Death by Force

Tracy Habersham

Female, age 26 · Fort Benning, Georgia

Killed Sep 5, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the late summer of 1997, the life of 26-year-old Tracy Habersham was tragically cut short. On September 5, 1997, the young woman, who was an African American female, was last seen at a party at the Non-Commissioned Officers' Club on the Fort Benning…

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Sandi Rollins

Female · Devore, California

Found Sep 5, 1995 · 31 years ago

On September 5, 1995, the body of Sandi Rollins was found near Cajon Boulevard and Cleghorn Road in Devore, California. Rollins was known to be a transient who often rode a bicycle or hitchhiked, and she was found deceased in an area frequently visited by…

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Harry Everett

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Sep 5, 1995 · 31 years ago

On September 5, 1995, Harry L. Everett, aged 74, was fatally shot during a robbery at a store located at 1838 Dana Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. The tragic incident occurred while Everett was inside the store, and it was reported that two unidentified Black…

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Shirley Ann Lacks

Female, age 27 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed Sep 5, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the late summer of 1990, the life of Shirley Ann Lacks, a 27-year-old Caucasian woman, was cut tragically short in Colorado Springs, Colorado. On the evening of September 5th, she was with a male friend, parked in his white 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V…

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Annamaria Phelps

Female, age 18 · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Killed Sep 5, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the late summer of 1989, 18-year-old Annamaria Phelps and 21-year-old Daniel Lauer vanished while on a journey to Virginia Beach, Virginia. The pair had left Amelia County on the night of September 4, 1989, heading eastbound on Interstate 64 in Lauer's…

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Daniel Lauer

Female, age 21 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Sep 5, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the late hours of Labor Day, September 4, 1989, Daniel Lauer, a 21-year-old white male, and his companion, Annamaria Phelps, left Amelia County, Virginia, for a trip to Virginia Beach. The two were traveling in Lauer's 1973 gold Chevrolet Nova, embarking…

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Kathleen Angie Briscoe

Female, age 41 · Jefferson-parish, Louisiana

Killed Sep 5, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the late summer of 1988, the community of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, was struck by a sudden and tragic loss with the death of 41-year-old Deputy Sheriff Kathleen Angie Briscoe. A nine-year veteran of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, Briscoe was…

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John Donald Valin

Male, age 46 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Sep 5, 1985 · 41 years ago

John Donald Valin, a 46-year-old Caucasian male, was shot and killed on September 5, 1985, in Las Vegas, Nevada. On that evening, Valin and a female companion were seated in a 1983 Ford Ranger pickup truck parked behind the Bungalow Bar on Boulder Highway. An…

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Vickie Marie Hill

Female, age 23 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 5, 1984 · 42 years ago

On the evening of September 5th, 1984, 23-year-old Vickie Marie Hill had plans to attend a ladies' get-together. She and her husband resided at the Westport Apartment Complex on Southwest Blvd in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When Vickie went to start her car, it wouldn't…

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David Holguin

Male, age 24 · Bell, California

Killed Sep 5, 1984 · 42 years ago

David Lance Holguin, a 24-year-old Deputy Sheriff with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, tragically lost his life on September 5, 1984, in Bell, California. On that fateful night, Deputy Holguin had just completed his shift and was on his way home…

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Ruby Carr

Female, age 74 · Peru, Indiana

Killed Sep 5, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the late summer of 1983, the community of Peru, Indiana, was shaken by the violent death of a beloved elderly woman. On September 5, 1983, the body of 74-year-old Ruby Carr, a Caucasian female, was discovered in her home at 10 East Adams Street. The cause…

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Debbie Abernathy

Female, age 26 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Sep 5, 1983 · 43 years ago

Debora May “Debbie” Abernathy, a 26-year-old white female, was last seen alive on September 5, 1983, in Seattle, Washington. Originally from Dallas, Texas, she had recently relocated to Seattle with her boyfriend and young son, seeking a fresh start. In the…

