Longfellow, a senior at Manchester Central High School, was parked with his girlfriend on a…

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Ambers O. Shewmaker

Male, age 28 · Benning, California

Killed Nov 24, 1969 · 57 years ago

Ambers O. Shewmaker, a 28-year-old California Highway Patrol officer, tragically lost his life on November 24, 1969, near Banning, California. On that fateful evening, Officer Shewmaker was conducting a routine traffic stop for a speeding vehicle on…

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Lee Harvey Oswald

Male, age 24 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Nov 24, 1963 · 63 years ago

Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24-year-old male of Russian ethnicity, died on November 24, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Oswald was accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The day after Kennedy's assassination, Oswald was arrested for the…

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Winifred Pierce

Female, age 18 · Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Killed Nov 24, 1934 · 92 years ago

Winifred Pierce, an 18-year-old woman from Cumberland, Pennsylvania, tragically lost her life on November 24, 1934. Her death was part of a larger, harrowing incident known as the "Babes in the Woods" murders. Winifred was the niece of Elmo Noakes, who, along…

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George M. Hart

Male, age 56 · Winchester, Kentucky

Killed Nov 24, 1912 · 114 years ago

In the quiet town of Winchester, Kentucky, the life of Deputy Sheriff George M. Hart, a 56-year-old male, was tragically cut short on a Sunday evening. On November 24, 1912, while investigating a shooting at a railroad camp located at the corner of Main and…

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John Gendron

Male, age 43 · Warwick, Rhode Island

Killed Nov 24, 1902 · 124 years ago

John B. Gendron, 43, a White male, was a Warwick police officer working the railroad line through the Pawtuxet Valley when a routine check turned deadly. Accounts preserved by local historians describe how Gendron and fellow officer Patrick Shield surprised a…

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Night Watchman Reuben

Male, age 58 · Pierce-city, Missouri

Killed Nov 24, 1900 · 126 years ago

In the late autumn of 1900, the crisp night air of Pierce City, Missouri, was shattered by the sound of a gunshot. For Night Watchman Reuben J. Chappell, a 58-year-old male and a veteran of the Confederate Army, it was a call to duty. On that Saturday, the…

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Jesus M. Sanchez

Male, age 16 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Nov 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

On November 24, 2024, at approximately 1:30 a.m., 16-year-old Jesús M. Sánchez was fatally shot in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. Sánchez and a 15-year-old boy were standing on the sidewalk in the 2600 block of South Avers Avenue when unknown…

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Alondro Lee Pratt

Male, age 28 · Burlington, Iowa

Killed Nov 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the night of Sunday, November 24, 2024, in Burlington, Iowa, the life of 28-year-old Alondro Lee Pratt of Racine, Wisconsin, was cut short by gunfire. Burlington police were called to a residence in the 500 block of S 7th Street at approximately 10:19 p.m.…

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Ivan DeJesus Bueno

Male, age 21 · Bronx, New York

Killed Nov 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of a Sunday in late November, a sense of normalcy was shattered on the Cross Bronx Expressway. Twenty-one-year-old Ivan DeJesus Bueno, a resident of Paterson, New Jersey, was a passenger in a 2010 Toyota Corolla, traveling westbound…

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Charles Holmes

Male, age 44 · Lake-villa, Illinois

Killed Nov 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Charles Holmes, a 44-year-old man from Lindenhurst, Illinois, tragically died on November 24, 2022, from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The incident occurred on Thanksgiving Day at his home on Crooked Lake Lane. According to the Lake County Coroner's Office…

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Tremaine Devonte Hijazi

Male, age 37 · Florence, California

Killed Nov 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

Tremaine Devonte Hijazi, a 37-year-old resident of Florence, California, tragically lost his life on November 24, 2020. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Hijazi was fatally shot near 321 W. 74th St. in Florence. The…

