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Deaths by Force on September 24

660 open cases in our database happened on September 24. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (490)

Anthony Wayne Mazingo - Hagerstown, Maryland
Death by Force

Anthony Wayne Mazingo

Male, age 48 · Hagerstown, Maryland
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late hours of a September evening in 2017, a chain of events set in motion by a devastating loss would culminate in another tragedy on Salem Avenue in Hagerstown, Maryland. Anthony Wayne Mazingo, a 48-year-old male resident of Hagerstown, was shot…

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Arthur Terrell Alford - Princess-anne, Maryland
Death by Force

Arthur Terrell Alford

Male, age 31 · Princess-anne, Maryland
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon in Princess Anne, Maryland, the life of 31-year-old Arthur Terrell Alford was tragically cut short. On September 24, 2017, emergency medical services responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting in a residential community on Freetown…

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Rogelio Sierra Duran - College-park, Maryland
Death by Force

Rogelio Sierra Duran

Male, age 24 · College-park, Maryland
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 24, 2017, a party in a College Park, Maryland apartment took a tragic turn, ending the life of 24-year-old Rogelio Sierra Duran. The gathering, held in an apartment on Cherry Hill Road, was disrupted by an argument that…

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Joseph Kuaffo - Yonkers, New York
Death by Force

Joseph Kuaffo

Male, age 16 · Yonkers, New York
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late afternoon of September 24, 2017, a tragic incident unfolded inside a home on Warburton Avenue in Yonkers, New York, leading to the untimely death of 16-year-old Joseph Kuaffo. A male of Black/African American descent, Kuaffo sustained a fatal…

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Gregorie Green - Sacramento, California
Death by Force

Gregorie Green

Male, age 20 · Sacramento, California
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

Gregorie Green, a 20-year-old from Sacramento, CA, tragically lost his life on September 24, 2017. He was shot and killed at a house party in the Parkway neighborhood just after midnight. The incident occurred under circumstances that quickly drew the…

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Jose Ortega - Pittsburg, California
Death by Force

Jose Ortega

Male, age 20 · Pittsburg, California
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

On September 24, 2017, Jose Escobedo Ortega, a 20-year-old resident of Pittsburg, California, was tragically shot and killed in City Park. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. while Escobedo Ortega was hanging out and listening to music. The Pittsburg Police…

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Taris Nickolas - Tallahassee, Florida
Death by Force

Taris Nickolas

Male, age 40 · Tallahassee, Florida
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the night of September 24, 2017, Taris Nickolas, a 40-year-old African American man, was tragically killed in a shooting incident in Tallahassee, Florida. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. in the Steele Drive neighborhood, a residential area managed…

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Cameron Anthony Edwards - Clyo, Georgia
Death by Force

Cameron Anthony Edwards

Female, age 22 · Clyo, Georgia
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet community of Clyo, Georgia, a tragic event unfolded on September 24, 2017, shattering the peace and leaving a family in mourning. Cameron Anthony Edwards, a 22-year-old man, was fatally wounded in a burst of gunfire. The incident, which took the…

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Ronald Henry Davis - Waynesboro, Georgia
Death by Force

Ronald Henry Davis

Male, age 35 · Waynesboro, Georgia
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, September 24, 2017, a dispute at the Magnolia Acres apartment complex in Waynesboro, Georgia, tragically cut short the life of 35-year-old Ronald Henry Davis. Responding to reports of gunfire shortly after 1:00 a.m., law…

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Stevenson Derival - Mount-vernon, Georgia
Death by Force

Stevenson Derival

Male, age 20 · Mount-vernon, Georgia
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of Sunday, September 24, 2017, a life full of promise was tragically cut short in Mount Vernon, Georgia. Stevenson Derival, a 20-year-old male student-athlete at Brewton-Parker College, was shot and killed at an off-campus house party.…

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Brett McCraney - Slidell, Louisiana
Death by Force

Brett McCraney

Male, age 20 · Slidell, Louisiana
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 24, 2017, the life of 20-year-old Brett McCraney, a male resident of Slidell, Louisiana, was tragically cut short. Just before 1 a.m., deputies from the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office were dispatched to an…

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Jaylyn Citizen - Lake-charles, Louisiana
Death by Force

Jaylyn Citizen

Male, age 10 · Lake-charles, Louisiana
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on the evening of September 24, 2017, 10-year-old Jaylyn Citizen, a Black male, was fatally shot in his Lake Charles, Louisiana, home on North Shattuck Street. The incident, which occurred around 8:02 p.m., also left his 17-year-old…

