Deaths by Force on September 12

Deaths by Force (497)

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Jose Noriega-Mejia

Male, age 6 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 12, 2004 · 22 years ago

Jose Guadalupe Noriega-Mejia, a six-year-old boy, was one of the ten victims who tragically lost their lives in a fire that occurred on September 12, 2004, at 600 Lynwood Lane in Columbus, Ohio. The fire broke out during the night, and residents were awakened…

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Ismael Noriega-Arenas

Male, age 36 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 12, 2004 · 22 years ago

On September 12, 2004, 36-year-old Ismael Noriega-Arenas died in a tragic arson fire at the Lincoln Park West Apartment Complex in Columbus, Ohio. The fire broke out in the early morning hours at approximately 2:30 a.m. at 600 Lynwood Lane. Residents were…

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Jose Mejia-Diaz

Male, age 20 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 12, 2004 · 22 years ago

Jose Mejia-Diaz, a 20-year-old male, was tragically killed in a fire on September 12, 2004, in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place at 600 Lynwood Lane in Franklin County. The fire broke out in an apartment complex, and residents were awakened by people…

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Lidia Mejia-Diaz

Female, age 24 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 12, 2004 · 22 years ago

On September 12, 2004, Lidia Mejia-Diaz, a 24-year-old woman, was killed in a tragic fire at the Lynwood Lane Apartments in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred at 600 Lynwood Lane, where a fire broke out in the early morning hours, and many residents were…

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Moises Castro-Aldana

Male, age 27 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 12, 2004 · 22 years ago

On September 12, 2004, Moises Castro-Aldana, aged 27, tragically lost his life in Columbus, Ohio, during a fire that broke out at an apartment complex located at 600 Lynwood Lane. The fire occurred in the early hours, and residents were awakened by frantic…

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Gerardo Mejia-Diaz

Male, age 25 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 12, 2004 · 22 years ago

On September 12, 2004, Gerardo Mejia-Diaz, aged 25, was one of ten victims who perished in a tragic fire at the Lincoln Park West Apartments in Columbus, Ohio. The fire, which erupted in the early morning hours, was later ruled an arson, leaving investigators…

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Lewis Douglas Parnosky

Male, age 33 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 12, 2004 · 22 years ago

On a late summer day, the quiet stillness of Bird Creek in Tulsa, Oklahoma was broken by a grim discovery. On September 12, 2004, the body of 33-year-old Lewis Douglas Parnosky was found by a fisherman on the east bank of the creek, underneath the Mohawk…

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Armand Alvarez

Male, age 18 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 12, 2003 · 23 years ago

Armand Alvarez, an 18-year-old from Los Angeles, California, tragically passed away on September 12, 2003. His death was a result of a violent incident that has left a lasting impact on his community. Armand was found with multiple gunshot wounds, which led…

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Samantha Patrick

Female, age 22 · Yukon, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 12, 2002 · 24 years ago

On September 12, 2002, 22-year-old Samantha Renee Patrick was last seen at the Flying J Travel Plaza located off Interstate 40 and Morgan Road in Oklahoma. The following day, her body was discovered behind an Albertsons grocery store in Yukon. An…

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William Bowman

Male, age 36 · Camp Rilea, Oregon

Killed Sep 12, 2000 · 26 years ago

On September 12, 2000, William 'Bill' Bowman, a 35-year-old deputy and a six-year veteran of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, tragically lost his life during the SWAT team's annual training exercise at Camp Rilea, a National Guard training compound…

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Andrew Tan Tai Moore

Male, age 26 · San-diego, California

Killed Sep 12, 2000 · 26 years ago

Andrew Tan Tai Moore, a 26-year-old student at San Diego City College, was tragically murdered in his apartment on 8th Avenue in San Diego on September 8, 2000. Moore, who was also working as a chef at a local restaurant, was last seen alive entertaining a…

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Denise Marie Harris

Female, age 42 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Sep 12, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the late summer of 1997, the city of Seattle, Washington, was unknowingly harboring a predator who preyed on the vulnerable. One of his victims was Denise Marie Harris, a 42-year-old woman. On September 12, 1997, her body was discovered by a transient man…

