Deaths by Force on October 24

Deaths by Force (523)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Howard Donnell Simmons

Male, age 47 · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Killed Oct 24, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the autumn of 2016, the life of 47-year-old Howard Donnell Simmons, a resident of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was tragically cut short. Simmons, a graduate of the Howard High School class of 1987, passed away on October 24, 2016. In the wake of his death, he…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Robert B. Richardson

Male, age 24 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Oct 24, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the autumn of 2016, a life was tragically cut short in North Nashville, Tennessee. Robert B. Richardson, a 24-year-old male, was fatally shot on the evening of October 24th, marking the city's 58th criminal homicide of the year. The community was left…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Mary Christina Derrick

Female, age 60 · Brady, Texas

Killed Oct 24, 2016 · 10 years ago

Mary Christina Derrick, a 60-year-old woman from Brady, Texas, passed away on October 22, 2016. She was known for her strong faith, love for reading, and her outgoing personality. Mary Christina was a beloved member of the Redeemer Church in Brady and was…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Carey Jr. Russell

Male, age 25 · Miami, Florida

Found Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

Carey Russell Jr., aged 25, was murdered on October 24, 2011, in Miami, Florida. He was shot and killed in an alleyway, an incident which remains unsolved to this day. The case was featured on an episode of "Crime Stoppers Case Files: South Florida," where…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Yamada Bell

Female, age 30 · Tallahassee, Florida

Found Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

On October 24, 2011, Yamada Bell, age 30, and her husband, Jermaine Siplin, were found shot to death in their home on Veda Street in Tallahassee, Florida. The double homicide took place in the early morning hours, with a juvenile, later identified as a family…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Jermaine Siplin

Male, age 31 · Tallahassee, Florida

Found Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

Jermaine Siplin, aged 31, was tragically murdered on October 24, 2011, in Tallahassee, Florida. Siplin and his wife, Yamada Bell, were found shot to death in their home on Veda Street. The couple was attacked while they were asleep in their bed, and their…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Leonard C Smith

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

On October 24, 2011, Leonard C. Smith, a 22-year-old from Chicago, Illinois, was fatally shot, becoming one of the many victims of gun violence that year. The incident occurred in a high-crime area, during a year marked by a troubling surge in homicides. In…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Delvonta D Porter

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

On October 24, 2011, Delvonta D. Porter, an 18-year-old male, was fatally shot in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting occurred on a Monday evening in the 6900 block of South Halsted Street. The circumstances around Porter's death reflect a…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Darius Robinson

Male, age 19 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the autumn of 2011, the life of 19-year-old Darius Robinson, a Black male from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was tragically cut short. On October 24, 2011, Robinson passed away, leaving his family and community to mourn his untimely death. Despite the passage of…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Sherry Montgomery Cantey

Female, age 43 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the autumn of 2011, a sense of unease settled over a quiet neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore. Sherry Montgomery-Cantey, a 43-year-old woman, was found brutally beaten to death inside her home on the 900 block of East 41st Street on Monday, October 24th.…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Edward Bardney

Male, age 38 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the autumn of 2011, a life was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore. Edward Bardney, a 38-year-old Black male, became another victim of the city's persistent violence on the night of October 24th. The fatal encounter occurred in the 2200 block…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Durell Leary

Male, age 20 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the autumn of 2011, the life of Durell Leary, a 20-year-old African-American man, was tragically cut short on the streets of Boston. On the evening of October 24, police responded to reports of a person shot at the intersection of Victor Street and Brooke…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Anthony Velez

Male, age 22 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the autumn of 2011, a young man named Anthony Velez, 22, and his girlfriend, Rosemary Chyz, 19, were discovered in a desolate field on Detroit's east side, their lives tragically cut short. The couple, from the neighboring suburbs of Sterling Heights and…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Rosemary Chyz

Female, age 19 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

Rosemary Chyz, 19, a White female, left Macomb County for Detroit on the night of October 23, 2011, and never made it home. By the afternoon of October 24, her body was discovered on Detroit’s east side in a vacant field near Giardin and Hentz, alongside Tony…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Garrett Phillips

Male, age 12 · Potsdam, New York

Killed Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a rainy afternoon in Potsdam, New York, on October 24, 2011, 12-year-old Garrett Phillips was tragically killed. He was a sixth-grader at A.A. Kingston Middle School, known for being an athletic and popular boy who enjoyed playing various sports. Earlier…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Shaquille Jones

Male, age 18 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the autumn of 2011, a tragedy unfolded on the streets of North Philadelphia that cut short the life of a young man. Eighteen-year-old Shaquille Jones was in the 2500 block of Silver Street on the afternoon of Monday, October 24th, when the sharp report of…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Raymond Smalley

