Sources for the Memoriam List
This list was current on September 27, 2026 and contains source information for 2681 occupational fatalities of taxicab drivers and drivers of liveries and ride services.
See also the detailed profiles of over 200 Canadian Taxicab Driver Homicides compiled by Norman Beattie of Winnipeg.
This list is arranged by Place. Alternately sort the list by Date or by Names.
Mohammed Daud
Behsud, Maidan Wardak Afghanistan
2006
Source: Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul) 6/1/06
Note:
Dilawar
Bagram, Afghanistan
2002
Source: International Herald-Tribune May 21, 2005 by Tim Golden in the NY Times; NY Times 2/13/06;
Note: siezed while passing a prison, died days later after torture by US guards and interrogators; 3 passengers sent to Guantanamo, later released as no threat
Nasrat Ali Hassan
Kandahar, Afghanistan
2006
Source: Presse Canadienne 3/16/06; http://www.corusnouvelles.com/nouvelle-afghanistan_soldats_canadiens-8927-12.html; Ottawa Sun 3/16/06;
Note: news reports conflict each other, possible passenger slain not driver; shots fired at three-wheel taxi by Canadian troops
Fatmir Sheqiri
Prishtina, Albania
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
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S.M. Hamid
Ait Hamsi, Akbil District Algeria
2006
Source: http://www.elmoudjahid.com/stories.php?story=06/05/19/3689119
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Bengoufa Omar
Khemis Milana, Algeria
2006
Source: La Nouvelle Republique 8/1/06 http://www.lanouvellerepublique.com/
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Teeleleni Shilondelo
Onghumbi District, Angola
2001
Source: Barb Kabrick, http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/January/news/023661F16A.html
Note: Namibian driver kidnapped and slain in Angola approx 10/26/01, arres
Juan Carlos Aldana
Rosario, Cuna de la Bandera Argentina
2003
Source: http://www.lacapital.com.ar/2005/12/03/policiales/noticia_251496.shtml; Karl Weiszhaar search of internet news 5/04 and 12/05; http://www.notiexpress.com.ar/notas.asp?notaid=51368;
Note: killer recaptured
Nestor Martin Limardo
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2003
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources January 2007
Note: Young killer sentenced in 2007
Gustavo Orozco
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007
Source: Many articles in Spanish-language news media reviewed by Karl Weiszhaar January 2007
Note: killed by a mob after he ran over a mother and child, killing the child, at 11:55PM on New years Eve
Oscar Brassen
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
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Carlos Ugarte
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011
Source: Buenos Aires Herald 12/30/2011
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Rodolfo Confalonieri
Chajari, Argentina
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
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Jose Vazquez Duran
Cipoletti, Argentina
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language news sources on the Internet, February 2007
Note: possibly town is Allen
Adrian Ramon Rios
Cordoba, Argentina
2004
Source: http://www.cadena3.com.ar/noticias_ampliada.asp?mas=50679; http://www.cadena3.com.ar/noticias_ampliada.asp?mas=50721
Note: possibly last name is Diaz, not Rios
Jorge Raul Cabrera
Cordoba, Argentina
2006
Source: http://www.elindependiente.com.ar/archivo/noticias_v.asp?77051
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Miriam Beatriz Martinez
Cordoba, Argentina
2006
Source: http://www.lavoz.com.ar/2006/0320/UM/nota399738_1.htm per Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources June 2006
Note: woman driver
Aldo Fabian Otta
Cordoba, Argentina
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar review of Spanish-language media, July 2007
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Adalberto Palomeque
Coronel Vidal, Argentina
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
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Juan Domingo Tubio
Ituzaingo, Argentina
2004
Source: Diario Hoy (online) Argentina 3/26/04; www.diariohoy.net
Note: shot in cab, apparently not robbed
Mario Ruben Carrizo
Jujuy, Argentina
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar review of Spanish-language media July 2007
Note:
Daniel Agustin Baci
La Plata, Argentina
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish language news sources on the web, Summer 2004
Note: near Buenos Aires
Carlos Lavaronnie
La Plata, Argentina
2006
Source: http://www.elindependiente.com.ar/archivo/noticias_v.asp?75825 per Karl Weiszhaar 1/30/06
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Roberto Mauricio Paulucci
Rosario, Argentina
2004
Source: http://www.clarin.com/diario/2006/01/15/policiales/g-05601.htm per Karl Weiszhaar 1/2006;
Note:
Roberto Paolucci
Rosario, Argentina
2004
Source: http://www.diariohoy.net/v5/verNoticia.phtml/html/97004/
Note: shot by a 16 year old
Jorge Poremba
Rosario, Argentina
2006
Source: http://www.clarin.com/diario/2006/01/15/policiales/g-05601.htm per Karl Weiszhaar 1/2006
Note: died on 1/14/06
Cantete Vega
Argentina
1998
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources September 2005, article from a paper in Tierra del Fuego
Note:
Peter Golley
Canterbury, New South Wales Australia
1994
Source: Fiji Times Online 2/17/2009
Note: vegetaive state until death in July 1997
Kevin Lester
Nowra, New South Wales Australia
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
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Rodney William Woodgate
Sydney, New South Wales Australia
1959
Source: https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/from-the-archives-woman-20-confesses-to-taxi-driver-murder-20190603-p51tx2.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Rong Huang
Sydney, New South Wales Australia
1996
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; email from John Lanigan 12/96
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Satpal Singh Suri
Sydney, New South Wales Australia
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Youbert Hormozi
Sydney, New South Wales Australia
2006
Source: Sydney Morning Herald 1/31/06;
Note:
Robert Woodger
Sydney, New South Wales Australia
2007
Source: Sydney Morning Herald 6/22/07 and others
Note:
George Grantham
Darwin, Northern Territory Australia
1952
Source: True Crime Library (London England) 2012
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Hassan Baydoun
Darwin, Northern Territory Australia
2019
Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-05/what-we-know-about-the-darwin-shooting/11180040
Note: taxi driver slain while on meal break by mass shooter
Norman Tabrett
Liverpool, NSW Australia
1942
Source: Liverpool Historical Society as reported in Australian Community Media - Fairfax Media, liverpoolchampion.com.au
Note: shot at US military base near Sydney after a dispute with a sentry
Gina Davis
Brisbane, Queensland Australia
1982
Source: Australian taxi driver recollections on Ozcabs email group, including Michael Powell of United Cab Drivers Guild, Inc Qld
Note: Wacol, Brisbane date in 1982 uncertain based on driver recollections
Edward Baldock
Brisbane, Queensland Australia
1989
Source: ABC Queensland 1/13/12, http://blogs.abc.net.au
Note: killed in a park in 1989
Sami Chamoun
Brisbane, Queensland Australia
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
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Brian Hodgkinson
Bundaberg, Queensland Australia
1987
Source: BrisbaneTimes.com.au 3/28/2009; Fraser Coast Chronicle 5/11/2010
Note: cold case break in 2009
Athol Henry McCowan
Currumbin, Queensland Australia
1952
Source: Weekend Bulletin, October 21-22, 2006 - p46 (Australia) per driver taxirob@yahoo.com.au 10/2006; Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 7/14/2016
Note: possibly innocent person convicted; see book "The Taxi Driver Killer" by Ken Blanch 2006 Jack Sim Publications;
Angel Jose Louis Castano
Mudgeeraba, Queensland Australia
2002
Source: articles emailed by Raymond Hoser in 2003
Note: collapsed and died in an altercation with a fare evader
Scott Cabrie
Pacific Haven, Queensland Australia
2023
Source: https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/crime/murder-charge-laid-as-missing-uber-driver-scott-cabries-body-found/news-story/9045990c615d7ed9d0536d763da8bfac
Note: Uber driver slain
Kenneth Shaum
Redlands Bay, Queensland Australia
1987
Source: Courier-Mail (Queensland) undated retrospect April 2009
Note: date in 1987 not known
Bernadette Cameron
Townsville, Queensland Australia
1998
Source: townsvillebulletin.com.au 3/16/2013
Note:
Andrew Morowicz
Adelaide, South Australia Australia
1996
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Kim Bester
Hobart, Tasmania Australia
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
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Mohamud Muketar
Fitzroy, Victoria Australia
2016
Source: The Advertiser adelaidenow.com.au May 2016
Note:
Emanuel Sapountzakis
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
1993
Source: News.com.au 5/28/13
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Cameron Rudd
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
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Benu Prasad-Adhikari
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
2004
Source: Melbourne Herald-Sun 3/13/04 and others
Note: stabbing
Rajneesh Joga
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
2006
Source: The Age (theage.com.au) 8/9/06; heraldsun.com.au 12/3/08
Note: pushed from cab
Stephen George Seymour
Mount Waverley, Victoria Australia
2012
Source: smh.com.au (Sydney Morning Herald) 8/1/12
Note:
Peter Coe
Preston, Victoria Australia
1995
Source: personal reports;
Note: teens returned to rank for second robbery because it was so easy in a previous robbery; dispatcher heard calls for help through hidden alarm set-up; staked rank looking for vulnerable driver; night driver;
John O'Neil
Dalkeith, Western Australia Australia
1925
Source: Perth, http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/20050312/news/005.shtml
Note: possible that this murder was not taxi-related; date is unknown, sometime in the 1920s
Lindsay Ferguson
Perth, Western Australia Australia
2013
Source: perthnow.com.au 4/29/13
Note: assault led to fatal crash
Ashir Nasir Nasirov
Baku, Azerbaijan
2008
Source: APA - wap.apa.az 12/18/08
Note:
Rasim Yahya Shahverdiyev
Khabarovsk, Azerbaijan
2008
Source: www.apa.az 1/27/2009
Note:
Christopher Ernest Brown
New Providence, Bahamas
2006
Source: The Bahama Journal (Nassau) 1/18/06
Note: missing about three days, burnt body found
Mohammad Shamim
Ashulia, Bangladesh
2009
Source: The Daily Star (Dhaka?) Sept. 17, 2009
Note:
Shafiqul Islam
Dhaka, Bangladesh
2003
Source: The Daily Star, http://www.thedailystar.net/2003/12/24/d31224011616.htm
Note: strangulation
Nuruzzaman
Dhaka, Bangladesh
2009
Source: The Daily Star (Dhaka?) Sept. 18, 2009
Note:
Rabiul Islam
Dhaka, Bangladesh
2010
Source: The Star (Dhaka) 9/16/2010
Note:
Abdul Karim
Nawabpur Bazar, Bangladesh
2005
Source: The Nation (Bangladesh) 9/15/05
Note: two assailants beaten to death by locals; driver drugged and strangled
Ulfat Mia
Uttara, Bangladesh
2004
Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh) July 15, 2004
Note:
Rudolph Taylor
St. Martin's, St. Philip Barbados
2006
Source: Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (St. Michael, Barbados) May 14, 2006
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Eduardo Samos
Kamlun Village, Corozal District Belize
2008
Source: LoveFM.com (Belize) Feb. 15 and 22, 2008
Note:
Roderick Todd
Belize City, Belize
2005
Source: Channel 5 (Belize City) 6/15/05 online
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Selvin Santos
Belize City, Belize
2006
Source: Channel 5 Belize 6/23/2006
Note:
Nelson Onwunali Uwaoma
Belize City, Belize
2009
Source: 7News Belize 4/14/09
Note:
Francis Chukwu
Belize City, Belize
2010
Source: NewsBelize.com 12/28/2010
Note:
Luis Ramos
Belize City, Belize
2011
Source: LoveFM.com (Belize) 3/29/2011; Amandala Online (Belize) April 1, 2011;
Note: robbery and murder
Kirk Belisle
Belize City, Belize
2011
Source: 7 News Belize 4/12/11
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Errol Ferguson
Belize City, Belize
2011
Source: 7 News Belize 5/5/11
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Frank Jacobs
Belize City, Belize
2011
Source: LoveFM.com 5/12/2011
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Charles Anderson
Belize City, Belize
2011
Source: Love FM 5/26/11
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Kevin Flowers
Belize City, Belize
2011
Source: Amandala 6/17/11
Note:
Miguel Angel Aldana
Corozal Town, Belize
2009
Source: Amandala Online 5/28/2009; 7News Belize 5/22/09
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Antonio Orellano
Lake Independence, Belize
2009
Source: 7NewsBelize.com 2/5/09
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Domiciano Quixchan
San Antonio Village, Belize
2011
Source: LoveFM.com 11/29/11 and 12/2/11
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James Young
Teakettle Village, Belize
2009
Source: Channel 5, Belize
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Ernesto Perez
Belize
2010
Source: Amandala News Online 9/7/2010
Note: died ten days later from injuries
Mauro Onofre Huaylla Bustos
Cruz de Huayllas, Oruro Bolivia
2006
Source: http://www.lapatriaenlinea.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1107&Itemid=21 and http://www.lapatriaenlinea.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1236&Itemid=21 per Karl Weiszhaar 1/30/06
Note: kidnapped and held for ransom
Roberto Alfaro Colque
La Guardia, Santa Cruz Bolivia
2006
Source: http://www.el-nuevodia.com/versiones/20060216_006650/nota_256_249791.htm
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Luis Sambo Espinoza
Cochabamba, Bolivia
2004
Source: http://www.lostiempos.com/noticias/18-10-05/18_10_05_loc4.php per Karl Weiszhaar news search of Internet, Oct. 23, 2005
Note:
Luis Fernando Cabrera
Cochabamba, Bolivia
2004
Source: http://www.opinion.com.bo/PortalNota.html?CodNot=95701&CodSec=6 per Karl Weiszhaar 11/2005
Note: shot following a traffic dispute with a soldier
Pastor Tola Quenta
Cochabamba, Bolivia
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar Internet news search Oct. 8, 2005
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Teofilo Reque Villarroel
Cochabamba, Bolivia
2005
Source: http://www.opinion.com.bo/PortalNota.html?CodNot=94274&CodSec=16 per Karl Weiszhaar search 10/23/05
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Jose Luis Condori Pinaya
Oruro, Bolivia
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish news sources on web, Summer 2004
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Ismael Mamani Santos
Oruro, Bolivia
2004
Source: http://noticias.lapatriaenlinea.com/2004/08/29/portada/taxista.htm
Note: apparently killed while trying to sell his taxi
Giner Vergara
Sacaba, Bolivia
2004
Source: K. Weiszhaar search of internet news sources 6/04; http://www.opinion.com.bo/PortalNota.html?CodNot=46153&CodSec=16 ;
Note: strangled and beaten
Mario Nilson Arauz Casanova
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources January 2007
Note: diappeared 12/28/06, found 1/12/07; cab stolen
Moises Montano Pardo
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources January 2007
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Denis Imamovic
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Manoel Ailson Silvino Borges
Salinopolis, Brazil
2004
Source: Sydney Morning Herald 12/28/04
Note: motorcycle taxi driver; mob stormed police station seeking to lynch the suspects
Dimitar Manolov
Haskovo, Bulgaria
2006
Source: Novinite.com (Sofia) 12/17/07
Note:
Zhivko Dimitrov
Sliven, Bulgaria
2007
Source: http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n102677; Sofia (Bulgaria) News Agency 1/6/07;
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Emil Emilov
Sofia, Bulgaria
2007
Source: Sofia News Agency 2/9/07
Note:
Ndengue Elvis
Mbengwi, Momo Cameroon
2006
Source: Article datelined Mbengwi forwarded by Chris Manning from http://www.lemessager.net/details_articles.php?code=42&code_art=10646
Note: motorbike taxi driver shot dead by a policeman; article has driver's name as Ndengue Elvis, possibly surname-first name;
Gilbert Njinga Sinkon
Bafoussam, Cameroon
2007
Source: Chris Manning search of French-language Internet news sources January 2007
Note: apparent road rage killing by a police officer, who was pursued by angry motorbike taxi drivers and then turned the gun on himself
Celestine Nkafor
Bamenda, Cameroon
2008
Source: The Post (Buea, Cameroon) January 14, 2008
Note:
Fabou Tafe Nicholas
Yaounde, Cameroon
2008
Source: Cameroon Radio-Television 6/21/08
Note:
Lucie Turmel
Banff, Alberta Canada
1990
Source: Winnipeg Free Press May 18, 1990; The Regulator May-June 1990 refering to Free Press May 18, 1990 and Alberta Report June 4, 1990;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Fernie (Frank Stewart) Bourne
Calgary, Alberta Canada
1928
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Ernest Midwinter
Calgary, Alberta Canada
1930
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Ahmad Sabbagh
Calgary, Alberta Canada
1976
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Glenda Ferster
Calgary, Alberta Canada
1977
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gurmeet Singh Waraich
Calgary, Alberta Canada
1982
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Narine Ronald Bassit
Calgary, Alberta Canada
1984
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Kasif Hirani
Calgary, Alberta Canada
2019
Source: See Canada sources at https://www.taxi-library.org/canada/zzhome.htm
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Robert McKay
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
1958
Source: Norman Beattie 2/24/04
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Robert Payne Seward
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
1981
Source: Norman Beattie; Edmonton Journal Dec 9, 1991;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Frederick Horyn
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
1981
Source: Edmonton Journal Dec 9, 1991; Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gerdina (Jeri) Kruidbos
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
1981
Source: Norman Beattie; Edmonton Journal Dec 9, 1991;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Charmayne Fay Manke
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
1984
Source: Norman Beattie; Edmonton Journal Dec 9, 1991;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jim Morris
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
1985
Source: Norman Beattie; Edmonton Journal Dec 9, 1991;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Manjit Singh Dhaliwal
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
1988
Source: Norman Beattie; refered to in Edmonton Journal Dec 12 & 15, 1991; Edmonton Journal Dec 9, 1991 by Greg Owens;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gerald Edward Fischer
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
1991
Source: Carriage News, May 92; Edmonton Journal, Dec 7 & 9 & 11 & 15 & 17, 1991;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Ivan Soproniuk
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
1994
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Trevor O'Dell
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
1995
Source: Norman Beattie; (Toronto?) Globe and Mail 4/18/95; Edmonton Journal 4/8/95 by Mike Savada; Halifax Mail-Star, undated;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Hassan Mohammed Yussuf
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
2005
Source: CBC Radio-TV 4/14/05; Edmonton Journal 4/14 and numerous other news reports; Edmonton Sun 1/15/07;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Travis Darwin Utinen
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
2014
Source: Norman Beattie research per 5/2016 correspondence
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Dwayne Demkiw
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
2015
Source: See Canada sources at https://www.taxi-library.org/canada/zzhome.htm ;https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/trial-begins-for-american-man-accused-of-killing-edmonton-limo-driver
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Ken Spoonheim
Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada
1984
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Hashi Guled
Peace River, Alberta Canada
2026
Source: https://calgary.citynews.ca/2026/04/25/alberta-rcmp-charge-cab-driver-manslaughter/
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
James Reed
Wetaskiwin, Alberta Canada
1998
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
James William Johnson
Ashcroft, British Columbia Canada
1967
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Eugene Scott Prince
Fort St. James, British Columbia Canada
1967
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Roche Charles (Rocky) Frie
Kelowna, British Columbia Canada
1987
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
William James (Jim) Burton
Maple Ridge, British Columbia Canada
1991
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gregory Paul Belliveau
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada
1979
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Daniel Bryce
Prince George, British Columbia Canada
1984
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Kenneth Scott
Sidney, British Columbia Canada
1988
Source: Norman Beattie; The Regulator (NATR) May-June 1990 citing Alberta Report Jun 4, 1990;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Alan William Martin-Macdonald
Surrey, British Columbia Canada
2000
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Philip Oscar Davis
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
1942
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Reginald Claude Price
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
1945
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Muk-Chee Tam
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
1973
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Thomas Man Tang
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
1978
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Frank Gold
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
1984
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
John McKechnie
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
1992
Source: May 20, 1992 Vancouver Sun article by Brian Morton;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
David Malloy
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
1996
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Mehdi Nasnain Naqvi
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
1999
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Robert Tyson Smith
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
2014
Source: See Canada sources at https://www.taxi-library.org/canada/zzhome.htm ;https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/stabbing-victim-says-sentence-brings-no-closure-1.5111311
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Aden Hersi
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
2022
Source: https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/09/09/vpd-man-charged-killing-taxi-driver/
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gerald King Mulholland
Victoria, British Columbia Canada
1970
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Dorion Simon
Flin Flon, Manitoba Canada
1994
Source: Norman Beattie has Flin Flon, not Creighton, Sask.; Hard Copy Transportation News, April-May 1994 (quotes Winnipeg Free Press);
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jeff Peters
MacGregor, Manitoba Canada
2019
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jeff-peters-portage-la-prairie-taxi-driver-homicide-investigation-1.6200368
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Mellissa Ivy Chaboyer
Thompson, Manitoba Canada
2005
Source: Brandon Sun (Brandon, Manitoba) 11/27/05; Winnipeg Sun 11/28/05;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Arthur Badger
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
1945
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Johann Johnson
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
1946
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Hugh J. Scott
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
1948
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Stanley James Hinks
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
1965
Source: Norman Beattie 11/20/08
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
John Ivan McCaw
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
1980
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gurnam Singh Dhaliwal
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
1986
Source: Norman Beattie; Terry Smythe report "Taxi Driver Safety" for Manitoba Taxicab Board Jan 1992;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Lawrence Peter Bembin
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
1987
Source: Taxi Driver Safety, Manitoba Taxicab Board, Jan 1992;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Paramjit Singh
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
1989
Source: Manitoba Taxicab Board report Jan 1992; Winnipeg Sun 8 Jan 92; Winnipeg Sun, Oct 12, 1989;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Pritam Deol
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
2001
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Antonio Lanzelotti
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
2008
Source: Winnipeg Free Press
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Balvir Toor
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
2020
Source: See Canada sources at https://www.taxi-library.org/canada/zzhome.htm
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Rachelle Fournier
Bathurst, New Brunswick Canada
1974
Source: L'Evangeline 3/7/75 (per Norman Beattie translation)
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Norman Phillip Burgoyne
Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada
1949
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Douglas Allen MacIsaac
Fredericton, New Brunswick Canada
1996
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gisele Minhas
Moncton, New Brunswick Canada
2004
Source: Times & Transcript, New Brunswick, 7/3/04
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
William Puddington
St. John, New Brunswick Canada
1949
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
William Alexander Alward
St. John, New Brunswick Canada
1970
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Ahmed Mahamud Ali
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Canada
2018
Source: See Canada sources at https://www.taxi-library.org/canada/zzhome.htm
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Keith Edward McCallum
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada
1975
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Bill Crawley
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada
1995
Source: Daily News Worldwide (Halifax) 9/18/95; Trip Sheet Jan 1996; Halifax Mail-Star 10/14/96;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Kenneth James Purcell
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada
2005
Source: The Chronicle-Herald (Halifax) 12/27/05; CBC News 12/26 and 12/27/05; Halifax Regional Police/RCMP Press Release 12/25/05; others
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Sergei Kostin
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada
2009
Source: CBCNews.ca 4/6/2009
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Nicholas Marthos
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada
1930
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Ron Henderson
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
1986
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
John Harvey Hibbs
Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia Canada
2004
Source: Susan Bowers ref to obituary at: http://www.atlanticfuneralhomes.com/ ; Monday, October 4, 2004 The Halifax Herald Limited; Chronicle-Herald (Halifax) 5/25/07;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Robert Gerald LeBlanc
Pictou, Nova Scotia Canada
1998
Source: Norman Beattie; The News (Pictou County, Nova Scotia) 4/28/2010
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Everett Hugh MacLean
Sydney, Nova Scotia Canada
1971
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Prabhjot Singh
Truro, Nova Scotia Canada
2021
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/truro-police-homicide-arrest-release-1.6166695
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Fred Shapcott
Barrie, Ontario Canada
1993
Source: Norman Beattie; Toronto Sun June 12, 1998;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gary Arthur Newman
Barrie, Ontario Canada
2001
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Baljindar Singh Rai
Brampton, Ontario Canada
2000
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Raiz Ahmed
Brampton, Ontario Canada
2021
Source: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/11/30/brampton-shooting-victim-was-working-uber-driver-customer-charged-with-murder.html
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Edward Kassirer
Fort Erie, Ontario Canada
1937
Source: Norman Beattie Canadian homicide update of 9/25/04
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Robert Berglund
Ft. Williams, Ontario Canada
1929
Source: Norman Beattie, August 2005
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Albert Richer
Geraldton, Ontario Canada
1947
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Johnson Borden Bleich
Gravenhurst, Ontario Canada
1974
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Fred Genesee
Hamilton, Ontario Canada
1924
Source: Norman Beattie, August 2005; Washington Post archives, including Nov. 16, 1924;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Tony Codispodi
Hamilton, Ontario Canada
1954
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gerald Burke
Hamilton, Ontario Canada
1969
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Francis Grosso
Huntsville, Ontario Canada
1959
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Bruce Spiers
Huntsville, Ontario Canada
1959
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Kin Sing Kwong
Iroquois Falls, Ontario Canada
1992
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Donald Bothwell
Kapuskasing, Ontario Canada
2009
Source: North Bay Nugget, 8/25/09
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
David Krick
Kingston, Ontario Canada
2007
Source: The Kingston Whig-Standard 6/17/07
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Lawrence Burleigh Hewitt
Kitchener, Ontario Canada
1937
Source: Waterloo Region Record 3/14/2015, http://www.therecord.com/news-story/5477273-1937-murder-of-kitchener-cab-driver-has-never-been-solved/
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Elmer Battler
Kitchener, Ontario Canada
1945
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Timothy Ross Alward
London, Ontario Canada
1974
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Ivan Lawrence Wheeler
London, Ontario Canada
1977
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Greg McCart
London, Ontario Canada
1979
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Joseph Pasztor
London, Ontario Canada
1985
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Vijay Bhatia
London, Ontario Canada
2017
Source: See Canada sources at https://www.taxi-library.org/canada/zzhome.htm
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Leonard Hurd
Maxville, Ontario Canada
1952
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Wayne Roushorn
Nepean, Ontario Canada
1977
Source: Norman Beattie; also email from victim's brother 4/2006;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Michael Ryan
Oshawa, Ontario Canada
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/man-31-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-oshawa-cabbie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jacques Labossiere
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
1985
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Alireza Ebrahimian
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
1987
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Malek Moussa
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
1993
Source: Norman Beattie has Ottawa, not Orleans; Winnipeg Sun 2/22/93; Ottawa Sun 2/22/93 by Maria McClintock, with photos of blood on door; Ottawa Citizen 2/22/93 by Mike Shahin;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Arthur Seelinger
Pembroke, Ontario Canada
1945
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
W. James Edwards
Pembroke, Ontario Canada
1948
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Harold Bradford Reid Hamilton
Port Arthur, Ontario Canada
1949
Source: Norman Beattie 2/24/04
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Victor Waller
Port Arthur, Ontario Canada
1958
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Giuseppe Giusti
Sarnia, Ontario Canada
1926
Source: Calgary daily Herald 11/1/1926
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Donald Lanthier
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada
1978
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Richard Turkiewicz
Scarborough, Ontario Canada
1976
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Arthur Gough
St. Catherines, Ontario Canada
1949
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Name not reported
St. Catherines, Ontario Canada
2023
Source: https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/st-catharines-taxi-driver-found-unconscious-succumbs-to-injuries/article_376346c4-d1fa-5f2c-ab36-0a6833f51a0a.html
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gerald Stephen De Viller
St. Thomas, Ontario Canada
1968
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Nick Loncar
Sudbury, Ontario Canada
1937
Source: La Patrie (Montreal) 6/15/37 per Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Joel Mutungu Ngugi
Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada
1995
Source: Norman Beattie; Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal 2/13/96
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Norman Dunn
Timmins, Ontario Canada
1981
Source: Toronto Globe and Mail, Sept. 8, 1982, p. 8
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Carman (Tony Ross) Leapello
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1917
Source: Norman Beattie, August 2005
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
John G. Rolland
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1919
Source: Norman Beattie; Rolland family 2016
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Harry Strom
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1921
Source: Norman Beattie, August 2005
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Alfred Reddish
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1946
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Ralph Cecil Margeson
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1947
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Sebastian Giardetti
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1957
Source: Norman Beattie 2/24/04
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
George Larkin
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1960
Source: Norman Beattie research into Canadian taxi homicides
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Larry Botrie
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1968
Source: Norman Beattie, August 2005
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jack Green
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1971
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gordon Stoddart
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1975
Source: Taxi News August 1992 by Peter McSherry and Sept 1992;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Robert Pearson
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1978
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Peter Gamoulakos
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1981
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Philip Davidson
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1983
Source: Toronto Star 12-11-91;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Wolsey Frazer
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1988
Source: Toronto Star 12-11-91; Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Michael March
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1988
Source: Toronto Star 12-11-91;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Baljeet Singh
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1988
Source: Norman Beattie; Toronto Star 12-11-91;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Leo Henningham
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1990
Source: Toronto Star 12-11-91;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Anthony Ekunah
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1991
Source: Toronto Star 12-11-91; Winnipeg Free Press 7/2/91; (Toronto) Taxi News Oct 1992;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Norman Washington Ennis
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1991
Source: Carriage News May, 1992; Edmonton Journal Dec 11 & 15, 1991; Toronto Star 12-11-91; Winnipeg Free Press 12-11-91;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Robert Nancoo
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1993
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Mohammadullah Saighani
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1999
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Mohamed Nakib-Arbaji
Toronto, Ontario Canada
2003
Source: Norman Beattie 2/24/04
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Morteza Khorassani
Toronto, Ontario Canada
2005
Source: CFMJ-AM 640 Toronto 9/6/2005;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Tahir Khan
Toronto, Ontario Canada
2006
Source: Toronto Star
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Mahmood Bhatti
Toronto, Ontario Canada
2006
Source: www.CTV.ca; Toronto Star 5/2/06;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Christopher Jung
Toronto, Ontario Canada
2021
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/taxi-driver-identified-toronto-1.6224964
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gordon Bishop
Walleceburg, Ontario Canada
1957
Source: Totonto Globe and Mail - Feb 19, 1957
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Sam Delibasich
Welland, Ontario Canada
1949
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Elwin Arlington Foster
Windsor, Ontario Canada
1951
Source: Lisa Mills, email of 12/9/05 regarding the murder of her husband's grandfather;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jack Bernard Tuite
Windsor, Ontario Canada
1974
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Thualfikar Alattiya
Windsor, Ontario Canada
2004
Source: Windsor Star 11/20/04 and 11/22/04; Windsor Sun 9/20/2007
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Napoleon Tremblay
Alma, Quebec Canada
1971
Source: Montreal Gazette 6/5/1971
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Alderic Proulx
Baie-Comeau, Quebec Canada
1974
Source: La Cote-Nord 11/27/74
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Rene Raymond
Bellefeuille, Quebec Canada
1996
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Edgar Maltais
Chibougamau, Quebec Canada
1974
Source: Norman Beattie research into Canadian taxi homicides
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Patrice Beaulieu
Degelis, Quebec Canada
2001
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Rene Gouin
Drummondville, Quebec Canada
1981
Source: Montreal Gazette archive via Google Newspapers
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Maxime Gelinas
Etienne des Gres, Quebec Canada
1951
Source: Norman Beattie, Canadian Homicide update 9/25/04
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jean Maurice Tringle
Farnham, Quebec Canada
1975
Source: Montreal Gazette 6/11/75
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Lucien Brunette
Huntington, Quebec Canada
1949
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Charles Hamilton Barclay
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1923
Source: See Canada sources at https://www.taxi-library.org/canada/zzhome.htm
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Adelard Bouchard
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1927
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Emile Girard
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1938
Source: Norman Beattie, email of 2/15/06;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Ovila Legault
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1949
Source: Norman Beattie research into Canadian taxi homicides
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Andre Leon Lorge
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1953
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Robert Taylor
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1953
Source: Norman Beattie research into Canadian taxi homicides
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Augustin Gagnier
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1956
Source: Norman Beattie research into Canadian taxi homicides
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Andre Goudreau
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1960
Source: Montreal Gazette archive via Google Newspapers
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Tony Ladansky
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1964
Source: Montreal Gazette archive via Google Newspapers
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Gerard Mateau
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1965
Source: Montreal Gazette archive via Google Newspapers
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Arthur Desjardins
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1966
Source: Norman Beattie review of Canadian newspaper archives, 10/2004;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Rene Lapointe
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1968
Source: Norman Beattie, August 2005
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Armand Richard
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1972
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Yves Pigeon
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1975
Source: Norman Beattie research June 2006
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jean Noel Cayer
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1975
Source: Montreal Gazette archive via Google Newspapers
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Roland Bergeron
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1977
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jean Bellemare
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1978
Source: Coroner report obtained by Norman Beattie from Quebec archives
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Lucien Lambert
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1979
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jean Desraspe
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1979
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Fernand Giroux
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1979
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Hector Brideau
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1984
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Alexandre Drolet
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1986
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jean-Marie Tremblay
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1989
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Octavio Velasquez
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1991
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Roland Goyer
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1992
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Michael Christopoulos
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1993
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Fernand Talbot
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1993
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jean-Claude Audette
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1994
Source: Montreal Gazette 3/30/94, by Peggy Curran;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Nizafed Deljanin
Montreal, Quebec Canada
1995
Source: NB, Montreal not Pierrefonds; Winnipeg Sun 12/6/95;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Mohamed Sadry
Montreal, Quebec Canada
2001
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Mohamed Beyh
Montreal, Quebec Canada
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Mohammed Nehar-Belaid
Montreal, Quebec Canada
2009
Source: Montreal Gazette 12/3/09
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Ziad Bouzid
Montreal, Quebec Canada
2013
Source: Montreal Gazette 11/21/2013; CJAD 11/20/13
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Pierre Isnard Amy
Montreal, Quebec Canada
2016
Source: globalnews.ca 3-29-16; cjad.com 4-4-16; http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-homicide-pierre-isnard-amy-1.3508536
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Pierre-Isnard Amy
Montreal, Quebec Canada
2016
Source: http://globalnews.ca/news/2606512/taxi-driver-safety-in-question-after-cabbie-gunned-down-in-saint-leonard/
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Roland Faucher
Quebec, Quebec Canada
1950
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Richard Cote
Quebec, Quebec Canada
1994
Source: Norman Beattie has Quebec not Montreal; Montreal Gazette 3/30/94 by Peggy Curran;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Fernand Pelletier
Quebec (St-Emile), Quebec Canada
1993
Source: Winnipeg Sun Jan 23, 1993;
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jean-Audes Gauvin
Rimouski, Quebec Canada
1978
Source: Norman Beattie research through the library of the University of Quebec/Rimouski
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Mario Drolet
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec Canada
1991
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Hygin Veilleux
Saint Georges, Quebec Canada
2014
Source: montreal.ctvnews.ca 11/9/2014
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Steve Desjardins
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec Canada
1989
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Conrad Bard
St. Jean, Quebec Canada
1971
Source: Montreal Gazette 6/5/1971
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Claude Wilson
St. Jerome, Quebec Canada
1988
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Fernand Lachance
St. Jerome, Quebec Canada
1993
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Wilfrid Dumais
Trois Pistoles, Quebec Canada
1948
Source: Norman Beattie research into Canadian taxi homicides
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Conrad Ricard
Trois Rivieres, Quebec Canada
1968
Source: Montreal Gazette archive via Google Newspapers
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Michel Boulianne
Trois Rivieres, Quebec Canada
1985
Source: Norman Beattie, Canadian homicide update of Sept. 25, 2004
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jimmy Begin
Val d'Or, Quebec Canada
2009
Source: Montreal Gazette 12/30/2009
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Marc Gauthier
Val-d'Or, Quebec Canada
2002
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Jacques Cote
Victoriaville, Quebec Canada
1961
Source: Norman Beattie research into Canadian taxi homicides
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Marcel Savoie
Victoriaville, Quebec Canada
1999
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Davinder Singh
Battleford, Saskatchewan Canada
2026
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/2-charged-death-taxi-driver-9.7129481; https://www.sasktoday.ca/north/battlefords-news-optimist/family-fills-court-after-fatal-shooting-of-north-battleford-cab-driver-12011759
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Glen Earl Dunlop
Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
1973
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Simon Yak Wah Yu
Regina, Saskatchewan Canada
1977
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Brian Russel Wheldon
Whitehorse, Yukon Canada
2004
Source: The Whitehorse Star of June 22, 2004, and other news reports
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Ralph Caruso
Whitehorse, Yukon Territories Canada
1952
Source: Norman Beattie 2/24/04
Note: See the case profile on the Canadian Homicides page
Julio Galarce Candia
Calama, Chile
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar Internet news search Oct. 8, 2005
Note:
Jorge Lopez
Orbe, Chile
2004
Source: www.chile.com/tpl/articulo/detalle/ver.tpl?cod_articulo=53588
Note: killed by a man and a woman
Cristian Vasquez
Puente Alto, Chile
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish language news sources on the web, August 2004
Note: apparently related to coca trade
Igor Cristian Vasquez Lizama
Puente Alto, Chile
2004
Source: La Segunda 8/17/04 online at http://www.lasegunda.com/ediciononline/cronica/detalle/index.asp?idnoticia=168814 per Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language news sources on the Internet summer 2004;
Note: possible 8/16/04
Celestino Munoz Tapia
Puente Alto, Chile
2006
Source: http://teletrece.canal13.cl/t13/html/Noticias/Chile/250463.html per Karl Weiszhaar 1/06;
Note:
Hernan Urrutia Chavez
Valdivia, Chile
2001
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Latin American news sources June 2005
Note: beaten to death following a fight, under-aged assailants got 3 years and 1 day
Salvador Lastra Gomez
Villa Alemana, Chile
2006
Source: http://www.tercera.cl/medio/articulo/0,6727,3255_5666_182078430,00.html?rL=s per Karl Weiszhaar 1/2006;
Note:
Mr. Chen
Anhui Province, China
2005
Source: Shanghai Daily 3/1/06;
Note: two sentenced to death in Feb 2006; no first name given
Liu Zhengguo
Conghua, Guangdong China
2010
Source: RadioFreeAsia.com 3/15/2010
Note: died in custody following altercation with police over a traffic violation
Wenfa Li
Beijing, China
2005
Source: China Daily (Beijing) 9/13/2005
Note: killer stole taxi, ran over 9 pedestrians; article gives name as Li Wenfa, presumably Li is the surname;
Xilong Wang
Changzheng, China
2004
Source: Shanghai Daily News 4/23/04
Note: got out of partitioned cab to fight with drunk passengers
Chi-ming Wong
Hong Kong, China
2009
Source: Chico Enterprise Record 7/14/09 [ChicoER.com]
Note: Kelsey Mudd of Chico, CA charged with murder following assault on cab driver leading to fatal wreck
Lee
Kaohsiung, China
2010
Source: China Post 2/2/2010
Note:
Wan Chou-cheong
Macau, China
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Mr. Shen
Shanghai, China
2007
Source: Shanghai Daily 5/7/2007
Note: motorcyle taxi driver
Jianquiang Xia
Shanghai, China
2009
Source: English.Eastday.com 3/3/2009 citing Shanghai Daily
Note: Nanhui District of Shanghai; using Xia as surname
Xu
Shanghai, China
2010
Source: ShanghaiDaily.com 5/18/2010
Note: driver hit in head during altercation, then collapsed and died
Hector Hugo Oquendo
Zapatoca, Jamundi Colombia
2004
Source: El Pais (Cali, Columbia) July 7, 2004 online at http://elpais-cali.terra.com.co/historico/jul072004/JUD/C1007N4.html
Note:
Luis Alberto Mateus
Honda, Tolima Colombia
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish, February 2007
Note: possibly related to civil war
Andres Bohada
Arauca, Colombia
2005
Source: http://www.llanera.com/?id=863&vn=1&categoria=Arauca&vercategoria=1&diarias=1 per Karl Weiszhaar search 10/23/05
Note:
Rafael Torres Ortiz
Barrancabemeja, Colombia
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language news sources on the Internet, February 2007
Note:
Oscar Galvis Osario
Bello, Colombia
2002
Source: http://www.rnw.nl/informarn/html/soc040610_vendedoraderosas2.html per Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources 6/04
Note: odd trial
Elkin Ariel Adarme Candela
Bucaramanga, Colombia
2005
Source: http://www.vanguardia.com/2006/2/2/loc1.htm
Note: unspecified date was "recent" in January 2006
Juan Carlos Pena
Bucaramanga, Colombia
2005
Source: http://www.vanguardia.com/2006/2/2/loc1.htm
Note: unspecified date was "recent" in January 2006
Jorge Eliecer Riano Ariza
Bucaramanga, Colombia
2006
Source: [Per Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources June 2006]
Note: ran over two pedestrians trying to drive himself to a hospital after being shot
Gerson Eulises Zamnrano
Bucaramanga, Colombia
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar reveiew of Spanish-language news sources on the Internet 10/2006
Note:
Hugo Arias Criado
Bucaramanga, Colombia
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language news sources on the Internet January 2007
Note:
Javier Carmona Vergara
Cartago, Colombia
2005
Source: El Pais (Cali, Colombia) http://elpais-cali.terra.com.co/HOY/JUD/C1028N2.html
Note:
Wilson Cardona
Cartego, Colombia
2005
Source: El Pais (Cali) http://elpais-cali.terra.com.co/HOY/JUD/C1028N2.html
Note:
Diego Arboleda
Dosquebradas, Colombia
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language news sources on the Internet January 2007
Note:
Marco Wilches
Facatativa, Colombia
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jose Albeiro Valencia Mounts
Manizales, Colombia
2004
Source: La Patria (Manizales, Columbia) 3/15/04
Note: shot twice in head, crashed into a transport center corridor
Jose Fernando Castano Rojas
Manizales, Colombia
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar, search of internet news sources 5/04
Note: 16-guage shotgun to kidneys, fatal crash into a wall
Humberto Buitrago Ocampo
Manizales, Colombia
2004
Source: http://www.lapatria.com/php/ver_noticia.php?noticia=15039&seccion=6&fecha=2004-6-3 per Karl Weiszhaar's search of Internet news sources 6/04
Note:
Andres Mauricio Hernandez Garcia
Manizales, Colombia
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar's search of Internet news sources, 2004
Note: Died five days after date of assault; shot twice in head. One of 3 in 3 months in Manizales.