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Kristian Gaona

Male, age 18 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Sep 12, 1995 · 31 years ago

Kristian Gaona, an 18-year-old Hispanic/Latino male, was walking along Ashcroft in far southwest Houston on November 12, 1995, with three friends when a black, newer-model SUV rolled up beside them. Someone inside the vehicle started verbally harassing the…

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Michael Anthony Hughes

Male, age 6 · Choctaw, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 12, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the fall of 1994, a quiet Oklahoma town was shattered by the abduction of a young boy, a crime that would remain a painful mystery for decades. Six-year-old Michael Anthony Hughes, a first-grader at Indian Meridian Elementary School in Choctaw, was taken…

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Sherri L Pearson

Female, age 27 · Kendallville, Indiana

Killed Sep 12, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 12, 1993, a fire broke out at the Kendallville, Indiana home of 27-year-old Sherri L. Pearson. A neighbor noticed smoke pouring from the windows of the Garden Street residence at approximately 4:30 a.m. and alerted the…

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Dianne Elaine Moore Hood

Female, age 32 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed Sep 12, 1990 · 36 years ago

On a crisp autumn evening in Colorado Springs, the life of 32-year-old Dianne Elaine Moore Hood was tragically cut short. On September 12, 1990, as she was leaving a lupus support group meeting at a community center, she was ambushed in a calculated and…

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Paul Robert Bush

Male, age 37 · San-jose, California

Killed Sep 12, 1990 · 36 years ago

Paul Robert Bush, a 37-year-old Deputy Sheriff with the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, tragically lost his life on September 12, 1990, in San Jose, California. Deputy Bush was conducting a routine traffic stop near the intersection of Scott Street and…

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Charles Richard Dick Humphreys

Female, age 56 · Marion-county, Florida

Killed Sep 12, 1990 · 36 years ago

Charles Richard "Dick" Humphreys, a 56-year-old white male, was found dead on September 12, 1990, in Marion County, Florida. Humphreys, a retired Air Force major, former police chief, and Florida state child abuse investigator, was discovered fully clothed…

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Amy Dies

Female, age 19 · Pierce Township, Ohio

Killed Sep 12, 1987 · 39 years ago

On September 12, 1987, 19-year-old Amy Diesman was tragically murdered while working the overnight shift at a Stop-N-Go convenience store in Pierce Township, Ohio. Amy had only recently started working at the store, and was alone in the early morning hours…

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Amy Diesman

Female, age 19 · Pierce-township, Ohio

Killed Sep 12, 1987 · 39 years ago

On September 12, 1987, Amy Diesman, a 19-year-old white female, was working alone as a third-shift clerk at a convenience store in Pierce Township, Ohio. During the early morning hours, she was shot and killed. The case remains unsolved, and investigators…

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Angela Mayhew

Female, age 19 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Sep 12, 1987 · 39 years ago

On September 12, 1987, the body of 19-year-old Angela Mayhew was discovered in the 2600 block of Genessee Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Unlike other victims found during a similar timeframe in the area, Mayhew was discovered fully clothed on the side of…

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Mary Anne Deragon

Female, age 32 · Portland, Maine

Killed Sep 12, 1985 · 41 years ago

On a September evening in 1985, the quiet community of Portland, Maine, was unsettled by a grim discovery. The body of a 32-year-old Caucasian female, Mary Anne Deragon, was found near the tree line between the Riverton School and Farnham Street on September…

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Carmen Deluca

Male, age 23 · East Windsor, Connecticut

Killed Sep 12, 1985 · 41 years ago

On the evening of September 12, 1985, Carmen Deluca, a 23-year-old White male, was working the night shift as the manager of the Gas & Save station in East Windsor, Connecticut. A customer discovered him fatally shot inside the station's temporary office…

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Martin Murrin

Male, age 32 · Joliet, Illinois

Killed Sep 12, 1984 · 42 years ago

Martin S. Murrin, a 32-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on September 12, 1984, in Joliet, Illinois. Martin, who served as a Master Patrolman with the Joliet Police Department, was attempting to arrest a known gang member with an active warrant…

