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Deaths by Force on April 2

667 open cases in our database happened on April 2. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (445)

Death by Force

Dominic Everett

Female, age 27 · Oxford, North Carolina
Killed Apr 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Dominic Everett, a 27-year-old male from Oxford, NC, was tragically killed during a home invasion on April 2, 2014. The incident occurred at a mobile home on Little Mountain Creek Road. According to reports, three masked individuals forced their way into the…

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Raphael Tyrone Hayes

Male, age 22 · Upper-marlboro, Maryland
Killed Apr 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early hours of a spring day, the life of 22-year-old Raphael Tyrone Hayes was tragically cut short. On April 1, 2009, Hayes was left at Prince George's Hospital Center in Cheverly, Maryland, suffering from gunshot wounds. Despite the efforts of medical…

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Gabriel Torres

Male · Bellflower, California
Killed Apr 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

On April 2, 2009, infant Gabriel Torres died under circumstances in Bellflower, California, that led county authorities to rule his death a homicide. At the time of his passing, he was less than one year old. Due to his tender age, no details regarding a…

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Maria Pelayo

Female · Pomona, California
Killed Apr 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

On Thursday, April 2, 2009, emergency responders were called to a residence in the 900 block of San Antonio Avenue in Pomona, California. Upon arrival, authorities discovered the lifeless body of Maria Pelayo, a Hispanic female who was pronounced dead at the…

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Ryan Anthony Lee

Male, age 16 · Rocky-mount, North Carolina
Killed Apr 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

Ryan Anthony Lee, a 16-year-old male from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on April 2, 2008. The incident occurred around 11:30 AM when the Rocky Mount Police Department was dispatched to a report of a person shot on Clark Street. Upon…

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Christopher Alillups

Male, age 21 · St. Louis, Missouri
Killed Apr 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

In St. Louis, Missouri, a young man named Christopher Alillups, aged 21, passed away on April 3, 2007. Born on December 31, 1985, he was known to his friends and family as Chris. He was a gregarious and fun-loving individual with a great sense of humor who…

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Alexander Williams

Male, age 21 · New-orleans, Louisiana
Killed Apr 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

Alexander Williams, a 21-year-old man from New Orleans, Louisiana, died on April 2, 2007, in a death recorded as gun violence. In the days that followed, his family’s grief surfaced publicly through an obituary notice carried by The Times-Picayune and…

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Cleveland Daniel

Male, age 52 · New-orleans, Louisiana
Killed Apr 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, a resident of New Orleans, Cleveland Daniel Jr., tragically lost his life. On April 2, 2007, the 52-year-old man became a victim of gun violence in the city. The specific details surrounding the shooting, including the location and time…

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Terry Hall

Male, age 29 · New-orleans, Louisiana
Killed Apr 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

A wave of violence was overwhelming New Orleans in the spring of 2007, a city still grappling with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The year would ultimately see more than 200 homicides, a staggering number that earned it the grim distinction of the…

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David Randell Jones

Male, age 46 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Apr 2, 2005 · 21 years ago

David Randell Jones, a 46-year-old Black man, died on April 2, 2005, after being strangled. The death is recorded in the Los Angeles Times Homicide Report as having occurred on that date and the cause of death listed as strangulation. Little publicly…

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Tavon Cooper

Male, age 19 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Apr 2, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 2, 2002, in the Sowebo neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, 19-year-old Tavon Cooper was fatally shot in the 1300 block of West Baltimore Street. He was transported to a local hospital where he ultimately succumbed to his…

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Gilbert Satterwhite

Male, age 25 · Atlantic City, New Jersey
Killed Apr 2, 1972 · 54 years ago

On Easter Sunday, April 2, 1972, a night of revelry at the popular Club Harlem in Atlantic City, New Jersey, turned into a scene of brutal violence. Amidst a crowd of hundreds, Gilbert 'Big Malik' Satterwhite was shot and killed. He was working as a bodyguard…

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Tyrone Palmer

Male, age 24 · Atlantic City, New Jersey
Killed Apr 2, 1972 · 54 years ago

Tyrone “Mr. Millionaire” Palmer was a 24-year-old man who had risen quickly in the underworld of the early 1970s, becoming a major cocaine and heroin trafficker and the primary Philadelphia-area contact for powerful New York City suppliers, as well as a key…

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