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Eric Russell Smithson

Male, age 54 · Clermont, Florida

Killed Nov 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

Eric Russell Smithson, aged 54, tragically died on November 24, 2020, in Clermont, Florida. The incident was part of a harrowing double murder-suicide that also claimed the lives of his father, William Smithson, aged 78, and his mother, Joyce Lorraine…

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Silvano Ruiz-Perez

Male, age 31 · Auburn, Washington

Killed Nov 24, 2019 · 7 years ago

Silvano Ruiz-Perez, a 31-year-old Hispanic male, had his life cut short in March of 2019. On the morning of March 24th, a passerby discovered his body in a field at the site of the former Valley 6 Drive-In in Auburn, Washington, and immediately contacted the…

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James Dane

Male, age 46 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Nov 24, 2019 · 7 years ago

James Dane, a 46-year-old resident of the Elgin and Columbia area in South Carolina, died on November 24, 2019. He was the son of Sandra Melo, who had passed away just months prior in September 2019. His death occurred in Richland County and has been…

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Kaylen Everson

Male, age 26 · East-saint-louis, Illinois

Killed Nov 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

Kaylen A. Everson, a 26-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on November 24, 2017, in East St. Louis, Illinois. The circumstances surrounding his death were violent, as he was fatally shot. The incident occurred in a neighborhood known for…

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Eric Hector Sarabia

Male, age 36 · Norwalk, California

Killed Nov 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Eric Hector Sarabia, a 36-year-old Latino, was found dead from gunshot wounds on November 24, 2015, in Norwalk, California. His body was discovered inside a white van parked in the 13900 block of Flatbush Avenue. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department…

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Kathryn Ann Pawlak

Female, age 48 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Nov 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

On November 25, 2014, Kathryn Ann Pawlak, a 48-year-old woman from Little Rock, Arkansas, was found deceased outside a tattoo parlor in a shopping center at the intersection of University and Asher Streets. She had been shot in the back. Pawlak was known to…

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Jose Disla-Cordero

Male, age 28 · Plainfield, New Jersey

Killed Nov 24, 2013 · 13 years ago

On a Sunday evening in November 2013, the life of 28-year-old Jose Disla-Cordero was brought to a violent end in his own home in Plainfield, New Jersey. On November 24th, police responded to a report of a shooting and discovered Disla-Cordero's body in the…

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Rodney Beanum Jr.

Male, age 28 · Fredericksburg, Virginia

Killed Nov 24, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of November 24, 2013, a sense of grim finality descended upon the 1900 block of Howard Avenue in Fredericksburg, Virginia. There, Rodney Beanum Jr., a 28-year-old man, was found lifeless, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The…

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Dennis D Norise

Male, age 39 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Nov 24, 2013 · 13 years ago

Dennis D. Norise, 39, of Ferguson, was found shot to death in an alley in St. Louis on Sunday, November 24, 2013. The case was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. The Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St.…

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Francisco Soriano Avila

Male, age 57 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Nov 24, 2012 · 14 years ago

Francisco Soriano Avila was 57 years old when he was fatally stabbed on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in Pacoima, in the northeast San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 13772 Mercer St. His…

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Flora Fuentes

Female, age 71 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Nov 24, 2007 · 19 years ago

Flora Fuentes was 71 years old when she was found dead on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007, in her apartment in Westlake, the crowded neighborhood just west of downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds…

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Ricky Callahan

Male, age 34 · Catoosa, Georgia

Killed Nov 24, 1984 · 42 years ago

In a quiet corner of Catoosa County, Georgia, a tragic story unfolded in November 1984, forever altering the lives of a local family. Ricky Callahan, a 34-year-old white male, left his wife one evening to make a simple trip to the store for some headache…

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Ephriam Allison

Male, age 69 · Jefferson-city, Missouri

Killed Nov 24, 1905 · 121 years ago

In the autumn of 1905, a violent and ultimately tragic event unfolded within the walls of the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City. On November 24th, Prison Guard Ephriam Allison, a 69-year-old veteran of the Civil War, was killed during a desperate…

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