Death by Force

Lasandra Coleman

Female, age 5 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed Jul 11, 2005 · 21 years ago

On July 11, 2005, in Omaha, Nebraska, 5-year-old Lasandra 'Precious' Coleman tragically lost her life when a bullet was fired through the back window of a car near 29th and Patrick streets. Despite immediate community outcry and the offer of a $10,000 reward…

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Jesus Salvador Rivas Nava

Male · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Jul 11, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the early morning hours of a summer weekend in Greensboro, North Carolina, a life was abruptly and violently ended, leaving behind a mystery that has endured for years. Jesus Salvador Rivas Nava, a Hispanic man living in the city, had been enjoying a night…

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Rubin Ameperosa

Male, age 30 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 11, 2004 · 22 years ago

Rubin Ameperosa, a 30-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on July 11, 2004. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Rubin was fatally shot in Wilmington, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. The incident occurred on…

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Willie Brian Wells

Male, age 45 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 11, 2004 · 22 years ago

Willie Brian Wells was 45 years old when he died on Sunday, July 11, 2004, in Hollywood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 1605 Ivar Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Valerie Louise McCorvey

Female, age 35 · Westmont, California

Killed Jul 11, 2003 · 23 years ago

Valerie Louise McCorvey, a 35-year-old woman, was found dead on July 11, 2003, in the Westmont area of Los Angeles, California. Her body was discovered on Denker Avenue between 108th and 109th streets. The cause of death was determined to be ligature…

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Julian Berry

Male, age 16 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Jul 11, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the early moments of July 11, 2000, a horrific discovery was made in a home on East 17th Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sixteen-year-old Julian Cain Berry, a male, was found stabbed to death by his brother. The two had spoken on the phone just fifteen minutes…

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John Sterling

Male, age 19 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 11, 2000 · 26 years ago

On July 11, 2000, 19-year-old John Sterling from Chester, Pennsylvania, was found deceased under circumstances that have not been publicly detailed. Despite the passage of time, specific information regarding the events leading to his death remains scarce.…

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Linda Lincoln

Female, age 41 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jul 11, 1999 · 27 years ago

On the morning of July 11, 1999, a distressing encounter would set in motion the final, tragic hours for 41-year-old Linda Lincoln, a Caucasian female from Portland, Oregon. Around 9:30 a.m., she arrived at a friend's house, visibly shaken, and recounted a…

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Janet Kuchinsky

Female, age 42 · Pierrefonds, Quebec

Killed Jul 11, 1999 · 27 years ago

Janet Kuchinsky was a 42-year-old mother of three who enjoyed the quiet suburban life of Pierrefonds, a community on the West Island of Montreal, Quebec. Her frequent walks were a normal part of her routine, a way to enjoy the familiar neighborhood streets…

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Heidi Hall

Female · San Diego, California

Found Jul 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

Heidi Hall, a 30-year-old woman, was found dead in her apartment in San Diego, California, on July 11, 1997. She lived alone in an apartment on Ohio Street and worked part-time as an exotic dancer. The circumstances of her death became clear after her…

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Ward Ramey

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Jul 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

On July 11, 1997, 19-year-old Ward Ramey was tragically killed in Akron, Ohio. The incident occurred at 556 Chittenden Street in Summit County, where Ramey was robbed and subsequently shot in the driveway of the residence. The Akron Police Department…

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Paul Andrew Hale

Male, age 35 · Raleigh, North Carolina

Killed Jul 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

Paul Andrew Hale, a 35-year-old detective with the Raleigh Police Department, was tragically killed on July 11, 1997, while attempting to apprehend a murder suspect. Detective Hale, who had served with the department for seven years, was fatally shot in the…

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Ward Ramey

Male, age 18 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Jul 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

Ward Duncan Buddy Ramey, an 18-year-old male of White ethnicity from Akron, Ohio, tragically lost his life on July 11, 1997. He was fatally shot in the driveway of his residence located at 556 Chittenden Street in Akron. The incident occurred when Ramey was…