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DeAsia Wallace - Toledo, Ohio
Death by Force

DeAsia Wallace

Female, age 20 · Toledo, Ohio
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

DeAsia Wallace, a 20-year-old woman from Toledo, OH, tragically lost her life on September 24, 2017. She was fatally shot during a street brawl that erupted in Central Toledo. The incident occurred near Macomber Street and Upton Avenue, where Wallace was…

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Hector Pagada - Nashville, Tennessee
Death by Force

Hector Pagada

Male, age 34 · Nashville, Tennessee
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 24, 2017, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace at the Maple Crest Apartments in South Nashville, Tennessee, leaving two men dead in a targeted attack. One of the victims was 34-year-old Hector Pagada, a Hispanic male…

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Johnathan Stewart - Knoxville, Tennessee
Death by Force

Johnathan Stewart

Male, age 33 · Knoxville, Tennessee
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late summer of 2017, the life of 33-year-old Johnathan Stewart was tragically cut short in an act of violence that would later be detailed in a courtroom. On the afternoon of September 24, 2017, Stewart was found deceased on Selma Avenue in East…

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Melanie Crow-Smith - Antioch, Tennessee
Death by Force

Melanie Crow-Smith

Female, age 38 · Antioch, Tennessee
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Sunday morning in Antioch, Tennessee, 38-year-old Melanie Crow-Smith was tragically killed in a mass shooting at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ. The incident, which occurred on September 24, 2017, also left six other people injured. Crow-Smith was…

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Yeri Gabino - Nashville, Tennessee
Death by Force

Yeri Gabino

Male, age 18 · Nashville, Tennessee
Killed Sep 24, 2017 · 9 years ago

Yeri Hernandez Gabino, an 18-year-old Hispanic/Latino male, was killed on the morning of September 24, 2017, in south Nashville, Tennessee, in what police described as a targeted attack. Just after daybreak at the Maple Crest Apartments on Natchez Court…

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Jeremy Mcfarland - Long Beach, California
Death by Force

Jeremy Mcfarland

Male, age 22 · Long Beach, California
Found Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jeremy McFarland, aged 22, was fatally shot on September 24, 2015, in Long Beach, California. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning on the 700 block of East 56th Street, where officers from the Long Beach Police Department responded to…

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Neal A Bratcher - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Neal A Bratcher

Male, age 48 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Neal A. Bratcher, a 48-year-old resident of Chicago, was tragically killed on September 24, 2015, in the Burnside neighborhood of the city. Bratcher was shot late in the evening of September 23, and succumbed to his injuries shortly thereafter. His death was…

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Darrieon D Gunn - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Darrieon D Gunn

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Darrieon D. Gunn, age 20, was shot and killed on September 24, 2015, in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. Gunn was struck by gunfire in the Bronzeville area, a location that has seen its share of ongoing violence. The incident took place during a time when…

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Kenneth Zernicke - Caribou, Maine
Death by Force

Kenneth Zernicke

Male, age 58 · Caribou, Maine
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of September 24, 2015, the quiet town of Caribou, Maine, was disturbed by the sight of a residential fire on Lower Lyndon Street. Firefighters were dispatched to the home of 58-year-old Kenneth Zernicke, a White male known for his love of the…

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Tayvon Wilson Scott - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Tayvon Wilson Scott

Male, age 34 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the midst of a particularly violent year for Baltimore, Maryland, 34-year-old Tayvon Wilson Scott, a Black male, was shot and killed on September 24, 2015. The city at that time was grappling with a high rate of gun-related violence, with many communities…

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Reginald Barnes - Buffalo, New York
Death by Force

Reginald Barnes

Male, age 28 · Buffalo, New York
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Reginald Barnes, a 28-year-old Black man from Buffalo, New York, was killed on September 24, 2015, in a burst of gunfire that turned an ordinary school-day afternoon into chaos along Woodlawn Avenue. The shooting unfolded near the Buffalo Academy for Visual…

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James McNeal - Akron, Ohio
Death by Force

James McNeal

Male, age 26 · Akron, Ohio
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

James McNeal, age 26, was found dead on September 24, 2015, in Akron, Ohio, and his death was ruled as a homicide. He was initially reported missing before his body was discovered in a wooded area of Akron. James, who was from Barberton, had been last seen…

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Ian Kenton - San Antonio, Texas
Death by Force

Ian Kenton

Male, age 33 · San Antonio, Texas
Found Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

