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Deaths by Force on October 25

751 open cases in our database happened on October 25. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (525)

Sean Cannon - San Antonio, Texas
Death by Force

Sean Cannon

Male, age 29 · San Antonio, Texas
Found Oct 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

Sean Cannon, 29, was tragically killed on October 25, 2013, in San Antonio, Texas. Sean was headed to a friend's house in the 2500 block of Aganier Avenue when he was approached by a white SUV. Witnesses reported seeing Sean run towards the SUV, after which…

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Javonta Crenshaw - Petersburg, Virginia
Death by Force

Javonta Crenshaw

Male, age 19 · Petersburg, Virginia
Killed Oct 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the autumn of 2013, the life of 19-year-old Javonta Crenshaw was tragically cut short by an act of gun violence in Petersburg, Virginia. Known affectionately to his friends and family as 'Bert Bert,' he was a young man who had just begun to navigate the…

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Tiant McGee - Monroe, Louisiana
Death by Force

Tiant McGee

Male, age 37 · Monroe, Louisiana
Killed Oct 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the late hours of a Thursday night in October 2013, gunshots shattered the peace on South 6th Street in Monroe, Louisiana, leaving 37-year-old Tiant McGee critically wounded. McGee, a male resident of Monroe, was discovered outside a house with multiple…

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Anthony Watts - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Anthony Watts

Male, age 31 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Oct 25, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the autumn of 2012, a burst of gunfire shattered the midday calm in Northeast Washington, D.C., leaving a family grieving and a community searching for answers. On Thursday, October 25, 2012, 31-year-old Anthony Antonio Watts, a Black male known to his…

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Tensia Martinez Richard - Cottage Grove, Minnesota
Death by Force

Tensia Martinez Richard

Female, age 22 · Cottage Grove, Minnesota
Killed Oct 25, 2012 · 14 years ago

Tensia Martinez Richard, a 22-year-old White / Caucasian mother of two, was killed on October 25, 2012, in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, by her estranged husband. Her death was the culmination of a history of domestic abuse that had caused her to fear for her…

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Jermaine Berry - Boston, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Jermaine Berry

Male, age 30 · Boston, Massachusetts
Killed Oct 25, 2010 · 16 years ago

Jermaine Berry, a 30-year-old African-American male, tragically lost his life on the streets of Boston in the fall of 2010. On the evening of Monday, October 25, 2010, police responded to a report of a person shot at the intersection of Geneva Avenue and…

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Bobby Prince Jr. - Akron, Ohio
Death by Force

Bobby Prince Jr.

Male, age 24 · Akron, Ohio
Killed Oct 25, 2010 · 16 years ago

On October 25, 2010, Bobby Prince Jr., aged 24, was killed in what remains an unsolved homicide in Akron, Ohio. The incident occurred around 4:20 p.m. when unknown suspect(s) entered his residence at 889 Triplett Boulevard. During the intrusion, a struggle…

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Bobby L. Prince Jr. - Akron, Ohio
Death by Force

Bobby L. Prince Jr.

Male, age 24 · Akron, Ohio
Killed Oct 25, 2010 · 16 years ago

Bobby L. Prince Jr., a 24-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on October 25, 2010, in Akron, Ohio. The incident occurred at around 4:20 PM when an unknown suspect forcibly entered Bobby's residence at 889 Triplett Blvd. A struggle ensued, during…

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Albert Kiwubeyi - Toronto, Ontario
Death by Force

Albert Kiwubeyi

Male, age 24 · Toronto, Ontario
Killed Oct 25, 2010 · 16 years ago

Albert Kiwubeyi, a 24-year-old man from Toronto, was shot and killed during the early morning hours of October 25, 2010, in the Regent Park area. At approximately 3:03 a.m., Toronto police were dispatched after gunfire was reported around Sackville Green and…

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Rance Mack - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Rance Mack

Male, age 44 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Oct 25, 2009 · 17 years ago

Rance Mack, aged 44, was shot and killed on October 25, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred amid ongoing violence affecting many Chicago neighborhoods. Mack's death was part of a broader wave of homicides that year, contributing to the city's…

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Kevin Jones - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Kevin Jones

Null, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Oct 25, 2009 · 17 years ago

Kevin Jones, aged 35, was fatally shot on October 25, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the South Side neighborhood, a region that has been heavily impacted by gun violence for years. Kevin Jones was reportedly approached by an unknown…

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James Hunter - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

James Hunter

Null, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Oct 25, 2009 · 17 years ago

James Hunter, aged 23, was fatally shot on October 25, 2009, in Chicago. The incident occurred in the Austin neighborhood, an area known for frequent violence. Hunter was shot while inside a vehicle, and despite efforts to save him, he succumbed to his…

