Death by Force

Nicole Bennett

Female, age 37 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 19, 2007, the body of 37-year-old Nicole E. Bennett, an African-American female, was discovered by a passerby in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was found behind a vacant row house on Formosa…

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Francis Smith

Female, age 18 · Houston, Texas

Found Sep 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

On September 19, 2007, Francis Smith, an 18-year-old, was found fatally shot at her apartment complex in Houston, Texas, located on Brookglade Circle. She had suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. Initial reports indicated…

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Tyrone Sanders

Male, age 24 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Sep 19, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late summer of 2007, the life of a young Black / African American man, Tyrone Sanders, was cut short at the age of 24. On Wednesday, September 19, 2007, in Birmingham, Alabama, Sanders passed away under circumstances that remain publicly undisclosed.…

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Emanuel Grady

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Sep 19, 2005 · 21 years ago

On a late summer afternoon in Washington, D.C., the life of Emanuel Parnell Grady was tragically cut short. On Monday, September 19, 2005, at approximately 5:00 PM, Grady was shot and killed inside a residence at 857 19th Street, NE. The incident prompted an…

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Richard Martinez

Male, age 24 · Tooele, Utah

Killed Sep 19, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the quiet evening hours of September 19, 2005, a young Hispanic man named Richard Martinez, aged 24, was fatally shot in Tooele, Utah. The incident occurred near the Settlement Canyon Dam, a local reservoir where Martinez had been walking his dogs. An…

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Kristin Dunn

Female, age 47 · Orange County, Florida

Killed Sep 19, 2004 · 22 years ago

Kristin Dunn, aged 47, was murdered on September 19, 2004, in Orange County, Florida. The circumstances of her death remain unsolved, and her case is still under investigation by the Orange County Sheriff's Office. The homicide is considered one of many…

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Sean Alvarez Butler

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Sep 19, 2000 · 26 years ago

Sean Alvarez Butler, a young African-American man in his mid-twenties, was rooted in Washington, D.C., where friends and family remembered him as a mannerly, intelligent son with a warm, memorable smile. He was the beloved child of the late Helen McCauley and…

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Mabel Aguirre

Female, age 80 · Topeka, Kansas

Killed Sep 19, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the quiet city of Topeka, Kansas, the tranquility of a September day in 2000 was shattered for an elderly Caucasian couple, marking the beginning of a long and painful ordeal. On September 19th of that year, 80-year-old Mabel Aguirre and her 82-year-old…

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Raymond Aguirre

Male, age 82 · Topeka, Kansas

Killed Sep 19, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the late summer of 2000, a quiet home in Topeka, Kansas, became the scene of a brutal crime that would ultimately claim the life of an elderly man. Raymond Aguirre, an 82-year-old Caucasian male, and his 80-year-old wife, Mabel, were inside their residence…

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Richard Altomare Sr

Male, age 59 · Columbiana, Ohio

Killed Sep 19, 1999 · 27 years ago

Richard Lee Altomare Sr., a 59-year-old businessman, was found murdered on September 19, 1999, in Columbiana, Ohio. He was discovered inside the Old Crestview Middle School, a property that he owned, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The incident…

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Robert Taylor

Male · Champaign, Illinois

Killed Sep 19, 1997 · 29 years ago

On September 19, 1997, Robert Taylor was murdered in Champaign, Illinois. He had just exited a taxi on the 200 block of East Springfield Avenue when he was attacked by an unknown assailant. The attacker struck Taylor from behind, battered him severely, and…

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Sharon House Pressley

Female, age 37 · Union, North Carolina

Killed Sep 19, 1997 · 29 years ago

Sharon House Pressley, a 37-year-old woman from Union, North Carolina, was tragically murdered on September 19, 1997. Her death was part of a series of killings carried out by Scott Wilson Williams, a serial killer who was later sentenced to three consecutive…

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Brian Melton

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 19, 1994 · 32 years ago

Brian Melton was a nineteen-year-old young man from Columbus, Ohio, who was tragically killed on September 19, 1994. He was found with gunshot wounds to his chest and torso at the location of 6525 Tussing Road in Columbus. The incident was classified as a…

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Pamela Ruth Parsons

Female, age 38 · Yuba County, California

Killed Sep 19, 1993 · 33 years ago

On September 19, 1993, the body of 38-year-old white female Pamela Ruth Parsons was discovered in Yuba County, California. At the time of her death, Pamela Parsons was working as a waitress and was known to be living in or near Yuba City. She was also…

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Joseph Stout

Male · Altamonte Springs, Florida

Found Sep 19, 1992 · 34 years ago

On September 19, 1992, Joseph David Stout, aged 62, was found dead in the trunk of his car at the Altamonte Mall in Altamonte Springs, Florida. The vehicle, a blue Mercedes, had been parked there, and Stout had been shot in the head. His body was partially…

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Ira Neil Weiner

Male, age 28 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 19, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the waning hours of a September night in 1992, a dedicated public servant, 28-year-old male police officer Ira Neil Weiner, responded to a domestic disturbance call that would tragically be his last. A four-year veteran of the Baltimore City Police…

