Death by Force

Ardo Rodriguez

Male, age 32 · San Francisco, California

Found Sep 23, 2008 · 18 years ago

On September 23, 2008, Armando Rodriguez, age 32, was fatally shot in San Francisco, California. The homicide was part of a series of violent acts perpetrated by the MS-13 gang, specifically the 20th Street clique, a particularly violent group operating out…

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Eric Gonzalez

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Sep 23, 2008 · 18 years ago

Eric Gonzalez, aged 22, was shot and killed on September 23, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was one of many that contributed to Chicago's high homicide rate in 2008, which saw over 500 homicides throughout the year. The violence in Chicago during this…

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Pierre Young

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 23, 2008 · 18 years ago

On a late-September day in 2008, 18-year-old African-American male Pierre Young was found fatally wounded in a narrow alley in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood, his body marked by gunfire that left him beyond saving. News reports described a teenager discovered…

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Albert Austin

Male, age 25 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Sep 23, 2008 · 18 years ago

Albert Austin, a 25-year-old resident of Cleveland, Ohio, was tragically killed on September 23, 2008. The incident occurred just outside his apartment, located at 18012 Lakeshore Boulevard in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County. Albert was shot in the arm, and…

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Raul Dubon

Male, age 27 · Houston, Texas

Found Sep 23, 2008 · 18 years ago

Raul Dubon, age 27, was found dead on September 23, 2008, in Houston, Texas. He was shot multiple times and left at a secluded area near the 1900 block of Staples Street. Police responded to reports of a body found on the side of the road and pronounced Dubon…

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Trevontae V Lee

Male, age 31 · San Antonio, Texas

Found Sep 23, 2008 · 18 years ago

Trevontae V. Lee, aged 31, was tragically killed on September 23, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas. Details surrounding his death are somewhat limited, but he was reported to have succumbed to a violent incident. His obituary and memorial notes suggest he was…

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Patrick Mcdonald

Male, age 30 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 23, 2008 · 18 years ago

On a Tuesday afternoon, September 23, 2008, Philadelphia Highway Patrol Officer Patrick McDonald, a 30-year-old male, initiated a traffic stop at 17th and Dauphin Streets. The male passenger in the vehicle provided a false name before abruptly exiting the car…

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Raul Roche

Male, age 48 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Sep 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

Raul Roche, 48, gender unknown, died in Kansas City, Missouri. That is all the concrete detail available here, and it feels painfully small for a life that was unquestionably larger than a line of text. A person is not a placeholder. A person is voice…

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Ramiro Lopez

Male, age 33 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Sep 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

On September 23, 2007, in Kansas City, Missouri, Ramiro G. Lopez died at the age of 33. The details of what happened in the final hours—what led to that day, where he was, what the moments looked like as the world shifted for the people who loved him—aren't…

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David Lozano

Male, age 28 · Houston, Texas

Found Sep 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

David Lozano, a 28-year-old resident of Houston, Texas, was tragically killed on September 23, 2007. Houston Police found Lozano with fatal injuries inflicted by blunt force trauma to the head. This brutal crime took place on the 5300 block of Ted Street…

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Ikia Goodman

Female, age 25 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Sep 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the early autumn of 2007, the life of a young Richmond, Virginia woman was tragically cut short. Ikia M. Goodman, a 25-year-old female, died on September 24, 2007. Her death was the result of gun violence, a stark and sudden end to a life that was deeply…

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Kathleen Hughes

Female, age 43 · Petersburg, Virginia

Killed Sep 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late summer of 2007, the life of 43-year-old Kathleen Odia Hughes was tragically cut short. On Sunday, September 23, 2007, in Petersburg, Virginia, Hughes, a female, became a victim of gun violence. The specific details of the events leading to her…