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James Mitchell - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

James Mitchell

Null, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Oct 25, 2009 · 17 years ago

On October 25, 2009, James Mitchell, a 23-year-old male, was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois. His death took place in the Washington Park neighborhood, a part of the city that has often seen incidents of gun violence and remains a troubled area with ongoing…

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Jennifer Hammond - Greenfield, New York
Death by Force

Jennifer Hammond

Female, age 24 · Greenfield, New York
Killed Oct 25, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the late summer of 2003, 18-year-old Jennifer 'Moonbeam' Hammond, a white female originally from Littleton, Colorado, was working a temporary job selling magazine subscriptions door-to-door for a traveling sales company. This work brought her to the town…

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Charles Vereen - Jacksonville, Florida
Death by Force

Charles Vereen

Male, age 29 · Jacksonville, Florida
Found Oct 25, 2008 · 18 years ago

On October 25, 2008, Charles Vereen, a 29-year-old resident of Jacksonville, Florida, was tragically murdered. He was found deceased due to a violent incident, though specific details regarding the nature of the crime have not been fully released by law…

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Danny Lima - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Danny Lima

Male, age 16 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Oct 25, 2008 · 18 years ago

Danny Lima, a 16-year-old male, was fatally shot on October 25, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. His death took place during a time of ongoing struggles with gang violence in various neighborhoods across the city. Chicago, like many large urban areas, faced a…

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Derrick Phillips - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Derrick Phillips

Male, age 42 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Oct 25, 2008 · 18 years ago

On October 25, 2008, the life of 42-year-old Derrick Phillips, a Black male, was tragically cut short in Baltimore, Maryland. The incident occurred in the 1800 block of North Regester Avenue, where Phillips was found deceased. The case was ruled a homicide…

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Jason Betts - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Jason Betts

Male, age 25 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Oct 25, 2008 · 18 years ago

On an autumn day in 2008, the life of 25-year-old Jason Betts, a Black male, was cut short in the 2400 block of Loyola Southway in Baltimore. It was Saturday, October 25th, when Betts was fatally shot. The incident was one of two homicides recorded in the…

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Garivaldis Pena - Boston, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Garivaldis Pena

Male, age 27 · Boston, Massachusetts
Killed Oct 25, 2008 · 18 years ago

On a warm Saturday afternoon, October 25, 2008, Garivaldis Pena, a 27-year-old Hispanic male, was fatally shot in front of his house at 101 Rossmore Road in the Parkside area of Boston. The brazen attack occurred around 3 p.m. as Pena was reportedly putting a…

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Shanta Eddings - Las Vegas, Nevada
Death by Force

Shanta Eddings

Female, age 20 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed Oct 25, 2008 · 18 years ago

Shanta Renee Eddings, 20, an African-American woman and student from Las Vegas, died on October 25, 2008. An obituary published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal listed her survivors, including a young daughter, and announced services held in mid-November of…

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Randy Eiland - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Randy Eiland

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Oct 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

Randy Eiland, an 18-year-old male, was fatally shot on October 25, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. His death is recorded as part of the ongoing violence that afflicted Chicago throughout the 2000s. In that year, Chicago was facing rising homicide rates…

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Christopher Dwight Burden - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Christopher Dwight Burden

Male, age 23 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Oct 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the autumn of 2007, the life of a young Black man, Christopher Dwight Burden, was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. At 23 years old, Burden became a victim of homicide on Thursday, October 25, 2007. The incident that claimed his…

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Jonathan Chandler - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Death by Force

Jonathan Chandler

Male, age 26 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Killed Oct 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jonathan Chandler grew up to be someone colleagues remembered as gentle and encouraging, the sort of person who bent over backward to help the children he worked with at school. In Oklahoma City he served as a classroom assistant, calmly soothing noisy rooms…

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Aubrey Jerome Wilkerson - District-heights, Maryland
Death by Force

Aubrey Jerome Wilkerson

Male, age 21 · District-heights, Maryland
Killed Oct 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the autumn of 2007, the life of 21-year-old Aubrey Jerome Wilkerson was tragically cut short in District Heights, Maryland. On October 25, the young man, a resident of the area, fell victim to fatal gun violence. The sudden and violent nature of his death…

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Kenneth Glenn - Cincinnati, Ohio
Death by Force

Kenneth Glenn

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio
Killed Oct 25, 2005 · 21 years ago

Kenneth Amand Glenn, aged 19, was tragically killed on October 25, 2005, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Glenn was shot at an apartment on Kipling Avenue, in what remains an unsolved homicide. The Cincinnati Police Department has continued to investigate the incident…

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Quant Douglas - Columbus, Ohio
Death by Force

