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Deaths by Force on April 21

583 open cases in our database happened on April 21. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (419)

Terrence Murray - Nashville, Tennessee
Death by Force

Terrence Murray

Male, age 13 · Nashville, Tennessee
Killed Apr 21, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the spring of 1994, a tragedy unfolded within the walls of a Nashville school that would leave a lasting scar on the community. On April 21, 1994, a 13-year-old male student named Terrance Murray was fatally shot inside his classroom at J.T. Moore Middle…

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Hope DiMario-Popoleo - Ridley-township, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Hope DiMario-Popoleo

Female, age 26 · Ridley-township, Pennsylvania
Killed Apr 21, 1993 · 33 years ago

Hope Ann DiMario-Popoleo, a 26-year-old woman, tragically lost her life on April 21, 1993, in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania. She was fatally shot along with her friend, Richard Pepe. The incident was a devastating event that left her family and community in…

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Richard Pepe - Ridley-township, Pennsylvania
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Richard Pepe

Male, age 36 · Ridley-township, Pennsylvania
Killed Apr 21, 1993 · 33 years ago

On April 21, 1993, Richard Pepe, a 36-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, was tragically murdered at the Pennant Sports Bar in Ridley Township, PA. The incident occurred around 11:30 PM when Teryl Wyrick, armed with a .38 caliber revolver, entered the…

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Donetha Snead-Haile - St. Augustine, Florida
Death by Force

Donetha Snead-Haile

Female, age 32 · St. Augustine, Florida
Killed Apr 21, 1993 · 33 years ago

Donetha Snead-Haile, a 32-year-old woman, was reported missing by her family on April 23, 1993, after she had not been seen since the evening of April 21, 1993. Concerns grew when her mother and sister noted that none of her personal belongings had been…

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Joseph Harris - Columbus, Ohio
Death by Force

Joseph Harris

Null · Columbus, Ohio
Killed Apr 21, 1990 · 36 years ago

On April 21, 1990, Joseph Harris, a 43-year-old man, was murdered in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred at 1304 Mt. Vernon Avenue, located in Franklin County. Harris sustained multiple gunshot wounds, and his case remains unsolved. The Columbus Police…

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Helen Stuart - Newark, Ohio
Death by Force

Helen Stuart

Female, age 71 · Newark, Ohio
Killed Apr 21, 1989 · 37 years ago

On April 21, 1989, Helen Stuart, a 71-year-old resident of Newark, Ohio, was found dead in her vehicle under circumstances that remain unsolved. Her body was discovered nude in the back seat of her silver 1981 Ford Fairmont, which had been abandoned along…

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Julie Magiulo - Weston, Florida
Death by Force

Julie Magiulo

Female, age 3 · Weston, Florida
Found Apr 21, 1988 · 38 years ago

Three-year-old Julie Magiulo was last seen alive on June 8, 1987, playing in the front yard of her home in Pompano Beach, Florida. Nearly a year later, on April 21, 1988, her skeletal remains were discovered by two men scouting for hunting land in an…

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Randy Waldron - Reno, Nevada
Death by Force

Randy Waldron

Male, age 28 · Reno, Nevada
Killed Apr 21, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the spring of 1984, the life of Randy Waldron, a 28-year-old male, came to a violent and abrupt end in Reno, Nevada. On April 21, he was discovered deceased, having been shot multiple times in the head. At the time of his death, Waldron was camping near…

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William McIntyre - Oakville, Ontario
Death by Force

William McIntyre

Male, age 33 · Oakville, Ontario
Killed Apr 21, 1984 · 42 years ago

William McIntyre was a dedicated and effective police officer, a man who could seamlessly blend into the criminal underworld to get the job done. Born in 1951, he grew up in Oakville, Ontario, and worked for three years as an apprentice mechanic before…

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Suzanne Searle - Houston, Texas
Death by Force

Suzanne Searle

Female, age 25 · Houston, Texas
Killed Apr 21, 1982 · 44 years ago

Suzanne Searle, a 25-year-old white female originally from Des Moines, Iowa, had recently relocated to Houston, Texas, in early 1982. On April 5 of that year, she was reported missing after attending an all-night party. Although she appeared to return home…

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Mary Caperton - Dallas, Texas
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Mary Caperton

