Death by Force

Bobby Tilley

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Oct 2, 2000 · 26 years ago

Bobby Tilley, aged 53, was found dead on October 2, 2000, in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred at 2720 Groveport Road in Franklin County. Bobby was found with a gunshot wound to the head, and his death was classified as a homicide. Despite the efforts of…

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Brian Carlton Sullivan

Male · Greensboro, North Carolina

Found Oct 2, 1999 · 27 years ago

On October 2, 1999 at 2:45 pm, Greensboro officers were called to 1301 Kindley St. in reference to a vehicle accident. Upon arrival at the scene officers found Brian Carlton Sullivan inside of the vehicle. Sullivan was transported to Moses Cone hospital where…

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Larry Sherwood Kolb

Male, age 40 · Kendall, Texas

Killed Oct 2, 1999 · 27 years ago

Larry Sherwood Kolb, a 40-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on October 2, 1999, in Kendall County, Texas. Deputy Sheriff Kolb was ambushed and fatally shot while responding to a shots fired call at the Shady Rest Mobile Home Park near Boerne.…

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Steven Beard

Male, age 75 · Austin, Texas

Killed Oct 2, 1999 · 27 years ago

Steven Franklin Beard II, a 75-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity from Austin, Texas, was tragically murdered on October 2, 1999. Beard was shot in the stomach while he was asleep at his home in Westlake Hills, Texas. The shooting was orchestrated by his…

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Bruce Jackson

Male, age 23 · Kokomo, Indiana

Killed Oct 2, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the autumn of 1998, a wave of violence cast a dark shadow over the city of Kokomo, Indiana. It was during this turbulent period that the life of a young man, Bruce Renardo Jackson, was tragically cut short. Jackson, a 23-year-old African-American male…

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Neal Ted Olson

Male · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Oct 2, 1997 · 29 years ago

On October 2, 1997, Neal Ted Olson, a Caucasian male, was working for Lewis Homes in Las Vegas, Nevada. His duties for the day involved checking on a model home located in the 3300 block of S. Mountain Bluebird. He arrived at the property and parked his…

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Donald Scott

Male, age 62 · Malibu, California

Killed Oct 2, 1992 · 34 years ago

Donald P. Scott, a 61-year-old Caucasian male, was fatally shot on October 2, 1992, during a police raid at his ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains near Malibu, California. The raid was conducted by a multi-agency task force, including the Los Angeles County…

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Keacha Bryant

Female, age 21 · Hollywood, Florida

Killed Oct 2, 1992 · 34 years ago

Keacha Annette Bryant (Watson), a 21-year-old resident of Hollywood, Florida, tragically lost her life on October 2, 1992. The circumstances surrounding her death were deeply troubling and led to a significant investigation by local authorities. Keacha was…

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Randy J. Zimmerman

Male, age 30 · Jacksonville, Texas

Killed Oct 2, 1992 · 34 years ago

On October 2, 1992, Patrol Officer Randy J. Zimmerman, aged 30, of the Jacksonville Police Department in Texas, tragically lost his life. Officer Zimmerman was responding to a domestic disturbance call at a residence on Harrison Street. Upon arrival…

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Eva Jones

Female, age 80 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Oct 2, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the autumn of 1990, the city of Richmond, Virginia, was gripped by a quiet terror that would come to be known as the "Golden Years Murders." On October 2nd of that year, Eva Jones, an 80-year-old Black woman living alone, became one of the earliest victims…

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Robert Bell

Male, age 27 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Oct 2, 1989 · 37 years ago

On the evening of October 2, 1989, Robert Joe Bell, a 27-year-old man from Tulsa, Oklahoma, spent time at a house on North Madison Place, a spot known in the neighborhood for informal gatherings and socializing. At 1844 North Madison Place, the residence had…

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Delvoyd Baker

Male, age 14 · Fishers, Indiana

Killed Oct 2, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the autumn of 1982, the life of 14-year-old Delvoyd Lee Baker was tragically cut short. An African-American male, Delvoyd was an eighth-grade student who disappeared from downtown Indianapolis on the evening of October 2nd. He had ridden his bicycle into…

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Victor Wells

Male, age 33 · Houston, Texas

Killed Oct 2, 1980 · 46 years ago

Detective Victor Ray Wells III, aged 33, was a male officer of the Houston Police Department who tragically lost his life on October 2, 1980. He was fatally shot in the chest by a cab driver in the 6800 block of Harrisburg around 10 p.m. Despite being rushed…