Eduar Maestre Gnneco
Valledupar, Colombia
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar review of Spanish-language media July 2007
Note:
Jairo Alberto Jaramillo
Villamaria, Colombia
2006
Source: http://www.lapatria.com/php/ver_noticia.php?noticia=47464&seccion=4&fecha=2006-1-23 per Karl Weiszhaar 1/30/06
Note:
Mohamed Soilih
Moroni, Comoros
2005
Source: Translation from French by Chris Manning of article dated 9/26/05 at http://archives.clicanoo.com/article.php3?id_article=113520
Note: killed by police during a strike over petrol prices
Ronald Martin Badilla
San Antonio d'Natividad, Alajuela Costa Rica
2004
Source: http://www.diarioextra.com/2004/febrero/28/sucesos01.shtml (San Jose, Costa Rica)
Note: 25 year old arrested
Oliver Hernandez Arias
Guadalupe, Costa Rica
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language news sources on the Internet, February 2007
Note:
Heiner Bravo Bermudez
San Jose, Costa Rica
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Alexander Solano Aguilar
San Jose, Costa Rica
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Charalambos Pericleous
Tsada, Cyprus
2003
Source: Cyprus Mail 3/12/13
Note: uncertain date in August, arrest in 2013
Kurt Gaarn-Larsen
Copenhagen, Denmark
1985
Source: Toronto Star October 21, 1985
Note: killed by group on Danish thugs with anti-immigrant agenda
Poul-Otto Hansen
Copenhagen, Denmark
2004
Source: Three articles from "B.T. Krimi" news web page, with translated info by email from driver in Sweden
Note: location was a country road outside Copenhagen
Daniel Perez
La Plata, Dominican Republic
2006
Source: http://www.hoy.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=82604
Note:
Tony Henriquez Hernandez
Santiago, Dominican Republic
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Angel Fernandez Tavarez
Santiago, Dominican Republic
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Jimmy Antonio Ramirez Reyes
Santiago, Dominican Republic
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Ramon Antonio Martinez
Santiago, Dominican Republic
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Issac Reynoso Rosa
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language news sources on the Internet, December 2006
Note:
Juan Carlos Hernandez Torres
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish, December 2006
Note:
Jose Gregorio Moreira Zambrano
Portoviejo, Manabi Ecuador
2014
Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/Gore/comments/276j9l/nsfw_taxi_driver_shot_and_killed_then_robbed/
Note: taxi driver slain; link with video of murder is deleted by Reddit as of 2021
Victor Hugo Pucuna
Duran, Ecuador
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish language news sources on the web, August 2004
Note: body found 5/18/04, two suspects arrested
Jose Guillermo Valdez Crespo
Guayacanes, Ecuador
2005
Source: see news item at http://200.105.240.202/core/eluniverso.asp?fecha=12/07/2005&page=noticia&id=10&contid=44DE54BCD0664819ADD3BF160C2351E1 per Karl Weiszhaar 12/05;
Note:
Miguel Carlosama Mora
Guayaquil, Ecuador
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources January 2007
Note:
Santos Alberto Holguin Constante
Guayaquil, Ecuador
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources January 2007
Note: shot driving an unlicensed taxi, not robbed
Jorge Luis Segura Herrera
Guayaquil, Ecuador
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Horaco Gonzales Chonillo
Manta, Ecuador
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Luis Benito Poveda
Quininde, Ecuador
2006
Source: http://www.lahora.com.ec/frontEnd/main.php?idSeccion=494078
Note:
Ayman Mohamed Hassan
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
2005
Source: L'Express 7/24/05 http://www.lexpress.fr/info/infojour/reuters.asp?id=1847&1837
Note: killed in terrorist bomb blast
Roberto Alfredo Benitez
San Salvador, El Salvador
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar Internet news search Oct. 8, 2005
Note:
Jose Alexander Alberto Benitez
San Salvador, El Salvador
2006
Source: La Prensa Grafica, http://www.laprensagrafica.com/departamentos/428124.asp
Note:
Evelio Aguilar Avelar
Santa Tecla, El Salvador
2006
Source: La Prensa Grafica, http://www.laprensagrafica.com/nacion/638230.asp
Note: moonlighting police officer, apparently set up for an ambush by a woman passenger with a child; six gangsters arrested for the disappearance and presumed death
Daniel Eduardo Portillo Rodriquez
Usulutan, El Salvador
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language news sources on the Internet January 2007
Note:
Ismael Diaz
El Salvador
1976
Source: http://www5.sbs.com.au/americas/index.php3?id=59562 per Karl Weiszhaar search of internet news sources June 2005
Note: soccer player slain by a passenger while driving a taxi sometime during 1976
Darren Rewcastle
Whitehaven, Cumbria England
2010
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbria_shootings; info courtesy of Charlie Haworth.
Note: 12 people slain by other taxi driver Derrick Bird
Stuart Ludlam
Cromford, Derbyshire England
2009
Source: Matlock.Mercury.co.uk September 19, 2009 and numerous other news articles
Note:
Paul Rosenburg
Rookley, Isle of Wight England
2003
Source: Isle of Wight County Press 5/8/04
Note:
Ivor Pearce
Stanmore Common, Middlesex England
1965
Source: London Times 12/18/1965
Note:
Sarfraz Khan
Rotherham, South Yorkshire England
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Terence Boyle
New Addington, Surrey England
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Harun Khan
Tipton, West Midlands England
2008
Source: BBC News June 12, 2008
Note:
Mohammed Pervaiz
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire England
2006
Source: BBC (London) 7/23/06; Hudderfield Daily Examiner 1/24/07;
Note: apparently a racially motivated attack
Mahmood Ahmed
Keighley, Yorkshire England
2006
Source: BBC News 4/26/06 and 5/1/06; Yorkshire Post (Leeds) 1/16/07; Keighley News 1/24/07;
Note: father of six; arrest made
Mohammed Arshad
Birmingham, England
2009
Source: BirminghamPost.net 7/27/09
Note:
Mohammed Istakhar
Birmingham, England
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/teenager-charged-murdering-taxi-driver-25659670
Note: taxi driver slain
Colin Winstone
Bristol, England
2005
Source: The Scotsman (Edinburgh) 1/13 and 1/15 2005; BBC 1/11 and 1/14 2005;
Note:
Harry Claud Hailstone
Colchester, England
1943
Source: Norman Beattie
Note:
Didar Kundra
Coventry, England
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Mohiuddin Bhuiya
East Finchley, England
2002
Source: Barnet and Potter's Bar Times, 11/28/03 following inquest
Note:
Gian Chand Bajar
Gravesend, England
2007
Source: News Shopper (London) 5/24/07
Note:
Douglas Bridson
Liverpool, England
2008
Source: Liverpool Daily Post June 23, 2008
Note: died of a heart attack following an altercation; private hire car
Philip Caps (1680)
London, England
1680
Source: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, 18 August 2006), 7 July 1680, trial of Philip Doughty (t16800707-1 and t16800707-8).
Note: no-pay fare wounded him with a sword, was sentenced to death after the coachman died in May
Jacob Dickey
London, England
1923
Source: London Times 5/11/1923; Toronto Star 8/11/23;
Note: suspected in three Toronto killings as well
George Edward Heath
London, England
1944
Source: Book "An Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War" by Donald Thomas, published by John Murray Publishers (London) 2005; also Norman Beattie;
Note: unlicenced taxi, hailed on Hammersmith Broadway by Pvt Karl Gustav Hulten, US deserter later executed by British authorities for the shooting murder
Hilton LaPorte
London, England
1982
Source: NewsShopper 3-20-2001; https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/22285.unsolved-murder-mystery/ ; emails from T. Ali; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYq4zbwJ2Sg
Note: minicab driver slain; cold case; Woolwich district of London
Freddy Franks
London, England
1994
Source: Trip Sheet 10/94 reprint of undated article from London's Taxi Globe; 1997 email from Alan Fisher;
Note: unknown if attacked through partition or front windows;
Absar Hussain
London, England
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Mohammed Basharat
London, England
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Brian Twohey
London, England
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Quarmar Mirza
London, England
2003
Source: This is London, November 29, 2004 see http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/londonnews/articles/15007327?source=Evening%20Standard
Note: minicab driver murdered at petrol station; unknown date in March of 2003;
Mesfun Geremedhin
London, England
2003
Source: South London Press 2/27/04
Note: punched by another driver, fatal head injury when he fell to pavement
Mohammed Ashraf
London, England
2005
Source: BBC website 10/27/2005 per Daniel Olev
Note: minicab driver
Kenneth Donegan
London, England
2006
Source: Islington Gazette (London) 6/14/06
Note: died of a heart attack resulting in a crash shortly after being robbed; Islington neighborhood
Mohamed Ali Maslah
London, England
2007
Source: BBC (London) 5/5/2007;
Note: minicab driver beaten to death
Mohammed Mahroof
London, England
2007
Source: Bucks Free Press (London) May 9, 2007
Note:
Michael Okonko-Nwoso
London, England
2010
Source: BBC 6/20/2010
Note: Licensed minicab driver
Abdi Gutale
London, England
2016
Source: BBC 6/4/16
Note: minicab driver shot from outside as he drove; arrests
Gabriel Bringye
London, England
2021
Source: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/gabriel-bringye-victim-in-tottenham-hale-murder-named-as-cab-driver-found-stabbed-in-his-car/ar-BB1dO33v
Note: private hire driver slain
Anthony Whitefield
Loughton, England
2011
Source: Metro.co.uk 4/2/2011
Note:
Tariq Javed
Manchester, England
2000
Source: The Guardian (London) November 27, 2000; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Mohammed Shaheen
Manchester, England
2005
Source: Manchester Evening News Sept 25, 2005
Note: owner of private hire firm, shot at cab rank
Tony Leigh
Manchester, England
2009
Source: Manchester Evening News 8/6/09
Note: "early this year"
Ali Ashgar
Manchester, England
2021
Source: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/two-men-deny-murdering-taxi-23289398
Note: taxi driver slain
Ethsham Ul-Haq Ghafoor
Nottingham, England
1994
Source: Nottingham Post 11/22/2013
Note: Killed in the car park at Lambley Lane playing fields in Gedling
Israr Hussain
Oldham, England
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Evelyn Foster
Otterburn, England
1931
Source: Norman Beattie
Note:
Leonard Gomm
Oxford, England
2010
Source: Oxford Mail 6/20/2010
Note:
Raymond Quigley
Ryhope, England
2007
Source: Sunderland Echo (UK) 11/19/07
Note: heart attack following assault
Sidney E. Spicer
Salisbury, England
1920
Source: Norman Beattie
Note:
Younis Khan
Sheffield, England
2007
Source: Yorkshire Post (Leeds) 3/14/07
Note:
Ghulam Hussain
South Bank, England
1992
Source: Evening Gazatte (gazettelive.co.uk) 2/9/08
Note:
Steven Johnson
South Cheshire, England
1990
Source: CreweChronicle.co.uk 1/12/2011
Note: murder
Anakh Singh
Wolverhampton, England
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2022/11/01/man-killed-in-wolverhampton-street-attack-was-lovely-taxi-driver/
Note: livery driver slain
Jese Roseru Tabua
Uduya Point, Lami Fiji
2004
Source: Fiji Times 7/6/04
Note: beating death
Murad Buksh
Veisari, Lami Fiji
2007
Source: Fiji Times (Suva) 8/29/07 and 11/27/08
Note: 3rd taxi or van driver killing in six weeks
Mohammed Nasir
Cuvu, Sigatoka Fiji
2008
Source: Fiji Broadcasting Corp. 12/22/08
Note:
Epeli Baleitamani Lesi
Nabua, Suva Fiji
2005
Source: Fiji Times (Fiji) 12/18/05; Fiji Village (Suva) 12/19/05;
Note: Fiji Times gives surname as Lesi, Fiji Village has it as Baleitamani
Pardeep Chand
Bocalevu, Fiji
2007
Source: Fiji Times (Suva) 7/9/07
Note:
Abdul Lateef
Labasa, Fiji
2002
Source: Fiji Times 6/29/07
Note:
Daya Prasad
Lautoka, Fiji
2004
Source: Fiji Times, July 16, 2004 and other dates; Fiji Village 4/25/06;
Note: died on July 8; 3 suspects arrested
Tir Murti
Nausori, Fiji
2002
Source: Fiji Times Online 8/13/2011
Note:
Mr. Devi
Nausori, Fiji
2011
Source: Radio Fiji, 1/9/12 radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=42741
Note: driver not named, his wife's name is Sumintra Devi
Yakub Khan
Tubairata, Fiji
2009
Source: Fiji Times 7/7/09
Note:
Aki Jorma Harkonen
Savonlinna, Finland
2002
Source: http://www.helsinki-hs.net/news.asp?id=20020124IE3
Note:
Antero Saynatsalo
Vaasa, Finland
2004
Source: Simo Kivisto, email of Jan 17, 2005 with links to news items in Finnish language
Note: stabbed, died in hospital, assailant captured
Mr. Mur
Luchaay, Gironde France
1946
Source: http://site.viola.fr/guillotine/Palma1939.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Christian Birot
Saint-Aubin-de-Medoc, Gironde France
1996
Source: Sud Ouest, 30 Sept 1996 and many further articles since; per Chris Manning search of internet news sources 11/2004
Note:
Mr. Caumont
Ladeveze-Riviere, Hautes-Pyrenees France
1946
Source: http://site.voila.fr/guillotine/Palma1939.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Ginette Maire
Commercy, Meuse France
1992
Source: Le Monde 26 Aug 1992; per Chris Manning search of internet news sources 11/2004
Note:
Ahmed Bennai
Gournay-sur-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis France
1989
Source: Le Monde 16 June 1989; per Chris Manning search of internet news sources 11/2004
Note: attacked when he went to the aid of a policeman who was under attack by a group of young people
Souleymane Sidibe
Villetaneuse, Seine-Saint-Denis France
1998
Source: Le Figaro, 3 June, 1998 per Chris Manning search of Internet news sources November 2004;
Note:
Tahar Sabi
Le Perreux, Val-de-Marne France
1999
Source: Le Parisien 7,8 March 2001 and 10,11,12 Jan 2002; per Chris Manning seach of internet news sources 11/2004
Note:
Jean-Baptiste Gaucher
Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
1946
Source: http://site.voila.fr/guillotine/Palma1939.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Mr. Boulle
Caen, France
1927
Source: http://site.voila.fr/guillotine/Palma1899.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Mr. Estellon
Grenoble, France
1958
Source: http://site.voila.fr/guillotine/Palma1951.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Claude Dupuy
Le Havre, France
1991
Source: Le Monde 29 May 1991; per Chris Manning search of internet news sources 11/2004
Note:
Armand Dolbachian
Marseille, France
2003
Source: Le Figaro, 5 Nov 2003 and Metro, 5 Nov 2003; per Chris Manning search of internet news sources 11/2004
Note:
Charles Diligent
Metz, France
1946
Source: http://site.voila.fr/guillotine/Palma1939.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Mr. Becker
Metz, France
1946
Source: http://site.voila.fr/guillotine/Palma1939.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Henri Chauvin
Nantes, France
1934
Source: Per Norman Beattie search of 1930 French photos regarding taxis
Note: article dated 1934, possible crime not 1934
Omar Mahrouf
Paris, France
1953
Source: http://site.voila.fr/guillotine/Palma1951.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Elise Barradat
Paris, France
1979
Source: Prince George Citizen 6/19/1979
Note: one of 36 Paris drivers murdered between 1946 and 1979
Jacqueline Bulher
Paris, France
1987
Source: Le Monde 13 Oct 1987 and 24 Oct 1987; per Chris Manning seach of Internet news sources 11/2004
Note: first that year, 19th since 1979
Amadou Diallo
Paris, France
1994
Source: Le Monde 6 Oct 1994 and many further articles since; per Chris Manning search of internet news sources 11/2004
Note: killed in the crossfire of a police pursuit; 20th driver slain in 15 years
Lyazid Hidous
Paris, France
1995
Source: Le Parisien 13 Nov 2000; per Chris Manning search of internet news sources 11/2004
Note: knifed when he tried to protect a youth who had been set upon by a group of youths
Julien Galland
Reims, France
1946
Source: http://site.voila.fr/guillotine/Palma1939.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Stephane Abassi
Rennes, France
2005
Source: Le Figaro June 13, 2005 translation by Chris Manning, also a Google extract from an article at www.rennes.maville.com
Note: murdered in his taxi
Charles Martin
Rethel, France
1948
Source: http://site.voila.fr/guillotine/Palma1939.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Mr. Anglaret
Riom, France
1946
Source: http://site.voila.fr/guillotine/Palma1939.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Mr. Studert
Thionville, France
1926
Source: http://site.voila.fr/guillotine/Palma1899.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Jean-Pierre Lardon
Vaux-le-Penil, France
1999
Source: Le Parisien 20,21,22 June 2002 and 27,28,30 Oct 2004; per Chris Manning search of internet news sources 11/2004
Note:
Mr. Peretto
Versailles, France
1930
Source: http://site.viola.fr/guillotine/Palma1899.html, per Norman Beattie February 23, 2007
Note: partial information based on execution records
Nodar Afgan Bayramov
Kesheli, Marneuli Georgia
2009
Source: APA Azeri Press Agency 3/10/2009
Note:
Tamaz Makaridze
Tbilisi, Georgia
2007
Source: The Georgian Times (Tbilisi, Georgia) 6/18/07
Note:
Michaela Schellenbach
Andernach, Germany
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Karl Koch
Bonn, Germany
1964
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note: slain by a US serviceman
Kurt H.
Brandenberg, Germany
1994
Source: The Local (Berlin) 5/20/2011
Note: Last name given only as abbreviation H
Gerhard Wendelken
Bremen, Germany
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Huseyin K.
Cologne, Germany
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Joseph Angermeier
Erding, Germany
1954
Source: Jet Magazine, Feb. 4, 1954, p. 38
Note:
David Redmond
Frankfurt, Germany
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ahmad Abdul Jamil Bhatti
Frankfurt, Germany
2004
Source: Stars and Stripes (European Edition) 10/19/04
Note: apparently picked up his last fare outside the gate of the WeisbadenArmy Air Field
Gabor Revesz
Karlesruhe, Germany
2007
Source: KA-News.de, Karlsruhe 2/24/07 http://www.ka-news.de/karlsruhe/news.php4?show=dab2007423-1689B; email from the driver's cousin Mark on 4/24/07;
Note:
Karl Straubb
Mannheim, Germany
1961
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note: killed by a US serviceman
Josef Ertel
Munich, Germany
1964
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note: slain by a US serviceman
Gunther Jorges
Nuremburg, Germany
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Walter Passon
Ottweiler, Germany
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Hans-Peter Luther
Stuttgart, Germany
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Gero Diekmann
Varrelbusch, Germany
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Sani Awudu
Kintampo, Brong Ahafo Ghana
2011
Source: Modern Ghana 11/15/11
Note:
Samuel Okyere
Abura, Ghana
2011
Source: Ghana Business News 10/30/11
Note:
Yaw Kodee
Accra (La), Ghana
2010
Source: PeaceFMonline.com 2/17/2010
Note: La is a suburb of Accra
Kwame Ato
Ajumako Kromaim, Ghana
2007
Source: Modern Ghana (Accra) July 3, 2007
Note:
Akwasi Adjei
Dome, Ghana
1995
Source: Ghanaian Newsrunner 5/2/96 (on disk #1); Ghana Music (Accra) 6/15/06
Note: suburb of Accra; after fare dispute, driver refused compromise for 3/4 of amount; came back and invoked black magic "juju" ritual involving sand from footprints of Gemann; Gemann chased driver, demanded return of sand; struggle, warning shot, fatal shot;
Kojo Adu
Kasoa, Ghana
2007
Source: Joy (Accra, Ghana) 6/20/07
Note:
Bashiro Mohammed
Mpirem, Ghana
2009
Source: GhanaHomePage at www.ghanaweb.com 4/7/2009
Note:
Kwame Acheampong
Nankese, Ghana
2005
Source: Graphic Ghana (Accra) 3/24/06
Note: body found at Nankese farm, driver from Accra
Shalif Abu
Takuve, Ghana
2000
Source: Ghana News Agency 9/15/2010
Note:
Costas Pappas
Elefsina, Greece
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Nikolas Kirianthopoulos
Kalavryta, Greece
2005
Source: Kathimerini, Athens 8/24/05
Note: woman says she shot driver over indecent assault
Fotis Liakas
Karditsa, Greece
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Andreas Barbas
Melissochori, Greece
2003
Source: Kathimerini, English Edition, 12/29/03 Larissa greece
Note: stabbed
Petrinio Dagalea
Two Lovers Point, Guam
1995
Source: Pacific Daily News (GUAM) 12/2/2004 and 11/18/2008
Note: killer lost appeal in 2004
Sebastian Zacarias Hernandez
El Carpintero, Huehuetenango Guatemala
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish language news sources on the web, August 18, 2004;
Note: stoned to death by a gang; unclear if work-related
Jonatan Hobed Orozco Castanon
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar Internet news search Oct. 8, 2005
Note:
Mario Leonel Lemus Arias
Santa Ana, Guatemala
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar 10/8/2005 search of Spanish-language news sources on the Internet
Note:
Jose Santos Chox Chamorro
Solola, Guatemala
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish language news sources on the web, August 2004
Note:
Melvin Geovani Rivera Castillo
Ticanlu, Guatemala
2004
Source: Prensa Libre, Guatemala (online) 4/24/04
Note: shot to death in his taxi
Benito Antonio Gonzalez Perez
Guayana City, Guayana
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources 8/28/04
Note: shot in leg, bled to death; broad daylight in front of many witneses; this record replaces Angel Perez of Buenos Aires, slaying not taxi-related
Lancine Conde
Thio, Lola Guinea
2006
Source: http://www.boubah.com/article/article.asp?num=1699&cat=7
Note: motorbike taxi driver killed by passenger, bike stolen
Mamadou Moutady Barry
N'Zerekore, Guinea
2005
Source: translated from French by Chris Manning, article appears at http://www.boubah.com/article/article.asp?num=1452&cat=7
Note: motorbike driver
Trevor Kissoon
Bramsfield, Corentyne Guyana
2010
Source: Stabroek News 6/11/2010
Note:
Bomeshwar Sukhdeo
Mocha, East Bank Demara Guyana
2010
Source: Stabroek News – Feb. 2, 2010
Note: two taxi operators arrested
Dirk Simon
Profitt, West Coast Berbice Guyana
2007
Source: Stabroek News 5/29/07
Note:
Dhampaul Ramkarakh
Anna Katharina, Guyana
2011
Source: Stabroek News (Stabroek, Guyana) 1/17/11
Note: beating death
Trevor Kissoon
Bramsfield, Guyana
2010
Source: Stabroek News (Stabroek, Guyana) 3/27/2011
Note: murder
Vivekanand Nandalall
East Coast Demerara, Guyana
2003
Source: Stabroek News (Guyana) 3/31/07
Note: kidnapped, then ransom paid but killed anyway; killed sometime between October 2003 and March 2004; remains found near Bachelor's Adventure Squatting Area;
Rolston Bernard Henry
La Bonne Intention, Guyana
2009
Source: Stabroek News 5/24/09
Note:
Deonarine Sukhdeo
Laluni, Guyana
2006
Source: Stabroek News (Stabroek, Guyana) 4/27/06
Note: ransom demand
Jorge Luis Medina
San Felix, Guyana
2006
Source: http://www.nuevaprensa.com.ve/ver_art.php?cod=51613
Note:
Desmond Bentick
Sophia, Guyana
2006
Source: Stabroek News (Guyana) 4/2/06
Note: possible carjacking, shot
Germaine Best
South Ruimveldt, Guyana
2007
Source: Stabroek News (Stabroek, Guyana) 9/9/09
Note:
Mohammed Rasool
South Ruimveldt, Guyana
2008
Source: Stabroek News 2/6/08
Note:
Ricardo Ramsarran
Stabroek, Guyana
2005
Source: Stabroek News 12/13/05
Note:
Seerajie Singh
Stabroek, Guyana
2006
Source: Stabroek News Feb. 12,14,16 2006;
Note: woman driver, carjacking
Nazir Khan
Stewartville, Guyana
2009
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express, August 30, 2009
Note:
Charles Ceasar
Tucville, Guyana
2011
Source: Stabroek News 2/3/2011
Note: murder
Ramlall Lakha
West Coast Demerara, Guyana
2006
Source: Stabroek News (Stabroek, Guyana) May 22, 2006
Note: missing for "almost three months" and presumed dead by his family
Keith Bowen
West La Penitence, Guyana
2009
Source: Stabroek News 3/22/2009
Note:
Andres Rivera
San Antonio, Chamelecon Honduras
2004
Source: La Prensa (online) www.laprensahn.com on May 5, 2004
Note: apparently witnessed an earlier gang murder of a prostitute
Oscar Vicente Martinez Rivas
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
2004
Source: La Prensa (Honduras) 5/31/04 at http://www.laprensahn.com/policiales.php?id=1578&tabla=May_2004&fecha=20040531
Note:
Elmer Mauricio Fuentes
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
2005
Source: http://tribuna.icomstec.com per Karl Weiszhaar search 10/23/2005
Note: fifth in fifteen days in the city
Jose Daniel Reyes
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
2006
Source: http://www.elheraldo.hn/nota.php?nid=60530&sec=7&fecha=2006-10-29
Note: executed, car stripped
Saul Ordonez Funez
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Sander Lukacsi
Budapest, Hungary
1986
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note: killed by Soviet soldiers
Asar Ali
Likabali, Arunachal Prdesh India
2011
Source: Times of India 8/2/2011
Note:
Bumkin Sarkar
Bondla, Goa India
2003
Source: The Telegraph, Calcutta, 12/12/03; http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031212/asp/nation/story_2671217.asp
Note: Three tourists suspected of the murder
Anthony Joaquin Rodriguez
Panaji, Goa India
2004
Source: Navhind Times (online) 5/2/04
Note:
Sudan Dahole
Verna, Goa India
2009
Source: Times of India 8/2/09
Note:
Ghulam Nabi Sheikh
Chandigam, Jammu and Kashmir India
2004
Source: Pak Tribune 4/20/04, online
Note: landmine also killed woman journalist passenger
Mehraj-ud Din
Batapota, Kashmir India
2004
Source: Indo-Asian News Service in New Kerala - Ernakulam, Kerala, India; see http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=46149;
Note: land mine explosion killed driver and ten soldiers riding in the "private cab"
Mohammad Ali
Kargil-Leh Highway, Kashmir India
2009
Source: KONS (Kashmir Online News Service?) - August 11, 2009
Note:
Gulzar Ahmad Sheikh
Lawaypora-Narbal, Kashmir India
2005
Source: Outlook India (New Delhi) 7/6/2005
Note: ambushed outside his home by militants
Muhammad Asif
Margala, Kashmir India
2010
Source: South Asia News Agency, undated clip 10/2010
Note: probably Kashmir, October 2010 based on other items in news screencapture
Muktar Ahmed
Rakh Litter, Kashmir India
2006
Source: ibnlive.com 12/27/06; Daily Times (Pakistan) 12/28/06
Note: driver compelled to carry soldiers, then killed by militants
Ranga
Nethajinagar, Kempapura Agrahara India
2009
Source: DNA (Bangalore) 12/13/2009
Note: no first name given
Satbir
Chaisa Thana, Kerala India
2005
Source: New Kerala (India) 8/23/05
Note: body found in a field after being hired; one name only
Jaspal Singh Pala
Bheora, Ludhiana India
1999
Source: Express India 3/29/2005
Note:
Govardhan
Padubidri, Mangalore India
2011
Source: Times of India 8/29/2011
Note:
Chotu Raut
Darva Village, Nagpur India
2011
Source: Times of India 8/25/2011
Note:
Kamal Kumar
Libra Village, Punjab India
2006
Source: Indian Express (Mumbai) 1/16/06
Note: near Khanna and Ludhiana, driver and cab from New Delhi
Sanu Saini
Rajasthan India
2009
Source: Press Trust of India (Delhi) 10/13/09
Note:
Zulfikar
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh India
2011
Source: MidDay.com 1/22/2012
Note:
Naresh
Gurgaon, Uttar Pradesh India
2002
Source: Times of India 11/19/2008
Note: accused killer said to have murdered 21 cab drivers
Mukesh
Madion, Uttar Pradesh India
2005
Source: The Indian Express (New Delhi) Sept. 22, 2005
Note: near Lucknow; personal revenge killing enroute to Mirzapur by man who hired cab and driver; one name only; this record was previously Mark D. Stultz, removed as non-taxi-related in 9/2005;
Manish Mann
Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh India
2010
Source: NDTV (Press Trust of India) 10/20/2010
Note:
Ganesh Devda
Ahmedabad, India
2009
Source: IndianExpress.com 5/26/09
Note:
Manohar
Aligarh, India
2003
Source: Express India at http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=132396; Khaleej Times (Dubai UAE) 6/3/05;
Note: only named driver in two articles on serial killer who admitted to 19 taxi driver murders, suspected in 50 cab driver murders
Shankar Lal
Ayalki, India
2005
Source: The Tribune (Chandigarh) 4/24/05
Note:
Rajan
Bahadurgargh, India
2008
Source: The Indian Express 4/5/08
Note:
Sandeep Puniya
Banda, India
2010
Source: Times of India 12/12/2010
Note: name is Puniya alias Sandeep
Aruna
Bangalore, India
2007
Source: The Hindu 10/20/07; Times of India November 4, 2007
Note:
Sridhar
Bangalore, India
2007
Source: The Hindu 9/25/2007
Note: no second name given
Harish
Bangalore, India
2007
Source: The Hindu 10/20/07
Note:
Umesh
Bilikere, India
2007
Source: newindpress.com 12/30/07
Note: one name only
Vilhoukho Akhole Phira
Bishnupur, India
2005
Source: Imphal Free Press (Imphal, India) 12/7 and 12/13/05; e-Pao Online (Manipur, India) 12/7/05
Note:
Devender
Bulanshahar, India
2008
Source: Times of India online 7/6/08
Note: location is not exact
Naseeb Lal Rai
Calcutta, India
2010
Source: The Telegraph (Calcutta) 2/20/2010
Note:
Imtiaz Zuberuddin Sheikh
Chembur, India
2004
Source: www.gunaah.com, anti-crime website in India
Note: five arrested, crime was "a few days" before 1/12/04
Baldev
Delhi, India
2010
Source: Times of India 7/23/2010
Note:
Vijender
Delhi, India
2011
Source: DelhiGo online 2/7/2011
Note: murder and robbery
Sandip Kumar
Delhi, India
2011
Source: Times of India 7/29/2011
Note:
Arjun Rajak
Dhaula Kuan, India
2007
Source: The Hindu 9/19/07
Note:
Dharmara
Guduvanchery, India
2011
Source: IBNlive.com 1/11/12
Note:
Yumnan Sadananda
Imphal, India
2005
Source: The Sangai Express (India) March 15, 2005
Note: maruti van driver was finance secretary of his union
Satish Kumar
Jamia Nagar, India
2008
Source: Times of India online 8/8/08
Note:
Sunil
Jhajjar, India
2005
Source: The Tribune (Chandigarh) 7/10/2005
Note: one name only
Surinder Das
Kolkata, India
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ram Sunder Yadav
Kolkata, India
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Laxman Mahato
Kolkata, India
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Gulam Pir
Kolkota, India
2010
Source: Express India 7/21/2010
Note: killed by other drivers during a strike
Anoop
Kuthiran, India
2011
Source: Deccan Chronicle, 12/21/11
Note: crime was recent, date approximate
Phoolchandra Yadav
Lucknow, India
2008
Source: Times of India - Oct. 8, 2008
Note: arrested persons are believed to have killed other taxicab drivers as well
Jaswinder Singh
Ludhiana, India
2005
Source: Express News Service (Bombay) 4/5/05
Note:
Kailashnath Panchal
Majigam, India
2010
Source: Times of India 6/9/2010
Note: Mumbai driver en route to other city
Ravi Kumar
Mathura, India
2008
Source: Times of India 12/31/08
Note:
Abdul Rauf Yaarmohammed Sheikh
Mumbai, India
2005
Source: Times of India (Gurgaon, India) Nov 8, 2005
Note: this record was previously Torben Knudsen, removed 12/05 due to not work-related
Phoolchand Bindi
Mumbai, India
2008
Source: dailybhaskar.com Nov 21, 2012
Note: terrorist planted a bomb in his cab
Mohammed Umar Abdul Khalid Shaikh
Mumbai, India
2008
Source: indianexpress.com 12/8/2008
Note: hotel terrorists took his cab, driver died in explosion
Shiv Kumar
New Delhi, India
2004
Source: http://www.deepikaglobal.com/latestnews.asp?ncode=21139 and http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1056387,0015002200000008.htm both per Karl Weiszhaar 10/2004
Note:
Deepu
New Delhi, India
2006
Source: The Hindu October 28, 2007
Note:
Guru Prasad
Noida, India
2010
Source: Sify News 3/29/2010
Note:
Balbir Singh
Noorwala, India
2008
Source: India Express online 6/29/08
Note:
Preetham
Parappana Agrahara, India
2009
Source: Express News Service (India) 14 Oct 2009
Note:
Rangaswamy
Parappana Agrahara, India
2009
Source: Times of India 11/12/09
Note:
Vishnukant
Patna Junction, India
2007
Source: www.patnadaily.com 12/01/07
Note:
Navaz Mehboob Pathan
Pavagadh, India
2004
Source: http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=85482
Note:
Surjeet
Sahibabad, India
1997
Source: Express India 9/1/04
Note: man convicted in 2004 of kidnapping driver who was never seen again; insuficient evidence for murder charge; name may be Sujeet;
Nandkumar Gavli
Shapur, India
2007
Source: Planet Powai (Powai, India) March 18, 2007
Note: poisoned and car stolen
Amarjit Singh
Siswan, India
2011
Source: IndianExpress.com 4/8/2011
Note:
Sakthi
Sivaganga, India
2006
Source: Chennai Online (Chennai, India) March 5, 2007
Note: one name only; assailants charged the following year;
Rajendra Singh
Sojat, India
2011
Source: DailyBhaskar.com 6/19/11
Note:
Mohammad Faroukh Shaikh
Surat, India
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Kamaljit Singh
Upper Nagar, India
2008
Source: expressindia.com 9/7/08
Note:
Ashwini Dua
Uttam Nagar, India
2008
Source: Times of India online 7/24/08
Note: allegedly slain by cab owner in dispute over money
K. Babu
Vandavasi, India
2010
Source: Times of India 8/21/2010
Note:
Mehendi Hasan
Vivek Vihar, Delhi, India
2009
Source: Times of India 3/27/2009
Note:
Murdedi
Cimanggis, Depok Indonesia
2003
Source: Jakarta Post, Sept. 16, 2003
Note: no separate first name
Kolik
Puncak Jaya, Papua Indonesia
2011
Source: Jakarta Globe 12/19/11
Note: ojek (motorcyle taxi) driver, migrant from East Java, killed by Papua separatists
Sapto Priatmo
Setu, Tangerang Indonesia
2004
Source: Jakarta Post 4/22/04
Note: severe stab wounds to neck and chest
Liew Fauy Koong
Batu Caves, Indonesia
2008
Source: The Star Online (Kuala Lampur) 5/15/2008
Note:
Harun Harahap
Jakarta, Indonesia
2004
Source: The Jakarta Post 10/11/04
Note: road rage incident
Marsudi
South Jakarta, Indonesia
2006
Source: Jakarta Post 8/11/06
Note: Cipete area of South Jakarta, two arrested
Mohamad Khalil Khudair
Baghdad, Iraq
2007
Source: NY Times 11/12/07
Note:
Ahmad Walid Al-Bath
Kilo, Iraq
2003
Source: Associated Press
Note: first casualty of US-Iraq war, died in a missle attack
Rashid Hamoudi Taha
Tikrit, Iraq
2004
Source: Los Angeles Times 1/16/04 by Patrick J. McDonnell
Note: tried to pass convoy, 3 pax also killed by US machine gunner
Martin Mulligan
Louth, Armagh Ireland
2015
Source: rte.ie 9/29/2015
Note: murder inquiry
Henry Hurley
Sixmilebridge, County Clare Ireland
1989
Source: Irish Times 7/8/2010
Note:
Liam Moloney
Ennis, County Kerry Ireland
2005
Source: ie Online Dublin (Ireland) 2/25/2005
Note:
Frank Hughes
Dungannon, County Tyrone Ireland
1990
Source: Tyrone Times 10/21/2010
Note: Family wants inquest into police handling of the investigation
John Dillon
Dublin, Ireland
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Cormac Brady
Dublin, Ireland
2003
Source: The Mirror (London) 1/31/03
Note: one of three killed in the city during January of 2003; Dublin assumed based on context of article;
Mark Smyth
Dublin, Ireland
2008
Source: Belfast Telegraph 3/22/08; RTE News 3/22/08
Note:
Moses Ayanwole
Dublin, Ireland
2011
Source: The Irish Times, 11/24/11
Note:
Eileen Costello O'Shaughnessy
Galway, Ireland
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Issa Ali al-Qadi
Hebron, West Bank Israel
2023
Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-west-bank-elderly-man-killed
Note: taxi driver slain by military
Eliyahu Batonshvili
Ashod, Israel
2008
Source: israel.jpost.com 3/22/08
Note:
Gregory Rabinovitch
Gan Yavne, Israel
2009
Source: Israel.Jpost.com 5/11/09
Note: life sentences for three assailants
Alon Reuven
Ginot Shomron, Israel
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Derek Roth
Herziliya, Israel
1994
Source: Boston Globe story in SF Examiner 1/15/94; NY Times 1/15/94 p. A-4:1 by Clyde Haberman (index); see also Jerusalem Post 7/21/95 with case #996;
Note: initially thought to be terrorist murder by Arabs; wallet not taken; fam=5; convicted, killer later escaped and fled to Argentina, arrested in 2006;
Elias Cohen
Jerusalem, Israel
1994
Source: Chicago Taxi Times April/May 1994, page 23, quoting a series of articles in the Jerusalem Post;
Note: One of two drivers from town of Netivot slain in a matter of weeks following the highly publicized slaying of driver Derek Roth. See note on Ilan Sudri. Both were border policemen on reserve duty; early 1994;
Ilan Sudri
Jerusalem, Israel
1994
Source: Chicago Taxi Times April/May 1994, page 23, quoting a series of articles in the Jerusalem Post;
Note: Two murders of taxi drivers claimed by Islamic Jihad; drivers both from town of Netivot, now buried in neighboring graves. Driver known for great physical strength, a former police bodyguard. Jurisdiction unclear from account; owner; early 1994
Eitan Levy
Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel
2023
Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24990607/israeli-cab-driver-confirmed-killed-hamas/
Note: taxi driver slain in terror attack
Yefim Weinstein
Kibbutz Kfar Hahoresh, Israel
2009
Source: Haaretz.com December 2, 2009
Note:
Imad Khoury
Kiryat Yam, Israel
2007
Source: Haaretz.com 11/6/06
Note:
Hamze Hamze
Ma'alot, Israel
2009
Source: Jerusalem Post 11/19/2009
Note:
Yehezkel Piro
Nazareth, Israel
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Avi Yavin
Petah Tikva, Israel
1996
Source: source misplaced
Note: shot in the head on Thursday, probably the day before 2/19/96; seventh driver slain in the "past few years"
Avraham Davidi
Tel Aviv, Israel
1995
Source: Jerusalem Post July 21, 1995 by Sue Fishkoff (on disk #1);
Note: found behind wheel with knife in back; one of six in 18 mos beginning with Derek Roth; three of the six were nationalist killings, two criminal, police suspect Davidi killing was nationalist; after Roth killing, trouble lights mandatory on Israeli cabs;
Avraham Mashayev
Tel Aviv, Israel
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Victor Erez
Tel Aviv, Israel
2006
Source: Jerusalem Post 4/18/06;
Note: killed by a suicide bomber
Taysir Karaki
Tel Aviv, Israel
2007
Source: Haaretz.com 3/13/2009
Note: ethnicly-motivated killing, assailant found to be insane
Taisir Hamadan
Tira, Israel
2011
Source: Jerusalem Post 12/25/11
Note:
Sestilio Cottini
Turin, Italy
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Livingston Roberts
Freetown, Clarendon Jamaica
2008
Source: Jamaica Gleaner Online 1/2/08
Note:
Seymour Thomas
Toll Gate, Clarendon Jamaica
2011
Source: GoJamaica 4/2/2011
Note:
Samuel Lawrence
Kew, Hanover Jamaica
