Deaths by Force on October 31

Deaths by Force (549)

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Cesar Alvarado Lemus

Male, age 22 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Cesar Alvarado Lemus, a 22-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on October 31, 2016, in East Los Angeles. The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. while Lemus was walking with two other men in a residential neighborhood near the corner of Gerhart Avenue…

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Rod Barron Lucas

Male, age 46 · Fresno, California

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Rod Barron Lucas, a 46-year-old sergeant with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office, tragically lost his life on October 31, 2016, due to an accidental gun discharge. Lucas, who had served in law enforcement for over two decades, was a respected member of the…

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Derek Willard

Male, age 26 · Pompano-beach, Florida

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Derek Willard, a 26-year-old resident of Pompano Beach, Florida, tragically lost his life on October 31, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of Halloween, around 12:20 a.m., in the parking lot of the Play-by-Play Sports Bar & Lounge on Cypress…

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Joseph Smith

Male, age 28 · Sanford, Florida

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Joseph Smith, a 28-year-old resident of Sanford, Florida, passed away on October 31, 2016. His death was a significant event in the local community, and it prompted a thorough investigation by law enforcement authorities. The circumstances surrounding his…

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Leonard Horn Jr.

Male, age 30 · Daytona-beach, Florida

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Leonard Horn Jr., a 30-year-old African American male from Daytona Beach, Florida, tragically lost his life on October 31, 2016. Leonard, who worked as a home remodeler, was found shot in the chest at an apartment complex in Daytona Beach. Despite his…

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Lucila Mercedes Suarez Rodriguez

Female, age 46 · Hialeah, Florida

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Lucila Mercedes Suarez Rodriguez, a 46-year-old Hispanic woman, tragically lost her life on October 31, 2016, in Hialeah, Florida. Her death was the result of a violent incident that shocked the local community. Lucila was found deceased in her home, and the…

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Micheal Turner

Male · Tampa, Florida

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Micheal Antwan Turner Jr., a resident of Tampa, Florida, tragically lost his life on October 31, 2016. The circumstances surrounding his death were deeply troubling and sparked a significant investigation. Turner Jr. was found deceased under suspicious…

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Roland Deloatch

Male, age 41 · Sanford, Florida

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Roland Deloatch, a 41-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on October 31, 2016, in Sanford, Florida. On that fateful Halloween night, Roland and his younger brother, Joseph Smith, were victims of a brutal home invasion. The incident…

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Stacy Culotta

Female, age 37 · Palm-coast, Florida

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Stacy Culotta, a 37-year-old woman from Palm Coast, FL, tragically died on October 31, 2016. Her death was ruled a suicide. Stacy Culotta had a history of mental health struggles and had attempted suicide multiple times. On the night of her death, her father…

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Alex Newton

Male, age 27 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a tragic Halloween afternoon in 2016, 30-year-old Jonathan Alexander 'Alex' Newton, a male, was fatally shot in his own Atlanta apartment. Newton had returned to his home at the Alexan EAV on Metropolitan Avenue during his lunch break, a routine decision…

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Beth Pheasant

Female, age 37 · Christopher, Illinois

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Beth Ann Pheasant, a 37-year-old white female from Christopher, Illinois, tragically passed away on October 31, 2016. Beth was born on June 18, 1979, in Urbana, Illinois, and worked as a registered nurse at the VA Hospital in Marion, Illinois. She was…

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Jacolby Baker Cannon

Male, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jacolby Baker Cannon, a 24-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death on October 31, 2016, in the Uptown neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred on Halloween night, adding a somber note to the festivities…

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Traveon Hunter

Male, age 29 · East-saint-louis, Illinois

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Traveon Hunter, a 29-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on October 31, 2016, in East St. Louis, Illinois. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and deeply saddening for the community. Traveon was found with multiple…

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Tonya Boyd

Female, age 43 · Rocky-mount, North Carolina

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Tonya Boyd, a 43-year-old African American woman, was tragically shot and killed outside her home in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on October 31, 2016. The incident occurred as she was escorting her younger child to the bus stop near the intersection of Westry…

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Brian Malik Woodson

Male, age 41 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Brian Malik Woodson, a 42-year-old African American man from Columbus, OH, tragically lost his life on October 31, 2016. He was fatally shot outside an apartment complex on Refugee Road during a Halloween party. According to reports, Woodson was involved in a…

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Kristine Kibler

Female, age 50 · Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

On Halloween night in 2016, a violent home invasion in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, tragically cut short the life of 50-year-old Kristine A. Kibler. The horrifying events unfolded at her daughter's home on Poplar Street, where Kristine and her 25-year-old son…

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Shane Wright

Male, age 25 · Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

On Halloween night in 2016, a quiet street in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, became the scene of a tragic and violent crime that claimed two lives. Shane Wright, a 25-year-old male, was shot and killed inside his Poplar Street home during a home invasion. His…

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Gary Wade Lackey Jr.