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Hermenia Castro

Female, age 55 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Sep 5, 1983 · 43 years ago

Hermenia Castro, a 55-year-old Hispanic woman, was found dead on September 5, 1983, in Tampa, Florida. Her death was one of several violent crimes that occurred in the area during a span of just over three months. Although initially unsolved, her case was…

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Kristin Herr Canney

Female, age 22 · Mount Shasta, California

Killed Sep 5, 1982 · 44 years ago

Kristin Herr Canney, age 22, was found dead on September 5, 1982, in Mount Shasta, California. Her death was classified as a homicide. Kristin's body was discovered in a remote area of the city, a location that was relatively isolated, which made the initial…

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Frankie Mae Shivers

Female, age 28 · Hollywood, Florida

Killed Sep 5, 1982 · 44 years ago

Frankie Mae Shivers, a 28-year-old African American female, tragically lost her life on September 5, 1982, in Hollywood, Florida. Officer Shivers had been serving with the Hollywood Police Department for just nine months when she was killed in the line of…

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Eugene Magnan

Male, age 33 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Sep 5, 1980 · 46 years ago

On the night of September 5, 1980, a violent altercation outside a Denver bar led to the tragic death of 33-year-old Eugene 'Gene' Magnan. An American Indian and a member of the Assiniboine Sioux Tribe, Magnan was an electrician by trade. That evening, he was…

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Bryon Schletewitz

Male, age 27 · Fresno, California

Killed Sep 5, 1980 · 46 years ago

Bryon Schletewitz, aged 27, was tragically murdered on September 5, 1980, in Fresno, California. Bryon was the son of the owners of Fran's Market, a family-run general store. On that fateful evening, Bryon had persuaded his father to go home early, taking on…

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Douglas Scott White

Male, age 18 · Fresno, California

Killed Sep 5, 1980 · 46 years ago

Douglas Scott White, an 18-year-old from Fresno, California, tragically lost his life on September 5, 1980. Douglas was working his way through college at a local market when he was gunned down. He was the son of Roy and Nadine White and had aspirations of…

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Josephine Linda Rocha

Female, age 17 · Fresno, California

Killed Sep 5, 1980 · 46 years ago

Josephine Linda Rocha, a 17-year-old from Fresno, California, tragically lost her life on September 5, 1980. She was one of the victims in the infamous Fran's Market murders. Josephine had taken a part-time job at the small grocery store to save money for a…

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Jason Gedzius

Male · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 5, 1980 · 46 years ago

Jason Gedzius, a one-year-old male, passed away on September 5, 1980. His death was initially attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome , a diagnosis that was common at the time for unexplained infant deaths. Jason was the fourth child of Deborah Anne Booe…

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David Wiley

Male · Mayfield-village, Ohio

Killed Sep 5, 1979 · 47 years ago

David R. Wiley, a 27-year-old male officer of the Mayfield Village Police Department, tragically died on September 5, 1979. Wiley was accidentally shot and killed by another officer while manning a roadblock at Ridgebury Boulevard and Som Center Road in…

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Donna-Jean Hudson

Female, age 20 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 5, 1972 · 54 years ago

On September 5, 1972, 20-year-old Donna-Jean Hudson was found dead in her apartment at 898 Greenfield, Apartment 2G, in Columbus, Ohio. Hudson was tragically strangled in the bedroom of her home. The incident took place while her children were present in the…

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Judith Betteley

Female, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 5, 1972 · 54 years ago

Judith Betteley, a 24-year-old woman from Stoke-on-Trent, England, met a tragic end while visiting Chicago, Illinois, on September 5, 1972. During Labor Day weekend, she was brutally murdered while taking a walk in Grant Park. The attack was vicious, and she…

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Clifford Dale

Male, age 33 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 5, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the late summer of 1970, the community of Chester, Pennsylvania, was shaken by the discovery of a local man's untimely death. Clifford Dale, a 33-year-old African American male, was found deceased on September 5, 1970, in a secluded area on the outskirts…