2004
Source: Jamaica Observer 2/5/04;
Note: driver, young woman pass shot in head at water stand pipe
Rayon Brown
Canoe Pond, Oracabessa Jamaica
2006
Source: Radio Jamaica (Kingston) 12/24/06; name corrected from Rohan to Rayon per email 11/20/2014 from a friend of his;
Note:
Jervis Labbon
Mud Town, Papine, St. Andrew Jamaica
2003
Source: RadioJamaica.com 10/24/2008
Note: unknown date in 2003
Trevor Hutchinson
Buff Bay, Portland Jamaica
2010
Source: Jamaica Observer 6/13/2010
Note:
Berti Escoffery
Stony Hill, Saint Andrews Jamaica
2010
Source: Jamaica Observer 5/16/10
Note:
Alvin Jenkins
Norwood, Saint James Jamaica
2007
Source: Radio Jamaica (Kingston) 2/16/07
Note:
Fitz Rankine
St. Andrew Jamaica
2010
Source: Jamaica Observer 9/20/2010
Note:
Leroy Berry
Half Way Tree, St. Andrews Jamaica
2010
Source: Go-Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner) 9/23/2010
Note:
Jason McIntosh
Papine, St. Andrews Jamaica
2009
Source: RadioJamaica.com 1/22/2009
Note:
Sylvester White
Clover Hill, St. Ann Jamaica
2006
Source: Radio Jamaica (Kingston) 10/40/06
Note: minivan-minibus driver
Sidney Brown
Orange Park, St. Ann Jamaica
2006
Source: Jamaica Gleaner 11/8/06
Note:
Jermaine Robinson
Shawberry Property, St. Ann Jamaica
2009
Source: RadioJamaica.com 6/3/09
Note:
Jerome Walker
Little River, St. Anne Jamaica
2010
Source: Radiojamaica 1/7/2010
Note:
Neville Francis
St. Anne Jamaica
2010
Source: Radiojamaica.com 4/14/2010
Note:
Dwight Simpson
Lime Tree Grove, St. Catherine Jamaica
2010
Source: Jamaica Observer 3/23/2010
Note:
Edward Miller
Old Harbor, St. Catherine Jamaica
2008
Source: RadioJamaica.com 3/28/08
Note:
Silbourne Kirkpatrick Huntley
Portmore, St. Catherine Jamaica
2006
Source: Jamaica Observer (Kingston) 12/12/06
Note:
Anthony Lower
Portmore, St. Catherine Jamaica
2006
Source: RadioJamaica.com 12/23/06
Note:
Andre Williams
Southborough, St. Catherine Jamaica
2010
Source: Go-Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner) 9/25/2010
Note:
Wayne Walker
Spanish Town, St. Catherine Jamaica
2008
Source: Go-Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner) 4/7/2008
Note:
Wayne Tappin
Spanish Town, St. Catherine Jamaica
2009
Source: Go-Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner) 11/17/2009
Note:
Kevin Lampart
Spanish Town, St. Catherine Jamaica
2009
Source: Go-Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner) 12/3/2009
Note:
Joseph Wright
Windsor Heights, St. Catherine Jamaica
2006
Source: Jamaica Gleaner 11/8/06
Note: Windsor Heights, Central Village, St. Catherine, Jamaica
Michael Walker
St. Catherine Jamaica
2010
Source: Jamaica Observer 3/23/2010
Note:
Glen Brown
Fort Charles, St. Elizabeth Jamaica
2005
Source: RadioJamaica.com 7/8/09
Note:
Calvert Reid
Albion, St. James Jamaica
2008
Source: RadioJamaica 3/7/08
Note:
O'Brian McFarlane
Farm Heights, St. James Jamaica
2008
Source: Go-Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner) 9/17/2008
Note:
David Bacchas
Flankers, St. James Jamaica
2003
Source: The Jamaica Observer 6/10/05
Note: killed by police, apparently by accident; October 2003
Talburt Allen
Flankers, St. James Jamaica
2010
Source: Radiojamaica.com 3/19/2010
Note:
Lincoln Smith
Ironshore, St. James Jamaica
2008
Source: RadioJamaica 3/1/08
Note:
O'Brian MacFarlane
Montego Bay, St. James Jamaica
2008
Source: Radiojamaica.com 9/17/08
Note: 11th taxi operator slaying of the year in St. James
Elkanah Wedderburn
St. James Jamaica
2011
Source: Jamaica Observer 10/24/11
Note:
William McClymont
Granville, Trelawny Jamaica
2004
Source: Jamaica Observer online, 1/3/04
Note: shot third day on job
Ehud Dixon
Lenox, Westmoreland Jamaica
2006
Source: Radio Jamaica (Kingston) 11/12/06
Note: Saturday or Sunday
Ezron Jennings
Bustamante Highway, Jamaica
2009
Source: RadioJamaica 4/13/09
Note:
Orville Wright
Catherine Mount Main Road, Jamaica
2010
Source: Jamaica Observer 9/17/2010
Note:
Marshall McCoy
Clarendon, Jamaica
2005
Source: The Jamaica Observer (Kingston) Nov. 10, 2005
Note:
Owen (Dwayne) Johnson
Clarendon, Jamaica
2007
Source: Radio Jamaica 9/11/07
Note:
Rohan Bedward
Clarendon, Jamaica
2008
Source: Go-Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner) 5/28/2008
Note:
Patrick Mason
Clarendon Parish, Jamaica
2006
Source: Radio Jamaica (Kingston) 8/10/06
Note:
Ricardo Wedderburn
Clark's Town, Jamaica
2004
Source: Jamaica Observer Reporter 10/13/04
Note:
Valerie Williams
Coleyville, Jamaica
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Marvin Lewis
Ewarton, Jamaica
2009
Source: Jamaica Gleaner 2/2/09
Note:
Waldron Duncan
Falmouth, Jamaica
2007
Source: Radio Jamaica (Kingston) 5/30/07
Note:
Prince Ralford
Gutters, Jamaica
2008
Source: RadioJamaica 3/1/08
Note:
Donovan Pitter
Kingston, Jamaica
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Devon Tulloch
Kingston, Jamaica
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Kemar Bryan
Kingston, Jamaica
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Lloyd (Chiney Man) Hosang
Kingston, Jamaica
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Raleigh Cummings
Kingston, Jamaica
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Donovan Peynado
Kingston, Jamaica
2005
Source: The Jamaica Observer 6/22/05
Note: cab fired into by assailants apparently trying to kill a passenger; cab crashed and burned; location was near White Wing Rd and Olympic Way, probably near but not in Kingston
Wayne Duncan
Kingston, Jamaica
2005
Source: RJR-94 FM (Kinston) 12/25/05
Note: afternoon slaying in downtown Kingston
Christopher (Shabba) Wright
Kingston, Jamaica
2006
Source: Jamaica Observer (Kingston) 9/12/06
Note: vehicle fired on, driver ran, was chased and shot several times
Uriel Palmer
Kingston, Jamaica
2007
Source: Radio Jamaica (Kingston) 4/11/07
Note:
Harville Oakley
Kingston, Jamaica
2007
Source: Radio Jamaica (Kingston) 6/18/07
Note:
Brenton Graham
Kingston, Jamaica
2007
Source: Radio Jamaica 11/10/07
Note:
Devon Dacres
Kingston, Jamaica
2008
Source: Radiojamaica.com 9/16/08
Note:
Collin Smith
Kingston, Jamaica
2008
Source: radiojamaica.com 10/16/08
Note: placename is Mona Commons in Kingston
Leon Goffe
Kingston, Jamaica
2009
Source: Go-Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner) 7/20/2009
Note:
Christopher Brimm
Kingston, Jamaica
2009
Source: Go-Jamaica (Jamaica Gleaner) 12/3/2009
Note:
Damion Davis
Kingston, Jamaica
2010
Source: Radiojamaica.com 5/1/2010
Note:
Sydney Oakley
Kingston, Jamaica
2010
Source: Jamaica Observer 3/31/2010
Note:
Linton Wilson
Kingston, Jamaica
2010
Source: Jamaica Observer (Go-Jamaica) 9/27/2010
Note:
Edwin Allen
Kingston, Jamaica
2010
Source: Jamaica Observer 12/25/2010
Note: Kingston per Google Earth
Fitzroy (Donovan) Smith
Kingston, Jamaica
2010
Source: The Gleaner 12/27/2010
Note:
Leslie (Boyo) Kelvin
Montego Bay, Jamaica
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Curtis Vassell
Montego Bay, Jamaica
2004
Source: Observer reporter 1/24/04 "MP calls for gun amnesty"
Note: shot
Clive Allen
Montego Bay, Jamaica
2004
Source: The Jamaica Observer June 9, 2004 included in an article on the murder of another man
Note:
Anthony Genius
Montego Bay, Jamaica
2007
Source: Jamaica Observer (Kingston) 1/24/07
Note:
Sean Shattucks
Sligoville, Jamaica
2011
Source: Go Jamaica Gleaner approx. 10/4/11
Note:
Vernald Griffiths
Spanish Town, Jamaica
2005
Source: Jamaica Observer 5/25/05
Note: seventh Spanish Town cab driver slain this year
Tyrone Francis
Spanish Town, Jamaica
2006
Source: Real Jamaican Radio 3/30/06
Note: "shot as he sat in his taxi"; gang violence claimed four lives in Spanish Town in 24 hours;
William Thomas
Spanish Town, Jamaica
2011
Source: Jamaica Observer 1/16/11
Note: murder
Wayne Ward
St. Andrew, Jamaica
2006
Source: Jamaica Gleaner (Kingston) 8/18/06
Note:
Terron Bailey
St. Ann, Jamaica
2008
Source: RadioJamaica 3/7/08
Note:
Albert McIntyre
St. Catherine, Jamaica
1996
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Leonard Jackson
St. Catherine, Jamaica
2005
Source: Jamaica Observer, Kingston, 1/12/2005;
Note: residents accuse police of murdering Jackson after he got into a fistfight with an officer over a parking ticket
Dwayne Owens
St. Catherine, Jamaica
2009
Source: Jamaica Gleaner 3/27/2009
Note:
Wayne Tappin
St. Catherine, Jamaica
2009
Source: Jamaica Gleaner/Power 106 News 11/17/2009
Note:
Devon Smith
St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
2008
Source: RadioJamaica.com 3/14/08
Note:
Rodney McDonald
St. James, Jamaica
2008
Source: RadioJamaica 3/31/08
Note: shot while stopped for a meal break
Hanix Thompson
St. James, Jamaica
2008
Source: Radiojamaica.com Sept. 1, 2008
Note:
Sherman Fowler
Three Miles, Jamaica
2006
Source: Radio Jamaica (Kingston) 11/1/06
Note:
Donovan Mullings
Waterhouse, Jamaica
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Milton (Zoukie) James
Western Park, Jamaica
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
David Lawrence
Westmoreland, Jamaica
2010
Source: Jamaica Observer 6/21/10
Note:
Virol Lawrence
Jamaica
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Clarence Robb
Jamaica
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Alvin Bent
Jamaica
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Yasuo Minato
Kasugai, Aichi Japan
2004
Source: http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20040114p2a00m0dm007000c.html
Note:
Tsuyoshi Fujita
Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture Japan
2007
Source: Yomiuri Shimbun (Tokyo) 7/2/07
Note:
Tomohiro Yagihashi
Hakodate, Hokkaido Japan
2006
Source: Mainichi Daily News (Tokyo) 12/21/06
Note:
Saburo Nagata
Inebi, Hyogo Prefecture Japan
2008
Source: Japan Times 1/6/09
Note:
Saburo Kamizono
Aira, Kagoshima Japan
2008
Source: JapanToday 3/12/2009
Note:
Ritsuko Kawashima
Fujisawa, Kanagawa Japan
2002
Source: Mainichi Daily News (Tokyo, Japan) March 26, 2005
Note: conviction in 2005, life sentence in murder of woman driver
Shojiro Arai
Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Japan
2010
Source: Mainichi Daily News 5/24/2010
Note:
Hitoshi Murakami
Natori, Miyagi Japan
2004
Source: Mainichi and wire reports, Japan, May 26, 2004
Note:
Masaharu Nishime
Naha, Okinawa Japan
2003
Source: Mainichi Daily News, http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20031226p2a00m0dm008000c.html
Note:
Toshiharu Goto
Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture Japan
2008
Source: Japan Times 1/6/2009
Note:
Kaname Maskubo
Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture Japan
2006
Source: Mainichi Daily News (Tokyo) 10/9/06
Note:
Kiyoshi Sawada
Gifu, Japan
2004
Source: Mainichi Daily News 3/17/04
Note: stabbed
Fumio Sanmi
Hyogo, Japan
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Tateo Kato
Nagakute, Japan
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Mikio Maeno
Nagoya, Japan
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Tsugio Abe
Nigata, Japan
2009
Source: Manichi Daily News 11/17/2009
Note:
Masayuki Sato
Oita, Japan
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Kimio Yamada
Osaka, Japan
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Yusuke Yamaguchi
Tokyo, Japan
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Takeo Saito
Tokyo, Japan
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Michinori Masaki
Tokyo, Japan
2003
Source: Mainichi Shimbun NewsWire, August 13, 2003
Note:
Kazuo Shimoda
Tottori, Japan
2009
Source: Manichi Daily News 7/18/09
Note:
Masaaki Takahashi
Yokosuka, Japan
2008
Source: Stars and Stripes 3/30/08, 4/4/08, 4/6/08; USA Today and AFP, both undated;
Note:
Zuhair Ishaq
Amman, Jordan
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
David Munga
Juja Town, Kenya
2004
Source: The Nation (Nairobi, Kenya) July 28, 2004
Note:
James Awiti
Kisumu Town, Kenya
2011
Source: Daily Nation (Kenya) 2/4/2011
Note: murder
Richard Omondi
Kisumu Town, Kenya
2011
Source: Daily Nation (Kenya) 2/4/2011
Note: murder
Patrick Kamau
Nairobi, Kenya
2006
Source: 98.4 Capitol FM (Nairobi) 9/21/06
Note: outskirts of Nairobi, a place called Uthiru
James Tanu Githuku
Nairobi, Kenya
2009
Source: Daily Nation, 9/3/2009
Note: among 13 serial killings and mutilations for ritual purposes
Peter Karanja
Nairobi, Kenya
2009
Source: Daily Nation, 9/3/2009
Note: among 13 serial killings and mutilations for ritual purposes
George Mburu Kiarie
Nairobi, Kenya
2009
Source: Daily Nation, 9/3/2009
Note: among 13 serial killings and mutilations for ritual purposes
Charles Mugo
Nairobi, Kenya
2009
Source: Daily Nation, 9/3/2009
Note: among 13 serial killings and mutilations for ritual purposes
William Gitonga
Nairobi, Kenya
2010
Source: Daily Nation (Nairobi) 3/15/2010 and others
Note:
Joseph Maina
Nairobi, Kenya
2010
Source: Daily Nation (Nairobi) 3/15/2010 and others
Note:
Gedeon Mbogo
Nairobi, Kenya
2010
Source: Daily Nation (Nairobi) 3/15/2010 and others
Note:
Mugweru James Mwangi
Nairobi, Kenya
2010
Source: Daily Nation (Nairobi) 3/15/2010 and others
Note:
George Nganga
Nairobi, Kenya
2010
Source: Daily Nation (Nairobi) 3/15/2010 and others
Note:
Joseph Ngugi
Nairobi, Kenya
2010
Source: Daily Nation (Nairobi) 3/15/2010 and others
Note:
Harry Thuku
Nairobi, Kenya
2010
Source: Daily Nation (Nairobi) 3/15/2010 and others
Note:
Rami Anis Abu Said
Beirut, Lebanon
2011
Source: Daily Star (Lebanon) 8/13/2011
Note:
Ahmad Ezzat Melhem
Lebanon
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Nazih Abdel-Latif
Lebanon
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Mustafa Abdel-Qader Salma
Lebanon
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Papa George
Monrovia, Liberia
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Francios Rakotonaivo
Ankaditapaka Androhibe, Madagascar
2007
Source: Le Express Mada 2/15/07 http://www.lexpressmada.com/display.php?p=display&id=5292
Note: found dead in a drain along the Analamahitsy - Nanisana road; location of death given here is his home town
Andry Sylver Andriamaholisoa
Tsimbazaza, Madagascar
2006
Source: L'Hebdo de Madagascar 8/13/06 http://www.hebdomada.com
Note:
Limbikani Shaba
Mwanza, Malawi
2007
Source: The Daily Times (Malawi) Nov. 9, 2007
Note:
K. Suresh Kumar
Kampung Lindungan, Bandar Sunwa Malaysia
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Amir Mohd Usdan
Sandakan, Borneo Malaysia
2006
Source: Daily Express (Sabah, Malaysia) 7/31/06; Borneo Bulletin (Brunei Darussalam, Borneo) 8/1/06;
Note:
Junaidi Saman
Sandakan, Kota Kinabalu Malaysia
2011
Source: The Malay Mail (Malaysia) 3/1/2011 and 3/5/2011
Note: murder and robbery; suspects killed by police
Wan
Bandar Puteri, Puchong Malaysia
2004
Source: The Star, Malaysia online 4/12/04
Note:
Haji Lahami Boko
Kampung Mangalinau, Sabah Malaysia
2005
Source: Daily Express, Sabah (Malaysia) 2/15/2005
Note:
Rashidi Wasli
Tawau, Sabah Malaysia
2005
Source: Daily Express (Sabah, Malaysia) Nov. 22, 2005
Note:
Chee Wee Hong
Bandar Kinrara, Malaysia
2006
Source: Electric New Paper (Singapore) 9/7/2006
Note: near Kuala Lampur; "about midnight Sunday"
Abdul Kadir Rasaki
Kota Kinabulu, Malaysia
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Khairuddin Mohammad
Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
2009
Source: The Star (Kuala Lampur) 12/14/2009
Note: jumped from car while being abducted
Eit Tong Lim
Kuala Selangor, Malaysia
2005
Source: The Star (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 4/26/05
Note: aka Lin Ah Koi
Ismail Ali
Nilai, Malaysia
2003
Source: The Star Online, Malaysia, 11/6/03
Note: Throat cut
Chin Foo Wong
Paduraya, Malaysia
2005
Source: The Star (Kuala Lampur) 6/28/05
Note: stabbed, arrest made
Kun Chang Wong
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
2008
Source: New Straits Times 11/18/08
Note:
Chee Leung Wong
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
2011
Source: TheStarOnline 6/18/11
Note:
Lee Tian Tong
Senai, Malaysia
2004
Source: The Star, Malaysia 4/18/04 online
Note:
Koi Phen Chan
Sungai Pinang, Malaysia
2010
Source: Malay Mail 10/24/2010
Note: thrown stone hit "pirate" taxi driver in the head
Fatimah Saung
Tingkayu, Malaysia
2006
Source: Daily Express (Sabah, Malaysia) 5/29/06
Note: apparent carjacking and murder; pirate taxi, woman driver
Alfred Cucciardi
Ta' Xbiex, Malta
1988
Source: Times of Malta http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=188079
Note: one of two killed by the same assailants, place in Malta is a best guess
Alfred Darmanin
Valleta, Malta
1988
Source: Times of Malta at http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=188079
Note: one of two drivers killed by same assailants; Valleta is a best guess
Alfonso Vargas Garcia
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua Mexico
2005
Source: El Diaro per Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources October 2005
Note:
Luis Banda Medina
Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico
2003
Source: Karl Weiszhaar Internet news search August 2005; http://srv2.vanguardia.com.mx/hub.cfm/FuseAction.Detalle/Nota.476314/SecID.35/index.sal
Note: possibly involved in taxi-related drug trade at time of death
Jorge Alberto Membreno Rivas
Torreon, Coahuila Mexico
2004
Source: http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/local/seccion/policiaca/nID/29708/ per Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources 6/04
Note: cab apparently set on fire, driver shot in face
Uriel Jimenez Elizalde
Mexico City, D.F. Mexico
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish language news sources on the web, August 2004
Note: arrests and convictions; location was Ex Hipodromo de Peralvillo;
Juan Fernando Romo Aranda
Cuidad Lerdo, Durango Mexico
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Jorge Alberto Vazquez Serrato
Gomez Palacio, Durango Mexico
2007
Source: KTEN-TV Channel 10 (Ada, Oklahoma) 1/15/07; El Siglo de Durango per Karl Weiszhaar;
Note: killed along with two others when a political leader was assasinated in his home...unclear what the taxi driver's role was, but the politician was involved with a taxi union; previously identified as Jorge Marquez;
Jose Refuge
Leon, Guanajuato Mexico
2004
Source: Online a.m. Leon (http://www.am.com.mx/nota.asp?ID=30755) 3/15/04
Note: blows to the head
Ignacio Cortes
Penjamo, Guanajuato Mexico
2004
Source: http://www.am.com.mx/lapiedad/nota.asp?ID=24677
Note: possible crime of passion involving a "mess of skirts"
Vincente Hernandez
San Luis de la Paz, Guanajuato Mexico
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources March 2008
Note:
Silvino Rodriguez Penalosa
Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero Mexico
2005
Source: http://estadis.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/59193.html per Karl Weiszhaar 11/2005
Note: shot twice in head
Victor Mauel Lopez Ortega
Tecpan de Galeana, Guerrero Mexico
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language news sources on the Internet, February 2007
Note:
Lesly Garcia
Tuxtla, Gutierrez Mexico
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Gilberto Jimenez
Tuxtla, Gutierrez Mexico
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Gerardo Eufemio Sosa Alvarez
Morelia, Michoacan Mexico
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources October 2005
Note: second in one day, same town
Raul Correa Cervantes
Morelia, Michoacan Mexico
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources 10/05
Note:
Rafael Alberto Murillo Izazaga
Tacambaro, Michoacan Mexico
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar news search of Internet, Oct. 23, 2005
Note:
Josue Figueroa Perez
Ziracuaretiro, Michoacan Mexico
2006
Source: http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=268765
Note: apparent execution
Saulo Malaquias Solis
Puente de Ixtla, Morelos Mexico
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Esteban Almaraz Flores
Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca Mexico
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish language news sources on the web, Summer 2004
Note:
Heraclio Chavez Mitra
San Pedro Mixtepec, Oaxaca Mexico
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar review of Spanish-language media July 2007
Note:
Guillermo Santos Martinez
Santa Maria, Oaxaca Mexico
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Faustino Lopez Hernandez
Tlacolula, Oaxaca Mexico
2006
Source: http://www.oloramitierra.com [Per Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources June 2006]
Note:
Armin Yah Uh
Cancun, Quintana Mexico
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of internet news sources 1/2007
Note: date is 12/30 or 12/31; possibly slain by wife or other family; beaten to death in his taxi;
Cirilo Herrera Virgen
Cordoba, Vera Cruz Mexico
2004
Source: http://www.eldictamen.com.mx/1a.asp?idn=17301
Note:
Jacinto Martinez Santiago
Coacolta, Veracruz Mexico
2006
Source: http://www.diariodelistmo.com/istmo_nivel3.php?id_noticia=58430
Note: recently elected taxi union leader stabbed to death driving his taxi
Victor Cordoba Leonardo
Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language 2/11/08
Note:
Fernando Nieves
Acapulco, Mexico
2006
Source: http://www.notiver.com.mx/index.php?id=16332
Note:
Jonathan Couttelec Suarez
Acapulco, Mexico
2006
Source: http://www.aca-novenet.com.mx/portada/100306/09DOSMAS.html
Note: report is from Acapulco, unclear if that is the location of the crime; shot 14 times
Juan Orona Ramos
Durango, Mexico
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language 2/11/08
Note:
Juan Cobix Velasco
Jesus Carranza, Mexico
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar review of Spanish-language media July 2007
Note:
Ricardo Armenta Lara
Jiutepec, Mexico
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language news sources, Sept and Oct 2005;
Note:
Guadalupe Ibarra
Mexicali, Mexico
2010
Source: KSWT (Yuma) 12/14/2010
Note:
Efren Dias Salas
Puebla, Mexico
2004
Source: El Sol, Puebla Mexico (online) 3/31/04
Note: robbed and stabbed by a passenger, died a few days later
Adan Sotelo Ortiz
Puente de Ixtla, Mexico
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Diego Gomez
San Cristobal de las Casa, Mexico
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Juan Trejo Chavez
San Luis Potosi, Mexico
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language news sources on the Internet, February 2007
Note:
Silvia Ramon Valdez
Tobasco, Mexico
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language Internet news sources, Sept and Oct 2005
Note: woman driver
Adalberto Lagunes Amador
Veracruz, Mexico
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of internet news sources October 2005
Note: killed during a robbery
John O’Hara
Belfast, N. Ireland
1991
Source: https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/astonishing-list-of-failures-around-investigation-into-loyalist-murder-of-taxi-driver-revealed-5IWH57ZPRFHCLIQ4TEVMDZR4TM/
Note: taxi driver slain
Elifas Nankudi
Windhoek, Namibia
2004
Source: The Namibian (Windhoek) 12/4/06
Note: policeman jailed for road-rage murder
Fillemon Ndeshipanda Amadhila
Windhoek, Namibia
2004
Source: The Namibian, August 28, 2009
Note:
Isakar Hango
Windhoek, Namibia
2007
Source: The Namibian (Windhoek) 2/8/2007
Note: on road to Daan Viljoin, shot by customer
Alfons Rijatua
Windhoek, Namibia
2010
Source: The Namibian Sept. 1, 2010
Note:
Balram Shrestha
Dulegaunda Bazaar, Tanahun Nepal
2006
Source: The Himalayan Times (Katmandu) 2/27/06
Note: shot by Maoists
Meg Bahadur
Kathmandu, Nepal
2009
Source: myrepublica.com 12/11/2009
Note: location is Narephant of Bhaktapur, presumably a neighborhood of Kathmandu
Chunamani Thapa Magar
Koteshwor, Nepal
2006
Source: Kantipur Online 9/5/06 at http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=85153;
Note: stabbed in apparent robbery
Jitendra Shrestha
Lalitpur, Nepal
2006
Source: Nepaleyes (Katmandu) February 6 and 7, 2006
Note:
Gerard Denz
Rotterdam, Netherlands
2004
Source: Expatica online, Mar 4, 2004
Note: shot in the head in the Nieuwe Westen
Harry Garwood
Delaware Township, Camden New Jersey
1921
Source: NY Times 6/20/1922
Note: jitney driver
Hiren Mohini
Aukland, New Zealand
2010
Source: nzherald.co.nz on Feb 1, Feb 27, and March 5, 2010
Note:
Abdul Rahman Ikhtiari
Christchurch, New Zealand
2008
Source: OneNews - tvnz.co.nz 12/6/08
Note:
Peter Banham
Nelson, New Zealand
1963
Source: www.stuff.co.nz 2/22/2013
Note:
Paul Anthony Ellis
Wellington, New Zealand
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Mohamed Fuard
Wellington, New Zealand
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Milton Jose Quezada Antequera
El Viejo, Chinandega Nicaragua
2006
Source: http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2006/03/15/nacionales/14968 per Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources June 2006
Note: driver and 13-year old killed possibly because they witnessed an execution
Juan Angel Urbina Conde
Managua, Nicaragua
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar 10/05 search of Spanis-language news sources on the Internet
Note:
Marvin Manuel Cruz Rivas
Managua, Nicaragua
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar Internet news search Oct. 8, 2005
Note: possibly near Managua
Moises Antonio Espinoza Rodriquez
Managua, Nicaragua
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar Internet news search August 2005; http://www.laprensa.com.ni/cronologico/2005/agosto/10/sucesos/sucesos-20050810-02.html
Note: previously identified as Moises Espinoza
Angel Arnoldo Morales Cruz
Managua, Nicaraugua
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet sources, http://www.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2005/septiembre/21/sucesos/sucesos-20050921-07.html
Note: possibly not Managua
Paul Ojo
Abuja, Nigeria
2005
Source: Vanguard (Nigeria) 10/30/2010
Note: 2010 death sentence for police corporal for robbery and murder
Umar Rabiu
Lagos, Nigeria
2010
Source: Business Day (Lagos) 4/20/10
Note:
James Ocheja
Warri, Nigeria
2011
Source: Vanguard online edition (Nigeria) 2/22/2011
Note: murder, desecration by riualists
David Dada Umoro
Nigeria
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Michael McGoldrick
Aghagallon, Northern Ireland
1996
Source: UK News Electronic Telegraph 7/24/96 by Toby Harnden (on disk #1);
Note: political murder; "dial-a-Catholic"; caller gave same name as used in killing of Catholic taxi driver six years earlier (see #992); killing may disrupt peace talks due to violation of cease-fire; suspects' group affiliated with Progressive Unionist Party
William Aikin
Belfast, Northern Ireland
1990
Source: The Times (London) 10/24/90
Note: IRA killed driver alleged to be loyalist
Larry Brennan
Belfast, Northern Ireland
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
John McColgan
Belfast, Northern Ireland
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Trevor Kell
Belfast, Northern Ireland
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Edward Burns
Belfast, Northern Ireland
2007
Source: IrishTimes.com 12/10/2010
Note:
Barney McDonald
Donaghmore, Northern Ireland
2002
Source: BBC, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1939878.stm ; http://wwa.rte.ie/news/2002/0418/Tyrone.html
Note: likely a sectarian killing
Martin Byrne
Northern Ireland
1990
Source: UK News Electronic Telegraph 7/24/96 by Toby Harnden (with case #991 on disk #1);
Note: see case #991; "dial-a-Catholic" political murder by Ulster Volunteer Force; year is approximate, "six years ago" from 7/96;
Ulf Braathen
Oslo, Norway
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Thomas Knutsen
Oslo, Norway
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Afzal Ahmed
Oslo, Norway
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Saqib Ghani
Oslo, Norway
2004
Source: www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article847256.ece
Note:
Taher Hamidi
Stavanger, Norway
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Bakhtpur
Bahtkela Bazaar, Makakand Pakistan
2011
Source: The International News (Pakistan) 3/7/2011
Note:
Raja Nadeem Ahmed
Shehhzad, Rawalpindi Pakistan
2007
Source: Daily Times (Lahore) 2/20/07
Note: a month ago, from February 20
Khan Mati
Angoor Ada, South Waziristan Pakistan
2006
Source: Daily Times (Lahore) 4/27/06
Note: beheaded as alleged US spy; not clear if taxi was directly involved; second cab driver slain for same reason;
Bilal
Wana, South Waziristan Pakistan
2006
Source: Daily Times (Lahore) 3/28/06
Note: Killer executed one month after crime, trial by local sharia council, car theft was motive
Kalay Khan
Awami Colony, Pakistan
2010
Source: The International News 7/13/2010
Note: passenger was apparent target
Jamshaid Khan
Bhubar, Pakistan
1988
Source: Gulf News (Dubai, UAE) 5/28/06; DailyIndia.com 10/17/2006;
Note: Pakistani with British citizenship faces execution in 2006 for murder "18 years ago." The dead man's family refused a "blood money" settlement.
Riasat
Chuttiana, Pakistan
2008
Source: The Post (Lahore) approx 9/7/08
Note:
Syed Qazim Shah
Gulshan Kashmir, Pakistan
2009
Source: Daily Times (Pakistan) 1/25/09
Note:
Mohammad Ayub
Hangu, Pakistan
2005
Source: Daily Times, Lahore, Pakistan 5/25/2005
Note: two executed by tribal leaders in Hangu for murder "two weeks ago."
Khalid Pervez
Islamabad, Pakistan
2007
Source: Pakistan Daily Times (Lahore) 9/21/07
Note:
Aamer Ahmad
Islamabad, Pakistan
2008
Source: Daily Times (Islamabad) 12/17/08
Note:
Muzammal Ahmed Abbasi
Islamabad, Pakistan
2009
Source: The International News 8/9/09 [Pakistan]
Note:
Zahid Mahmood
Kasur, Pakistan
2007
Source: The Post (Pakistan) 10/23/07
Note:
Hameed
Lahore, Pakistan
2007
Source: Daily Times (Lahore) 8/30/07
Note:
Khurram Shazad
Lahore, Pakistan
2011
Source: Daily Times (Pakistan) 2/1/2011
Note: murder
Aslam Masih
Lahore, Pakistan
2011
Source: The International News (Pakistan) 4/18/11
Note:
Muhammad Ashfaq
Manshera, Pakistan
2011
Source: Express Tribune (with the International Herald Tribune) 7/10/11
Note:
Fazal Amin
Mingora, Pakistan
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Muhammad Shakeel
Murree, Pakistan
2010
Source: The Express Tribune (with The International Herald Tribune) 11-30-2010
Note:
Amir Shehzad
Rawal Lake, Pakistan
2010
Source: The Express Tribune (with The International Herald Tribune) 11-11-2010
Note:
Muhammad Arif
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
2011
Source: The Express Tribune 4/16/2011
Note:
Muhammad Nadeem
Sabzi Mandi, Pakistan
2006
Source: Daily Times (Lahore) 4/24/06
Note: unclear if Sabzi Mandi is town, neighborhood or state
Sikandar Hayat
Shahdara Town, Pakistan
2005
Source: Daily Times (Pakistan) 4/25/05
Note:
Lal Muhammad
Takhtbhai, Pakistan
2009
Source: The International News (Pakistan) 3/7/2009
Note:
Mario Figueroa
Aguadulce, Panama
2005
Source: http://www.prensa.com/hoy/nacionales/373416.html per Karl Weiszhaar search 10/23/05
Note:
Elio Cesar Victoria Ibarra
Cabra, Panama
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Carlos Rodriguez
Panama City, Panama
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish language news sources on the web, August 2004
Note: third taxi driver slain in Panama City this year
Heriberto Jimenez Samaniego
Rio Hato, Panama
2006
Source: http://www.prensa.com/hoy/nacionales/464110.html per Karl Weiszhaar 1/2006;
Note:
Richard Mojica Moreno
Tocumen, Panama
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Luis Carlos Garcia
Salto del Guaira, Canindeyu Paraguay
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources March 2008
Note:
Carlos Villagra Lovera
Asuncion, Paraguay
2002
Source: Unspecified news item found on the internet by Karl Weiszhaar 5/04
Note: robbed and shot in head
Guillermo Barrios Bogado
Asuncion, Paraguay
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources Sept 2005, http://www.abc.com.py/articulos.php?fec=2005-09-24&pid=206412&sec=6
Note: multiple stab wounds, protest over government mismanagement of public safety followed his murder; photo
Hugo Julian Estigarribia Parades
Curuguaty, Paraguay
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources 2004; ABC Digital (Asuncion, Paraguay) June 21, 2004 at http://www.abc.com.py/articulos.php?fec=2004-06-21&pid=117788&sec=6
Note: beheaded, apparently in a carjacking by marijuana traffickers
Julio Enrique Perez Quispe
Puno, Peru
2004
Source: Los Andes, http://www.losandes.com.pe/ampliacion.php?seccion=2¬icia=173
Note: one of at least six killed by a gang that stole their cabs for resale; age 58
Pedro Quispe Calsina
Puno, Peru
2004
Source: Los Andes, http://www.losandes.com.pe/ampliacion.php?seccion=2¬icia=173
Note: one of at least six killed by a gang that stole their cabs for resale
Juan Sacarias Callata Mamani
Puno, Peru
2005
Source: Los Andes, http://www.losandes.com.pe/ampliacion.php?seccion=2¬icia=173
Note: one of at least six killed by a gang that stole cabs for resale
Santiago Villegas
Lima, Peru
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar seach of internet news sources May 2004
Note: robbery; Jesus Ramos Munares accused; no date given
Walter Navarro Maravi
Lima, Peru
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language Internet news sources January 2007
Note: stabbed while trying to fight off theft of his cab
Guillermo Richard Zarate
Lima, Peru
2007
Source: Living in Peru (Lima) March 5, 2007
Note:
Luis Laura Aponte
Lima, Peru
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Saul Romero Gordillo
Magdalena de Cao, Peru
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources September 2005
Note:
Jose Manzano Cisneros
Moquequa, Peru
2005
Source: http://www.elcomercioperu.com.pe/EdicionImpresa/Html/2005-10-17/impNacional0387456.html per Karl Weiszhaar search 10/23/05
Note:
Freddy Benito Mamani Chayna
Puno, Peru
2005
Source: Los Andes, http://www.losandes.com.pe/ampliacion.php?seccion=2¬icia=173
Note: one of at least six killed by a gang that stole their cabs for resale; Puno is state name
Elmer Condori
Tacna, Peru
2004
Source: http://www.cnr.org.pe/cfm/articulo.cfm?ID=10227
Note: one of two slain within a few days in Tacna
Benjamin Eduardo Cochi Casafranca
Village el Salvador, Peru
2004
Source: http://www.24horas.com.pe/noticia.php?id=20040106025#
Note: shot
Niel Losa
Barangay Palaypay, Anilao, Iloilo Philippines
2007
Source: Sun-Star (Philippines) 8/27/07
Note:
Ferdinand Buhion
Sitio Macanhan, Barangay Carmen Philippines
2007
Source: Sun Star (Phillipines) 8/15/07
Note:
Asterio Burton
Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu Philippines
2008
Source: Cebu Daily News 5/18/2008
Note: moonlighting police officer
Serafin Gesta
Maclan International Airport, Cebu Philippines
2009
Source: Cebu Daily News on Inquirer.net 1/9/09
Note: illegal driver shot by security guard
Felix Centino
Tigbahuan, Iloilo Philippines
2010
Source: News Today (Iloilo City) 8/30/2010
Note:
Rico Magbanua
Bacolod City, Philippines
2006
Source: The Visayan Daily Star (Bacolod City) June 26, 2006
Note:
Ivan Saludar
Bacolod City, Philippines
2008
Source: Visayan Daily Star 4/26/2008
Note:
Marvin Mahilum
Bacolod City, Philippines
2011
Source: Daily Star 10/28/11
Note:
Paterno Collado
Baguio City, Philippines
2009
Source: ABS-CBN News online 1/27/09
Note:
Roweno Ocliasa
Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
2011
Source: Sun Star 3-12-2011
Note: murder
Robert Mendoza
Caloocan City, Philippines
2008
Source: PhilStar.com 11/30/08
Note:
Andy Dionisio
Cebu, Philippines
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Edgar Lim
Cebu City, Philippines
2008
Source: Cebu Daily News 6/17/08
Note: Barangay Village, Capitol Site
Nicanor Ombao Panugaling
Cebu City, Philippines
2008
Source: Sun-Star online (Cebu) 8/5/08
Note:
Gregorio Presores
Cebu City, Philippines
2009
Source: Cebu Daily News 3/13/2009
Note:
Victor Aballe
Cebu City, Philippines
2009
Source: Inquirer.com 3/18 and 3/19/2009
Note: first day on the job
Roel Aguilo Sagot
Cebu City, Philippines
2010
Source: Inquirer.net 2/6/2010
Note:
Aguinaldo Lorono
Cebu City, Philippines
2011
Source: Cebu Daily News 10/17/11
Note:
Sonny Elairon
Dasmarinas, Philippines
2008
Source: www.gmanews.tv 7/15/08
Note:
Samuel Yanco
Davao, Philippines
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Loreto Gelbero
Davao City, Philippines
1994
Source: Sun Star (Davao City) 5/21/05
Note: robbery and murder
Russel Chatto
Davao City, Philippines
2002
Source: Sun-Star (Davao, Philippines) March 08, 2005
Note: police officer sentenced to death for murder, later appealed
Felisio Mallas
Davao City, Philippines
2007
Source: Sun Star (Philippines) 7/13/07
Note:
Cristito Cruz
Illoilo City, Philippines
2008
Source: Sun-Star (Illoilo) 3/7/2008
Note:
Jurimon Juridico
Iloilo City, Philippines
2010
Source: NewsToday (Iloilo City) 10/5/2010
Note:
Nolan Tupas
La Paz, Philippines
2010
Source: News Today (Iloilo City) 1/4/2010
Note:
Felix Dequio Cinco
Labangon, Cebu City, Philippines
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Biltran Sterling
Lapu Lapu City, Philippines
2011
Source: Inquirer News (Makati City, Philippines) 5/30/11
Note:
Romulo Magdusal
Lapu Lapu City, Philippines
2011
Source: Sun Star (Cebu) 7/2/11
Note:
Carlito Singson
Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
2009
Source: Inquirer.net (Cebu) 3/12/09
Note:
Ernesto Dugoy
Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
2010
Source: Inquirer.net (Cebu City) 10/25/2010
Note:
Mario Obanos
Liloan, Philippines
2005
Source: The Freeman, Cebu (Philippines) 8/24/05
Note:
Leopoldo Rubie
Makati City, Philippines
2005
Source: Balita (online news service, Philippines);
Note:
Jovencio Oracion
Mandaue, Philippines
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Eladio D. Dupalco
Manila, Philippines
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Priel Salvadico
Manila, Philippines
2009
Source: Tempo (Manila) 10/13/2009
Note:
Wilfredo Duca
Manila, Philippines
2010
Source: Inquirer.net 2/28/2010
Note:
Francisco Nepacina
Manila, Philippines
2011
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer 3/29/2011 (Inquirer.net)
Note: robbery and murder
Rene Adagulo
Manila, Philippines
2011
Source: journal.com.ph 11/15/11
Note:
Jorge Mangote
Marikina City, Philippines
2004
Source: Alex Macabata, Secretary General of PILTOP, Inc, Manila owner and driver association, email of 10/2004
Note:
Alberto Dinobo Jr.
Muntinlupa City, Philippines
2006
Source: Tempo (Manila) 3/6/06
Note: Alabang Hills Village, Cupang, Muntinlupa City
Cesar Diverson
Navotas City, Philippines
2010
Source: ABS-CBNnews.com 9/17/2010
Note:
Manuel Austria, Jr.