Male, age 46 · Mount-juliet, Tennessee

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a Halloween night in 2016, Gary Wade Lackey Jr., a 46-year-old White male, was found dead in the front yard of a home in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. The Wilson County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene in the 300 block of Benders Ferry Road after…

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James Michael Cheatham

Male, age 45 · Cleveland, Tennessee

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

On Halloween night in 2016, a domestic disturbance in Cleveland, Tennessee, ended in the shooting death of 45-year-old James Michael 'Tooter' Cheatham. A former boxer and a self-employed businessman, Cheatham was a well-known figure in his community. He was a…

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Alexus Nicole Zepeda

Female, age 17 · Laredo, Texas

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Alexus Nicole Zepeda, a 17-year-old female of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost her life on October 31, 2016, in Laredo, Texas. She was one of two victims found with gunshot wounds to the head and torso near the intersection of Estrella Drive and Arco Iris…

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Amber Taylor

Female, age 28 · Del-valle, Texas

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Amber Taylor, a 28-year-old woman from Paige, Texas, was found fatally shot on the side of the road in Del Valle on October 31, 2016. Initially believed to be a hit-and-run incident, a preliminary autopsy report later revealed that she had died from gunshot…

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Andrew Michael Moreno

Female, age 18 · Laredo, Texas

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

On October 31, 2016, Andrew Michael Moreno, an 18-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity from Laredo, Texas, was tragically killed along with his girlfriend, Alexus Nicole Zepeda, 17, also of Hispanic ethnicity. The couple was found by neighbors near the…

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Kharyi Nichols

Male, age 25 · Amarillo, Texas

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Kharyi Terrell Nichols, a 25-year-old male, tragically died on October 31, 2016, in Amarillo, Texas. Nichols was fatally shot following an argument in the 3100 block of Oak Drive in North Amarillo. Witnesses reported hearing shots fired during the…

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Silvia Munoz Vasquez

Female, age 35 · Houston, Texas

Killed Oct 31, 2016 · 10 years ago

Silvia Munoz Vasquez, a 35-year-old woman of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically died on October 31, 2016, in Houston, TX. She was shot by her husband, Rogelio Flores, who was a former state police commander from Mexico. The couple had a history of loud arguments…

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Latish Smith

Female, age 35 · Houston, Texas

Found Oct 31, 2011 · 15 years ago

Latish Smith, age 35, was found dead on October 31, 2011, in Houston, Texas. Her homicide was part of a tragic beginning to the year, which saw multiple violent incidents in the Houston area. The early part of 2011 was marked by several notable violent…

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Justin Bush

Male, age 23 · Fort-wayne, Indiana

Killed Oct 31, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the autumn of 2011, the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was struck by a tragedy that left a family and community mourning. Justin Lanell Bush, a 23-year-old Black male, was killed in a shooting incident on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. Born and raised in Fort…

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Terressa Vanegas

Female, age 16 · Dickinson, Texas

Killed Oct 31, 2006 · 20 years ago

On November 3, 2006, the body of 16-year-old Terressa Vanegas was found behind Dickinson High School in Dickinson, Texas. Her body was discovered face-down in a puddle of water on a former soccer field. Vanegas had been missing for several days, with her…

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Jay Stratton

Male, age 33 · Magnolia, Delaware

Killed Oct 31, 2006 · 20 years ago

Jay Stratton, a 33-year-old Black male, was killed on October 31, 2006, after a violent home invasion at 72 North Draper Circle in the Meadowbrook Acres neighborhood of Magnolia, Delaware. According to investigators, multiple people inside the residence were…

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David Whitson

Male, age 34 · Bowling-green, Kentucky

Killed Oct 31, 2006 · 20 years ago

David George Whitson, a 34-year-old Master Police Officer with the Bowling Green Police Department, was killed in the line of duty on October 31, 2006. An eight-year veteran of the department, he was known by his colleagues for his dedicated service and by…

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Kathleen Nguyen

Female, age 61 · Manhattan, New York

Killed Oct 31, 2001 · 25 years ago

Kathy T. Nguyen, a Vietnamese woman, 61, died on October 31, 2001, in Manhattan after arriving at Lenox Hill Hospital in sudden respiratory distress that at first looked like a bad case of pneumonia or heart failure. In the days before she came in, she had…

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Robert Hunter

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Oct 31, 1996 · 30 years ago

On October 31, 1996, Robert Hunter, a 31-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed in an unsolved homicide. The incident occurred behind 436 Morrison Avenue in Columbus, which is located in Franklin County. Law enforcement reports indicate…

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Narcotics Manuel Abelardo Segovia

Male · Hidalgo, Texas

Killed Oct 31, 1986 · 40 years ago

Narcotics Investigator Manuel Abelardo Segovia, Jr., a dedicated officer with the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office in Texas, tragically lost his life on October 31, 1986. On that fateful day, Investigator Segovia, along with several other officers, was…

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Anthony Brown

Male, age 28 · Opa Locka, Florida

Killed Oct 31, 1986 · 40 years ago

Anthony Brown, a 28-year-old African American male, died on October 31, 1986, in Opa-locka, Florida. According to publicly available memorial records, his death occurred in Miami-Dade County, though the specific circumstances surrounding his passing are not…