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Dorota Dorothy Dziubak

Female, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 11, 1997 · 29 years ago

Dorota “Dorothy” Dziubak, a 30-year-old White female of Polish descent, was found dead on January 10, 1997, in her home on the North Side of Chicago. A single mother and immigrant from Poland, she lived with her 5-year-old daughter, who was fortunately not…

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John Behre

Male · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Jul 11, 1995 · 31 years ago

John Stewart Behre, a male victim known by the nickname “Scarecrow,” was found dead on July 11, 1995, along a bicycle trail in Tulsa, Oklahoma. That summer day, he was last seen around 2:00 p.m., walking toward the same stretch of trail where his body would…

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Dzeneta Janet Pasanbegovic

Female, age 22 · Hanover Park, Illinois

Killed Jul 11, 1995 · 31 years ago

Dzeneta “Janet” Pasanbegovic, a 22-year-old white female refugee from Bosnia-Herzegovina, disappeared on or around July 11, 1995, along with her 20-year-old sister, Amela Pasanbegovic. The two sisters had recently resettled in Hanover Park, Illinois, after…

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Amela Pasanbegovic

Female, age 20 · Hanover Park, Illinois

Killed Jul 11, 1995 · 31 years ago

Amela Pasanbegovic, a 20-year-old female refugee of Bosnian ethnicity, disappeared on or around July 11, 1995, in Hanover Park, Illinois. She had recently relocated to the United States from Bosnia-Herzegovina with her older sister, 22-year-old female Dzeneta…

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Richard Alan Maxwell

Male, age 33 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jul 11, 1994 · 32 years ago

Richard Alan Maxwell, a 33-year-old officer with the California Highway Patrol, tragically lost his life on July 11, 1994, in Sacramento, CA. Officer Maxwell was attempting to make a traffic stop on a suspected stolen vehicle when the vehicle pulled into a…

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Harry Thalman

Male, age 52 · Portland, Oregon

Found Jul 11, 1990 · 36 years ago

Harry Thalman, 52, male, white, was found dead in his ransacked apartment at the Wimbledon Square complex on Southeast 28th Avenue in Portland on July 11, 1990, after neighbors reported a strong odor and a maintenance supervisor entered to check on the unit.…

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Doris Moriarty

Female, age 83 · Daytona Beach, Florida

Killed Jul 11, 1989 · 37 years ago

On July 11, 1989, Doris Moriarty, an 83-year-old White female resident of the Clyatt Memorial Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, passed away. She had been living at the nursing home for three years. At the time of her death, no foul play was suspected, and her…

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Lester Garnier

Null, age 30 · Walnut Creek, California

Found Jul 11, 1988 · 38 years ago

On July 11, 1988, 30-year old Lester GARNIER, an off-duty San Francisco Police Officer, was found shot to death while sitting in his 1984 blue Chevrolet Corvette, which was in the parking lot of a downtown Walnut Creek store at 1295 South Main Street. The…

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Derrick Trammell

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jul 11, 1988 · 38 years ago

On July 11, 1988, Derrick Trammell was fatally shot in Dayton, Ohio. The incident took place in Montgomery County, with local law enforcement, specifically the Dayton Police Department, leading the investigation. Derrick was found deceased at the scene, and…

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Tina Slaughter

Female, age 27 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Jul 11, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 11, 1985, Tina Slaughter, a 27-year-old African-American single mother of two young boys, was brutally attacked in her Minneapolis home. An intruder broke into her apartment on the 1700 block of Fremont Avenue North and…

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Bart Spayd

Male, age 26 · Newark, Delaware

Killed Jul 11, 1985 · 41 years ago

The quiet of a summer night was shattered by gunfire on Thursday, July 11, 1985, leaving two friends, Bart Spayd, 26, and Thomas Garvey, 29, dead in the driveway of Garvey’s home in Newark, Delaware. The discovery of their bodies in the gravel drive at 2195…

