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Deaths by Force on April 22

667 open cases in our database happened on April 22. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (461)

Smitty B. Sneed - Los-angeles, California
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Smitty B. Sneed

Male, age 58 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 22, 1973 · 53 years ago

Smitty B. Sneed, aged 58, tragically lost his life on April 22, 1973, in Los Angeles, California. His death was part of a horrific shooting spree carried out by William Ray Bonner, a 25-year-old former service station attendant. The spree began after Bonner…

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W. Carter Baum - Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
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W. Carter Baum

Male, age 30 · Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
Killed Apr 22, 1934 · 92 years ago

W. Carter Baum was a 29-year-old White/Caucasian man and a special agent with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Division of Investigation, the agency that would soon become known as the FBI. Born in Washington, D.C., in July 1904, Baum attended George…

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George Jedrey

Male, age 79 · Stanwood, Michigan
Killed Apr 22, 2026 · this year

George Jedrey, a 79-year-old man, was found dead on April 22, 2026, inside a home in the Stanwood, Michigan area, near Canadian Lakes in Mecosta County. What began as a welfare check turned into the discovery of a family tragedy after a concerned relative…

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DarJuan McRoy

Male, age 22 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Apr 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early evening of April 22, 2025, the sound of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Southeast Washington, D.C. neighborhood. When officers from the Metropolitan Police Department's Seventh District arrived at the 2900 block of Knox Place SE around 6:40…

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Rondrick Williams

Male, age 53 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

On April 22, 2024, at approximately 12:50 a.m., Los Angeles Police Department officers from the Southeast Division responded to reports of gunfire in the 2000 block of East 105th Street in the Watts neighborhood. Upon arrival, they discovered a blood trail on…

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Jose Rubio

Male, age 35 · Austin, Texas
Killed Apr 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

On April 22, 2024, Jose Rubio, a 35-year-old man from Austin, Texas, was found dead under mysterious circumstances, sparking an ongoing investigation by local authorities. The death has garnered significant attention as police work to piece together the…

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Marcus K. Reid

Male, age 62 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed Apr 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

Marcus K. Reid, a 62-year-old man, was tragically killed in Louisville, Kentucky. His life was cut short on April 22, 2023, in the city's Algonquin Park. The circumstances of his death were violent, as he was shot multiple times. The investigation into the…

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Brian Floyd

Male, age 40 · Dillon, South Carolina
Killed Apr 22, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the spring of 2022, the community of Dillon, South Carolina, was shaken by the violent death of one of its own. Brian Floyd, a 40-year-old man, was found deceased on April 22nd. The circumstances surrounding his death were immediately deemed suspicious by…

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Darryl Burnett

Male, age 56 · Downtown, California
Killed Apr 22, 2020 · 6 years ago

The sprawling, often chaotic energy of Downtown Los Angeles holds countless stories within its concrete canyons, but some end abruptly and in silence. Such was the case for Darryl Burnett, a 56-year-old Black man whose life concluded on a sidewalk in the…

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Larry Matthews

Male, age 37 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Apr 22, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the spring of 2019, the life of 37-year-old Larry Matthews was cut short by gunfire in Baltimore, Maryland. On the evening of April 22nd, police were called to the 1700 block of Cliftview Avenue in the city's Darley Park neighborhood. There, they…

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Rolando Geovan Morales-Rabinal

Male, age 25 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Apr 22, 2019 · 7 years ago

Rolando Geovan Morales-Rabinal was 25 years old when he died on Monday, April 22, 2019, in the Valley Glen neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 6554 N. Mammoth Ave. His death was…

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Orestes Romaro Nieblas

Male, age 32 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed Apr 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of 32-year-old Orestes Romaro Nieblas, a Cuban male, was tragically cut short. On April 22, 2018, near Bardstown Road and Bashford Manor Lane, an altercation broke out between Nieblas and another man…

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Damien Sanders

Male, age 38 · Albany, New York
Killed Apr 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the spring of 2018, the life of 38-year-old Damien L. Sanders came to a violent end on a street in Albany, New York. On the afternoon of April 22nd, Sanders, a male who had been released from prison just four months earlier after serving a two-decade…

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Jerome Stewart

Male, age 57 · Calumet-city, Illinois
Killed Apr 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jerome Stewart, a 57-year-old African American male, was found dead on April 22, 2018, in Calumet City, Illinois. His death was initially reported as suspicious, prompting an investigation by local authorities. Stewart's body was discovered with multiple…

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Devonte Darnell Zeno

Male, age 24 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Devonte Darnell Zeno, a 24-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on April 22, 2017. According to reports, Zeno was walking in the 300 block of West 50th Street in the South Park neighborhood when he was shot. The incident…

