Death by Force

William Outland

Male, age 24 · Houston, Texas

Found Oct 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

On October 1, 2007, at approximately 7:15 p.m., 24-year-old William Marquis Outland and 26-year-old Shaylon Demond Guidry were fatally shot in the 700 block of North York Street in Houston, Texas. Both men suffered multiple gunshot wounds and were…

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Shaylon Guidry

Male, age 26 · Houston, Texas

Found Oct 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Shaylon Guidry, age 26, was found shot to death on October 1, 2007, in Houston, Texas. He, along with William Marquis Outland, was discovered in the backseat of a black Dodge Magnum in the 700 block of North York. Both men suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the…

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Maria E Campos

Female, age 43 · San Antonio, Texas

Found Oct 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Maria Elizabeth Campos, 43, was tragically killed on October 2, 2007, in San Antonio, Texas. Information about her death is limited, and the specific circumstances surrounding her homicide remain unclear. Maria was remembered by her family and friends, who…

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Willie Jones

Female, age 18 · Houston, Texas

Found Oct 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Willie Jones, an 18-year-old female from Houston, Texas, had her life cut tragically short on October 1, 2007. At an age where she should have been stepping into adulthood with dreams, aspirations, and a future full of possibilities, her journey was ended far…

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Lawana Jackson

Female, age 32 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Oct 1, 2004 · 22 years ago

Lawana Jackson, a 32-year-old Black / African American woman, was killed by gun violence on October 1, 2004, in Phoenix, Arizona. Public memorial records list her among the Americans whose lives were cut short by firearms on that date, noting only that she…

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Sam Shaw

Male, age 16 · Laurinburg, North Carolina

Killed Oct 1, 2003 · 23 years ago

Sam Shaw III, a 16-year-old male from Laurinburg, NC, tragically passed away on October 1, 2003. The circumstances surrounding his death have been a subject of investigation and speculation. Sam Shaw III's death was a significant event in the Laurinburg…

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Dishion Robinson

Male, age 19 · St-louis, Missouri

Killed Oct 1, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the autumn of 2002, the life of 19-year-old Dishion Robinson was tragically cut short on a street in St. Louis, Missouri. A Black male, Robinson was fatally shot on October 1st of that year in what was described as a shocking incident within a neighborhood…

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Antwon Anthony Cooper

Male, age 48 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 1, 2002 · 24 years ago

Antwon Anthony Cooper was 48 years old when he died on Tuesday, October 1, 2002, in the Westlake neighborhood west of downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 630 S.…

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Joann Holmes

Female, age 40 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Oct 1, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the quiet community of Chesapeake, Virginia, the life of 40-year-old Joann M. Holmes, a Black female, was tragically cut short on Sunday, October 1, 2000. On that evening, at approximately 10:30 p.m., police officers were dispatched to her residence at…

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Pearl Stevenstar

Female, age 20 · Mansfield, Texas

Killed Oct 1, 2000 · 26 years ago

Pearl “Sissy” Stevenstar, a 20-year-old woman, was brutally murdered on October 1, 2000, by her half-brother, Terry Lee Hankins. Stevenstar was fatally beaten with a jack stand, and her remains were later discovered stuffed into a plastic ice chest hidden in…

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Gene Gogan

Male, age 62 · Hartland, Maine

Killed Oct 1, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the small town of Hartland, Maine, the quiet of the autumn season was shattered in 1999 by the grim discovery of the death of 62-year-old Gene Gogan. On October 1st of that year, the male resident was shot three times in the head as he slept in his own…

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Christina Michelle Menefee

Female, age 16 · Pearl, Mississippi

Killed Oct 1, 1997 · 29 years ago

On a tragic autumn morning, the community of Pearl, Mississippi, was irrevocably shattered by a wave of violence that claimed the life of 16-year-old Christina Michelle Menefee. On October 1, 1997, Menefee, a student at Pearl High School, was fatally shot by…