Quezon City, Philippines
2004
Source: Manila Star 11/24/2004
Note:
Marcelino Sibay
Quezon City, Philippines
2006
Source: Tempo 4/20/2006 Manila
Note:
Ernesto Aparecio
Quezon City, Philippines
2007
Source: Inquirer (Philippines) 9/25/07
Note:
Abdulmanan Tabing
Quezon City, Philippines
2007
Source: Tempo (Manila) 12/11/07
Note:
Miguel Buan
Quezon City, Philippines
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Efren Montalla
Quezon City, Philippines
2008
Source: abs-cbnnews.com 11/28/2008
Note:
Carlito Roncales
Quezon City, Philippines
2010
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer (Inquirer.net) 1/16/2010
Note:
Edgardo Salvador
Quezon City, Philippines
2010
Source: Enquirer.net (Manila) 6/2/10
Note:
William Herrera
Quezon City, Philippines
2010
Source: Enquirer.net (Manila) 6/15/10
Note:
Eduardo Aresta
Quezon City, Philippines
2010
Source: ABS-CBNNews.com 10/9/2010
Note:
Osmundo Rosauro
Quezon City, Philippines
2010
Source: Journal Online, undated clip December 2010
Note:
Emmanuel Slapno
Quezon City, Philippines
2011
Source: Journal Online (www.journal.com.ph) 6/23/11
Note:
Constancio Julatan
Quezon City, Philippines
2011
Source: Journal Online (www.journal.com.ph) 6/23/11
Note:
Constantino Garcia
Quezon City, Philippines
2011
Source: Tempo, 12/28/11
Note:
Alberto Leones
Talisay City, Philippines
2010
Source: Visayan Daily Star (Bacolod City) 11/16/2010
Note:
Rudy Cuenca
Valenzuela City, Philippines
2008
Source: abs-cbnnews.com 11/28/2008
Note:
Alex Juntilla
Philippines
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Danny Ortiz Jeremias
Carolina, Puerto Rico
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar Internet news search Oct. 8, 2005
Note:
Angel Melendez
San Juan Airport, Puerto Rico
2009
Source: AP news article 2/2/2010
Note: shot by another cab driver at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport
Swee Hong Yuen
Jilan Selimang, Sembawang Republic of Singapore
2009
Source: Today 9/21/11
Note:
Lim See Kiat
Kuching, Republic of Singapore
2010
Source: AsiaOneNews 2/17/2010
Note:
Lee Kok Yin
Singapore, Republic of Singapore
1995
Source: UPI news item 1/8/97
Note: killer sentenced to death by hanging
Huay Dee Ong
Singapore, Republic of Singapore
2000
Source: Electric New Paper (Singapore) 8/1/06
Note:
Koh Ngiap Yong
Singapore, Republic of Singapore
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Oei Ah Kow
Singapore, Republic of Singapore
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Yang Joo Lee
Singapore, Republic of Singapore
2002
Source: The Electric New Paper (Singapore) 5/21/2007; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: using Lee as last name
Choon Fang Lim
Singapore, Republic of Singapore
2004
Source: The Electric New Paper (Singapore) 5/21/2007
Note:
Choon Sang Lim
Singapore, Republic of Singapore
2004
Source: Straits Times 10/1/04
Note: woman driver worked nights, husband drove days
Chin Joon Toon
Singapore, Republic of Singapore
2007
Source: The Electric New Paper (Singapore) 5/21/2007
Note: using Toon as last name
Source: Interfax (Moscow) Dec. 14, 2006
Note: driver's first name not reported; killed by a border guard who wanted his car; date uncertain
Chyngyz Supataev
Moscow, Russia
2011
Source: Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty (online) 1/14/2011
Note: murder
Ofisa Ofisa
Samoa
2009
Source: Radio New Zealand June 1, 2009
Note: name is correct, date in May unknown
Malik Muhammad Akram Tahir
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1997
Source: Arab News (Jeddah) 6/29/05
Note: relatives paid SR200,000 blood money for release of one of the killers eight years after the murder; possibly not in Jeddah; Pakistani driver
Abdusattar Ali
Saudi Arabia
2007
Source: Gulf News (Dubai) 4/2/07
Note: date and location unknown, killer executed April 2007
Mohammed Adam Jamee
Saudi Arabia
2007
Source: Jerusalem Post 3/25/07
Note: unknown date, killer executed in March 2007
Mark Ward
Dundee, Scotland
2022
Source:
Note: taxi driver slain
Ebrahim Aryaie Nekoo
Edinburgh, Scotland
2012
Source: Edinburgh Evening News 3/26/13
Note: chased and run over by another cab driver
Mark Fitzsimmons
Greenock, Scotland
2008
Source: www.DailyRecord.co.uk 2/7/08
Note:
Andrew Tildesley
Inverclyde, Scotland
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
George Murdoch
Pitfodels (Aberdeen), Scotland
1983
Source: TheScotsman.com 2/5/04
Note:
Miroslav Maksic
Zrenjanin, Vojvodina Serbia
2008
Source: B-92 News http://www.b92.net 4/20/2008
Note:
M.E. Ndaba
Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
2004
Source: http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,94963,00.html
Note: shot by a passenger who later turned himself in
Moegamat Brand
Zwelitsha, Nyanga South Africa
2001
Source: Cape Times, Cape Town 4/21/04 online
Note: assailant tried in 2004 of numerous murders, etc.
Timhaka Frank Manzini
Bushbuckridge, South Africa
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Dingaane Caza
Cape Town, South Africa
2007
Source: Independent Online (SA) 6/28/07
Note:
Vuyisani Mtyhobile
Cape Town, South Africa
2007
Source: Cape Argus 8/3/07
Note: minibus taxi
Naresh Cara
Copesville, South Africa
2010
Source: The Witness 10/11/2010
Note:
Russel Heyns
Delft, South Africa
2004
Source: Cape Times 9/9/04
Note: killed by gunmen following a mechanical breakdown
Thabo Phuroe
Ficksburg, South Africa
2005
Source: News24.com (South Africa) at http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1687752,00.html
Note: found in the boot of the car, i.e. apparently not a minimbus taxi
Christopher Tswayi
Johannesberg, South Africa
2008
Source: Bloomberg Africa online 7/21/08
Note: slain outside his home in taxi-related dispute over corruption at cab ranks
Nceba Mati
King Williams Town, South Africa
2003
Source: Business Day, 11/21/03, http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1489239-6078-0,00.html
Note: Dimbaza near King Williams Town
Xolile Mbanyarhu
Kraaifontein, South Africa
2007
Source: Independent (SA) 7/4/07
Note:
Richard Dantjies
Nyanga, South Africa
2001
Source: IOL News 5/4/2004 - http://mini.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/nightmare-continues-for-those-left-behind-211980 - courtesy of Papa Thorn January 2016
Note:
Derrick Majozi
Pietmaritzburg, South Africa
2006
Source: The Times (South Africa) 11/27/07
Note:
Susanna Wolfaardt
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
2004
Source: The Herald Online 7/14/04 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Note:
Frans Ntlhou
Pretoria, South Africa
2004
Source: http://iafrica.com/news/sa/324753.htm
Note:
Sam Botha
Schauderville, South Africa
2002
Source: The Herald Online, Port Elizabeth SA 6/17/02
Note:
Moya Antonio Hernandez
San Brigida, Canary Islands Spain
2002
Source: Canarias Ahora 4/14/04 http://www.canariasahora.com; http://www.canarias7.es/impresa/articulo.cfm?Id=1245603;
Note: throat slit, cab doused with gasoline
Manuel Teran
Castilla, Castilla y Leon Spain
1992
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish language news sources on the web, August 2004
Note:
Joaquin Garcia
Almeria, Spain
2004
Source: 1/11/04 online editions of: Europa Press; El Mundo (Madrid); and La Verdad
Note:
Luis Perez Juarez
Barcelona, Spain
2002
Source: Europa Press, Madrid, 12/17/2003
Note:
Eduardo Robledo
Bilbao, Spain
2005
Source: The Independent (London) 12/16/05; ThinkSpain (Ondara, Spain) 12/12/05; eitb24 (Spain) 12/13/05;
Note:
Paulino Cobo Ortiz
Lloret de Mar, Spain
2002
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish language news sources on the web, August 2004
Note: killers convicted in 2004
Rafael Martinez Bernabe
Madrid, Spain
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Daniel Anibal Aguilera
Madrid, Spain
2007
Source: International Herald Tribune 10/20/2007
Note:
Francisco Martin
Puerto Real, Spain
1998
Source: http://www.diariodecadiz.com/diariodecadiz/articulo.asp?idart=1952831&idcat=821 per Karl Weiszhaar search 10/23/05
Note:
Manuel Albizu
San Sebastian, Spain
1976
Source: Le Figaro (International) June 12, 2006
Note:
Amador Guerrero Rodriguez
Sevilla, Spain
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish language news sources on the web, August 2004
Note:
Antonio Castell Velez
Valencia, Spain
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: Tenth driver slain that year? Possible incorrect year?
Jose Francisco Sirvent Lopez
Valencia, Spain
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Jose Francisco Sirvent
Valencia, Spain
2007
Source: Think Spain 11/16/07
Note:
Bradford Tweed
Morgan Heights, Canada Estate St. Kitts and Nevis
2010
Source: St. Ktts Nevis News 4/8/2010
Note:
Rafat Al-Hams
Rafah, Gaza State of Palestine
2004
Source: ABC News (Australia) 11/3/04;
Note: shot by Israeli troops
Mustafa Jubara
Beit Furik, West Bank State of Palestine
2004
Source: Amin (Palestine) 9/28/04
Note: shot through the window by an Israeli settler
Zakariya Daraghmeh
Al-Khalil, State of Palestine
2006
Source: Islamic Republic News Agency (Teheran) 5/5/06
Note: killed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint
Yasser Barakeh
Gaza, State of Palestine
2005
Source: AP story in MyrtleBeachOnline.com, October 10/6/05
Note: killed by gunmen objecting to a taxi drivers' protest roadblock
Kamal Musalem
Shilo, State of Palestine
2001
Source: AP NewsWire 8/16/01
Note: thrown rock caused fatal crash
Thulani Fakudze
Malandzela, Mliba Swaziland
2006
Source: Swazi Observer (Mbabane, Swaziland) 9/22/06
Note: Manzini taxi driver found mutilated a month after being abducted while driving his taxi
Lucky Nhlanhla Phakathi
Cinisweni, Shiselweni Swaziland
2003
Source: Swazi Observer (Mbabane) 11/27/06
Note:
Nhlanhla Simelane
Mbane, Swaziland
2007
Source: Swazi Observer (Mbane, Swaziland) 4/4/07
Note:
Naser Abdu
Stockholm, Sweden
2003
Source: Jan 2004 email from former Swedish driver Jonas, jokso@tiscali.se
Note: Shot by a drug addict
Jarmo Pistool
Sundsvall, Sweden
2002
Source: Jan 2004 email from former Swedish driver Jonas, jokso@tiscali.se
Note: Strangled with a rope by two Russian refugees outside town
Wael Hammoud
Jdeidat Yabous, Syria
2005
Source: Al-Jazeera 4/1/2005 at http://english.aljazeera.net
Note: Lebanese cab driver slain just inside Syrian border
Ying-tong Lee
Taichung, Taiwan
2009
Source: China Post 4/3/2009
Note:
Mohammed Bora
Dodoma, Tanzania
2008
Source: Tanzania Standard Newspapers (Dar es Salaam) 9/30/08
Note:
Ong Huay Dee
Bangkok, Thailand
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Charas Phusuwan
Bangkok, Thailand
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Kuan Pohkang
Bangkok, Thailand
2008
Source: Bangkok Post 8/4/08 and many other media worldwide
Note: student killer mimiced violence in Grand Theft Auto video game
Vimol Jaenprai
Phuket, Thailand
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Deoraj Bansraj
Chin Chin Village, Cunupia Trinidad and Tobago
2009
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express 2/17/2009 and 9/29/2009
Note: arrest made
Terrence Bowen
Petit Valley, Diego Martin Trinidad and Tobago
2004
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express July 4, 2004
Note:
Chandranath Maharaj
Mosquito Creek, La Romaine Trinidad and Tobago
1993
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express (found on web 4/6/05, article date uncertain);
Note: same suspects as in two other murders
Akida Nicholas
Rousillac, Trinidad and Tobago
2006
Source: Newsday (Port of Spain) Dec 11, 2006
Note: private hire driver, possibly killed elsewhere
Jason Collymore
Corinth Village, Ste Madeline Trinidad and Tobago
2007
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express 11/22/07
Note:
Margaret Constantine
Charuma Branch Road, Tabaquite Trinidad and Tobago
2008
Source: Newsday 9/5/2008
Note:
Quincy Gomez
Diamond Vale, West Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago
2008
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday 4/12/2008;
Note:
John Hollio
Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
2004
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday 2/23/04
Note:
Cagny Wynn
Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
2005
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express 6/30/05
Note: illegal private hire
Jeremiah Singh
Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
2005
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express 8/31/05
Note: multiple stab wounds to chest, skull crushed with 50-pound rock
Cassius Allum
Belmont, Trinidad and Tobago
2003
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express (Port of Spain) 7/20/05; Newsday 4/25/06;
Note: suspect freed in 2006
Timothy Brown
Belmont, Trinidad and Tobago
2006
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express (Port of Spain) 1/18/06
Note: drove through crossfire
Jerome Scipio
Belmont, Trinidad and Tobago
2006
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express (Port of Spain) 1/24/06
Note:
Rufus Raphael
Carenage, Trinidad and Tobago
2005
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express (Port of Spain) 6/20/05
Note:
Clifford Saxon
Cascade, Trinidad and Tobago
2005
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express (Port of Spain) October 12, 2005
Note:
Hilton Tracey
Caura, Trinidad and Tobago
2006
Source: Newsday (Trinidad and Tobago) 5/18/06
Note: bound and gagged, thrown over a precipice after apparent carjacking
Baldat Balgobin
Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
2004
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express 10/3/04
Note: found bound and slain in the trunk of his cab
Jason Thomas
Chaguanas Stand, Trinidad and Tobago
2010
Source: Trinidad Express Newspapers 8/25/2010
Note:
Winston Monderoy
D'Abadie, Trinidad and Tobago
2004
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express, 8/11/04; also Newsday
Note:
Roland Marshall
Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago
2004
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express 10/30/04 and 11/2/04; Newsday 10/30/04;
Note: stabbed 19 times, head bashed in;
Martin Williams
Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago
2004
Source: Trinidad & Tobago Express July 4, 2006
Note:
Bhola Gunness
Maracas Bay, Trinidad and Tobago
2005
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express 9/28/05
Note:
Anne Marie Judy Singh
Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago
2007
Source: Newsday (Trinidad) 3/12/07
Note:
Vikaram Sasenarine
Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago
2010
Source: Trinidad Express 7/29/2010
Note:
Rennie Dass
Moruga Main Road, Trinidad and Tobago
2010
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Guardian 9/1/2010
Note:
Abdullah Abdul-Wahid
Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago
2004
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express 8/18/04
Note: shot several times
Reynold Marshall
Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago
2009
Source: Newsday 1/25/2009
Note:
Owen Joseph
Palo Seco, Trinidad and Tobago
2010
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Guardian 6/24/2010
Note:
Oscar David
Petit Valley, Trinidad and Tobago
2009
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express Sept. 9, 2009
Note:
Elwyn Sampson
Port of Prince, Trinidad and Tobago
2001
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express 2/14 and 2/21 and 2/4/06; Newsday (Trinidad and Tobago) 7/28/04;
Note:
Rupert Carrington
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
2002
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express 5/6/2006
Note: suspect freed on a technicality; date in January 2002
Kofi Boateng
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
2009
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express November 20, 2009
Note:
Nigel Mohammed
Princes Town, Trinidad and Tobago
2011
Source: Guardian Media online (Trinidad and Tobago) 1/23/2011
Note: murder and theft of vehicle
Clarence Rampersadsingh
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
2007
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express October 22, 2007
Note:
Burton Riley
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
2010
Source: Trinidad Express Newspapers 10/16/2010
Note:
Gewan Bagwasitiar
Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago
2000
Source: Newsday, 12/18/2003, Trinidad and Tobago
Note: throat slit
Ruben Paul Jaskaran
Ste Madeleine, Trinidad and Tobago
1992
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express 4/5 and 4/8/05;
Note: same suspect as in 2 other murders; body found near Ste Madeleine pond;
Ramesh Seelochan
Tabaquite, Trinidad and Tobago
2002
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express 12/8/04
Note: trial of accused in December 2004
Lawrence Augustine
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Lambert Dookoo
Williamsville, Trinidad and Tobago
1993
Source: Trinidad and Tobago Express (found on web 4/6/05, article date uncertain);
Note: same suspects as in 2 other murders
Edip Aydn Gul
Diyarbakir, Turkey
2005
Source: Kurdish Info (Internet) Sept 28, 2005
Note: slain with passenger by police at Bismil, Kurdish militancy assumed
Kenan Onal
Istanbul, Turkey
2011
Source: Hurrieyet Daily News and Economic Review 2/2/2011
Note: murder
Fred Mugenyi
Masaka, Uganda
2009
Source: New Vision (Uganda) 10/4/2009; Daily Monitor (Uganda) 10/8/2009
Note: shot by police officer, who was charged with murder
Faisal Bagyeraki
Rutoto, Uganda
2004
Source: The Monitor, Kampala (online) 5/3/04
Note: shot by police at a roadblock, police charged with murder
Abdullah Habib Umar Khan
Al Qouz, Dubai United Arab Emirates
2006
Source: Khaleej Times (Dubai) 5/7/06
Note:
Mulazim Hussain Ghulam
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2000
Source: Gulf News 3/1/04, Dubai UAE
Note: one of 5 drivers poisoned by robber in suburbs of Abu Dhabi & Al Ain
Aidaz Gul Khan
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2000
Source: Gulf News, Dubai UAE 3/1/04
Note: 5 drivers poisoned in suburbs of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain by robber
Gul Shameer Khan
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2000
Source: Gulf News, Dubai UAE 3/1/04
Note: 5 drivers poisoned by robber in suburbs of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain
Khajir Khan Sawar Khan
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2000
Source: Gulf News, Dubai UAE 3/1/04
Note: 5 drivers poisoned in suburbs of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain June 21-July 4
Zarmulla Khan
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2000
Source: Gulf News, Dubai UAE 3/1/04
Note: one of 5 poisoned by robber in suburbs of Abu Dhabi & Al Ain
Mohammad Enamulhaq
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
2011
Source: The National (UAE) 6/12/11
Note:
Miguel Angel Perez
Montevideo, Uraguay
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish news sources on web, Summer 2004
Note: gunshot; not the person of the same name in Argentina in July 2004
Carlos Alberto Garcia
Montevideo, Uraguay
2009
Source: Latin American Herald Tribune 4/13/09
Note:
Regino Mateos
Montevideo, Uruguay
2007
Source: Prensa Latina (Havana) 1/8/07
Note:
Linton Shirey
Anniston, Alabama USA
2004
Source: CBS42.com 3/20/2009
Note: no month or date known, only 2004
Isaias Tovar-Murillo
Gainesville, Alabama USA
2015
Source: GainsesvilleTimes.com 3/17/2015
Note:
Name not reported
Huntsville, Alabama USA
1997
Source: Huntsville Times (Alabama) 12/5/97
Note:
James Dewey Cash
Kimberly (Jefferson County), Alabama USA
1978
Source: The Birmingham News 3/30/2004
Note: killer convicted of three murders; other killing a few hours later
Monroe Young Jackson (Young)
Mobile, Alabama USA
1948
Source: State appeal decision of 1950 upholding death penalty for killer - https://www.ravellaw.com/opinions/e22df30f4c25caa040db6a4570bd9c73 - 1/20/2017 email from his niece Robin
Note: 1754 Limerick Street, driver wore a Yellow Cab drivers' cap; niece says Young was his preferred name
William Foreman
Opelika, Alabama USA
2016
Source: OANow.com, Opelika, AL 10-19-2016 ; http://www.oanow.com/news/local/two-men-charged-with-capital-murder-of-opelika-taxi-owner/article_4acfba8e-26dd-11e7-b4bd-53f9a15c804a.html
Note:
Thomas Lawson
Anchorage, Alaska USA
1984
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: 1984-niosh-15
Jawed Ahmed
Anchorage, Alaska USA
1985
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Adam Henry Pipien
Anchorage, Alaska USA
1993
Source: Anchorage Daily News 5/14/93;
Note: fam=3
Richard Sandsness
Anchorage, Alaska USA
1993
Source: Anchorage Daily News 8/22/93 & 8/27/93;
Note: fam=2; not owner
Raymond Maser
Anchorage, Alaska USA
1994
Source: Hard Copy Transportation News Feb-Mar 1994;
Note:
Randy Stewart
Anchorage, Alaska USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Dean Marsh
Anchorage, Alaska USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Slobodan (Steve) Tadic
Anchorage, Alaska USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Sangkhom (Sam) Promdongloi
Barrow, Alaska USA
2004
Source: Anchorage Daily News 11/19/04;
Note: gunshot wound; 33-year old native of Thailand; medevaced to Anchorage hospital where he died;
Ju Young Joung
Bethel, Alaska USA
2006
Source: Anchorage Daily News 12/11-14/06;
Note:
Young Suk Chong
Bethel (Napakiak), Alaska USA
2012
Source: KTUU.com 2/2/12
Note:
Dale Baurick
Fairbanks, Alaska USA
1988
Source: Anchorage Daily News 9/19/2007
Note:
Michael Belknap
Fairbanks, Alaska USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jimmy Butron
Kodiak, Alaska USA
1997
Source: Associated Press 6/13/2013
Note:
Daniel Patrick Sheehan
Casa Grande, Arizona USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; email from his sister Susan April 2007;
Note:
John Lucas
Guadalupe, Arizona USA
2025
Source: https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/mcso-deputies-shooting-investigation-guadalupe-arizona/75-d85fb72f-f8e2-4034-8889-23bb79a01a0f
Note: Lyft driver slain
David Lacey
Phoenix, Arizona USA
1992
Source: http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special32/articles/0904CLee-ON.html (site on deathrow inmate convicted of the murder)
Note: Chad Allen Lee convicted (and executed?)
Diana Hale
Phoenix, Arizona USA
1994
Source: Arizona Republic 5/1/1994 per Google search results
Note: possible a day or two earlier, pay wall to article
Raoul Guevara
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Hunter Eugene Cruse
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2000
Source: Arizona Republic, Nov. 13, 2003
Note: article is about his son
Malcolm Gomes
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2000
Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix) August 3, 2007
Note: arrest made 13 years later
Rashid Ahmed
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Victor Hernandez
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Calvin Norman Coffelt
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Antonio Rojas
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jesus Manuel Rivero
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2003
Source: The Arizona Republic, Sept. 15, 2003
Note:
Valente Castro Valdes
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2004
Source: The Arizona Republic 3/27/04; NewsChannel 3 and azfamily.com 3/22/04
Note: shot through windshield by passenger's boyfriend
Ismael Arisa DeAlejandro
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2004
Source: Arizona Republic 12/18/04
Note: arrest in December
James Barker
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2004
Source: KPHO-Channel 5, Phoenix, 12/2/04; Fox 11 News, Tuscon, 12/2/04; name provided by driver Matt Dalby; KTAR.com 12/16/08
Note: guilty plea in 2008
Name not reported
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2005
Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix) 12/21/2005
Note: 22nd and Campbell
Jose Jesus Lopez-Guzman
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2010
Source: KPHO.com 6/12/2010
Note:
Brian Mann
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2010
Source: AZcentral.com 11/20/2010 and others
Note:
Svetoslav Yordanov
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2011
Source: MyFoxPhoenix.com 1/8/2011
Note:
William Bishop
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2013
Source: KTAR 12/29/13
Note: arrest made
Harold Treadwell
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2019
Source: See https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-great-grandfather-lyft-driver-killed-20190730-i5cwlqruzbc3nld4lgpvs7vumm-story.html
Note: Lyft driver slain
Samuel Webster
Phoenix, Arizona USA
2025
Source: https://www.azfamily.com/2025/01/23/phoenix-ride-share-rider-accused-running-over-killing-her-driver/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Arthur K. Cavell
Prescott, Arizona USA
1925
Source: Vernal Express 10/23/25 (Utah Digital newspapers) per Norman Beattie;
Note:
Andrew Carnavale
Scottsdale, Arizona USA
2015
Source: fox10phoenix.com 2/25/15, kpho.com 2/24/15
Note: driver beaten while aiding a woman passenger who was assaulted when she exited the cab, died 3 weeks later
Hilario Mendoza
Scottsdale, Arizona USA
2019
Source: See https://www.abc15.com/news/region-northeast-valley/scottsdale/cab-driver-killed-in-shooting-at-casino-arizona-suspect-in-custody
Note: taxi driver slain
Guillermo Sotelo
Somerton, Arizona USA
2018
Source: See https://www.kyma.com/news/body-found-on-highway-95-identified-as-missing-taxi-driver/775804982
Note: taxi driver slain
Kristina Howato
Tempe, Arizona USA
2019
Source: See https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/01/29/passenger-stabbed-his-pregnant-lyft-driver-death-stole-her-car-police-say/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Keith Riley
Tucson, Arizona USA
1992
Source: letters from Tucson PD and Steve Seamans (NFSHRO);
Note:
Troy A. Prather
Tucson, Arizona USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Timothy Royce
Tucson, Arizona USA
2008
Source: KVOA News 4 (Tucson) 3/8/08 and others
Note:
Paul Hill
Hot Springs, Arkansas USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Eddie Higgins
Little Rock, Arkansas USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Leroy Johnson
North Little Rock, Arkansas USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Daniel McDermott
Alameda, California USA
1990
Source: SF Chronicle 5/7/94; SF Examiner, Feb 1993 (poss. Feb 1994);
Note: killer shot 4 people in 1 hour
Earl William Brecher
Anaheim, California USA
1965
Source: daughter Maria via email in January 2004; HeyTrouble03@aol.com
Note: shot in head, .22 caliber, shot six times
Moriumi Shimomura
Anaheim, California USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Kenneth Ray Stout
Bakersfield, California USA
1992
Source: SF Chronicle Sept 1, 1992;
Note: juv boy also charged in assault against Yellow driver on July 7 in an alley and with murder of Manuel Moran of Bakersfield.
Manuel Antonio Arevalo
Baldwin Park, California USA
2004
Source: KABC-Channel 7, Los Angeles 11/17/04; Pasadena Star News;
Note: Mid-Valley Yellow Cab of La Puente; shot during an apparent carjacking;
George Aird
Box Canyon (Ventura), California USA
1974
Source: UPI report in Wilmington Morning Star-News (NC) 10-16-74
Note: horrific murder, ritual mutilation of body; press mostly about alleged frame-up of AIM activists; 1-year trial ended in acquittal
Miguel Reyes Morales
Boyle Heights, California USA
2007
Source: CBS Channel 2, Los Angeles 10/27/07
Note:
Andres Delamadrid
Boyle Heights, California USA
2008
Source: Los Angeles Times - Blogs - The Homicide Report 4/19/2008;
Note:
Derrick Earl Powell Jr.
East Palo Alto, California USA
2009
Source: Palo Alto Daily News [San Jose Mercury News] 7/7/09
Note:
Rodolfo Castaneda
El Monte, California USA
1995
Source: Pasadena Star News article about the November 2004 killing of Manuel Antonio Arevalo;
Note: shot in the head on Luder Road in El Monte;
Antonio Paz Gonzalez
El Sereno, California USA
2016
Source: LA Times 3-14-16
Note:
Jafar Barzanjy
Encanto, California USA
1992
Source: undated San Diego Tribune Jan 92;
Note: Driver upset over no-pay by dispatched customers; smashed windows of their car broken down elsewhere, later went back to address where he had left them off; killed there. Cabco dispatcher warned him not to go back. family=3
John Singh
Fresno, California USA
1992
Source: Fresno Bee 12/3/93
Note:
Jasbir Singh Chahal
Fresno, California USA
1994
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Eliseo Gonzales
Fresno, California USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Rumualdo Arreola Estrada
Fresno, California USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jose Jesus Martinez
Fresno, California USA
2009
Source: KSFN-TV (Fresno) 3/10/2009; FresnoBee.com 3/29/2011
Note: conviction in robbery and murder
Bernard Ngwanguma
Fullerton, California USA
2007
Source: Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA) 5/16/07
Note: attack was 5/6/07, caused coma, death a few days later
Eddy Nwanyanwu
Hawthorne, California USA
2014
Source: LA Times 2/19/2014
Note: arrest made; dispute out of cab at strip mall
Gerardo Jimenez
Hollywood, California USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Asfawosen Alemseged
Hollywood, California USA
2016
Source: LA Times 8/14/16; Santa Monica Observer 8/20/16 http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/08/20/news/suspect-arreste...;
Note: 76 gas station on the corner of Beachwood Drive and Franklin Avenue; reportedly attacked because the taxi fare was more than twice the Uber fare
Carlos Rafael Cuellar Cardona
Indio, California USA
2003
Source: The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA, September 9th, 2003; other articles; Indio Police Department press release 5/24/04; Desert Sun 4/9/2014
Note: previously entered as Carlos Cuellar; conviction in 2014
Andre Jamal Bayyan
Inglewood, California USA
2016
Source: http://www.laweekly.com/news/uber-driver-gunned-down-in-inglewood-6739537 ; http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Two-Uber-drivers-shot-and-killed-in-separate-6963326.php ; http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-police-investigate-fatal-shooting-uber-driver-inglewood-20160321-story.html
Note: Uber driver slain on duty; paper plates; bullet holes in the windshield
Mir Sadat Sahou
La Jolla, California USA
2011
Source: SignOn San Diego, 10/30/2011; 10News.com 10/3/11; others
Note:
Joe Womachka
Lakeport, California USA
2007
Source: Lake County Record-Bee (Lakeport, California) 6/30/07 and 4/10/2010
Note:
Edward Sweatt
Lancaster, California USA
2006
Source: Los Angeles Daily News 9/25/06; LA Daily News 1/18/07;
Note: arrests in September 2006
Jeno Zoltan Koncz
Long Beach, California USA
1991
Source: LA Times 7-19-91 by Eric Malnic p. B-3:1; LA Times 7-27-91;
Note: attacked while driving; arrest hours later; 3rd in 3 months; 4th in LA/Long Beach in 91 by my count 12/96;
Carlos Woll
Los Angeles, California USA
1981
Source: LA Herald Examiner, Monday September 198n;
Note: possibly occured after 1981; year is unknown, but article refers to other incident in 12/80; assoc has 200 members; related note of unknown origin refers to 2 Los Angeles cab slayings in 1969; fam=2
Taghi Khan-Khodavand
Los Angeles, California USA
1983
Source: LA Times 12/22/83 by Deborah Hastings;
Note: electronics student; cab company pres says driver's last dispatch order was screened according to safety procedure, gave apartment and phone number, called back by company to verify; fam=1;
Ami Fhima
Los Angeles, California USA
1989
Source: Taxi & Limousine Tribune May-June 1989; Los Angeles Times Jan 9, 1989 p. II-1:5 by Robt. W. Welkos (index);
Note: picked up two passengers from LAX; driver's body dumped in nearby suburb; family = 3; part-time driver; procession of cabs for memorial;
Stanley R. Kolsky
Los Angeles, California USA
1990
Source: personal reports; LA Times Magazine 12/6/92 by David Freed; LA Times 12/7/90 p. B-3:2 by Darrell Dawsey (index);
Note: $25,000 reward by cab company;
Titus Imaku
Los Angeles, California USA
1991
Source: LA Times 7-7-91; LA Times 5-4-91 p. B-3:1 by Charisse Jones; LA Times 5/21/91 p. B-1:2 by Marc Lacey (index);
Note: Last p/u 9 p.m. in Long Beach. Cab found a mile away from where body was found. Imaku found 11 p.m. in alley at 5500 block of South Gramercy Pl, but not killed there. Driver had family of 3, business degree, was attending school. Cabco has 750 drivers.
Christopher Nwankpele
Los Angeles, California USA
1991
Source: LA Times 7-7-91
Note: $150 stolen
Ume Onyeanusi
Los Angeles, California USA
1991
Source: LA Times 7-7-91 by Stephan Braun; 7-27-91 p. B-3:1 by George Ramos;
Note: found on sidewalk 1/2 block from cab; shot as he ran from several men trying to commandeer cab; arrests made 7/25; both are gang members; Berry arrested 5 times for felonies, but served only short time in county jail.
James Reavis
Los Angeles, California USA
1994
Source: Los Angeles Times c. 7/15/96 by Carla Rivera;
Note: shields mandatory from 1993; this was last killing as of 7/96;
James Reed
Los Angeles, California USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Martin Enrique Norman
Los Angeles, California USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jose Reyes Benitez
Los Angeles, California USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Andres Dominguez
Los Angeles, California USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Victor Henderson
Los Angeles, California USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
David Solorzano
Los Angeles, California USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Hak Choon Chun
Los Angeles, California USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Keum Sik Kim
Los Angeles, California USA
2001
Source: LAPD press release July 9 and August 8, 2001
Note:
Rosel Ramon Castro
Los Angeles, California USA
2002
Source: LAPD press release of 6/13/02
Note:
Pablo Vidal Montes
Los Angeles, California USA
2006
Source: KCAL-TV Channel 2 (Los Angeles) 1/16/06;
Note:
Name not reported
Los Angeles, California USA
2009
Source: KABC 3/9/09; LA Times 3/10/09 via Proquest
Note: Alameda and Tweedy in unincorporated area adjoining Watts in South Los Angeles
Name not reported
Los Angeles, California USA
2009
Source: KCAL 7/20/09
Note: more than two weeks before 7/20/09, southwest LA near 28th and Trinity Streets; died two weeks after attack
Name not reported
Los Angeles, California USA
2016
Source: NY Daily News 2/9/2016 ; nydn.us/20T2LSk
Note: Uber-branded car but “The 35-year-old victim was not an Uber driver...” ; possible unlicensed cab
Bulmaro Guerrero Martinez
Los Angeles, California USA
2016
Source: http://mynewsla.com 8/30/16
Note: unlicensed cab
Folesha Parker-Iverson
Los Angeles, California USA
2017
Source: http://ktla.com/2018/05/11/man-sentenced-to-life-for-south-l-a-hit-and-run-that-killed-uber-driver-critically-injured-passenger/
Note: Uber driver killed in hit-run wreck, other driver convicted of murder
Name not reported
Los Angeles, California USA
2017
Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-westlake-body-car-20170418-story.html
Note: Uber driver slain
Oganes Papazyan
Los Angeles, California USA
2019
Source: See https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/11/19/man-pleads-not-guilty-to-capital-murder-charged-in-fatal-stabbing-of-cab-driver/
Note: taxi driver slain
Mingzhi Zhu
Los Angeles, California USA
2021
Source: See https://southpasadenan.com/killed-in-shooting-south-pasadena-resident-husband-father/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Erasmo Amaral
Lynwood, California USA
2010
Source: KTLA.com 9/20/2010
Note:
Aaron Orozco Figueroa
Lynwood, California USA
2023
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-24/ride-share-driver-shot-dead-by-passenger-in-parking-lot
Note: Uber driver slain
Dean Barker
Merced, California USA
2015
Source: KFSN-TV Fresno 1/5/2015
Note: Mimi Lane
Daniel Garcia Huerta
Monterey, California USA
2013
Source: thecalifornian.com 5/2/2013
Note: Salinas driver slain in Monterey
Raquel Spohn Wehber
National City, California USA
2021
Source: See https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2021-07-08/police-id-uber-driver-raquel-spohn-wehber-stabbed-to-death-in-national-city-say-murder-suspect-is-teen-girl
Note: rideshare driver slain
Gene Allen Jorgensen
Oakland, California USA
1978
Source: Terrie Sloan (daughter of slain driver) email June 2005
Note: shot twice in head, once in shoulder; one of several during a time when a serial killer is reported to have been targeting Oakland cab drivers
Derrick Wadibia
Oakland, California USA
1994
Source: Oakland Tribune 6/1/94 by Harry Harris;
Note: 14 year old killed two men on same day; shield assumed due to Oakland law regarding shields at night;
Kon Fung
Oakland, California USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/patrick-fung-uber-driver-oakland-murder-little-saigon-suspects-arrested/
Note: Uber driver slain
Crystal Angelica Stahl
Palmdale, California USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Name not reported
Pasadena, California USA
1988
Source: Los Angeles Times (index) 5/9/88
Note:
Davinder Singh
Redwood City, California USA
2003
Source: San Jose Mercury News, 9/15/2003 by Patrick May; San Mateo Daily Call, 9/15/03; KGO-TV 9/?/03;
Note: possible hate crime; other drivers unhappy with police response; work slowdown; assailant was very drunk and "looking for trouble" according to an acquaintence who called for the cab; second passenger "Jamie" was witness but not arrested;
David Hayes
Richmond, California USA
1993
Source: Richmond PD bulletin; West County Times, undated; SF Examiner 6/20/93; UTW per Richard Koury;
Note: SF driver slain in midst of shield debate; no local family, estranged from family in England; ashes mailed to England; rumors about ignored help call, supposedly 2 males to TI, changed destination to Hilltop; cab #201; known as "Star"; many yrs exp
Munther Salman
Richmond, California USA
1999
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (Jan 26, 1999), pA24; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: 1700 block of Truman St, North Richmond
Gurpreet Singh
Richmond, California USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Gurpartap Singh
Richmond, California USA
2005
Source: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) 12/27/05
Note: El Cerritto cab
Musharaf Poswal
Richmond, California USA
2006
Source: Contra Costa Times 10/16/06; SF Chronicle 10/16/06
Note: San Francisco driver killed in his own car, which was parked directly behind the SF cab he drove and regularly parked in that location; Bayview at San Pablo
James Burrows
Riverside County, California USA
2005
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune 11/22/06
Note: died 12/21/05; shot on Sobobo Indian Reservation
Robert William Peters
Sacramento, California USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
James Walker
Sacramento, California USA
2010
Source: Sacramento Bee 10/20/2010 and others
Note:
Frank Charles Hardt
San Bernardino, California USA
1997
Source: San Francisco Examiner 3/19/97
Note: first night on the job
Ray Davis
San Diego, California USA
1962
Source: San Diego Reader https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2020/sep/14/stringers-oceanside-zodiac-murder/ and https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2020/mar/18/city-lights-was-zodiac-killer-san-diego/
Note: taxi driver slain; similarities to 1969 murder of Paul Stine by “zodiac” killer
Larry Hargis
San Diego, California USA
1970
Source: timesofsandiego.com/crime/2014/08/21/
Note: unsolved as of 2014
Howard Leonard
San Diego, California USA
1982
Source: https://www.kusi.com/cold-cases-with-ginger-jeffries-the-murder-of-cab-driver-howard-leonard-in-1982/
Note: taxi driver slain
Linda Sue Younger
San Diego, California USA
1986
Source: San Diego Union 8-19-91 by D. Weber; (S.D.?) Tribune July 30 and undated 1986 by James V. Grimaldi; (S.D.?) Times undated 1986 by Crocker Coulson;
Note: very similar to Kamrath slaying following month, prob same killer; killed by rear seat passenger;
Sharyn Kamrath
San Diego, California USA
1986
Source: San Diego Union 8-19-91, by D. Weber; (San Diego?) Tribune July 30, 1986 by James v. Grimaldi; (S.D.?) Times undated 1986 by Crocker Coulson;
Note: possibly forced out of cab, made to lie on ground, shot in back of neck; cab company says probably hailed; Kamrath lived in homeless shelter with 16 yr old daughter Yvonne; striking similarity to Younger slaying; died c 10 days later from blood clot;
Michael Anthony Carroll
San Diego, California USA
1989
Source: San Diego Union 8-18-91 by D. Weber; San Diego Tribune May 22 & 24, 1989; SD Union 5/25/89;
Note: shot outside after fleeing from robber in cab; died next day; driver lived a few blocks from where he was killed; round trip "beer run" from Bates Street; driver had female friend in cab with him at time;
Leonard Brumlow
San Diego, California USA
1990
Source: San Diego Union by Dick Weber 8-19-91; LA Times (San Diego edition) July 19, 1990; LA Times 7/16/90 by Nora Zamichow & Jeanette Avent;
Note: shot from outside cab after dropping
David Brown
San Diego, California USA
1991
Source: San Diego Union 8-19-91 by Dick Weber
Note: shot through driver's side window
Jackson Jones
San Diego, California USA
1992
Source: LA Times 6/8/92, article on grief of widow by H.G. Reza.; San Diego Union-Tribune 4-27-92;
Note: 30+ years experience; killed in early a.m.; found less than 1 hour later; 5th S.D. Driver slain since 1989, most recently a Coast driver on 12/23/91.
Abdinur Abulahi Dahir
San Diego, California USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Gaim Weldeghiorgis
San Diego, California USA
1998
Source: Union Tribune (San Diego, CA, USA) 10 August 1998
Note:
Sherman Jennings Jr.
San Diego, California USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jalaludin Hamrah
San Diego, California USA
2011
Source: SignOn San Diego, 10/30/2011
Note:
Earnest A. Pinataro
San Francisco, California USA
1947
Source: SF Chronicle, SF Examiner 11/19/56; SF Exam 11-9-56; SF Chron 11-24-47 p.1;
Note: 5 slain in 1 year, Bay Area and Sacramento; arrest in 1956; Dailey age 32, married, 5 kids, truck driver. SF cops got tip. Confronted by Lt Al Nelder and Off. Milton Piro and Walter Guibinni of DA office, all from SF; confessed. Pinataro found on a Sunday morning.
John K. Dearth
San Francisco, California USA
1948
Source: refered to in SF Chron. 11/19/56 p.1; not in index; not in SF Chron May 1-15, 1948; SF Chronicle printout has 3 articles;
Note: 11-19-56 SF Chronicle p.1 and 4, story on Pinataro refers to this killing as six months after Pinataro (11-22-47); trip log (?) showed gross income of $10 on his shift; found in front seat; killer never found; reward $1000 by Teamsters 265
Samuel Bergman
San Francisco, California USA
1963
Source: SF Chronicle 10/6,7&8/1963
Note: drove from scene wounded, then collapsed; still alive when seen leaving cab in Parkmerced; police theorize he was shot through the open window with a low caliber pistol. $1,000 reward by Yellow; assumed no partition in SF cabs at that time;
Victor J. Zarchinski
San Francisco, California USA
1967
Source: SF Examiner 12/2/67; personal report;
Note: long time driver; neighbors heard shot, saw 2 youths age 15-16 fleeing from cab; Luxor 152:
Paul Stine
San Francisco, California USA
1969
Source: SF Chronicle Oct. 15,16,17, 1969
Note: psychopath claimed to have watched "from cover" as police searched area of crime; took bloodstained clothing from driver; white male 25-30 (or 40), 5'8'', heavy build, reddish-brown crew cut, heavy rimmed glasses; shot driver in face with 9mm pistol.
