Interracial felony homicides involving blacks and whites from June 2017

When it comes to interracial homicides, the media and the entertainment industry like to hype white on black homicides. However, Federal data suggests that black on white homicides are far more common. We are trying to create a large comprehensive database of these homicides to create the most honest and accurate picture.

This is not a complete list of every single interracial felony homicide that occurred. It is only the ones we have found so far. If you know of any more, please send us an e-mail. To see other months, click here.

White on Black (6)

On June 28th, Bianca Roberson, 18, was shot and killed while driving near West Goshen, PA. Police are calling it a road rage murder. A white male has been charged.

 

 

On June 16th, Jonathan Sullivan, 27, was shot and killed in Ocala, FL. A white male has been charged. Police say they argued in a parking lot and then the suspect chased Sullivan and shot him.

 

On June 13th, Curtis Billue, 58, was killed in Putnam County, GA. He was one of two corrections officers killed by two white male inmates.

 

 

On June 11th, Michael Dow, 46, was shot and killed in Louisville, KY. Police have charged a white male. It is unknown if they knew each other.

 

 

On June 3rd, Anthony Johnson, 57, was stabbed to death at a bus stop in Oakley, CA. A white male has been charged. Police say the two got into a fight after talking about sports and politics. The same suspect fatally stabbed a man in 2013, but it was ruled as justifiable self-defense.

 

On June 2nd, Reyona Caldwell was bludgeoned to death in her home in Witchita, KS. Police have arrested a white male who appears to have been her boyfriend. He allegedly set the house on fire to try to cover up the murder.

 

Black on White (42) (not counting one unborn child)

On June 30th, Felicia Rich, 28, was stabbed to death in New Port Richey, FL. The suspect is her black boyfriend.

 

 

On June 30th, Holly Slagth, 25, was stabbed to death in Greece, NY. The suspect is her black boyfriend.

 

 

On June 28th, Ricky Lillie, 41, was shot and killed in Iowa City, IA. He was driving a taxi cab at the time. Police are looking for a black male suspect.

 

 

On June 27th, Christ Edward Kneubuehl, 56, was killed during an armed robbery at a restaurant in Culver, WI. Kneubuehl was working at a restaurant after hours when armed black males stormed the place. Witnesses say that Kneubuehlhad a heart attack during the ordeal and the armed black males refused to allow anyone to call 911 and watched him die.

 

On June 26th, Kathy Linker, 60, was stabbed to death in Buckeye, AZ. Police have charged her black boyfriend.

 

 

On June 26th, Dennis Mantel, 66, was killed in Myrtle Beach, SC. He was driving a cab at the time. The suspect is a black male.

 

 

On June 25th, Bonnie Sue Hollis, 43, was stabbed in the back in Jacksonville, FL. She died of her injuries a few weeks later. Police have charged a fifty-three-year-old black female. The suspect was already convicted of murder back in 1986.

 

On June 25th, Tony Samples, was shot and killed in Canton, GA. Police have charged two black males with murder. The same suspects have also been charged with murdering a black male around the same time.

 

 

On June 23rd, Andrew Pimentel, 26, was stabbed to death in Seattle, WA. Police arrested and charged a black male. The murder was completely random and without provocation.

 

 

On June 22nd, Jaloen Morris, 18, was shot and killed in Knoxville, TN. A light-skinned Latino was also murdered and a third victim was shot and wounded. The victims were from Michigan and visiting Knoxville. Two black males, ages 17 and 15, have been charged. Police say it was a robbery and suggested that the victims tried to buy drugs off of the suspects.

 

On June 21st, Heather “Helena” Hoffmann, 23, was raped, murdered, and her body dumped in a lake in Fort Collins, CO. Police have charged a black male. They say he is a transient.

 

 

On June 21st, JoAnn Leasure, 77, was killed in North Fort Myers, FL. Police have charged a black male. The suspect has a long history of violent crime.

 

 

On June 21st, Catherine Dungan, 54, was raped and choked to death in Beaumont, TX. Police have arrested a black male. Dungan was homeless.

 

 

On June 21st, Micheal Avara, 19, was shot and killed in Denham Springs, LA. Police have arrested and charged a black male for the murder. Police believe that Avara might have tried to purchase drugs. Another black male, two white females, and an unidentified juvenile have all been charged with obstruction.

 

On June 20th, Jeremy Scott Smith, 40, was shot and killed in Mobile, AL. He was murdered while working as a bouncer at a club. Police have charged a black male.

 

 

On June 19th, Scott Vann West, 31, was shot and killed in Gulf Shores, AL. He was at a gas station with his girlfriend. Police say a black male shot him three times with a shotgun.

 

 

On June 19th, Kevin Phelps, 37, was shot and killed inside his home in Bixby, OK. Police have arrested a black male for the murder. They say the suspect and the victim were acquaintances.