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Ellen Ruth Fried

Female, age 26 · Newport, New Hampshire

Killed Sep 19, 1985 · 41 years ago

Ellen Ruth Fried, a 26-year-old nurse from Claremont, New Hampshire, went missing in 1984, marking the beginning of one of the area's most enduring unsolved cases. On the evening of July 22, 1984, Ellen was last seen using a payphone outside a convenience…

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Booker Lewis

Male, age 63 · Panama City, Florida

Killed Sep 19, 1984 · 42 years ago

Booker Lewis was a compassionate and beloved husband, father of two, a brother, uncle, and a grandfather. Booker T. Lewis was a retired Health and Physical Education teacher for the Bay County Public School System. Booker, a WWII veteran, operated his own…

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Hiram Profitt

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Sep 19, 1984 · 42 years ago

Hiram Profitt was a male patient in Cincinnati, Ohio, whose death on September 19, 1984, was eventually tied to hospital worker and serial killer Donald Harvey. Online accounts of Harvey’s victims do not provide Profitt’s age or ethnicity. Profitt died after…

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Frederick Cremean

Male, age 29 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Sep 19, 1983 · 43 years ago

Frederick Cremean, a 29-year-old white male, was found dead on September 19, 1983, in his residence at 4825 Mayfair Street, Fort Worth, Texas. He and his wife, Karen Cremean, a 27-year-old white female, were both discovered with fatal gunshot wounds. The…

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Karen Cremean

Female, age 27 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Sep 19, 1983 · 43 years ago

Karen Darlene Covin Cremean, a 27-year-old woman from Fort Worth, Texas, tragically lost her life on September 19, 1983. She and her husband, Frederick Cremean, were found dead in their residence at 4825 Mayfair Street, Fort Worth, TX, due to gunshot wounds.…

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Roosevelt Wells

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 19, 1982 · 44 years ago

On September 19, 1982, Roosevelt Wells, a 39-year-old man, was shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred in front of 1040 Bryden Road in Franklin County. Roosevelt Wells sustained multiple gunshot wounds, which ultimately led to his death. The…

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Rachael Runyan

Female, age 3 · Sunset, Utah

Killed Sep 19, 1982 · 44 years ago

On a late summer day in Sunset, Utah, the life of a three-year-old Caucasian girl named Rachael Runyan was tragically cut short. On August 26, 1982, Rachael, her five-year-old brother, and their toddler brother were playing at a school playground merely…

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Garland L. Garrison

Male, age 50 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 19, 1979 · 47 years ago

On the morning of September 19, 1979, at the edge of Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, airport police officer Garland L. Garrison, a 50-year-old White / Caucasian male, set out on what seemed like another routine call. He had spent seven years with…

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Lloyd Jones

Male, age 31 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Sep 19, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the early evening hours of a Tuesday in Northeast Washington, D.C., a life was tragically cut short, leaving behind a mystery that has endured for decades. On September 19, 1978, Lloyd Dudley Jones, a 31-year-old African-American man, was working his shift…

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Earl Marlin Heisler

Male, age 37 · James-city, Virginia

Killed Sep 19, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday in September 1978, Sergeant Earl Marlin Heisler, a 37-year-old White male, was dutifully patrolling James City County, Virginia. His attention was drawn to a suspicious vehicle occupied by three individuals parked behind the…

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Alvin Kohler

Male, age 23 · Miami, Florida

Killed Sep 19, 1978 · 48 years ago

Alvin Vincent Kohler, a 23-year-old trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol, tragically lost his life on September 19, 1978, in Miami, Florida. Kohler was on duty, assisting a disabled motorist on the Florida Turnpike at SW 168th Street, when the incident…

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Stephen Breland

Male, age 26 · Walterboro, South Carolina

Killed Sep 19, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the late summer of 1977, a tragic event unfolded in the small city of Walterboro, South Carolina, that would cut short the life of a young law enforcement officer. On September 19, 1977, Deputy Sheriff Stephen Anthony Breland, a 26-year-old White male with…

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John Woods

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 19, 1975 · 51 years ago

On September 19, 1975, John Woods, a 31-year-old cab driver from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically found dead in his vehicle. The incident took place on Shawn Court in Franklin County. Woods was discovered with a gunshot wound behind his right ear, suggesting a…

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Charles Glatt

Male, age 46 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 19, 1975 · 51 years ago

Charles A. Glatt, a 46-year-old white male, was a prominent school desegregation expert and professor at Ohio State University. On September 19, 1975, he was tragically shot to death while working in his office at the Federal Building in Dayton, Ohio. Glatt…

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Jeannette DePalma

Female, age 16 · Springfield, New Jersey

Killed Sep 19, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the late summer of 1972, the community of Springfield, New Jersey, was shaken by the mysterious death of 16-year-old Jeannette DePalma. On August 7th, the teenager left her home with the intention of taking a train to a friend's house, a journey from which…

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Joanne Ena Lynn

Female, age 11 · Hemlock, New York

Killed Sep 19, 1949 · 77 years ago

On a crisp autumn morning, September 19, 1949, 11-year-old Joanne Ena Lynn, a white female, left her home in Hemlock, New York, for her routine walk to school. This day, however, she would not make it to her destination. Joanne vanished along State Route 15A…