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Bonaventura Pinzolo

Male, age 43 · Manhattan, New York

Killed Sep 5, 1930 · 96 years ago

In the turbulent backdrop of New York City's Castellammarese War, a bloody chapter unfolded with the demise of Bonaventura 'Joseph' Pinzolo. A man known as 'Fat Joe,' Pinzolo, age 43, met his end on September 5, 1930, the victim of a power struggle that…

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Dolar Laplant

Male, age 53 · Eatonville, Washington

Killed Sep 5, 1925 · 101 years ago

In the late summer of 1925, the small town of Eatonville, Washington, was shaken by the violent death of its newly appointed Town Marshal, Dolar Laplant. A 53-year-old White male and a veteran of the Spanish-American War, Laplant had only been in his position…

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Robert Harron

Male, age 27 · Manhattan, New York

Killed Sep 5, 1920 · 106 years ago

In the late summer of 1920, the promising life of a young silent film star, Robert Harron, came to a tragic and mysterious end in a Manhattan hotel room. A native of New York City, the 27-year-old actor of Irish Catholic descent was in town for the premiere…

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Bentley MacFarland Burnett

Male, age 60 · Haleyville, Alabama

Killed Sep 5, 1908 · 118 years ago

Bentley MacFarland Burnett, a 60-year-old male city marshal, was killed in Haleyville, Alabama, on September 5, 1908, in what surviving online accounts describe as a sudden burst of violence during an arrest. The clearest retellings say Burnett was escorting…

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William Haynes

Male, age 61 · Hayneville, Alabama

Killed Sep 5, 1908 · 118 years ago

In the small town of Hayneville, Alabama, a dispute between two brothers on a September evening in 1908 escalated into a tragedy that would claim the life of Lowndes County Sheriff William Haynes. The 61-year-old male sheriff was called upon to intervene in a…

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Edward Stanton

Male, age 24 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Sep 5, 1908 · 118 years ago

Railroad Detective Edward B. Stanton, age 24, was shot and killed on September 5, 1908, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a male of unknown ethnicity. Detective Stanton was killed while attempting to interrupt several men who were trying to break into a boxcar near…

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Dustin Evans

Male, age 40 · Capitol Heights, Maryland

Killed Sep 5, 2026 · this year

On a late summer evening in Capitol Heights, Maryland, the life of 40-year-old Dustin Evans of Washington, D.C., was tragically cut short. On September 5, 2026, at approximately 11:50 p.m., the sounds of gunfire pierced the night in the 1100 block of…

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Michael Miller

Male, age 34 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Sep 5, 2026 · this year

On a Saturday evening in Montgomery, Alabama, the life of 34-year-old Michael Miller was tragically cut short. On September 5, 2026, at approximately 6 p.m., police responded to a report of a person shot in the 800 block of Taylor Street, near Upper Wetumpka…

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William Harris

Male, age 26 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Sep 5, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Saturday, September 5, 2026, the life of 26-year-old William K. Harris was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The fatal incident occurred just before 2:00 AM at an apartment complex located in the 3900 block of Willow Avenue in…

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Kasim Hassan Turner

Male, age 28 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Sep 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late summer of 2024, the life of Kasim Hassan Turner, a 28-year-old male from Utica, Mississippi, was tragically cut short. On Thursday, September 5, 2024, his body was discovered near the intersection of Maddox Road and TV Road in Jackson. An…

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James Hurley Schrader

Male, age 58 · Mount Hope, West Virginia

Killed Sep 5, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet community of Mount Hope, West Virginia, a grim discovery unfolded on the evening of Tuesday, September 5, 2023, shattering the calm of the Price Hill area. What was initially reported as a shooting incident with a suspect still on the scene…

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Loyce Ivey

Female, age 92 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Sep 5, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet early morning hours at a Jackson, Mississippi hospital, a tragedy unfolded, ending the long life of 92-year-old Loyce Ivey. A patient at Baptist Medical Center, her life was cut short in what police have described as a murder-suicide. On…

