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Steven Crockett

Male, age 19 · Kankakee, Illinois

Killed Oct 23, 1982 · 44 years ago

Steven Crockett, a 19-year-old male, tragically lost his life on October 23, 1982. His body was discovered in a cornfield outside Kankakee, Illinois, approximately 40 miles south of Chicago and 15 miles east of the Indiana state line. Crockett was one of the…

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Edgar Underkofler

Male, age 26 · Oakwood, Illinois

Killed Oct 23, 1982 · 44 years ago

Edgar Anthony Underkofler, a 26-year-old male, tragically lost his life on October 30, 1982, in Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois. He was one of the victims of Larry Eyler, infamously known as 'The Highway Killer.' Eyler was a serial murderer who targeted…

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Sam Hubert Brown

Male, age 65 · Immokalee, Florida

Killed Oct 23, 1980 · 46 years ago

On October 23, 1980, Sam Hubert Brown, age 65, was found dead in an empty lot in Immokalee, Florida. The homicide, which occurred under mysterious circumstances, left investigators with few leads. Brown’s body was discovered in a remote area, and initial…

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Cynthia Angela Warren

Female, age 23 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Oct 23, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the autumn of 1980, the life of 23-year-old Cynthia Angela Warren was tragically cut short in Detroit, Michigan. Her body was discovered on October 23 by a passerby just a few blocks from the Eight Mile Road strip where she often worked. The individual who…

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Paula Nelson

Female, age 21 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Oct 23, 1980 · 46 years ago

Paula Nelson, a 21-year-old African American woman from Cleveland, Ohio, was tragically found strangled to death in her bedroom on October 23, 1980. At the time, she was living with her sister, Ramola Washington, who was in a relationship with Reginald…

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Jesse Martinez

Male, age 50 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 23, 1978 · 48 years ago

On the morning of October 23, 1978, Jesse Martinez, a 50-year-old Hispanic male, was found dead in a skid row parking lot in Los Angeles, California. His death marked the beginning of a chilling series of murders that would later be attributed to a serial…

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Steven Allan Loughran

Male, age 18 · Monterey Bay, Arizona

Killed Oct 23, 1973 · 53 years ago

In the fall of 1973, the life of 18-year-old Steven Allan Loughran was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence. On October 21, while hitchhiking near Monterey Bay, he was picked up by Douglas Gretzler and Willie Steelman. Unaware of his new…

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Bobby Waymire

Female, age 35 · Fairborn, Ohio

Killed Oct 23, 1972 · 54 years ago

On October 23, 1972, Bobby Ann Waymire, a 35-year-old mother from Fairborn, Ohio, was found dead along Haddix Road in Clark County, marking the beginning of a cold case that has remained unsolved for over 50 years. Waymire had left her home the night before…

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Mildred Knighten

Female, age 15 · Pasadena, Texas

Killed Oct 23, 1972 · 54 years ago

White/Caucasian female Mildred Jo Ann Knighten was 15 years old when she disappeared from Pasadena, Texas in October 1972. On the evening of Friday, October 20, she left her family’s home with an unidentified friend, planning to visit her sister in La Porte.…

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Wendell Hubbard

Male, age 9 · Manhattan, New York

Killed Oct 23, 1972 · 54 years ago

Wendell Hubbard was a 10-year-old Black boy who vanished into an ordinary October afternoon in Manhattan and was found dead on October 23, 1972, on the rooftop of an East Harlem tenement. His mother reported him missing after he didn’t come upstairs when…

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Allen Randolph Barrett Jr.

Male, age 44 · Lock-haven, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 23, 1967 · 59 years ago

Allen Randolph Barrett Jr., a 44-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, tragically lost his life on October 23, 1967, in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Barrett was one of the victims in a mass shooting carried out by Leo Held, a 40-year-old employee at the…

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Carmen Edwards

Male, age 62 · Lock-haven, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 23, 1967 · 59 years ago

In the autumn of 1967, a wave of violence shattered the tranquility of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, leaving a community in shock and a local family mourning the loss of Carmen H. Edwards. A 62-year-old man, Edwards was one of the victims in a tragic mass…

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Donald V. Walden

Male, age 31 · Lock-haven, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 23, 1967 · 59 years ago

Donald V. Walden, a 31-year-old male, tragically lost his life on October 23, 1967, in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Walden was one of the victims of a mass shooting spree carried out by Leo Held, a 40-year-old employee at Hammermill Paper Company. Held, armed…

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Donna Grace Ripka Quiggle

Female, age 26 · Lock-haven, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 23, 1967 · 59 years ago

In the autumn of 1967, a wave of violence shattered the tranquility of Clinton County, Pennsylvania, forever altering the lives of many, including a young woman named Donna Quiggle. On October 23rd, Leo A. Held, a 40-year-old laboratory technician from the…

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Elmer Weaver

Male, age 37 · Lock-haven, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 23, 1967 · 59 years ago