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Lydia Kaye Dew

Female, age 17 · Pearl, Mississippi

Killed Oct 1, 1997 · 29 years ago

On the morning of October 1, 1997, in Pearl, Mississippi, the life of 17-year-old Lydia Kaye Dew was tragically cut short in a school shooting. A fellow student, 16-year-old Luke Woodham, was responsible for her death. Earlier that morning, Woodham had…

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Billy Wayne Mcintosh

Male, age 32 · Calcasieu-parish, Louisiana

Killed Oct 1, 1997 · 29 years ago

On an autumn evening in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, the life of a dedicated law enforcement officer, 32-year-old Billy Wayne McIntosh, was tragically cut short. It was October 1, 1997, and McIntosh, a male deputy with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office…

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Danny Fry

Male, age 42 · Seagoville, Texas

Killed Oct 1, 1995 · 31 years ago

Danny Raymond Fry, a 42-year-old white male from Florida, was found dead on October 2, 1995, near Seagoville, Texas. His mutilated body—headless and handless—was discovered along the East Fork of the Trinity River in Dallas County. The corpse had been dumped…

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Mary Jill Connelly Oberweis

Female, age 56 · Aurora, Illinois

Killed Oct 1, 1993 · 33 years ago

Mary Jill Connelly Oberweis, a 56-year-old white female, was tragically murdered on October 1, 1993, in her home in Aurora, Illinois. On the night of her death, she was preparing for a scuba-diving trip to Florida. Around 9 PM, neighbors heard a loud crash…

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Edward Thompson

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Oct 1, 1990 · 36 years ago

On October 1, 1990, Edward Thompson was found murdered in Dayton, Ohio. The incident took place in Montgomery County, and Thompson, who was 28 years old, died from injuries resulting from a gunshot wound. The Dayton Police Department took on the…

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Michelle Tate

Female, age 14 · Oceanside, California

Killed Oct 1, 1990 · 36 years ago

Michelle Tate, a 14-year-old student from El Camino High School in Oceanside, California, tragically lost her life on October 1, 1990. She was the victim of a drive-by shooting, a senseless act of violence that shocked the local community. On the night of her…

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Roxanne Lynn Johnson

Female, age 23 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Oct 1, 1989 · 37 years ago

On a Sunday morning, October 1, 1989, the body of 23-year-old Roxanne Lynn Johnson, a Caucasian female, was discovered in the 3400 block of 4th Street, SE, in Washington, D.C. An investigation revealed that Johnson, who also went by the name Roxanne Fay…

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Daniel Thomasson

Male, age 25 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Oct 1, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the autumn of 1989, the life of 25-year-old Daniel Thomasson was tragically cut short in New Orleans. On the first day of October, his body was discovered discarded along a desolate stretch of Almonaster Boulevard. An investigation into his death would…

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Chad Altmon Burnett

Male, age 16 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Oct 1, 1989 · 37 years ago

A 16-year-old male, Chad Altmon Burnett, was killed on October 1, 1989, in a violent triple murder in Nashville, Tennessee. His mother, Judy Robirds Smith, and his brother, Jason Burnett, also died in the attack. The family was discovered in their home…

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Judith Lynn Judy Robirds

Female, age 34 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Oct 1, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the autumn of 1989, a horrific act of violence shattered the lives of a Nashville, Tennessee family. Judith Lynn 'Judy' Robirds, a 34-year-old White female, was brutally murdered in her Lutie Court home on October 1, 1989. She was not the only victim of…

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James Scott

Male, age 45 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 1, 1988 · 38 years ago

On October 1, 1988, James Scott, a 45-year-old male from Chester, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot. The National Gun Violence Memorial lists James Scott among the individuals killed by gun violence on that date in Pennsylvania. Despite the passage of time…

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John Sack

Male, age 45 · Peoria, Illinois

Killed Oct 1, 1987 · 39 years ago

Deputy Sheriff John Mullen Sack, a 45-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on October 1, 1987, in Peoria, Illinois. Deputy Sack was serving a warrant on a man for a code violation related to not cutting his grass. The incident occurred at 2102 North…

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Christie Proctor

Female, age 9 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Oct 1, 1984 · 42 years ago

