Death by Force

John B. Jamison

Male, age 41 · Cogdill-center, Arizona

Killed Sep 6, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the quiet forests east of Flagstaff, a routine check on a seemingly ordinary campsite spiraled into a tragic and fatal encounter for 41-year-old Reserve Deputy John B. Jamison. On September 6, 1982, Deputy Jamison was responding to a call to check on a…

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Washington Smith

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 6, 1980 · 46 years ago

On September 6, 1980, Washington Smith, a 71-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed in what remains an unsolved homicide. The incident took place at 1482 Clifton, in Franklin County, Columbus. Smith was found with fatal shotgun wounds that…

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Jesse R. Parris

Male, age 51 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Sep 6, 1977 · 49 years ago

Officer Jesse R. Parris, aged 51, was a dedicated member of the Fort Worth Police Department in Texas. On September 6, 1977, Officer Parris responded to a call about a man with a gun. Upon arriving at the scene, he encountered the suspect a block away from…

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Brooks Bracewell

Female, age 12 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 6, 1974 · 52 years ago

Brooks Bracewell, a 12-year-old girl from Dickinson, Texas, disappeared on September 6, 1974, along with her friend, 14-year-old Georgia Geer. The two girls were last seen at a convenience store before they vanished. Their disappearance was initially treated…

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Georgia Geer

Female, age 14 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 6, 1974 · 52 years ago

Georgia Caroline Geer, a 14-year-old Caucasian girl from Dickinson, Texas, vanished on September 6, 1974, after skipping school with her friend, 12-year-old Brooks Bracewell. They were last seen at a convenience store in Dickinson. Their disappearance went…

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Isaiah Black

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Sep 6, 1973 · 53 years ago

Isaiah Black, a 31-year-old resident of Dayton, Ohio, was tragically killed on September 6, 1973. The incident occurred in Montgomery County, where Black was found deceased. The Dayton Police Department handled the initial investigation of the case, but…

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Barbara Anne Bauer

Female, age 16 · Holly Hill, Florida

Killed Sep 6, 1973 · 53 years ago

On September 6, 1973, the body of 16-year-old Caucasian female Barbara Anne Bauer was discovered in Bradford County, Florida. She had been abducted from a shopping mall in Holly Hill, Florida, and was found strangled to death. In 1982, serial killer Gerald…

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Diane Williams

Female, age 17 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Sep 6, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the early fall of 1972, a young Black woman named Diane Denise Williams, full of life and with dreams of becoming a model, was just beginning her junior year at Ballou High School in Washington, D.C. At 17 years old, she was the eldest of six children and…

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Zenaida Tomes

Female, age 20 · Taylor, Michigan

Killed Sep 6, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the late summer of 1972, a gruesome discovery was made in a field in Taylor, Michigan. The body of 20-year-old Zenaida Tomes, a female of suspected Hispanic descent, was found on September 6th near North Line Road and Lange Close. The young woman had been…

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Lorie Ann Mealer Pennell

Female · Olive Branch, Mississippi

Killed Sep 6, 1962 · 64 years ago

In the winter of 1985, the body of a young woman was discovered by a truck driver on U.S. Highway 78 in Olive Branch, Mississippi. For nearly four decades, she was known only as 'Jane Doe,' her identity a mystery and her killer unknown. The cause of her death…

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Dorothy Thomas

Female, age 27 · Tallahassee, Florida

Found Sep 6, 1957 · 69 years ago

Dorothy Thomas, a 27-year-old employee at Nu Way Cleaners in Tallahassee, Florida, was brutally murdered on September 6, 1957. Thomas was found stabbed multiple times, with reports indicating that she suffered around 20 to 36 stab wounds primarily to her neck…

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Clark Hoover

Male, age 45 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1949 · 77 years ago

In the late summer of 1949, a wave of violence shattered the peace of Camden, New Jersey, forever altering the lives of many. Among the innocent victims was Clark R. Hoover, a 45-year-old male resident of the city. His life was abruptly and tragically cut…