 

 

On June 18th, Kaytlynn Cargill, 14, disappeared in Bedford, TX. Police say a 16-year-old black male beat her death with a hammer. He lured her with marijuana before she was killed.

 

 

On June 15th, Chad Deadmond, 32, was shot and killed in Walnut Shade, MO. Police have arrested and charged a black female. The suspect apparently was a friend of the victim.

 

 

On June 13th, Austin Young, 17, was shot and killed in Minneapolis, MN. Police have charged an 18-year-old black male. Young apparently tried to buy drugs off of the suspect.

 

 

On June 13th, Sebastian Dvorak, 27, was shot and killed in Baltimore, MD. He was a popular bartender. He was shot in the head while walking down the street. A black male suspect was captured on surveillance camera.

 

On June 12th, Angela Gagne, 41, was found shot to death inside her home in Fort Worth, TX. Two black brothers, one of whom was Gagne’s boyfriend, are the suspects. Police say they shot her and looted her home of valuables.

 

On June 12th, Patrick Weatherford, 41, was shot and killed in Newport, AR. He was working as a police officer at the time he was shot. Police say Weatherford was responding to a call about a vehicle break-in when an eighteen-year-old black male shot him.

 

On June 11th, Kenneth Adair, 28, was shot and killed in DeKalb County, GA. Police have charged a black male. Adair was allegedly selling meth, and the suspect shot him execution style during a robbery.

 

On June 10th,  James Celani, 43, was shot and killed in San Diego. Police say two black males shot Celani and another victim outside of a comedy club. Police say the shooting appears to have been random and without provocation. Celani is in the Navy. The other victim, who survived, is his cousin.

 

On June 10th an unnamed white female was found stabbed to death under an overpass in New Orleans, LA. Police quickly arrested a black male and charged him with murder. The identity of the woman has not been released yet.

 

On June 9th, Rebecca Murphey, 20, was shot and killed in Lone Jack, MO. This is near Kansas City. Murphey and a male victim were abducted, taking to a residence, stripped, and then shot. The male victim survived. Police have arrested two black males and white female. Police say one of the two black males shot both victims.

 

On June 9th, Justin Kern, 36, was shot and killed in Louisville, KY. It appears to have been a home invasion. Police arrested a black male.

 

 

On June 8th, Melissa Barto, 26, was shot and killed in Butler, PA. He body was also burned. Police have charged her black boyfriend with killing her.

 

On June 7th, Adam Hillburn, 34, was shot and killed in Springfield, MO. Police say two black males shot him in a parking lot. Police believe that they shot Hillburn while trying to steal drugs from another man Hillburn was with.

 

 

On June 6th, Kera Teel, 19, was shot and killed at random in the parking lot of her apartment complex in Beaumont, TX. She was seven months pregnant. She is also the mother of a one-year-old baby. Police say the suspects are three blacks males. It is being called “a robbery.”

 

On June 5th, Courtney McGhee, 41, was beaten to death in her home in Bellefonte, PA. Police say her black husband beat her to death and then set the house on fire. Their daughter and two cats were also in the house. The two cats died and the daughter was woken up by a fire alarm and made it out of the house.

 

On June 6th, Jamie Baker, 40, was shot and killed in Evansville, IN. Police say she was walking down the street with a friend when a black male randomly opened fire on them. 

 

 

On June 4th, Ashley Cates, 30, was stabbed to death in Knoxville, TN. A 57-year-old black male was charged. Police are calling it “domestic.”

 

 

On June 4th, Thomas Grassman, 37, was shot and killed in Cincinnati, OH. He was shot in the back while walking down the street. Police have charged a black male. It is not known if there was any connection between the victim and the perpetrator.

 

 

On June 4th, Spencer Weber, 21, was shot and killed in St. Louis, MO. Police say a black friend was playing with a loaded gun and shot him. Witnesses say they told hm to stop playing with the gun, but he didn’t stop. The black male has been charged with a negligent felony homicide.

 

On June 3rd, Joseph Leeman was shot in the head and killed during a home invasion in Walterboro, SC. Police have arrested a black male and a black female. They have been denied bond. Leeman’s girlfriend was also home and threatened with murder.

 

On June 3rd, Amber Green, 25, was shot and killed in St. Louis, MO. Green was in a car with several black males. They pulled into a gas station in a black neighborhood and their car was riddled with bullets by black males. Another black male was killed and two people were injured.

 

On June 3rd, Mary Dudley, 36, was shot and killed in Des Moines, IA. Police have charged her black husband with first-degree murder.

 

 

On June 1st, Lisa Washburn, 39, was beaten to death in Huntington, WV. Police have arrested and charged her black boyfriend.

 

 

On June 1st, Leslie Smith, 48, and Linda McKenzie, 44, was shot and killed in Shady Side, MD. They were living on a house boat and found dead. Police have charged a black male.