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Frency St. Vil

Unknown, age 23 · Miami, Florida

Found Sep 7, 2010 · 16 years ago

Frency St. Vil, age 23, was tragically murdered on September 7, 2010, in Miami, Florida. His case remains unsolved and is one of many cold cases highlighted in the Project Cold Case database. The circumstances surrounding Frency's death have not been fully…

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Hubert Caniza

Unknown, age 2 · Miami, Florida

Found Sep 7, 2010 · 16 years ago

On September 7, 2010, Hubert Caniza, a two-year-old child, was tragically killed in Miami, Florida. The incident occurred during what was initially a routine night for the family. According to accounts, gunshots erupted outside their residence as the family…

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Desiree Davis

Female, age 17 · Oakland, California

Found Sep 7, 2009 · 17 years ago

Desiree Davis, a 17-year-old high school student, was tragically killed on September 7, 2009, in a drive-by shooting in Oakland, California. Desiree was originally from New Orleans, and her family moved to California after losing their home to Hurricane…

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Francisco Bahadur

Male, age 23 · Houston, Texas

Found Sep 7, 2009 · 17 years ago

Francisco Bahadur, age 23, died on September 7, 2009, in Houston, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death point to a violent incident that resulted in his homicide. The investigation was led by the Homicide Division of the Houston Police Department…

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Finn Caspersen

Male, age 67 · Westerly, Rhode Island

Killed Sep 7, 2009 · 17 years ago

Finn Michael Westby Caspersen, a 67-year-old White male, died on September 7, 2009, in the coastal town of Westerly, Rhode Island. His death was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was ruled a suicide, bringing a tragic end to the life of a…

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Richard Scott Crittenden Sr.

Male, age 57 · North Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Sep 7, 2009 · 17 years ago

Richard Scott Crittenden Sr., a 57-year-old White / Caucasian male, was a dedicated police officer whose life was tragically cut short on September 7, 2009. A nine-year veteran of the North St. Paul Police Department, Crittenden was known as a fatherly figure…

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James Shelton

Male, age 61 · Fresno, California

Found Sep 7, 2008 · 18 years ago

James Shelton, aged 61, was tragically killed on September 7, 2008, in Fresno, California. Shelton's death was documented as part of Fresno's ongoing efforts to address violent crime in the area. He was found in his home, but details regarding the specific…

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James Angelo

Male, age 27 · Portland, Maine

Killed Sep 7, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of September 7, 2008, a sense of quiet dedication defined the work of James Angelo, a 27-year-old Black man who had found a new life in Portland, Maine, after his family fled the violence of their native Sudan. He was a security guard at…

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Kevin L Miles

Male, age 21 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 7, 2008 · 18 years ago

Kevin L. Miles was a 21-year-old Black man from St. Louis, Missouri, and the story of what happened to him is one that, even now, is hard to tell cleanly from the public record. What can be said with confidence is that his death belongs to the category of…

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Charles H Davis

Male, age 20 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Sep 7, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the late summer of 2008, the life of 20-year-old Charles H. Davis, III, of Independence, Missouri, was unexpectedly cut short. He passed away on September 9, 2008. Information regarding the specific circumstances of his death, including the cause, is not…

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Donivan LaRon Crutcher

Male, age 16 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 7, 2008 · 18 years ago

On an early September day in 2008, what should have been a peaceful trip home from church for Donivan LaRon Crutcher and his friends turned into a scene of unimaginable violence. The 16-year-old male was a passenger in a red car driving near Pine Street and…

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Michael Smith Phillips

Male, age 37 · Virginia-beach, Virginia

Killed Sep 7, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the late hours of a warm Virginia summer evening, the bustling Green Run Shopping Center in Virginia Beach became the tragic backdrop for the end of a dedicated officer's watch. On Thursday, August 7, 2008, Detective Michael Smith Phillips, a 37-year-old…

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Rona Ard

Female, age 53 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Sep 7, 2007 · 19 years ago

Rona Armand, aged 53, was tragically killed on September 7, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident took place in a neighborhood that, like many parts of the city, has been affected by increasing rates of violent crime during that time. Armand’s death…

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Phillip Larnarri

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Sep 7, 2007 · 19 years ago

Phillip Larnarri, aged 32, was shot and killed on September 7, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a particularly challenging time for Chicago, which was struggling with a persistently high rate of violent crime throughout the mid-2000s.…

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James F Lane

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Sep 7, 2007 · 19 years ago

James F. Lane, a 29-year-old man from Chicago, Illinois, was tragically killed on September 7, 2007. His death was one of the numerous homicides that plagued the city during a time of heightened gun violence. Chicago’s South Side, where many of these crimes…

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Jahvone Alexander

Male, age 20 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 7, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late summer of 2007, the life of a young Black / African American man, Jahvone Alexander, was cut tragically short on the streets of Philadelphia. On September 7, 2007, the body of the 20-year-old was discovered on the 3300 block of North 19th Street.…

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Samuel L Simmons

Male · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Sep 7, 2007 · 19 years ago

