Deaths by Force on November 16

Deaths by Force (464)

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Charles Eugene Charley Campbell

Male, age 35 · Pulaski-county, Georgia

Killed Nov 16, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the autumn of 1974, the life of 35-year-old Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Charles Eugene 'Charley' Campbell was tragically cut short in a series of events that began with a routine traffic stop. On November 16, 1974, while on patrol in Perry, Florida…

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Herbert Noakes

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Nov 16, 1974 · 52 years ago

Herbert Jesse Noakes Jr., a 31-year-old white male, was tragically killed on November 17, 1974, in Hammond, Indiana, just a week before his planned wedding. Born on November 3, 1943, in Evansville, Indiana, Herbert was the son of Herbert Jesse Noakes Sr. and…

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James Meyer

Male, age 29 · Pulaski, Georgia

Killed Nov 16, 1974 · 52 years ago

James Meyer, a 29-year-old man, was traveling through the Southeast on November 16, 1974, when he was drawn into the final hours of a violent interstate crime spree. Meyer, a businessman from Delaware who had been in Florida for work, encountered Paul John…

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Donald Grogan

Male, age 43 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Nov 16, 1973 · 53 years ago

On November 16, 1973, Donald Grogan, aged 43, was killed inside his home at 922 Noble Street in Toledo, Ohio. Grogan was with his 14-year-old daughter, Sue, when a male suspect entered the residence through the rear door. The intruder, armed and intent on…

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Denver Smith

Male, age 20 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Nov 16, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the fall of 1972, a palpable tension hung over the campus of Southern University, a historically Black university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Students, growing increasingly frustrated with inadequate funding and substandard facilities compared to the nearby…

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Leonard Brown

Male, age 20 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Nov 16, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the fall of 1972, a sense of unrest simmered on the campus of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Students, weary of inadequate funding, dilapidated housing, and a curriculum that they felt lacked sufficient emphasis on the Black experience…

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Bernice Conover Worden

Male, age 58 · Plainfield, Wisconsin

Killed Nov 16, 1957 · 69 years ago

Bernice Conover Worden was a 58-year-old White/Caucasian woman who operated her family’s hardware store in Plainfield, Wisconsin. On Saturday, November 16, 1957, the opening day of Wisconsin’s deer-hunting season, Worden was working at the store while much of…

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Marshal Luther Colson

Male, age 33 · Burbank, California

Killed Nov 16, 1914 · 112 years ago

Marshal Luther Colson, aged 33, tragically lost his life on November 16, 1914, while serving as a City Marshal in Burbank, California. On that fateful evening, Colson was on foot patrol near the railroad tracks in the area known as the "Y," a quarter mile…

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Daniel Henry Cooper

Male, age 32 · Kirbyville, Texas

Killed Nov 16, 1910 · 116 years ago

Daniel Henry Cooper, a 32-year-old man of Caucasian ethnicity, was shot and killed on November 16, 1910, in Kirbyville, Texas. Cooper served as a constable for Jasper County Precinct 3. His death was the result of a confrontation with a sheriff's deputy who…

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George Williams

Male · Comanche, Oklahoma

Killed Nov 16, 1907 · 119 years ago

George Williams, a male deputy U.S. marshal serving with the United States Marshals Service in Oklahoma, met his death on November 16, 1907, in the small community of Comanche, just as the former territory was entering statehood. He was working in an era when…

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Johnathon James

Male, age 27 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Nov 16, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of November 16, 2024, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 27-year-old Johnathon James, a male, was fatally shot at The Meadows at Nicholson apartment complex. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office was dispatched to the scene around 8:25 p.m., where they…

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Roy Joseph Jr.

Male, age 58 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Nov 16, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet suburbs of northwest Oklahoma City, a violent encounter unfolded on November 16, 2023, leaving one man dead and another wounded. Roy Paul Joseph Jr., a 58-year-old male from the neighboring city of Edmond, was pronounced dead at the scene of a…

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George Luis Hernandez

Male, age 33 · Gardena, California

Killed Nov 16, 2020 · 6 years ago

George Luis Hernandez, a 33-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on November 16, 2020, in Gardena, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Hernandez was shot near Raymond Avenue and 144th Street. The…

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Reginald Smith

Male, age 61 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Nov 16, 2019 · 7 years ago

Reginald Smith, a 61-year-old African American man from Cleveland, OH, tragically died on November 16, 2019. He was shot at a convenience store near the 14400 block of Euclid Avenue in East Cleveland. The incident involved Dwight Harris, a 39-year-old African…

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Frederick Etheridge III

Male, age 28 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Nov 16, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a Monday afternoon, November 16, 2015, the life of 28-year-old Frederick Etheridge III was tragically cut short on a street in Washington, D.C. At approximately 3:48 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting in the 6000 block of Eads Street NE. Upon…

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Paul Jones

Male, age 53 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Nov 16, 2015 · 11 years ago