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Linda Johnson

Female, age 28 · Selma, California

Killed Sep 12, 1984 · 42 years ago

On September 12, 1984, Linda Johnson, a 28-year-old African American woman, returned to her hometown of Selma, California, from Long Beach, where she had been living with her boyfriend, Melvin Cooper. After visiting her ailing mother in the hospital, she went…

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Tracy Winston

Female, age 19 · Kent, Washington

Killed Sep 12, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the late summer of 1983, a sense of unease was growing in the Seattle area as young women continued to disappear. Among them was Tracy Winston, a 19-year-old White female. On September 12, 1983, she was last seen at the Northgate Mall. After that day, her…

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Lillian Halpin

Female, age 59 · Portland, Oregon

Found Sep 12, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the late summer of 1982, concern began to grow among the friends and relatives of Lillian Halpin, a 59-year-old Caucasian woman living in Portland, Oregon. Several days had passed without anyone hearing from the friendly widow, which was out of character.…

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Rudolph Tyner

Male, age 23 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Sep 12, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the confines of South Carolina's Central Correctional Institution, the life of Rudolph Tyner, a 24-year-old Black man, came to an abrupt and violent end on a Sunday afternoon in September 1982. Tyner was himself a condemned man, residing on death row for…

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Patricia Ann Mount

Female, age 26 · Gainesville, Florida

Killed Sep 12, 1982 · 44 years ago

Patricia Ann Mount, a 26-year-old woman from Gainesville, Florida, was tragically murdered in 1982. Her body was discovered naked and bruised in a field along U.S. 27 in northwestern Alachua County on September 12, 1982. The case remained unsolved for decades…

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Kristina Diane Nelson

Female, age 21 · Lewistion, Idaho

Killed Sep 12, 1982 · 44 years ago

On a September evening in 1982, a 21-year-old Caucasian female named Kristina Diane Nelson and her 18-year-old stepsister, Jacqueline "Brandy" Miller, left Kristina's apartment in Lewiston, Idaho. The two young women, who both worked as janitors at the…

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Jacqueline Ann

Female, age 18 · Lewistion, Idaho

Killed Sep 12, 1982 · 44 years ago

On the evening of September 12, 1982, in Lewiston, Idaho, 18-year-old Jacqueline Ann Miller, known to her friends and family as "Brandy," and her 21-year-old stepsister, Kristina Diane Nelson, vanished without a trace. The two young women, both Caucasian…

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Steven R. Pearsall

Male, age 35 · Lewiston, Idaho

Killed Sep 12, 1982 · 44 years ago

On a mild evening in Lewiston, Idaho, the date of September 12, 1982, marked the last time 35-year-old White male, Steven R. Pearsall, was ever seen. A former U.S. Air Force corporal, Pearsall was a talented artist and a kind soul, known for his cartoon…

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Amos Cross

Male, age 39 · Pensacola, Florida

Killed Sep 12, 1980 · 46 years ago

Amos Cross, a 39-year-old police officer from Pensacola, Florida, tragically lost his life on September 12, 1980. Officer Cross was responding to a domestic disturbance call at a residence on North D Street when he was fatally shot in the face with a shotgun…

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Earl Terrell

Male, age 10 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Sep 12, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the summer of 1980, a shadow of fear had already begun to stretch across the city of Atlanta. A then-unidentified predator was targeting the community's most vulnerable: its children. It was in this climate of growing dread that 10-year-old Earl Terrell…

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Mary Crupper

Female, age 47 · Wichita, Kansas

Killed Sep 12, 1979 · 47 years ago

On a Saturday evening in Wichita, Kansas, September 8, 1979, 47-year-old Caucasian female Mary Crupper left her home around 5:00 p.m. to make a quick trip to the local grocery store. When she failed to return, her husband grew worried and reported her…

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Emmett Alexander Johnson

Male, age 62 · Ely, Nevada

Killed Sep 12, 1974 · 52 years ago

Emmett Alexander Johnson, a 62-year-old man, and his wife, Lois Mildred Johnson, aged 59, were brutally murdered on September 18, 1974, at a rest stop near Ely, Nevada. The perpetrator of this heinous crime was Paul John Knowles, also known as 'The Casanova…

