Death by Force10th anniversary

James Arroyo

Male, age 27 · Niagara-falls, New York

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early hours of an autumn morning in Niagara Falls, New York, the life of 27-year-old James Arroyo was tragically cut short. On October 13, 2016, violence erupted in an alley situated in the 600 block between 19th and 20th streets. It was there that…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kristian Piazza

Male, age 16 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

On an autumn evening in Buffalo, New York, the life of 16-year-old Kristian Piazza was tragically cut short. On October 13, 2016, at approximately 8 p.m., Piazza was shot and killed in a double shooting that occurred at the intersection of Leroy Avenue and…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Daniel Rivera

Male, age 51 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

Daniel John Rivera, a 51-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on October 13, 2016, in East Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Rivera was shot, leading to his untimely death. The incident occurred in a neighborhood…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Eva Zamora

Female, age 1 · Tulare, California

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

Eva Zamora, a 14-month-old infant from Tulare, California, tragically passed away on October 16, 2016, after being shot by her father, Larry Zamora, on October 13, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning at a residence on the outskirts…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Michelle Theresa Mosqueda

Female, age 39 · Tulare, California

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

Michelle Theresa Mosqueda, a 39-year-old resident of Tulare, California, tragically lost her life on October 13, 2016, in a devastating incident that also claimed the life of her 14-month-old daughter, Eva Elizabeth Zamora. Michelle was born on October 27…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dave Williams

Male, age 43 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

Dave Williams, a 43-year-old volunteer youth football coach from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was tragically shot and killed on October 13, 2016. Known affectionately as "Coach Dave," Williams was a respected figure in the Florida Youth Football League, where he…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dexter Cartez Covin

Male, age 43 · Albany, Georgia

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of an October Thursday in Albany, Georgia, violence shattered the pre-dawn quiet. Dexter Cartez Covin, a 43-year-old Black man, was found lying in the yard of a residence on East Road, having suffered two gunshot wounds to his chest…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jeremiah Lovelle Banks

Male, age 3 · Waukegan, Illinois

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jeremiah Lovelle Banks, a 3-year-old boy from Waukegan, Illinois, tragically passed away on October 13, 2016. Jeremiah, who was born on July 11, 2013, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after finding his father's handgun. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Melissa Clay

Female, age 37 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

Melissa Clay, a 37-year-old woman, died from a gunshot wound to the chest in her Baton Rouge, Louisiana, home on the evening of October 13, 2016. The circumstances surrounding her death led to the arrest of her 20-year-old son, Dexter Clay, who was the sole…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Desmond Alonzo Taylor

Male, age 24 · Wilson, North Carolina

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

Desmond Alonzo Taylor, a 24-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on October 13, 2016, in Wilson, North Carolina. His body was discovered on the 400 block of Privette Street, with a gunshot wound to the left side of his face. Taylor's death…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Juan Jose Moreno

Male, age 43 · Corpus Christi, Texas

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of October 13, 2016, 43-year-old Hispanic male Juan Jose Moreno was fatally shot in the 3500 block of Bluebonnet Drive in Corpus Christi, Texas. Responding officers from the Corpus Christi Police Department discovered Moreno deceased at the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Levi Wayne Deforrest

Male, age 23 · Winnsboro, Texas

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

Levi Wayne DeForrest, a 23-year-old male from Winnsboro, Texas, tragically passed away on October 13, 2016. The circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately clear, and it took some time for authorities to piece together what happened. After an…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Toney Adewoye

Male, age 47 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Oct 13, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early minutes of October 13, 2011, the West Loop's Plush lounge at 1104 West Madison Street filled with weeknight chatter and music as 43 year old Toney Adewoye prepared to leave with a woman he had introduced as his wife. An unfamiliar man, unknown to…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Antonio P Common

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Oct 13, 2011 · 15 years ago

On October 13, 2011, Antonio P. Common, aged 23, was shot and killed in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred during a year marked by high levels of violence across the city, particularly in areas struggling with gang activity and systemic socio-economic…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Rodriguez L. Dukes

Male, age 23 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Oct 13, 2011 · 15 years ago

Rodriguez L. Dukes, a 23-year-old male, was tragically killed on October 13, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred in the Franklin County area, and Rodriguez suffered fatal injuries as a result of gun violence. Despite ongoing efforts by law…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Carina Saunders

Female, age 19 · Bethany, Oklahoma

Killed Oct 13, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the fall of 2011, the life of 19-year-old Carina Saunders was tragically cut short in a case that continues to haunt the community of Bethany, Oklahoma. On October 13, 2011, her dismembered body was discovered in a duffel bag behind a grocery store. The…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Alfonso Garcia-Olmos

Male, age 47 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 13, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a Thursday night in South Philadelphia, a man from Atlantic City, Alfonso Garcia-Olmos, tragically lost his life. The 47-year-old Hispanic male was standing in the doorway of a building on the 1300 block of South 8th Street on the evening of October 13…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Daniel Xavier Williams

