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Deaths by Force on February 4

560 open cases in our database happened on February 4. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (390)

Death by Force

Frederick Seiden

Male, age 23 · Brooklyn, New York
Killed Feb 4, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the winter of 1984, a gruesome discovery was made in a Brooklyn home, forever linking the name of Frederick Seiden to a dark chapter in the city's history of organized crime. On February 5th, police found the bodies of three men, each of them having been…

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Death by Force

John Baida

Male, age 19 · Brooklyn, New York
Killed Feb 4, 1984 · 42 years ago

John Baida, a 19-year-old male, was discovered murdered on February 5, 1984, in Brooklyn, New York. His death was part of a brutal triple homicide that also claimed the lives of Richard 'Richie' DiNome and Frederick Seiden. The three victims were found in…

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Richard DiNome

Male, age 29 · Brooklyn, New York
Killed Feb 4, 1984 · 42 years ago

On the cold winter day of February 4, 1984, Richard DiNome, a 29-year-old male, was found murdered in his Gravesend, Brooklyn home. He was discovered in his living room, having been shot in the back of the head with an automatic weapon. Two other individuals…

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Elton Ponthier

Male, age 33 · Belledeau, Louisiana
Killed Feb 4, 1967 · 59 years ago

Elton Joseph Ponthier, a 33-year-old male, died from gun violence on February 4, 1967, in the small Avoyelles Parish community of Belledeau, Louisiana. In the quiet of that rural place—where people knew one another by name and landmarks mattered as much as…

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Walter Henry Akers

Male, age 37 · Parker, Arizona
Killed Feb 4, 1948 · 78 years ago

In the small town of Parker, Arizona, a confrontation at the local train depot on Wednesday, February 4, 1948, ended in the tragic death of a law enforcement officer. Walter Henry Akers, a 37-year-old male Deputy Sheriff with the Yuma County Sheriff's…

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John King

Male, age 40 · Bamberg, South Carolina
Killed Feb 4, 1903 · 123 years ago

On a Wednesday afternoon in Bamberg, South Carolina, a violent domestic disturbance unfolded that would end the life of a local law enforcement officer. The events began on February 4, 1903, when a woman arrived in the town center seeking assistance from the…

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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.