Death by Force

Mary Drake

Female, age 79 · Great Bend, Kansas

Killed Sep 4, 2002 · 24 years ago

On a warm early evening in Great Bend, Kansas, on September 4, 2002, the Dolly Madison Bakery outlet was the scene of a tragedy that would haunt the community for years to come. Inside, a delivery driver made a grim discovery: the bodies of two women…

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Wing H. Lam

Male, age 38 · Arcadia, California

Killed Sep 4, 2002 · 24 years ago

Wing H. Lam, a 38-year-old resident of Arcadia, California, tragically lost his life on September 4, 2002. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Lam was fatally shot, marking a violent end to his life. The incident occurred in Arcadia, a city…

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Mary Rearden

Female, age 75 · Opelika, Alabama

Killed Sep 4, 2000 · 26 years ago

On a quiet Labor Day morning in Opelika, Alabama, a daughter's concern for her mother led to the grim discovery of a violent crime that would leave a family shattered and a community on edge. On September 4, 2000, after being unable to reach her mother by…

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Diane Marie Ayres

Female, age 23 · San Diego, California

Found Sep 4, 1999 · 27 years ago

Diane Marie Ayres, aged 23, was found dead on September 4, 1999, in a remote area along Golf Course Drive in Balboa Park, San Diego. She was discovered nude and had been strangled, with authorities believing that her body was dumped at that location. Diane…

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Eugene Geno McDonough

Male, age 54 · Lyndonville, Vermont

Killed Sep 4, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the small town of Lyndonville, Vermont, the evening of Friday, September 4, 1998, brought with it a devastating event that would leave a lasting scar on the community. Eugene McDonough, a dedicated 54-year-old Caucasian male firefighter with the St.…

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Zurijeta Sakanovic

Female, age 21 · Clive, Iowa

Killed Sep 4, 1997 · 29 years ago

Zurijeta Sakanovic was a 21-year-old White female who had recently immigrated to the United States with her family from Teslic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, seeking refuge. The family settled in Iowa, where Zurijeta found work as a maid at the Budgetel Inn in…

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Steven Starkey

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 4, 1995 · 31 years ago

On September 4, 1995, 38-year-old Steven Starkey was found fatally injured in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred near 802 Heyl Avenue, where Starkey sustained severe head trauma reportedly inflicted by a bottle. Despite investigations by the Columbus…

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Mimi Barraza

Female, age 21 · San Diego, California

Found Sep 4, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 4, 1993, Mimi Barraza and a group of her friends were standing outside of a friend’s home talking. A white Chevy Astro-Van pulled up to the corner on 39th Street, and without warning, the occupants of the van began…

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Sandy Little

Female, age 21 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 4, 1990 · 36 years ago

Sandy Little, 21, a White woman, vanished from the St. Louis, Missouri, area on September 4, 1990, slipping out of view in a city already on edge from a string of disappearances and grisly discoveries. By the time anyone understood what had happened to her…

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Janet Lockett

Female, age 27 · Elba, Alabama

Killed Sep 4, 1989 · 37 years ago

Janet Lockett, a 27-year-old Black woman from Elba, Alabama, was killed on September 4, 1989, in what the surviving court record describes as the violent end of a domestic dispute with her common-law husband, Randy Walton. According to the federal case that…

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Rolando Barros

Male · Brockton, Massachusetts

Killed Sep 4, 1989 · 37 years ago

On the evening of September 4, 1989, a burst of violence shattered the quiet of a Brockton, Massachusetts street corner, leaving one man dead and another seriously wounded. Rolando Barros, a male resident of the city, was standing at the intersection of Wyman…

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Jeffery Gourd

Male, age 19 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 4, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the early autumn of 1988, a grim discovery was made in a drainage ditch in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that would unearth a mystery lingering for years. The skeletal remains of a human skull, later identified as belonging to 19-year-old Jeffery Quinton Gourd, were…