Paul Jones, a 53-year-old male, was tragically found dead on Scout Drive in Durham, NC, on November 16, 2015. The police were alerted to the scene by sounds of gunshots and upon arrival, they discovered Jones lying in the street with multiple shell casings…

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Carol Sheansy

Female, age 62 · Seligman, Arizona

Killed Nov 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet, rural outskirts of Seligman, Arizona, a shocking act of violence shattered the morning calm on Saturday, November 15, 2014. On that day, 62-year-old Carol Sheansy, a female resident, was found deceased in her home. The Coconino County Sheriff's…

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Baby Boy Richtmeyer

Male · Los Angeles, California

Killed Nov 16, 2012 · 14 years ago

On November 16, 2012, authorities in Los Angeles County documented the death of an infant identified in county records as Baby Boy Richtmeyer. The child was male and newborn, aged zero, having survived only briefly or having perished at the threshold of life.…

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Rogerson Eveillard

Male, age 22 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Nov 16, 2009 · 17 years ago

An African-American man, 22-year-old Rogerson Eveillard, was fatally shot in Boston on the evening of November 16, 2009. The incident occurred at approximately 5:41 PM at the intersection of Bowdoin Street and Norton Street in the Dorchester neighborhood.…

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Hoodad Afrasiabi

Male · Glendale, California

Killed Nov 16, 2009 · 17 years ago

Hoodad Afrasiabi was 5 months old when he died on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Glendale. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 1851 Tyburn St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed…

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Michael Lester

Male, age 50 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Nov 16, 2007 · 19 years ago

Michael Lester was 50 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Friday, November 16, 2007. The Atlanta Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through 2017, lists it…

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Larrington Anthony Riley

Male, age 40 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Nov 16, 2004 · 22 years ago

Larrington Anthony Riley was 40 years old when he died on Tuesday, November 16, 2004, in Hyde Park. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 5346 4th Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los…

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Steve Benson

Male, age 48 · Hampton, Arkansas

Killed Nov 16, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the small, quiet town of Hampton, Arkansas, Steve and Danita Benson were building a life together, surrounded by family and community. Steve, a Hampton native born on August 18, 1956, was the son of Thomas “Shoaty” and Betty Benson. Danita, born in nearby…

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Joaquin Antonio Ruiz

Male, age 44 · Silver Lake, California

Killed Nov 16, 2003 · 23 years ago

Joaquin Antonio Ruiz was 44 years old when he died on Sunday, November 16, 2003, in Silver Lake. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at Silver Lake and Sunset boulevards. His death was…

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Joe N. Marquez

Male, age 71 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Nov 16, 2000 · 26 years ago

Joe N. Marquez was 71 years old when he died on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2000, in Mar Vista. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 12634 Matteson Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a case of…

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Walter Hinton

Male, age 47 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Nov 16, 1994 · 32 years ago

Walter Hinton, a 47-year-old man, tragically lost his life on November 16, 1994, in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. His death was the result of a brutal murder committed by Gary Ray Bowles, a serial killer who targeted gay men during an eight-month killing spree…

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Luan McMichen

Female, age 27 · Douglas, Georgia

Killed Nov 16, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the fall of 1990, the turbulent marriage of Luan and Kim Anthony McMichen came to a brutal and tragic end in rural Douglas County, Georgia. Throughout their seven-year marriage, the couple, who had one daughter named Katie, had lived with Kim's parents.…

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Basee Lor

Male, age 13 · St Paul, Minnesota

Killed Nov 16, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the fading light of a November afternoon in 1989, a tragic encounter unfolded on a raspberry farm in Inver Grove Heights, a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota, that would end the life of 13-year-old Basee Lor. A Hmong boy, Basee and his friend, 13-year-old Thai…

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Thai Yang

Male, age 13 · St Paul, Minnesota

Killed Nov 16, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the crisp autumn of 1989, the life of a young Hmong boy, 13-year-old Thai Yang, was tragically cut short in St. Paul, Minnesota. On November 16th, a series of events unfolded that would end in a fatal encounter with law enforcement, leaving a community in…

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David P Riffle

Male, age 20 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Nov 16, 1974 · 52 years ago

David P Riffle, a 20-year-old white male, was fatally shot inside his residence at 1186 Nome Avenue in Akron, Ohio, on November 16, 1974. The incident occurred during what appeared to be a home invasion. Despite extensive investigations by the Akron Police…

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Frederick Randall

Male, age 72 · Springfield, Massachusetts

Killed Nov 16, 1969 · 57 years ago

In the late autumn of 1969, as the world watched the Apollo 12 astronauts walk on the moon, a quiet street in Springfield, Massachusetts, became the scene of a crime that has remained unsolved for more than half a century. The city, a hub of industry and…

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Rose Hunt

Female, age 19 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Nov 16, 1952 · 74 years ago

On the evening of November 16, 1952, tragedy struck the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, when 19-year-old Rose Hunt lost her life under circumstances that have since faded into the background of history. A young woman with her whole future ahead of her, Rose’s…

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