On a tragic day in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 37-year-old Elmer Weaver was one of several victims in a horrific shooting spree that unfolded on October 23, 1967. The male victim lost his life to gun violence that day. The perpetrator was identified as…

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Floyd David Quiggle

Male, age 27 · Lock-haven, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 23, 1967 · 59 years ago

Floyd David Quiggle, a 27-year-old man from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, tragically lost his life on October 23, 1967. He was fatally shot in his home by his neighbor, Leo Held, who then engaged in a shootout with police before being mortally wounded. Held's…

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Richard Davenport

Male, age 32 · Lock-haven, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 23, 1967 · 59 years ago

Richard Davenport, a 32-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was tragically shot and killed on October 23, 1967, while working at the New York and Penn Paper Company in Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. The incident was part of a larger mass shooting…

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Ignacio Antinori

Male, age 55 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Oct 23, 1940 · 86 years ago

Ignacio Antinori, born on February 17, 1885, in Palermo, Sicily, was a prominent figure in the early narcotics trafficking networks in Florida. He was regarded as the first boss of the Tampa crime family, later known as the Trafficante crime family. By the…

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Arthur Simon Dutch Schultz

Male, age 34 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Oct 23, 1935 · 91 years ago

Arthur Simon Flegenheimer, a man of Jewish descent known throughout the criminal underworld as Dutch Schultz, was a formidable figure whose violent ambition propelled him to the heights of New York's crime scene. Born on August 6, 1901, the 34-year-old male's…

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Bernard Lulu Rosenkrantz

Male, age 33 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Oct 23, 1935 · 91 years ago

In the fall of 1935, the life of Bernard 'Lulu' Rosenkrantz, a 33-year-old male, came to a violent end in Newark, New Jersey. A known associate of the notorious mobster Dutch Schultz, Rosenkrantz served as his chauffeur and bodyguard. On the evening of…

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Louis Amberg

Male, age 37 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Oct 23, 1935 · 91 years ago

In the criminal underworld of the 1930s, Louis 'Pretty' Amberg was a known Jewish American mobster. His life, however, came to a violent and mysterious end on October 23, 1935. The body of the 37-year-old man was discovered in the backseat of a burning car in…

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Otto Berman

Male, age 44 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Oct 23, 1935 · 91 years ago

In the fall of 1935, a violent end came for Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman, a man known more for his mathematical genius than for muscle in the organized crime world of New Jersey. A Jewish man of 44 years, Berman had carved out a niche as the trusted accountant and…

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Peter Martin

Male · Marion, Iowa

Killed Oct 23, 1905 · 121 years ago

In the autumn of 1905, a dedicated public servant named Peter Martin, a Caucasian male, met an untimely and violent end in the line of duty. On October 23rd, Constable Martin of the Marion Police Department was tasked with serving a writ of execution at a…

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George Elliott

Male · Flushing, Ohio

Killed Oct 23, 1903 · 123 years ago

Town Marshal George D. Elliott, aged 45, was shot and killed on October 23, 1903, in Flushing, Ohio. Elliott was attempting to quell a disturbance caused by a gang of laborers on a local street when he was assaulted and forced to retreat. He returned with a…

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Robert A. bob Dickerson

Male, age 46 · Doniphan, Kansas

Killed Oct 23, 1899 · 127 years ago

In the autumn of 1899, a sense of duty called Officer Robert A. Dickerson to assist fellow lawmen in the town of Doniphan, located in Doniphan County, Kansas. A store robbery had been committed, and a posse was formed to track down the perpetrators. Officer…

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Kevin Brayden Bonner

Male, age 16 · Walhalla, South Carolina

Killed Oct 23, 2026 · this year

Kevin Brayden Bonner, a 16-year-old boy from Walhalla, South Carolina, was a former student in the local school district. His sudden death was described by the district superintendent as a "profound tragedy that deeply affects our entire community." As…

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Kristina Vance

Female, age 55 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 23, 2026 · this year

On Friday, October 23, 2026, Kristina Vance, a 55-year-old woman, lost her life to gun violence inside a residence in Los Angeles, California. Her death was recorded by the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner under case number 2026-16892, a stark and…

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Maria Davalos

Female, age 61 · Lufkin, Texas

Killed Oct 23, 2026 · this year

Maria Davalos, 61, was a mother whose life was tragically cut short alongside her son in a shocking act of violence that continues to baffle investigators in their small East Texas city. She and her son, Ariel Arellano Jr., 32, were found shot to death inside…

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Valencia Hampton

Female, age 32 · Henderson, Nevada

Killed Oct 23, 2026 · this year

Valencia Hampton, a 32-year-old mother, was building a life for herself and her son in Henderson, Nevada. She co-parented her middle-school-aged boy with his father, Christopher Perry, who was also 32. While Valencia and Christopher lived in separate…

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William Murry

Male, age 20 · Santa-monica, California

Killed Oct 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On October 23, 2024, 20-year-old William Murry was found deceased in a vehicle in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office identified Murry and determined the manner of death to be suicide, caused by a self-inflicted shotgun wound under the…

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Antoine Jones

Male, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Oct 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

