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Deaths by Force on October 17

663 open cases in our database happened on October 17. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (489)

Death by Force

Latoya Denise Franklin

Female, age 25 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Oct 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Latoya Denise Franklin, a 25-year-old woman from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost her life on October 17, 2014. According to reports, Franklin was standing on a corner in the 6400 block of South Vermont Avenue in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood when…

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Death by Force

Jim Tat Kong

Male, age 51 · Fort-bragg, California
Killed Oct 17, 2013 · 13 years ago

On October 17, 2013, the bodies of Jim Tat Kong, aged 51, and Cindy Bao Feng Chen, aged 38, were discovered in a minivan parked in a secluded area near Highway 20 in Fort Bragg, California. The vehicle was positioned in such a way that it was not easily…

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Death by Force

Frank Turner

Male, age 17 · Chester-township, Pennsylvania
Killed Oct 17, 2013 · 13 years ago

Frank Turner, a 17-year-old male, tragically lost his life on October 17, 2013, in Chester Township, Pennsylvania. The cause of death was determined to be homicide by multiple gunshot wounds. The incident was investigated as a murder case, and authorities…

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Death by Force

Dimitri B. McNeil

Male, age 24 · Chesapeake, Virginia
Killed Oct 17, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the dark, early hours of October 17, 2010, Dimitri B. McNeil, a 24-year-old male from Chesapeake, Virginia, was at a party on Scotia Drive when the night shattered into gunfire. Police were called around 3:45 a.m. to the 4000 block of Scotia Dr., where the…

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Death by Force

Leo Askew

Male, age 23 · Chesapeake, Virginia
Killed Oct 17, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the predawn hours of October 17, 2010, a house party on Scotia Drive in Chesapeake turned from noise and laughter into panic when gunfire erupted outside the home. Police were dispatched around 3:45 a.m. to the 4000 block, where they found Leo D. “Lil L”…

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Death by Force

Percel Jvon Perkins

Male, age 24 · St. Louis, Missouri
Killed Oct 17, 2009 · 17 years ago

Percel Jvon Perkins was 24 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Saturday, October 17, 2009. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through…

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Aldolfo Delgado

Male, age 31 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Oct 17, 2003 · 23 years ago

Aldolfo A. Delgado, a 31-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on October 17, 2003, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Delgado was fatally shot, marking a somber day for his family and community. The…

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Death by Force

Dwayne Draws Dupree

Male, age 23 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Oct 17, 1999 · 27 years ago

Dwayne "Draws" Dupree, a 23-year-old security guard, tragically lost his life on October 17, 1999, in a shooting incident outside Echo Sounds studio in Los Angeles, California. Dupree was working as a security guard for rapper Kurupt, who was recording his…

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Death by Force

Robert Matonis

Male, age 53 · Harrison, New Jersey
Killed Oct 17, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the late 1990s, the criminal underworld of North Jersey was a hazardous place, a reality that tragically befell Robert P. 'Bobby' Matonis. At the age of 53, the Harrison, New Jersey resident's life came to a violent end on October 17, 1997. Matonis, a male…

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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.