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Maurice Cohen

Male, age 39 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1949 · 77 years ago

On a warm late summer day in Camden, New Jersey, the lives of a local family were irrevocably shattered. Maurice Cohen, a 39-year-old male pharmacist, was at his family's apartment located above their business, Cohen's Pharmacy. The date was September 6…

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Emma Matlack

Female, age 68 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1949 · 77 years ago

On a September morning in 1949, a Camden, New Jersey neighborhood was shattered by a sudden and shocking act of violence. Among the victims of this rampage was Emma Matlack, a 68-year-old woman who found herself in the wrong place at the most unfortunate of…

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Helen Matlack Wilson

Female, age 37 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1949 · 77 years ago

Helen Matlack Wilson, a 37-year-old white woman, spent the morning of September 6, 1949, going about ordinary errands with her family, unaware that her name would soon be bound forever to one of America’s earliest modern mass shootings. She had been born in…

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Helga Zegrino

Female, age 29 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1949 · 77 years ago

In the quiet city of Camden, New Jersey, a devastating and unforeseen tragedy unfolded, forever altering the lives of many. Among the victims of this senseless act was Helga Zegrino, a 29-year-old woman. On a September morning in 1949, her life was cut short…

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James Winfield Hutton

Male, age 46 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1949 · 77 years ago

On a tragic day in Camden, New Jersey, September 6, 1949, a 46-year-old male insurance salesman named James Winfield Hutton lost his life in a sudden and senseless act of violence. Hutton was the first victim in a deadly rampage carried out by his neighbor…

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John Joseph Pilarchik

Male, age 27 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1949 · 77 years ago

In the Cramer Hill neighborhood of Camden, New Jersey, a sequence of events unfolded on September 6, 1949, that would end the life of 27-year-old John Joseph Pilarchik. On that late summer morning, Howard Barton Unruh, a 28-year-old World War II veteran, left…

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John Wilson

Male, age 8 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1949 · 77 years ago

On a tragic Tuesday morning in Camden, New Jersey, a young White boy's life was cut short in a senseless act of violence. Eight-year-old John Wilson, a male resident of the area, was caught in a deadly rampage that unfolded on September 6, 1949. He was in a…

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Minnie Cohen

Female, age 63 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1949 · 77 years ago

In the late summer of 1949, the city of Camden, New Jersey, was irrevocably marked by a tragedy that would claim the life of 63-year-old Minnie Cohen. On the morning of September 6th, a sequence of events unfolded that would leave a lasting scar on the…

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Orris Martin Smith

Male, age 6 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1949 · 77 years ago

On a day that should have been filled with the innocent anticipation of the first day of first grade, six-year-old Orris Martin Smith sat in a barber's chair in his Camden, New Jersey neighborhood. It was September 6, 1949, a date that would be forever etched…

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Rose Cohen

Female, age 38 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1949 · 77 years ago

In the late summer of 1949, a wave of violence shattered the peace of a Camden, New Jersey neighborhood, forever altering the lives of many, including that of 38-year-old Rose Cohen. A wife and mother, she lived in an apartment above her husband's pharmacy, a…

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Thomas Hamilton

Male, age 2 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1949 · 77 years ago

In the working-class neighborhood of Cramer Hill in Camden, New Jersey, a day of unimaginable violence unfolded on September 6, 1949. A 28-year-old World War II veteran named Howard Unruh began a methodical and deadly walk through his community, leaving a…

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Bill Knight

Male, age 45 · Honea-path, South Carolina

Killed Sep 6, 1934 · 92 years ago

On a tragic day in Honea Path, South Carolina, a 45-year-old male named E.M. 'Bill' Knight lost his life amidst a violent confrontation. The events unfolded on September 6, 1934, during a widespread textile workers' strike that had gripped the nation. On that…

