2025 Year End, Part 1

 

This is Part One of a three-part year-end report covering 2025 homicides, with supporting charts and data.

Part Two includes 2025 data and historical data going back to 2000. 

Part Three lists all homicide victims going back through 2000.

The Allen County Coroner has officially recorded 35 homicides in 2025. This number could change as current 2025 pending or open cases may subsequently be ruled as homicides. If that occurs, this information will be updated.

Please remember 2025’s victims, presented in chronological order. Dates are provided from the published Coroner's office reports:

1/6/2025          Anthony Paul Wamue

1/10/2025       Patricia Hepworth

1/15/2025       Kenneth Lemar Richards

1/27/2025       Dawn Vera Kovach

2/4/2025          Sajdah Abdur-Rabb

2/13/2025       Sincere Sole Thomas

3/3/2025          Katiza Binti Mohamed-Sayad

3/6/2025          Taurean Malik Hayden

3/21/2025       Chase Watson

3/25/2025       Angela Marie Cobb

4/15/2025       Keitron Demos Adams

4/15/2025       Kamari Daquan Taylor

4/22/2025       Jeremiah Donald Lothamer

5/7/2025          Leanne Lynn Gonzalez

5/30/2025       Laron Duane Rosse

6/2/2025          Alice F. Hall

6/23/2025       Damontre Tayshon Burnett

6/24/2025       Eriyn Brionne White

6/27/2025       Anisha Denise Jackson

6/27/2025       Tornor Dejuan Doby

7/9/2025          Si’Montre Anthony R’Chey Molargik

7/22/2025       Kardenai Anthony Hollis

7/22/2025       Christopher James Stutler

7/25/2025       Muhammad A Williams

7/29/2025       Roger Marvin Swedzinski

8/5/2025          Toni Lynn Ott

8/6/2025          Julian Keith Flowers

8/12/2025       Rickita Lanae Washington

9/17/2025       William Joseph Peters

9/18/2025       Jorge Luis Granados Guzman

9/26/2025       Jacob Lee Leckenby

10/23/2025     Nyree K. Jones

12/1/2025       Jermichael Lamarkeyes James

12/5/2025       Scott Reed Armstrong

12/23/2025     Andraias Marquel Marshall Curry

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.