Death by Force

Latasha Carter

Female, age 30 · Oakland, California

Found Sep 4, 2010 · 16 years ago

On September 4, 2010, Latasha Carter, a 30-year-old woman from Oakland, California, was shot and killed in a tragic incident. The shooting took place during the late hours of the night, near a residential area known for incidents of gun violence. Carter's…

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Kamarla Nesmith

Female, age 19 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found Sep 4, 2010 · 16 years ago

On September 4, 2010, 19-year-old Kamarla Nesmith was shot and killed in Jacksonville, Florida. The circumstances surrounding her death remain unclear, and her case is currently unsolved. Kamarla's murder is part of the many cold cases managed by Project Cold…

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Brandon Flagg

Male, age 25 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found Sep 4, 2010 · 16 years ago

Brandon Flagg, a 25-year-old resident of Jacksonville, Florida, was tragically murdered on September 4, 2010. The incident took place in an area known for recent criminal activity, and his case remains unsolved despite ongoing efforts from local law…

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Jason Knighten

Male, age 16 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Sep 4, 2010 · 16 years ago

On September 4, 2010, sixteen-year-old Jason Knighten was tragically shot and killed in Akron, Ohio. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. on the front porch of his home, located at 928 Work Drive in Akron, Summit County. The circumstances of his death…

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Derrick Doyle

Male, age 21 · Pineville, South Carolina

Killed Sep 4, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the late summer of 2010, the small town of Pineville, South Carolina, was rocked by the violent death of one of its own. Derrick A. Doyle, a 21-year-old male, was killed by gunfire on September 4, 2010. His untimely passing sent ripples of grief through…

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Dennis Blalock

Male, age 52 · Sunset-harbor, North Carolina

Killed Sep 4, 2010 · 16 years ago

Dennis Timothy Blalock, a 52-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity from Sunset Harbor, NC, tragically lost his life on September 4, 2010. The incident occurred as part of a double homicide-suicide. Dennis was found dead in the driver's seat of a car, with…

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Sheryl Hickman Warr

Female, age 34 · Sunset-harbor, North Carolina

Killed Sep 4, 2010 · 16 years ago

Sheryl Hickman Warr, a 34-year-old woman from Sunset Harbor, North Carolina, tragically lost her life on September 4, 2010. The circumstances surrounding her death were deeply distressing and involved a violent incident that shocked the local community.…

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Jason Jay William Willis

Male, age 16 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Sep 4, 2010 · 16 years ago

On the early morning of September 4, 2010, tragedy struck in Akron, Ohio, when 16-year-old Jason Jay William Willis was senselessly taken from his loved ones. A young African American male, Jason was standing on the front porch of his home at 928 Work Drive…

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Jamaal Calvin Holmes

Male, age 25 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the midst of a violent year in Baltimore, the life of 25-year-old Jamaal Calvin Holmes, a Black male, was cut short on September 4, 2009. In the early hours of that Friday, Holmes was fatally shot in the 1600 block of Presstman Street. The incident was one…

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Antonio Trout

Male, age 19 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Found Sep 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

Antonio Troutman, a 19-year-old resident of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, was tragically shot and killed on September 4, 2009, in Pittsburgh. The incident took place near the Allegheny Dwellings complex in the Fineview neighborhood. Troutman was walking on the…

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Dwight Dixon

Male, age 33 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Sep 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

Dwight Dixon, a 33-year-old Philadelphia resident, was the victim of a tragic series of events that ultimately led to his death on September 4, 2009. Dixon had been involved in a long-running dispute with Marvin Harrison, a former NFL wide receiver. The…

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Chansey Jolivette

Male, age 20 · Houston, Texas

Found Sep 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

On the night of September 4, 2009, at approximately 11:50 p.m., Houston police responded to a shooting incident at 3223 South Loop West. Upon arrival, officers discovered the lifeless body of Chansey Jolivette, a 20-year-old African American male from…

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Demetrius Raines

Male, age 31 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Sep 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

On a late summer evening in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of Demetrius Lamar Raines, a 31-year-old African-American man, was violently cut short. On September 4, 2008, in the 4100 block of 39th Avenue North, witnesses reported a horrifying scene unfolding.…

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Giovanni Lechado

Male, age 28 · San Francisco, California

Found Sep 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

On September 4, 2008, Giovanni Lechado, aged 28, was shot while sitting in a car at the intersection of 18th and Bryant Streets in San Francisco's Mission District. He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital but succumbed to his injuries later that…

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Noel Espinoza

Male, age 18 · San Francisco, California

Found Sep 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

Noel Espinoza, 18, was tragically shot and killed on September 4, 2008, in the Mission District of San Francisco. He was standing with his friend, 23-year-old Matthew Solomon, near 24th and Utah Streets when both were gunned down. Their deaths were part of a…

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Orlando Thomas

Null, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Sep 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

