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Deaths by Force on October 7

667 open cases in our database happened on October 7. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (497)

Death by Force

Cofield Richardson

Male, age 48 · Capitol-heights, Maryland
Killed Oct 7, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the autumn of 2015, a dispute between two acquaintances in Capitol Heights, Maryland, escalated to a fatal conclusion, ending the life of 48-year-old Cofield Richardson Jr. and leading to a manhunt for his alleged killer. Richardson, a Black man with…

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Death by Force

Rafael Ruiz Arreguin

Male, age 28 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Oct 7, 2015 · 11 years ago

Rafael Ruiz Arreguin, a 28-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on October 7, 2015, in East Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Rafael was fatally shot near the intersection of East Cesar E. Chavez and North Townsend…

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Jennifer Palmer

Female, age 52 · Phoenix, Arizona
Killed Oct 7, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jennifer Palmer was a 52-year-old female from Phoenix, Arizona, who died on October 7, 2014, after being shot in what authorities described as an apparent domestic murder-suicide at the North Phoenix home she shared with her husband; publicly available…

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Shane Cook

Male, age 31 · Bellflower, California
Killed Oct 7, 2012 · 14 years ago

Shane Cook was 31 years old when he was found dead on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, in Bellflower. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma in the 9300 block of Somerset Boulevard. His death was ruled a…

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Denise Caraway

Female, age 48 · Lawrence, Indiana
Killed Oct 7, 2009 · 17 years ago

Denise Michelle Caraway, a 48-year-old female, was tragically killed in her Lawrence County, Indiana, home on October 7, 2009. She was a dedicated teacher at Hoosier Uplands Head Start for sixteen years and a beloved mother to two adult sons. Her life was cut…

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Jammie Shatel Street

Female, age 30 · Fuquay-varina, North Carolina
Killed Oct 7, 2009 · 17 years ago

Jammie Shatel Street, a 30-year-old African American woman, was tragically killed on October 7, 2009, in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. She was shot at least once while dropping off her children at a care program at St. Augusta Missionary Baptist Church.…

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Demetrius Kosh

Male, age 27 · Brentwood, Maryland
Killed Oct 7, 2007 · 19 years ago

On an autumn day in Brentwood, Maryland, the lives of two young men were tragically cut short. Demetrius Dontae Kosh, a 27-year-old male, and his associate, 26-year-old Bernard Randolph Brooks Jr., were both killed on October 7, 2007. Their deaths were the…

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Angela Guinn

Female, age 41 · Rockingham, North Carolina
Killed Oct 7, 2007 · 19 years ago

Angela Guinn, a 41-year-old woman from Rockingham, NC, was found dead in her bed on October 7, 2007. Her body was discovered with a .22-caliber rifle lying beside it, both under the covers. Initially, the case was deemed a suicide and closed immediately.…

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Tony Jose Cobos

Male, age 73 · Walnut Park, California
Killed Oct 7, 2005 · 21 years ago

Tony Jose Cobos was 73 years old when he died on Friday, October 7, 2005, in Walnut Park. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 2558 Cass Place. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Julio Figueroa Gomez

Male, age 59 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Oct 7, 2003 · 23 years ago

Julio Figueroa Gomez was 59 years old when he died on Tuesday, October 7, 2003, in Watts, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 1308 E. 115th St. His…

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Gilbert Garcia Felix

Male, age 56 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Oct 7, 2002 · 24 years ago

Gilbert Garcia Felix was 56 years old when he died on Monday, October 7, 2002, in Historic South-Central Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 100 E. 32nd St. His death was…

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Michael Mason

Male, age 48 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Oct 7, 2000 · 26 years ago

Michael Mason was 48 years old when he died on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 107 E. 6th St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a case…

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Brian Zernell

Male, age 35 · Chester, Pennsylvania
Killed Oct 7, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the fall of 1995, the life of Brian Zernell, a 35-year-old male, was tragically cut short in Chester, Pennsylvania. On October 3rd of that year, a violent encounter in the 700 block of Green Street resulted in Zernell being shot. He succumbed to his…

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John Wannenwetsch

Male, age 58 · Colville, Washington
Killed Oct 7, 1917 · 109 years ago

John M. Wannenwetsch, a 58-year-old male, German-born, spent the evening of October 7, 1917, doing the rounds as Colville’s chief lawman when a sharp, metallic clatter carried out from a downtown store. He moved toward the noise and found two intruders…

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Ernest Evans

Male, age 35 · Eureka, Nevada
Killed Oct 7, 1907 · 119 years ago

Ernest Evans, a male deputy with the Eureka County Sheriff’s Office, was killed in the line of duty on October 17, 1907, after responding to a disturbance at the railroad depot in Palisade, a community in Eureka County, Nevada. Called to intervene when men…

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Elwin M. Slater

Male, age 47 · Pueblo, Colorado
Killed Oct 7, 1903 · 123 years ago

In the fall of 1903, a tense situation unfolded at the Palace Drug store in Pueblo, Colorado, culminating in the tragic death of 47-year-old Officer Elwin M. Slater. The male officer's death was part of a chaotic series of events that began on October 7…

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Raphael Girard

Male, age 29 · Hannibal, Missouri
Killed Oct 7, 1900 · 126 years ago

On the night of October 7, 1900, 29-year-old male Patrolman Raphael A. Girard of the Hannibal Police Department was patrolling the Burlington Railroad yards in Hannibal, Missouri. Accompanied by a friend named William Martin, Girard was searching for two men…

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