Samuel L. Simmons, a Black man from Nashville, Tennessee, is remembered first as a person, not as a headline. His name carries the weight of a life that mattered in quiet, ordinary ways—through routines, relationships, and the familiar places that make a city…

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Damion Arterrius Butler

Male, age 23 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Sep 7, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late summer of 2007, the life of 23-year-old Damion Arterrius Butler was tragically cut short in Birmingham, Alabama. On Friday, September 7, 2007, Butler, a young male, became a victim of gun violence in an incident that also claimed the life of…

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Edmund Anthony Frison

Male, age 23 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Sep 7, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a late summer day in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of 23-year-old Edmund Anthony Frison was tragically cut short. On September 7, 2007, Frison, a young male, and another man, 23-year-old Damion Arterrius Butler, were both killed in an act of gun violence.…

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Luz D. Suria

Female, age 34 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Sep 7, 2004 · 22 years ago

Luz D. Suria was 34 years old when she died on Tuesday, September 7, 2004, in Panorama City, in the San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 8830 Tobias Ave. Her death was ruled a homicide…

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Laura Lazaro Espinoza

Female, age 33 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Sep 7, 2003 · 23 years ago

Laura Lazaro Espinoza was 33 years old when she died on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003, in Exposition Park, a neighborhood just south of downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at…

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Kemberly Williams

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Sep 7, 2002 · 24 years ago

Kemberly Williams, a male from Dayton, Ohio, was tragically killed on September 7, 2002. He was found dead in Montgomery County, and his death remains unsolved. Kemberly's case is still open, with Dayton Police investigating to gather any potential leads that…

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German Lizarraga

Male, age 25 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 7, 2002 · 24 years ago

German Lizarraga, a 25-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on September 7, 2002, in East Hollywood, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Lizarraga was fatally shot, marking a violent end to his young life. The…

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Oscar Armando Padilla

Male, age 42 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 7, 2002 · 24 years ago

Oscar Armando Padilla, a 42-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on September 7, 2002, in Wilmington, Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Padilla was fatally shot, marking a violent end to his life. The…

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Shaun Gustavo Gomez

Male, age 20 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Sep 7, 2000 · 26 years ago

Shaun Gustavo Gomez was 20 years old when he died on Thursday, September 7, 2000, in Wilmington, in the Harbor area of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma in front of 809 E.…

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Darlene Rice

Female, age 41 · Springfield, Ohio

Killed Sep 7, 1998 · 28 years ago

On September 7, 1998, Darlene Rice, aged 41, died in a tragic incident that took place in Springfield, Ohio. The Springfield Fire Division responded to a fire at approximately 4:15 a.m. at 328 Warren Drive. The fire consumed the entire residence as well as a…

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Shannon Dalton

Female, age 22 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed Sep 7, 1998 · 28 years ago

Shannon N. Dalton, a 22-year-old woman from Omaha, Nebraska, was tragically shot and killed on September 7, 1998. At the time of her death, she was married to John Dalton Jr., with whom she had three young daughters. The couple resided at 3489 Ruggles Street…

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Darrin Robey

Male, age 29 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Sep 7, 1997 · 29 years ago

On a late summer evening in Washington, D.C., a sense of unease settled over the 500 block of Rhode Island Avenue, NW. It was Sunday, September 7, 1997, and at approximately 10:45 p.m., the sound of gunfire shattered the night, forever altering the course of…

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Ronald Sanchez

Male, age 16 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Sep 7, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 7, 1997, the life of 16-year-old Hispanic male Ronald Sanchez was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence on a Las Vegas freeway. The teenager was behind the wheel of his sister's 1996 white Plymouth Neon…

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Roberto Villegas

Male, age 37 · Warrenton, Virginia

Killed Sep 7, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the affluent horse country of Warrenton, Virginia, a love story between a wealthy heiress and a dashing polo player took a fatal turn. Roberto Villegas, a 38-year-old Argentine polo star, was found dead on September 7, 1997, in the kitchen of Ashland…

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David Salter

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 7, 1995 · 31 years ago

On September 7, 1995, David Salter, a twenty-three-year-old male, was shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place near Rhodes Avenue and East Main Street in Franklin County. Salter's death was classified as a homicide, and it remains unsolved.…

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Cindy Gingerich

Female, age 26 · Sumiton, Alabama

Killed Sep 7, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the late hours of September 7, 1994, the quiet of a Sumiton, Alabama evening was shattered by a single act of violence that would leave a family searching for answers for decades to come. Twenty-six-year-old Cindy Gingerich, a Caucasian female, was shot…

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Lamar Dozier

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Sep 7, 1993 · 33 years ago

On September 7, 1993, Lamar Dozier, a resident of Dayton, Ohio, was killed in an incident that took place in Montgomery County. He was pronounced dead on the same day, and the case has since been classified as a homicide. The Dayton Police Department has been…

