Every Day

On June 16, 2013, Bryor Gibbins reached the end of his short life as his childhood home was consumed by flames. His young mother Amy had been raped and beaten to death by Derek Posey, who stole her phone and ATM card before setting her house on fire. Derek left little Bryor, only 5 years old, to die of smoke inhalation.

On June 15, 2015, Casey Chadwick was stabbed to death in her apartment by a Haitian man named Jean Jacques.

On June 14, 2013, Melinda Ann Maltese was found face-down in a pool of blood, having suffered dozens of stab wounds to her head and upper body, with a large amount of blood on the walls and windows of her office. Melinda was murdered by Rashaan Williams, because she was about to fire him for poor work performance.

On June 13, 1988, Cassie Holden left home for an afternoon walk. The 12-year-old's body was found two days later in a wooded area where she had been picking flowers. She was beaten to death with a rock after resisting Jonathan Lee Gentry's attempts to rape her.

On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson was on the walkway leading to her home when she was stabbed several times in the head and neck. The cuts to her neck were so violent that her spine and larynx were exposed and visible.

During the trial of Nicole's abusive ex-husband O.J. Simpson, three quarters of American whites believed he was guilty of the attack, while only about 20% of blacks felt this way. (In the years since, the majority of both groups have come to agree on his guilt.) The jury that found the defendant "not guilty" included 9 blacks and only 2 whites. One of the jurors, a former member of the Black Panthers, winked and smiled at O.J. before the verdict was announced. Afterwards, this juror raised his fist in the "Black Power" salute.

O.J. was later found responsible for Nicole's death in a civil lawsuit.

On June 11, 1977, Jane Marie McManus was asleep on her living room couch around 3:00AM when a man, wandering past, saw her through the window. He robbed her. He raped her. He slashed her forehead with a knife. He stabbed her 15 times. He hit her with a hammer and strangled her with a belt. During his taped confession, Harold Otey stated "She was pleading with me to kill her. She said, 'Kill me, kill me.' OK, I figured, I went that far. Why not?"

On June 10, 2017, James Vincent Celani was walking with his cousin in downtown San Diego when he was randomly shot in the head, neck and chest by Arrow Morris, who happened to be passing him on the sidewalk. Lt. Commander Celani was a pilot for the U.S. Navy, just weeks away from retiring.

On June 9, 2004, Emily Ann Clemons was beaten with a hammer and some other household objects. Her assailants struck her over 30 times, and also used the hammer's claw on her face. They wrapped her body in a blanket and threw her in a dumpster, where a neighbor noticed her final struggles, but was too late to save her life. Emily was 16 years old, as were her murderers, Laisha Landrum and Rocky Almestica Jr.

On June 8, 2004, Edith Wood Blackwell was abducted and stuffed into the trunk of her car, where officials said she died from suffocation and heat stroke. Despite being 85 years old, Edith had been operating the hundred-cow dairy farm left to her by her late husband. Taquana Bell, Carey Williams, and Laroncus Smith were caught in a neighboring state trying to cash some of Edith's checks.

On June 7, 2014, Stuart William Carson Jr. was sitting in his taxi cab in the early morning when he was shot and posthumously robbed by Rohbanni Wilson, a registered sex offender with a record of petty theft. Stuart left behind his wife, four children, and an eleven-month-old granddaughter.

On June 6, 2010, Amie M. Sullivan was walking home from a late dinner when she was struck and killed by Jimmy Coleman, an ex-convict with a revoked license, who was driving while impaired by alcohol and cocaine.

On June 5, 2016, Phoebe Sherwood Perry died at the age of 94. A celebrated activist on behalf of animals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, police believe Phoebe was attacked by the Kenyan serial killer Billy Chemirmir, who posed as a caregiver or maintenance worker in order to rob and murder at least 14 elderly American women.

On June 4, 2019, Ronald Trey Peters was walking down the sidewalk when two men got out of a truck, put masks on and demanded Peters' bag while yelling gay slurs. One of the men shot Peters in the chest and again in the neck after Peters fell to the ground. A third person was seen inside the truck. Police later arrested the suspects: Tyreese Johnson (19), Shaleeya Moore (18) and Joshua Ellis (21).