Death by Force

Lacy Lee Roberts

Male, age 27 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Oct 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

Lacy Lee Roberts was 27 years old. He was a Black man from St. Louis, Missouri, and his death left an empty space that doesn’t stay contained to one person’s life—it ripples outward through family, friends, neighbors, and anyone who ever counted on his voice…

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J.D. Williams Jr.

Male, age 39 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed Oct 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the autumn of 2009, the life of J.D. Williams Jr., a 39-year-old African-American man from Omaha, Nebraska, was tragically cut short. On Sunday, October 11, 2009, Williams was killed in what would become a lingering unsolved homicide case for the city. The…

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Thyler Payne

Male, age 19 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Oct 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the autumn of 2009, a tragedy unfolded in Oklahoma City that left a family grieving and a community with unanswered questions. On October 11, 19-year-old Thyler Payne, a young African-American man, was found dead in the city. The discovery of his body was…

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Ramon Lopez

Male, age 40 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Oct 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

Ramon Coporan-Lopez, a 40-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was shot to death in the early morning hours of October 11, 2009, on Milwaukee’s south side. Shortly after 2:30 a.m., he was attacked outside the La Espanola tavern at 2237 W. Forest Home Avenue; records…

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Paul Vincent Brown

Male, age 22 · Forestville, Maryland

Killed Oct 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the autumn of 2009, the life of 22-year-old Paul Vincent Brown III of Forestville, Maryland, was cut short. On Sunday, October 11, 2009, the young man, known affectionately as 'Lil Paul,' passed away suddenly. An obituary published for his family and…

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Ernest Williams

Null, age 17 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Oct 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

Ernest Williams, aged 17, was fatally shot on October 11, 2008, in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. The incident occurred while Williams was walking home from the store. He was shot on a sidewalk in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack, adding to the…

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Efrain Fajardo

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Oct 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

On October 11, 2008, Efrain Fajardo, age 22, was shot and killed in Chicago. The incident occurred in the Gage Park neighborhood, a community that has faced challenges with crime and violence. Fajardo was found with multiple gunshot wounds, and he succumbed…

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Jose Rafael S. Hercules

Male, age 19 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Oct 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

On the night of October 11, 2008, a young man's life was tragically cut short on a street in East Boston. Rafael Sandoval, a 19-year-old Hispanic male from Chelsea, was found suffering from a stab wound in front of 220 Border Street. The call came in to…

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Timothy Mitchell

Male, age 21 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Oct 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

On October 11, 2008, 21-year-old Timothy Mitchell was fatally shot in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The incident took place during a period when the city was facing significant levels of violent crime, with many neighborhoods experiencing ongoing challenges…

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Haywood McCallum

Male · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Oct 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

On the evening of October 11, 2008, Haywood D. McCallum Jr., a Black male and retired music teacher from Armstrong High School in Richmond, Virginia, was found with gunshot wounds next to his vehicle at the corner of North 25th and Cedar streets. The…

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Steven Daniel

Male, age 29 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Oct 11, 2008 · 18 years ago

Steven Daniel was 29 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Saturday, October 11, 2008. The Atlanta Police Department Homicide Unit investigated, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through 2017, lists…

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Dexter White

Male, age 51 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Oct 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Dexter White, a 51-year-old Black man from Birmingham, Alabama, died on October 11, 2007, leaving behind a circle of loved ones who were left to make sense of a sudden and violent loss. The limited public record that remains accessible describes his death as…

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Brahin Smalls

Male, age 21 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Oct 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

On October 11, 2007, Brahin Smalls, a 21-year-old from Philadelphia, was tragically killed. His death was part of a broader pattern of violence that affected the city significantly during that period. Philadelphia experienced numerous homicides in 2007, and…

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Bobby Comer

Male, age 25 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Oct 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Bobby E. Comer II, a 25-year-old resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, passed away on October 11, 2007. The young man's untimely death left a void in the community, as evidenced by the obituary published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on October 16, 2007. The…

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Antonio Jackson

Male, age 16 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Oct 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Antonio Jackson, a 16-year-old African-American male from Milwaukee, was shot and killed on October 11, 2007. Accounts available online describe his death as a firearm homicide, one more loss in a year when the city struggled with youth violence. The brief…

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Daath Locklear

Male, age 4 · Gastonia, North Carolina

Killed Oct 11, 2007 · 19 years ago

Da'ath Locklear, a 4-year-old boy from Gastonia, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on October 11, 2007. The young boy, who was of Native American descent, was a victim of gun violence. His untimely death left a void in the hearts of his family and…

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Yvonne Martinez

Female, age 37 · Espanola, New Mexico

Killed Oct 11, 2003 · 23 years ago

On October 11, 2003, Yvonne Martinez, a 37-year-old woman, was found murdered near Espanola, New Mexico. She was last seen alive around 1:50 a.m. leaving the Okay Casino. Her partially unclothed body was discovered later that day by a passerby on County Road…

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Josue Zavaleta

Male, age 14 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 11, 2003 · 23 years ago