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John Gilbert Finiello

Male, age 45 · Elizabeth, New Jersey

Killed Sep 19, 1930 · 96 years ago

John Gilbert Finiello, a 45-year-old white male, was a decorated World War I veteran and an agent for the Bureau of Prohibition, known for his honesty and courage. Born in Italy, he was a naturalized immigrant who had previously demonstrated his integrity by…

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Clarence Hiller

Male, age 40 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 19, 1910 · 116 years ago

In the early hours of September 19, 1910, 40-year-old Caucasian male, Clarence D. Hiller, was at home with his family in Chicago, Illinois. Awakened by the screams of his wife and daughter, Hiller confronted an intruder who had entered their residence at 1837…

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Chad Anthony Ellis

Male, age 49 · Lake Charles, Louisiana

Killed Sep 19, 2026 · this year

On the evening of September 19, 2026, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, 49-year-old Chad Anthony Ellis was the victim of a fatal shooting. The incident occurred around 8:34 p.m. in the 3400 block of Nelson Road. When Lake Charles Police Department officers arrived…

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Everardo Suarez

Male, age 35 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Sep 19, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of a Saturday morning, the quiet of a Dallas neighborhood was shattered by the sound of gunfire. On September 19, 2026, in the 4000 block of Crest Hill Road, 35-year-old Everardo Suarez was shot and killed. The incident, which occurred…

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Harold Stanley

Male, age 58 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 19, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of a Saturday night in Oklahoma City, the life of 58-year-old Harold Stanley, a Black male, was brought to a tragic and unexpected end. On September 19, 2026, while asleep in his own apartment, Stanley was fatally shot. The incident occurred…

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Jason Coria-Estrada

Male, age 24 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Sep 19, 2026 · this year

Jason Coria-Estrada, a 24-year-old man, was killed in an early-morning shooting on September 19, 2026, at an apartment complex in Lawrence, Indiana, in the Indianapolis area. Lawrence police were dispatched shortly after 1:00 a.m. to Fountainview Drive near…

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Marshun White

Male, age 42 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 19, 2024, a sense of normalcy was shattered in the Kingsway East neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Marshun White, a 42-year-old male, was enjoying a late summer night with his friend, 34-year-old Marcus Price…

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Pierre Emile Antoine

Male, age 61 · Lucerne-valley, California

Killed Sep 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

On September 19, 2023, at approximately 9:51 a.m., deputies from the Victor Valley Sheriff's Station responded to a call reporting suspicious circumstances at a residence in the 32600 block of State Highway 18 in Lucerne Valley, California. Upon arrival, they…

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John Moore

Male, age 47 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 19, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early hours of a Saturday morning, on September 19, 2020, the quiet of a north St. Louis County neighborhood was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Responding to a call at approximately 2:55 a.m., officers from the St. Louis County Police Department…

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Janavis Ray’Quan Louis

Male, age 19 · Hollywood, Florida

Killed Sep 19, 2020 · 6 years ago

Janavis Ray’Quan Louis, a 19-year-old resident of Hollywood, Florida, tragically lost his life on the night of September 19, 2020. The incident occurred around 11:18 p.m. when Hollywood Police responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting in the area of North…

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Manuel Tapia Blanco

Male, age 48 · Palmdale, California

Killed Sep 19, 2020 · 6 years ago

Manuel Tapia Blanco was 48 years old when he died on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Palmdale, in the Antelope Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near 37353 Siderno Drive. His death was ruled a homicide…

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Ernest Chen

Male, age 52 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 19, 2019 · 7 years ago

Ernest Chen, a 52-year-old man, was fatally shot on September 19, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. Chen was found suffering from an apparent gunshot wound at his apartment on Moon Road and was later pronounced dead at Riverside Hospital. The incident occurred around…

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Annie Liddell

Female, age 70 · Marble Falls, Arkansas

Killed Sep 19, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet town of Marble Falls, Arkansas, a grim discovery was made on September 19, 2017, shattering the community's sense of peace. Annie Elizabeth Liddell, a 70-year-old female, was found deceased in her home. The events leading to this tragic finding…

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Robert Malone

Male, age 55 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 19, 2017 · 9 years ago

Robert Malone, aged 57, was tragically shot to death on September 19, 2017, in South Los Angeles. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. near 71st Street and Raymond Avenue. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Malone was pronounced dead at the scene.…

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Tafari Pipersburg

Male, age 37 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 19, 2017 · 9 years ago

Tafari Erroll Pipersburg, a 37-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on September 19, 2017. Pipersburg was riding his bicycle east on West 120th Street near 12010 S. Vermont Ave. in the Harbor Gateway area when he was struck by a…

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Brian Johnson

Male, age 55 · North Canaan, Connecticut

Killed Sep 19, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet, rural town of North Canaan, Connecticut, the tranquility of a late Saturday afternoon was shattered on September 19, 2015, by an act of violence that claimed the life of 55-year-old Brian Johnson, a male resident and retired Connecticut State…

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