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Matthew Anderson

Male, age 21 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed Apr 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of April 22, 2015, a sense of disbelief fell over the St. Louis Job Corps Center when 21-year-old Matthew Anderson was found shot in his dormitory bed. A new arrival, having been at the center for only a day, his life was abruptly ended by a…

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Christopher John Paul

Male, age 33 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Christopher John Paul, a 33-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, was tragically shot and killed on April 22, 2015. The incident occurred in the 3300 block of Mentone Avenue in the Palms neighborhood. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s…

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Adam Williams

Male, age 49 · Cleveland, Ohio
Killed Apr 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

On April 22, 2015, Adam Williams, a 49-year-old male from Cleveland, Ohio, was fatally shot. According to available information, he succumbed to gun violence on that date. Details regarding any arrests, suspects, or further developments in the case are not…

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Rahmahjae Rogers

Male, age 21 · Cahokia, Illinois
Killed Apr 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Rahmahjae Rogers, a 21-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on April 21, 2014, in Cahokia, Illinois. The incident occurred on Delores Street in the Bruce Place Subdivision off Route 157. According to reports, Rahmahjae was wounded and subsequently…

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Larry Smith

Male, age 21 · Cleveland, Ohio
Killed Apr 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

n April 22, 2014, Larry E. Smith Jr., a 21-year-old African American male, was fatally shot in Cleveland, Ohio.he incident occurred at a public housing complex in the Garden Valley neighborhood.mergency responders transported Smith to a local hospital, where…

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Erica Ostenson

Female, age 25 · Janesville, Wisconsin
Killed Apr 22, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the spring of 2009, a domestic dispute in Janesville, Wisconsin, tragically ended the life of 25-year-old Erica Ostenson. On the morning of April 22nd, Ostenson was shot multiple times on the front porch of her home. The gunman was her ex-boyfriend…

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Roderick Monday

Male, age 49 · Birmingham, Alabama
Killed Apr 22, 2008 · 18 years ago

Roderick Monday was a 49-year-old man from Birmingham, Alabama. He was the son of Jones and Henrietta Monday and part of a large family that included his brothers Cardius, Clifford, and Jones, and his sisters Darlene White, Sherion Agee, and Wanda Henley. On…

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Alfonso Vigil

Male, age 71 · Cudahy, California
Killed Apr 22, 2000 · 26 years ago

On the night of April 22, 2000, 71-year-old Alfonso Vigil was found dead on the kitchen floor of his apartment at the Clara Park Commons in Cudahy after neighbors forced their way in to fight a deliberately set fire. Smoke alarms alerted residents just before…

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Grace Turel

Female, age 77 · Portland, Oregon
Killed Apr 22, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 22, 1988, the quiet of a Southeast Portland neighborhood was broken by the sight of smoke billowing from the home of 77-year-old Grace Turel. A passing garbage man, making his usual rounds at approximately 6 a.m., was the…

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Sandra Hughes

Female, age 8 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 22, 1982 · 44 years ago

Sandra Hughes, an 8-year-old girl from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost her life on April 22, 1982. Her death was part of a horrific incident involving multiple family members. On that fateful day, Sandra was brutally murdered alongside her…

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Bill Heinrich

Male, age 36 · Surrey, British Columbia
Killed Apr 22, 1982 · 44 years ago

The spring of 1982 was a tense time in British Columbia, as a sense of unease lingered across the Lower Mainland following a string of horrific crimes that had shaken the public. It was against this backdrop that another life was violently cut short. On…

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Jevie D. Thompson

Male, age 57 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 22, 1973 · 53 years ago

Jevie D. Thompson, aged 57, tragically lost his life on April 22, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, during a horrific shooting spree carried out by William Ray Bonner. Bonner, an unemployed service station attendant, embarked on a violent rampage through the…

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Versell Bennett

Male, age 58 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 22, 1973 · 53 years ago

Versell Bennett, aged 58, tragically lost his life on April 22, 1973, during a violent shooting spree in Los Angeles, California. The perpetrator, William Ray Bonner, was a 25-year-old former service station attendant who embarked on a rampage that resulted…

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William May

Male, age 44 · Gainesville, Florida
Killed Apr 22, 1934 · 92 years ago

William Arthur May, a 44-year-old Deputy Sheriff with the Alachua County Sheriff's Office, tragically lost his life on April 22, 1934, in LaCrosse, Florida. On that fateful day, Deputy May was off duty and attending church when he was alerted to a domestic…

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