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Timothy Ryan

Male, age 45 · Lima, Ohio

Killed Sep 23, 2005 · 21 years ago

Timothy James Ryan, aged 45, was killed on September 23, 2005, in Lima, Ohio. The incident took place in the early morning hours in an alley off the 200 block of South Rosedale Avenue in Allen County. At approximately 5:28 AM, Timothy Ryan was shot and…

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John Joseph Bakke

Male, age 57 · Hollywood, California

Killed Sep 23, 2004 · 22 years ago

The quiet rhythms of early autumn in Hollywood were interrupted on Thursday, September 23, 2004, when John Joseph Bakke lost his life. He was a 57-year-old white man who was discovered at or near a multi-unit residential property in the 1347 block of North…

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Tammy Brown

Female, age 36 · Reno, Nevada

Killed Sep 23, 2003 · 23 years ago

Tammy Brown, a 36-year-old female of Caucasian/White ethnicity, was last seen on September 22, 2003, walking down East Fourth Street in Reno, Nevada, carrying a suitcase from the address where she had been living with her boyfriend. The next day, September…

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Hong Im Ballenger

Female, age 45 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Sep 23, 2002 · 24 years ago

On a Monday evening, September 23, 2002, a 45-year-old woman of Asian descent, Hong Im Ballenger, was leaving her job as the manager of the Beauty Depot on Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As she walked to her car around 6:30 p.m. with her keys in…

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Sonia Luz Valencia

Female, age 34 · Lennox, California

Killed Sep 23, 2002 · 24 years ago

On September 23, 2002, thirty-four-year-old Sonia Luz Valencia lost her life in Lennox, California. The exact circumstances surrounding the incident that claimed the Hispanic woman's life remain largely shrouded in obscurity, as public records regarding the…

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Steven Craig Mayo

Male, age 45 · Greeley, Colorado

Killed Sep 23, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the quiet community of Fort Lupton, Colorado, the life of a local business owner came to an abrupt and violent end in December of 2000. Steven Craig Mayo, a 45-year-old man, was discovered deceased in his residence on Weld County Road 18. The grim finding…

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Keke Jefferson-Moore

Female, age 20 · Golden Valley, Minnesota

Killed Sep 23, 2000 · 26 years ago

On a September morning in 2000, the tranquility of Wirth Lake in Golden Valley, Minnesota, was shattered by a grim discovery. Two walkers happened upon the body of 20-year-old African-American Keke Jefferson-Moore on September 23rd. Initially, it was treated…

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Jessie Bernard Evans

Male, age 47 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 23, 2000 · 26 years ago

Jessie Bernard Evans, a 47-year-old male from Baltimore, Maryland, became a tragic testament to the long-lasting devastation of gun violence. His death, which occurred years after the initial act of violence, speaks to a story of enduring pain and unresolved…

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Lena Ranford

Female · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Sep 23, 1999 · 27 years ago

Lena Ranford, aged 33, was found tragically murdered on September 23, 1999, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her body was discovered in a narrow alley at 1427 Monoque Alley in the Bond Hill neighborhood. She had been strangled and dumped, and her death remains unsolved…

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Dale Robin Tenhaken

Male, age 27 · Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Killed Sep 23, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the late hours of September 23, 1998, a routine traffic stop in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, turned into a tragedy that would deeply scar the community. Dale Robin Tenhaken, a 27-year-old Caucasian male and a dedicated officer with the Manitowoc Police…

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David Walter Hathcock

Male, age 57 · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Killed Sep 23, 1997 · 29 years ago

David Walter Hathcock, a 57-year-old Caucasian male, was a dedicated officer with the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina. On September 23, 1997, Corporal Hathcock was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Interstate 95 near Fayetteville. The…

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Lloyd Edward Lowry

Male, age 47 · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Killed Sep 23, 1997 · 29 years ago

Sergeant Lloyd Edward Lowry, aged 47, was a dedicated officer with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, having served for 22 years. On September 23, 1997, he was tragically killed in the line of duty during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 95 in…

