Catrina Ann Johnson, 24, was found dead on a Commerce, California street on Nov. 17, 2018. Authorities believe her nude body was dumped there after she was killed elsewhere. An investigation is ongoing.
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Catrina Ann Johnson, 24, was found dead on a Commerce, California street on Nov. 17, 2018. Authorities believe her nude body was dumped there after she was killed elsewhere. An investigation is ongoing.
Quantia Curry Golden, 32, was shot and killed when gunmen ambushed her and her daughter on an Opa-Locka, Florida street on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Golden was three months pregnant.
Dominique Farria, 31, was shot dead inside her car while two of her four children looked on in horror on July 24, 2018 in Harvey, Louisiana. Her husband has been charged in the slaying.
LaTija Luckey.18. was one of three people, all 20 and under, who were shot dead inside a vehicle on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 in Little Rock. A fourth victim, also a teenager, is in critical condition, according to media reports.
Lanita Rene Cole, 31, was shot to death in Dallas about 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, after accusing a woman of using a racial slur against her. The woman’s husband allegedly shot her.
Aija Hunter, 24, was shot dead on Oct. 31, 2018 during a verbal altercation in Fort Walton County, Florida. The Houston woman was in Florida to help with hurricane relief.
Starkisha Thompson was shot in the head in her Detroit driveway on Tuesday, Oct 9, 2018. She recently testified in a carjacking case.
Angela Bledsoe, 44, was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in her New Jersey home on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. The father of her child is being sought in the murder.
Rebecca Karns was shot in the chest on October 12, 2018 in in Broward County, Florida. Her boyfriend, who was in the passenger seat, was unharmed.
Lajauna Phillips, 36, was shot to death by a sheriff’s deputy on Tuesday, October 3, 2018 outside a used car dealership in San Bernardino County, California.
Crystal Durant, 38, was stabbed to death in her Marietta, Georgia home on Saturday, August 26, 2018. She was eight weeks pregnant. Her husband is charged with murder.
Destinee Virgin is being laid to rest. She was shot and killed Saturday, September 22, 2018 near an intersection in Columbus, Georgia. For two days, she went missing and was reported kidnapped, allegedly by her boyfriend, five months earlier.
Andrea Washington, a Jacksonville mother of three, was found dead early Monday inside her home on the city’s northside. Her boyfriend was due in court later that day regarding a protective order that she had taken out against him.
Kiera Lanae Bergman, 19, was reported missing on August 4, 2018. Her body was found about a month later on September 4, 2018 just west of Arizona. Police are recommending that her new boyfriend face murder charges.
Theresa Baisden, 29, succumbed to her injuries after being among eight people shot in a Cleveland, Ohio nightclub on Saturday, September 1, 2018. Police have not named a suspect at this time.
Chonda Owens, 50, was shot dead by her pastor husband in a murder-suicide gone wrong, Arkansas police say. Lyndon Burkett is facing capital murder charges in the Dec. 30, 2017 incident.
Breonna Patterson, 20, was found dead in her apartment August 29, 2018 from multiple gunshot wounds in Newport News, Virginia. Police have no suspects.
Mia Heard, 49, was shot to death in her north Birmingham home on the morning of Saturday, August 18, 2018. Authorities are searching for a suspect
Thirty-year-old Shantee Tucker was shot to death about 1:05 a.m. Wednesday, September 5, 2018 in Philadelphia.
Krissia Henderson-Burrus, 20, was shot and killed on the Southside of Richmond, Virginia on Saturday, August 25, 2018 just before 9 p.m