Death by Force

Ger Hernandez

Male, age 28 · Houston, Texas

Found Sep 13, 2007 · 19 years ago

On September 13, 2007, German Hernandez, aged 28, was killed in southwest Houston during a confrontation at a convenience store. Hernandez and his friends went to a Shell store at Fondren and Harwin around 12:50 a.m. While they waited in their car, an…

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Jose Lazaro Somohano

Male, age 37 · Naranja, Florida

Killed Sep 13, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jose Lazaro Somohano, a 37-year-old police officer with the Miami-Dade Police Department, tragically lost his life on September 13, 2007, in Naranja, Florida. Officer Somohano and his partner were conducting surveillance related to a burglary when they…

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Andrew Dale

Male, age 45 · Columbia, Tennessee

Killed Sep 13, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the late summer of 2005, a sense of unease settled over a quiet neighborhood in Columbia, Tennessee. On Tuesday, September 13th, forty-five-year-old Andrew Brandon Dale, a male resident, was found deceased inside his home at 908 Hannaway Road. The…

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Tara Marie Drummond

Female, age 23 · Kennesaw, Georgia

Killed Sep 13, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the late summer of 2005, a promising young woman named Tara Marie Drummond was on the path to fulfilling her lifelong ambition of a career in law enforcement. At 23 years old, she had recently been sworn in as an officer with the Kennesaw Police Department…

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Quinn Jackson Witherspoon

Male, age 34 · Mooresville, North Carolina

Killed Sep 13, 2005 · 21 years ago

Quinn Jackson Witherspoon, a 34-year-old white male, passed away on September 13, 2005, in Mooresville, North Carolina. Born on November 2, 1970, in Mooresville, he was a Master Police Officer with the K-9 Unit of the Concord Police Department and a member of…

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Mary Ann Foy

Female, age 44 · Limestone, Texas

Killed Sep 13, 2004 · 22 years ago

Mary Ann "Cream" Gibson Foy, a 44-year-old woman from Limestone, Texas, tragically lost her life on September 13, 2004. She was a sergeant at the Limestone County Detention Center and was well-known in her community. Her body was discovered in the trunk of a…

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Teri Brandt

Female, age 46 · Maitland, Florida

Killed Sep 13, 2004 · 22 years ago

Teresa 'Teri' Brandt, a 46-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on September 13, 2004, in Maitland, Florida. Teri, who was born on March 16, 1958, in Tachikawa, Japan, was staying with her niece, Michelle Jones, in Orlando, Florida, to escape Hurricane…

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Michelle Jones

Female, age 37 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Sep 13, 2004 · 22 years ago

Michelle Jones, a 37-year-old Caucasian woman, was found dead on September 13, 2004, in her home in Orlando, Florida. The tragic incident occurred when her uncle, Charlie Brandt, and his wife, Teri, sought refuge at Michelle's house due to Hurricane Ivan.…

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Catalina Lechuga

Female, age 39 · Immokalee, Florida

Killed Sep 13, 2003 · 23 years ago

On September 13, 2003, Catalina Lechuga, a 39-year-old resident of Immokalee, Florida, was tragically found dead in a field near Rose Avenue and Delaware Avenue. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office was alerted when a witness flagged down a deputy in the area.…

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José Adan Pineda Muñoz

Male, age 18 · King-city, California

Killed Sep 13, 2002 · 24 years ago

José Adan Pineda Muñoz, an 18-year-old from King City, California, tragically lost his life on September 13, 2002. The circumstances surrounding his death have been a subject of investigation and legal scrutiny. Pineda Muñoz's death was a result of a violent…

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Phillip Ray Privett Jr.

Male, age 30 · Palmdale, California

Killed Sep 13, 2000 · 26 years ago

Phillip Ray Privett Jr., a 30-year-old resident of Palmdale, California, tragically lost his life on September 13, 2000. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Privett was fatally shot, marking a violent end to his life. The incident occurred…

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Samuel Johnson III

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Sep 13, 1998 · 28 years ago

On September 13, 1998, thirty-year-old Samuel Johnson III was found bludgeoned to death in his home in Akron, Ohio. His body was discovered lying on his living room couch at 582 Euclid Avenue. The incident took place in Summit County, and his death was…

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Margaret Yossa

Female · Oceanside, California

Found Sep 13, 1994 · 32 years ago

On September 13, 1994, Margaret Yossa, an instructional aide at Mission Elementary School in Oceanside, California, was found dead after having been missing for several months. Her skeletal remains were discovered in a field, and despite investigations, no…