Male, age 35 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

Raymond Smalley, a 35-year-old resident of Philadelphia, was tragically killed on October 24, 2011. Smalley was found with fatal injuries, and despite an ongoing investigation, his case remains unsolved. Authorities have not made any arrests in connection to…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Kareem Hart

Male, age 26 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 24, 2011 · 15 years ago

In Philadelphia, the life of a young man named Kareem Hart has been a subject of inquiry. However, online sources do not contain information regarding a male by that name who died as a result of a violent crime in the city. There is no public record of a…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Antwan Gross

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Oct 24, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday evening in Washington, D.C., the life of Antwan Lorenzo Gross was tragically cut short. On October 24, 2006, at approximately 11:18 p.m., the male victim was shot and killed. The fatal incident occurred in the hallway of a…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Isabel Gonzalez

Female, age 20 · King-city, California

Killed Oct 24, 2001 · 25 years ago

Isabel Gonzalez, a 20-year-old resident of King City, California, tragically passed away on October 24, 2001. The circumstances surrounding her death have been a subject of investigation and public interest. Isabel's death was initially reported as a…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Nicolas Cortez

Male · Westlake, California

Killed Oct 24, 2001 · 25 years ago

On the late afternoon of October 15, 2001, gunfire shattered the calm along the 2700 block of Hyans Street in the Westlake area of Los Angeles. Around 5:20 p.m., sixteen-year-old Wendy Cortez was standing outside a friend's apartment building alongside a man…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Donald Watson

Male, age 57 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Oct 24, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the autumn of 1996, a quiet street in south Kansas City, Missouri, became the scene of a grim discovery that would leave a lasting chill in the community. On October 24th, Donald Watson, a 57-year-old male, and his friend, 47-year-old Alice Cramer, were…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Alice Cramer

Female, age 47 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Oct 24, 1996 · 30 years ago

Alice Cramer, 47, was found murdered inside her home at 13401 Charlotte Street in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 24, 1996. She was White. When officers arrived, they also found her friend Donald Watson dead in the same house, turning what should have been…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Wendy Meyers

Female, age 30 · Poughkeepsie, New York

Killed Oct 24, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the autumn of 1996, the life of 30-year-old Wendy Meyers was tragically cut short in Poughkeepsie, New York. A white female, Meyers became the first victim of a man who would come to be known as 'The Poughkeepsie Killer.' On October 24, 1996, she was…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Sharon Martin

Female, age 26 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Oct 24, 1991 · 35 years ago

Sharon Martin, a 26-year-old African American woman, was brutally murdered on October 24, 1991. Her death was a result of strangulation, and her body was dismembered post-mortem. The remains of Sharon Martin were discovered scattered in various locations…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Kwesi Barham

Male, age 18 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Oct 24, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Sunday in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of Kwesi Barham, a male, was tragically cut short. On October 24, 2021, an officer on routine patrol in the East Precinct discovered Barham's unresponsive body lying in the roadway in the 1700 block of 87th Street…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Jamarcus Black

Male, age 20 · Gunnison, Mississippi

Killed Oct 24, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning, the life of 20-year-old Jamarcus Black, a Black male from Shaw, Mississippi, was tragically cut short by gunfire. The fatal incident occurred shortly after midnight on October 24, 2021, during a large gathering at…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Jose Rafael Mena-Disla

Male, age 24 · Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 24, 2021 · 5 years ago

On October 24, 2021, Jose Rafael Mena-Disla, a 24-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, was fatally shot at the Mofon Lounge in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The incident occurred early Sunday morning when two groups from Scranton, who were known to each other…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Danny Ronald Chea

Male, age 25 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 24, 2016 · 10 years ago

Danny Ronald Chea, a 25-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on October 24, 2016. The incident occurred in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood, specifically in the 2900 block of North Broadway. Around 2:30 p.m., Chea was driving a…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Harriet Isaac

Female, age 64 · Honolulu, Hawaii

Killed Oct 24, 1986 · 40 years ago

Harriet A. Isaac, 64, a woman, was found dead on October 24, 1986, inside her condominium at 4999 Kahala Avenue in Honolulu, in the Kahala Beach area. She lived alone in a second-floor residence, and the quiet routine of the building was what first signaled…

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Elthanius Toliver

Male, age 23 · Houston, Texas

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

Elthanius Toliver, a 23-year-old man, was a pallbearer at his grandmother Cora Toliver's funeral in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, in 2012, a testament to his role within his family. Fourteen years later, his own life was cut short by gunfire at a party in…

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Abdullah Hamid

Male, age 52 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

A quiet Saturday evening in the Steele Creek area of Charlotte, North Carolina, was shattered by gunfire that ended the life of Abdullah Hamid, a 52-year-old man. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. on October 24, 2026, at a townhome complex in the 16000…