Orlando Thomas, a 22-year-old male, was killed on September 4, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was recorded as part of the city’s ongoing struggle with violent crime during that year. In 2008, Chicago faced a grim milestone, surpassing 500 homicides by…

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Trensee Dickey

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Sep 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

Trensee Dickey, a 29-year-old from Chicago, was fatally shot on September 4, 2008. His homicide took place in the midst of what was one of the deadliest years for Chicago in recent memory, as the city saw a resurgence of violence that led to a total of over…

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Eric Bowden

Male, age 32 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Sep 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

Eric Bowden, 32, male, African-American/Black, was found dead in Las Vegas on September 4, 2008. Fire crews and police discovered his body inside a residence that had been deliberately set ablaze. The death was ruled a homicide, and investigators determined…

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O'Brian Anthony

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

On September 4, 2008, O'Brian Anthony was found dead in Columbus, Ohio, at an address on Granite Way Lane. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the heart, which was determined to be the result of a homicide. The Columbus Police Department has been…

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Obrian Anthony

Male, age 25 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Sep 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

On September 4, 2008, 25-year-old Obrian Anthony was found dead from a gunshot wound to the heart at 1680 Granite Way Lane in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place within Franklin County, and it remains an unsolved homicide. The Columbus Police Department…

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Troy Carney

Male, age 43 · Central Point, Oregon

Killed Sep 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

He was a male, 43, ethnicity not publicly specified, living rough along the Bear Creek Greenway outside Central Point, Oregon. In the days before his death, witnesses last saw Troy Carney walking away from the Pilot Travel Center near the Central Point…

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David Lewis

Male · Ashland, Oregon

Found Sep 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of September 4, 2008, a strange set of events began to unfold on Dead Indian Memorial Road, a rural stretch winding through the mountains near Ashland, Oregon. A fire was reported at a seasonal cabin, which, upon being extinguished, was…

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Ali Shanin

Male, age 18 · San Francisco, California

Found Sep 4, 2007 · 19 years ago

On September 4, 2007, 18-year-old male Ali Shanin was found deceased in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Police Department classified the case as a homicide, and it remains unsolved. As of now, no arrests have been made in connection with the…

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Ramiro Marcial-Herrera

Male, age 44 · San Francisco, California

Found Sep 4, 2007 · 19 years ago

On September 4, 2007, the life of Ramiro Marcial-Herrera—a 44-year-old Latino male—was tragically and violently cut short in San Francisco, California. His body was discovered near the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park, an area frequented by the city's most…

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Pauline Borum

Female, age 60 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 4, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Chinquapin Park in Baltimore, Maryland, a grim discovery was made on a Tuesday morning in early September 2007. Inside a home on Macbeth Drive, police found the bodies of 60-year-old Pauline Borum, an African American female, and…

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Jasmine Azaria Borum

Female, age 17 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 4, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the Chinquapin Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, a tragic discovery was made on the morning of September 4, 2007. Seventeen-year-old Jasmine Azaria Borum, a Black female, was found deceased alongside 60-year-old Pauline Borum. The two were…

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Alan Peguero

Male, age 20 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Sep 4, 2007 · 19 years ago

On the evening of September 4, 2007, a young Hispanic male named Alan Peguero, aged 20, was fatally shot in Boston. The incident occurred at approximately 8:30 p.m. at 134 Harvard Street in the Dorchester neighborhood. Officers from District B-3 responded to…

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Marva Howard

Female, age 39 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Found Sep 4, 2007 · 19 years ago

Marva Howard, a 39-year-old woman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was tragically shot and killed on September 4, 2007. Howard, a mother of two, had struggled with substance abuse and had previous arrests related to petty crimes and prostitution. On the night…

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Robert Davis

Null, age 57 · Houston, Texas

Found Sep 4, 2007 · 19 years ago

Robert Davis, aged 57, was shot and killed on September 4, 2007, in Houston, Texas. The homicide occurred in an area where similar violent incidents had been reported in the past. According to law enforcement, Robert was found with fatal gunshot wounds, and…

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James B. Brissette Jr.

Male, age 17 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Sep 4, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans, a 17-year-old African-American young man named James B. Brissette Jr. was killed in a hail of police gunfire on the Danziger Bridge. On the morning of September 4, 2005, Brissette…

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Ronald Curtis Madison

Male, age 40 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Sep 4, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans, a tragic and disturbing incident unfolded on the Danziger Bridge that would expose deep-seated issues within the city's police force. On September 4, 2005, 40-year-old Ronald Curtis…

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Baby Muse

Null · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

The case of Baby Muse, who died on September 4, 2004, in Columbus, Ohio, was a tragic instance of alleged infanticide involving a newborn. The child's mother, Shadia Muse, faced charges following the baby's death, which was ruled a homicide. The authorities…