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Lois Mildred Clendenen Johnson

Female, age 59 · Ely, Nevada

Killed Sep 12, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the vast, quiet landscape of rural Nevada, a grim discovery was made on September 18, 1974. Lois Mildred Clendenen Johnson, a 59-year-old female, and her husband, Emmett Alexander Johnson, aged 62, were found brutally murdered at a rest stop near the small…

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Sally Kandel

Female, age 14 · Carol Stream, Illinois

Killed Sep 12, 1972 · 54 years ago

Sally Kandel, a 14-year-old girl, was tragically murdered on September 12, 1972, in Carol Stream, Illinois. She had left her home for a short bike ride after dinner, promising to return by 7:00 p.m., but never made it back. Her bicycle was discovered…

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James Hipp

Male, age 67 · Adamant, Vermont

Killed Sep 12, 1969 · 57 years ago

On a September afternoon in 1969, the tranquil landscape of Adamant, Vermont, became the backdrop for a brutal and still-unsolved crime. James Hipp, a 67-year-old Caucasian male, and his wife, Iola, were discovered deceased in their camper on September 19…

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Lola Hipp

Female, age 65 · Adamant, Vermont

Killed Sep 12, 1969 · 57 years ago

Iola Hipp, a Caucasian female, and her husband James were retirees from Lutz, Florida, enjoying a month-long road trip through the Eastern United States and Canada in their camper with their dogs in tow. On Friday, September 12, 1969, their travels took them…

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Milo Damron

Male, age 52 · Blackfoot, Idaho

Killed Sep 12, 1959 · 67 years ago

In the quiet farm country just two miles south of Blackfoot, Idaho, a grim discovery was made on September 11, 1959. Milo "Glenn" Damron, a 52-year-old construction worker, was found murdered inside his vehicle. The details surrounding the crime scene and a…

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Anthony Shelby

Male, age 65 · Kansas City, Kansas

Killed Sep 12, 2026 · this year

On a Saturday afternoon in Kansas City, Kansas, the life of 65-year-old Anthony Shelby was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The incident, which unfolded on September 12, 2026, also claimed the life of 40-year-old Chardae Johnson and left a third…

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Carol Williams

Female, age 81 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Sep 12, 2026 · this year

In a quiet north Phoenix neighborhood, a grim discovery was made on the afternoon of September 12, 2026, marking a tragic end to the lives of a married couple. Responding to a call for a possible suicide at a residence near 35th Avenue and Deer Valley Road…

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David Young

Male, age 26 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Sep 12, 2026 · this year

In the early moments of Saturday, September 12, 2026, a vehicle sped through the streets of southwest Shreveport, Louisiana, carrying 26-year-old David Young and 31-year-old LaJames Smith. Shortly after midnight, their journey came to an abrupt and violent…

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Ahmad Issa Faraj

Male, age 35 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Sep 12, 2023 · 3 years ago

On September 12, 2023, 35-year-old Ahmad Issa Faraj was fatally shot during an armed robbery at the intersection of West 73rd Street and Clark Avenue in Cleveland's West Boulevard neighborhood. Authorities indicated that Faraj was specifically targeted in…

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Rodney Donovan Taylor

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 12, 2023 · 3 years ago

Rodney Donovan Taylor, a 28-year-old musician, producer and DJ known as Don Crescendo, was stabbed on the night of Tuesday, September 12, 2023, inside his apartment building in the 3000 block of North Elston Avenue in Avondale, on Chicago's Northwest Side. He…

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James Taven

Male, age 55 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 12, 2023 · 3 years ago

James Taven, 55, was stabbed to death on the night of Tuesday, September 12, 2023, in an apartment building in the 3000 block of North Elston Avenue in Avondale, on Chicago's Northwest Side. His name is recorded as Taven in the Chicago Sun-Times homicide…

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Lorenzo Thompson

Male, age 50 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 12, 2020 · 6 years ago

Lorenzo Thompson, a 50-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on September 12, 2020. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Thompson was fatally shot near 4122 S. Western Ave. in the Vermont…

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