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Daniel Archuletta

Male, age 30 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Sep 4, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the late summer of 1987, a violent incident in Denver led to the untimely death of 30-year-old Daniel Archuletta. On the evening of August 17th, officers from the Denver Police Department were dispatched to the vicinity of West 13th Avenue and Lipan Street…

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Steven Patrick Shinault

Male, age 25 · Bland County, Virginia

Killed Sep 4, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the quiet, early hours of a September morning in 1983, a dark event unfolded in the small community of Bastian, Virginia, that would leave a lasting scar. Steven Patrick Shinault, a 25-year-old Caucasian male, was working his shift as a retail clerk at the…

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Darren Reed Walker

Male, age 20 · Bland County, Virginia

Killed Sep 4, 1983 · 43 years ago

On a quiet Sunday in Bland County, Virginia, the lives of two young men were tragically cut short in an act of brutal violence that has haunted the community for decades. On September 4, 1983, 20-year-old Darren Reed Walker, a Caucasian male, was working at…

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Zack Miller

Male · Orange County, Florida

Killed Sep 4, 1982 · 44 years ago

Zack Miller, a man whose life ended tragically on September 4, 1982, in Orange County, Florida, was the victim of a heinous crime. His body was discovered in an orange grove in Orlando, marking the beginning of a complex investigation into his murder.…

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Boyd Stearns

Male, age 38 · Bowling Green, Ohio

Found Sep 4, 1979 · 47 years ago

Boyd Dale Stearns, a 38-year-old contractor, was reported missing by his wife on September 4, 1979, after he left for work early that morning in Bowling Green, Ohio, and did not return. A hunter later discovered his pickup truck on September 21 in a wooded…

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Alice Margaret Eskew

Female, age 18 · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Killed Sep 4, 1979 · 47 years ago

In the late summer of 1979, the life of a young Virginia Beach woman was tragically cut short, leaving behind a mystery that has lingered for decades. Eighteen-year-old Alice Margaret Eskew, a petite white female with long blonde hair and dark eyes, was last…

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Milton Harvey

Male, age 14 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Sep 4, 1979 · 47 years ago

In the late summer of 1979, a shadow began to stretch over the city of Atlanta, a creeping dread that would soon grip its communities in fear. It was during this time that 14-year-old Milton Harvey, an African-American boy, became one of the first victims in…

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Jaclynne Snyder

Female, age 22 · Lee, New Hampshire

Killed Sep 4, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the late summer of 1977, a promising young Caucasian woman named Jaclynne Snyder, aged 22, embarked on a trip that tragically became her last. A recent honors graduate from the University of Washington with a degree in Russian, Jaclynne was traveling from…

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Sigrid Stevenson

Female, age 25 · Ewing Township, New Jersey

Killed Sep 4, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the late summer of 1977, the quiet campus of what was then known as Trenton State College in Ewing Township, New Jersey, became the scene of a brutal and still-unsolved crime. Sigrid Stevenson, a 25-year-old Caucasian graduate student, was found murdered…

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Calvin M. Fong

Male, age 18 · San-francisco, California

Killed Sep 4, 1977 · 49 years ago

Calvin M. Fong, an 18-year-old recent graduate of Riordan High School, tragically lost his life on September 4, 1977, during the infamous Golden Dragon Massacre in San Francisco's Chinatown. This gang-related mass shooting occurred inside the Golden Dragon…

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Denise Louie

Male, age 21 · San-francisco, California

Killed Sep 4, 1977 · 49 years ago

Denise Louie, a 21-year-old urban planning student at the University of Washington, tragically lost her life on September 4, 1977, during the infamous Golden Dragon massacre in San Francisco's Chinatown. The massacre occurred at the Golden Dragon Restaurant…

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Donald C. Y. Kwan

Male, age 20 · San-francisco, California

Killed Sep 4, 1977 · 49 years ago

Donald C. Y. Kwan, aged 20, tragically lost his life on September 4, 1977, in San Francisco, California. He was one of the victims of the infamous Golden Dragon massacre, a gang-related mass shooting that took place inside the Golden Dragon Restaurant in…

