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Deaths by Force on February 23

612 open cases in our database happened on February 23. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (435)

Death by Force

Morris Ratter

Male · New York City, New York
Killed Feb 23, 1974 · 52 years ago

In 1974, Morris Ratter was shot to death in New York City, his life ending in the kind of sudden street violence that rarely makes room for last words or second chances. In later accounts of the crimes attributed to teenage offender George C. Adorno, Ratter’s…

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Death by Force

Michael Hurd

Male · New York City, New York
Killed Feb 23, 1974 · 52 years ago

In 1974, Michael Hurd, a man from New York City, was killed in a shooting that later appeared in victim lists tied to a violent run of robberies attributed to teenage offender George C. Adorno. Later summaries of Adorno’s crimes identify Hurd as one of the…

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Death by Force

August Brusius

Female, age 33 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed Feb 23, 1907 · 119 years ago

August Friedrich Brusius, a 33-year-old German-American male, was a Philadelphia police officer whose death came only months after he joined the department. Born on August 22, 1873, he was one of six children in a family of German immigrants, and his early…

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