2024 Year End, Part 1

 

This is Part One of a two-part year-end report covering 2024 homicides, with supporting charts and data.

Part Two includes 2024 data and historical data going back to 2000, and concludes with a list of all homicide victims going back through 2000.

The Allen County Coroner has officially recorded 41 homicides in 2024. This number could change as current 2023 pending or open cases may subsequently be ruled as homicides. This was the case in 2023. If that occurs, this information will be updated.

Please remember 2024’s victims, presented in chronological order. Dates are provided from the published Coroner's office reports:

1             1/16/2024        Tra’Quon Dashon Hurmon   

2             1/17/2024        Christopher Izekiel Easton   

3             1/31/2024        Adaija Armani Okey   

4             1/31/2024        Lamarion Jeremiah Bailey    

5             2/5/2024           Jayden Lamont Morris             

6             2/6/2024           Marcia Louise Linsky

7             2/16/2024        Alfred Woods

8             2/28/2024        Divoryan Lawan Warren-Hill

9             3/5/2024           David Lee Norris         

10          3/7/2024           Donald Charles Warren III    

11          3/8/2024           Byron Keith Curry       

12          3/22/2024        Devon Evans Herlde 

13          4/29/2024        Robert Anthony Vicena           

14          5/2/2024           DaiLoni Edward Hollis Daniels          

15          6/12/2024        Rex D. Michel

16          6/5/2024           Kirk Thomas Willinger              

17          6/12/2024        Troy Jay Madison        

18          6/17/2024        Ryan Patrick Harding

19          6/24/2024        Linzell Parhm

20          7/8/2024           Tyler Joe Shake             

21          7/25/2024        Jathen Allen Maxwell

22          7/31/2024        Gawon Kaerey Benson           

23          8/5/2024           Travon Depree Holman          

24          8/14/2024        Ronald Joe Smith Jr   

25          8/22/2024        Nicole Danielle Beason         

26          8/23/2024        Jamion Martin               

27          8/23/2024        Myaunna Chacole Foster-Juarez      

28          8/27/2024        Damarion Tywan Lundy         

29          8/29/2024        Parker James Eugene Billman            

30          9/4/2024           Zane Elijah Stoll           

31          9/9/2024           John Edward McCloud            

32          9/17/2024        Samuel Sterling Caston         

33          10/7/2024        Preston Jermere Church        

34          10/7/2024        Angel Hennie Maldonado     

35          10/21/2024     Willie Venzell Ivy III    

36          11/12/2024     Corbin Scott Cornett

37          11/12/2024     Ah Mee Kun    

38          11/18/2024     Marialuz Margarita Munoz    

39          11/18/2024     James Anthony Glenn              

40          12/18/2024     Jeffrey Stoppenhagen              

41          12/27/2024     Philip Michael Rhinehart

NOTES: 

·        All information is provided by public news releases from the Allen County Coroner’s office and/or at least 2 confirmed media reports. 

·        For the sake of consistency and accuracy of the Remembering Fort Wayne Homicide Victims blog and database, homicide is defined by Indiana statute. In Indiana, homicide is defined as the killing of one person by another. The term is neutral and doesn't assign blame. Indiana's homicide statutes are in Title 35, Chapter 1 of the Indiana Code.

·        Remembering Fort Wayne Homicide Victims does not track suicides, however, in the case of a homicide/suicide, the Coroner’s release may name the suicide victim’s name, as is the Coroner’s protocol and legal, and statutory requirements as contained in Indiana Code, Section 36-2-14-18. In keeping with transparency, Remembering Fort Wayne Homicide Victims does not edit or redact information in the Cornoner’s releases.

·        Media: Information and graphics may be used, provided proper credit is given to the Remembering Fort Wayne Homicide Victims blog

·        This blog, statistical assembly, and analysis are intended to be a public resource and serve as a way to remember the victims and comfort their families so their loved ones are never forgotten.