On September 24, 2015, Ian Kenton, a 33-year-old male from San Antonio, Texas, became the victim of a fatal shooting. The incident took place in the evening, and his death was part of a spate of gun-related homicides that have impacted the city over the…

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Roy Dell Smith - Hot Springs, Arkansas
Death by Force

Roy Dell Smith

Male, age 31 · Hot Springs, Arkansas
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a September afternoon in 2015, the life of 31-year-old Roy Dell Smith, a male United States Army veteran, was cut short in a burst of gunfire. The shooting unfolded around 1:30 p.m. on September 24th in the 100 block of Kenwood Street in Hot Springs…

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Jacob Ryan Davidoff - Gresham, Oregon
Death by Force

Jacob Ryan Davidoff

Male, age 17 · Gresham, Oregon
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

On September 24, 2015, the life of 17-year-old Jacob Ryan Davidoff was tragically cut short in his Gresham, Oregon, home. The male teenager was found deceased from a gunshot wound in the residence located in the 2800 block of Southeast Rosefinch Drive.…

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Cody Alan Base - Albert Lea, Minnesota
Death by Force

Cody Alan Base

Male, age 28 · Albert Lea, Minnesota
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Cody Alan Baseman, aged 28, tragically passed away on September 24, 2015, in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Born on September 15, 1987, in Albert Lea, Cody was the son of Lori Callahan, Craig Eggers, and Wade Baseman. On the day of his death, Cody was found with a…

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Jose Cruz Prado - Ada, Oklahoma
Death by Force

Jose Cruz Prado

Male, age 29 · Ada, Oklahoma
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet town of Ada, Oklahoma, a young man's life was cut tragically short in the fall of 2015. Jose Cruz Prado, a 29-year-old male, was found deceased on Thursday, September 24, 2015. His death was the result of gun violence, a stark and brutal end to a…

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Aaron Andrew Furness - Drummond-island, Michigan
Death by Force

Aaron Andrew Furness

Male, age 38 · Drummond-island, Michigan
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet woods of Drummond Island, Michigan, a search for a missing U.S. Marine came to a tragic end in September 2015. Aaron Andrew Furness, a 38-year-old male, had been reported missing, prompting a search in the remote northern Michigan area where he…

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Jermey Cornell McFarland - Long-beach, California
Death by Force

Jermey Cornell McFarland

Male, age 22 · Long-beach, California
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jeremy Cornell McFarland, a 22-year-old resident of Bellflower, California, tragically lost his life on September 24, 2015, in Long Beach, California. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 4:11 a.m., when Long Beach Police responded…

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Jose Ricardo Villela-Arroyo - Los-angeles, California
Death by Force

Jose Ricardo Villela-Arroyo

Male, age 30 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jose Ricardo Villela-Arroyo, a 30-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on September 24, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Villela-Arroyo was shot in the Westlake area. The incident occurred on a…

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Kim Varner - Jacksonville, Florida
Death by Force

Kim Varner

Male, age 25 · Jacksonville, Florida
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Kim Desmond Varner Jr., a 25-year-old African American male from Jacksonville, FL, tragically lost his life on September 24, 2015. Varner, affectionately known as "Desi," was found dead outside his home on East 11th Street. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office…

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Darian Gunn - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Darian Gunn

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Darian Gunn, a 20-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on September 24, 2015, in the South Commons neighborhood of Chicago, IL. The incident occurred in the afternoon, and Gunn was pronounced dead at the scene. The circumstances surrounding his…

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Caleb Shook - Cedar-mountain, North Carolina
Death by Force

Caleb Shook

Male, age 33 · Cedar-mountain, North Carolina
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Caleb Paul Shook, a 33-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically passed away on September 24, 2015, in Cedar Mountain, North Carolina. The incident occurred at his residence on Rich Mountain Road, where Caleb was found deceased following a physical…

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Beverly Hatfield - Sugar-land, Texas
Death by Force

Beverly Hatfield

Female, age 61 · Sugar-land, Texas
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Beverly Louise Hatfield, a 61-year-old woman from Sugar Land, Texas, passed away on September 24, 2015. She was born on July 11, 1954, in Hobbs, New Mexico, and graduated from Permian High School in 1972. Beverly had a long career in the oil and gas industry…

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Tyler Hatfield - Sugar-land, Texas
Death by Force

