Deaths by Force (538)

Death by Force

Helen Dean

Female, age 91 · Phillipsburg, New Jersey

Killed Sep 1, 1993 · 33 years ago

Helen Dean was a 91-year-old Caucasian woman from the Phillipsburg–Lopatcong Township area of New Jersey who entered Warren Hospital in 1993 for cancer surgery and never came home. She had lived long enough to see her family grown and settled, and in the late…

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Herbert Collins

Male, age 54 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Sep 1, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the late summer of 1977, the life of Herbert Collins, a 54-year-old male, was brought to an abrupt and violent end in Chesapeake, Virginia. On the first day of September, Collins was discovered deceased inside his residence at 4109 Sunkist Road. An…

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James McGahey

Male · Hamilton, Ontario

Killed Sep 1, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the late summer of 1977, as the city of Hamilton, Ontario, bustled with the activity of its steel mills and busy port, a man named James McGahey became the victim of a homicide. For nearly five decades, the details of his death have remained locked away…

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Milagro Ines Tena

Female, age 40 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Sep 1, 1973 · 53 years ago

Milagro Ines Tena, a 40-year-old single mother of two, was building a life for her family in Camden, New Jersey, in the summer of 1973. A devoted parent, she lived in an apartment with her 23-year-old son. Her life, however, was intertwined with a man who…

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John Wesley OBryen

Male, age 43 · Steele, Alabama

Killed Sep 1, 1929 · 97 years ago

On a quiet Sunday morning in Steele, Alabama, the life of Deputy Sheriff John Wesley O'Bryen, a 43-year-old male, was brought to a tragic and abrupt end. On September 1, 1929, as he was leaving a church service, he was ambushed and fatally shot. The brazen…

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George Thompson

Male, age 48 · Pennington, California

Killed Sep 1, 1928 · 98 years ago

Deputy Game Warden George Thompson, aged 48, tragically lost his life on September 1, 1928, near Pennington, Sutter County, California. Thompson was performing his duties as a game warden when he encountered a hunter on the Colusa-Pennington Road…

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James Jackson

Male · Mulberry, Arkansas

Killed Sep 1, 1927 · 99 years ago

In the small town of Mulberry, Arkansas, a routine traffic stop on September 1, 1927, escalated into a tragic event that claimed the life of Deputy Marshal James Jackson. While on duty, Deputy Marshal Jackson and his colleague, Marshal Henry Hamm, pulled over…

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William Strain

Male, age 30 · Onawa, Iowa

Killed Sep 1, 1902 · 124 years ago

In the late summer of 1902, the community of Onawa, Iowa, was shaken by the violent death of one of its own. William Strain, a 30-year-old male serving as a local law enforcement officer, met his untimely end on the first day of September. His death was not…

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Frank Briggs

Male · Ingalls, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 1, 1893 · 133 years ago

In the small town of Ingalls, Oklahoma Territory, on a late summer day, an innocent man named Frank Briggs was caught in the crossfire of a violent gun battle. On September 1, 1893, a posse of U.S. Marshals surrounded a local saloon, intending to capture the…

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Young Simmons

Male · Ingalls, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 1, 1893 · 133 years ago

In the dusty, untamed territory of Ingalls, Oklahoma, a young man named Young Simmons met a violent end on a fateful day. On September 1, 1893, the air in the small settlement was shattered by the eruption of gunfire. Simmons, a male, was caught in the deadly…

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Deaths by Force (538)