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Dale Borne

Male, age 47 · Bremerton, Washington

Killed Oct 31, 1981 · 45 years ago

Dale Vincent Borneman, 47, male, finished a shift at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and returned to his South Charleston Avenue home in Bremerton on October 31, 1981. He often rode his bicycle home, a quiet routine that framed the rhythms of his life. That…

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Daniel OConnell

Male, age 28 · Loudon, New Hampshire

Killed Oct 31, 1971 · 55 years ago

On Halloween day in 1971, the body of 28-year-old Daniel O'Connell, a male from Lowell, Massachusetts, was discovered in a wooded area off Route 106 in Loudon, New Hampshire. The discovery launched a homicide investigation that has since spanned decades…

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Cheri Jo Bates

Female, age 18 · Riverside, California

Found Oct 31, 1966 · 60 years ago

The tragic murder of 18-year-old Cheri Jo Bates on October 30, 1966, remains one of Riverside, California’s most infamous unsolved cases. Bates was a freshman at Riverside City College, where she had gone to study at the campus library that evening. Her…

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Charles Henry

Male, age 24 · Shelbyville, Tennessee

Killed Oct 31, 1911 · 115 years ago

Charles Armstrong Henry was a 24-year-old male police officer in Shelbyville, Tennessee, whose life came to a violent end on the night of October 31, 1911. He had been on duty that day with fellow officer Redden George Purdie, patrolling a small Bedford…

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Redden George Purdie

Male, age 55 · Shelbyville, Tennessee

Killed Oct 31, 1911 · 115 years ago

In the autumn of 1911, a tragedy unfolded in Bedford County, Tennessee, forever marking the community of Shelbyville. It was on the last day of October that Officer Redden George Purdie, a 55-year-old lawman, met a violent and untimely end. His death was not…

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Michael Glover

Male · Kennewick, Washington

Killed Oct 31, 1906 · 120 years ago

In the small, burgeoning town of Kennewick, Washington, the fall of 1906 was shattered by a violent and tragic event that would come to be known as the "Great Halloween Massacre." On October 31, Marshal Mike Glover, a dedicated lawman who had served the city…

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Charles Edward Austin

Male, age 33 · Florence, California

Killed Oct 31, 2021 · 5 years ago

Charles Edward Austin, a 33-year-old man from Florence, California, tragically lost his life on October 31, 2021. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Austin was shot near the northbound 110 Freeway at West Florence Avenue.…

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Cleamon Demone Johnson Jr

Male, age 27 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 31, 2021 · 5 years ago

Cleamon Demone Johnson Jr., a 27-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on October 30, 2021, after being shot near 2808 James M. Wood Blvd. in Koreatown, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Johnson was…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Eduardo Cristian Lazaro

Male, age 21 · Florence-Firestone, California

Killed Oct 31, 2011 · 15 years ago

Eduardo Cristian Lazaro was 21 years old when he died on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011, in Florence-Firestone, an unincorporated community in South Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1317 E.…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

John Stopher

Male, age 25 · San-bernardino, California

Killed Oct 31, 1986 · 40 years ago

John Stopher, aged 25, tragically lost his life on October 31, 1986, in San Bernardino, California. His death was the result of a violent incident involving Isaac Gutierrez Jr., a former firefighter with a troubled past. Gutierrez, who had been paroled just a…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Rudolph Broussard

Male, age 37 · Opa Locka, Florida

Killed Oct 31, 1986 · 40 years ago

On October 31, 1986, 37-year-old African American male Rudolph Broussard was shot and killed in Opa-locka, Florida, in a violent incident tied to escalating tensions between local residents and members of a controversial religious sect known as the Yahwehs…

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Death by Force120th anniversary

Thomas Obadiah Obe Musgrove

Male, age 42 · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Killed Oct 31, 1906 · 120 years ago

On the last day of October in 1906, a dedicated public servant's life was tragically cut short in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Thomas Obadiah 'Obe' Musgrove, a 42-year-old male, had served as a Police Officer for the Chattanooga Police Department for eleven years.…

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Cecil Davidson

Male, age 47 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Oct 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Cecil Davidson, 47, male, was not listed in any Columbus Division of Police homicide or death-related media releases for October 2025, and no credible local or national news outlets reported his death on October 31, 2025. A review of the City of Columbus’…

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Jabari Baby Uiie Henley

Female, age 34 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jabari “Baby Uiie” Henley was shot to death on Halloween night, October 31, 2025, in South Los Angeles. Around 11 p.m., outside a smoke shop near 69th and Figueroa Streets, he approached a car and was fired upon. First responders attempted life-saving…

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John Thomas

Male, age 15 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Oct 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

John Thomas, 15, a Black male, was standing on a West Side sidewalk late Friday afternoon when a car rolled up to the 1300-block of West Grenshaw Street in the University Village/Little Italy area and gunfire erupted. Struck in the chest and leg, he was…

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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.