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Deaths by Force on September 20

688 open cases in our database happened on September 20. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (500)

Death by Force

Jaquin Ham

Male, age 40 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida
Killed Sep 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jaquin Ham, a 40-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death on September 20, 2020, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The incident occurred when Ham was sitting in his car, and multiple gunshots were fired, leading to his immediate death.…

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Death by Force

Michael Stewart

Male, age 31 · Cleveland, Ohio
Killed Sep 20, 2019 · 7 years ago

Michael Stewart, a 31-year-old male from Cleveland, OH, tragically passed away on September 20, 2019. His death was the result of a shooting incident that took place at his residence. The circumstances surrounding his death were part of a larger gang-related…

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Death by Force

Aurelio Adame

Male, age 26 · Houston, Texas
Killed Sep 20, 2019 · 7 years ago

On September 20, 2019, 26-year-old male Aurelio Garcia Adame from Texas was reported deceased. The National Gun Violence Memorial lists him among individuals killed by gun violence on that date. Despite extensive searches, detailed information regarding the…

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Death by Force

David Ulysses Moreno

Male, age 27 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Sep 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

David Ulysses Moreno, a 27-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on September 20, 2018, in Pacoima, Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Moreno was fatally shot, marking his death as a homicide. The incident…

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Penny Lee Simpson

Female, age 60 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Sep 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

Penny Lee Simpson was 60 years old when she died on Thursday, September 20, 2018. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 2324 S. Griffin Ave. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a case of the…

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Death by Force

Chris Hunt

Male, age 54 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed Sep 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Wednesday morning in Detroit, the life of 54-year-old Chris Hunt came to a tragic and violent end. On September 20, 2017, Hunt, a man known in his neighborhood as a helpful handyman who could build a car from the ground up, was fatally shot in what has…

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Mark Posey

Male, age 52 · Pontotoc, Mississippi
Killed Sep 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer of 2015, the community of Pontotoc, Mississippi, was unsettled by the violent death of one of its own. Mark Anthony Posey, a 52-year-old male, was found deceased on September 20th. The circumstances surrounding his death immediately pointed…

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Death by Force

Calvin Lamont Clinkscales

Male, age 43 · Brooklyn, New York
Killed Sep 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Calvin Lamont Clinkscales, a 43-year-old man, died in the early hours of September 20, 2015, after a burst of gunfire tore through the courtyard walkways of the Ingersoll Houses in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Long before sunrise, Fleet Walk—usually just another…

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Death by Force

Jonathan Michael Watkins

Male, age 20 · Windsor-mill, Maryland
Killed Sep 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 20, 2014, the life of 20-year-old Jonathan Michael Watkins of Windsor Mill, MD, was tragically cut short. Police responded to a call at 2:06 a.m. and discovered Watkins's body at the intersection of Lantern Hill Drive…

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Death by Force

Tavin E. Campbell

Male, age 24 · Austell, Georgia
Killed Sep 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late summer of 2014, the life of 24-year-old Tavin E. Campbell was brought to an abrupt and violent end. On the morning of September 20th, police were called to the Walton Crossing Apartments on Mulkey Road near Austell, where they discovered Campbell…

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Rafaela Maria De Casas

Female, age 69 · Torrance, California
Killed Sep 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Rafaela Maria De Casas was 69 years old when she was found dead on Saturday, September 20, 2014, in her home in Torrance, in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at…

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Death by Force

Willie Ross

Male, age 22 · St. Louis, Missouri
Killed Sep 20, 2008 · 18 years ago

Willie Ross was 22 years old when he was killed in St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday, September 20, 2008. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis from…

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Death by Force

Shawn Zanders

Male, age 24 · Capitol-heights, Maryland
Killed Sep 20, 2007 · 19 years ago

Shawn Antione Zanders, a 24-year-old man, was killed on September 20, 2007, in Capitol Heights, Maryland, his death cutting through the quiet pre-dawn hours with the sudden finality of gunfire. In the early morning—reported around 5:01 a.m.—violence erupted…

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Lori Lail

Female, age 43 · Connelly-springs, North Carolina
Killed Sep 20, 2005 · 21 years ago

Lori Ann Brower Lail, a 43-year-old woman, passed away on September 20, 2005, at her home in Connelly Springs, North Carolina. Born on May 13, 1962, in Two Harbors, she was the daughter of Henry "Hank" and Thea Brower. Despite her untimely death, there is no…

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Romeo Ortega Garcia

Male, age 51 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Sep 20, 2002 · 24 years ago

Romeo Ortega Garcia was 51 years old when he died on Friday, September 20, 2002, after being stabbed in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds, and the place of injury was listed as 340 S.…

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Jon Gregory

Male · Los-angeles, California
Killed Sep 20, 1995 · 31 years ago

Jon Gregory, a resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically passed away on September 20, 1995. His death was the result of a violent home invasion that shocked the local community. On that fateful night, Gregory was at home with his family when a group of…

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Death by Force

Roland Van Dyck

Male, age 42 · Nashville, Tennessee
Killed Sep 20, 1989 · 37 years ago

A quiet street in Nashville held a grim discovery in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday, September 20, 1989. In the driver's seat of his silver 1985 Chevrolet Cavalier, a 42-year-old Caucasian male named Roland Van Dyck was found deceased. An observant K-9…

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Dennis Smedley

Male, age 28 · Front-royal, Virginia
Killed Sep 20, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 20, 1983, a day that would forever be etched in the memory of Front Royal, Virginia, 28-year-old Sergeant Dennis M. Smedley of the Front Royal Police Department was preparing to leave his home for what he anticipated…

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Frank Amato

Male, age 38 · Brooklyn, New York
Killed Sep 20, 1980 · 46 years ago

Frank Amato, a 38-year-old Sicilian-American man, met a brutal end on September 20, 1980, a death deeply entangled with the notorious Gambino crime family. His demise was not a random act of violence but a calculated execution allegedly ordered by his own…

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Death by Force

George Quarles

Male, age 29 · Fairview, New Mexico
Killed Sep 20, 1884 · 142 years ago

In the small, generally peaceful community of Fairview, New Mexico, a fatal confrontation shattered the quiet on September 20, 1884. George Quarles, a 29-year-old male rancher, was shot and killed. The incident, which stemmed from a financial dispute…

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