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Roschelle Knippel

Female, age 33 · Howard, Wisconsin

Killed Sep 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the late summer of 2004, the life of Roschelle Knippel, a 33-year-old White/Caucasian woman, came to a tragic and violent end in her Howard, Wisconsin, home. On the morning of September 4th, an argument escalated between Roschelle and her 52-year-old…

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Brandon Webster

Male · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

On September 4, 2004, Brandon Webster, a male victim from Chester, Pennsylvania, was killed by gunfire in a burst of violence that also took the lives of Stephen Webster and Thomas Lareef Burton Jr. The shooting was reported in the 1100 block of Remington…

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Stephen Webster

Male · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

Stephen Webster, a male from Chester, Pennsylvania, died on September 4, 2004, after a burst of gun violence on Remington Street. The available online information places the shooting in the 1100 block of Remington Street, where Webster was killed along with…

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Patricia Butler

Female, age 58 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Sep 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

Patricia Ann Wilson-Butler—a 45-year-old Black woman from Kansas City, Missouri—was gone by Thursday, September 2, 2004, the day her death began rippling outward into a neighborhood already exhausted by loss. That early-September stretch along the Prospect…

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Darci Williams

Female, age 25 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Sep 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

Darci Irene 'Smiles' Williams, a 25-year-old female, was a cherished daughter known for her ever-present smile. Her life, however, came to a tragic end in the late summer of 2004 in Kansas City, Missouri. The last time her mother saw her alive was on the…

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Carmen Hunt

Female, age 40 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Sep 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

Carmen Hunt was a 40-year-old African American woman residing in Kansas City, Missouri, whose life was tragically ended during a spree of violence in 2004. Her skeletal remains were discovered on September 3, 2004, concealed beneath a piece of carpet and…

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Claudette Janiel

Female, age 31 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Sep 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

On September 4, 2004, Claudette Juniel, a 31-year-old woman from Kansas City, Missouri, was found dead in a way that suggested someone wanted her to disappear rather than simply be discovered. Her remains were located in a vacant lot near 27th Street and…

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Mandi Alexander

Female, age 24 · Great Bend, Kansas

Killed Sep 4, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the late summer of 2002, the quiet city of Great Bend, Kansas, was shaken by a crime that would leave a lasting scar on the community. On the evening of September 4th, a delivery driver for the Dolly Madison Bakery arrived at the outlet store on Harrison…

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Mary Drake

Female, age 79 · Great Bend, Kansas

Killed Sep 4, 2002 · 24 years ago

On a warm early evening in Great Bend, Kansas, on September 4, 2002, the Dolly Madison Bakery outlet was the scene of a tragedy that would haunt the community for years to come. Inside, a delivery driver made a grim discovery: the bodies of two women…

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Wing H. Lam

Male, age 38 · Arcadia, California

Killed Sep 4, 2002 · 24 years ago

Wing H. Lam, a 38-year-old resident of Arcadia, California, tragically lost his life on September 4, 2002. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Lam was fatally shot, marking a violent end to his life. The incident occurred in Arcadia, a city…

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Mary Rearden

Female, age 75 · Opelika, Alabama

Killed Sep 4, 2000 · 26 years ago

On a quiet Labor Day morning in Opelika, Alabama, a daughter's concern for her mother led to the grim discovery of a violent crime that would leave a family shattered and a community on edge. On September 4, 2000, after being unable to reach her mother by…

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Diane Marie Ayres

Female, age 23 · San Diego, California

Found Sep 4, 1999 · 27 years ago

Diane Marie Ayres, aged 23, was found dead on September 4, 1999, in a remote area along Golf Course Drive in Balboa Park, San Diego. She was discovered nude and had been strangled, with authorities believing that her body was dumped at that location. Diane…

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Eugene Geno McDonough

Male, age 54 · Lyndonville, Vermont

Killed Sep 4, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the small town of Lyndonville, Vermont, the evening of Friday, September 4, 1998, brought with it a devastating event that would leave a lasting scar on the community. Eugene McDonough, a dedicated 54-year-old Caucasian male firefighter with the St.…

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Zurijeta Sakanovic

Female, age 21 · Clive, Iowa

Killed Sep 4, 1997 · 29 years ago

Zurijeta Sakanovic was a 21-year-old White female who had recently immigrated to the United States with her family from Teslic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, seeking refuge. The family settled in Iowa, where Zurijeta found work as a maid at the Budgetel Inn in…

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Steven Starkey

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 4, 1995 · 31 years ago

On September 4, 1995, 38-year-old Steven Starkey was found fatally injured in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred near 802 Heyl Avenue, where Starkey sustained severe head trauma reportedly inflicted by a bottle. Despite investigations by the Columbus…

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Mimi Barraza

Female, age 21 · San Diego, California

Found Sep 4, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 4, 1993, Mimi Barraza and a group of her friends were standing outside of a friend’s home talking. A white Chevy Astro-Van pulled up to the corner on 39th Street, and without warning, the occupants of the van began…

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