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Dawn Jerome

Female, age 20 · Houston, Texas

Killed Oct 2, 1979 · 47 years ago

Dawn Jerome, a 20-year-old White woman, was killed on October 2, 1979, when she was found strangled to death. In the wake of the murder, her husband, Richard K. Jerome, was left to raise their two daughters—Amber, who was seven, and Amy, who was one—while the…

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Melissa Lumbrera

Female, age 3 · Friona, Texas

Killed Oct 2, 1978 · 48 years ago

Melissa Lumbrera, a three-year-old Hispanic female, tragically lost her life on October 2, 1978. Her death was initially attributed to asphyxia due to aspiration of stomach contents. However, her passing was part of a disturbing pattern involving multiple…

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Nancy Wilcox

Female, age 16 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Oct 2, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a fall evening in 1974, 16-year-old Nancy Wilcox, a White female, walked out of her family's home in Holladay, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah, and into a mystery that would remain unsolved for years. The date was October 1st, and the teenager had just…

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Enos Hendrick

Null · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Oct 2, 1972 · 54 years ago

On October 2, 1972, Enos Hendrick was killed in Dayton, Ohio, marking an unsolved homicide that remains under investigation to this day. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, and Hendrick was pronounced dead on the same day. The Dayton Police Department…

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Lloyd Pat Fitzgerald

Male, age 27 · Burlington, Vermont

Killed Oct 2, 1972 · 54 years ago

On an autumn evening in Burlington, Vermont, 27-year-old White/Caucasian male Lloyd Pat Fitzgerald, a husband and father of three, finished a wiring job at a home on Van Patten Parkway on October 2, 1972. An electrician for the city's electric department…

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Wally Jay Simoneaux

Male, age 14 · Houston, Texas

Killed Oct 2, 1972 · 54 years ago

Wally Jay Simoneaux, a 14-year-old Caucasian male, tragically lost his life on October 2, 1972, in Houston, Texas. His death was later determined to be a homicide caused by asphyxia due to strangulation. Wally was one of the victims of Dean Corll, infamously…

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Richard Hembree

Male, age 13 · Houston, Texas

Killed Oct 2, 1972 · 54 years ago

Richard Edward Hembree, a 13-year-old boy, tragically lost his life on October 3, 1972, in Houston, Texas. He was one of the victims of Dean Arnold Corll, infamously known as 'The Candy Man,' a serial killer who preyed on teenage boys and young men between…

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Chester Scowden

Male, age 19 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Oct 2, 1965 · 61 years ago

Chester Joseph Scowden, a 19-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed on October 2, 1965, in what remains an unsolved homicide. The incident occurred at 361 East Main Street in Columbus, and the case was investigated by the Columbus Police…

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Chester Joseph Joe Scowden

Male, age 19 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Oct 2, 1965 · 61 years ago

Chester Joseph "Joe" Scowden, a 19-year-old male from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed on October 2, 1965. He was found dead at the Certified Oil Co. gas station on East Main Street in Columbus. Scowden, who was a one-time Golden Gloves champion, had…

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Darnell Riley III

Male, age 22 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Oct 2, 2026 · this year

Darnell Riley III, a 22-year-old man known affectionately to friends and family as "Lil Man," was a loving father, son, and brother whose life was abruptly ended by gun violence in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. A graduate of Forest Park Senior High…

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Walter Alston

Male, age 47 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Oct 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Walter Alston was 47 years old when he was stabbed on the night of Thursday, October 2, 2025, in the 800 block of North Bond Street in Baltimore. He died of his injuries. The Baltimore Police Department investigated, and the Baltimore Sun's homicide database…

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Chasidy Dawn Wilburn

Female, age 40 · Capron, Virginia

Killed Oct 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet, rural landscape of Capron, Virginia, a grim discovery was made on the afternoon of October 2, 2024. The Southampton County Sheriff's Office received a report around 2:01 p.m. about an unresponsive woman lying on Angelico Road. When deputies…

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Markese Taliafero

Male, age 29 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Oct 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

On October 2, 2024, at approximately 7:07 p.m., Greensboro Police Department officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 100 block of Meadowville Lane in Greensboro, North Carolina. Upon arrival, they discovered three men in a parking lot, each…

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Arlandus Jackson

Male, age 37 · Gary, Indiana

Killed Oct 2, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Sunday evening in Gary, Indiana, what began as a simple errand ended in tragedy. Arlandus Jackson, a 37-year-old male from Chicago, was in the 900 block of Williams Street with another individual, delivering a motor to a friend on October 2, 2022. The…