Female, age 39 · Dallas, Texas
Killed Apr 21, 1980 · 46 years ago

Mary Caperton, a 39-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on April 21, 1980. Her death was part of a series of killings committed by Danny Lee Barber, a serial killer who operated in Dallas County, Texas, between 1978 and 1980. Barber was known for his…

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Chantal Tremblay - Terrebonne, Quebec
Death by Force

Chantal Tremblay

Female, age 16 · Terrebonne, Quebec
Killed Apr 21, 1979 · 47 years ago

Chantal Tremblay was a 16-year-old female student from Rosemère, Quebec, who was studying at the CEGEP of Old Montreal. She lived with her parents on rue Oak in the suburban community north of Montreal. On a summer evening, she was planning to embark on a…

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Sara Hallett - Aptos, California
Death by Force

Sara Hallett

Female, age 59 · Aptos, California
Killed Apr 21, 1973 · 53 years ago

Sara "Sally" Taylor Hallett, a 59-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on April 21, 1973, in Aptos, California. She was the last victim of the infamous serial killer Edmund Kemper. Hallett was a close friend of Kemper's mother, Clarnell Strandberg, and…

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William Thomas Burke - Parkton, North Carolina
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William Thomas Burke

Male, age 37 · Parkton, North Carolina
Killed Apr 21, 1969 · 57 years ago

Thomas Burke, a white male, was married to Velma Barfield in 1949. The couple resided in North Carolina with their two children. Their marriage faced challenges, particularly after Velma underwent a hysterectomy, which led to chronic back pain and a…

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Leslie Lee Potts - Malvern, Arkansas
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Leslie Lee Potts

Female, age 35 · Malvern, Arkansas
Killed Apr 21, 1933 · 93 years ago

On a spring day in 1933, Patrolman Leslie Lee Potts, a 35-year-old man serving with the Malvern Police Department in Arkansas, had been off duty at home, preparing for his young son's tenth birthday celebration, when an urgent call from Main Street shattered…

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Charles Mortimer Cosby Jr - Laramie, Wyoming
Death by Force

Charles Mortimer Cosby Jr

Male, age 43 · Laramie, Wyoming
Killed Apr 21, 1927 · 99 years ago

On April 21, 1927, Charles Mortimer Cosby Jr., a 43-year-old White male, rode out from Laramie as Albany County's sheriff on what seemed at first like another lead to chase down. A University of Wyoming student had told him about a strange man camped in the…

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Hendrika Elizabeth Richards

Female, age 79 · Newport News, Virginia
Killed Apr 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Heacox Lane in Newport News, Virginia, a grim discovery was made on Monday, April 21, 2025, that shattered the peace of the community. Hendrika Elizabeth Richards, a 79-year-old woman, was found deceased in her home by police…

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Javail Hodges

Male, age 30 · Bessemer, Alabama
Killed Apr 21, 2022 · 4 years ago

Javail Lamar Hodges, a man remembered by those who knew him as funny, talented, and outgoing, was building a new life in Alabama after moving from his home state of Missouri. A former student of McClure North High School in Florissant, Missouri, the…

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Abdirisaq Ahmed

Male, age 35 · San-diego, California
Killed Apr 21, 2022 · 4 years ago

Abdirisaq Ahmed, a 35-year-old Somali man, tragically lost his life on April 21, 2022, in San Diego, California. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 12:30 a.m., in the Chollas Creek area of City Heights. Ahmed, who was homeless at…

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Anthony Fuimaono

Male, age 56 · Fairfield, California
Killed Apr 21, 2022 · 4 years ago

Anthony Fuimaono, a 56-year-old resident of Fairfield, California, tragically lost his life on April 21, 2022. The incident occurred near Hillview Park in Fairfield, where police responded to reports of a shooting around 11:25 p.m. Upon arrival, officers…

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Antonio Diaz

Male, age 40 · Oakland, California
Killed Apr 21, 2020 · 6 years ago

Antonio Diaz, a 40-year-old resident of Oakland, California, was tragically shot and killed on April 21, 2020. The incident occurred in the 400 block of Caswell Avenue in the Brookfield Village neighborhood of East Oakland. Diaz was found with gunshot wounds…

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Randall Scott Fletcher

Male, age 22 · Montebello, California
Killed Apr 21, 2018 · 8 years ago

Randall Scott Fletcher, a 22-year-old Latino man, tragically lost his life after being shot in Ashiya Park, Montebello, CA. On April 21, 2018, Fletcher was sitting in the park around 4 p.m. when an unknown assailant approached him from behind and shot him in…