Antoine Jones, 35, was fatally shot on October 23, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the West Englewood neighborhood, where Jones was among four individuals struck by gunfire in an alley. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting…

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Brent Leland Vinson

Male, age 52 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Oct 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the morning of October 23, 2022, a verbal dispute in Hampton, Virginia, tragically escalated, ending the life of 52-year-old Brent Leland Vinson. The male victim was on West Mercury Boulevard when he became engaged in an argument with another man. The…

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Donna J. Barnett

Female, age 78 · Neosho, Missouri

Killed Oct 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

On Sunday, October 23, 2022, officers from the Neosho Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 1000 block of Stratford Place in Neosho, Missouri, to conduct a death investigation. Upon entering the home, law enforcement discovered the bodies of…

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Trinidad Anthony Vasquez

Male, age 15 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Oct 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

Trinidad Anthony Vasquez, a 15-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on October 23, 2022, in Chicago, IL. The incident occurred during a shootout at an intersection in the Brighton Park neighborhood. Trinidad was fatally shot, marking a devastating…

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William Schwarz

Male, age 47 · Beulah, Alabama

Killed Oct 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

William Schwarz, a 47-year-old male, died in Beulah, Alabama, on October 23, 2020, after a night that appears to have spun violently out of control at a home in the 8000 block of U.S. Highway 29 North. According to the reporting that emerged afterward…

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Tyrone Callahan

Male, age 28 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Oct 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the evening hours of a Friday in Baltimore, the life of Tyrone Callahan, a 28-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On October 23, 2020, at approximately 9:41 p.m., the sound of gunfire echoed in the 1600 block of Cypress Street, prompting a call to the…

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Jerry Michael Stewart

Male, age 61 · Leesburg, Florida

Killed Oct 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

On October 23, 2020, 61-year-old Jerry Michael Stewart, a white male, was found deceased in the enclosed front porch area of his mobile home in Leesburg, Florida. The Lake County sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 call at the Holiday RV Village, located at…

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Sam S.M. Girod

Male, age 11 · Mooresville, Indiana

Killed Oct 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the autumn of 2019, a tragedy unfolded in the small community of Geneva, Indiana, forever altering the lives of a local family. On the afternoon of October 23rd, emergency services received a call about an unknown injury at a residence in Adams County.…

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Anthony Lamar Lovelace

Male, age 49 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 23, 2018 · 8 years ago

Anthony Lamar Lovelace, a 49-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on October 23, 2018. Lovelace was fatally shot in the Mid-City area of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, the manner of death…

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Joan Frederick

Female, age 73 · Corona-del-mar, California

Killed Oct 23, 2018 · 8 years ago

Joan Frederick, aged 73, passed away on October 23, 2018, in Corona del Mar, California. Her death was part of a tragic incident that involved her husband, Dolliver Frederick, aged 74. The couple was found dead in their home in what authorities have described…

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Michael Edward Kurz

Male, age 59 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Oct 23, 2018 · 8 years ago

On October 23, 2018, Michael Edward Kurz, a 59-year-old Caucasian male, was found dead in an apartment in Tampa, Florida. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call around noon from a woman who had discovered the bodies of her husband…

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John Barbrow

Male, age 47 · West-plains, Missouri

Killed Oct 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the autumn of 2017, the life of 47-year-old John Barbrow, a male resident of West Plains, Missouri, was cut tragically short. On October 23, 2017, an encounter at a local convenience store escalated into a fatal act of violence. Surveillance footage from…

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Tyron Williams

Male, age 25 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Monday morning in Philadelphia, the life of 25-year-old Tyron Williams was tragically cut short. On October 23, 2017, at approximately 11:15 a.m., police responded to the 2700 block of North 15th Street where they found Williams suffering from a gunshot…

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Juan Antonio Bartolo

Male, age 45 · Riverside, California

Killed Oct 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Juan Antonio Bartolo, aged 45, was tragically killed on October 23, 2015, in Riverside, California. The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. near Kansas Avenue and Seventh Street. Bartolo, along with Domingo Esteban, 26, and another individual, was walking when…

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Israel Joseph Luna

Male, age 17 · East Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Israel Joseph Luna was 17 years old when he died on Friday, October 23, 2015, in East Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 5000 block of Whittier Boulevard. His death was ruled a homicide…

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Cordell Quinton Dalton

Male, age 25 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Oct 23, 2012 · 14 years ago

Cordell Quinton Dalton, a 25-year-old man from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was found dead on October 23, 2012. His body was discovered at the intersection of 8th and Sheridan Avenues N. in the Northside of Minneapolis, with the police receiving the report just…

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Jonathan Morales

Male, age 17 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jonathan Morales was 17 years old when he died on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, in Hollywood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near North Van Ness Avenue and Virginia Avenue. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Renee Mary Perez

Female, age 49 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 23, 2005 · 21 years ago

Renee Mary Perez was 49 years old when she died on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2005, in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 427 N. Alta Vista Blvd. Her death was ruled a homicide…

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