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Deaths by Force on September 13

738 open cases in our database happened on September 13. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (547)

Death by Force

Jonathan Fernando Villegas

Male, age 23 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 13, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jonathan Fernando Villegas, a 23-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on September 13, 2015, in Pacoima, Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Villegas was fatally shot, marking a devastating end to his…

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Jose C. Hurtado

Male, age 43 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 13, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jose C. Hurtado, a 43-year-old male, was found dead on September 13, 2014, inside his home in southeast Oklahoma City. Police were called to a residence in the 100 block of S.E. 34th Street after a report that a body had been discovered; when officers went…

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Tony Jones

Male, age 25 · Cleveland, Mississippi

Killed Sep 13, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early evening of September 13, 2014, in Cleveland, Mississippi, a confrontation unfolded that would later culminate in the tragic death of 25-year-old Tony Jones, a male also known by the nickname 'Fat Cat.' An argument erupted between Jones and…

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Michael Scott

Male, age 44 · Olympia, South Carolina

Killed Sep 13, 2014 · 12 years ago

Michael Scott was a 44-year-old man living in the Olympia community of Richland County, South Carolina, when he died on September 13, 2014. Olympia, a close-knit former mill village just outside downtown Columbia, is the kind of place where narrow streets…

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Frederick Smith

Male, age 32 · Palo-alto, California

Killed Sep 13, 2014 · 12 years ago

Frederick Smith, a 32-year-old resident of Palo Alto, California, tragically lost his life on September 13, 2014. His death was the result of a violent incident that shocked the local community. Smith was found deceased in his home, and initial reports…

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Thomas Flores

Male, age 20 · Lodi, California

Killed Sep 13, 2014 · 12 years ago

Thomas Flores, a 20-year-old resident of Lodi, California, tragically lost his life on September 13, 2014. The incident occurred late at night while Flores and an 18-year-old friend were walking west on Railroad Avenue after leaving a nearby Burger King. As…

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Martin Govea Mendez

Male, age 32 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Sep 13, 2009 · 17 years ago

Martin Govea Mendez was 32 years old when he died on Sunday, September 13, 2009, in the Winnetka neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at Saticoy…

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Jamie Gage

Female, age 32 · Big Sandy Lake, Minnesota

Killed Sep 13, 2008 · 18 years ago

On a tragic late summer day, September 13, 2008, the life of 32-year-old Jamie Michelle Gage, a female resident of Minneapolis, was cut short in the tranquil area of Big Sandy Lake in Aitkin County, Minnesota. The circumstances of her death would soon unravel…

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Mark Root

Male, age 51 · Big Sandy Lake, Minnesota

Killed Sep 13, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the quiet lake country of Aitkin County, Minnesota, the lives of two people were tragically cut short in a violent outburst that shattered the peace of the Big Sandy Lake area. Mark William Root, a 51-year-old male, was killed on September 13, 2008, a…

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German Hernandez

Male, age 28 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 13, 2007 · 19 years ago

German Hernandez was 28 years old when he was killed in Houston on Thursday, September 13, 2007. The Houston Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Houston through 2017, lists it as a…

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Yoland Cotton

Female, age 22 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Sep 13, 2005 · 21 years ago

Yoland Cotton, a 22-year-old African American woman from Charlotte, North Carolina, was found deceased on September 13, 2005. Her body was discovered in a wooded area near the intersection of West Boulevard and South Tryon Street. Cotton had been reported…

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Dennis Bruce Trollope

Male, age 49 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Sep 13, 2004 · 22 years ago

Dennis Bruce Trollope was 49 years old when he died on Monday, September 13, 2004, in Echo Park. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1617 Allesandro St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a…

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Michelle Richards

Female, age 34 · Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Killed Sep 13, 2002 · 24 years ago

On September 13, 2002, a domestic dispute in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ended in a tragic murder-suicide. Michelle Richards, a 34-year-old female, was shot and killed by her estranged husband, 28-year-old Duane Richards. The events unfolded when Michelle, seeking to…

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Majdy Nasry Haddad

Male, age 18 · Palmdale, California

Killed Sep 13, 2000 · 26 years ago

Majdy Nasry Haddad, an 18-year-old resident of Palmdale, California, tragically lost his life on September 13, 2000. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Haddad was fatally shot, marking a somber day for his family and the local community.…

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John Collins

Male, age 70 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 13, 1993 · 33 years ago

John Collins, a 70-year-old male, was killed in Chester, Pennsylvania, on September 13, 1993, in a shooting that police described as an alley killing tied to a burst of gunfire between rival groups. Collins was identified as a church custodian, and the…

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Julie Losinski

Female · Arcadia, Wisconsin

Killed Sep 13, 1989 · 37 years ago

Julie Losinski was a woman from the Arcadia, Wisconsin area whose death grew out of an escalating domestic violence situation involving her husband, Donald Losinski. Although September 13, 1989, is associated with the attack, federal court records state that…

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Carmen Torres

Female, age 50 · St.Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Killed Sep 13, 1988 · 38 years ago

Carmen Torres, a 50-year-old Hispanic woman, died on September 13, 1986, in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Her death was one of a series of mysterious cyanide poisonings that occurred on the island between 1984 and 1988, collectively known as the 'St. Croix…

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Khalid Al-Shaibani

Male, age 27 · Orchard-park, California

Killed Sep 13, 1977 · 49 years ago

Khalid Al-Shaibani, a 27-year-old student at UC Davis, tragically lost his life on September 13, 1977, in his Orchard Park apartment. The incident was a result of a violent altercation with Saleh Al-Alem, another student from Jordan. The confrontation…

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Will R. Velvin

Male, age 38 · Greenville, Texas

Killed Sep 13, 1902 · 124 years ago

On the night of September 13, 1902, Deputy Sheriff Will R. Velvin, aged 38, was shot and killed in Greenville, Texas. Velvin, who had served with the Hunt County Sheriff's Office for ten years, was attempting to arrest a man wanted for violating local liquor…

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