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Charles Humfleet

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Sep 23, 1993 · 33 years ago

On September 23, 1993, Charles Humfleet, aged 22, was tragically killed in an armed robbery at his U-Haul business located at 1949 Losantiville Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident occurred in the late hours of the day, and Charles was found shot inside his…

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Elizabeth Wasson

Female, age 83 · Hillsboro, Oregon

Killed Sep 23, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the quiet town of Hillsboro, Oregon, the evening of September 23, 1992, brought with it a darkness that would linger for decades. Elizabeth Wasson, an 83-year-old Caucasian woman, had just returned to her residence in the 2100 block of SE Brookwood Avenue…

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Theresa Ballard

Female, age 26 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Sep 23, 1992 · 34 years ago

Theresa Ballard, a 26-year-old Black woman, was found dead in Jesse Owens County Park in Los Angeles on September 23, 1992. Her body was partially clothed, and the circumstances surrounding her death pointed to foul play. The investigation into her murder…

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Derrick Lump Jackson

Male, age 12 · Vernon, Texas

Killed Sep 23, 1990 · 36 years ago

Derrick Lump Jackson, a 12-year-old African American boy, was tragically murdered on September 23, 1990, in Vernon, Texas. Derrick, along with his 14-year-old brother James Edwards, was shot and killed by an unknown intruder in their apartment during the…

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James Lil James Edwards

Male, age 14 · Vernon, Texas

Killed Sep 23, 1990 · 36 years ago

James Lil James Edwards, a 14-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on September 23, 1990, in Vernon, Texas. The incident occurred in the early morning hours when an unknown intruder broke into the apartment where James and his family…

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Regina Nadine Washington

Female, age 27 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Sep 23, 1989 · 37 years ago

Regina Nadine Washington, a 27-year-old Black woman, was found murdered on September 23, 1989, in Los Angeles, California. Her body was discovered inside a detached garage of a vacant home located on the 8800 block of South Figueroa Street in the Vermont…

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Robert Venable

Male, age 35 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Sep 23, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the line of duty, 35-year-old male New York City Transit Police Officer Robert Venable was killed on September 22, 1987, in Brooklyn, New York. On that evening, Officer Venable and his partners were transporting prisoners when they were diverted to a…

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David Maxwell

Male, age 20 · Kilgore, Texas

Killed Sep 23, 1983 · 43 years ago

David Maxwell, a 20-year-old male from Kilgore, Texas, was one of five victims in the tragic Kentucky Fried Chicken murders that occurred on September 23, 1983. On that fateful evening, armed robbers abducted five people from the KFC restaurant in Kilgore and…

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Joey Johnson

Male, age 20 · Kilgore, Texas

Killed Sep 23, 1983 · 43 years ago

Joey Johnson, a 20-year-old male, was one of the victims in the tragic incident known as the Kentucky Fried Chicken murders that took place in Kilgore, Texas, on September 23, 1983. On that fateful evening, armed robbers held up the Kentucky Fried Chicken…

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Mary Tyler

Female, age 37 · Kilgore, Texas

Killed Sep 23, 1983 · 43 years ago

Mary Tyler, a 37-year-old woman, was one of the victims in the tragic Kentucky Fried Chicken murders that occurred in Kilgore, Texas, on September 23, 1983. On that fateful evening, armed robbers held up the KFC restaurant just before it closed. The five…

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Monty Landers

Male, age 19 · Kilgore, Texas

Killed Sep 23, 1983 · 43 years ago

Montegomery Louis "Monty" Landers, a 19-year-old male, was tragically killed on September 23, 1983, in Kilgore, Texas. Monty, along with four other victims—Opie Ann Hughes , Mary Tyler , Joey Johnson , and David Maxwell —was abducted from a Kentucky Fried…