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Anna Felch

Female, age 54 · San Pedro, California

Killed Sep 4, 1974 · 52 years ago

Anna Catherine “Annie” Brooks Felch, a 54-year-old woman, passed away on September 4, 1974, in San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California. She was born on July 27, 1920, in Los Angeles County, California. Her burial took place at Green Hills Memorial Park in…

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Stephen Hawtree

Male, age 56 · Monee, Illinois

Killed Sep 4, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the quiet, rural setting of Monee, Illinois, the autumn of 1972 was shattered by a brutal act of violence that claimed the lives of 56-year-old Stephen Hawtree, his wife, and their teenage son. On a September day, the family was discovered in the basement…

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Judy Hawtree

Female, age 53 · Monee, Illinois

Killed Sep 4, 1972 · 54 years ago

Judy Hawtree, a 53-year-old white woman, was killed on September 4, 1972, inside her family's rural home near Monee, Illinois. She died alongside her husband, 56-year-old machine designer Stephen Hawtree, and their youngest son, 17-year-old Thomas Hawtree.…

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Thomas Hawtree

Male, age 17 · Monee, Illinois

Killed Sep 4, 1972 · 54 years ago

Thomas Hawtree, a 17-year-old white male, was killed on September 4, 1972, inside his family’s rural home near Monee, Illinois. He died alongside his parents, Stephen Hawtree, 56, and Judy Hawtree, 53, in a calculated triple homicide that authorities soon…

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Susan Perry

Female, age 17 · Provincetown, Massachusetts

Killed Sep 4, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the late 1960s, a young White/Caucasian woman named Susan Perry, aged 17, found her life tragically cut short in the seaside town of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Perry was last seen in the company of a local carpenter and drug dealer named Tony Costa.…

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Walter Marshall

Male · Clarksdale, Mississippi

Killed Sep 4, 1909 · 117 years ago

On the evening of September 4, 1909, a violent confrontation unfolded in Clarksdale, Mississippi, that resulted in the death of a local law enforcement official. Walter Marshall, a white male police officer, accompanied his partner, Officer J.L. Shannon, to a…

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Alfred Mitchell Sturdivant

Male, age 47 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Sep 4, 1904 · 122 years ago

In the late summer of 1904, a domestic disturbance call on Falcon Street in East Boston shattered the quiet of a Sunday afternoon and ended the life of a veteran police officer. Alfred Mitchell Sturdivant, a 47-year-old White male, had served with the Boston…

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Justin Holmes

Male, age 18 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 4, 2026 · this year

On a tragic Friday evening in St. Louis, the promising life of 18-year-old Justin Holmes was cut short in a senseless act of violence. A recent graduate of Confluence Academy High School, Justin had his future planned out. He had recently enrolled at Ranken…

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Koryell Hearn

Male, age 25 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 4, 2026 · this year

On the evening of Friday, September 4, 2026, the life of 25-year-old Koryell Hearn was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting in unincorporated north St. Louis County. At approximately 9:55 p.m., officers from the St. Louis County Police Department's North…

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Mario Olivera

Male, age 24 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 4, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early evening of a Wednesday in September 2024, Mario Olivera, a 24-year-old man, was sitting on the front porch of his mother's home in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, cradling his one-year-old son. What should have been a peaceful moment was…

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Billy Aiken

Male, age 56 · Piedmont, South Carolina

Killed Sep 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Billy Joe Aiken, a 56-year-old male from Piedmont, South Carolina, was rooted in the Upstate community long before the September 4, 2022, day that would mark the end of his life. He was born on January 14, 1966, and in adulthood made a home in Piedmont while…