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Thomas Yarborough

Male, age 45 · Honea-path, South Carolina

Killed Sep 6, 1934 · 92 years ago

In the late summer of 1934, the quiet mill town of Honea Path, South Carolina, became the setting for a tragic chapter in American labor history, culminating in the death of Thomas Yarborough, a 53-year-old male weaver and union organizer. The incident, which…

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Joseph P Little Joe

Male, age 48 · Kosciusko, Mississippi

Killed Sep 6, 1922 · 104 years ago

In the late summer of 1922, a dedicated Prohibition Agent by the name of Joseph Perry 'Little Joe' Owen Jr., a 48-year-old white male, found himself in the line of fire in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Having joined the Prohibition Unit on January 2nd of that year…

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Patrick Gill

Male, age 38 · East-saint-louis, Illinois

Killed Sep 6, 1908 · 118 years ago

On September 6, 1908, Chief of Detectives Patrick Gill, a 38-year-old male from East St. Louis, Illinois, was tragically killed in the line of duty. Detective Gill, who was of Caucasian ethnicity, was responding to a residential burglary call on the 1100…

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George Cassidy

Male, age 29 · Lyndhurst, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 1907 · 119 years ago

George Cassidy, a 29-year-old white male police captain in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, served as one of the town’s very first officers and quickly became the face of its newly formed police department. When Union Township created its police force at the start of…

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Cedrick Mosley

Male, age 18 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Sep 6, 2026 · this year

A sense of normalcy was shattered on the morning of Sunday, September 6, 2026, at an apartment complex in the 3500 block of Sunset Drive in Jackson, Mississippi. It was there that 18-year-old Cedrick Mosley and a 17-year-old companion were discovered…

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Chad Hawkins

Male, age 53 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Sep 6, 2026 · this year

In the predawn hours of August 6, 2026, the quiet of a Baton Rouge street was shattered by the sound of gunfire, a violent interruption that would end the life of 53-year-old Chad Hawkins. Officers from the Baton Rouge Police Department were dispatched to the…

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Scott Hendrix

Male, age 50 · Paragould, Arkansas

Killed Sep 6, 2026 · this year

Scott Allen Hendrix, a 50-year-old man, died on September 6, 2026, after being shot at a residence in Paragould, Arkansas. Officers with the Paragould Police Department were sent to the 900 block of East Court Street after receiving a report of a shooting.…

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Susanne Stoddard

Female, age 67 · Wyandotte, Michigan

Killed Sep 6, 2026 · this year

In the quiet suburban city of Wyandotte, Michigan, a domestic disturbance call on the evening of Saturday, September 5, 2026, would tragically escalate, leaving a 67-year-old woman dead and her son, the primary suspect, also deceased in what authorities have…

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Leonardo Zavala-Herrera

Male, age 40 · Santa Fe, California

Killed Sep 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

Leonardo Zavala-Herrera, a 40-year-old Hispanic male from Santa Fe, was shot to death on September 6, 2025, inside a residence on the 1100 block of Lopez Street near Bicentennial Park. Court records later identified him by name and age, tying the fatal…

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Gary Henry Jr.

Male, age 54 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Sep 6, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the Park DuValle neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, a sense of unease settled over the 1500 block of Beech Street on the afternoon of September 6, 2023. Inside a home, 54-year-old Gary Henry Jr., a white male, was found suffering from multiple gunshot…

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Willie Robinson Jr

Male, age 56 · Rayne, Louisiana

Killed Sep 6, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday night in Rayne, Louisiana, the life of 56-year-old Willie Robinson Jr. was tragically cut short. On September 6, 2022, the Rayne Police Department received multiple calls shortly before 11:00 p.m. reporting a shooting at the…

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Michael Adam Byrnes

Male, age 41 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 6, 2022 · 4 years ago

Michael Adam Byrnes, 41, was stabbed to death in the 100 block of West Van Buren Street in the Loop, in the heart of downtown Chicago, on the night of Tuesday, September 6, 2022, the day after Labor Day. The Chicago Police Department investigated. The Chicago…

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Samuel Roberts

Male, age 73 · Quitman, Mississippi

Killed Sep 6, 2020 · 6 years ago

Samuel Roberts was a 73-year-old Black man from Meridian, Mississippi, whose final drive through rural Clarke County early on Sunday, September 6, 2020, ended on the shoulder of Highway 18 near the tiny community of Pachuta, not far from Quitman. Shortly…

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Anthony Alonzo Cudger Jr.