Male, age 18 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 13, 2011 · 15 years ago

Daniel Xavier Williams, an 18-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on October 15, 2011, two days after being shot near Pico Boulevard and Bonnie Brae Street in the Pico-Union area. According to the Los Angeles County…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Raymond Scott Brown II

Male, age 36 · Bowie, Maryland

Killed Oct 13, 2006 · 20 years ago

Raymond Scott Brown II, a 36-year-old male music producer known professionally as Scotty Beats, was fatally shot on October 13, 2006, in Bowie, Maryland. The incident occurred when Brown attempted to prevent the theft of his vehicle, which was being towed…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Jeremy Martinez

Male, age 14 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Oct 13, 2001 · 25 years ago

In the early morning hours of October 13, 2001, 14-year-old Jeremy Martinez was a passenger in a vehicle traveling eastbound on Interstate-70 in Denver, Colorado. As the car neared the Pecos Street exit, a second vehicle pulled alongside, and an unknown…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Dwight Calvin Woodrell Jr.

Male, age 36 · Pawnee, Oklahoma

Killed Oct 13, 2001 · 25 years ago

In the early morning hours of October 13, 2001, Pawnee County Sheriff Dwight Calvin Woodrell, Jr., a 36-year-old male, was on his way home after executing a search warrant in another part of the county. His lifelong ambition was to serve as sheriff, a dream…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Jesse Lamb Stone Jr.

Male, age 74 · Arcadia, California

Killed Oct 13, 2001 · 25 years ago

Jesse Lamb Stone Jr. was 74 years old when he died on Saturday, October 13, 2001, in Arcadia. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 1118 W. Duarte Road. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Phillip Hernandez

Male · San Antonio, Texas

Killed Oct 13, 1996 · 30 years ago

Just after midnight on the morning of Sunday, October 13, 1996, Phillip Hernandez had just returned with his girlfriend from a date at Rivercenter Mall. Hernandez and his girlfriend were sitting in his car, a 1987 blue Oldsmobile 4- door, in front of his…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Brian Jones

Male, age 27 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Oct 13, 1996 · 30 years ago

On a fall evening in the East New York section of Brooklyn, a dedicated young police officer’s life was tragically cut short. Brian R. Jones, a 27-year-old male officer with the New York City Police Department, was off-duty on October 13, 1996, when he found…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Emma Cunningham

Female, age 50 · Pineville, North Carolina

Found Oct 13, 1991 · 35 years ago

On October 13, 1991, 50-year-old Emma Marie Cunningham was found murdered in her home at 901 Aileen Circle in Pineville, North Carolina. The details surrounding her death remain unclear, and despite the efforts of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Brian Ducker

Male, age 30 · Queens, New York

Killed Oct 13, 1991 · 35 years ago

On a tragic day in Queens, New York, a 30-year-old man named Brian Ducker lost his life in a wave of violence that swept through the borough on October 13, 1991. His death was one of several in a brutal rampage that ended with the perpetrator taking his own…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Daniel Gantovnik

Male, age 23 · Queens, New York

Killed Oct 13, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday in October 1991, a tragic and violent series of events unfolded in a home in the Little Neck section of Queens, New York, claiming the life of 23-year-old Daniel Gantovnik. The rampage began around 2:20 a.m. when a man…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Marion Brooks

Female, age 73 · Queens, New York

Killed Oct 13, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the autumn of 1991, a quiet Queens neighborhood was shattered by a shocking and tragic series of events that would leave a family and community reeling. The life of 73-year-old Marion Brooks, a female resident of Little Neck, was cut short in a wave of…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Ernest Choice

Male, age 8 · Tyler, Texas

Killed Oct 13, 1991 · 35 years ago

Ernest Chadwick "Chad" Choice, an 8-year-old African American boy, was tragically murdered on October 13, 1991, in Tyler, Texas. Chad was kidnapped from his home and subsequently killed by Patrick Horn, a family acquaintance. The case remained unsolved for…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Charles Wayne Smith

Male, age 54 · Dekalb, Georgia

Killed Oct 13, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the fall of 1986, a violent and tragic event unfolded in a DeKalb County, Georgia, condominium that claimed the lives of three people and left another for dead. Charles Wayne Smith, a 54-year-old Caucasian male, was at his home with his two sons, Steven…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Gertrude Blakey

Female, age 73 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Oct 13, 1981 · 45 years ago

In the autumn of 1981, a quiet, wealthy neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, became the scene of a brutal crime that would remain a mystery for decades. Gertrude Caroline Blakey, a 73-year-old woman, was found viciously beaten in the doorway of her home on…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Lena Ann Begay

Female · St. Michaels, Arizona

Killed Oct 13, 1976 · 50 years ago

On October 13, 1976, the quiet community of St. Michaels, Arizona, was shaken when the body of Lena Ann Begay was found lying just outside the entrance to her traditional hogan home. Lena, whose exact age was not reported, was a female Native American /…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Lynton Hartline