Quant Douglas

Male · Columbus, Ohio
Killed Oct 25, 2005 · 21 years ago

On October 25, 2005, Quant Douglas was killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred at 607 Canterbury Way, where he was the victim of a gunshot wound to the torso during what was described as a robbery. The Columbus Police Department responded to the…

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Lawrence Castillo - Los-angeles, California
Death by Force

Lawrence Castillo

Male, age 22 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Oct 25, 2005 · 21 years ago

Lawrence Jesus Castillo, a 22-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on October 25, 2005, in Wilmington, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Castillo was fatally shot, marking his death as a homicide. The incident…

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Ray Anthony Garcia - Colton, California
Death by Force

Ray Anthony Garcia

Male, age 26 · Colton, California
Killed Oct 25, 2004 · 22 years ago

On October 25, 2004, Ray Anthony Garcia, a 26-year-old male, was shot and killed at the CCH apartment complex located at 2170 N. Rancho Avenue in Colton, California. Colton Police Department responded to the emergency call reporting the shooting. Upon…

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Catrina Powell - Westminster, Colorado
Death by Force

Catrina Powell

Female, age 26 · Westminster, Colorado
Killed Oct 25, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the crisp autumn air of October 25, 2004, a grim discovery was made behind a strip mall in Westminster, Colorado. The body of 26-year-old Catrina Rene Powell, a female, was found lying near a dumpster. The scene was one of stark brutality; an autopsy would…

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Jesus Quintana - Columbus, Ohio
Death by Force

Jesus Quintana

Male · Columbus, Ohio
Killed Oct 25, 2004 · 22 years ago

On October 25, 2004, Jesus Quintana, a 28-year-old man, was tragically killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place on Glenview Street, where Quintana sustained a gunshot wound to the trunk of his body. Authorities responded to the scene, but…

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Nicolas Ferrel-Ibarra - Denver, Colorado
Death by Force

Nicolas Ferrel-Ibarra

Male, age 35 · Denver, Colorado
Killed Oct 25, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the crisp autumn morning of October 25, 2004, in Denver, Colorado, the life of 35-year-old Nicolas Ferrel-Ibarra was tragically cut short. At approximately 9:50 a.m., near the intersection of West Florida Avenue and South Federal Boulevard, Ferrel-Ibarra…

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Mark Drewes - Boca-raton, Florida
Death by Force

Mark Drewes

Male, age 16 · Boca-raton, Florida
Killed Oct 25, 2003 · 23 years ago

Mark Drewes, a 16-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically shot and killed on October 25, 2003, in Boca Raton, Florida. The incident occurred during a late-night prank known as "Ding-Dong Ditch," where Mark and his friend, Anatoly Martynenko, rang doorbells in…

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Kenyon D. Penny-Cavitt - Los-angeles, California
Death by Force

Kenyon D. Penny-Cavitt

Male, age 25 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Oct 25, 2000 · 26 years ago

Kenyon Darrell Penny-Cavitt, a 25-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on October 25, 2000. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Kenyon was fatally shot in the Florence neighborhood of Los Angeles. The…

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Allen Golubic - Columbus, Ohio
Death by Force

Allen Golubic

Male · Columbus, Ohio
Killed Oct 25, 1998 · 28 years ago

On October 25, 1998, Allen Golubic, a 34-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically shot and killed. The incident occurred at 2357 Sullivant Avenue in Franklin County. Golubic suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the chest, and despite efforts by local…

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Steven Whitney - Salisbury, Maryland
Death by Force

Steven Whitney

Male, age 38 · Salisbury, Maryland
Killed Oct 25, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the early morning hours of October 25, 1997, the sense of security in a Salisbury, Maryland apartment complex was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Responding to a call at approximately 1:30 a.m., Salisbury police officers arrived at the 1000 block of…

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Robin M. Atkins - Springfield, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Robin M. Atkins

Female, age 29 · Springfield, Massachusetts
Killed Oct 25, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the autumn of 1997, the life of a 29-year-old Caucasian woman named Robin M. Atkins came to a brutal and tragic end in Springfield, Massachusetts. Her death was not an isolated incident but part of a string of violent crimes that had been terrorizing the…

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Wayne Griffith - Palm Beach, Florida
Death by Force

Wayne Griffith

Male, age 43 · Palm Beach, Florida
Found Oct 25, 1993 · 33 years ago

On October 25, 1993, the skeletal remains of Wayne Calvin Griffith, a 43-year-old man, were discovered in an unincorporated area of Palm Beach County, Florida. His body was found by survey workers in a wooded area near Southern Boulevard and State Road 7. At…

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Deborah Wims - Seattle, Washington
Death by Force

