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Deaths by Force on December 19

689 open cases in our database happened on December 19. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (488)

Death by Force

Gilberto Dito Rivera

Male, age 19 · Chester, Pennsylvania
Killed Dec 19, 2004 · 22 years ago

Gilberto “Dito” Rivera Jr., a 19-year-old young man from Chester, Pennsylvania, was tragically taken from this world on December 17, 2004. At such a tender age, his life was just beginning—full of potential, dreams yet to be realized, and love shared with…

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Death by Force

Carl Lewis Mans

Male, age 66 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Dec 19, 2003 · 23 years ago

On December 19, 2003, sixty-six-year-old Carl Lewis Mans, a white male, died in Los Angeles, California. His death was investigated by authorities and classified as a homicide by county medical examiners. However, the specific location where he was discovered…

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Renee Marshall

Female, age 40 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Dec 19, 2002 · 24 years ago

Renee Marshall was 40 years old when she died on Thursday, December 19, 2002, in Koreatown. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 732 S. Normandie Ave. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a…

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James Leon Hopes

Male, age 64 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Dec 19, 2000 · 26 years ago

James Leon Hopes was 64 years old when he died on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2000, in the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 207 E. 97th St. His death was ruled…

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Maryann Mary Hagford

Female, age 28 · Crystal, Minnesota
Killed Dec 19, 1993 · 33 years ago

On a cold December day in 1993, just before Christmas, the life of 28-year-old Maryann 'Mary' Hagford was tragically cut short in her Crystal, Minnesota, home. A single gunshot to the head ended her life, leaving a void in the lives of her parents, four…

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Charles Rafael Alcuri

Male, age 34 · Ozark, Alabama
Killed Dec 19, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 19, 1987, a domestic disturbance call in Ozark, Alabama, set in motion a tragic chain of events that would leave two police officers and the perpetrator dead. Responding to a report of domestic trouble, Officer Charles…

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Eric Slusser

Male · Marion, Florida
Killed Dec 19, 1979 · 47 years ago

Eric Slusser, a clerk at a liquor store in Marion, Florida, was tragically shot and killed during a robbery on December 12, 1979. The perpetrator, Sonny Boy Oats, entered the store with the intent to rob it and ended up shooting Slusser in the head. This…

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Walter Richardson

Male, age 33 · Gulfport, Mississippi
Killed Dec 19, 1900 · 126 years ago

Walter E. Richardson, a 33-year-old male who served as the town marshal of Gulfport, Mississippi, had spent nearly a full year walking the new city’s streets when his life was cut short on December 19, 1900. He was nearing the end of his term, with only a few…

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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.