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Thomas Garvey

Male, age 29 · Newark, Delaware

Killed Jul 11, 1985 · 41 years ago

On a quiet summer evening in 1985, the lives of two friends were violently cut short in a crime that has remained unsolved for decades. Thomas Garvey, a 29-year-old White man, and his friend, 26-year-old Bart Spayd, were found shot to death on Thursday, July…

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Donald Giulietti

Male, age 36 · San-francisco, California

Killed Jul 11, 1984 · 42 years ago

Donald Albert Giulietti, a 36-year-old radio personality from San Francisco, California, was tragically murdered on July 11, 1984. Giulietti, who was openly gay, lived with his roommate Richard Carrazza. On the night of the murder, an intruder broke into…

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Tonnie Storey

Female, age 15 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jul 11, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the summer of 1984, a wave of terror swept across the Midwest, leaving a trail of grief and devastation. Among the innocent lives tragically cut short was that of 15-year-old Tonnie Storey, a young African-American female from Cincinnati, Ohio. On July 11…

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Vernon Bowman

Male, age 48 · Mesa, Arizona

Killed Jul 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the summer of 1983, the city of Mesa, Arizona, was a rapidly growing suburb of Phoenix, its quiet residential streets a perceived haven from big-city crime. But on Monday, July 11, 1983, a brutal act of violence shattered that peace. Inside his home in the…

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Keith Bibbs

Male, age 16 · Lake Village, Indiana

Killed Jul 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the autumn of 1983, a couple foraging for mushrooms near an abandoned farmhouse in Lake Village, Indiana, made a gruesome discovery that would unravel a story of unimaginable horror. On October 18, they found the partially buried remains of a young male…

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Linda Toni Lansen

Female, age 41 · Hillsborough County, Florida

Killed Jul 11, 1983 · 43 years ago

On July 11, 1983, the body of 41-year-old white female Linda Toni Lansen was discovered in the Town ‘n’ Country area of Hillsborough County, Florida. A jogger came across her partially clothed remains near the dead end of Old Memorial Highway, west of Sheldon…

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John Adams Jr Patrick

Male, age 23 · Council Bluffs, Iowa

Killed Jul 11, 1982 · 44 years ago

John P. Adams Jr., a 23-year-old man from Omaha, Nebraska, was killed during a violent roadside confrontation in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on July 11, 1982. The encounter reportedly began across the Missouri River in Omaha following some type of traffic dispute…

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Stephen Forbes

Male, age 28 · Lafayette, New York

Killed Jul 11, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the summer of 1980, the life of 28-year-old Stephen D. Forbes, a resident of Baldwinsville, New York, came to a mysterious and violent end. Forbes was a young man with business ambitions, co-owning the 'Novel-T Shirt Store' in Phoenix, New York. His sudden…

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Joseph Conte

Male, age 47 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jul 11, 1979 · 47 years ago

Deputy Joseph V. Conte, aged 47, tragically lost his life on July 11, 1979, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Deputy Conte was a dedicated member of the Broward County Sheriff's Office, having joined the force in 1976 after serving honorably in the U.S. Navy. On…

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Richard Fickeisen

Male, age 57 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jul 11, 1974 · 52 years ago

Police Officer Richard Fickeisen, aged 57, tragically died on July 11, 1974, in Columbus, Ohio. He was a dedicated officer with the Columbus Division of Police, having served for 19 years. Officer Fickeisen succumbed to gunshot wounds he received 13 years…

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Krista Kay Blake

Female, age 20 · Vancouver, Washington

Killed Jul 11, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the summer of 1974, a 20-year-old White female named Krista Kay Blake vanished from Vancouver, Washington. On July 11, she was last seen by her boyfriend at approximately 5:30 p.m. getting into a light blue 1973 Ford van at a convenience store located at…

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Susan Wickersham

Female, age 17 · Bend, Oregon

Killed Jul 11, 1973 · 53 years ago

In the summer of 1973, Susan Wickersham, a 17-year-old Caucasian/White female, was a junior at Bend High School in the small, trusting town of Bend, Oregon. Known for her bubbly and outgoing personality, she had spent the evening of July 11, 1973, driving…