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Rhonda Anette Knutson

Female, age 22 · New Hampton, Iowa

Killed Sep 7, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the early morning hours of Labor Day, September 7, 1992, the quiet of rural Iowa was shattered by a brutal act of violence. Twenty-two-year-old Rhonda Anette Knutson, a female, was nearing the end of her overnight shift at the Phillips 66 convenience store…

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Carl Monie

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Sep 7, 1990 · 36 years ago

Carl Bert Monie, aged 34, was tragically killed on September 7, 1990, in Dayton, Ohio. The incident took place in Montgomery County, and his death was classified as a homicide by the Dayton Police Department. Carl Monie was found beaten to death, and despite…

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Nancy Valentin

Female, age 31 · Stratford, Connecticut

Killed Sep 7, 1990 · 36 years ago

On a late summer evening in Stratford, Connecticut, the life of Nancy Valentin, a 31-year-old White / Caucasian woman, was tragically cut short. On September 7, 1990, the single mother of two young daughters, aged 3 and 9, had just completed her shift as a…

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Leoned Santiago

Male, age 49 · Portland, Oregon

Found Sep 7, 1988 · 38 years ago

On a September day in 1988, a young woman's walk across the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland, Oregon, led to a grim discovery. The decomposing smell led her to look down, where she spotted what appeared to be a human arm beneath the south edge of the SE Water…

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Gary Dockery

Male, age 43 · Walden, Tennessee

Killed Sep 7, 1988 · 38 years ago

On September 7, 1988, Walden Police Department officer Gary Dockery, a 43-year-old male, responded to what he believed was a routine domestic disturbance call, a summons that would irrevocably alter the course of his life and culminate in his death years…

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Vernon Larkins

Male, age 30 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Sep 7, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the late summer of 1988, concern grew for Vernon Lester Larkin, a 30-year-old man, when his mother found herself unable to reach him for several days. On the morning of Wednesday, September 7th, his mother's worry prompted her to contact the manager of his…

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Claude Dallas Baker

Male, age 36 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Sep 7, 1987 · 39 years ago

Claude Dallas Baker Jr., aged 36, tragically lost his life on September 7, 1987, in Bakersfield, California. The incident occurred at a Shell gas station on White Lane, where Baker was employed. On that fateful day, Steven Bradley entered the gas station with…

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Sonya Dye

Female, age 22 · Tampa, Florida

Found Sep 7, 1985 · 41 years ago

Tragically, there is very little media reporting on Sonya’s life or death. We do know that Sonya Dye was a 22 year old mother to two children, one son and one daughter, living in Tampa, FL at the time of her death. Sonya left her home on the evening of…

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Fiore Dijulius

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 7, 1984 · 42 years ago

Fiore Dijulius, a 52-year-old male, was tragically killed on September 7, 1984, in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place at 2070 Maryland Avenue, located in Franklin County. Dijulius suffered fatal head injuries caused by an unknown object, and was…

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Maria Marshall

Female, age 42 · Lacey Township, New Jersey

Killed Sep 7, 1984 · 42 years ago

On the night of September 7, 1984, 42-year-old Maria Marshall, a mother of three, was shot and killed in her car at a picnic area off the Garden State Parkway in Lacey Township, New Jersey. Her husband, Robert O. Marshall, an insurance salesman, told police…

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Vicky Marie Elliott

Female, age 21 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Sep 7, 1984 · 42 years ago

Vicky Marie Elliott, a 21-year-old woman, disappeared on September 7, 1984, in Tampa, Florida. She was reported missing by her employer when she failed to show up for work at a Ramada Inn coffee shop, where she had been employed since July 1983. At the time…

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Chris Heyman

Male, age 18 · Craig, Alaska

Killed Sep 7, 1982 · 44 years ago

On September 7, 1982, deckhand Chris Heyman, a White Male, age 18, was among eight people killed in and around the 58-foot seiner Investor near the small fishing town of Craig, Alaska. The boat's owner, Mark Coulthurst, his pregnant wife Irene, their young…

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Dean Moon

Male, age 19 · Craig, Alaska

Killed Sep 7, 1982 · 44 years ago

White/Caucasian male, age 19, Dean Moon was a teenage deckhand aboard the 58-foot salmon seiner Investor, which tied up in the small port of Craig, Alaska, over Labor Day weekend in 1982. The boat's owner-skipper, Mark Coulthurst, had brought his family and…

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Irene Kay Hudson Coulthurst

Female, age 27 · Craig, Alaska

Killed Sep 7, 1982 · 44 years ago

A White/Caucasian female, age 27, Irene Coulthurst was aboard the 58-foot seiner Investor with her husband, Mark, their two young children, and four teenage deckhands when the boat eased into Craig, Alaska, over Labor Day weekend in 1982. After a birthday…

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Jerome Patrick Keown

Male, age 19 · Craig, Alaska

Killed Sep 7, 1982 · 44 years ago

White/Caucasian male Jerome Patrick Keown, age 19, was one of eight people killed aboard the 58-foot seiner Investor in the waters off Craig, Alaska, in early September 1982. The Investor, owned and captained by 28-year-old Mark Coulthurst of Blaine…

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