Lorenzo Salgado Araujo dead at age 52
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo died on July 7, 2026. He was a Mexican construction business owner. Reports said he was shot. Tags Other, 07 July 2026, Araujo, Lorenzo, Mexico, Shot, July…
Famous People Who Died by Violence
Obituaries for public figures whose deaths were publicly reported as murder, suicide, or other violence. 38 obituaries link to obituary pages with biographical details and source information where available.
Semyon Skrepetsky dead at age 45
Semyon Skrepetsky, a Russian artist, activist and blogger, died on June 15, 2026, at age 45. Born Robert Kuzovkov in Altai Krai in 1981, he became known for political caricature,…
Osório Citora Afonso dead at age 54
Osório Citora Afonso, a Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, died on June 6, 2026, after being shot. He was 54. Born in Ribáuè on May 6, 1972, Afonso served as auxiliary…
Talay Riley dead at age 35
Talay Riley, a British singer-songwriter, died on June 5, 2026, after being stabbed in Silvertown, London. He was 35. Born Mark Olayinka Orabiyi on July 10, 1990, Riley began his…
Murder of Charles Perez dead at age 63
Murder of Charles Perez, the case stemming from the 2002 killing of Charles Perez in Phoenix, Arizona, died on May 20, 2026, when Leroy Dean McGill was executed by lethal…
Shin Jong-o South Korean judge, suicide dies
Shin Jong-o died on May 6, 2026, by suicide. He was a South Korean judge associated with Kim Keon Hee. The death was reported without further details. Shin Jong-o, South…
Shaikh Idrees dead at age 64
Shaikh Idrees, a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 to 2007, died on May 5, 2026, after…
Idris Tarangzai dead at age 64
Idris Tarangzai, a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who served as a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA from 2002 to 2007, died on May 5, 2026, after being shot. He was 64.…
Stanislav Petrov dead at age 87, Russian military officer, chief of the Russian NBC Protection Troo…
Stanislav Petrov died on May 2, 2026, in an apparent suicide. He was a Russian military officer and served as chief of the Russian NBC Protection Troops from 1992 to…
Sadio Camara Malian military officer, shot dead at age 47
Sadio Camara, a Malian military officer, died on April 25, 2026, aged 47, after being shot in Kati, in Mali’s Koulikoro Region. He took part in the 2020 Malian coup…
HavinMotion dead at age 22
HavinMotion, an American rapper, died on April 23, 2026. He was 22. Known professionally as HavinMotion, Dwayne Omar Isaacs Jr. was from Bryans Road, Maryland, and began rapping in 2022.…
James Valentine Australian radio and television presenter, assisted suicide dead at age 64
James Valentine, an Australian radio and television presenter and musician, died on April 23, 2026, by assisted suicide. He was 64. Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Valentine worked as a saxophonist…
Cerina Fairfax Former second lady of Virginia, murdered by husband dies
Cerina Fairfax, former second lady of Virginia, was murdered by her husband on April 16, 2026. She is identified in available records as having held the role of second lady…
Carolina Flores Gómez Mexican beauty queen, shot dead at age 27
Carolina Flores Gómez, a Mexican beauty queen and content creator, died on April 15, 2026, after being shot in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City. She was 27. A former…
Thitinan Saengnak Thai politician, MP, suicide dead at age 65
Thitinan Saengnak died on April 5, 2026, by suicide. He was a Thai politician who served as a member of parliament from 2019 to 2023. His death was reported with…
Oleh Avdieiev Ukrainian Olympic luger, stabbed dead at age 52
Oleh Avdieiev, a Ukrainian Olympic luger who competed at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, died on April 2, 2026, after being stabbed. He was 52. Avdieiev was born in…
Coral Springs, Florida American politician, vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, shot dead at age…
Coral Springs, Florida, an American politician and vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, died on March 30, 2026, after being shot. Coral Springs is a city in Broward County, Florida,…
Ali Larijani Iranian politician, twice secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, speaker…
Ali Larijani, Iranian politician and twice secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, died on March 17, 2026, in Tehran, Iran, at the age of 67 after being assassinated. He…
Murder of Danny Parrish American convicted murderer dead at age 53
Billy Leon Kearse, an American convicted murderer, died on March 3, 2026, at Florida State Prison in Florida, according to records provided. Kearse was found guilty of murdering Fort Pierce…
Reza Mozaffari Nia 66–67 dead at age 66
Reza Mozaffari Nia, an Iranian military official and former director of the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 66–67. Born in…
Mohammad Pakpour Iranian soldier dead at age -1
Mohammad Pakpour, an Iranian soldier and military officer who served as commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, died on February 28, 2026. He led the IRGC from 2025 until…
Aziz Nasirzadeh Iranian military officer dead at age 62
Aziz Nasirzadeh, an Iranian military officer, died on February 28, 2026, at the age of 62. He served as Iran’s minister of defence from 2024 to 2026, after previously holding…
Carl Grillmair Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist, shot dead at age 67
Carl Grillmair, a Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist, died on February 16, 2026, after being fatally shot outside his home in Llano, California. He was 67. Grillmair was a research scientist…
2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting American mass murderer dead at age 18
2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting, an American mass murderer in the Tumbler Ridge shooting, died on February 12, 2026, following the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. On February…
2025–2026 Iranian protests Iranian protester, shot dead at age 18
The 2025–2026 Iranian protests, an Iranian protester, was shot and died on January 5, 2026. The protests were a series of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran that began…
Killing of Latif Karimi Iranian protester, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps brigadier general, sho…
Latif Karimi, a retired colonel of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Iranian protester, was killed on January 3, 2026, after being shot in Malekshahi County, Ilam Province. According to…
Killing of Monique and Spencer Tepe American dentist, shot dead at age 37
Monique Tepe, an American dentist, was shot dead on December 30, 2025, alongside her husband, Spencer Tepe, in their Columbus, Ohio, home. The couple were found after Spencer failed to…
Killing of Monique and Spencer Tepe American early childhood educator, shot dead at age 39
Monique Tepe, an American early childhood educator, was shot dead on December 30, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. She and her husband, Spencer Tepe, were found dead inside their home after…
Marius van der Merwe Whistleblower testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry as “Witnes…
Marius van der Merwe, a South African private security company owner and former Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department official, died on December 5, 2025, after being shot. Also known as "Vlam"…
Australian Suicide
Australian professional wrestler (AAA)Died on Thursday March 6th 2025
5 people killed
Pakistani-British billionaireDied on Thursday June 22nd 2023
Murder of Samuel Paty
Russian Islamic militant (Murder of Samuel Paty)Died on Sunday October 18th 2020
Murder of Leiby Kletzky American convicted killer dead at age 49
Leiby Kletzky, an American convicted killer, died on July 12, 2011. Kletzky was the 8-year-old Hasidic Jewish boy whose kidnapping on July 11, 2011, in Borough Park, Brooklyn, prompted an…
Soham murders School caretaker dead at age 52
Soham murders, identified in the record as a British murderer and school caretaker, died on August 4, 2002. On that date, two 10-year-old girls, Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Amiee…