Christie Proctor, a nine-year-old Caucasian girl from Dallas, Texas, was abducted and murdered on October 1, 1984. She was last seen near her North Dallas apartment complex while walking home from a friend’s house. Her disappearance sent shockwaves through…

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Kathy Morris

Female, age 23 · Fairbanks, Alaska

Killed Oct 1, 1983 · 43 years ago

Caucasian/White female Kathy Morris, age 23, from Fairbanks, Alaska, was found dead on October 1, 1983, in her apartment on Slater Drive. She was discovered alongside her friend, Jerry Elrod, and both had been fatally stabbed, a double homicide that jarred…

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Jerry Elrod

Male, age 21 · Fairbanks, Alaska

Killed Oct 1, 1983 · 43 years ago

Caucasian/White, male, age 21. In the early hours of October 1, 1983, 21-year-old Jerry Elrod was found slain alongside 23-year-old Kathy Morris inside her apartment on Slater Drive in Fairbanks, Alaska. Both had been stabbed; the scene made clear the…

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Christopher Thomas

Male, age 16 · Rockaway Township, New Jersey

Killed Oct 1, 1982 · 44 years ago

On the evening of October 1, 1982, a sense of normalcy filled the air at the Rockaway Townsquare Mall in Rockaway Township, New Jersey. For 16-year-old Christopher Thomas, a promising junior at Morris Catholic High School, it was a typical Friday night out.…

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Pamela McCoy

Female, age 27 · Sacramento, California

Killed Oct 1, 1982 · 44 years ago

Pamela Ann McCoy, aged 27, tragically lost her life on October 1, 1982, in Sacramento, California. Her death occurred during a violent incident at a bar known as "The Mother Lode," where a shooting spree took place. The shooter, identified as Douglas Mozingo…

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Randall Sherwood

Male, age 28 · Sacramento, California

Killed Oct 1, 1982 · 44 years ago

Randall Scott Sherwood, a 28-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on October 1, 1982. Sherwood was one of the victims in a horrific barroom shooting spree that took place at "The Mother Lode" bar during an "end of summer"…

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Rhonda Faye Lyons

Female, age 26 · Sacramento, California

Killed Oct 1, 1982 · 44 years ago

Rhonda Faye Lyons, aged 26, tragically lost her life on October 1, 1982, in one of the earliest mass shootings in the United States. The incident occurred at the Mother Lode Bar in Sacramento, California, where a gunman opened fire during an "end of summer"…

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Paula Prince

Female, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Oct 1, 1982 · 44 years ago

Paula Prince, a 35-year-old female flight attendant based in Chicago, Illinois, became the seventh confirmed victim of the infamous Chicago Tylenol murders. On October 1, 1982, she was found deceased in her high-rise apartment on the Near North Side of…

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John Tamburro

Male, age 47 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Oct 1, 1979 · 47 years ago

John Tamburro, a 47-year-old male, was a detective with the Essex County Sheriff's Office for nine years. On Monday, October 1, 1979, he was off-duty and visiting with the manager of a liquor store when a man entered the establishment and announced a robbery.…

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Clarence Trusty

Male · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Oct 1, 1978 · 48 years ago

On a quiet Sunday, the first of October in 1978, the life of Clarence Trusty, a male resident of Chesapeake, Virginia, was brought to a violent and abrupt end. That evening, at the Shell Gas Station located at 5191 West Route 58, Trusty was fatally wounded by…

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Louise Camirand

Female, age 20 · Magog, Quebec

Killed Oct 1, 1977 · 49 years ago

Louise Camirand was a 20-year-old woman living in Sherbrooke, Quebec, when she disappeared in March 1977. Although an October 1, 1977 date has sometimes been associated with the case, the Sûreté du Québec's official cold-case record places the event on March…

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Daniel Ashton Walker

Male, age 21 · San Bernadino, California

Killed Oct 1, 1974 · 52 years ago

Daniel Ashton Walker, a 21-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on October 1, 1974, in the San Bernardino County desert, California. Walker was traveling in his van along Interstate 40, approximately 62 miles west of Needles, when he decided to park…

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Francine Price Barnes

Female, age 17 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed Oct 1, 1973 · 53 years ago