Deborah Wims

Female, age 31 · Seattle, Washington
Killed Oct 25, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the autumn of 1990, a shadow of dread once again fell over a Seattle family that had already been touched by an infamous evil. Deborah Yvonne Wims, a 31-year-old Black/African American woman, vanished on October 25, 1990, leaving behind a chilling silence…

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Emory Eli Carroll - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Death by Force

Emory Eli Carroll

Male, age 46 · Virginia Beach, Virginia
Killed Oct 25, 1988 · 38 years ago

On a Tuesday afternoon, October 25, 1988, the life of 46-year-old Emory Eli Carroll, a white male, was abruptly ended in the parking lot of the Chesapeake House on the Bay condominiums on Shore Drive in Virginia Beach. Around 5:00 p.m., the sound of several…

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Jimmy Dale Harvey - Mooresville, Missouri
Death by Force

Jimmy Dale Harvey

Male, age 27 · Mooresville, Missouri
Killed Oct 25, 1988 · 38 years ago

Jimmy Dale Harvey was a 27-year-old White man, and on October 25, 1988, his life ended in rural Missouri, tied to a quiet farm outside Mooresville that, for a time, swallowed men without anyone noticing they were gone. The farm belonged to Ray and Faye…

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John Crawford - Laconia, New Hampshire
Death by Force

John Crawford

Male, age 45 · Laconia, New Hampshire
Killed Oct 25, 1985 · 41 years ago

John Crawford, a 45-year-old resident of Laconia, New Hampshire, was found murdered in his apartment on the morning of October 25, 1985. The discovery was made at his residence located at 12 Winter Street. An autopsy determined that Crawford died as a result…

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Marcy Miller - Perrysburg, Ohio
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Marcy Miller

Female, age 34 · Perrysburg, Ohio
Killed Oct 25, 1984 · 42 years ago

Marcy Ann Miller, aged 34, was tragically killed on October 25, 1984, in Perrysburg, Ohio. Marcy was working as the assistant manager at the Days Inn Motel on Fremont Pike, where she was found shot behind the reception desk. The shooting occurred during an…

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Man James Spencer Johnson - East-lansing, Michigan
Death by Force

Man James Spencer Johnson

Male, age 41 · East-lansing, Michigan
Killed Oct 25, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the autumn of 1984, the city of East Lansing was struck by a tragedy that would be remembered for decades to come. Patrolman James Spencer Johnson, a 41-year-old White/Caucasian male and a veteran of the United States Army, was killed in the line of duty…

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Bhikhibev Patel - Gilmer, Texas
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Bhikhibev Patel

Female, age 35 · Gilmer, Texas
Killed Oct 25, 1983 · 43 years ago

On October 25, 1983, in Gilmer, Texas, the bodies of 35-year-old Bhikhibev Patel, her three children—Jayaben Patel, age 9; Shila Patel, age 6; and Jayesh Patel, age 2—were discovered in their apartment at the Upshur House Motel. Each had died from a gunshot…

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Jayaben Patel - Gilmer, Texas
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Jayaben Patel

Female, age 9 · Gilmer, Texas
Killed Oct 25, 1983 · 43 years ago

Jayaben Patel, a 9-year-old girl of Indian ethnicity, tragically died on October 25, 1983, in Gilmer, Texas. Her death was part of a horrific incident that also claimed the lives of her mother, Bhikhi Patel, her sister, Shila Patel, and her brother, Jayesh…

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Jayesh Patel - Gilmer, Texas
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Jayesh Patel

Male, age 2 · Gilmer, Texas
Killed Oct 25, 1983 · 43 years ago

Jayesh Patel, a 2-year-old boy of Indian ethnicity, tragically died on October 25, 1983, in Gilmer, Texas. His death was part of a horrific incident where his father, Gandabhai Patel, was accused of murdering his entire family, including his wife, Bhikhi…

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Shila Patel - Gilmer, Texas
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Shila Patel

Female, age 6 · Gilmer, Texas
Killed Oct 25, 1983 · 43 years ago

On October 25, 1983, Shila Patel, a 6-year-old girl of Indian ethnicity, tragically lost her life in Gilmer, Texas. She was one of four victims in a horrific crime that took place in the family-owned Upshur House Hotel in Gilmer. Shila's mother, Bhikhi Patel…

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Robert Edward Howard - Houston, Texas
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Robert Edward Howard

Male, age 38 · Houston, Texas
Killed Oct 25, 1980 · 46 years ago

Robert Edward Howard, a 38-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, was tragically killed on October 25, 1980, in Houston, Texas. His death was the result of a homicide contracted by his ex-wife. The details surrounding his death reveal a complex and violent…

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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.