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Opal Shirley

Female, age 69 · Clinton, Indiana

Killed Sep 13, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the small town of Clinton, Indiana, a chilling series of events unfolded at the Vermillion County Hospital, forever marking the community and the lives of many families. Among the victims of a sinister betrayal of trust was Opal Shirley, a 69-year-old…

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Jamigo Foster

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 13, 1993 · 33 years ago

Jamigo Foster, a 25-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed on September 13, 1993. He was shot in the head in front of 4001 East Livingston Avenue in Franklin County. Foster's homicide remains unsolved, and the case has garnered attention as a…

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Norman E. Spruiel

Male, age 43 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Sep 13, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the late summer of 1993, Norman E. Spruiel, a 43-year-old male police officer with the Detroit Police Department, was deeply involved in a grim undercover murder investigation. A dedicated officer with 15 years of service, he and his partner were…

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Susan Su Taraskiewicz

Female, age 27 · Revere, Massachusetts

Killed Sep 13, 1992 · 34 years ago

On the morning of September 14, 1992, a grim discovery was made in the parking lot of an auto body shop in Revere, Massachusetts. The body of 27-year-old Caucasian female Susan "Su" Taraskiewicz was found in the trunk of her sky-blue Toyota Tercel. She had…

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Pamela Gail Clark

Female, age 42 · San Diego, California

Killed Sep 13, 1990 · 36 years ago

Pamela Gail Clark, a 42-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on September 13, 1990, in her home in University City, San Diego. She had left her residence early that morning to visit the Family Fitness Center on Miramar Road. Her husband departed shortly…

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Amber Clark

Female, age 18 · San Diego, California

Killed Sep 13, 1990 · 36 years ago

Amber Clark, an 18-year-old female, was tragically murdered on September 13, 1990, in Clairemont, a neighborhood in San Diego, California. She was one of the victims of the notorious serial killer known as the Clairemont Killer. The Clairemont Killer, later…

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Daniel Mark Mcpherren Sr.

Male, age 36 · Newton, Iowa

Killed Sep 13, 1985 · 41 years ago

On the evening of September 13, 1985, Daniel Mark McPherren Sr., a 36-year-old Caucasian male and a dedicated police officer in Newton, Iowa, responded to an armed robbery in progress at a local Hy-Vee grocery store. Having served with the Newton Police…

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Gwen Lukes

Female, age 26 · Brookville, New York

Killed Sep 13, 1985 · 41 years ago

Gwendolyn “Gwen” Lukes, a 26-year-old Black woman, disappeared into the gray seam between night and morning on Long Island, and the next time the public record finds her, it is in the stillness of a cemetery in Upper Brookville. On September 13, 1985, her…

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Joseph John Welsch

Male, age 26 · Tioga, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 13, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the late summer of 1977, a dedicated Pennsylvania State Trooper named Joseph J. Welsch tragically lost his life in the line of duty. At 26 years of age, Trooper Welsch was assisting a local constable in Covington, Tioga County, on September 13th. The…

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Phillip Mithcell

Male, age 20 · New York City, New York

Killed Sep 13, 1973 · 53 years ago

Phillip Mitchell, a 20-year-old African American man, died on September 13, 1973, in New York City after what later emerged as a brutal killing that was disguised to look like a fatal fall. That day, he ended up inside an apartment at 203 West 91st Street on…

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Private Thomas Jefferson Goff

Male, age 34 · Terlingua, Texas

Killed Sep 13, 1905 · 121 years ago

Private Thomas Jefferson Goff, a 34-year-old Caucasian male, was a Texas Ranger assigned to Company C. On September 13, 1905, he was escorting a prisoner, Augustine Garcia, to jail in Terlingua, Texas, after Garcia had created a disturbance in a local saloon.…

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Frank Brugh

Male · Edna, Texas

Killed Sep 13, 1903 · 123 years ago

Frank W. Brugh, a Deputy Sheriff in Jackson County, Texas, met a tragic end on September 13, 1903. He was shot and killed while performing his duties alongside Sheriff George Wharton. The incident occurred on a train traveling between Victoria and Edna…

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George Wharton

Male, age 42 · Edna, Texas

Killed Sep 13, 1903 · 123 years ago

Sheriff George F. Wharton, age 42, was killed in the line of duty on September 13, 1903, in Edna, Texas. Sheriff Wharton and Deputy Frank Brugh were shot and killed by a man they had just arrested on a train traveling between Victoria and Edna. The suspect…

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