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Kip Kari King

Male, age 58 · Mckinleyville, California

Killed Sep 5, 2023 · 3 years ago

On September 5, 2023, Humboldt County Sheriff's deputies conducted a welfare check at a residence on the 1400 block of Marty Avenue in McKinleyville, California. Inside, they discovered the bodies of three individuals: 58-year-old Kip Kari King, his…

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Roberto Santos-Melendez

Male, age 44 · Hyattsville, Maryland

Killed Sep 5, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early hours of a Monday morning, the quiet of a Hyattsville convenience store parking lot was shattered by the sound of gunfire. When police officers arrived at the 7700 block of 23rd Avenue near University Boulevard East just before 1 a.m. on…

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Jaleel Christian

Male, age 21 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 5, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Monday afternoon in Philadelphia, what should have been an ordinary day turned tragic for 21-year-old Jaleel Christian. At approximately 12:52 p.m. on September 5, 2022, the sounds of gunfire echoed on the 5200 block of Rising Sun Avenue. When…

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Stuart Andrew Best

Male, age 32 · Lawndale, California

Killed Sep 5, 2020 · 6 years ago

Stuart Andrew Best, a 32-year-old resident of Lawndale, California, tragically lost his life on September 5, 2020. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Best was fatally shot near 15906 Freeman Avenue in Lawndale. The…

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Jeremy Tramaine Bluntson Sr.

Male, age 30 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 5, 2019 · 7 years ago

Jeremy Tramaine Bluntson Sr., a 30-year-old man, was tragically shot and killed on September 5, 2019, in the Florence neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Bluntson was sitting on a couch in a home…

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Sally Louise Harrison

Female, age 68 · Lagrange, Georgia

Killed Sep 5, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the quiet of a late summer afternoon in LaGrange, Georgia, a domestic scene turned irrevocably tragic, ending the life of 68-year-old Sally Louise Harrison. On September 5, 2019, Harrison was outside her home on Riverside Lane with her younger brother…

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Joshua Pilgrim-Smith

Male, age 20 · Calumet-city, Illinois

Killed Sep 5, 2019 · 7 years ago

Joshua Pilgrim-Smith, a 20-year-old African American male, was tragically shot multiple times on September 5, 2019, in the 300 block of Hirsch Avenue in Calumet City, Illinois. According to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, Pilgrim-Smith succumbed to…

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Ernest Davis

Male, age 60 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 5, 2019 · 7 years ago

Ernest Lovell Davis Jr., a 60-year-old African American male, passed away on September 5, 2019, in Houston, Texas. According to his obituary, he died peacefully at 10:04 a.m. A memorial service was held on October 12, 2019, at Eternal Rest Funeral Home in…

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Anthony Martin Driver

Male, age 36 · Westmoreland, Tennessee

Killed Sep 5, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the late summer of 2018, the life of 36-year-old Anthony Martin Driver of Westmoreland, Tennessee, came to a tragic and mysterious end. The male was last seen by those who knew him on September 5, 2018, before he seemingly vanished. His mother, a woman who…

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Jack Andrew Cole

Male, age 41 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed Sep 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late summer of 2017, the life of 41-year-old Jack Andrew Cole, a Korean man, was tragically cut short in Colorado Springs, Colorado. On September 5th, Cole became a victim of gun violence, a stark event that would be noted by local news outlets but…

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Jennifer Marie Ball

Female, age 36 · Carson, California

Killed Sep 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jennifer Marie Ball was 36 years old when she was found beaten to death on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, in Carson. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma on the Dominguez Channel Bike Path…

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Herson Weneslao Garcia Gonzalez

Male, age 28 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Sep 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Herson Weneslao Garcia Gonzalez was 28 years old when he died on Saturday, September 5, 2015, in Winnetka, in the west San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at Sherman Way and Lurline Avenue.…

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