Gerald Clancy
San Francisco, California USA
1970
Source: SF Medical Examiner's Office, Donna Allison 9/92 and meeting of 10/5/92;
Note:
Charles Jarman
San Francisco, California USA
1970
Source: SF Chronicle article 1-30-70 refers to this killing; Donna Allison, SF Medical Examiner's office, 9/29 & 10/5/92; Chron 1/26/70, 1/27/70, 1/31/70; personal reports;
Note: call for shields by Chauffeurs Union sec-treas James Strachan led Board of Supes committee headed by Terry Francois to recommend mandatory shields in all SF cabs; botched robbery by couple; many similarities to Stine killing by "Zodiac" psychopath; fam=3
Fred J. Hooper
San Francisco, California USA
1971
Source: SF Chronicle 11/25/71; referred to in 9/11/73 SF Chron; Donna Allison, SF Med. Examiner's office 9/29 and 10/5/92;
Note: Both seen getting out of cab after crash into house. They struggled and Hooper was stabbed. Next SF taxi driver killed is Canfield in 1973; age is 40 per Medical Examiner, 53 per newspaper;
Frank Peters
San Francisco, California USA
1972
Source: SF Medical Examiner's Office, Donna Allison 9/92 and 10/5/92;
Note: possible time was 4:05 pm instead of am;
Roland J. Canfield
San Francisco, California USA
1973
Source: SF Chronicle 9/11,12,14/73; Donna Allison, SF Medical Examiner's office 9/29 &10/5/92;
Note: police theorize that killer had escape car waiting nearby, cab's lock box not tampered with; shot in back of head; press speculation about zodiac; arrest made but not tied to zodiac. $1,000 reward.
Gene Di Labbio
San Francisco, California USA
1974
Source: SF Exam 9/8/74; first told to me by taxi passenger who said he found the murdered driver; verified by letter from daughter to UTW and Supervisor Roberta Achtenberg 8/31/92; SF Chron 9/5 and 9/4/74; Donna Allison, SF Med. Exam. office 9/29 & 10/5/92;
Note: found dead by Telegraph Hill resident; driver found on ground outside of cab; retired businessman working to stay active, enjoyed talking to people; killer surrendered after 3 months; family=4; Gregory Sandoval got 2 year sentence, free by age 20;
John Dadian
San Francisco, California USA
1975
Source: SF Medical Examiner's office 10/5/92 per Donna Allison; SF Examiner 4/12, 4/13 & 9/3/75; personal reports;
Note: female suspect robbed at least 2 other drivers in 4 days; in all 3 cases, the cab was left in the Tenderloin; Examiner newspaper says shot in back and abdomen, but Medical Examiner says shot once in chest; ME says spelling is "Deadian";
Robert Duran
San Francisco, California USA
1976
Source: SF Chronicle March 22, 1976; Donna Allison, SF Medical Examiner's office 9/29 & 10/5/92;
Note: another driver stabbed previous night on San Bruno Ave; assailant suffered lacerations; suspect Tovia Lafaele got first degree murder trial; trio flagged Eagle driver at Linda Street, overwhelmed driver;
Michael Albert
San Francisco, California USA
1977
Source: SF Examiner & Chronicle 2-6-77 A3; SF Chron 3-1-77; Donna Allison, SF Medical Examiner's office 9/29 & 10/5/92;
Note: thieves did not find $112 in pocket, may have been infuriated by smaller sum they found.
Albert H. Hohl
San Francisco, California USA
1981
Source: SF Coroner; Chronicle index and article; personal reports; SF Chron 3-6&7-81; SF Examiner 3-6-81; 3-11?; Donna Allison, SF Med. Examiner's office 10/5/92;
Note: probably a robbery attempt; $5,000 reward by mayor and Luxor/Yellow/Desoto/Veterans;
George Ring
San Francisco, California USA
1984
Source: SF Chronicle 4/12&13/84; Donna Allison, SF Medical Examiner's office, 10/5/92;
Note: $2.70 on meter, est. 1 mile; dispatched 1/2 hour earlier from Leavenworth St; died after one hour; personal report says Ring was stabbed 17 times, paper says 4 wounds; age 47 in paper, age 38 per Medical Examiner; reward $10,000 by Mayor Feinstein;
Leonard Smith
San Francisco, California USA
1986
Source: SF Chronicle 8/2/86; Donna Allison, SF Medical Examiner's office 9/29 & 10/5/92;
Note: driver raced to hospital, died in ER;
George Oppenlander
San Francisco, California USA
1988
Source: Trip Sheet, Nov-Dec 1991 ; SF Chron 5-16-88 by Paul Liberatore; printout from SF Chronicle; personal reports at UTW;
Note: no arrest by June 1992; last slaying was July of 86. found 2 AM on Friday; dispatched order to a phone booth; reward=$10,000 by Mayor Agnos;
John Brian Coleman
San Francisco, California USA
1989
Source: SF Chron Aug 17 & 19, 1989; photo of driver and wife, UTW article by Mary McGuire, newsletter late 1993; SF Chronicle 9/23/93; personal reports;
Note: woman who called for cab never found. Coleman hit over head from behind while on sidewalk, collapsed into long-lasting coma; attackers got $50, were seen running away; Coleman worked 4 10-hour nights, was rock guitarist and actor; died 1993 of pneumonia;
Andrew Lee Scott
San Francisco, California USA
1991
Source: Trip Sheet, Nov.-dec. 1991. ; SF Chron 8-?-91; SF Chron Aug 27, 1991; trial Judge Saldamando;
Note: Driver may have resisted robbery by large woman with knife. Thrown from cab at Maddux and Quint. Possibly some confusion as to date. Killer was on multi-day crack binge.
Parminder-pal Singh
San Francisco, California USA
1992
Source: SF Chron 3/23/92; SF Examiner 3/23/92; SF Examiner & Chronicle Image magazine 12/5/93; personal reports; trial transcript;
Note: killer like Rambo; wore black ninja-like clothing; 9 ammo clips, duct tape, cord, motorcycle helmet, 2 knives; captured in stolen cab @ 7/Geary @ 8:50 pm, a few minutes after body thrown out; robbery of the driver not an apparent motive; not typical case
Richard Harcos
San Francisco, California USA
1992
Source: SF Examiner 8-7-92; SF Examiner 8-24-92 by Paul Avery; photos of shield by R. Koury and D. Schnieder; personal inspection of cab; personal reports;
Note: Harcos put himself at risk to reduce danger to those more vulnerable than himself. Cabco installed 1 shield after his death; very poor install in 92 Crown-Vic; blocked door, footspace; removed after 2 week free trial. Warner said "drivers don't like it."
Daljeet Singh Ghotra
San Francisco, California USA
1997
Source: SF Chronicle 10/30/98; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; Taxis SF;
Note: Eddy and Laguna
Gennady Penskoy
San Francisco, California USA
1998
Source: SF Chronicle 10/30/98; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; J-Weekly.com 11/6/90
Note: Sunnydale and Sawyer
Sukhpal Singh Sodhi
San Francisco, California USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Wai Keung (John) Tsang
San Francisco, California USA
2007
Source: SF Chronicle 4/4/07, page B-5
Note: unlicensed cab in Sunset district
Ahmad Fawad Yusufi
San Francisco, California USA
2021
Source: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/12/18/uber-driver-murder-arrest-ahmad-fawad-yusufi-clifford-lavern-stokes/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Daljit Singh
San Jose, California USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Thomas John Simones II
San Mateo, California USA
1993
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, November 24, 1993; KCBS radio 11-23-94; San Mateo PD bulletins;
Note: "shot from back seat" according to radio report; veteran driver; found dead at 9 PM in remote residential area near Foster City border; company has 3 cabs; suspected serial assailant;
Abdulmalek Nasher
San Mateo, California USA
2019
Source: See https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Reports-Second-body-found-on-same-road-in-14017344.php
Note: taxi driver slain
Name not reported
Santa Ana, California USA
2003
Source: LA Times 11/22/2003
Note: 700 block of Townsend Avenue; not same as unnamed driver slain approx 11/30/03 (poss wrong year) in LA
Daniel Newell
Santa Rosa, California USA
2003
Source: Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, SF Chronicle & SJ Mercury News, Nov 17-25, 2003;
Note: arrest made in stabbing death
Paul Hubbard
Stockton, California USA
1995
Source: The Record (Stockton, CA) 11/13/04 article on the murder of Chandrika Dip;
Note: teenager was sentenced to life without parole for the murder
Chandrika Dip
Stockton, California USA
2004
Source: The Record (Stockton, CA) 11/13/2004; KCRA (Savcramento, CA) 11/12/2004;
Note: shot in head
Luis Palma
Stockton, California USA
2011
Source: KCRA.com 9/4/2011
Note:
Tom Masters
Watsonville, California USA
1990
Source: Register-Pajaronian Thur. Feb 8, 1990, incl picture of owner installing shield.
Note: shield put into cab after murder; owner-driver of cab is Mark Martinez of Pajaro, son-in-law of murdered driver; Masters found 12/6, died 12/7.
Michael Miyada
West Covina, California USA
1997
Source: San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune (West Covina, CA) 1/9/97
Note: dispatched by his twin brother
Asatur Tokatlyan
West Hollywood, California USA
2006
Source: KCBS-TV (Los Angeles) February 27, 2006 and others
Note: killed in a wreck, other driver sentenced for gross vehicular manslaughter
Placido Burgos
Whittier, California USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Vincent Regan
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
1933
Source: Washington Post archive, incl. Sep 12, 1934
Note:
Phillip M. Swaba
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; KRDO.com 8/22/2011
Note:
Terry Wilson
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
2007
Source: Colorado Springs Gazette 4/21/07; KKTV 4/30/07;
Note: cross-fire victim
Stephen Solem
Denver, Colorado USA
1972
Source: 9News.com (Colorado) 11/19/07
Note:
Ronald Van Dollen
Denver, Colorado USA
1984
Source: Trip Sheet Jan 1994 reprint of article by Stacey Baca and Marilyn Robinson;
Note:
Paul Harris
Denver, Colorado USA
1992
Source: Trip Sheet Jan 1994 reprint of article by Stacey Baca and Marilyn Robinson;
Note: first area driver slain since 1984;
Martin Miley
Denver, Colorado USA
1993
Source: Trip Sheet Jan 1994 reprint of article by Stacey Baca and Marilyn Robinson; blogs.denverpost.com/coldcases 4/6/2013;
Note: third slaying in nine years of a Colorado driver
Moustapha Marouf
Denver, Colorado USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: possible date is 3/29 not 4/29, and age 27 not 32; off-duty driver beaten to death in view of many witnesses; possible robbery or confrontation over parking space; body placed in trunk of taxi;
Babajide Kassim
Denver, Colorado USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; unidentified Denver news item of 10/30/02;
Note: assailant arrested for two murders 10/02
Masfin Gezahgn
Denver, Colorado USA
2004
Source: Rocky Mountain News 3/29/04
Note: young woman arrested for stabbing and beating death
Darren Bloomquist
Denver, Colorado USA
2015
Source: Denver Post 9/5/2015
Note: 20000 East Mitchell Place
David John Rosenthal
Denver, Colorado USA
2019
Source: See https://kdvr.com/2019/02/26/denver-man-killed-in-carjacking-was-working-as-uber-driver/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Name not reported
Denver, Colorado USA
2023
Source: https://kdvr.com/news/local/denver-rideshare-driver-killed-in-suspected-random-shooting/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Jeremy Campbell
El Paso County, Colorado USA
2025
Source: https://www.kktv.com/2025/10/28/arrest-papers-woman-stabbed-uber-driver-left-his-body-el-paso-county-field/
Note: Uber driver slain
Nicholas Venezio
Pueblo, Colorado USA
1917
Source: Montezuma Journal (Cortez, Colorado) per Norman Beattie;
Note:
Roy Dan Bussey
Pueblo, Colorado USA
1960
Source: Chieftan.com (Pueblo) 12/3/07
Note:
David Chance
Pueblo, Colorado USA
2007
Source: Denver Post 10/30/07
Note:
George Butler
Bridgeport, Connecticut USA
1922
Source: Adirondack Record - Elizabeth Post, Sept. 21, 1933
Note: source document is hard to read, probably sometime in July 1922 but possibly 1932
John M. Poulos
Bridgeport, Connecticut USA
1969
Source: Personal communication from his son Mike Poulos, November 2016; see also Bridgeport Post
Note: “while driving” and “shot and killed by 2 heroin addicts as he reached for his pistol and managed to hit one of them in the head with a clip board... The wound lead to their capture.” He drove for City Cab in Bridgeport Conn. nights and weekends. The assailants were Kevin Crawford and Herbert Wallace.
Aureilio Zhunio-Orbez
Danbury, Connecticut USA
2025
Source: https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/danbury-missing-man-putnam-county-ny-reservoir-21230138.php; https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/danbury-taxi-driver-aurelio-zhunio-orbez-killed-21243266.php
Note: taxi driver slain
Charles Coppola
Hartford, Connecticut USA
1919
Source: Hartford Courant 2/25/1919
Note: jitney driver
Ramon Alba
Hartford, Connecticut USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; Hartford Courant 2/5/04
Note: Killer convicted 2004
Charles A. Taft
New Britain, Connecticut USA
1917
Source: Hartford Courant 3/3/1917
Note: jitney driver
Rodney Garcia
New Haven, Connecticut USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Rondell Atkinson
New Haven, Connecticut USA
2021
Source: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/woodbridge-murder-rondell-atkinson-uber-driver-18127943.php
Note: Uber driver slain
Ralph Moreau
Norwalk, Connecticut USA
2004
Source: The Stamford Advocate (Stamford, Connecticut) 11/20/04 and other news items; Hartford Courant 4/26/06;
Note: 16 year old Renel Romeus arrested in shooting of Haitian driver; shot in chest apparently from outside during an ambush;
Jackson Pierre-Louis
Norwalk, Connecticut USA
2014
Source: www.thehour.com 12/8/2014
Note: Grove Street in South Norwalk
Jean Boiteux
Stamford, Connecticut USA
1989
Source: The Stamford Advocate July 22, 2005 and 3/29/2006
Note:
Mohammed Kamal
Stamford, Connecticut USA
2014
Source: NBC Connecticut 8/28/14; WTNH 8/27/14; Stamford Daily Voice 8/28/14
Note: arrest made
Mureed Hussain
Winsor Locks, Connecticut USA
2005
Source: https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/27/cold-case-ny-cab-driver-killed-connecticut/
Note: limo driver slain
Domingo Ezirike
Washington, D.C. USA
2011
Source: The Examiner (Washington) 10/24/11; washington.cbslocal.com 4/4/2014
Note: sentencing in 2014
Hayes Dennis
Washington, D.C. USA
2012
Source: WJLA.com 7/23/12
Note: manager slain at cab company
William Toomey
Millsboro, Delaware USA
2014
Source: Delaware Online 8/22/14; WMDT 9/11/14; Cape Gazette 9/8/14; WDEL 8/25/14
Note:
Roger Williams
New Castle County, Delaware USA
2019
Source: See https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2019/12/18/police-identify-suspect-lyft-drivers-murder-say-hes-armed-and-dangerous/2691485001/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Howard Lacey
Wilmington, Delaware USA
1919
Source: Delaware Online per Karl Weiszhaar 9/2005, see www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050912/NEWS01/509120332/1006
Note: bludgeoned to death in his cab, no money taken, unsolved; location on Philadelphia Pike on outskirts of Wilmington
Nahum Dalmace
Wilmington, Delaware USA
2011
Source: Newark Post 3/16/2011; DelawareOnline 3/22/2011
Note: died days later in hospital
John Werres
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1918
Source: Washington Post May 23, 1918 and others
Note: DC jitney driver slain on road between Alexandria and Washington
William Harvey Jones
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1928
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. Jan 20, 1928
Note:
Charles Lee Miller
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1936
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. Jul 3, 1937
Note: body found a year later near Greenbelt, MD
Conrad L. Steele
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1942
Source: Washington Post archive, incl. Jun 12, 1942
Note:
Leon T. Avent
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1945
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. May 11, 1945
Note:
Howard Jones
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1948
Source: Washington Post archive, incl. Mar 8, 1948
Note: one of two drivers slain by same assailants (other driver name unknown)
Gordon C. Brown, Jr.
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1950
Source: Washington Post archive, incl. Aug 1, 1950
Note:
George E. Bowley
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1959
Source: Washington Post archive, Feb 1, 1959
Note: probably Jan 1959
Robert Andrew McNeil
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1978
Source: Washington Post archive, incl. Jul 17, 1979
Note: second slain within 12 hours
Milton Davis
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1978
Source: Washington Post archive, incl. Jul 1, 1978
Note:
Vernon Greene
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1988
Source: Taxi Drivers Voice (of DC Taxi Drivers Union, CWA Local 2336) January 1989;
Note: $1000 posted by DC Taxi Drivers Union + DC Police;
Norman Oakrum
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1989
Source: Wash.DC Post 3-28-89; Taxi Drivers Voice (of DC Taxi Drivers Union, CWA Local 2336) January 1989; Washington Post Jan 18, 1989 p. B-1:5 by Martin Weil (index);
Note: elderly driver robbed and killed; killer charged with armed robbery and felony murder, robbery of four others in Jan 89.; reward=1K by DC TD Union/CWA 2336; known for "old-fashioned willingness to pick up anyone and drive to any district";
Oladepo T. Edu
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1991
Source: Washington Times June 21, 1992; Washington Post Jan 9, 1992; Washington Post Feb 1, 1991 p. D-1:2 by Gabriel Escobar (index);
Note: killed during robbery as he sat in his cab; Times says Jan, Post says Feb; attended U of Illinios and U of D.C.; had BA in Agriculture and Master's in Business; planned to return to Nigeria with wife and 3 children to aid his country; aka Depo Edu;
Effiok Essiet
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1991
Source: Washington Times June 21, 1992;
Note: article does not say this was in D.C.; all in article are DC area; driver died of his wounds in November 1991
Raoul Francois
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1991
Source: Washington Times June 21, 1992; Wash Post Jan 9, 92; Wash Post Dec 26, 1991;
Note: body found 3:00 AM Dec 4;
Jack Monier
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1991
Source: Washington Post Jan 9, 1992; Washington Post Dec 26, 1991; Washington Post 12/17/91 p. D-5:1 (index);
Note: police report time is 11:28 PM, time driver found;
Kweyisi Amoasi-Mensah
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1992
Source: Washington Post Jan 9, 1992 p. C-1:2 by Gabriel Escobar;
Note: driver fled cab to escape from robbers in cab, was shot in back a few steps from the cab; driver had masters degree, had taught at a school for the hearing impaired in Ghana; family=3; one of three slain in 5 weeks;
Willie E. Elmore
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1993
Source: Washington Post Sept 14, 1993 p. D-3:1 by Patrice Gaines (index);
Note: drove more than 20 years; "didn't discriminate"; second to die at same company during a robbery in 1993;
Julius Ayemere
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1994
Source: Washington Post 2/23/94 p. D-3:1 and 2/24/94 p. B-2:4 (index);
Note: several robberies in far SE in 1993;
Keith Moore
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1994
Source: Washington Post 8/9/94 p. B-3:6 by Wendy Melillo and Martin Weil (index);
Note: same parking lot where driver slain less than 6 months earlier;
Larry Barnes
Washington, District of Columbia USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Rufus Mitchell
Washington, District of Columbia USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: shot 4/13/99
Taofiq Aderemi Salami
Washington, District of Columbia USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ismail Kondeh
Washington, District of Columbia USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Melvin Ray Douglas
Washington, District of Columbia USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Andrew B. Kamara
Washington, District of Columbia USA
2004
Source: Washington Post 11/13/04;
Note: shot in head; driver was from Sierra Leone;
Esayas Alazar
Washington, District of Columbia USA
2005
Source: Washington Post 3/6/2005
Note:
Quadar Muhammad
Washington, District of Columbia USA
2012
Source: nbcwashington.com 11/11/12
Note: found shot in burning cab; aka Mohammad Qadeer
Solomon James Okoroh
Washington, District of Columbia USA
2013
Source: NBCWashington.com 6/4/13
Note: Adams Morgan neighborhood
Delano Deonte Jackson
Washington, District of Columbia USA
2016
Source: Washington Post 11/11/2016 ; https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/five-people-shot-two-fatally-in-southeast-northeast-washington/2016/11/11/f659d0a8-a81e-11e6-ba59-a7d93165c6d4_story.html
Note: Uber driver, article is ambiguous regarding on duty or not
Mohammad Anwar
Washington, District of Columbia USA
2021
Source: https://wjla.com/news/local/13-year-old-teen-pleads-guilty-second-degree-murder-deadly-nats-park-carjacking
Note: rideshare driver slain
Brice Djembissi
Washington, District of Columbia USA
2023
Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/8/maryland-teacher-killed-crossfire-while-driving-ub/
Note: Uber driver slain
Nasrat Ahmad Yar
Washington, District of Columbia USA
2023
Source: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/lyft-releases-statement-on-driver-found-shot-to-death-in-dc
Note: Lyft driver slain
Name not reported
Biscayne Gardens (Miami-Dade), Florida USA
2005
Source: Miami Herald approx 6/5/05
Note:
Ronald Woods
Bradenton, Florida USA
1992
Source: Sarasota Herald Tribune 4/15,16/92; Herald article by Beth Muniz reprinted in Seattle Taxi Driving July-August 1992;
Note: manager quoted as saying shields must be installed (Machado article); 25K reward posted by brother;
William Davis
Cape Coral, Florida USA
2006
Source: The News-Press (Ft. Myers, FL) 3/4/06;
Note: fatally burned when cab crashed during a robbery by passenger
Samuel Klutse
Carol City, Florida USA
1998
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel 11/20/04;
Note: South Florida
Stephen C. Ellis
Clearwater, Florida USA
1993
Source: (Tampa?) Times, 11/4/93 by Jane Meinhardt;
Note: driver lived with wife and son at 2480 Cypress Pond Road; moved to Pinellas County six months ago from Canada; station wagon cab; 11th Florida driver slain in 1993; fam=2; $5000 posted by cabco
Eric J. Stanton
Clearwater, Florida USA
2004
Source: St. Petersburg Times 9/2/04; Tampa Tribune 11/20/04;
Note: Genghis Henry Kocaker, 41, charged in murder of 26-year old driver; stabbed, bound, locked in trunk, car set on fire; Pinellas County
Jack LaGrand
Clearwater, Florida USA
2008
Source: Tampa Bay Times 9/18/2012 and others; Clearwater Patch 8/30/13
Note: indictment in 2013
Mohammed Ansari
Clewiston, Florida USA
2015
Source: WINK 9/28/2015
Note: Sugarland Plaza, located off U.S. 27
Robert Riness
Cocoa, Florida USA
2021
Source: https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/who-killed-robert-riness-15-months-later-cab-drivers-death-still-unsolved
Note: taxi driver slain
Name not reported
Cocoa, Florida USA
2021
Source: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/12/10/cab-driver-found-shot-to-death-in-cocoa-police-search-for-culprit/
Note: cab driver slain
Name not reported
Davie, Florida USA
2019
Source: See http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Video-Shows-Taxi-Driver-Shot-During-Armed-Robbery-in-Davie-560881851.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Edward Joseph Roberts Sr.
Daytona Beach, Florida USA
1978
Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal archives per his son Jim Roberts in an email October 2005
Note: unsolved as of 10/2005
Gary Levin
Delray Beach, Florida USA
2023
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2023-02-03/missing-florida-lyft-drivers-car-found-with-slaying-suspect
Note: Lyft driver slain
Herman Hughley
Escambia County, Florida USA
1983
Source: St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Fla.: Feb 1, 1989. pg. 12.B
Note: William George Eutzy scheduled for execution 4/5/89;
Stephen Sklar
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA
1996
Source: Miami Herald Nov. 26, 1996 and Dec. 18, 1996 (on disk #1);
Note: rough area; clear from articles that the cab had no partition;
Parnell E. Morency
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA
1996
Source: Miami Herald 12/18/96 (on disk #1); personal reports;
Note: clear from article that there was no partition;
Carl Eugene Johnson
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Roosevelt Kendrick
Ft. Myers, Florida USA
2004
Source: The News-Press, Ft. Myers, FL 4/21/04
Note: locked in trunk, collapsed when rescued by police; arrest made
Valerie Hewitt
Ft. Pierce, Florida USA
1995
Source: TC Palm (Ft. Pierce, FL) 7/16/2007
Note:
Isley McCullough
Gadsden County, Florida USA
1973
Source: Gadsden County Times (Florida) 4/29/05;
Note: taxi driver/company owner disappeared along with grandson; possible link to conflict with moonshiners
A. B. Green
Gaskin, Florida USA
1919
Source: Norman Beattie
Note: Cab from Florala, AL; crime in Gaskin, FL;
Roger Austin
Hernando County (Spring Hill), Florida USA
1993
Source: Tampa Tribune, 10/4/93; Jim Szekely 6/20/94;
Note: father of five; killer drove cab 500 miles to Georgia, turned self in; not owner; no shields in Hernando County per Sz 6/20/94;
Mark Scribner
Holly Hill, Florida USA
1995
Source: Daytona Beach NewsJournalOnline.com, 12 search-summaries from 1997 and 1998 news articles
Note:
Louis Pacheco
Hollywood, Florida USA
1987
Source: Ft. Lauderdale News, and Miami Herald, both 12/17/87; (Hollywood) Sun Tattler 12/18/87 by Dana Banker.
Note: died at Memorial Hospital; three articles, 3 ages given: 27, 28, 37. Quote: "Every Christmas this happens. People get desperate." (Sandra Ashrafi operator for other cabco, Friendly Checker Cab) Police called 12:38 am re: commotion and body.
Rosario Esposito
Hollywood, Florida USA
2008
Source: cbs4.com 8/10/08
Note:
Lawrence Butler
Jacksonville, Florida USA
1982
Source: Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments of April 5, 2000
Note:
Eunice Smart Jr
Jacksonville, Florida USA
1990
Source: Florida Times Union (Jacksonville) Feb 24, 1990;
Note: shield would have prevented this crime, said Szekely; driver was fearless, always came to aid of other drivers in trouble, had previously served 16 years in prison for 1st degree murder; family=3
Gene Hill
Jacksonville, Florida USA
1993
Source: Florida Times-Union Jan 11, 1993 B1 by Steve Patterson & Teresa Stepzinski;
Note: driver was subbing for a friend; had polio as child, had difficulty walking, was on Social Security disability; had been robbed 5 or 6 times before while driving for Yellow and for Orange Park Taxi; found dead at 8:45 PM; ex-wife & 2 kids in Virginia
Femi A. Watson
Jacksonville, Florida USA
1993
Source: Jacksonville (Florida Times-Union?) 10-23-93 by Jim Schoettler;
Note: driver lived in 3000 block of Cornell; cab #1591;
Richard Lanier Gay
Jacksonville, Florida USA
1994
Source: Florida Times-Union 4/2/94 by Beau Halton;
Note: third slain in Jacksonville in 15 months; first night on the job; Greater Jacksonville Transportation Co says it is now installing shields in most of its cabs; company owns several cab, limo and other transportation businesses; pres is Sandy Steinman
Donald Larry Duckett
Jacksonville, Florida USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; email from Irene Morris;
Note:
Denise Manning
Jacksonville, Florida USA
2006
Source: WJXT-TV Channel 4 (Jacksonville) 1/12/06
Note: illegally operated Gator City cab
Crandall Jack Reed
Jacksonville, Florida USA
2007
Source: Florida Times-Union 11/17/07
Note:
Stuart Carson
Jacksonville, Florida USA
2014
Source: First Coast News 6/7/14
Note:
Melvin Wright
Jacksonville, Florida USA
2016
Source: First Coast News 1/31/2016
Note:
Brian Scott Grund
Jacksonville, Florida USA
2023
Source: https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/juquan-mills-diamond-mkayla-harris-arrested-in-deaths-of-antonio-tillie-uber-driver-bryant-grund/77-815857d9-63b7-4c87-8f9d-fd0011e2520f
Note: Uber driver slain
Madsen Paul
Lake Worth, Florida USA
2012
Source: WPEC-TV Palm Beach County (Florida) 5/23/12 - http://www.cbs12.com/news/features/palm-beach-county/stories/vid_202.shtml
Note: died 5/22/12
Larry Reynaldo Riles
Lakeland, Florida USA
2026
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ZV_DWU_aI
Note: Uber driver killed by police
Arvin Sheppard
Largo, Florida USA
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Hinso Estriplet
Lee County, Florida USA
2018
Source: See http://www.nbc-2.com/story/38054445/2-teens-arrested-for-murder-of-lehigh-acres-taxi-driver
Note: taxi driver slain
Raymond Montanino
Melbourne, Florida USA
1990
Source: Florida Today Jan 31, 1993 by Scott Solomon & Mike Bailey;
Note: Melbourne is on Florida east coast near Cape Canaveral;
Rubert Fleurimon
Miami, Florida USA
1988
Source: St. Petersburg (FL) Times, Dec. 15, 1988
Note:
Henley Beecham
Miami, Florida USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Webert St. Jean
Miami, Florida USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Alexander Dambski
Miami, Florida USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Dirk Hale
Miami, Florida USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Alfred Gilles
Miami, Florida USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Joel Bertresse
Miami, Florida USA
2019
Source: See https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article225254050.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Josue Reyes
Miami Beach, Florida USA
2008
Source: MiamiHerald.com 7/4/08 and 8/8/08
Note: confrontation between two cab drivers
Charite Salvant
Miami Gardens, Florida USA
2007
Source: Miami Herald 6/1/07
Note:
John Etienne Oscar
Miami Gardens, Florida USA
2019
Source: See https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article225254050.html
Note: limo driver slain
Patrick Zuniga
Miami Shores, Florida USA
2008
Source: MiamiHerald.com 3/3/08 and others
Note:
Name not reported
Miami-Dade County, Florida USA
2008
Source: Local10.com 7/30/2008
Note:
Junior Prosper
Miami-Dade County, Florida USA
2015
Source: local10.com 9/28/2015
Note: killed by police
Richard Todd Phillips
Naples, Florida USA
1997
Source: Naples Daily News 12/2/97; Herald Tribune (NY?) 10/3/05;
Note: 15-year old girl arrested
Failex Jean-Pierre
North Miami, Florida USA
2008
Source: cbs4.com 6/22/08
Note:
Rigaud Sylvain
North Miami Beach, Florida USA
2006
Source: Miami Herald 6/19/06
Note:
Filip Kirilov
Okaloosa, Florida USA
2018
Source: See https://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20181228/four-cases-caught-publics-eye-in-2018-including-two-cold-cases
Note: Uber driver slain
Barthelemy Brenord
Orlando, Florida USA
2004
Source: Orlando Sentinel 10/19/04; WFTV.com; WKMG Channel 6;
Note:
Nelvil Joseph
Orlando, Florida USA
2011
Source: Sun-Sentinel.com 1/13/2011 and others
Note:
Matthew Manolas
Orlando, Florida USA
2011
Source: Sun-Sentinel.com 1/22/2011 and others
Note:
Michael Smith
Orlando, Florida USA
2015
Source: WESH 12/10/2015
Note: Sunset Lake
Clarence Bartee
Palm Bay, Florida USA
1993
Source: Florida Today Jan 31, 1993 by Scott Solomon & Mike Bailey; Florida Today Jan 21, 1993 by Jeanne Kennedy incl photo by Michael R. Brown and maps; Florida Today 8/25/93;
Note: drove "on and off for two decades"; died at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne after 5 days; Palm Bay is on east coast of Florida, near Cape Canaveral; son wants to sue cabco re: shields; 224 Nights info is from 1/31/93 article; known as "Bud"
William Robert McArthur
Panama City Beach, Florida USA
2025
Source: https://www.al.com/news/2025/05/lyft-driver-killed-by-17-year-old-passenger-in-panama-city-beach-sheriff-says.html
Note: Lyft driver slain
Ricky Saylor
Pensacola, Florida USA
1990
Source: Pensacola News Journal 8/27/95
Note: Yellow Cab driver shot to death
Daniel Desir
Plantation, Florida USA
2004
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel 11/20/04
Note: Fort Lauderdale Yellow Cab driver shot in back of head;
Louis Amaral Morris
Pompano Beach, Florida USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Douglass Martin
Sarasota, Florida USA
1992
Source: Sarasota Herald Tribune, 4/15/92; same or similiar article, by Hellen Machado with contrib from Mike Spencer, also reprinted in Seattle Taxi Driving July-August 1992;
Note: dispatched to 7-11 store at 11:30 PM
Ryan Scott Craig
St. Augustine, Florida USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Andrew Jackson Poe
St. Petersburg, Florida USA
1974
Source: Pinellas County Sheriff Department ; http://www.pcsoweb.com/UnsolvedMurderDetail.aspx?ID=16
Note: found in trunk of cab
Terry Thomas Ash
St. Petersburg, Florida USA
1989
Source: Tampa Tribune 5/6/89 by Rosalva Hernandez;
Note: fingerprints in cab led to arrests;
Harry Amos Bockman
St. Petersburg, Florida USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Cyril Obinku
St. Petersburg, Florida USA
2008
Source: abcactionnews.com 5/3/2008
Note:
Linda Faison
St. Petersburg, Florida USA
2008
Source: Tampa Bay Times online 7/14/08
Note:
John Andrew Hutchens
St. Petersburg, Florida USA
2017
Source: WTSP 6/1/2017; http://www.wtsp.com/news/crime/man-dies-at-closed-gas-station-st-petersburg-police-search-for-homicide-suspect/444703591
Note: Stabbing in parking lot behind Citgo gas station at 38th Ave North and 28th Street
Johnnie Kornegay
Tallahassee, Florida USA
1964
Source: Leon County Sheriff's web page on unsolved crimes http://lcso.leonfl.org/Unsolved%20Cases/uc8.htm as of June 2005
Note:
Kevin Hopgood
Tallahassee, Florida USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
O'Bryan Brandy
Tallahassee, Florida USA
2011
Source: WTXL.com approx 9/25/2012
Note:
George Griffin
Tampa, Florida USA
1986
Source: (Tampa?) Tribune 1/4/88 by Steve Kanigher; Tampa Tribune 8/2/86 by Jeff Magnum; Florida Sentinel-Bulletin 8/1/86;
Note: killed by front seat passenger; driver had called in that he had trouble with a passenger, then said that it was OK; car raced 1 block after shooting, crashed, turned over; assailant apparently got out after shooting; family=3;
Klause Dieter Heyn
Tampa, Florida USA
1988
Source: Tampa Tribune 5-22-88; St Petersburg Times 5-22-88 b.
Note: killer "troubled" by a domestic dispute; cab company will match donations to family, free cab service for life to widow; funeral procession of 90 cabs; known as Claude Heyn.
Stephen M. Pysz
Tampa, Florida USA
1989
Source: Greenacres Town Crier (Royal Palm Beach) Oct 5, 1989;
Note: failed to show up for 3 PM regular; funeral expenses from Cab Drivers Benevolent Fund, started 1-1/2 years earlier for slain Finn driver; jurisdiction is Acreage? Sheriff investigated; reward=$1000 by Palm Beach Transportation Co;
Cecil D. Bladen
Tampa, Florida USA
1994
Source: Tampa Tribune c. 11/6/94 by Jim Sloan; personal reports;
Note: meter still on from last dispatch; bullet exit hole in windshield; "Genco said that Bladen's cab had no safety shield, but that such a device would probably not have saved his life.";
John Dooley
Tampa, Florida USA
2013
Source: Tampa Bay Times 12/11/13; others
Note: arrest made
Eldridge Thomas, Jr.
Waycross, Florida USA
2010
Source: Florida Times-Union (jacksonville.com) 4/29/2010
Note:
Robert Jankowski
West Palm Beach, Florida USA
1988
Source: Palm Beach Post Oct 25, 1989;
Note: taped confession; witness said driver was in notorious area to buy drugs;
Yves Quettant
West Palm Beach, Florida USA
1994
Source: Palm Beach Post Jan 30, 1994; Sun-Sentinel (West Palm Beach?) 5/23/94;
Note: complex prosecution due to conflicting confessions, changed stories by defendants, teenage girls 13, 15 and 17; two charged as shooter; armed robbery is one of the charges; pistol by Raven Arms; driver's second daughter born 2 months after he died;
Robert Lee French
West Palm Beach, Florida USA
1994
Source: Palm Beach Post 9/17/1994
Note:
Gardinaire Jean
West Palm Beach, Florida USA
2004
Source: http://www.thewpbfchannel.com/news/3439743/detail.html
Note: date may be off by one day; second in area in a month
Francisco A. Chavez
West Palm Beach, Florida USA
2006
Source: Palm Beach Post 2/3/06, 2/5/06; South Florida Sun-Sentinel 2/4/06, 2/5/06;
Note:
Eliphete Simeon
West Palm Beach, Florida USA
2012
Source: wpbf.com 5/8/12
Note:
William D. Evans
Winter Haven, Florida USA
1981
Source: Tampa Bay Online 11/4/009; The Ledger 5/7/2014
Note: conviction overturned twice, sentenced to death a third time in 2014; also killed a sheriff's deputy
Clinton Carithers
Ybor City, Florida USA
1987
Source: (Tampa?) Tribune 4-7-87 by Lisa Failer; Tribune 1/4/88 by Steve Kanigher (see George Griffin case);
Note: shot after he was seen talking to two men outside his cab;
Jake King
Albany, Georgia USA
2005
Source: WALB-Channel 10 (Albany, GA) Nov 7&8, 2005;
Note:
Charles Leonard Clark
Atlanta, Georgia USA
1979
Source: email from his son December 2007
Note:
Walter L. Brown
Atlanta, Georgia USA
1986
Source: Index to Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 1986 ref to article of 5/22/86 (AJ, A 1:1);
Note: found shot to death in burning cab; apparent robbery;
Calvin McCaslin
Atlanta, Georgia USA
1987
Source: Index to Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 1987 ref to articles of 5/26/87 (AC, D 1:1), 5/27/87 (10:1, 14:1), 5/29/87 (16:1);
Note:
Marvin Aaron Rabun
Atlanta, Georgia USA
1987
Source: Atlanta Constitution 4/4/89 by Scott Bronstein; index to Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 1987 ref to articles of 7/30/87 (AC, D 3:5) and 7/31/87 (AC, A 17:2);
Note:
Jessie L. Snowden
Atlanta, Georgia USA
1988
Source: Index to Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 1988 ref to article of 7/7/88 (AC, C 3:5);
Note:
Glyndon Marshall
Atlanta, Georgia USA
1989
Source: Atlanta Constitution 4/4/89 by Scott Bronstein;
Note: 1st of 5 area driver slain in 89; driver not found as of 4/4/89, one week; cab found; see Opkani Oruada case re: serial killings;
Bobby McDaniel
Atlanta, Georgia USA
1989
Source: Atlanta Constitution 4/4/89 by Scott Bronstein;
Note: apparent serial killing; cab #33 abandoned at 1400 Flat Shoals Road near Dalridge Apts.; see Opkani Oruada case for info on serial killings of cab drivers;
Thomas George
Atlanta, Georgia USA
1989
Source: Atlanta Constitution 10/31/89; Brunswick, GA News 10/31/89; (see articles with case #76); index to Atlanta Journal-Constitution reference to article of April 14, 1989; see also articles of 4/6 (p 1:3), and 6/5;
Note: 4 slain by serial killer in nine weeks; 25 year veteran driver;
Steve Trammell
Atlanta, Georgia USA
1989
Source: Atlanta Constitution 10/31/89; Brunswick, GA News 10/31/89; (see case #76 for articles); index to Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 1989;
Note: one of 4 very similar slayings in 9 weeks, since 3/89;
Okpani Oruada
Atlanta, Georgia USA
1989
Source: Atlanta Journal and Constitution 10-31-89 A3 and 11-1-89 c2, both by Adam Gelb; Brunswick, Ga News 10/31/89;
Note: driver not robbed but robbery suspected motive; $252 + gold watch not taken; 5th area cab killing in 89 (3 at Day and Night); killers hung around airport cab stand for 2 hours; 8 shots to chest, side, head, etc; gun pressed to body; 23rd in 10 years;
Jessie Leon Wesley
Atlanta, Georgia USA
1994
Source: Index to Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 1994 ref to articles of 1/7/94 (AC, B 2:3) and 1/13/94;
Note: 2nd suspect at large; $200 found in cab, botched robbery; College Park driver; driver had knife, not used;
John Agazie
Atlanta, Georgia USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Pedro Huerta
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Segundo Tenelema
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Tony Ehigie
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Sayed Ali
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Abdikhali Awad
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Kenneth Reese
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Carlos Lojan
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2004
Source: Atlanta Constitution Journal 12/6/2004
Note: 71 year old driver
Steve Guarini
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2007
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution 9/10/07
Note:
Juan Rubio-Castro
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2007
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution 12/9/07 and others
Note:
Stephen Anim
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2009
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution 5/16/2009
Note:
Mamadou Matesso
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2016
Source: ajc.com 2/18/16
Note:
Shariar Zolfaghari
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2016
Source: http://www.cbs46.com/story/32200158/memorial-service-held-for-lyft-driver-killed ; http://www.cbs46.com/story/32132841/ga-assistant-ag-speaks-publicly-on-death-of-husband ; http://www.cbs46.com/story/32109309/husband-of-georgia-assistant-attorney-general-shot-to-death ; http://www.cbs46.com/story/32127463/ride-sharing-drivers-talk-about-personal-protection ; http://www.cbs46.com/clip/13380013/1-year-after-lyft-murder-widow-asks-for-help-finding-her-husbands-killer
Note: Lyft driver, apparently on duty; unsolved 1 year later
Frederick Emereje
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://abc17news.com/cnn-regional/2022/02/18/stolen-taxi-found-in-atlanta-parking-lot-after-driver-shot-and-killed/
Note: taxi driver slain
Reginald Folks
Atlanta, Georgia USA
2024
Source: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/former-atlanta-police-officer-indicted-murder-reginald-folks/85-7af4b91e-49d3-4fe6-842e-fd2b795323c1
Note: Lyft driver slain
Name not reported
Atlanta (Dekalb), Georgia USA
2006
Source: WXIA-TV Channel 11 (Atlanta, Georgia) December 31, 2006
Note: New Bedford Way, near Shallowford Road and Interstate 85
Kunle Baldgun
Atlanta (Norcross), Georgia USA
1995
Source: Index to Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 1995, ref to article of 7/18/95 (AC, C 4:1); personal reports;
Note: apparent robbery;
Cullen E. Purvis
Augusta, Georgia USA
1959
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
John Dixson
Barnesville, Georgia USA
2012
Source: myfoxatlanta 5/16/12
Note:
Rossana Delgado
Barrow County, Georgia USA
2021
Source: See https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/rossana-delgado-murder-fifth-suspect/85-85a18775-7d03-4d87-9b57-e4c5ca45b9aa
Note: rideshare driver slain
George Francis
Brunswick, Georgia USA
1983
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Michael Burwell
College Park, Georgia USA
2006
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2/11/06, 2/14/06
Note:
Glentis Wheeler
College Park, Georgia USA
2012
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution ajc.com 3/13/15
Note: unofficial taxi service, i.e. Unlicensed
Randy Earl Miller
Columbus, Georgia USA
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Vincent Flores
Columbus, Georgia USA
2008
Source: Ledger-Enquirer.com (Columbus) 9/26/08; WRBL 4/19/2010
Note:
Byron Keith Brown
Columbus, Georgia USA
2012
Source: Columbus Ledger Enquirer 9/23/12
Note:
Dewayne Chronister
Columbus, Georgia USA
2016
Source: Ledger Inquirer (Columbus Georgia) 10-19-2016
Note: On Farr Road
Paul Lokey
Columbus, Georgia USA
2021
Source: See https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/crime/article250496744.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Nana Pramantow
Decatur, Georgia USA
2012
Source: WSBTV 11/1/12
Note:
Dwayne Roberts
Decatur, Georgia USA
2019
Source: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/jealous-boyfriend-murders-ride-share-driver/85-8096d757-bb75-494a-8add-98d2af9fae14
Note: rideshare driver slain
Rafeeq Badee
Decatur, Georgia USA
2024
Source: https://ocgnews.com/dekalb-county-sheriffs-office-makes-two-arrests-in-2024-rideshare-driver-murder/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Edward Hartsfield
DeKalb County, Georgia USA
1994
Source: Index to Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 1994, ref to article of 7/20/94 (AC, E 8:1);
Note: Atlanta driver killed in DeKalb County; 2nd at Metro Cab in 6 months;
Berhanu Yassin
DeKalb County, Georgia USA
2006
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution 9/7/2006
Note: Rapid Cab; shot at Kensington MARTA station
Dane Grobman
DeKalb County, Georgia USA
2007
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution 11/9/07
Note:
Fikru Menje
DeKalb County, Georgia USA
2008
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution c. 1/3/08
Note:
Dedric Darcelin
DeKalb County, Georgia USA
2013
Source: cbsatlanta.com 6/1/2013 and others
Note: picked up passenger in downtown Atlanta
Luz Mariana Matheu
DeKalb County, Georgia USA
2016
Source: WXIA 10/2/2016 – 11alive.com
Note: photo does not show any markings on taxi
Zenon Perez
DeKalb County, Georgia USA
2019
Source: See https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/just-man-arrested-murder-charge-shooting-death-taxi-driver/pGnkPs9o8vebHahHiGFwpK/
Note: taxi driver slain
Lauren Allen
Dekalb County, Georgia USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.live5news.com/2022/11/22/gas-station-shooting-dekalb-county-involves-police-investigation-underway/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Chris Estrada-Petersen
DeKalb County, Georgia USA
2024
Source: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/uber-driver-shot-killed-dekalb-months-after-being-discharged-us-navy/YTEBROT46BE3VM6R766VGKUGT4/
Note: Uber driver slain
Jacke Rainey
East Point (Fulton County), Georgia USA
2011
Source: ajc.com 8/16/2011 and others
Note:
Jack L. Home Jr.
