Twenty-eight-year-old Travis Smith was a native of Aiken County, South Carolina who had attended North Augusta High School and was a member of Laura Grove Baptist Church. He lived on Bradley Court in North Augusta and was the father of a daughter, Taniya. Friends and relatives would later describe Travis as easygoing, kind, devoted to … More Travis Smith
Bryan Sanchez was born on April 29th, 1991, to Bertha Torres and Gustavo Sanchez. Raised in the Atwater area of California’s Central Valley, he attended Shaffer Elementary School, Mitchell Senior Elementary and Buhach Colony High School. Bryan was the youngest of six children. By 2012, he lived primarily with his sister, Patty Flores, and her … More Bryan Sanchez
Forty-four-year-old businessman Pareshkumar D. “Paresh” Patel was born in India and came to the United States in 1991, joining his wife in the Richmond, Virginia area. Indian news reports identified his hometown as Amod, in the Petlad area of Gujarat’s Anand district. By 2012, he had spent roughly two decades establishing a life in central … More Pareshkumar D. “Paresh” Patel
On the night of March 15th, 2012, forty-three-year-old Mario Imbesi left a family gathering in Port Chester, New York, and began the drive back to his apartment in Danbury, Connecticut. He had been celebrating his mother’s birthday and reportedly left sometime around ten fifteen or ten thirty p.m., telling his family that he needed to … More Mario Imbesi
On the afternoon of September 5th, 2012, twenty-one-year-old Brandon D. Thomas left his mother’s home in Omaha, Nebraska, and set out for a nearby store. It should have been an ordinary walk through his neighborhood. Instead, Brandon was shot in broad daylight near the intersection of North 41st and Maple Streets, in an attack witnessed … More Brandon Thomas
The last day Dyamond Manire spent with her daughter Jewel had begun as a happy one. On October 6th, 2012, the family gathered to celebrate the fourth birthday of Jewel’s young son. By the end of the night, Jewel Manire and her friend Khalil Gibson were dead, three other young women had been shot, and … More Jewel Manire and Khalil Gibson
On the evening of December 12th, 2012, Sherese Walker Bingham set out with her two German shepherds for what should have been an ordinary walk along the White River in Indianapolis, Indiana. Instead, the fifty-one-year-old woman was found fatally shot on a walking path near the intersection of Limestone and West New York streets, not … More Sherese Walker Bingham
Kyle Christopher Seidel was born April 17th, 1978, the second son of Richard and Darlene Seidel. He and his older brother, Jeremy, grew up primarily in the Giants Neck section of East Lyme, Connecticut, and Kyle graduated from East Lyme High School in 1996. He met Kate Cioci in 2001, and the couple married on … More Kyle Seidel
Sixty-two-year-old Linda Helms and her sister, fifty-four-year-old Vickie Sterling, lived together at 808 East Lotus Avenue in North Tampa, Florida, not far from the Forest Hills area of the city. The sisters had occupied the home for approximately ten years before their deaths and were reportedly very close. Sometime on Thursday, April 12th, 2012, a … More Linda Helms and Vickie Sterling
Fifteen-year-old Chelsea Johnson lived in Fairfield, a suburban community north of Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended Options Academy. She was a sophomore who earned good grades, and hoped to become a veterinarian. She enjoyed fishing and camping, reading, and texting her friends, and relatives remembered her as an affectionate teenager who sometimes left notes for her … More Chelsea Johnson