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Dale Williams

Male, age 37 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Apr 21, 2018 · 8 years ago

Dale Williams, 37, was stabbed to death during an argument in the 7900 block of South Crandon Avenue in the South Chicago community on the city's Southeast Side on Saturday, April 21, 2018. The Sun-Times homicide tracker records the address as 7909 South…

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Kevin Ty Whitehurst II

Male, age 25 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Apr 21, 2017 · 9 years ago

Kevin Ty Whitehurst II was 25 years old when he died on April 21, 2017, in Hawthorne. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds after he was attacked near Washington Avenue and West 132nd Street. His death was ruled…

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Eddie Harvey

Male, age 51 · Moultrie, Georgia
Killed Apr 21, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet town of Moultrie, Georgia, the life of 51-year-old Eddie James Harvey came to a violent and tragic end on a Tuesday night in April of 2015. Responding to reports of gunfire, law enforcement discovered Harvey deceased behind the wheel of his 2000…

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Jerome Knox

Male, age 28 · Plano, Texas
Killed Apr 21, 2015 · 11 years ago

On April 21, 2015, Jerome Knox, a 28-year-old African American male from Plano, Texas, passed away. His obituary was published by the Dallas Morning News on April 24, 2015, announcing that a service was scheduled for April 25, 2015, at Good Hope Baptist…

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Lillium Mead

Female, age 4 · Des Moines, Iowa
Killed Apr 21, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, a tragedy unfolded in Des Moines, Iowa, forever altering the lives of a local family. On April 21st, four-year-old Lillium Mead was fatally wounded in a shooting incident. The young girl, a resident of the city, succumbed to her…

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Jason Puckett

Male, age 28 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed Apr 21, 2014 · 12 years ago

On an evening in April 2014, a drug transaction in a Las Vegas parking lot took a fatal turn, ending the life of 28-year-old Jason Puckett. The male victim had arranged to purchase marijuana with a friend and was meeting the seller near Washington Avenue and…

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Elmer Hudler

Male · Dixon, North Carolina
Killed Apr 21, 2014 · 12 years ago

Elmer Lee Hudler, a 60-year-old white male, passed away on April 21, 2014, at his home in Holly Ridge, North Carolina. His death was initially reported as a tragic incident, but further investigation revealed a more sinister story. Elmer Hudler was found shot…

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Martin Garcia-Tellez

Male, age 35 · Atlanta, Georgia
Killed Apr 21, 2007 · 19 years ago

Martin Garcia-Tellez was 35 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Saturday, April 21, 2007. The Atlanta Police Department Homicide Unit investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007…

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Arturo Sanchez

Male, age 29 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 21, 2002 · 24 years ago

Arturo Sanchez, a 29-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on April 21, 2002, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Sanchez was fatally shot in Boyle Heights, a neighborhood known for its vibrant culture…

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Edvard Almonor

Male, age 18 · North-miami, Florida
Killed Apr 21, 1994 · 32 years ago

Edvard Almonor, an 18-year-old student from North Miami High School, tragically lost his life on April 21, 1994. The incident occurred during lunchtime in the school's parking lot when Almonor was accidentally shot in the chest by his classmate, Tyhno Rock.…

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Mirko Marincic

Male · Hamilton, Ontario
Killed Apr 21, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the annals of Hamilton's history, where the city’s identity was forged in the smoke and fire of its steel mills, there are stories that have faded with time, leaving behind only a name and a date. One of those is the story of Mirko Marincic, a man whose…

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Clyde Franklin Davis

Male, age 42 · Malvern, Arkansas
Killed Apr 21, 1933 · 93 years ago

In the spring of 1933, a domestic disturbance on Main Street in Malvern, Arkansas, tragically cut short the life of Malvern Police Chief Clyde Franklin Davis. On Friday, April 21, 1933, Chief Davis responded to a call at a local residence. The situation…

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George W. Wall

Male, age 45 · San-augustine, Texas
Killed Apr 21, 1900 · 126 years ago

George W. Wall, a 45-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, served as the sheriff of San Augustine County, Texas. He was born on June 12, 1854, in Gonzales, Texas. On April 21, 1900, Sheriff Wall was fatally shot in the back with a shotgun by Lycurgus "Curg"…

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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.