Male, age 31 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 6, 2020 · 6 years ago

Anthony Alonzo Cudger Jr., a 31-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on September 6, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Cudger was shot near 904 W. 81st St. in the Vermont Knolls…

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Ida Mae Storms

Female, age 79 · Middlebury-center, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 6, 2020 · 6 years ago

Ida Mae Storms, a 79-year-old woman from Middlebury Center, Pennsylvania, tragically passed away on September 6, 2020. Born on January 1, 1941, in Troupsburg, New York, Ida Mae was the daughter of Alfred H. Sr. and Edith Mae Rude Burdick. She had a long…

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Jorge Francisco Torres

Male, age 43 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Sep 6, 2020 · 6 years ago

On Sunday, September 6, 2020, the body of Jorge Francisco Torres, a 43-year-old Latino man, was discovered in the expansive Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area. The discovery marked the beginning of a quiet mystery, a homicide case that has yielded few public…

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Johnny Lee Payne

Male, age 45 · Columbiana, Alabama

Killed Sep 6, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the late summer of 2019, a life was tragically cut short in a quiet community in Shelby County, Alabama. On the morning of Friday, September 6, 2019, deputies were called to a residence on Gibson Road in Columbiana to investigate a report of a domestic…

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Dadi Fantu

Male, age 49 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Sep 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Dadi Fantu, a 49-year-old male of Ethiopian ethnicity, tragically passed away on September 6, 2017, in Dallas, TX. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially unclear, but it was later determined to be a homicide. The Dallas Police Department…

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Uyer Barnard Hooper

Male, age 55 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Sep 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, September 6, 2015, a sense of unease settled over the 6400 block of 7th Street, NW in Washington, D.C. At approximately 3:22 a.m., the quiet was shattered by the sound of gunfire. When police arrived, they discovered…

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Demarcus Smith

Male, age 20 · Meridian, Mississippi

Killed Sep 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a late summer evening in Meridian, Mississippi, the life of 20-year-old Demarcus Deangelo Smith was tragically cut short. On September 6, 2015, Smith, a Black male, was walking north on 25th Avenue near 16th Street with an associate. As they proceeded…

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Taurean Beard

Male, age 26 · Temple-hills, Maryland

Killed Sep 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in Temple Hills, Maryland, violence shattered the quiet of the 4600 block of Dallas Place. On September 6, 2015, shots rang out, and when police arrived around 11:30 p.m., they discovered a grim scene. A young man…

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Anatoli Yankiver

Male, age 30 · Lakewood, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 2014 · 12 years ago

Anatoli Yankiver, a 30-year-old male, died on September 6, 2014, in Lakewood, New Jersey. His death occurred at the Shore Shot Pistol Range on Airport Road. Authorities were called to the scene and found Yankiver unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his chest…

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Napoleon Williams

Male, age 33 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Sep 6, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a late summer day, the life of 33-year-old Napoleon Williams was tragically cut short in Newark, New Jersey. On September 6, 2014, Williams became a victim of the gun violence that plagued the city. The initial circumstances surrounding his death were not…

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Francisco Castro

Male, age 53 · Homestead, Florida

Killed Sep 6, 2014 · 12 years ago

Francisco Castro, a 53-year-old resident of Homestead, Florida, tragically passed away on September 6, 2014. His death was the result of a violent incident that shocked the local community. On that fateful day, Castro was found dead under suspicious…

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