Fort Benning, Georgia USA
2006
Source: The Ledger-Examiner (Colombus) 8/13/06
Note: on a military base
Aidarous Abdella
Gwinnett County, Georgia USA
2014
Source: WSB-TV 2 Atlanta 9/8/14;
Note: Branch Road outside the Spring Condominium complex in Tucker; driver for Atlanta Lenox Taxi; arrest made
Kimbala Mason
Gwinnett County, Georgia USA
2021
Source: See https://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett-womans-body-discovered-in-crawl-space-of-barrow-home/EGQJSBRQA5HYVC5UCP2P7Z4XJI/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Roger Honeycutt
Hinesville, Georgia USA
1977
Source: SF Examiner, 12/8/93 and undated Examiner clip from summer 1993;
Note: second man sentenced to death, but stayed in 1990 by federal appeals court; $16 robbery; driver was moonlighting soldier, both killers were also soldiers at same base, Fort Stewart; driver sodomized;
Mary Singletary
Jeffersonville, Georgia USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Emmanuel Abuna
Jonesboro, Georgia USA
2006
Source: News-Daily (Jonesboro, GA) 10/12/06
Note: arrest made
Cesar Tejada
Lawrenceville, Georgia USA
2026
Source: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/house-camera-records-senseless-carjacking-211247240.html; https://www.live5news.com/2026/01/01/15-year-old-charged-adult-with-murder-after-uber-drivers-body-found-lawrenceville-police-say/
Note: Uber driver slain
Patrick Esienokwu
Marietta, Georgia USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Edmond Mekwuye
Marietta, Georgia USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Abelino Juarez
Marietta, Georgia USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ramona Antonia Agramontes
Marietta, Georgia USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; WXIA-TV Channel 11 (Atlanta) 2/20/06;
Note:
Christopher Simmons
Marietta, Georgia USA
2007
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution 12/22/07
Note:
Ricardo Peter Francois
Marietta, Georgia USA
2010
Source: AJC (Atlanta Journal Constitution) 11/22/2010
Note:
Michael Bemus
Marietta, Georgia USA
2015
Source: Marietta Daily Journal 8/6/15
Note: near the intersection of Northwest Parkway and Franklin Road; arrest
Afolabi Odifa
Norcross, Georgia USA
2014
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution 8/16/14
Note: arrests made
Jose Roberto Gomez-Javier
Oakwood, Georgia USA
2005
Source: The Telegraph, Macon GA 4/15/05; The Times, Gainesville GA 4/19/05; others
Note: found in woods near Oakwood; reported missing by his wife on Monday the 11th, found on 14th;
Rosendo Casarrubias
Riverdale (Clayton County), Georgia USA
2013
Source: CBSatlanta.com 1/25/13
Note: name as Resendo Banderas in one article, several others have Rosendo Casarrubias; two convicted of murder and other charges including rape
Garcia Danielle Gaddis
Sandy Springs, Georgia USA
2021
Source: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/armed-and-dangerous-man-wanted-for-murder-of-sandy-springs-uber-driver
Note: rideshare driver slain
Thomas Ragan Jr
Savannah, Georgia USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Randy Chiboucas
Savannah, Georgia USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
John J. Barker
Savannah, Georgia USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Larry Dugger
Savannah, Georgia USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
James Woods
Savannah, Georgia USA
2011
Source: savannahnow.com (Savannah Morning News) 11/19/11 updated 11/22/11
Note:
Brandy Turner Guined
Thomaston, Georgia USA
2011
Source: The Republic, 12/23/11, Columbus Indiana; West Central Georgia Shopper, 12/2011; CBS Atlanta
Note:
Name not reported
Union City, Georgia USA
2021
Source: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/one-dead-in-overnight-apparent-union-city-shooting
Note: rideshare driver slain
Joshua Roberts
Union City, Georgia USA
2022
Source: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/suspect-arrested-in-murder-of-lyft-driver-at-union-city-apartment-complex
Note: Lyft driver slain
Charles Kimbrell
Waycross, Georgia USA
2012
Source: WALB 9/17/12
Note:
Hahn Soo Kim
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Manh Nguyen
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
2006
Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin 7/7/2006; Honolulu Advertiser Jan. 11, 2007; Star-Bulletin (Honolulu) 1/26/07
Note: two bystanders killed; nut-case killer
Ty Tang
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
2010
Source: Honolulu Advertiser 5/10/2010 and others
Note:
Name not reported
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
2024
Source: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/02/01/2-indicted-murder-charges-after-man-set-fire-kalihi/
Note: limo driver slain; assault on 12/27/2024, died 1/21/2025
Gagandeep Singh
Bonner County, Idaho USA
2017
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/man-charged-murder-fatal-stabbing-22-year-old-cab-driver-n797951
Note: taxi driver slain on ride from Spokane to Idaho; arrest made
Winona Shimona
Mountain Home, Idaho USA
1961
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Jusuf Hasani
Addison, Illinois USA
1993
Source: Chicago Taxi Times, November 1993; ChicagoDispatcher.com;
Note: family of 4; lessee; death by strangulation;
Ronald L. Hempel
Alton, Illinois USA
2000
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 4/5/05; The Telegraph (Alton, IL) Feb. 28, 2001 and August 7, 2001;
Note: convictions in 2001 and 2002
Jamial I. Osborn
Aurora, Illinois USA
2003
Source: www.chicagodispatcher.com; "Table of cabbie homicides" from George Lutfallah of ChicagoDispatcher.com; Chicago Tribune Jan. 19, 2007;
Note: 48-year sentence in Jan 2007
Adriana Arocha-Duque
Austin, Illinois USA
2023
Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/12/28/24017936/ride-hailing-driver-shot-killed-austin-crime-chicago-uber-lyft-safety-security-auto-gig-economy-work
Note: rideshare driver slain; Austin IL not Austin TX
James Hussey (1887)
Chicago, Illinois USA
1887
Source: Norman Beattie search May 2005 at http://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/
Note: horse cab "hack" driver
Billy Bates
Chicago, Illinois USA
1904
Source: Adam Selzer's Mysterious Chicago Blog 1/20/2014 at http://www.mysteriouschicagoblog.com
Note:
Martin Hanaham
Chicago, Illinois USA
1915
Source: Chicago Daily Tribune 11/9/1915 and others
Note:
Nathaniel Breakstone
Chicago, Illinois USA
1921
Source: Norman Beattie search of data May 2005 at http://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/
Note:
P.A. Skirven
Chicago, Illinois USA
1921
Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-cab-wars-flashback-per-0518-20140518-story.html
Note: driver slain in taxi war
Joseph Schlessinger
Chicago, Illinois USA
1923
Source: Washington Post archive, incl. 2/8/23; Norman Beattie search of data May 2005 at http://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/
Note:
Walter Henning
Chicago, Illinois USA
1923
Source: Norman Beattie search of data May 2005 at http://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/
Note:
Phillip Garshag
Chicago, Illinois USA
1925
Source: Norman Beattie search of data May 2005 at http://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/
Note:
Robert L. Harris
Chicago, Illinois USA
1925
Source: Norman Beattie search of data May 2005 at http://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/
Note:
Andrew Richards
Chicago, Illinois USA
1925
Source: Norman Beattie search of data May 2005 at http://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/
Note:
Louis Nipper
Chicago, Illinois USA
1925
Source: Norman Beattie search of data May 2005 at http://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/
Note:
John Dinsmore
Chicago, Illinois USA
1926
Source: Norman Beattie search of data May 2005 at http://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/
Note:
Sam Larue
Chicago, Illinois USA
1928
Source: Norman Beattie May 2005 seach of data at http://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/
Note:
Eugene Theviege
Chicago, Illinois USA
1928
Source: Norman Beattie May 2005 seach of data at http://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/
Note:
Ernest Hoffman
Chicago, Illinois USA
1929
Source: Toronto Star archives, searched by Norman Beattie August 2005
Note:
Glen Jackson
Chicago, Illinois USA
1930
Source: Norman Beattie May 2005 seach of data at http://homicide.northwestern.edu/database/
Note:
Michael Broad
Chicago, Illinois USA
1988
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Chicago Sun-Times 4/20/90;
Note: 1988-03-chicago; shot at 5 West Cermak
Steve Rzany
Chicago, Illinois USA
1988
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Chicago Sun Times 4/20/90;
Note: 1988-02-chicago
Dan Stoenescu
Chicago, Illinois USA
1988
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Chicago Sun Times 4/20/90;
Note: 1988-01-chicago
Earnest Walton
Chicago, Illinois USA
1989
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Chicago Sun Times 4/20/90;
Note: previously recorded as 1989-01-chicago, only driver slain in 1989 per Sun Times 4/20/90; shot
Acey Williams
Chicago, Illinois USA
1990
Source: Chicago Sun Times undated, prob 1990; not in ChicagoDispatcher.com table;
Note: 1990?
Arthur Evans
Chicago, Illinois USA
1990
Source: Chicago Sun Times 4-20-90; ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note:
Carlos Simmons
Chicago, Illinois USA
1990
Source: Chicago Sun Times 4-20-90 article with info on 19 killings; ChicagoDispatcher.com;
Note:
Robert Burnett
Chicago, Illinois USA
1990
Source: Chicago Sun Times 4-20-90 by Phillip J. O'Conner and Jim Casey;
Note: arrest next day of man driving the stolen cab
Billy G. Williams
Chicago, Illinois USA
1990
Source: Chicago Sun Times 4-20-90, 2 articles by Phillip J. O'Conner and Jim Casey with info on 19 killings; see also Los Angeles Times 4/21/90 A-18:2 by Eric Harrison (index);
Note: wife & 3 kids, 6 to 9 yrs old; 4th killed in 1990, 3rd driver killed since 30% fare hike 3/9; Jeffery Feldman of Yellow said on the occasion that shields "never saved a life"; Shoenberger: 30% fare hike made driver a target;
Dae Kim
Chicago, Illinois USA
1990
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note:
Fazal Khan
Chicago, Illinois USA
1991
Source: Chicago Tribune clipping, undated, prob. c. Oct 1, 1991; has map of where 6 taxi murders occurred in Chicago area; ChicagoDispatcher.com;
Note: shot Jan 1, died Jan 22
Syed Hadi
Chicago, Illinois USA
1991
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; prob 10-1-91 undated Chicago Tribune clip;
Note:
Johnson Matthews
Chicago, Illinois USA
1991
Source: Undated article, prob Chicago Tribune c. Oct 1, 1991; ChicagoDispatcher.com;
Note:
Ozias Austin
Chicago, Illinois USA
1991
Source: undated clip, Chicago Tribune approx. 10-1-91; ChicagoDispatcher.com;
Note:
John Anderson
Chicago, Illinois USA
1991
Source: Chicago Sun Times repr in Trip Sheet 11-91; undated clip of Chicago Tribune, prob c. 10-1-91; ChicagoDispatcher.com;
Note: total of 5 slain in 1990. Cab company pres. Feldman said shields removed years earlier because they "never saved anyone's life from a holdup man."
Adewale Bakare
Chicago, Illinois USA
1991
Source: undated clip, Chicago Tribune c. 10-1-91.; Chicago Sun Times 10-1-91; ChicagoDispatcher.com;
Note:
Patricia Thompson
Chicago, Illinois USA
1992
Source: March 1992 Trip Sheet reprint of undated Chicago Tribune article by Janita Poe; ChicagoDispatcher.com;
Note: found next to cab on a Friday night; unlicensed cab doubled as home to driver; robbery believed to be motive; date uncertain
James Dyer
Chicago, Illinois USA
1992
Source: refered to in undated clip from a Chicago newspaper reporting the death of Tommy Jackson on 8-5-92; ChicagoDispatcher.com;
Note: long time Yellow driver; reward = $5000 by Yellow; 105 yr sentence
Tommy Jackson
Chicago, Illinois USA
1992
Source: Chicago Tribune 8-7-92; undtaed newsclip from a Chicago newspaper; ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note: "third this year"; $5000 reward by Yellow pres. Jeff Feldman;
John R. Johnson
Chicago, Illinois USA
1994
Source: Chicago Taxi Times, April/May 1994, p. 21; sympathy ad from cab company, also p. 21; ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note: Moments after pushing a locater "panic button" the driver called the dispatcher saying he had been shot. He tried to drive to a hospital, but crashed en route, was declared dead an hour later. Another shooting on Feb. 6
Barkadali Lakhani
Chicago, Illinois USA
1994
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Chicago Tribune 3/6/95;
Note: was 1994-05-chicago based on 3/6/95 Chicago Tribune;
Bernard Prince
Chicago, Illinois USA
1994
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Chicago Tribune 3/6/95;
Note: was 1994-04-chicago based on Chicago Tribune 3/6/95;
James Watkins
Chicago, Illinois USA
1994
Source: Chicago Tribune 12/24/94 (also reprinted in Trip Sheet 2/95);
Note: fourth in 1994; probably dispatched;
Paul Brown
Chicago, Illinois USA
1994
Source: Chicago Tribune 3/6/95;
Note: died 12/31/94, three days after assault; fifth and final slaying of a taxi or livery driver in Chicago area in 1994; (3/6/95 Chicago Trib re 1993 is certainly inaccurate, ie none in 1993, 19 in previous three years; prob 19 total 1990-93)
William Weinberg
Chicago, Illinois USA
1995
Source: Chicago Tribune 3/6/95 and 4/10/95 (also reprint in Trip Sheet 6/95); reprint in Trip Sheet 6/95 of article by D.J. Szekely in Independent Taxi Truth Star News;
Note: found beaten to death near his cab at 3:45 AM; clear from the article that there was no partition in the cab; 2nd article states no shield;
Hasan Mahmoud
Chicago, Illinois USA
1995
Source: Chicago Tribune 3/27/95, 3/31/95 and 4/10/95; Trip Sheet 6/95 reprint of article in Independent Taxi Truth Star News by D.J. Szekely;
Note: 100 taxicabs escorted hearse to O'Hare Airport for flight of body back to native Jordan; spotted at 8:30 AM, but time of assault unknown; "worked for an agency that owns the vehicle but leases the Checker name"; second this year;
Michael Mims
Chicago, Illinois USA
1995
Source: Chicago Tribune 4/10/95 and 4/11/95 (also on disk #1, but incorrectly attributed to Philadelphia Tribune);
Note: died a few hours later; 15 year olds charged as adults in attempted armed robbery and murder; took no money; computer locator used to find cab; from article it is clear that the cab did not have a partition; third slain in 1995;
Frank Randie
Chicago, Illinois USA
1996
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note:
Fred Spence
Chicago, Illinois USA
1996
Source: Chicago Sun Times 2/19/96;
Note: first in 1996; four in 1995;
Rigoberto Madrid
Chicago, Illinois USA
1996
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note:
Jean Francois
Chicago, Illinois USA
1997
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note:
Josef Eberhardt
Chicago, Illinois USA
1997
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: Taiwan Griffin arrested, suspected in Artis Robinson case as well
Artis Robinson
Chicago, Illinois USA
1997
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: possible same suspect as in Josef Eberhardt killing
Zorawar Singh
Chicago, Illinois USA
1997
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note:
Abdul Mohammad
Chicago, Illinois USA
1997
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Chicago Tribune 11/28/97;
Note: 14 year old girl arrested
Muhammad Siddiqui
Chicago, Illinois USA
1998
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Michael Darling
Chicago, Illinois USA
1998
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: Maywood, same as Chicago?
Michael Flosi
Chicago, Illinois USA
1998
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note:
Hisham Siam
Chicago, Illinois USA
2000
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Nader Zidan
Chicago, Illinois USA
2000
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jason B. Jones
Chicago, Illinois USA
2000
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note:
Luis Gonzalez
Chicago, Illinois USA
2000
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Mohammed Majeed
Chicago, Illinois USA
2001
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Zaheeruddin Quraishi
Chicago, Illinois USA
2001
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Willie Barfield
Chicago, Illinois USA
2003
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note:
Mohammad Rafiq Haroon
Chicago, Illinois USA
2003
Source: Table of cabbie homicides from ChicagoDispatcher.com; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ruby Lasecki
Chicago, Illinois USA
2003
Source: www.chicagodispatcher.com; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Karim Ally
Chicago, Illinois USA
2004
Source: Chicago Tribune 11/9/04
Note: driver for a Skokie Illinois cab firm, not Chicago
Haroon Paryani
Chicago, Illinois USA
2005
Source: Chicago Sun-Times 2/5/05 and numerous other reports
Note:
Sonnie Wellington
Chicago, Illinois USA
2006
Source: Chicago Tribune 10/6/06
Note: full time driver since about 1970; son of a cab driver
Luis Cordoba
Chicago, Illinois USA
2011
Source: Chicago Tribune 11/28/11
Note:
Adegboye Oguntade
Chicago, Illinois USA
2012
Source: cbslocal.com 4/14/12; Chicago Dispatcher 5/4/12; Chicago Sun Times 4/14/12
Note: Lansing jitney driver
Edwin Obazuaye
Chicago, Illinois USA
2013
Source: ABClocal.go.com 3/19/2013; chicagotribune.com 3/19/13 and 3/22/13
Note: unlicensed jitny driver died four days later on 3/19/13; arrest made
Javan Boyd
Chicago, Illinois USA
2014
Source: chicagotribune.com 3-9-14 and others
Note: arrest made
Chinedu Madu
Chicago, Illinois USA
2015
Source: Chicago Tribune 1/9/15
Note: Lawndale neighborhood; arrest made
Kamil Shamji
Chicago, Illinois USA
2016
Source: ABC Ch 7 Chicago 2/26/16
Note:
Ismail Abdulle
Chicago, Illinois USA
2017
Source: abc7chicago.com/cab-driver-found-dead-in-blue-island-after-being-robbed-in-chicago/2820332/
Note: Taxi driver slain, then cab and driver taken to Blus Island, IL, cab set afire; arrest made
Anis Tungekar
Chicago, Illinois USA
2018
Source: See https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-arrest-warrant-cabdriver-death-20181227-story.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Javier Ramos
Chicago, Illinois USA
2021
Source: See https://abc17news.com/news/national-world/2021/03/25/rideshare-driver-shot-dead-by-his-own-passenger-during-carjacking/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Joseph Schelstraete
Chicago, Illinois USA
2021
Source: See https://people.com/crime/uber-driver-father-of-3-dies-after-he-was-shot-in-head-during-attempted-carjacking/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Jeffery Berner
Chicago, Illinois USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/2/3/22916229/bail-isaiah-holliday-murder-charge-jeffery-berner-washington-heights
Note: taxi driver slain
Crayton Devone Saffold
Chicago, Illinois USA
2022
Source: https://www.gigsafetynow.com accessed 1/1/2024; https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/chicago-man-charged-after-fatal-shooting-in-washington-heights-last-year/
Note: ridesharer driver slain; GigWorkRising list identifies Crayton Devone as an Uber driver but the only two press reports of the crime found do not mention rideshare;
Caron Arterberry
Chicago, Illinois USA
2022
Source: https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/uber-driver-shot-and-killed-passenger-wounded-in-south-side-ambush/
Note: Uber driver slain
Milton Pillacela Ayora
Chicago, Illinois USA
2023
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-rideshare-driver-killed-milton-pillacela-ayora-lyft/12852631/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Mohammed K. Al Hijoj
Chicago, Illinois USA
2023
Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/12/4/23987388/motorist-fatally-shot-in-austin
Note: limo driver slain
Altmann Mnyuku
Chicago, Illinois USA
2025
Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/08/08/16-year-old-boy-fatally-shot-uber-driver-with-ghost-gun-during-chatham-carjacking-prosecutors-say
Note: Uber driver slain
Daniel Figueroa
Chicago, Illinois USA
2026
Source: https://madamenoire.com/1660739/uber-murder-montoya-perry-carjacking-killing-driver/
Note: Uber driver slain
Jassen Cho
Chicago, Illinois USA
2026
Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/05/08/high-school-senior-and-man-38-gunned-down-in-garfield-park-neighborhood
Note: Uber driver slain
Ludwig Rose
Chicago (Cicero), Illinois USA
1926
Source: Toronto Star archives, searched by Norman Beattie August 2005
Note: 2 hanged for murder
Rudolph Bennett
Chicago (Joliet), Illinois USA
1992
Source: Chicago Tribune 10/14/92 by James Hill & David Ehler; ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note: 4th slain in 1992 to Oct 1992; family=1; owner of Company; O'Hare Ai
Edward Bahard
Dolton, Illinois USA
1998
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: Chicago cab?
James Adcock
Du Quoin, Illinois USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Harriett Childers
East St. Loius, Illinois USA
2022
Source: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/boy-15-charged-with-murder-of-east-st-louis-ride-share-driver/article_d981b3ae-3301-11ee-9d2a-dbaf97d8b177.html
Note: rideshare driver slain
Tadeusz Skowron
Evanston, Illinois USA
1989
Source: ChicagoDispatcher.com
Note: Chicago cab; shot 1300 block of West Church, Evanston
Leodis Blackburn
Evanston, Illinois USA
2011
Source: Chicago Tribune 4/4/16; Patch 4/5/2016
Note:
Leodis Blackburn
Evanston, Illinois USA
2011
Source: Chicago Tribune 5/18/11
Note:
Abimbola K. Ogunniyi
Evergreen Park, Illinois USA
2005
Source: Chicago Tribune 12/28/05;
Note:
Charles Davis
Joliet, Illinois USA
1984
Source: www.theherald-news.com 8/26/2014
Note: killer's bid for release denied in 2014
Grant Nelson
Lincolnwood, Illinois USA
2017
Source: Press release from Village of Lincolnwood 5/21/17; https://www.buzzfeed.com/gracewyler/teen-girl-allegedly-kills-uber-driver
Note: Uber driver; Cook County, suburban Chicago
Seneca Richardson
Maywood, Illinois USA
2015
Source: Chicago Tribune 2/7/2015
Note: Congress Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets; Maywood is suburb of Chicago; apparent Chicago cab driver
Charles Ellis
Mount Vernon, Illinois USA
2011
Source: Daily Journal 6/2/11
Note:
Lee Jones
North Chicago, Illinois USA
2005
Source: Chicago Tribune 2/16/2005
Note: driver died of infection 2 days after stabbing, assailant charged with murder
Joseph Burrell
North Chicago, Illinois USA
2007
Source: Lake County News-Sun October 25, 2007
Note:
Bill Foster
Peoria, Illinois USA
1982
Source: pjstar.com 12/9/2008
Note:
Peter Nelson
Peoria, Illinois USA
1997
Source: Peoria driver Christopher Thomas search of Peoria newspaper records in May 2006; mentioned in pjstar.com 12/9/2008
Note: shot by a 14 year old who was sentenced to 50 years in prison
Steven E. Shawver
Peoria, Illinois USA
2008
Source: pjstar.com 12/9/08
Note:
Pamela Holmstrom
Rockford, Illinois USA
2006
Source: Rockford Register Star 5/1/06
Note: 53 year old mother of three, shot in head
Charles Johnson
Rockford, Illinois USA
2015
Source: rrstar.com 11/2/2015
Note: 500 block of North Avon Street
Steven L. Brummett
Springfield, Illinois USA
2009
Source: The State Journal Register (Springfield) 7/31/09; MyStateline.com 10/13/2009
Note:
Kristian Philpotts
Urbana, Illinois USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.wcia.com/news/urbana-police-ride-share-driver-killed-2-teenagers-arrested/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Patrick Foster
Zion, Illinois USA
2010
Source: cbs2chicago.com 5/25/2010; newssun.suntimes.com 3-25-14;
Note: North suburban Chicago area, driver hospitalized and died of gunshot wounds about two months later on May 24, 2010; sentencing 2014
Paul Lane
Bloomington, Indiana USA
1994
Source: wishtv.com 2-12-2016
Note:
Garry Gilmore
Evansville, Indiana USA
2008
Source: WEHT-TV (Evansville) 12/9/08
Note:
John J. Faurote
Fort Wayne, Indiana USA
1980
Source: Personal communication from Randy Faurote 1/12/2015
Note:
Charles Cardwell
Gary, Indiana USA
1979
Source: Gary (Indiana) Post-Tribune, per Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources February 2007, http://www.post-trib.com/news/230513,60years.article
Note: Gary Ind presumed based on 1-sentence report in a Gary newspaper
Glynon Nelson
Gary, Indiana USA
2021
Source: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/man-sentenced-for-murders-robert-simms-nicholas-kowalski-glynon-nelson-homicide-crime-courts/article_e6fc7aba-74f5-11ee-8f8e-0bc73227624c.html
Note: Lyft driver slain
Kenneth Chambers
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
1980
Source: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050621/NEWS01/506 June 2005 article in Indianapolis Star
Note: slain during 2005; killer's execution was delayed hours before scheduled time in 1995
Charles R. Mosley
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
1987
Source: Indianapolis Star 10/20/87 by George McLaren;
Note: charged with two other cab robberies; paroled after prison term for 1983 cab robbery;
Wendell Goodpaster
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
1990
Source: Indianapolis Star 4/25/95 (sidebar);
Note:
Sam Smith
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
1993
Source: Indianapolis Star 4/25/95 (sidebar) with #964;
Note:
Charles Nixon
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
1993
Source: Indianapolis Star 4/25/95 (sidebar) with #964;
Note:
Mohammad Radwan
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
1995
Source: Indianapolis Star c. 4/25/95 by James A. Gilespy; Indianapolis Star 5/25/95 by Janet E. Williams; Indianapolis Star 4/25/95 by Ruth Mullen;
Note:
Jessie McKnight
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
1995
Source: Indianapolis Star 4/25/95 by Ruth Mullen; Indianapolis Star 5/25/95 by Janet E. Williams;
Note: was robbery victim one block away from site of killing six weeks earlier; death led to formation of task force on safety by Prosecutor Scott Newman; possibly flagged down by assailant posing as fare he was dispatched to pick up;
Clarence (Chip) Hoosier
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
2006
Source: WISH-TV Channel 8 (Indianapolis) 8/3/06
Note:
Herbert Chuck Coomer
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
2007
Source: WISH-TV8 Nov 21, 2007
Note:
Hurt Presendiue
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
2021
Source: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/indiana/articles/2021-08-02/teen-charged-in-shooting-death-of-indy-lyft-driver
Note: rideshare driver slain
Anthony Garland
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
2022
Source: Multiple articles incl: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2022/07/05/impd-indianapolis-lyft-driver-shot-and-killed-passenger/7816750001/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Abdukadir Filanwaa
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
2022
Source: Multiple articles incl: https://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/muslim-community-mourning-death-of-taxi-driver/
Note: taxi driver slain
James Junior Tricker
Muncie, Indiana USA
1960
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005; brother Larry Tricker in email 12/2006;
Note: date incl year is approximate
Paul Koch Jr.
South Bend, Indiana USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jerry Need
Terre Haute, Indiana USA
1992
Source: WTWO-TV Channel 2, 8/24/06;
Note: witnesses came forward 14 years later
Matthew Pusateri
Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA
1988
Source: http://www.gazetteonline.com/special/murders/cases.htm
Note: unsolved, found shot in his cab
Richard Dankert
Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA
2009
Source: KCRG.com 3/25/2009
Note: wreck, homicide charge
Cathy Boyle Stickley
Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA
2011
Source: Cedar Rapids Gazette 4/30/2011 (http://thegazette.com/2011/04/30/shooting-reported-in-cedar-rapids/)
Note:
William (Crip) Hamilton
Centreville, Iowa USA
1921
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. 8/22/21;
Note:
George James Massouris
Council Bluffs, Iowa USA
1950
Source: Iowa Cold Cases including specific sources at http://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/george-massouris/
Note:
Larry Allen Elliott
Council Bluffs, Iowa USA
1983
Source: Jamie Clinton, driver's son July 2005
Note: company is Happy Cab
Thaddeus William Mitchell
Des Moines, Iowa USA
1922
Source: Iowa Cold Cases including specific sources at http://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/thaddeus-mitchell/
Note:
Leon E. Groves
Des Moines, Iowa USA
1951
Source: Cold Case site at http://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/leon-groves/
Note:
Robert Scott
Des Moines, Iowa USA
1996
Source: email from Iowa City 9/21/04 mailto:perryivy@msn.com ;
Note: one of two killed in a month; shot in his cab; date/year may be best guesses?
Ricky Ray Lillie
Iowa City, Iowa USA
2017
Source: https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/2018/03/27/iowa-city-cab-driver-murder-trial-curtis-jones-ricky-ray-lillie/461813002/
Note: taxi driver
Charles Lee Belt
Baxter Springs, Kansas USA
1961
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Jackie Gillum
Dodge City, Kansas USA
1988
Source: HutchNews.com (Hutchinson Kansas) 12/2/2011
Note:
Terrence Timmons
Kansas City, Kansas USA
2008
Source: KMBC 9/11/08
Note:
Charles M. Dunkle
Leavenworth, Kansas USA
1961
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
James E Long
Topeka, Kansas USA
1968
Source: Topeka Capitol-Journal, archive and cjonline 6-26-2016 at http://cjonline.com/news/2016-06-26/man-convicted-1968-topeka-slaying-faces-murder-charge-ohio
Note:
Mohamed Ould Mohamed Sidi
Erlanger, Kentucky USA
2011
Source: KYPost.com 3/16/2011
Note: Killed when an SUV fleeing from police collided with his cab
Amine Lemghaili
Lexington, Kentucky USA
2011
Source: Lexington Herald-Leader 3/21, 3/22 and 3/26/2011; msnbc.com (Lexington) 3/23/2011; WKYT (Lexington) 3/25/2011; WTVQ-TV 36 3/21/2011; Lex18.com 3/20/2011
Note:
William Montgomery
Louisville, Kentucky USA
1989
Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) 2/8/08
Note: body found in Indiana
Russell Gilbert
Louisville, Kentucky USA
1993
Source: (Louisville) Courier-Journal, Monday Nov 15, 1993; Courier-Journal Nov 14, 1993; Louisville, KY newspaper article by Michael Quinlan 9/28/94 (with record 829);
Note: died at University Hospital; murder fueled debate over shields; after killing, Yellow installed 3 shields;
Roy Danner
Louisville, Kentucky USA
1994
Source: Louisville, KY newspaper article by Michael Quinlan 9/28/94, also reprinted in Trip Sheet 3/95;
Note: 2nd in 11 months; witness saw 3 males vandalizing the cab;
Adam Gregg
Louisville, Kentucky USA
2014
Source: WHAS11.com 7/18/14
Note:
Papa Thiam
Louisville, Kentucky USA
2014
Source: The Courier-Journal 11/17/2014; Lex18.com approx. 11/17/14; http://www.wlky.com/article/vigil-held-for-cab-driver-murdered-1/3753929
Note: 5100 block Garden Green Way in Louisville; Newburg; Lyft drivers held vigil, raised funds for family;
Michael Wallace
Louisville, Kentucky USA
2018
Source: See https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2019/08/13/uber-sued-over-fatal-fight-louisville-driver/1999330001/
Note: Uber driver slain
Leslie Davis
Algiers, Louisiana USA
1988
Source: Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note:
James Sutton
Algiers, Louisiana USA
1994
Source: Times-Picayune 6/22/94
Note:
Russell P. LeNormand
Algiers, Louisiana USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; Barb Kabrick review of Times-Picayune archives june 2007;
Note:
Willie Simmons
Algiers, Louisiana USA
2007
Source: Times-Picayune 5/30/07
Note:
Richard Temple
Algiers, Louisiana USA
2010
Source: Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 4/6/2010
Note:
Robert Blakeslee
Arabi, Louisiana USA
1977
Source: The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) March 10, 2005
Note: killing may have been in retaliation for driver's involvement in robbery of drug dealers; arrest in 2005
John Roy
Crowley, Louisiana USA
1921
Source: Norman Beattie, Parpwan Times 8/13/1924 (Utah Digital Libraries)
Note: one of three slain by a serial murderer
Blake Helmer
Gretna, Louisiana USA
2014
Source: wwltv.com 4/30/14
Note: three arrests; near Franklin and Rupp streets, close to cab garage; teens arrested
Yolanda Dillon
Harvey, Louisiana USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/uber-driver-murder-yolanda-dillioin-brandon-jacobs-new-orleans/article_a874cf24-f681-11ed-acc9-ff5282b78220.html
Note: Uber driver slain
Charles Garbo
La Fayette, Louisiana USA
1921
Source: Norman Beattie, Parowan Times 8/13/24 (Utah Digital Libraries)
Note: one of three slain by a serial murderer
Clement Pryor
Lafayette, Louisiana USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; The Advertiser (Lafayette) 6/30/2004;
Note:
Wally Badeaux
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana USA
2009
Source: KATC.com, news items on several dates in February and March 2009
Note: store surveillance camera led to arrests
Gene Madden
Lake Charles, Louisiana USA
1981
Source: AmericanPress.com approx. 2/25/2013 and 3/1/13
Note: shot nine times
John Ray Griffith
Lincoln, Louisiana USA
2006
Source: Shreveport Times 11/2/06
Note: arrest warrant issued
Monier Gindy
Marrero, Louisiana USA
2007
Source: WWLTV.com Jan. 5, 2007; Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 1/6/07; WWLTV.com 4/8/08 on conviction;
Note:
John Adams
Metarie, Louisiana USA
1995
Source: Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 8/21/97; nola.com 5/13/14
Note:
Raymond Schoenberger
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1980
Source: Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 8/19/98 and 4/25/98
Note:
Artis Thomas
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1986
Source: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/02/20/One-man-crime-wave-indicted-in-eight-slayings/2254540795600/
Note: taxi driver slain
John F. McCabe
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1988
Source: Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note: body found in Slidell, LA
Lonnie Herman
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1989
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune 10/19/89; Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note: nickname "Frog";
Frank Segreto
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1990
Source: Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note:
Raymond Feeney
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1991
Source: Trip Sheet, Nov-Dec 1991; Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note: killed with his own gun
Bruce Mayeaux
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1991
Source: Trip Sheet, Nov-Dec 1991; New Orleans newspaper clip, article by Johnelle Lamarque and Christopher Cooper, date not on clipping.
Note: engine still running; meter set for 2 passengers, had idled for about 1 hour; possible dispatch to order; robbery in same area week before. Pickup location is rough area. found outside of cab near driver door.
Robert Zaldo
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1994
Source: Times-Picayune 2/15/94
Note:
Harrell Clark
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1994
Source: Steven Crowell; Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note:
Fred Walsh
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1994
Source: Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007; 1997 email of Terry Smythe with recollection of Steve Crowell, all of whose previous recollections were corroborated by other sources
Note: United 12 taxicab driver slain
Charles Alford
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1994
Source: Steven Crowell; Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note:
Phillip Craft
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1995
Source: Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note:
Raid Alabed
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1995
Source: New Orleans news clip, prob 7/31/95 by Walt Philbin; personal reports; Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note: seventh since early 1994, 2 of them at United Cab (possibly one of them in Feb 94); slaying sparked drafting of shield ordinance for NO's 1760 cabs; police say not shot from back seat;
Mr Jaiala
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1996
Source: Report of Steven Crowell, known to be a reliable source re New Orleans
Note: taxi driver slain
Mr. Jaiala
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1996
Source: 1997 email of Terry Smythe with recollection of Steve Crowell, all of whose previous recollections were corroborated by other sources
Note: Liberty Bell taxicab driver slain
John S. Johnson
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1996
Source: New Orleans news clip and obituaries, probably 6/25/96;
Note: almost certainly no partition in cab; fellow driver said "He sometimes trusted people too much";
Alvin Marchand
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1997
Source: Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 4/11/97; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Aloysious Korieocha
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1997
Source: Steven Crowell; Times-Picayune 5/4/97
Note:
Jesse Resendez
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note:
Joe Johnson
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1997
Source: Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note:
George Loar, Jr.