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Raymond Springer

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jul 11, 1972 · 54 years ago

Raymond Springer, also known by the nickname "Jabo," was shot and killed in Madden Park, Dayton, Ohio, on July 11, 1972. The incident occurred at approximately 8:30 p.m., and it is believed that Springer may have been in the park with other individuals who…

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Dolores Penna

Female, age 17 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 11, 1972 · 54 years ago

Dolores Della Penna, a 17-year-old high school graduate, was abducted and brutally murdered in Philadelphia on July 11, 1972. Dolores disappeared late at night while she was just a short distance from her home in the Tacony neighborhood of Northeast…

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Donna Sue Davis

Female, age 1 · Sioux City, Iowa

Killed Jul 11, 1955 · 71 years ago

Donna Sue Davis was a 21-month-old White girl whose abduction and murder shattered the sense of security in her working-class Sioux City neighborhood. Known affectionately as “the darling of the neighborhood,” Donna Sue was the youngest of James “Don” Davis…

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Thomas Nicholson

Male, age 34 · Gowrie, Iowa

Killed Jul 11, 1908 · 118 years ago

In the small town of Gowrie, Iowa, a dispute on a Saturday evening in the summer escalated to a fatal conclusion for the town marshal. On July 11, 1903, Marshal Thomas Nicholson, a man of about forty-five who had lived in Gowrie for twenty-five years, was…

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Hazel Drew

Female, age 20 · Sand Lake, New York

Killed Jul 11, 1908 · 118 years ago

In the summer of 1908, Hazel Irene Drew was a 20-year-old woman working as a domestic servant in the homes of Troy, New York's most prominent citizens. She was one of several children born to John and Julia Drew and was known for her striking beauty. Though…

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Houston Mitchell

Male, age 46 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jul 11, 1904 · 122 years ago

In the summer of 1904 in Memphis, Tennessee, a 46-year-old male Deputy Sheriff named Houston Mitchell found his life cut short in the line of duty. On Monday, July 11th, Mitchell, along with his partner, Deputy Sheriff Thomas McDermott, embarked on a raid of…

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Alexander Hamilton

Male, age 49 · Weehawken, New Jersey

Killed Jul 11, 1804 · 222 years ago

Alexander Hamilton, a white male in his late forties stepped onto the narrow ledge beneath the Palisades at Weehawken, New Jersey, just after dawn on July 11, 1804, to face Vice President Aaron Burr across the measured distance of a formal duel. Years of…

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Shirley Williams

Female, age 75 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Jul 11, 2024 · 2 years ago

Shirley Jean Hollie Williams, a lifelong resident of Jackson, Mississippi, was born on October 25, 1948, to her parents, Jody Hollie and Clonia Brown. At 75 years old, she was a mother and grandmother, a woman whose life was tragically cut short in the city…

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Francisco O’Neal

Male, age 48 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jul 11, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Detroit, Michigan, tragedy struck 48-year-old Francisco O’Neal, a local man whose life was cut short by gunfire. The incident unfolded on July 11, 2022, at approximately 2:41 p.m. in the vicinity of a liquor store situated on the…

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Luis Garcia

Male, age 21 · Santa-ana, California

Killed Jul 11, 2022 · 4 years ago

Luis Garcia, a 21-year-old resident of Santa Ana, California, tragically lost his life on July 11, 2022. The incident occurred in the early afternoon when Santa Ana Police Communications received a call reporting a male bleeding on the east side of the street…

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Charles Brown

Male, age 39 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 11, 2022 · 4 years ago

Charles Brown, a 39-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on July 11, 2022, in Chicago, IL. His death was the result of a police-involved shooting. According to the investigation conducted by the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Task…

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Cordarious Williams

Male, age 31 · Itta-bena, Mississippi

Killed Jul 11, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a summer evening in Itta Bena, Mississippi, the life of 31-year-old Cordarious Williams, a male resident of the town, was brought to a violent and tragic end. On July 11, 2020, Williams was on George Street, in the familiar surroundings of his…

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