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| National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims |
For this year’s 2016 National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims,
Unit 1012 will remember more than 188 murdered victims + victims of war crimes
from the United States and around the world. Let us remember how they lived on
this earth and treasure their memories.
"So long as we live, they too shall live and love for they are a part of us as we remember them."- Gates of Prayer
For this observance, we will present
murdered victims from 2006 to 2010:
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Ilan
Halimi
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106. Ilan Halimi (Hebrew: אילן חלימי) was a
young French Jewish man of Moroccan descent who was kidnapped on 21 January
2006 by a group called the Gang of Barbarians and subsequently tortured, over a
period of three weeks, resulting in his death.
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| David Warren McGuinn |
109. Jodi Sanderholm (September
26, 1987 to January 5, 2007)
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| Channon Gail Christian, 21, and Hugh Christopher Newsom, Jr., 23. |
110-111. Channon Gail Christian, 21, and Hugh
Christopher Newsom, Jr., 23, were an unmarried couple from
Knoxville, Tennessee. They were kidnapped the evening of January 6, 2007 when
Christian's vehicle was carjacked, and taken to a rental house, where they were
raped, tortured, and murdered. Five people were arrested and charged in the
case. The grand jury indicted four of the suspects on counts of capital murder,
robbery, kidnapping, rape, and theft, while a fifth was indicted on federal
charges of carjacking.
Of the four charged at the state
level, three (Letalvis D. Cobbins, Lemaricus Davidson, and George Thomas) had
multiple prior felony convictions. After a jury trial, Lemaricus Davidson was
convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection. Letalvis Cobbins and
George Thomas were convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the
possibility of parole. Vanessa Coleman was convicted and sentenced to 53 years
in prison for facilitating the crimes, and Eric Dewayne Boyd was convicted and
sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for being an accessory after the fact
to carjacking.
The state convictions were all
initially set aside because of misconduct by the presiding judge, who has since
been disbarred. Retrials were originally slated for the summer and fall of
2012. The orders for retrials of Davidson and Cobbins were subsequently
overturned by the Tennessee State Supreme Court, and their convictions and
sentences stand. The Coleman and Thomas retrials resulted in convictions, but
with reduced sentences. Coleman's sentence was reduced to 35 years, and Thomas'
sentence was reduced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
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| Corrections Officer Stephen Anderson |
112.
Corrections Officer Stephen Anderson (End of Watch: June 25, 2007)
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| When they were whole: A June, 2007 photo shows Dr William Petit, left, with his daughters Michaela, front, Hayley, centre rear, and his wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts |
113-115. The Cheshire,
Connecticut, home invasion murders occurred on July 23, 2007, when a
mother and her two daughters were murdered during a home invasion in Cheshire, Connecticut. The Hartford Courant referred to
the case as "possibly the most widely publicized crime in the state's
history".
116-117. Neal
Williams and his two sons, Ian and Devon (Died: August 8, 2007)
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Rie Isogai
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118. Rie Isogai (磯谷 利恵 Isogai Rie, 20 July 1976 – 25 August
2007) was a 31-year-old Japanese office clerk who was robbed and murdered in
Aichi Prefecture, Japan on the night of 24 August 2007 by three men who became
acquainted through an underground message board. Her murder led to a signature
campaign to call for the death penalty on the three murderers, one of whom was
sentenced to death on 18 March 2009, and two of the murderers were sentenced to
life in prison on 13 April 2011.
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John Granville
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119. John
Granville (September
25, 1974 to January 1, 2008)
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| Brianna Denison |
120. Brianna Denison (March
29, 1988 to January 20, 2008)
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Jamiel Shaw II
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121. Jamiel Shaw II (December 22, 1990 to March 2, 2008)
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| Deputy Sheriff Tony Diaz |
122. Deputy Sheriff Tony Diaz (End
of Watch: June 15, 2008)
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| Twenty-four-year-old Janek Pietrzak and his 26-year-old wife, Quiana Faye Jenkins-Pietrzak, were murdered in their French Valley home. Credit: Maggie Avants |
123-124. The Murder of Jan Paweł Pietrzak and Quiana Jenkins Pietrzak
relates to the events surrounding the 2008 deaths of United
States Marine Corps Sergeant Jan Paweł Pietrzak (March 13, 1984 – October
15, 2008) and his wife Quiana Jenkins-Pietrzak (February 16, 1982 - October 15,
2008).