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
1997
Source: Times-Picayune Sept. 5 and 7, 1997
Note:
Roderick B. Williams
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Feltus Sterling
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2004
Source: New Orleans news item of 5/29/04 by Leslie Williams (publication name not cited in emailed copy of the text); Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note: pulled from cab while off duty and beaten; died of head injuries; Sterling was shot in a 1996 taxi assault;
Roberto Gonzales
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2004
Source: WWL-TV, http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWL082604arrested.b5c47d44.html; other wwltv.com reports on web; Nancy Burris, Head Librarian at The Times-Picayune LLC, June 2007
Note: name may be Alberto, not Roberto
Mahyar Kasravi
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2009
Source: NOLA.com 12/9/2009, 12/15/2009 and 12/16/2009
Note:
Arvil Hicks
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2010
Source: WWWLTV 5/24/10 and others
Note:
William Kerner
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2011
Source: WDSU.com 5/30/11
Note:
Ali Husnain
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2012
Source: NOLA.com 7/9/12
Note:
Joseph Wilfred
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2012
Source: Fox8Live.com (New Orleans) 12/17/12
Note: Jefferson County cab and driver, not New Orleans cab
Sheicho Delbar
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2013
Source: WDSU 4/12/2013; WWLTV 4/11/13
Note:
Ali A. Khan
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2017
Source: Times Picayune 1-23-18 http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2018/01/nopd_seeks_person_of_interest_30.html
Note: taxi driver
Andrew Stiller
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2023
Source: https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-interestate-shooting-crash-uber-driver/43145531
Note: Uber driver slain
Marvin Enrique Bardales Valle
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2023
Source: https://www.fox8live.com/2023/03/24/new-orleans-lyft-driver-shot-killed-by-passenger-nopd-says/ and https://www.knoe.com/2023/03/29/family-slain-lyft-driver-raises-enough-money-send-his-body-home-honduras/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Miguel Stemley
New Orleans, Louisiana USA
2025
Source: https://www.fox8live.com/2025/10/21/widow-slain-uber-driver-miguel-stemley-pleads-publics-help-identifying-suspects/
Note: Uber driver slain
J.J. Brevelle
Shreveport, Louisiana USA
1926
Source: http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=5720697 per Karl Weiszhaar
Note: On March 9, 1928, Joe Genna and Molton Brasseaux were hanged for the robbery and slaying
Victor Shields
Shreveport, Louisiana USA
1990
Source: KSLA12 6/10/2011
Note:
Fred Kelly
Shreveport, Louisiana USA
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Timothy Guyton
Shreveport, Louisiana USA
2010
Source: WXVT-15 (Shreveport) 6/28/2010
Note:
Carlos Jenkins
Shreveport, Louisiana USA
2014
Source: ShreveportTimes.com 7/6/14
Note:
Frederick Kiprono
Shreveport, Louisiana USA
2025
Source: https://www.ksla.com/2025/11/25/who-would-have-known-lifetime-would-only-be-6-years-wife-slain-uber-driver-speaks-out-after-shooting/
Note: Uber driver slain
Robin Matteson
Slidell, Louisiana USA
2009
Source: WDSU.com 4/6/2009; Times Picayune 4/7/2009
Note:
Lawanna J. Lewis
Westlake, Louisiana USA
2025
Source: https://www.kplctv.com/2025/10/11/sheriff-hold-press-conference-body-found-westlake-ditch/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Donna Leen
Corinth, Maine USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Nunzi Mancini
Portland, Maine USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Napoleon Lessard
Waterville, Maine USA
1938
Source: Lewiston (Maine) Daily Sun 12/30/38
Note: taxi driver slain
Seydou Alassane Ba
Anne Arundel County, Maryland USA
2014
Source: Gazette.Net 11/21/2014
Note: 8300 block of Williamstowne Drive in Millersville; unlicensed livery
Hugh Berryman
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1924
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. 12/16/24;
Note:
William J. Wright
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1927
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. Jan 19, 1927
Note:
Karen R. Smith
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1988
Source: Baltimore Sun 3/4/88 by Roger Twigg;
Note: 3rd slaying at same company in 62 days; cab company to begin installing partitions at rate of 10 per day; body found in area where six murdered women found in 3 months; possible serial killer;
Norman Roger Floyd
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1989
Source: Baltimore Evening Sun, prob 10/13/89 by Richard Irwin; Baltimore Sun 10/13/89 by Roger Twigg;
Note: ex-con claims driver made sexual advances, but cops say no evidence of that..."simple case of a murder committed during an armed robbery; broken knife blade found in driver's chest; suspect turned himself in, cops say they would surely have found him;
David W. Tidwell
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1995
Source: Baltimore Sun article by Richard O'Mara reprinted in 3/96 Trip Sheet; Baltimore Morning Sun 3/17/95 as quoted by Dan Setzer;
Note: this and the 1996 homicide were the only ones in the companies 50 years of operation; Overlea has about 20 drivers; news article of 3/17 says driver had $200 in his pockets; assailants were 2 young women;
Christopher Allen Leavitt
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1995
Source: Baltimore Sun article by Richard O'Mara reprinted in 3/96 Trip Sheet;
Note: cab company established about one year, has six drivers;
David M. Lorusso
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1996
Source: Baltimore Sun article by Richard O'Mara reprinted in 3/96 Trip Sheet;
Note: time is when found; date is prior to March;
John Thornton
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Gary Coleman
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1997
Source: baltimoresun.com 4/24/2008
Note: unlicensed cab driver
Simon Mwangi
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Samuel Gathunguri-Waweru
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
James Johnson
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1998
Source: Baltimore Sun, Jan 26, 1998; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests, presumably a later article reporting on the death or trial;
Note: the one news item that I have says he was critically injured, presumably died later
Robert Michael Young
Baltimore, Maryland USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Sean Powell
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2000
Source: The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Virginia) 2/24/06;
Note: same killers convicted in slaying of banker soon afterwards
Damon Cooper
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Matthew Kenney
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Tony Rogers
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jesse Gross
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Name not reported
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2005
Source: Baltimore Sun 12/21/2005
Note: Shot in 2700 block of Greenmount, North Baltimore; not same as Dwight Watson, unlicensed driver stabbed 12/31/05
Dwight Watson
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2005
Source: Baltimore Sun 1/6/06;
Note: unlicensed driver stabbed in 5000 block of Corley Road, not same as unnamed unlicensed driver shot twelve days earlier
Omar Bah
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2006
Source: Baltimore Sun 5/31, 6/1, 6/2/2006; WBAL 6/2/2006
Note: Towson-based cab, Jimmy's Cab Co.; 15-year old charged in shooting
Ghulam Mustafa
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2007
Source: Baltimore Sun 6/6/07
Note:
Stephen Mauk
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2009
Source: MyFox5 (Washington) 1/26/09; FrederickNewsPost.com 11/11/2010 on trial delay
Note: Frederick (MD?) driver unexpectedly in Baltimore
Sean Carlos Johnson
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2010
Source: Baltimore Sun 4/20/2010
Note: Probably an unlicensed cab
Name not reported
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2013
Source: Baltimore Sun 12/22/2013
Note:
Michael Akin Omoregie
Baltimore, Maryland USA
2016
Source: Fox 5 News 4/5/2016
Note:
Albert Atwell
Bel Air, Maryland USA
1935
Source: Washington Post archive, incl. Oct 9, 1935
Note:
Joseph N. Woodbury
Bethesda, Maryland USA
1976
Source: Washington Post archive, Feb 3, 1976
Note:
Edmund Akofio-Sowah
Capitol Heights, Maryland USA
2005
Source: WJLA-TV Channel 7, Washington DC on 1/28/05; Washington Post 1/29/05; Washington Post 4/22/12;
Note:
Kedir Yahya
Capitol Heights, Maryland USA
2014
Source: WUSA-9 12/31/2014
Note:
Humberto Sierra Camacho
Chillum, Maryland USA
2021
Source: See https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/14-year-old-murder-charges-charged-as-an-adult-stabbed-taxi-driver/65-59fae189-81c6-45a0-8463-4d9d83486add
Note: taxi driver slain
Olawatosin Adetula
Cottage City, Maryland USA
2025
Source: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/man-accused-shooting-killing-rideshare-driver-new-years-eve-arrested
Note: Uber driver slain
Benjamin Delano Kirby Jr.
Crownsville, Maryland USA
2014
Source: WBALTV.com 3/14/14 and 3/20/14
Note: arrests made
Derald Howard Guess
Edgewood, Maryland USA
2004
Source: WBAL and WTOP online 12/8/04 and 12/12/04; Baltimore Sun 6/8/2006 and other dates in 2006;
Note: driver had nine kids; teen arrested in killing, possible gang initiation motive
Jasbir Rajpal Singh
Forestville, Maryland USA
2001
Source: The Hindu 2/3/2001 ;Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: Alexandria-based driver for Yellow Cab
Garfield Miller
Hagerstown, Maryland USA
1921
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. Mar 22, 1921
Note:
Flora T. Washington
Landover, Maryland USA
1979
Source: Washington Post archive, incl. Oct 16, 1979
Note: driver from Washington DC slain in Maryland, another driver slain about 12 hours later
Samuel Ibadapo Akinduro
Landover, Maryland USA
2003
Source: July 24, 2003 Washington Post; Maryland Gazette Aug 22, 2003;
Note:
Homer Jones
Laurel, Maryland USA
1919
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. Sep 5, 1919
Note:
Arshad Mahmood
Oxon Hill, Maryland USA
2004
Source: http://www.gazette.net/200428/princegeorgescty/updates/225691-1.html
Note: Prince George's County
Lester Carlos
Prince George's County, Maryland USA
1991
Source: Washington Times June 21, 1992;
Note:
Michael L. Evans
Prince George's County, Maryland USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Tekola Bekele
Prince George's County, Maryland USA
2008
Source: washingtonpost.com 10/17/08
Note:
Beaudouin Tchakounte
Prince George's County, Maryland USA
2019
Source: See https://patch.com/maryland/bowie/high-uber-passenger-gets-50-years-after-double-murder-officials
Note: rideshare driver slain
Raymundo Estrella Moreno
Prince George's County, Maryland USA
2021
Source: See https://wjla.com/news/local/man-charged-with-murder-of-taxi-driver-during-attempted-carjacking-in-riverdale-park
Note: taxi driver slain
Abdul Rauf Khan
Prince George’s County, Maryland USA
2022
Source: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/71-year-old-rideshare-driver-dead-in-temple-hills/65-fc515330-5b75-45b0-928d-a34108d43501
Note: Lyft driver slain
Charles Adkins Jr.
Salisbury, Maryland USA
1977
Source: 4-13-18 http://www.wboc.com/story/37953790/salisbury-man-convicted-of-taxi-cab-murder-40-years-ago
Note: taxi driver; cold case solved 40 years later
Marcellus Thomas Maddox
Salisbury, Maryland USA
2004
Source: The Daily Times (Salisbury) 11/19/05;
Note:
Thomas Henry Andrews
Silver Springs, Maryland USA
1992
Source: Washington Post 3/22/92 p. B-3:1 by Fern Shen (index);
Note:
Ashref Ali
Silver Springs, Maryland USA
1995
Source: Washington Post 1/15/95 p. B-4:5 (index);
Note: Queens livery driver slain in Brooklyn
Beautford Garrett
Temple Hills, Maryland USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Nesredin Esleiman
Temple Hills, Maryland USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/rideshare-driver-found-shot-death-prince-georges-county/65-7ad227a5-af4b-46bc-8013-d6caa8331480
Note: Uber driver slain
William Allen
Boston, Massachusetts USA
1981
Source: Boston Carriage News August 1992;
Note: Crawley arrested in 1992, just days before his release from jail in San Francisco where he was serving 4 years for drug offenses; identified by FBI check of fingerprints; Hall arrested minutes after the shooting; Crawley age 30 in 1992, est 19 in 1981.
Walter J. Butkiewicz
Boston, Massachusetts USA
1982
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Fertil Supre
Boston, Massachusetts USA
1984
Source: Boston Globe 2/14/84 by Frank Mahoney; Globe 4/24/84;
Note: partition in cab? mayor says drivers with gun permits can carry pistols; reward=$2,500 by Checker Cab;
Andre Pierre-Louis
Boston, Massachusetts USA
1984
Source: Boston Globe 2/14/84 by Frank Mahoney; Globe 4/24/84;
Note: second murder in four days; temporary help from city for family; family=5; reward=$2,500 by Checker Cab;
Yvon Guerrier
Boston, Massachusetts USA
1991
Source: Boston Herald repr in Trip Sheet 11/91; Boston Globe 10/19/91 by Brian McGrory; Globe 10/15/91 by Tom Coakley; Boston Globe Magazine 1/12/92 by Bob Hohler;
Note: shield assumed for Boston; 1st Boston cabby killed since 1984; shot through driver's side window; "robbery does not appear to have been the motive" a year later;
James Solanke
Boston, Massachusetts USA
1991
Source: Boston Herald...Trip Sheet 11-91; Boston Globe 10/19/91 by Brian McGrory; Globe 10/15/91 by Tom Coakley; Globe 10/14/91 by Jack Sullivan;
Note: shot while driving through an intersection; shield and trouble light assumed; two articles say May 4, two others say May 5; robbery not motive, 1992 article:
Jean Saint Elme
Boston, Massachusetts USA
1991
Source: Boston Herald in Trip Sheet 11-91; Boston Globe 10/19/91 by Brian McGrory; Boston Globe 10/15/91 by Tom Coakley; Globe 10/14/91 by Jack Sullivan;
Note: assumed shield & hijack light; Mayor called for side window shields; no money found on driver; BPD in two articles, robbery not motive, but probably not serial killing of three in 91;
Jacques Celestin
Boston, Massachusetts USA
1992
Source: undated Boston Herald article by Joe Heaney reprinted in Hack Sheet June 92; Boston Herald 11/19/98;
Note: Driver matched description of rapist, may have been the victim of mistaken identity. Known as Joseph and as Jacques. Assumed shield and hijack light on Boston cab. Family=5; part-time job;
Over Mondesir
Boston, Massachusetts USA
1993
Source: Boston Globe 3/9/93 by John Ellement; Globe editorial ?/?/9? "A Safe Trip For Cab Drivers"; Boston Globe reprint in Carriage News 3/93;
Note: "discovered bleeding from a single gunshot wound". Authorities suspect he was shot through a narrow window opening. Globe editorial "With four slayings of cabbies here since 1991, it is obvious that more must be done." (date of editorial?); family=2
Henry Miller
Boston, Massachusetts USA
2018
Source: See https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-uber-driver-dies-from-injuries-months-after-violent-attack/23499844
Note: Uber driver slain
Luckinson Oruma
Boston, Massachusetts USA
2019
Source: See https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/06/28/nigerian-community-mourns-loss-cab-driver-wake/ab2m0g5gUaUS2btxZVrqgI/story.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Heureur Previlon
Brighton, Massachusetts USA
2005
Source: Boston Herald, 8/26/05
Note: Brookline cab had no partition, Bay State Taxi
Ismael Rivera
Brockton, Massachusetts USA
1997
Source: Boston Globe May 17, 1997
Note:
Edward Conley
Brockton, Massachusetts USA
2008
Source: Boston Globe 2/17/2008, and others
Note:
Zouaoui Dani-Elkebir
Chelsea, Massachusetts USA
2013
Source: ChelseaRecord.com 11-18-2016; http://www.chelsearecord.com/2016/11/18/gunman-guilty-in-the-chelsea-murders-of-livery-driver-passenger/
Note: livery driver, in the area of Parker Street and Crescent Avenue; case not spotted in news at the time; conviction
Albert J. Leger
Fitchburg, Massachusetts USA
1995
Source: Boston Globe(?) circa 11/12/95;
Note: Fitchburg is approx 50 miles WNW of Boston; Pellot and Matos charged with murder & armed robbery, 19 yr old Diaz charged with accessory to murder and armed robbery; all pleaded innocent, held w/o bail for 11/21 pretrial conference; robbery less than $20;
Caleb Rodriguez
Holyoke, Massachusetts USA
2026
Source: https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2026/06/man-accused-of-killing-holyoke-uber-driver-faced-charges-for-shooting-19-years-ago.html
Note: Uber driver slain
Paul Morel
Lawrence, Massachusetts USA
1985
Source: Boston Globe 2/25/2015 and 2/27/2015
Note: killer seeking parole in 2015
Juan Vasquez
Methuen, Massachusetts USA
1997
Source: https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/05/after-25-years-in-prison-mass-man-who-helped-kill-taxi-driver-pushes-for-release.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Donald DePina
New Bedford, Massachusetts USA
2015
Source: whdh.com 12/1/2015
Note:
Jeffrey S. Boyajian
Roslindale, Massachusetts USA
1979
Source: Boston Globe 8/12/16 on parole of killer;
Note: Archdale Housing Development in Roslindale
Wilson Javier
Salem, Massachusetts USA
2019
Source: See https://www.unionleader.com/news/crime/arrest-made-in-new-year-s-eve-murder-of-salem/article_f0fe83a1-ff65-5c4d-a555-df0840e570da.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Walid Chahine
Somerville, Massachusetts USA
2007
Source: Boston Globe 6/27/07
Note: killed in wreck, other driver indicted for vehicular homicide
William Montana
Springfield, Massachusetts USA
2020
Source: See https://www.wwlp.com/news/crime/taxi-driver-victim-of-deadly-stabbing-in-springfield/
Note: taxi driver slain
Ali Liaqat
Suitland, Massachusetts USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Joseph Markus
Worcester, Massachusetts USA
1927
Source: Washington Post archive, incl. Feb 20, 1928
Note: assaialnt had already been convicted by Feb 1928, so date of crime is estimated as sometime in 1927
Thomas Foy
Worcester, Massachusetts USA
1988
Source: www.telegram.com 4/18/2014
Note: in January 1988; killer released from prison in 2009, again in 2013
Unice Christopher Sharp
Battle Creek, Michigan USA
2005
Source: WZZM-TV Channel 13 (Grand Rapids) 4/26/05
Note:
Earl Garey
Benton Township, Michigan USA
1921
Source: Ludington Daily News 4/11/1921; https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19210411&id=LX9SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1TEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6554,3046047
Note: first bullet went through heavy glass partition behind the driver
Stanley W. Hood
Detroit, Michigan USA
1930
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. Feb 13, 1930
Note:
Name not reported
Detroit, Michigan USA
1997
Source: WDIV 1/9/97
Note: 210 block of Algonquin, Chesterfield Cab, 6:25 AM
Amer Saboo
Detroit, Michigan USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
John Dada
Detroit, Michigan USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Darren Blanchard
Detroit, Michigan USA
2001
Source: June 2003 email from a friend of Mr. Blanchard;
Note:
Naziruddi Abutaher
Detroit, Michigan USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Aboud Jahar
Detroit, Michigan USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Donald Papke
Detroit, Michigan USA
2004
Source: WXYZ Channel 7 Detroit 10/15/04; IBS Network Channel 4 WDIV-TV 10/15/04; 10/21/04 email from Matthew Oddy, Director of Driver Services at Checker Cab of Detroit;
Note:
Name not reported
Detroit, Michigan USA
2005
Source: Detroit Free Press 9/19/2005
Note: on the Michigan 39 service drive
Name not reported
Detroit, Michigan USA
2012
Source: Detroit News 10/16/12; Free Press (Detroit) 10/17/12
Note: McNichols Rd and Lodge Freeway (M10)
Jawan McQueen
Detroit, Michigan USA
2012
Source: United Press International 10/16/12; CBS Local 10/16/12; Detroit News 10/16/12
Note: shot at gas station, Harper Avenue and Conner Street; had CCW permit
Tyrone Hitchcock
Detroit, Michigan USA
2013
Source: MyFoxDetroit.com 1/3/13
Note: woman passenger also injured in shooting
Michael Uche
Detroit, Michigan USA
2013
Source: The Republic 4/18/13
Note:
Babul Miah
Detroit, Michigan USA
2015
Source: WJBK Fox Detroit 3/26/2015 and others
Note:
Mamoudou Bah
Detroit, Michigan USA
2016
Source: ClickOnDetroit.com 2/21/16
Note:
Modou Diagne
Detroit, Michigan USA
2016
Source: http://www.wxyz.com/news/detroit-police-investigating-death-of-uber-driver ; http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/111829006-story ; http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2016/03/22/uber-driver-shot-and-killed-detroit-police-say/82110764/
Note: Uber driver; Fox2 has name as Mo-due Joun; 2010 Lincoln Navigator; arrest made
Devin Lowe
Detroit, Michigan USA
2017
Source: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2017/04/17/detroit-police-seek-suspects-fatal-limo-shooting/100555492/
Note: limo driver was slain in a robbery
DaJuan Jenkins
Detroit, Michigan USA
2018
Source: See https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2018/06/14/family-seeks-justice-uber-driver-gunned-down-detroit/699666002/
Note: Uber driver slain
Zainul Mohammad
Detroit, Michigan USA
2019
Source: See https://www.arabamericannews.com/2019/05/31/bangladeshi-american-cab-driver-from-hamtramck-killed-on-the-job-in-detroit/
Note: also identified as Joynul Islam - taxi driver slain
Yousef Al-Gabri
Detroit, Michigan USA
2021
Source: See https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2021/03/10/detroit-man-charged-shooting-uber-driver-death/6939701002/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Tim Perkins
Detroit, Michigan USA
2021
Source: See https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2021/01/28/2-teens-arrested-in-rideshare-drivers-death-in-southwest-detroit/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Billy Kelly
Flint, Michigan USA
1989
Source: (Flint, Mich?) Journal 4-26-89 by Todd Seibt.
Note: Veterans and Best cabcos installed cabs by the next month. Vet has 16 cabs; Best has at least 12; drivers reacted favorably to shields; cops televised re-enactment.
Otto Brown
Flint, Michigan USA
1989
Source: Crime Stoppers wanted poster 2014
Note:
Louis Biles III
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
1993
Source: Grand Rapids Press, 12/8/93 by Peg West;
Note: fired from other cab company for organizing a pro-shield drive; apparantly a suprise attack from rear; fam=1
Anthony Lamarr Johnson
Jackson, Michigan USA
1992
Source: Jackson Citizen Patriot 3/19/92, 3/20/92, 4/2/92; personal reports;
Note: brothers turned themselves in a couple of hours later; killer was acquaintence of driver, but robbery was motive; murder was planned in advance of calling for cab; wife and 2 kids left destitute; photo of assailants in 3/20 news;
Dina Terrell
Pontiac, Michigan USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.macombdaily.com/2022/10/25/pontiac-man-charged-in-slaying-of-lyft-driver/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Ray Charles Greenawalt
Superior Township, Michigan USA
1993
Source: The Ann Arbor News Jan 29, 1993 by John A. Woods; Detroit News January 30, 1993 by Dennis Niemiec; Detroit Free Press, undated article reprinted in March 1993 Carriage News;
Note: Boys confessed; robbery was motive but no money taken; charged with 1st degree murder and conspiracy to committ murder; driver's age is 44 or 45; "...where he had been sent to pick up a fare." If convicted as juveniles, can be jailed to age 21; fam=0
Michael Allen Palm
Apple Valley, Minnesota USA
2009
Source: Star-Tribuine.com 8/3/09
Note:
James Lee Moody
Brooklyn Center (Minneapolis), Minnesota USA
2007
Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune 2/4/07
Note: 5 days on the job
Johnny Jones
Duluth, Minnesota USA
1920
Source: 0
Note: taxi driver slain
Wilbur Nieuwsma
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
1990
Source: Minneapolis newspaper clip July 1, 1991; Minneapolis Star and Tribune Jan 18, 1990; KARE-TV Ch 11 newsclip; WCCO-TV Ch 4 newsclip;
Note: defendants in lawsuit are Transportation Development Limited Partnership, Capital Dimensions Venture Fund Inc, and AA Fast Transit; plaintiff is wife, Melayna Nieuwsma;
James Wildenauer
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
1996
Source: StarTribune 3/15/2012
Note:
Abdi J. Mohomed
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
1997
Source: Star Tribune (Minneapolis) 3/15/12
Note: uncertain date in April 1997
Said Isse Igal
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Daniel Begashaw Kaptyimer
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Douglas Halek
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ahmed Hussein Ahmed
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Mohammed Ahmed Saleh
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
William Harper
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
2012
Source: kare11.com 4/15/12
Note:
Ahmed Badal
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
2021
Source: http://sahanjournal.com/news/minneapolis-somali-ride-share-driver-killed/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Abdullahi Mohamed Abdullahi
Moorhead, Minnesota USA
2021
Source: See https://hot975fm.com/murdered-minnesota-taxi-driver-did-not-know-his-alleged-killer/
Note: taxi driver slain
Michael John Lym
St. Paul, Minnesota USA
1995
Source: Int. Taxi Truth Star News 2/95 reprint of undated article by Chris Graves, prob. 1/95;
Note: possible 1994?; rough area;
Cleo Henderson
Corinth, Mississippi USA
2014
Source: Clarion Ledger 5/26/2014
Note:
David Norwood, Jr.
Grenada, Mississippi USA
1992
Source: Karl Weiszhaar internet news search Sept 2005, see http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/local/12720663.htm
Note: arrest and conviction
Acey Theo Welch
Gulfport, Mississippi USA
1976
Source: Clarionledger.com
Note:
Charles Williams
Tupelo, Mississippi USA
2016
Source: http://www.sunherald.com 5/15/2015
Note:
James Buie
Vicksburg, Mississippi USA
2007
Source: Vicksburg Post 1/8/2010 and 1/9/2010
Note: owner of cab company killed while cleaning his cab
Shannon O’Brien
Ferguson, Missouri USA
2026
Source: https://www.firstalert4.com/2026/08/11/teens-certified-adults-st-louis-county-rideshare-drivers-shooting-death/; https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/was-just-like-a-war-rideshare-driver-gunned-down-in-ferguson-was-unintended-target/63-4c71a2b3-f7dc-4e92-938b-116b94becd10; https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/teen-charged-shooting-killed-rideshare-driver-st-louis-county/63-8656aaff-d8d7-4f0e-a6e9-f2ad15d53bf0
Note: Rideshare driver slain
John Lumpkin
Kansas City, Missouri USA
1958
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Tariq Al-Ataby
Kansas City, Missouri USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Terrence Richardson
Kansas City, Missouri USA
2012
Source: KMBC.com 5/13/12
Note:
Said Said
Kansas City, Missouri USA
2015
Source: kctv5.com 9/9/15 update of 9/5/15 item
Note: at East 19th Street and Highland Avenue
Edward Watkins
St. Louis, Missouri USA
1988
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch undated, prob 10/89, by Tim Poor;
Note: undated article was on same sheet as copy of Oct 3 89 article;
Thomas Tyner
St. Louis, Missouri USA
1995
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 4/5/05;
Note: conviction in 1997
Jason Hall
St. Louis, Missouri USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Rodney L. Venice
St. Louis, Missouri USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Wheeler Smith
St. Louis, Missouri USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Samuel Starks
St. Louis, Missouri USA
2005
Source: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch 5/5/05, others;
Note:
Timothy Grice
St. Louis, Missouri USA
2016
Source: St. Louuis Post Dispatch 9/15/2016
Note: 900 block of Laclede Avenue just east of Kingshighway
Boris Iouioukine
St. Louis, Missouri USA
2018
Source: See http://www.kmov.com/story/38524045/st-louis-cab-driver-carjacked-killed-described-as-hardworking-family-man
Note: taxi driver slain
Andrew Ameer
St. Louis, Missouri USA
2020
Source: Fox2 St Louis via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOAxe5Oe5Fc
Note: Lyft driver slain in attempted carjacking; lawsuit alleges Lyft failure to identify customers
Elijah Newman
St. Louis, Missouri USA
2021
Source: See https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/father-of-5-shot-and-killed-in-st-louis-45-year-old-had-been-working-as-lyft-driver/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Dewight Price
St. Louis, Missouri USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/additional-arrests-cab-driver-killed-st-louis-county/63-59c37385-bd84-4e13-801f-d925d9ac651b
Note: taxi driver slain
Richard Lilie Jr.
St. Louis County, Missouri USA
2019
Source: See https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/cab-driver-found-shot-to-death-in-north-st-louis/article_d947425d-9646-5027-8f14-4019598935fe.html
Note: taxi driver slain
William R. Edwards
Omaha, Nebraska USA
1963
Source: Waterloo - Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa) Aug. 6, 2004
Note: slain on a rural road in Pottawattamie County; killer denied parole in 2004
Jerry Lee Linkenhoker
Omaha, Nebraska USA
1991
Source: Omaha World-Herald 4/1/94 by Joy Powell (see #318);
Note: no other cab deaths in Omaha until 3/94; botched robbery;
Jeffrey DeBolt
Omaha, Nebraska USA
1994
Source: Omaha World Herald 4/1/94 by Joy Powell;
Note: cab found five hours later at 20th and Grace; cabs had shields 10 years ago but removed them due to "false sense of security"; first driver slain since 1991;
Lee R. Lacy
Omaha, Nebraska USA
2005
Source: The Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 2/3/06;
Note: unlicensed jitney driver
Mursal Jama
Omaha, Nebraska USA
2024
Source: https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-uber-driver-murder-trial-boys-accused/62244124
Note: Uber driver slain
Reuel Van Ness Jr.
Nebraska, USA
1979
Source: Rick Halperin (AI-Texas) citing the Omaha World-Herald; Atlantic Monthly November 2005; KETV-TV Channel 7 (Omaha) 1/23/07;
Note: Carey Dean Moore appealed his death sentence on grounds of cruelly long delay in carrying out the execution; also killed cab driver Maynard Helgeland;
Maynard Helgeland
Nebraska, USA
1979
Source: Rick Halperin (AI-Texas) citing the Omaha World-Herald; Atlantic Monthly November 2005; KETV-TV Channel 7 (Omaha) 1/23/07;
Note: Carey Dean Moore appealed his death sentence citing a cruelly long delay in carrying out the execution; also killed driver Reuel Van Nesss
Glenn Kelly
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1971
Source: Trip Sheet 3/95;
Note: possibly injury type A;
Robert Leroy Anderson
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1979
Source: Howard Robert Anderson, slain driver's son, by email 1/15/2005 ;Yvette G. Moore, Administrator, State of Nevada Taxicab Authority email of 12/3/2004 to Jim Szekely;
Note: Desert Cab Co; TA# 05949
Kendall Bright
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1981
Source: Yvette G. Moore, Administrator, State of Nevada Taxicab Authority email to Jim Szekely 13/3/2004;
Note: Las Vegas location assumed; Ace Cab;
Steven Peppers
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1982
Source: Yvette G. Moore, Administrator, State of Nevada Taxicab Authority email of 12/3/2004 to Jim Szekely;
Note: Yellow Cab; TA# 09088; unknown date and year in early 1980s; Las Vegas location assumed;
Everette Mullins
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1982
Source: Yvette. G. Moore, Administrator, State of Nevada Taxicab Authority email to Jim Szekely 12/3/2004
Note: TA# 08579; ANLV Cab Co.;
Owen Sacks
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1983
Source: Yvette G. Moore, Administrator, State of Nevada Taxicab Authority email 12/3/2004 to Jim Szekely
Note: TA# 09287; Western Cab;
Paul Leonardo
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1986
Source: Yvette G. Moore, Administrator, State of Nevada Taxicab Authority email to Jim Szekely 12/2/2004
Note: Whittlesea Cab; TA# 11291
Kenneth Lee Marcum
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1990
Source: Las Vegas Sun 9-23-91; LV Sun, March 5, 1990; LV Review-Journal by David Finnegan; LV Sun 1/28/90 by Ed Koch; LV Review Journal/Sun 6/12/94 (with #564); more in 2010
Note: same suspects in assault on William Walker; jumped into his parked cab; "rookie"; reward=$30K by 3 LV cab companies; death sentence overturned in 2010
Robert J. Reis
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1990
Source: Las Vegas Sun 9-23-91; LV Review Journal/Sun 6/12/94 (with #564);
Note: no arrest by Sept 91 or by 6/94; few clues;
Joseph Nick Netti
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1991
Source: Trip Sheet, Nov-Dec 1991; Las Vegas Sun 9-23-91 by David W. Crowell.; LV Review-Journal 6/12/94 (with #564);
Note: Trip Sheet says Netti, Sun says Nitti. Dispatch order at 12:30 p.m., found dead shortly after 1:00 p.m. "Witnesses said the driver pulled into the parking spot and stopped". One or two shots heard. 2 robbery-killings in previous year.
Joseph Carara
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1993
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal/Sun 9/11/93 and 6/12/94;
Note: assailant expected to get life;
James Cox
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1993
Source: Chicago Taxi Times April/May 1994, page 22; Trip Sheet, December 1993; LV Review Journal 6/12/94 (with 564);
Note: Driver got a call to pick up his wife who was getting off work. Upon arriving, he saw his wife being assaulted. He intervened and was fatally injured. Witnessed by a hotel shuttle driver. The killer wasquickly apprehended.
Billy Ray Traver
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1997
Source: Yvette G. Moore, Administrator, State of Nevada Taxicab Authority email 12/3/2004 to Jim Szekely;
Note: ANLV Cab Co.; TA# 18654
John E. Harris
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Federico Baluyot
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Abera Yerga Asmamaw
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Pairoj Chitprasart
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
2004
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal 8/21/04; krnv.com; kesq.com; Las Vegas Sun 2/15/06;
Note: set afire with a flammable liquid, died a few days later; assailant arrested
Tesfaye Arze
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
2011
Source: Las Vegas Sun 3-6-2011
Note: suspects photographed by in-cab security camera
Michael Boldon
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
2013
Source: SF Gate 2/24/13 and others
Note: wreck following shooting between other cars; various spellings in press; shooter got death penalty
Michael Wilmot
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
2024
Source: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/man-killed-on-strip-in-possible-road-rage-related-shooting-police-say-3218605/
Note: Uber driver slain
Annette Bennett
Laughlin, Nevada USA
1992
Source: Trip Sheet March 1992; Trip Sheet June 1995, reprint of article in Las Vegas Review-Journal (with #564);
Note: killed in Havasu, Arizona; last trip on waybill was from Edgewater Hotel in Laughlin to Havasu; suspect arrested holding up a casino; charged with murder, 13 other S. Nevada cab holdups in February; used a toy gun in the robberies; indicted 5/4/95?
Charles Anderson
Reno, Nevada USA
1970
Source: Niece Lori Vekre by email 12/31/2022; recollection of his sister; Nevada Appeal 3/2/2018; 1971 court document re appeal by convicted killer; 1940 census info
Note: taxi driver slain
Roland Wright
Reno, Nevada USA
1987
Source: Las Vegas Sun June 13, 2006
Note: convicted killer got death sentence for murder-robbery
John Castro
Reno, Nevada USA
1997
Source: Reno Gazette-Journal 10/27/97 and others
Note: arrests in robbery-murder; one of those arrested had worked at another cab company
Sami Amin
Reno, Nevada USA
2014
Source: ksl.com 11/11/2014; others
Note: 900 block of Wheeler
Elaine Gosselin
Manchester, New Hampshire USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Raul Suarez
Absecon (Atlantic County), New Jersey USA
1985
Source: 1997 personal correspondence from John Tompkins, a friend of the slain driver; GallowayPatch.com 3/30/2012 on reward;
Note: $20,000 reward still offered in 2012
Mohamed H. Bouchouar
Atlantic City, New Jersey USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Michael Rumberger
Bayonne, New Jersey USA
2019
Source: See https://midhudsonnews.com/2019/06/29/cabbie-shot-to-death-in-taxi/
Note: taxi driver slain (not Uber as reported)
Larry Hamilton
Burlington City, New Jersey USA
2013
Source: Burlington County Prosecutor's Office 6/17/13; nj.com 7/3/13
Note: arrest made
Alberto (Goldo) DeJesus
Camden, New Jersey USA
2023
Source: https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2023/12/06/jaffar-muhammad-camden-taxi-driver-murder-aberto-goldo-dejesus/71825354007/
Note: taxi driver slain
Hassan Miller
East Orange, New Jersey USA
2009
Source: nj.com 2/11/09
Note:
Mohammad Younus
Elizabeth, New Jersey USA
2010
Source: APP.com 6/27/2010
Note:
Masood Imran
Elizabeth, New Jersey USA
2017
Source: https://abc7ny.com/5055452/
Note: livery driver slain
Jeffrey Mansilla
Hackensack, New Jersey USA
2014
Source: Cliffview Pilot 6/12/2014
Note: apparently shot by someone he knew after argiung with him inside the cab
Anthony Hill
Hazlet, New Jersey USA
2024
Source: https://www.app.com/story/news/crime/2024/09/18/hazlet-nj-holly-hill-motel-murder-investigation-anthony-hill/75274513007/
Note: taxi driver slain
Charles Gromest
Hoboken, New Jersey USA
1915
Source: NY Times 5/15/1915
Note:
Jan Awadallah
Jersey City, New Jersey USA
2003
Source: The Jersey Journal Online, Nov 18-24, 2003
Note:
Rady N. Khella
Jersy City, New Jersey USA
2004
Source: The Jersey Journal, Jersey City, NJ 11/30/04
Note: Thanksgiving Day killing led to threatened strike in favor of shields and cameras;
John Zych
Linden, New Jersey USA
2010
Source: NJ.com 3/22/2010
Note:
Robert Gelhaus
Middletown, New Jersey USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Delfino Aparicio-López
New Brunswick, New Jersey USA
2021
Source: See https://www.tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/sections/police-and-fire/articles/family-of-slain-new-brunswick-taxi-driver-raising-money-to-pay-for-funeral
Note: taxi driver slain
Byron Thompson
Newark, New Jersey USA
1993
Source: http://blog.nj.com 9/2/2014
Note: conviction upheld 2014
Ivan Alava
Newark, New Jersey USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Santos Solano
Newark, New Jersey USA
2004
Source: WNBC Channel 4 and WABC Channel 7 (both in NYC) 10/9/04
Note:
Edgar Infante
Newark, New Jersey USA
2005
Source: The Star-Ledger (Newark) 9/17/05
Note: two brothers slain in same livery, one riding shotgun with the other
Johnny Infante
Newark, New Jersey USA
2005
Source: The Star-Ledger (Newark) 9/17/05
Note: two brothers slain in same livery
Angel Calva
Newark, New Jersey USA
2006
Source: WABC-TV (NYC) 7/14/06
Note: livery with no partition or camera
Santiago Rodriguez
Newark, New Jersey USA
2011
Source: NJ.com 6/29/11
Note:
Rochenel Guerrier
Newark, New Jersey USA
2012
Source: NJ.com 7/7/12
Note:
Rochenel Guerrier
Newark, New Jersey USA
2012
Source: chron.com 4-13-16
Note:
Rodrigo Berru
Newark, New Jersey USA
2015
Source: newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/08/22
Note: 300 Block of Frelinghuysen Avenue near East Peddie Street
Jose F. Gaona
Newark, New Jersey USA
2023
Source: https://abc7ny.com/livery-cab-taxi-driver-man-killed/14259870/
Note: livery cab driver slain
Morris Michaels
North Brunswick, New Jersey USA
1960
Source: Adirondack Daily Enterprise Wed. January 27, 1960; Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie seach Dec 2005;
Note: one report says North Brunswick, the other says Newark
Jonas Larose
Orange, New Jersey USA
2016
Source: NewJersey.News12 on 12-1-2016
Note: 200 block of Snyder Street, livery driver
John Worsham
Pallisades Park, New Jersey USA
2007
Source: The Record (Hackensack) 7/15/07
Note:
Isidro Leonardo
Plainfield, New Jersey USA
2010
Source: NJ.com 10/3/10, MyCentralJersey.com 9/28/10, and others
Note:
Phillip Collins
Pleasantville, New Jersey USA
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Imad Alasmar
Rahway, New Jersey USA
2015
Source: nbcnewyork.com 8/26/2015
Note: Bedford Street
Kofi Addo
Somerset, New Jersey USA
2023
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://nj1015.com/cops-taxi-driver-shot-dead-in-somerset-county-nj-no-arrests-made/
Note: taxi driver slain
Frank Bodnar
Trenton, New Jersey USA
1989
Source: Trentonian 6/22/2013
Note: see also Willie Rodgers killed same night
Willie Rodgers
Trenton, New Jersey USA
1989
Source: Trentonian 6/22/2013
Note: see also Frank Bodnar killed same night
Elouide Gourdet
Trenton, New Jersey USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Luis O. Tenezaca
Union City, New Jersey USA
2003
Source: NJ.com and Star-Ledger (New Jersey) 12/21/07; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jonas Fox
Wrightstown, New Jersey USA
1922
Source: NY Times 5/8/1922
Note: jitney driver
Joseph Andrus
Albequerque, New Mexico USA
2025
Source: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/uber-driver-murder-new-mexico-b2805452.html
Note: Uber driver slain
Larry Mullin
Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
2017
Source: KOAT 2/28/17; https://www.abqjournal.com/959116/apd-man-arrested-in-slaying-of-cab-driver.html
Note: Arrest made
Khalil Jabbour
Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
2017
Source: KOB Ch. 4 Albuquerque 7/25/17 at http://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/uber-lyft-cab-drivers-unite-to-remember-slain-abq-cabbie/4551666/
Note: Uber and Lyft drivers joined taxicab drivers in a memorial service; taxicab driver slain by a sword wielder re “Illuminati”
Santo Cassaro
Albany, New York USA
1996
Source: Buffalo News (Buffalo) 9/15/96
Note:
James Leskody
Brentwood, New York USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ganiou Gandonou
Bronx, New York USA
2019
Source: See http://bronxvoice.com/uber-driver-stabbed-to-death-in-bronx-%e2%80%a8/
Note: Uber driver slain
Issa Mbolo-Isac
Bronx, New York USA
2026
Source: https://abc7ny.com/post/rideshare-driver-found-shot-head-car-new-york-citys-first-homicide-2026/18338613/; https://www.amny.com/police-fire/first-murder-of-2026-bronx-man-shot-01012026/
Note: Uber driver slain
Fawaz Naji
Brooklym, New York USA
2015
Source: https://bklyner.com/livery-cab-2015-murder/
Note: livery driver slain
Name not reported
Brooklym, New York USA
2018
Source: See https://pix11.com/2018/11/23/70-year-old-man-fatally-stabbed-in-brooklyn-police/
Note: livery driver slain
Otto Ponce-Farfan
Brooklyn, New York USA
2018
Source: See https://bklyner.com/livery-cab-driver-stabbed-to-death-in-bushwick/
Note: livery driver slain
Noman Saleemi
Brooklyn, New York USA
2019
Source: See https://pix11.com/2019/07/26/cab-driver-shot-in-the-head-killed-in-brooklyn-Friday/
Note: livery driver slain
Naveed Afzal
Brooklyn, New York USA
2024
Source: https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/06/30/hard-working-immigrant-driver-shot-dead-in-brooklyn-2-weeks-after-starting-car-service-job/
Note: livery driver slain
Robert Patrick Hoffman
Buffalo, New York USA
1975
Source: Robert P. Hoffman II in email of June 2012
Note:
Parler Edwards
Buffalo, New York USA
1980
Source: Prince George Citizen 10/10/1980
Note: one of two black drivers murdered and mutilated in two days; found in Amherst, northern suburb of Buffalo; note that the crime was solved later but not charged due to bizarre circumstances, not want to give serial killer an insanity defense
Ernest Jones
Buffalo, New York USA
1980
Source: Prince George Citizen 10/10/1980
Note: one of two black drivers murdered and mutilated in two days; found in parking lot along niagra River in Tonawanda, northern suburb of Buffalo; note that the crime was solved later but not charged due to bizarre circumstances, not want to give serial killer an insanity defense
Jeffrey Bull
Buffalo, New York USA
1993
Source: Buffalo News 8/9/96, 12/20/97 and 1/24/98
Note:
Robert Olds
Buffalo, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Albert Craig
Buffalo, New York USA
2004
Source: Newsday (new York, NY) 8/25/04; WIVB in Buffalo;
Note:
Shameka Harris
Buffalo, New York USA
2012
Source: Buffalo News 12/12/12
Note: Woman driver was killed in her cab along with her boyfriend, who was also in the cab. “We believe it is drug-related and they were targeted,” a police official said.