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Duane Ellis

Male, age 43 · Bladensburg, Maryland

Killed Sep 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a late summer evening in Bladensburg, Maryland, the life of 43-year-old Duane Ellis was tragically cut short. On Sunday, September 4, 2022, at approximately 9:15 p.m., the sound of gunshots echoed through an apartment building in the 4200 block of 58th…

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Jermaine Lewis

Male, age 36 · Elizabeth, New Jersey

Killed Sep 4, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a late summer evening in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the life of 36-year-old Jermaine Lewis, a male resident of Barnegat, was tragically cut short. On September 1, 2020, at approximately 11 p.m., police responded to reports of a shooting on the 600 block of…

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Joshua Jerrodd Bayne

Male, age 24 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the night of September 4, 2017, a burst of gunfire shattered the evening calm in Baltimore, Maryland, leaving a young man's life tragically cut short. Joshua Jerrodd Bayne, a 24-year-old male, was fatally shot in the 1800 block of E. Lafayette Avenue. The…

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Robert Tywaughn Branson

Male, age 39 · Indian-head, Maryland

Killed Sep 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late summer afternoon of September 4, 2017, a dispute over a drug debt in Indian Head, Maryland, escalated into a fatal encounter for 39-year-old Robert Tywaughn Branson. The male victim found himself in a confrontation with Brian Douglas Pierce, a…

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Pierre Jackson

Male, age 20 · Harrison, Ohio

Killed Sep 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

Pierre Jackson, a 20-year-old male of African American ethnicity from Cincinnati, Ohio, tragically lost his life on September 4, 2017, in Harrison Township, Ohio. Jackson was fatally shot outside the Plush Gentleman's Club, a strip club located in Harrison…

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James McQuater

Male, age 40 · Palmdale, California

Killed Sep 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

James McQuater, a 40-year-old resident of Palmdale, California, tragically lost his life on September 4, 2015. The incident occurred in the backyard of the home he shared with his live-in girlfriend, Angelique Detrice Spurlock. According to court testimony…

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Lawrence Mitchell Weddle

Male, age 41 · Gardena, California

Killed Sep 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Lawrence Mitchell Weddle, a 41-year-old resident of Gardena, California, tragically lost his life on September 4, 2015. The incident occurred in the 2900 block of 141st Place, where police responded to a shooting call at an apartment complex around 7:50 p.m.…

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John Green

Male, age 25 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a busy Friday evening on Philadelphia's popular South Street, the sounds of city life were shattered by gunfire. It was shortly after 8 p.m. on September 4, 2015, and many people were lined up for a concert at the Theatre of the Living Arts. Amidst the…

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Daisy Flores

Female, age 26 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

Daisy Flores, a 26-year-old Latina from Los Angeles, California, passed away on September 4, 2009. Her death was a tragic culmination of complications stemming from a shooting incident that occurred eight years prior. On that fateful day, Daisy was caught in…

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Demetrius Lamar Meat Reigns

Male, age 31 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Sep 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

Demetrius Lamar 'Meat' Reigns, a 31-year-old male, was killed on September 4, 2008, in the Inglenook neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama. Known in his community as a dedicated coach for the McAdory Yellow Jackets' 5- and 6-year-old little league football…

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Richard Fermin Cruz Jr.

Male, age 34 · Lynwood, California

Killed Sep 4, 2005 · 21 years ago

Richard Fermin Cruz Jr. was 34 years old when he died on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005, in Lynwood, a small city in southeast Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 10716 San Jose Ave. His death was…

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Angela Sangster

Female, age 32 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Sep 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

On a tragic evening in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the life of 32-year-old Angela Sangster was cut short. On September 4, 2004, Sangster was shot in the head and killed by her 51-year-old boyfriend, Norman Howard. The violent act was the culmination of a volatile…

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Thomas Burton

Male, age 23 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

Thomas Lareef Burton Jr., a 23-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on September 4, 2004, in the city of Chester, Pennsylvania. Born and raised in the area, Burton was a graduate of Chester High School's class of 2000. He was a…

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