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Sandeep Unnikrishnan
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125. Sandeep Unnikrishnan (15 March 1977 – 28
November 2008) was an officer in the Indian Army
serving in the elite Special Action Group of the National Security Guards. He was killed
in action during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. He was
consequently awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peace time gallantry
award, on 26 January 2009.
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Ariel Allison
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| Spec Amanda Jean Snell |
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| In this September 2000
photo, James Pouillon holds one of the posters he uses to protest abortion in
Owosso. (The Flint Journal) |
129.
The
murder of Jim Pouillon occurred on
September 11, 2009, when pro-life activist James Pouillon was shot dead while
protesting abortion in front of Owosso High School in Owosso, Michigan. It was
evidently the first time an activist had ever been murdered while protesting
abortion. Soon after the shooting, police were alerted to another murder, that
of local businessman Michael Fuoss, which they linked to Pouillon's killer.
Police arrested Harlan James Drake and charged him with both crimes. Drake was
later declared fit to stand trial, where he was convicted of two counts of
first-degree murder, and was subsequently sentenced to two life sentences.
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| Kimberly Cates |
130.
Kimberley Cates (October
6, 1967 to October 4, 2009)
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Morgan Dana Harrington
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131.
Morgan Dana Harrington (July
24, 1989 to October 17, 2009)
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Fabiana Malave
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132.
Fabiana Malave (December 25, 1989 to October 29,
2009)
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Shaniya Davis
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133.
Shaniya Davis (June 14, 2004 to November 16, 2009)
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Eloy Conrad Duran III
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134.
Eloy Conrad Duran III (November 10, 1984 to January 3, 2010)
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| Elsa Janet Corp |
135.
Elsa Janet Corp (17
September 1983 to 1 February 2010)
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| Officers David Curtis, left, and Jeffrey Kocab |
136.
Officer David Curtis and Officer Jeffrey Kocab (End of Watch: June 29, 2010)
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Diann L. Hoagland
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137.
Diann L. Hoagland
(March 1, 1956 to August 18, 2010)
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| Rebecca Aylward |
140. Joanna Clare "Jo" Yeates (19 April 1985 - 17
December 2010) was a 25-year-old landscape architect from Hampshire, England,
who went missing on 17 December 2010 in Bristol after an evening out with work
colleagues. Her body was subsequently discovered on 25 December 2010 in
Failand, North Somerset; post-mortem analysis determined that she had died from
strangulation. Vincent Tabak was eventually found guilty of her murder. The
murder inquiry, named "Operation Braid", became one of the largest
police investigations in the Bristol area. The case dominated news coverage in
the United Kingdom as Yeates' family reached out through social network
services and press conferences for assistance from the public. Rewards
totalling £60,000 were offered for information leading to those responsible for
Yeates' death. The police initally suspected Yeates' landlord, who lives in the
same building, and arrested him, but soon released him on bail. Vincent Tabak,
a 32-year-old Dutch engineer and neighbour of Yeates, was arrested on 20
January 2011. Media attention at the time centred on the filming of a
re-enactment of her disappearance for the BBC's crime programme, Crimewatch.
After two days of questioning, he was charged on 22 January 2011 with Yeates'
murder. On 5 May 2011, Tabak, now aged 33, pleaded guilty to Yeates's
manslaughter, but denied murdering her. On 20 September he appeared at Bristol
Crown Court for a pre-trial hearing, attending in person having previously
appeared from prison via videolink. His trial started on 4 October 2011. Tabak
was found guilty of murder on 28 October 2011 at Bristol Crown Court, and
subsequently sentenced to serve a minimum of 20 years in prison.
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