Josue Zavaleta, a 14-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on October 11, 2003, in the Pico-Union area of Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Josue was shot and killed while he was in the vicinity of…

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Kenneth Bridges

Male, age 53 · Massaponax, Virginia

Killed Oct 11, 2002 · 24 years ago

On a crisp autumn morning, 53-year-old Kenneth Bridges, a Black male and devoted father of six from Philadelphia, was tragically killed. His life was cut short on October 11, 2002, while he was simply refueling his vehicle at an Exxon gas station off…

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Robbie Hanzy

Male, age 35 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 11, 2002 · 24 years ago

Robbie Hanzy was 35 years old when he died on Friday, October 11, 2002, in the Hyde Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 7100 S. 11th Ave. His…

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Christopher Michael Wouters

Male, age 42 · Warren, Michigan

Killed Oct 11, 2000 · 26 years ago

On October 11, 2000, the life of 42-year-old Christopher Michael Wouters, a White male, was tragically cut short inside the very place he had dedicated 19 years to serving: the Warren Police Department. A detective at the time, Wouters was posthumously…

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Esther Cook

Female, age 45 · Warren, Ohio

Killed Oct 11, 1999 · 27 years ago

Esther Cook, a 43-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on October 11, 1999, in Warren, Ohio. Her death was a result of a brutal attack that also claimed the life of her 12-year-old daughter, Ashley Cook. The perpetrator, Stanley Adams, was convicted of the…

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Ashley Cook

Female, age 12 · Warren, Ohio

Killed Oct 11, 1999 · 27 years ago

Ashley Dawn Cook, a 12-year-old girl from Warren, Ohio, tragically lost her life on October 11, 1999. On that fateful night, Stanley T. Adams entered the home of Esther Cook and her daughter, Ashley. Once inside, Adams brutally murdered Esther by beating and…

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Raymond Myles

Male, age 41 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Oct 11, 1998 · 28 years ago

On a Sunday night in October 1998, the vibrant city of New Orleans was robbed of one of its musical treasures. Raymond Myles, a 41-year-old Black male and a celebrated gospel singer, was found shot to death on a street corner. His body, bleeding and…

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Richard Pitts

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Oct 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

On October 11, 1997, Richard Pitts, a 35-year-old man, was found dead in Columbus, Ohio. The homicide occurred at 370 W. State Street, located in Franklin County. Pitts had sustained severe trauma to the face and head, which ultimately led to his death. The…

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Terrence Campbell

Male, age 36 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Oct 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

Terrence Campbell, a 36-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed in Portland, Oregon, in the predawn dark of October 11, 1997. Around 4:20 a.m., on the 800 block of Northwest Davis Street, an alleged drug deal unfolded beside a small white car.…

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Ahmad Crowley

Male, age 19 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Oct 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

On the evening of October 11, 1997, a young Black man named Ahmad Crowley was driving his vehicle in Denver, Colorado. As he navigated the 4900 block of East 33rd Avenue, the 19-year-old was suddenly struck by multiple gunshots. The bullets came from suspects…

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Eugene Milton Jr.

Female · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Oct 11, 1995 · 31 years ago

On October 11, 1995, Eugene Milton Jr., a nineteen-year-old Black female, was tragically killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place at the rear of 1938 Cleveland Avenue, located in Franklin County. Milton was shot multiple times, and despite the…

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Dallas Beard

Male, age 25 · Lakeland, Florida

Killed Oct 11, 1994 · 32 years ago

Dallas Beard, aged 25, was found dead on October 11, 1994, in the Eaton Park area of Lakeland, Florida. His body was discovered on Bronco Lane, near Maine Avenue, and he had been brutally stabbed. The Polk County Sheriff's Office has linked this case to…

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Richard Leetham

Male, age 35 · Sandy, Utah

Killed Oct 11, 1994 · 32 years ago

On a late summer afternoon, a 35-year-old Caucasian male named Richard Leetham walked out of his West Jordan, Utah, home with the intention of heading to Salt Lake Community College. It was August 17, 1994, and he told his girlfriend he needed to type a…

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Emilita Villa

Female · Lake Whitney, Texas

Killed Oct 11, 1994 · 32 years ago

Emilita Villa, a 26-year-old Filipino female, was last seen alive on October 11, 1994, in Arlington, Texas. Born in Cebu, Philippines, Emilita had moved to the United States after marrying Jack Reeves, a retired U.S. Army master sergeant, whom she met through…

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Thomas M. Barone

Male, age 32 · Norristown, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 11, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the early morning hours of October 11, 1992, a domestic disturbance call led to the tragic death of 32-year-old Norristown Police Officer Thomas M. Barone. A male of Italian ethnicity, Barone had been with the Norristown Police Department for two years…

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Cathy Paternoster

Female, age 32 · Spring-valley-lake, California

Killed Oct 11, 1989 · 37 years ago

On the night of October 11, 1989, Cathy Paternoster, aged 32, was tragically shot and killed in the driveway of her home in Spring Valley Lake, California. Cathy and her boyfriend, Carl Fuerst, had just returned home with their children when a masked…

