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Deaths by Force on May 15

727 open cases in our database happened on May 15. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (483)

Death by Force

Daniel Joseph Sepulveda

Male, age 3 · El Monte, California
Killed May 15, 2004 · 22 years ago

Daniel Joseph Sepulveda was 3 years old when he died on Saturday, May 15, 2004, in El Monte, a city in the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at…

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Death by Force

Bennie Hedgmon

Male, age 47 · Portland, Oregon
Killed May 15, 1995 · 31 years ago

Bennie Lee Hedgmon, a 47-year-old African-American man, was the victim of a fatal assault on the afternoon of May 15, 1995, in Portland, Oregon. The attack occurred in broad daylight, at approximately 4:25 p.m., at the intersection of North Jessup Street and…

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Death by Force

Earl Smith

Male, age 62 · Pikeville, Kentucky
Killed May 15, 1979 · 47 years ago

On a tragic day in Pikeville, Kentucky, May 15, 1979, Deputy Sheriff Earl Smith, a 62-year-old male, lost his life in the line of duty. A veteran of the Pike County Sheriff's Office for 35 years, he was attempting to serve a warrant at a residence when the…

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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.