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Opie Ann Hughes

Female, age 39 · Kilgore, Texas

Killed Sep 23, 1983 · 43 years ago

Opie Ann Hughes, a 39-year-old woman from Kilgore, Texas, tragically lost her life on September 23, 1983. She was one of five victims in a horrific crime known as the Kentucky Fried Chicken murders. On the evening of the incident, armed robbers held up the…

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Belinda Gardella

Female, age 44 · Marine City, Michigan

Killed Sep 23, 1983 · 43 years ago

Belinda Gardella, a 44-year-old woman and parent of six from Marine City, Michigan, was fatally stabbed on September 25, 1983. Contemporary records described in later reporting place the killing on September 25 rather than September 23. Gardella was riding in…

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James William Skeel

Male, age 52 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Sep 23, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the late summer of 1982, the life of James William Skeel, a 52-year-old male, was abruptly and violently cut short in Salt Lake City, Utah. The last time he was seen by anyone was in the early morning hours of September 21st, at approximately 1:30 a.m., as…

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Michelle Angiers

Female, age 23 · Dickson City, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 23, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the late summer of 1982, the life of a 23-year-old female go-go dancer named Michelle Angiers was tragically cut short. On the night of September 23, she was in Scranton, Pennsylvania, when she was picked up by a man who drove her to the nearby community…

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Emmanuel Thomas

Male, age 30 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Sep 23, 1980 · 46 years ago

Emmanuel Thomas, a 30-year-old Black man from Buffalo, New York, was killed on the night of September 23, 1980, after a stranger closed in on him on the city’s East Side and fired at his head before fleeing into the darkness. Reports from the period described…

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Owen Snorgrass

Male, age 31 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Sep 23, 1978 · 48 years ago

On the afternoon of September 23, 1978, the sharp crack of gunshots echoed near 21st and Larimer Streets in Denver, drawing the attention of nearby police officers who were in the midst of a service call. Responding to the sound, the officers made a grim…

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Lyman Wesley Bostock

Male, age 27 · Gary, Indiana

Killed Sep 23, 1978 · 48 years ago

On the evening of September 23, 1978, in Gary, Indiana, Lyman Wesley Bostock, a 27-year-old male professional baseball player for the California Angels, was killed. Following a game against the Chicago White Sox, Bostock had dinner with his uncle, Thomas…

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Cornell Warren

Male, age 20 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 23, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the late summer of 1978 in Philadelphia, a young Black man named Cornell Warren, aged 20, lost his life at the hands of a police officer. The incident unfolded on September 23, 1978, after Warren had been taken into police custody for a traffic violation.…

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Melvin Gooden

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Sep 23, 1977 · 49 years ago

On September 23, 1977, 18-year-old Melvin Gooden was found dead in Akron, Ohio. His body was discovered in the Cuyahoga River near 900 Cuyahoga Street by construction workers. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound, marking it as a homicide.…

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Barry Dean Melear

Male, age 29 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Sep 23, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 23, 1977, the life of 29-year-old White male, Barry Dean Melear, was tragically cut short. A seven-year veteran of the Atlanta Police Department and a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War…

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Charles Mace

Male, age 19 · Kittery, Maine

Killed Sep 23, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the summer of 1974, a young white/Caucasian man named Charles Mace, aged 19, vanished under sinister circumstances, leaving behind a mystery that would linger for decades. On the evening of July 28th, Mace was last seen in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where…

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Curtis Shaw

Male, age 39 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 23, 1973 · 53 years ago

On a late summer day in Tulsa, Oklahoma, thirty-nine-year-old Curtis Alberte Shaw was found deceased in his apartment at 1840 S. Boulder Avenue on September 23, 1973. The discovery marked the beginning of a long-unsolved case that left more questions than…

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Linda Willis

Female, age 21 · Albany, New York

Killed Sep 23, 1970 · 56 years ago

On a tragic day in Albany, New York, a violent outburst shattered the quiet routine of a state office building, leaving four women dead, including 21-year-old Linda D. Willis. The horrific event unfolded on September 23, 1970, when a co-worker, Joseph White…

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