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Devin T. Davis

Male, age 24 · Sumter, South Carolina

Killed Oct 2, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a tragic autumn evening in Sumter, South Carolina, the life of 24-year-old Devin T. Davis was cut short. On October 1, 2020, in the 3800 block of Nicole Lane, just off North Main Street, Davis was fatally shot. The incident occurred shortly after 9 p.m.…

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Carl Lichtenberg

Male, age 50 · Fairborn, Ohio

Killed Oct 2, 2020 · 6 years ago

Carl Lichtenberg, a 50-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically passed away on October 2, 2020, in Fairborn, Ohio. His death was part of an apparent murder-suicide incident involving his older brother, John Lichtenberg, who was 53 years old. The…

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Nathaniel Roberts

Male, age 54 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Oct 2, 2019 · 7 years ago

Nathaniel Roberts was 54 years old when his death was added to the Baltimore Sun's homicide database on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. The database lists the 2400 block of Guilford Avenue in Baltimore as the location and blunt force injuries as the cause. The…

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Mario Ramirez

Male, age 18 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 2, 2018 · 8 years ago

Mario Ramirez, an 18-year-old from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on October 2, 2018. The circumstances surrounding his death were deeply troubling and sparked a significant investigation. According to reports, Mario was fatally shot in a…

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Marscelene Treadwell

Female, age 82 · Alvin, Texas

Killed Oct 2, 2018 · 8 years ago

On October 2, 2018, 82-year-old Marscelene Treadwell, a female resident of Alvin, Texas, was shot by her husband, Ollie Treadwell, also 82, in their home. Following the shooting, Ollie Treadwell took his own life. Marscelene was transported to a hospital…

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James Moore

Male, age 25 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

On October 2, 2015, James Moore, a 25-year-old male from Chester, Pennsylvania, was found deceased under circumstances that prompted an investigation by local authorities. Details surrounding the incident, including the exact cause of death and the events…

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Zaruhi Pilikyan

Female, age 53 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Zaruhi Pilikyan was 53 years old when she died on Friday, October 2, 2015, in Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma. The coroner's record as published by the Los Angeles Times…

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Prudence Rosner

Female, age 68 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Oct 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Prudence Rosner, a 68-year-old woman from Charlotte, NC, was tragically killed on October 2, 2014, in a murder-suicide incident. Her husband, Edward Rosner, 70, shot and killed Prudence before turning the gun on himself. The couple was discovered by…

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Emma Cristina Penate

Female, age 39 · Inglewood, California

Killed Oct 2, 2013 · 13 years ago

Emma Cristina Penate was 39 years old when she was found dead on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, in Inglewood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 4907 W. 97th St. Her death was ruled a…

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Herman Neverez

Male, age 44 · Oakland, California

Killed Oct 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

Herman Neverez was 44 years old when he was killed in Oakland on Tuesday, October 2, 2012. The Oakland Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Oakland from 2008 through 2017, lists it as…

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Rodrigo Hernandez

Male, age 55 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

Rodrigo Hernandez was 55 years old when he died on Tuesday, October 2, 2007, in North Hollywood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at the intersection of Sherman Way and Lankershim…

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Anoka Jones

Male, age 26 · Boutte, Louisiana

Killed Oct 2, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the autumn of 2002, a grim discovery was made beneath a highway overpass in Boutte, Louisiana. The body of a young man was found, leaving investigators with the daunting task of unraveling the circumstances of his death. The victim was identified as Anoka…

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Victorino Garcia

Male, age 24 · King-city, California

Killed Oct 2, 1999 · 27 years ago

Victorino Garcia, a 24-year-old resident of King City, California, tragically lost his life on October 2, 1999. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially shrouded in mystery, prompting a thorough investigation by local law enforcement. Garcia's…

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Naomi Leigh Desjarlais

Female, age 21 · Regina, Saskatchewan

Killed Oct 2, 1987 · 39 years ago

Naomi Leigh Desjarlais, a 21-year-old Indigenous woman, was last seen alive in Regina, Saskatchewan, on March 25, 1987. The available online records place the events surrounding her killing in March 1987 rather than October. Two days after she was last seen…

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Leonard Rowe

Male · Wichita, Kansas

Killed Oct 2, 1985 · 41 years ago

On a tragic day in Wichita, Kansas, specifically October 2, 1985, a male by the name of Leonard Rowe was brutally murdered in his home located at 1303 N Minneapolis. Responding officers discovered his body, and it was determined that he had succumbed to…

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