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Oct 13, 1976 · 50 years ago

On October 13, 1976, Lynton Hartline, a 23-year-old man, was shot and killed during what appeared to be a robbery at his residence in Akron, Ohio. The incident took place at his home located at 440 Bruner Street in Summit County. Despite the passage of time…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Cheryl Stone

Female, age 47 · Warrenville, South Carolina

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet community of Warrenville, South Carolina, a tragic discovery brought a somber end to the life of 47-year-old Cheryl Stone. Her body was found on October 13, 2016, though it is believed she had been deceased for approximately three weeks prior to…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Marshall Dean Comegys

Male, age 31 · Compton, California

Killed Oct 13, 2016 · 10 years ago

Marshall Dean Comegys, a 31-year-old resident of Compton, California, tragically lost his life on October 13, 2016. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Comegys was fatally shot in Compton. The incident was reported as a homicide, and his…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Willie Nelson

Male, age 52 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Oct 13, 2011 · 15 years ago

Willie Nelson, 52, was found dead inside a home in the 2800 block of West Mulberry Street in Baltimore on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. His death was not counted as a homicide right away. An autopsy later determined that he had died of blunt force injuries, and his…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Gary Crisp

Male, age 20 · Clinton, Maryland

Killed Oct 13, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the autumn of 2006, the life of Garry Delany Crisp, II, a 20-year-old male, was cut short. He passed away on Friday, October 13, 2006. His death occurred in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and he was a resident of Clinton, Maryland. Born on January…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Baby Boy Kennedy

Male · Lancaster, California

Killed Oct 13, 2006 · 20 years ago

On Friday, October 13, 2006, emergency personnel were called to a residential property located at 44732 17th Street East in Lancaster, California. The address sat within a quiet residential tract in the Antelope Valley desert community, where single-family…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Byron Vargas

Male, age 18 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 13, 2001 · 25 years ago

Byron Vargas, an 18-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on October 13, 2001, in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Vargas was fatally shot, marking a devastating end…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Andrew T. Brooks Sr.

Male, age 75 · Queens, New York

Killed Oct 13, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Little Neck, Queens, a shocking act of violence shattered the Sunday morning calm on October 13, 1991. Andrew T. Brooks Sr., a 75-year-old retired firefighter, was tragically killed in the home he shared with his family. A male…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Michael Zarabi

Male, age 27 · Queens, New York

Killed Oct 13, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the early morning hours of October 13, 1991, Michael Zarabi, a 27-year-old male, was tragically killed in a violent rampage in Queens, New York. The incident unfolded at a residence where Zarabi was present with several other individuals. The man…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Margaret Sweat

Female, age 45 · Dekalb, Georgia

Killed Oct 13, 1986 · 40 years ago

On an autumn evening in 1986, a brutal act of violence unfolded in a Dekalb, Georgia condominium, forever altering the lives of those present. Margaret Sweat, a 45-year-old woman, was in the living room with two other individuals, Wayne Smith and his son…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Steven Wayne Smith

Male, age 24 · Dekalb, Georgia

Killed Oct 13, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the autumn of 1986, the life of a young man, Steven Wayne Smith, a 24-year-old Caucasian male, was violently cut short in DeKalb County, Georgia. His body was discovered with multiple stab wounds, the brutal nature of which immediately signaled a homicide…

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Anthony A. Williams

Male, age 19 · Kalispell, Montana

Killed Oct 13, 2026 · this year

Anthony A. Williams, a 19-year-old man from Eureka, Montana, is remembered by his family for his "sweet smile and caring personality." His life was cut short in an act of violence where, according to his loved ones, he was trying to protect someone else. His…

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Chloe Jade Brown

Female, age 22 · Judson, South Carolina

Killed Oct 13, 2026 · this year

A devoted young mother with a creative spirit, Chloe Jade Brown was remembered for her love for her two sons and her talent as an aspiring tattoo artist. The 22-year-old from Walhalla, South Carolina, was born on May 18, 2004, in Seneca. Friends and family…

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Devonte Keon Jenkins

Female, age 22 · Church Point, Louisiana

Killed Oct 13, 2026 · this year

Devonte Keon Jenkins, a 22-year-old mother of two young sons, is remembered by her loved ones in Church Point, Louisiana. Born on December 23, 2003, Devonte was a beloved mother to Jace Keon Wilridge and Dekari Zyaire Wilridge. She was part of a large…

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Donovan Scott

Male, age 32 · Lake Charles, Louisiana

Killed Oct 13, 2026 · this year

Donovan James Scott, a man remembered for the joy, warmth, and positive influence he brought to those around him, was 32 years old when his life was cut short. Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on May 16, 1996, Donovan was known by friends and family for…

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Graeme Dobbeck

Male, age 36 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Oct 13, 2026 · this year

Graeme Dobbeck was a kind, funny, and quirky man with a heart of gold, remembered by his loved ones for his dedication and generosity. A 36-year-old male, he had managed a 76 gas station near the Seattle Center for over two years, a job he took so seriously…

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