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Deaths by Force on July 1

910 open cases in our database happened on July 1. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (535)

Death by Force

Kevon Bobb

Male, age 21 · Saint-martinville, Louisiana
Killed Jul 1, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 1, 2014, the life of 21-year-old Kevon Bobb of New Iberia, a Black male, was tragically cut short in Saint-Martinville, Louisiana. Authorities responded to reports of gunshots on Gov. Mouton Street and discovered Bobb…

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Death by Force

Daniel Pereyra

Male, age 30 · South Gate, California
Killed Jul 1, 2012 · 14 years ago

On the warm summer evening of Sunday, July 1, 2012, violence erupted in a residential South Gate neighborhood, claiming the life of a young man and leaving a community searching for answers. Around dinner hour, gunfire and physical commotion disturbed the…

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Death by Force

Christopher Demean Wright

Male, age 29 · Langley-park, Maryland
Killed Jul 1, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a spring afternoon, Christopher Michael Wright, a 43-year-old male, was tending to his garden in his front yard in Brooklyn Park, Maryland. This peaceful scene on May 19, 2023, was abruptly shattered when a group consisting of two adults and three…

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Death by Force

Darrel Johnson

Male, age 20 · Sanford, North Carolina
Killed Jul 1, 2005 · 21 years ago

Darrel Kobe Johnson, a 20-year-old African American male, was found dead on July 1, 2005, in Sanford, North Carolina. The Sanford Police Department responded to a call at approximately 4:17 a.m. and discovered Johnson's body at an apartment on South Steele…

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John L. Daniels Jr.

Male, age 36 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Jul 1, 1992 · 34 years ago

John L. Daniels Jr., a 36-year-old tow truck driver from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on July 1, 1992. The incident occurred at a service station located at Florence Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard, a few miles west of the area heavily…

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Death by Force

James Melvin Short

Male, age 40 · Purcell, Oklahoma
Killed Jul 1, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the summer of 1977, the life of James Melvin Short, a 40-year-old male taxi driver from Purcell, Oklahoma, was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence that stemmed from a desperate prison escape. His death was not an isolated incident but rather a…

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Death by Force

Ralph Gordon

Male, age 13 · Camden, New Jersey
Killed Jul 1, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a summer evening in Camden, New Jersey, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of 13-year-old Ralph Gordon. The young male was inside Litwin's Food Market at the corner of Morton and Royden Streets on July 1, 1974, when two men entered and…

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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.