Tyler Hatfield

Male, age 31 · Sugar-land, Texas
Killed Sep 24, 2015 · 11 years ago

Tyler Hatfield, a 31-year-old male from Sugar Land, Texas, died on September 24, 2015, in what was determined to be a murder-suicide. Tyler and his mother, Beverly Hatfield, 61, were found dead inside The Crescent nursing home in Sugar Land. Both had gunshot…

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Brandon Harris - Detroit, Michigan
Death by Force

Brandon Harris

Male, age 24 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed Sep 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

Brandon Harris was a 24-year-old Black man from Detroit, Michigan, born April 27, 1990, whose life ended on September 24, 2014. In the small public record that exists online, his name appears in memorial listings that provide the dates that bracketed his life…

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Shiheim Ali Poe - St. Louis, Missouri
Death by Force

Shiheim Ali Poe

Male, age 19 · St. Louis, Missouri
Killed Sep 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the autumn of 2014, the life of 19-year-old Shiheim Ali Poe was tragically cut short in St. Louis, Missouri. On Wednesday, September 24th, Poe was discovered deceased on a sidewalk in the city. The cause of his untimely death was determined to be gun…

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Johntavious Swift - Omaha, Nebraska
Death by Force

Johntavious Swift

Male, age 16 · Omaha, Nebraska
Killed Sep 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a September afternoon in 2014, 16-year-old African-American Johntavious Swift stepped off his school bus in Omaha, Nebraska, for what would be the last time. As he began his walk home, a car reportedly pulled up, and a passenger emerged with a gun, opening…

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Saafir Richards - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Saafir Richards

Male, age 19 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Found Sep 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the evening of September 24, 2014, 19-year-old Black male Saafir Richards was fatally shot in South Philadelphia. At approximately 5:01 p.m., Philadelphia Police officers responded to a report of a shooting on the 500 block of Watkins Street. Upon arrival…

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Jeremiah Hackler - Greenbrier, Arkansas
Death by Force

Jeremiah Hackler

Male, age 22 · Greenbrier, Arkansas
Killed Sep 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet town of Greenbrier, Arkansas, the life of 22-year-old Jeremiah Hackler, a Caucasian male, was cut tragically short on the evening of September 24, 2014. What began as a gathering of friends at a local hospice facility would end in a fatal…

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Melvin V. TayTay Dees - Seattle, Washington
Death by Force

Melvin V. TayTay Dees

Male, age 22 · Seattle, Washington
Killed Sep 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the heart of Seattle, a brazen daytime shooting shattered the morning calm on September 24, 2014, claiming the life of 22-year-old Melvin V. "TayTay" Dees, a Black male who had recently relocated to the city from Minnesota. The tragic event unfolded at…

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Willie Taylor - Gulfport, Mississippi
Death by Force

Willie Taylor

Male, age 41 · Gulfport, Mississippi
Killed Sep 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

A simmering family dispute in Gulfport, Mississippi, tragically escalated over a child's bicycle, leading to the shooting death of 40-year-old Willie Lee Taylor on September 24, 2014. The male victim was found by Gulfport police at a residence near Roberts…

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Nena Metoyer - Fowler, Indiana
Death by Force

Nena Metoyer

Female, age 68 · Fowler, Indiana
Killed Sep 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late summer of 2014, a tragic and bizarre series of events unfolded in the small town of Fowler, Indiana, culminating in the death of 68-year-old Nena Metoyer. A female resident of Dunedin, Florida, Metoyer had traveled to Fowler in August to be cared…

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James Anthony Smith - Clearwater, Florida
Death by Force

James Anthony Smith

Male, age 22 · Clearwater, Florida
Killed Sep 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

James Anthony Smith, a 22-year-old resident of Clearwater, Florida, tragically lost his life on September 24, 2014. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially unclear, prompting a thorough investigation by local authorities. Smith's death was…

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Jose Ivan Pomales Santiago - Orlando, Florida
Death by Force

Jose Ivan Pomales Santiago

Male, age 23 · Orlando, Florida
Killed Sep 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jose Ivan Pomales Santiago, a 23-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically shot and killed on September 24, 2014, in Orlando, Florida. The incident occurred at the Blossom Park Condominiums, a complex known for its high drug activity, particularly heroin use and…

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David Hooks - East-dublin, Georgia
Death by Force

David Hooks

Male, age 59 · East-dublin, Georgia
Killed Sep 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

David Hooks, 59, a White man from East Dublin, Georgia, had called the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office on September 23, 2014, after discovering that his property had been burglarized. Guns and a Lincoln Aviator were missing, and what should have been the…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.