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Deaths by Force on October 23

703 open cases in our database happened on October 23. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (483)

Death by Force

Norma Ortiz

Female, age 25 · La Puente, California
Killed Oct 23, 2002 · 24 years ago

On Oct. 23, 2002, 25-year-old Norma Ortiz was found dead at 930 Unruh Avenue in La Puente; Los Angeles County coroner records list the cause of death as strangulation. The county record archived by the Los Angeles Times identifies Ortiz as a Latino female…

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Death by Force

Steven Allan Loughran

Male, age 18 · Phoenix, Arizona
Killed Oct 23, 1973 · 53 years ago

In the autumn of 1973, a young man named Steven Allan Loughran, an 18-year-old male from Phoenix, Arizona, tragically crossed paths with two individuals who would abruptly end his life. His journey began on October 21, 1973, when he was hitchhiking near…

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Death by Force

Abe Landau

Male, age 39 · Newark, New Jersey
Killed Oct 23, 1935 · 91 years ago

Abe Landau, a 39-year-old Jewish man, had risen from obscurity to become the quiet but indispensable chief henchman to New York crime boss Dutch Schultz. Unlike some of the loud, swaggering racketeers around him, Landau was known for his composure and brains…

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