In the autumn of 1973, a horrific crime shattered the peace of a Lexington, Kentucky community. On October 1st, 17-year-old Francine Price Barnes, a female student at the Sayre School, was found murdered in her family's home on Russell Cave Road. Tragically…

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John Elliott Barnes

Male, age 14 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed Oct 1, 1973 · 53 years ago

In the autumn of 1973, a terrible tragedy befell the Barnes family in their Lexington, Kentucky home. On October 1st, 14-year-old John Elliott Barnes, a White male, was found murdered alongside his father, Reverend John K. Barnes, and his 17-year-old sister…

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Monroe Sizemore

Male, age 35 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed Oct 1, 1973 · 53 years ago

In the fall of 1973, a wave of violence brought tragedy to Lexington, Kentucky, forever altering the lives of several families. Among the victims was Monroe Sizemore, a 35-year-old male who found himself in the path of a deadly rampage. On October 1st of that…

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John Kirtley Barnes

Male, age 47 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed Oct 1, 1973 · 53 years ago

On a tragic day in October of 1973, the city of Lexington, Kentucky, was shaken by a brutal crime that claimed the lives of Reverend John Kirtley Barnes, his daughter, and his son. Rev. Barnes, a 47-year-old White/Caucasian male, was a respected Episcopal…

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Kathleen Ann Randall

Female, age 18 · Nashua, New Hampshire

Killed Oct 1, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the fall of 1972, the life of a promising young White/Caucasian woman, Kathleen Randall, a female aged 18, was tragically cut short, leaving behind a mystery that has endured for decades. A freshman at Boston University, Randall was last seen on September…

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Teresa Martin

Female, age 14 · Montreal, Quebec

Killed Oct 1, 1969 · 57 years ago

Teresa Martin was a 14-year-old White/Caucasian female living in Montreal, Quebec, when she was killed in September 1969. Official Sûreté du Québec cold-case records place the event on September 12, 1969, rather than October 1. That Friday evening, she went…

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Joe G. Spurlock

Male, age 34 · Throckmorton, Texas

Killed Oct 1, 1910 · 116 years ago

Sheriff Joe G. Spurlock, age 34, of Throckmorton County, Texas, tragically died on October 1, 1910, from gunshot wounds he sustained while attempting to serve a warrant. Spurlock, who had served as sheriff for three years, succumbed to his injuries two days…

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Thomas M. Eckhart

Male, age 55 · Salem, Oregon

Killed Oct 1, 1909 · 117 years ago

In the autumn of 1909, the life of Thomas M. Eckhart, a 55-year-old male, came to an abrupt and violent end in Salem, Oregon. On Friday, October 1, Eckhart, a Patrolman with the Salem Police Department, was in the process of arresting a man for whom he…

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Joe Mulholland

Male · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Oct 1, 1905 · 121 years ago

In the early hours of Sunday, October 1, 1905, in the bustling saloon district of Las Vegas, a newly appointed male night watchman named Joe Mulholland was shot and killed. The events leading to his death began with a dispute over a ring with a man named…

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Dearius Ruffin

age 23 · Meridian, Mississippi

Killed Oct 1, 2026 · this year

A young man’s life was cut short on a Thursday night in Meridian, Mississippi, leaving a community to grapple with the violent loss. Dearius Ruffin, a 23-year-old man, was shot and killed on October 1, 2026, in an incident that led to the swift arrest of…

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James Craig Edwards

Male, age 83 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 1, 2026 · this year

On Thursday, October 1, 2026, 83-year-old James Craig Edwards lost his life in Los Angeles, California. His death, caused by a gunshot wound, is one of many homicides that occur in the sprawling city, often leaving behind unanswered questions and grieving…

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Jose Juan Ramirez-Sanchez

Male, age 44 · San Francisco, California

Killed Oct 1, 2026 · this year

Jose Juan Ramirez-Sanchez, a 44-year-old man, was remembered by his family as a loving husband, father, and brother. His brother-in-law described him as a “cherished member of our family” whose sudden death left his wife and two daughters with unimaginable…

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