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Marc Alan Kahre

Male, age 34 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Oct 11, 1988 · 38 years ago

On October 11, 1988, Officer Marc Alan Kahre, a 34-year-old veteran of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, lost his life in the line of duty. Kahre, who had joined the department as a cadet on October 2, 1973, and became a commissioned officer in…

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Elizabeth Cobb

Female, age 36 · Belknap, Alabama

Killed Oct 11, 1987 · 39 years ago

On an autumn evening, the life of 36-year-old female Alabama State Trooper Elizabeth Cobb was tragically cut short. On October 11, 1987, she was found in her patrol car, parked behind a church on a county road in Dallas County, having been shot in the head.…

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Joan Leslie Mack

Female, age 28 · Aptos, California

Killed Oct 11, 1984 · 42 years ago

Joan Leslie Mack, a 28-year-old female, was killed in Santa Cruz County in October 1984 in a case that would remain without a publicly identified killer for more than three decades. On October 11, 1984, Mack’s body was discovered at Beer Can Beach in the…

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Allie Wilkins

Female, age 79 · Fort-bend, Texas

Killed Oct 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

Allie Wilkins, a 79-year-old woman of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically lost her life on October 11, 1983, in Fort Bend County, Texas. She was one of six victims in a horrific shooting spree carried out by Eliseo Hernandez Moreno. The rampage began in College…

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Anne Mae Miculka Bennatt

Female, age 70 · Fort-bend, Texas

Killed Oct 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

Anne Mae Miculka Bennatt, a 70-year-old Caucasian woman, tragically lost her life on October 11, 1983, in Fort Bend County, Texas. Her death was part of a horrific spree killing carried out by Eliseo Hernandez Moreno. Moreno, estranged from his wife, embarked…

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Esther Garza

Female, age 31 · Fort-bend, Texas

Killed Oct 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

Esther Garza, a 31-year-old woman of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost her life on October 11, 1983, in Fort Bend County, Texas. Her death was part of a horrific spree killing carried out by Eliseo Hernandez Moreno, who was estranged from his wife, Esther…

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James Aubry Bennatt

Male, age 62 · Fort-bend, Texas

Killed Oct 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

James Aubry Bennatt, a 62-year-old white male, was tragically killed on October 11, 1983, in Fort Bend County, Texas. His death was part of a horrific spree of violence perpetrated by Eliseo Hernandez Moreno, a lawn-mower repairman from Donna, Texas. Moreno's…

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Juan Garza

Male, age 30 · Fort-bend, Texas

Killed Oct 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

On October 11, 1983, Juan Garza, a 30-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically killed in College Station, Texas. The assailant, Eliseo Hernandez Moreno, was the brother-in-law of Juan Garza. Moreno's violent spree began with the fatal shootings of Juan Garza…

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Russell Lynn Boyd

Male, age 25 · Fort-bend, Texas

Killed Oct 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

Russell Lynn Boyd, a 25-year-old male highway patrolman with the Texas Department of Public Safety, was tragically shot and killed on October 11, 1983, in Fort Bend County, Texas. Trooper Boyd was killed while performing his duties after stopping a vehicle…

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Mary Bello

Female, age 25 · Enumclaw, Washington

Killed Oct 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the autumn of 1983, a 25-year-old Caucasian woman named Mary Sue Bello vanished. For a full year, her fate remained a mystery, a painful question mark for those who knew her. It wasn't until October 12, 1984, that her remains were discovered, bringing a…

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Isabel Askew

Female, age 85 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

On October 11, 1983, Isabel Askew, an 85-year-old white female, was found raped and murdered in her apartment in Los Angeles, California. The crime was particularly brutal and deeply unsettling, as it targeted an elderly woman in the supposed safety of her…

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Cynthia Moreland

Female, age 18 · Point-reyes-station, California

Killed Oct 11, 1980 · 46 years ago

Cynthia Moreland, an 18-year-old from Cotati, California, was tragically murdered on October 11, 1980, while hiking at Point Reyes National Seashore. She was with her fiancé, Richard Stowers, 19, when they were both shot to death. Their bodies were discovered…

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Richard Edward Stowers

Male, age 19 · Point-reyes-station, California

Killed Oct 11, 1980 · 46 years ago

Richard Edward Stowers, a 19-year-old from Point Reyes Station, California, tragically lost his life on October 11, 1980. Stowers and his fiancée, Cynthia Moreland, were hiking in the Point Reyes National Seashore when they were fatally shot in the head.…

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David Edwards

Male, age 21 · Bushnell, Florida

Found Oct 11, 1979 · 47 years ago

David Richard Edwards, age 21, was found dead on October 11, 1979, near County Road 48, approximately three miles west of Interstate 75 in Bushnell, Florida. The discovery was made after Edwards' body was found dumped off the roadside, indicating a possible…

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Ronald Patton

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Oct 11, 1979 · 47 years ago

Ronald Patton, aged 23, was found dead on October 11, 1979, in Dayton, Ohio. His death is classified as a homicide, but the details surrounding the incident remain unclear. Patton's body was discovered in Montgomery County, and the circumstances of his death…

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