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Andrea Eguia

Female, age 13 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

Thirteen-year-old Andrea Eguia was remembered by her mother as a joyful girl who could light up any room she entered. Her family called her their "rainbow," a tall girl with a bright future as a talented basketball player. "She was my everything," her mother…

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Darion Armon Smith

Male, age 27 · Arden, North Carolina

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

In the quiet, early hours of a Saturday morning, the sounds that echoed through the Pine Needle Apartments in Arden, North Carolina, were mistaken by some for late-night fireworks. It was only later that the grim reality became clear. In the darkness, two…

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Joshua Sanchez Ramirez

Male, age 19 · Arden, North Carolina

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

In the quiet, early morning hours of Saturday, October 24, 2026, the life of 19-year-old Joshua Sanchez Ramirez, a young male, was tragically cut short by gunfire in Arden, North Carolina. He was killed alongside another man, 27-year-old Darion Armon Smith…

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Jouquon Jackson

Male, age 26 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

A life was cut tragically short in the predawn hours of a Saturday morning in East Knoxville, Tennessee. Jouquon Jackson, a 26-year-old man, was killed by gunfire, leaving questions and a community searching for answers. His death marked another instance of…

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Delonzo Pennington

Male, age 33 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

A quiet Saturday evening in Cleveland’s West Boulevard neighborhood was shattered by gunfire that ended the life of Delonzo Pennington, a 33-year-old man. The community was left mourning and searching for answers after the fatal shooting on October 24, 2026…

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Semaj Richelle Coleman

Female, age 22 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

Semaj Richelle Coleman was a bright and ambitious student with a future dedicated to helping others. A 22-year-old native of Mollusk, a small community in Lancaster County, Virginia, Semaj was a senior at Norfolk State University. She was pursuing a degree in…

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Zachary Howie

Male, age 35 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

Zachary Howie, a 35-year-old father, was beginning a new chapter in his life before it was tragically cut short by gunfire in a south Charlotte apartment complex. Known to be a father to biracial children, Howie had recently been released from prison and was…

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Angelica Aguirre

Female, age 30 · Las Cruces, New Mexico

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

A quiet Saturday morning in a residential neighborhood of Las Cruces, New Mexico, was shattered by a tragedy that left a young mother dead and her five children orphaned. Angelica Aguirre, a 30-year-old woman, was killed in her own home, leaving a void in the…

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Felicia Whitfield-Ferguson

Female, age 62 · Florence, South Carolina

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

A pleasant Saturday evening in Florence, South Carolina, turned tragic when a Charlotte, North Carolina native, Felicia Whitfield-Ferguson, was shot and killed in a sudden act of violence. The 62-year-old woman, whose life and connections are not publicly…

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Jesus Ornelas

Male, age 46 · Portales, New Mexico

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

Jesus Ornelas was a 46-year-old man living in Portales, a small city in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, known for its agricultural community and proximity to the Texas state line. While his family and personal life have remained private, his sudden death left a…

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Thomas McDonald

Male, age 47 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

A life was abruptly ended in a late-night shooting on Saturday, October 24, 2026, in what was a tragically violent weekend for the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. Thomas McDonald, a 47-year-old man, was killed inside a home in the Loren Farms neighborhood…

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Cody Brim

Male, age 23 · Big Spring, Texas

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

A quiet Saturday night in the West Texas city of Big Spring was shattered by gunfire that tore through a young couple's home, leaving a husband dead and his wife seriously injured. Cody Brim, a 23-year-old man, was killed in the sudden and violent attack at…

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Devin M. Helton

Male, age 38 · Topeka, Kansas

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

Devin M. Helton, a 38-year-old man from Topeka, Kansas, was a beloved son, brother, and friend whose life was tragically cut short. Known to his loved ones as a kind and generous person, Devin was remembered for his infectious smile and his willingness to…

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Gustavo Ramos Moreno

Male, age 40 · Pueblo Nuevo, Texas

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

Gustavo Ramos Moreno, a 40-year-old man from Laredo, Texas, was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather. Born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, he had been a long-time resident of Laredo. He is remembered as a family man, survived by his wife, Maribel…

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Jaxon Trew Bearden

Male, age 21 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

Jaxon Trew Bearden, a 21-year-old man from Alabaster, Alabama, was remembered as a kind and loving person with a great sense of humor. A 2023 graduate of Thompson High School, Jaxon was an active student who had played on the freshman boys' basketball team.…

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Jonte Sirico Payton

Male, age 15 · Gulfport, Mississippi

Killed Oct 24, 2026 · this year

Jonte Sirico Payton was a 15-year-old, ninth-grade student at Gulfport High School. In the wake of his death, the Gulfport School District community expressed its deep sadness. The district released a statement saying, "Our hearts and deepest condolences are…

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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.