Mazen Abdallah
Buffalo, New York USA
2013
Source: Buffalo News 3/6/13; Wall Street Journal 6/4/2014
Note: two teens sentenced to 35-life
Heyward Patterson
Buffalo, New York USA
2022
Source: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/05/17/buffalo-shooting-victim-heyward-patterson-remembered/9796527002/
Note: jitney driver slain in mass homicide
Alan Hofer
Center Moriches (Suffolk), New York USA
1990
Source: NY Newsday (Suffolk edition) Aug 20, 1990; Hampton Chronicle News (Westhampton NY) Aug 23, 1990;
Note: Kubik confessed to shooting driver in back of head. Then took cab as friends followed in pick-up; dragged body into woods and shot him 3 more times in the back; took $11.21 and spent it on gas for the pick-up; described as Rambo type; driver's family=1;
Frank G. Clute
Colonie, New York USA
1913
Source: NY Times 6/26/1914
Note:
Juan Rosario
Copiague, New York USA
2010
Source: Newsday 12/14/2010
Note:
Michael Xavier
Elmont (Long Island), New York USA
2008
Source: Newday.com 11/25/08
Note:
Joshua Chisolm
Freeport (Long Island), New York USA
1995
Source: Newsday, article date uncertain, see www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liconf0411,0,6372109.story?coll=ny-top-headlines
Note:
Joseph L. Boop
Gloversville, New York USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; email from Lisa Smith 2/8/04 regarding date;
Note:
Louis Pennella
Hempstead, New York USA
1925
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. Jul 20, 1925
Note:
Mannie Solomon
Hempstead, New York USA
1931
Source: Washington Post archive, incl. Aug 3, 1931
Note:
Arthur McNeil
Huntington Station, New York USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
John C. Stallard
Middletown, New York USA
1990
Source: Times Herald-Record 1/15/07 reprint of article from 1/21/90;
Note:
Omar Campbell
Mount Vernon, New York USA
2005
Source: Journal News (White Plains, NY) 5/3/2006
Note: killer arrested and convicted
Humberto Manuel Francis-Hernandez
Nassau County, New York USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://patch.com/new-york/longbeach/long-beach-man-pleads-guilty-murdering-uber-driver-prosecutors
Note: Uber driver slain
Andres Valenzuela
New Rochelle, New York USA
2021
Source: https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/10/18/covington-man-charged-with-killing-taxi-driver-arrested-following-shootout-with-nypd-police-say/
Note: cab driver slain
Rodrigo Rangel
New Windsor, New York USA
2010
Source: WCBS.com 5/12/2010
Note: driver of cab in nearby town of Newburgh, NY
Charles F. Beasley (1898)
New York, New York USA
1898
Source: NY Times 7/26/1900
Note:
Samuel Peshkin
New York, New York USA
1919
Source: website visitor Lois Ogilby Rosen on Sept. 1, 2011 based on the personal report of the slain man's grandson
Note:
David Ulino
New York, New York USA
1921
Source: NY Times 4/19/1921
Note: shot by police, apparently after interfering with the arrest of a prostitute
Austin W. Smith
New York, New York USA
1922
Source: NY Times 12/24/1922
Note:
Gerald Hernando
New York, New York USA
1929
Source: Toronto Star archives, searched by Norman Beattie August 2005
Note:
Santo Carl
New York, New York USA
1933
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. Mar 8, 1933
Note:
Martin A. Bursey
New York, New York USA
1951
Source: Aug. 30, 1951, Adirondack Record (New York)
Note: hotel limo driver slain in robbery
David Suro
New York, New York USA
1956
Source: Adirondack Daily Enterprise (Saranack Lake, N.Y.), Sat., Dec. 20 & 22, 1956, p. 2.
Note:
Leroy Wright
New York, New York USA
1968
Source: New York Magazine, July 22, 1968, p. 61
Note: sixth murdered in two years
Benjamin Cohen
New York, New York USA
1970
Source:
Note: taxi driver slain
David Levine
New York, New York USA
1972
Source: NY Times July 16, 1972
Note: taxi driver slain
David Levine
New York, New York USA
1972
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/16/archives/man-21-charged-with-citys-first-murder-of-a-taxi-driver-in-nearly.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Luis I. Galvis
New York, New York USA
1981
Source: Email from his brother Ray Galvis 1/22/2013
Note: yellow medallion cab; Bronx
Robert Jeffson
New York, New York USA
1983
Source: NY Times 8/23/83 per Melvyl search, with 593;
Note:
Philip H. Cohen
New York, New York USA
1983
Source: Bettina Cohen and NYPD
Note:
Jean Ulysses
New York, New York USA
1987
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Marcellus Rosales
New York, New York USA
1987
Source: Taxi Talk, undated clip;
Note: 3rd medallioned cab driver slain in one week, sixth of year;
James Gossman
New York, New York USA
1987
Source: NY Daily News 10/19/87 by Larry Celona; NY Post 10/19/87;
Note: medallion cab; Maltor Service was owner of cab?;
Jesus Adames
New York, New York USA
1988
Source: NY Times, June 16, 1988, Page B-26 (index);
Note: Jesus Adames, unlicensed cab in Bronx (NY, NY), driver is fatally shot by unidentified suspect in attempted robbery.
Eric Thelorme
New York, New York USA
1988
Source: NY Times August 28, 1988 page 1-37:4 (index);
Note:
Leslie Dorsey
New York, New York USA
1988
Source: NY Times Sept. 19, 1988 page B-1:2 (index); correction article NYT 9/20/88 p. A-3:2;
Note: driver was singer and associate chorister with NYC Opera;
Sebastian Legent
New York, New York USA
1988
Source: NY Daily News 12/29/88 by Robert Fleming & Paul Meskil;
Note: robbery attempt as medallion cab pulled into gas station to refuel...approached by robbers, fought them, was shot; one of 23 slain to date in 1988, including 7 medallion and 16 unlicensed cabs; family=5;
Cesar Banchana
New York, New York USA
1989
Source: NY Daily News 7/8/90;
Note:
Wellington Yick
New York, New York USA
1989
Source: NY Daily News 7-8-90;
Note: had wife and twin 15 year old daughters; wife continues to work, make house payments in E. Flatbush; early 1989;
Harish Kakar
New York, New York USA
1989
Source: NY Daily News May 9, 1990; Hackensack Journal (NJ) Sept 7, 1989; Hackensack Record 9/7/89;
Note: Cuzzolino pleaded guilty to robbery, agreed to testify againt former boyfriend; charges included murder, felony murder, conspiracy and robbery among other charges; NYC driver slain in New Jersey;
Elisca Dupiton
New York, New York USA
1989
Source: NY Daily News 10/23/89; NY Newsday 10/23?/89 by Rose Marie Arce;
Note: found on ground outside his cab; unlicensed cab
Rolin K. Riley
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: NY Daily News Sunday July 8, 1990 by Dean Chang;
Note:
Charles Cedieu
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; TLC;
Note:
Essa Secka
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; TLC
Note:
Alfonso Pintado
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; TLC;
Note:
Apolinar Amadis
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; TLC;
Note:
Rakim Ward
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; TLC;
Note:
Acton Jones
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: NY Daily News 7-8-90; USA Today Aug 17, 90; NY Post April 12, 1990; TLC list 9/4/90; Daily News 4/16/90 by Don Gentile;
Note: one of 3 robbed and shot in back of head, plus 1 critically wounded, by serial killer of cab drivers in 5 week period in spring of 1990; drove Supercar #6; reward=$20,000 by City of New York;
Elliot Whitaker
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 4/16/90 by Don Gentile; DN 7-8-90; TLC list 9/4/90;
Note: slain by serial killer of cab drivers; reward=$20,000 by City of New York
Paul Samms
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; TLC;
Note:
Bakara Simpara
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; TLC; Taxi Talk, May 1993;
Note: killer turned herself in to police in Tampa, FL three years later; she hailed taxi, shot driver without warning; robbery netted $100 to support crack habit; driver's first name spelled differently in reports; name may be Dakary Simpara;
Jeffery Martin
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; TLC;
Note:
Paul Burghard
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 4/16/90 by Don Gentile; DN 7-8-90; TLC list;
Note: slain by serial killer of cab drivers;
Dennis Folds
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 4/16/90 by Don Gentile;
Note: unlicensed cab, not slain by serial killer active at this time;
Randolph Forbes
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; USA Today 8-17-90; TLC list 9/4/90;
Note: serial killer active in NYC, spring 1990;
Rafael Monte De Oca
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 4/16/90 by Don Gentile; DN 7-8-90; TLC;
Note: ballistics said to be different from serial killer active at same time; responded to request for personal call; good photo of driver with DN 4/16...also photo of driver slumped over wheel and map;
Ferdinand Jeannot
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 4/22/90 (driver not named); TLC list of 9/4/90; see NY Times 4/22/90 per Melvyl with 593;
Note: are 4/22/90 article and TLC referring to this same case? killer could not get into driver compartment, driver not robbed; probably not work of Bronx serial killer; single shot through shield;
Mian Mohammed Salim
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; TLC; see also NY Times 4/23/90 per Melvyl with 593 (p. B-1:2 per index); NY Times 4/24/90 A-3:1 correction (index); NY Times 5/3/90 p. B-3:2 (index);
Note: "sixth cab driver murdered in the borough in less than seven weeks"; by my count (12/96) there were 11 named NYC drivers slain in seven weeks between 3/1 and 4/22, 8 of them in the Bronx, i.e. press is under-reporting?; arrest in May;
Pablo Rodriguez
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; TLC; NY Times 6/9/90; see 593 re Melvyl; NY Times 6/9/90 p. A-27:1 by Robt. D. McFadden (index);
Note: pushed into street after shooting, cab stolen
Leonardo Luna
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; TLC list of 9/4/90;
Note: TLC list has his first name as Tony;
Jorge Olivo
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: Daily News 7-8-90; TLC;
Note: on TLC list for 1990, but "we have no info on him";
Roberto Ramirez
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: NY Times 7/1/90 per Melvyl search with 593; Daily News 7-8-90; TLC list 9/4/90;
Note: date is June 29 and 30 in same article; family=1;
Suliman Said
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: NY Daily News July 30, 1990; TLC list with #193 et.al.;
Note: time given as 11:23 PM; botched robbery; brother in law returning family to refugee camp in Jordan to escape lawlessness of NYC; a gunman fired into Said's cab the month before; 22nd cabby killed in 1990 in NYC; family=5;
Abraham Hernandez
New York, New York USA
1990
Source: USA Today Aug 17, 1990; NY Daily News 8-16-90;
Note: 20 to Aug 17 in NYC in 1990; 32 in 1989; 3 killed by shots to back of head in 5 week period "last spring" were work of "serial killer" in robberies, not caught (per police); "staggered from car and collapsed...both passenger doors of his cab open"
Mamadou Bah
New York, New York USA
1992
Source: referred to in article on death of Herimino Rodriguez, NY Daily News reprinted in Seattle Taxi Driving July-August 1992;
Note: early 92?
Herimino Rodriguez
New York, New York USA
1992
Source: July-August 1992 Seattle Taxi Driving reprint of undated NY Daily News article by James Duddy and Dick Sheriden;
Note: Rodriguez shot by drug dealers who shot a man, then commandeered a livery; driver sent help call and Rodriguez responded, tried to cut off the cab being driven at gunpoint by livery driver Victor Adbud. Adbud was forced to drive on; family=2; early 92?
Alejandro Guerrero
New York, New York USA
1992
Source: NY Times March 23, 1992 p. B-4:4;
Note: 2nd killed in 2 years at ATB livery; his first job in America;
Israel Olivo
New York, New York USA
1992
Source: NY Times 4/22/92 per MELVYL search (see 593), and per abstract in index (see 855); NY Times 4/18/93; NY Times 10/27/93 (see article with case #408, Altaf Quershi); Newsweek7/26/93 (see #411)
Note: one of at least two killed with same gun
Donald Reid
New York, New York USA
1992
Source: NY Times 4/22/92 per MELVYL search (see 593), and per abstract in index (see 855) ; NY Times 4/18/93; NY Times 10/27/93 (see article with case #408, Altaf Quershi); Newsweek 7/26/93 (see #411)
Note: one of at least two shot with same gun
Fabian Moreno
New York, New York USA
1992
Source: NY Daily News 5-3-92; see also NY Times 5/3/92 p.1-39:1, per Melvyl (see #593), and per abstract in index (see 855);
Note: fourth Enrico Cab driver killed since January 1992; found laying outside cab; fifth NYC driver slain in 2 weeks;
Gregorio Santos
New York, New York USA
1992
Source: NY Daily News 5-11-92 p.7; NY Times 5/11/92 p. B-4:1 (index);
Note: fourth Riverside livery driver killed in three years; May 11 cab murder was 17th in NYC in 1992;
Michael Klein
New York, New York USA
1992
Source: NY Times 10/27/93 (see case #408); NY Times, sept 4, 1992 p. B-2:4 by Dennis Hevesi (index);
Note: passenger Abraham Stone, 77, killed with Klein by 3 youths age 16-19 whom Klein picked up as second fares; the youths fled;
Olu Olux Amara
New York, New York USA
1992
Source: NY Times 9/24/92 p. B-1:5 by Raymond Hernandez (index);
Note:
Santana Santiago
New York, New York USA
1992
Source: Daily News 4/15/93; NY Times 10/27/93 (see article with case #408, Altaf Quershi);
Note: formerly listed as 1992-06-nyc;
Oluwole Olofin
New York, New York USA
1992
Source: NY Daily News 8/16/2013 following death, and news stories at the time of the shooting in 1992
Note: shooting in 1992 resulted in death on 5/5/2013, 21 years later due to a siezure and 6-month coma; ruled a homicide by Medical Examiner 6/3/2013; bullet lodged in head could not be removed; Brooklyn
Djioril Sonko
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 4/15/93; NY Post 4/15/93 (map); NY Times 4/18/93; The New York Observer, March 21, 1994
Note: formerly 1993-16-nyc; location may be mixed with other Jan-Apr death; None of 43 slain in 1993 had partition, according to Jaime Vargas, Reyno Car Service quoted in NY Observer 3/21/94; 6 Yellow Cabs, 10 had private car plates, 1 had Pennnsylvania plates
Ramon Torres
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 4/15/93; NY Post 4/15/93 (map); NY Times 4/18/93; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM news, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin
Note: 1993-10-nyc; location may be confused with other Jan-Apr death;
Alexis Nunez-DeLeon
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Post 4/15/93 (map); NY Times 4/18/93; The New York Observer, 3/21/94
Note: formerly 1993-17-nyc; see note for case #425; possible location confused with other Jan-Apr death;
Hector Quezada
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 4/15/93; NY Post 4/15/93 (map); NY Times 4/18/93; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM news, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin
Note: formerly cited as 1993-09-nyc; possible location is confused with other Jan-Apr killing;
Fernando Lopez
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 4/15/93; The New York Observer, 3/21/94
Note: 1993-27-nyc; see note for case #425;
Abdoul Mbacke
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 4/15/93; NY Post 4/15/93 (map); NY Times 4/18/93; The New York Observer, 3/21/94;
Note: 1993-18-nyc; see note for case #425; location may be mixed from other 1st qtr Bronx cab death;
Kwaku Opoku
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 4/15/93; NY Post 4/15/93 (map); NY Times 4/18/93; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM news, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin
Note: formerly 1993-06-nyc; possible location confused with other Jan-Apr slaying; 1 of 17 slain between 1/1/93 and 4/18/93;
Luis Ortiz
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 4/15/93; NY Post 4/15/93 (map); NY Times 4/18/93; The New York Observer, 3/21/94;
Note: 1993-19-nyc; see note for case #425; location may be confused with other 1st qtr cab slaying in Bronx;
Sourcou Nama
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 4/15/93; NY Post 4/15/93 (map); NY Times 4/18/93; The New York Observer, 3/21/94;
Note: 1993-20-nyc; see note for case #425; location of assault may be confused with other 1st qtr Bronx slaying; 1 of 17 from 1/1 to 4/18;
Sekou Kaba
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 4/9/93; NY Times 4/14/93; NY Times 4/18/93; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM news, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin; NY Post 4/15/93 (map);
Note: formerly listed as 1992-14-nyc; cab found a half mile (or half a block?) away; 3 cousins also drive liveries; fam=2;
Christob Peguero
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 4/15/93; The New York Observer, 3/21/94
Note: formerly 1993-26-nyc; see note for case #425
Iskiya Malayev
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Times 4/12/93; Daily News 4/ /93 (with photo); The Reporter-Dispatch, White Plains, NY 4/29/93; NY Times 4/18/93; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM news, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin; NY Post 4/15/93 (map);
Note: formerly listed as 1993-13-nyc; crashed into garage of a house and burst into flames; gun found on seat of King's car in traffic stop 4/28 was linked to the killing; possible 87-50 129th Street in Richmond Hill; driver was engineer in Russia; fam=3
Juan Mendez
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Times 4/12/93; NY Times 4/18/93; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM news, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin; Daily News 4/15/93;
Note: formerly listed as 1993-12-nyc; driver of unlicensed cab found dead at 7 PM;
Gerald Jacob
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Times 4/12/93; NY Times 4/18/93; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM news, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin; NY Post 4/15/93 (map);
Note: formerly listed as 1992-11-nyc; "early morning"; pronounced dead at 5:54 AM at Jacobi Hospital; $90 left on driver;
Ali Badreldin
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 4/15/93; NY Post 4/15/93; NY Times 4/15/93; NY Times 4/18/93; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM News, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin; see also NY Times 4/14/93 p. B-3:2 by Craig Wolf per index (see 855) and per Melvyl (with 593);
Note: was 1993-15-nyc; unmarried driver supprted relatives in Khartoum, incl. 2 sisters; devout Muslim who immigrated 4 years earlier; driver lived at 1126 Prospect Place; died c. 11 PM at Kings County Hosp.; papers disagree about injury; fam=8; owned car
Gaye Gionlee
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 4/26/93; The New York Observer, 3/21/94
Note: formerly 1993-24-nyc; see note for case #425; spoke almost no English;
Jeoffrey Ewuzie
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 5/4/93; The New York Observer, 3/21/94
Note: words of praise for quiet, hardworking man; formerly 1993-25-nyc; see note for case #425
Jacek Piotrowicz
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Taxi Talk (NYC) July 1993; The New York Observer, 3/21/94; NY Times July 1, 1993 p. B-3:6 by Richard Lyons (index);
Note: formerly listed as 1993-23-nyc; see also note for case #425 regarding partition in cab; witnessed by three Australian tourists who had hired the cab a short time before at JFK airport;
Jaime Cruz
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Newsday July 26, 1993; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM news, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin
Note: formerly listed as 1993-5-nyc;
Calvin Golding
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Post 4/15/93 (map); NY Times 4/18/93; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM news, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin; NY Times Aug 25, 1993 p. B-2:6 (index);
Note: passenger, Gary Brown, age 16, was found to have a 12-gauge shotgun with him; police found a .25 semiautomatic pistol near the scene following an anonymous tip;
Mamadou Manneh
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Post 4/15/93 (map); NY Times 4/18/93; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM news, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin; NY Times 9/15/93 p. B-5:5 (index);
Note: 27th of 1993; robbery attempt at intersection; a fight in the intersection was apparently staged to stop the cab so it could be robbed;
Abdul Pappu
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Daily News 10/27/93 (article with #408); NY Times 10/27/93; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM news, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin; see also NY Times (2 articles) 10/17/93 p. 1-34:1 by Lynette Holloway (index), and per Melvyl (see 593);
Note: 31st of 1993; one of three slain in one week; medallion cab; see case #408
Altaf Quershi
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Times 10/27/93; NYC Ch. 11 TV; 10 PM news, Tues 4/13/93 per C. Masin; Daily News 10/27/93; see also NY Times (2 articles) 10/24/93 p. 1-31:1 by Lynette Hollloway (index), and per Melvyl with 593;
Note: formerly listed as 1993-2-nyc; tow truck driver didn't spot slain driver lying face down on floor; 3rd NYC cabbie slain in one week, 35th in 1993, other article says 32nd of 1993; said to be a "yellow cab", but worked the outer boroughs;
Stephen Feinman
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Times 11/4/93 p. B-14:3 by Craig Wolff, see #593 re: Melvyl, and #855 re index; The New York Observer, 3/21/94;
Note: found dead on a Bronx street 11/3 after missing for three days; came 1 week after thouands of drivers demonstrated over safety;
Mahmoud Addelrehiem
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Times Nov 14, 1993 p. 1-38:1;
Note: Staten Island youth arrested 11/13/93; article says 37th driver slain in 1993; convicted, later released and re-arrested in 2022 on another murder charge;
Sindulfo Perez
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Times 11/11/93, see 593 re: Melvyl; The New York Observer, 3/21/94
Note: see note for case #425; formerly 1993-38-nyc;
Suvinder Athwal
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: Black Car News, December 1993 and March 1994, p.52;
Note: was 1993-1-nyc; driver sitting in car talking with other driver, assailant approached; arrest in robbery attempt of livery driver Jorge Baredes at 24-34 97th St, East Elmhurst, 1/4/94; Taylor suspect in other cab robberies; Barades grabbed weapon; fam=4
Peter Buddan
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Times 11/28/93, p. 1-47:1 by Dennis Hevesi (index), also see 593 re: Melvyl; The New York Observer, 3/21/94; NY Times 11/27/93 p. A-23:5;
Note: see note for case #425; formerly 1993-40-nyc; Buddan was reportedly the 40th slain in 1993; immigrant;
Tarek Abdel Hamid
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Times 1/16/94 p. NJ-9:1 by Albert J. Parisi (index);
Note: 42nd of 1993; lived in Jersey City, NJ;
Frank James
New York, New York USA
1993
Source: NY Times 12/5/93 p. 1-49:5 by Garry Pierre-Pierre (index);
Note: first killing in unlicensed livery van; four passengers robbed, driver slain;
Francisco Minaya
New York, New York USA
1994
Source: NY Times 4/24/94 p. 1-41:1 by Norimitsu Onishi (index);
Note: engine still running when found;
Carlos Uzhca
New York, New York USA
1994
Source: NY Times 6/2 and 6/3/94 (index);
Note:
Arthur A. Baker
New York, New York USA
1994
Source: NY Times 6/19/94 p. 1-33:1 (index);
Note: cab parked at 235 E. 106th Street; at least the 12th slain in 1994;
Nadir Ahmed
New York, New York USA
1994
Source: NY Times 10/2/94 p. 1-34:1 (index);
Note: 17th NYC livery driver slain in 1994;
Sega Sissoka
New York, New York USA
1994
Source: NY Times 11/5/94 p. A-26:1 (index);
Note: 20th slain in NYC in 1994;
Baithe Diop
New York, New York USA
1995
Source: NY Times 1/22/1995 and 8/2/2012, others in 2012
Note: persons convicted in 1995 murder may be exonerated in 2012; Harlem livery driver slain in Soundview section of Bronx
Shiva Ranjitsingh
New York, New York USA
1995
Source: NY Times 1/22/95 p. 1-29:2
Note:
Gordon Brown
New York, New York USA
1995
Source: NY Times 5/3/95 p. B-3:1 by Garry Pierre-Pierre (index);
Note: unknown if fares picked up in Peekskill are killers, or if others attacked him; drove for cab company in Peekskill, NY;
Emmanuel Malan
New York, New York USA
1995
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/22/nyregion/trail-murder-overview-ex-convict-s-murder-odyssey-7-people-are-slain-2-states.html?pagewanted=all
Note:
Eroll Grann
New York, New York USA
1996
Source: NY Daily News 2/10/96;
Note: NYPD says "strong probability they were killed by the same person or persons" (see 811); brown Chevrolet wagon; near same location; co-worker went searching for him when he didn't return;
Masik Manzooe
New York, New York USA
1996
Source: NY Daily News 2/10/96;
Note: NYPD says "strong probability they were killed by the same person or persons" (see 810); near same location; blue Chevrolet Impala; last name may be phonetic spelling?;
Mikhail Sharov
New York, New York USA
1996
Source: Newsday 2/27/96
Note: livery
Amadou Mouctar
New York, New York USA
1996
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: was 1996-03-nyc
Abdoul Hamid
New York, New York USA
1996
Source: source misplaced
Note:
Abdoul Salami
New York, New York USA
1996
Source: Identified via Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; first known through Black Car News 12/96 report on TLC meeting;
Note: 3 in last week (11/7/96); renewed call for shields in liveries;
Amadou Diallo
New York, New York USA
1996
Source: Identified via Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; first known through Black Car News 12/96 report on TLC meeting;
Note: 3 in last week (11/7/96); renewed call for shields in liveries;
Mbaye Toure
New York, New York USA
1996
Source: Identified in Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; first known via Black Car News 12/96 report on TLC meeting;
Note: 3 in last week (11/7/96); renewed call for shields in liveries;
Jose Avecillas
New York, New York USA
1996
Source: Newsday (New York) 12/16/86
Note: livery driver shot in head
Fredy Cuenca
New York, New York USA
1997
Source: NY Daily News 10/3/14
Note: livery driver killed in Bushwick; unknown date in 1997; cold case conviction in 2014
Elhadji Gaye
New York, New York USA
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ju-Wei Chang
New York, New York USA
1997
Source: Jan 14, 1997 AP Newswire newsbriefs
Note: shot in the head
Ediphene Joseph
New York, New York USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Thierno (Wally) Barry
New York, New York USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jose del Carmen Felix
New York, New York USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Yusef Mohammed
New York, New York USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Mohammed Hanif
New York, New York USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Naveed Isobel
New York, New York USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Roder Minchala
New York, New York USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Rafael Steven Pichardo
New York, New York USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Sy-Savanne Oumar
New York, New York USA
1999
Source: The Village Voice, 4/19/2000 by Peter Noel
Note: crash enroute to hospital injured two, West 33rd Street (Brooklyn?)
Kuldip Singh
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Daniel Carrion
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jose Torres
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Norberto Noguera
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ali Mouden
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Luis Francisco Perez
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jean Robert Scutt
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jimmy Chan
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jose Olivares
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Cesar Lopez
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ibrahima Doukare
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: 10/31/04 email from NYC driver Kevin Fitzpatrick refering to an article in his union newspaper;
Note: killed in an altercation over a parking space
Kim Hong Tim
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Mohammed Butt
New York, New York USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Gurdev Lal
New York, New York USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jose Gutierrez
New York, New York USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Raphael Aquino
New York, New York USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ousmane Diallo
New York, New York USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Joe Robles
New York, New York USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Kleber Valencia
New York, New York USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Luis Quizhpi
New York, New York USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; Newsday (New York, NY) Nov. 14, 2002; NY Times 2/15/2006; Staten Island Advance 5/30/2006;
Note: killed just after completing a shift, may not be directly taxi-related
Fausto Arias
New York, New York USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Alpha Balde
New York, New York USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: Manhattan
Modou Diop
New York, New York USA
2005
Source: Newsday (NYC) 8/5/2005
Note: Senegalese immigrant and livery driver stabbed by another customer while filling up at a Bronx gas station at 6:45 AM
Kwame Appeagyei
New York, New York USA
2006
Source: Staten Island Advance, April 19 and 21, 2006; NY Times 4/23/06;
Note: Staten Island livery, pick up at ferry terminal; possible camera image obtained; arrest made on basis of ferry terminal cameras; driver is Ghana immigrant, father of three;
Mohammed Elwaleed
New York, New York USA
2007
Source: Newsday, Nov. 20, 2007
Note:
Michael DuClaire
New York, New York USA
2008
Source: Newsday 3/28/08
Note: unlicenced livery driver slain in Brooklyn
Winston Frank
New York, New York USA
2008
Source: NY Daily News online 9/10/08
Note: pushed out of cab, dragged and then hit by other car
Khadim Bhatti
New York, New York USA
2008
Source: NY Times 12/31/08
Note: Coney Island killing of livery driver said to be first on-duty killing since 2006
Roberto Pita
New York, New York USA
2009
Source: Daily News 5/10/2009
Note: Bronx livery driver was shot in back, then deliberately crashed to trap killer; correct spelling may be PINTA
Amadou Ndiaye
New York, New York USA
2009
Source: NY Daily News 8/17/2009
Note: livery with neither a partition nor a camera, probably unlicensed; Bronx
Jose Pena-Segura
New York, New York USA
2009
Source: San Francisco Chronicle 8/24/08
Note: aka Pena-Seguria; Bronx
Jaroslaw Bielawski
New York, New York USA
2010
Source: Yournabe.com 1/14/2010; Newsday 1/9/2010
Note: Long Island City, livery driver
Cesar Santos
New York, New York USA
2010
Source: Bronx News Network 6/7/2010 and others
Note: Bronx
Nbieme Nabruki
New York, New York USA
2010
Source: NY Daily News 6/23/2010
Note: Unlicensed livery driver; Brooklyn
Julio Lora
New York, New York USA
2011
Source: newyork.cbslocal.com 8/24/2011
Note: died of injuries in August 2011; Bronx
William Mena
New York, New York USA
2011
Source: New York Post 8/14/2011
Note: livery driver killed by another livery driver in a dispute over a fare; Queens
Patrick Hall
New York, New York USA
2011
Source: New York News 11/13/11
Note: livery driver killed near Far Rockaway, Queens
Carlos Nunez
New York, New York USA
2013
Source: NY1.com 4/1/13
Note: livery driver using personal car, Bushwick
Orji-Ama Uro
New York, New York USA
2013
Source: NY Daily News 6/14/13; others
Note: livery, apparently unlicensed; Brooklyn
Maoudo Kane
New York, New York USA
2014
Source: www.nbcnewyork.com 8/6/14
Note: Bronx livery; similar to next killing, both dragged from cab, shot in face, left in street
Aboubacar Bah
New York, New York USA
2014
Source: ABC 7 News 8/12/14; bronx.news12.com 8/12/14
Note: Bronx livery with TLC plates; very similar to recent murder, dragged from cab, shot in face, left in the street
Leon Brown
New York, New York USA
2015
Source: NY Post 1/20/2015; 7online.com 1/21/2015
Note: dollar van driver killed by other dollar van driver; Far Rockaway in Queens
Naji Fawaz
New York, New York USA
2015
Source: NY Daily News 6/29/15; WABC-TV 7/1/15
Note: livery driver; arrest made; taxicam image; Brooklyn
Raphael Veras
New York, New York USA
2015
Source: NBC Channel 4 New York 9/17/15
Note: Dumont and Shepard Ave in East New York, Brooklyn; livery cab driver, apparent licensed livery; camera in vehicle, possibly working
Mamadou Barry
New York, New York USA
2015
Source: aggregate report 9/22/15 citing NY Daily News, NY Times, ABC News
Note: Bronx; second livery driver slain in NYC in a week
Randolph Tolk
New York, New York USA
2017
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/randolph-told-nyc-uber-driver-hit-by-hockey-stick-before-death-police/
Note: Uber driver bludgeoned in altercation, then drove away, collision with median in several blocks, died, arrest made
Kuldip Singh
New York City, New York USA
2021
Source: https://nypost.com/2021/09/08/nyc-uber-driver-struck-by-stray-bullet-dies/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Kutin Gyimah
New York City, New York USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://qns.com/2022/08/suspect-identified-death-of-cabbie-edgemere/
Note: taxi driver slain
Amadu Rahaman
New York City, New York USA
2024
Source: https://gothamist.com/news/police-say-nyc-cabbie-was-attacked-for-turning-down-a-fare-he-died-3-days-later
Note: taxi driver slain
Jorge Arbayza De La Cruz
Newburgh, New York USA
2021
Source: https://bronx.news12.com/newburgh-police-announce-arrests-in-connection-to-taxi-drivers-death-last-week
Note: taxi driver slain
Thomas Zacher
Niagra Falls, New York USA
2007
Source: Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY) 8/22/07; https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/niagara-falls-cab-driver-killed-in-attack/article_519d4797-365a-5186-953e-730a078572c0.html
Note:
Edwin Cummings
Northport, Long Island, New York USA
1955
Source: Kathleen Ryan, Northport Police Department
Note:
Terry Camper
Peekskill, New York USA
2012
Source: https://www.monstersandcritics.com/tv/true-crime/murder-of-terry-camper-by-wife-beatrice-camper-and-her-lover-john-murray-examined-on-true-conviction/
Note: taxi driver slain
Ramon Jarpa
Port Washington, New York USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Robert Levasseur
Riverhead, New York USA
2012
Source: Riverhead Patch April 2012
Note: assailants say driver punched woman in road rage altercation, then was hit and died
Neville Bailey
Rochester, New York USA
2005
Source: NBC Channel 10 WHEC-TV 4/7/05; Rochester Democrat & Chronicle 4/8/05;
Note:
Abdelrahmen Ahmed
Rochester, New York USA
2008
Source: WHEC.com and WHAM.com, both on 7/28/2008
Note:
David Treese III
Rochester, New York USA
2024
Source: https://www.whec.com/local/large-police-investigation-on-bay-street/
Note: taxi driver slain
Luis Guaman-Espinoza
Rockland County, New York USA
2019
Source: See https://midhudsonnews.com/2019/06/29/cabbie-shot-to-death-in-taxi/
Note: taxi driver slain
Roman Alfonso Correa
Roosevelt (Nassau), New York USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; WNBC-Channel 4 (NYC) 4/15/2005; Newsday (Long Island) 4/15/05; Hoy (NYC) 4/9/03 per Alberto Villalobos;
Note: pick up at Hempstead train station; killer convicted in 4/05; apparently a camera in the cab per Alberto Villalobos
John Attrino
Shirley (Long Island), New York USA
2008
Source: Newsday 11/25/08; WINS 11/16/2010 on arrest of suspects
Note:
Jovial Filcidor
Spring Valley, New York USA
1996
Source: The Journal news, White Plains NY 1/27/05 article on a different murder;
Note: date in 1996 unknown, no arrests as of January 2005
Vismick Pierre
Spring Valley, New York USA
2005
Source: The Journal News, White Plains, NY 1/21/05 and 1/27/05
Note: two arrested
Willie Joe Grant
Syracuse, New York USA
1970
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Timothy Gordon
Syracuse, New York USA
2009
Source: syracuse.com 2/1/2009; wsyr.com 2/2/09
Note:
Lawrence Monjeau
Troy, New York USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Craig R. Van Horn
Utica, New York USA
2005
Source: Utica (NY) Observer-Dispatch 6/3/05
Note:
Bobby Mathis
Wyandanch, New York USA
1996
Source: Newsday Nov. 17, 1996 by Ching-Ching Ni (on disk #1);
Note: driver was not target of shooting; one of several hit when assailant fired into group of people; unclear from brief news item if Mathis was on-duty at the time; police originally arrested another man; Mathis died of his injuries in September;
Gerald Crawford
Wyandanch, New York USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Hugh James
Wyandanch, New York USA
2019
Source: See http://longisland.news12.com/story/40973300/police-man-wanted-for-questioning-in-fatal-shooting-of-livery-driver-in-wyandanch
Note: livery driver slain
Geraldo Guiterrez
Yonkers, New York USA
2008
Source: (Lo-Hud.com) The Journal News 5/24/2008
Note: livery
John Alli
Yonkers, New York USA
2008
Source: LoHud.com 6/15/08
Note: Bronx driver slain in Yonkers
Pericles Salas
Yonkers, New York USA
2009
Source: LoHud.com 8/30/09; 1010wins.com 8/30/09
Note: unlicenced livery driver
Anthony Jaboin
Apex, North Carolina USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Howard Willetts Jr.
Asheboro, North Carolina USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; http://www.journalnow.com in June 2005;
Note: aka J.R. Willets;
Emmanuel Gbedee
Benson, North Carolina USA
2025
Source: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article312036043.html
Note: Uber driver slain
Neil Purdie
Bladen County, North Carolina USA
1978
Source: WECT (Wilmington, NC) 10/15/2009
Note:
John Sweatt
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
1983
Source: Charlotte Observer 11/12/03; see Robert William Kirk
Note: previously recorded as 1983-niosh-05
Kenny Knutson
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
1983
Source: Charlotte Observer 11/12/03, see Robert William Kirk
Note: 1983-niosh-06
Tommy Corum
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
1988
Source: Charlotte Observer 4/16/2015
Note: on Waco Street off Baxter and Queens; DNA match in 2015, arrest
Thomas Flowe
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
1996
Source: Charlotte Observer 11/12/03, http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/7473350.htm
Note: stabbed; duplicate record had the first name as Travis, and the state as SC
Chukf M. Ahamefule
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
2000
Source: Charlotte Observer 11/12/03; http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/7473350.htm
Note: shot
James Bundy
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Miguel Angel Reyes
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Robert William Kirk
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
2003
Source: Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/7473350.htm
Note: First night on the job
Emanuel Antonio Ramos
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
2003
Source: WSOC-TV, 12/13/03; http://www.wsoctv.com/news/2704157/detail.html
Note:
Mario Johnis Medina-Chevez
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
2017
Source: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article178473111.html
Note: Uber driver
Carlos Leiva
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
2024
Source: https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/15-year-old-charged-2024-shooting-death-lyft-driver-cmpd-says/PZY4S4AGSRB5RKOBT4XUYPFAII/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Shabazz Mesiah Grant
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
2025
Source: https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/second-victim-succumbs-injuries-after-deadly-charlotte-crime-spree/T2TFGCLJRZFVTNZXG4BUM5WH6E/
Note: Lyft driver slain
William Simon
Cumberland County, North Carolina USA
2008
Source: FayObserver.com 10/19/2009
Note: missing person case changed to homicide investigation
Charles Eugene Shields
Davidson County, North Carolina USA
2004
Source: News 14 (Fayetteville, NC) August 13, 2004
Note: arrests made
Jesse Faison, Jr.
Duplin County, North Carolina USA
2007
Source: Star-News (Wilmington, NC) 6/6/07
Note:
Tracey K. Price
Durham, North Carolina USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Lila Burton McGhee
Durham, North Carolina USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ameer Suliman
Durham, North Carolina USA
2016
Source: WNCN.com 8/11/16; http://abc11.com/news/teens-man-charged-in-fatal-durham-cab-driver-shooting-/1465913/; WRAL 8/12/16
Note: La Quinta Inn and Suites on West Park Drive
Ainzargul Totakhil
Durham, North Carolina USA
2022
Source: https://people.com/crime/afghan-refugee-risked-life-protect-american-soldiers-overseas-killed-north-carolina/
Note: Uber driver slain
Mary Ann Lee
Edgecombe County, North Carolina USA
1993
Source: http://www.springhopeenterprise.com/stories/convict-in-edgecombe-cab-drivers-killing-receives-parole,211696
Note: taxi driver slain
Kimberly Ann Ruggles
Fayetteville, North Carolina USA
1986
Source: AP article on SFGate.com 7/28/08
Note: date was sometime between April 1986 and January 1987; rape and murder was one of several crimes that led to death penalty for Army serviceman Robert Gray
Elhadji Mansour Seck
Garner, North Carolina USA
2019
Source: See https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/wake-county-news/garner-police-investigating-possible-homicide/
Note: taxi driver slain
Sunday Adlabi Atoyebi
Greensboro, North carolina USA
2001
Source: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) Jan 20, 2004;
Note: Nigerian immigrant
Thomas Holloway
Greensboro, North Carolina USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Abdoelhafiz Hassan Hamed Dowleib
Greensboro, North Carolina USA
2004
Source: WSOCTV.com
Note: 19 year old arrested in murder of driver from Sudan
Abbas Eltaib Elsheikh
Greensboro, North Carolina USA
2006
Source: News-Record (Greensboro, NC) 3/10/2007 and 12/7/2009
Note: originally believed to be a death due to an auto accident; arrest made in March 2007; aka Abass Elshikh
Joseph Adeyanju Adefolalu
Greensboro, North Carolina USA
2009
Source: News-record.com (Greensboro, NC) 8/20/2009
Note:
Julia Holland
Haywood County, North Carolina USA
2023
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://wlos.com/news/local/haywood-county-murder-investigation-julia-holland-uber-driver-canton-western-north-carolina-first-degree-accessory-charges-mother-son-accused-sheriffs-office
Note: Uber driver slain
Adam Todd Williams
Hickory, North Carolina USA
2011
Source: Hickory Daily Record 8/25/11 and others
Note:
Brian Bogle
Jacksonville, North Carolina USA
1986
Source: Jacksonville (NC) Daily News 9/16/2012, jdnews.com
Note: unknown date in November 1986
Irene Bennett
Jacksonville, North Carolina USA
1993
Source: The Daily News, Jacksonville, NC; see 2005 article at http://www.jdnews.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=37343&Section=News
Note: murder and sexual assault, found on a dirt road near Richlands
Willie Levon Sauls
Kinston, North Carolina USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Alfred L. Crosby III
Mill Creek, North Carolina USA
1999
Source: Daily News (Jacksonville, NC USA) 3 December 1999
Note:
Michael Howard Palmer
North Raleigh, North Carolina USA
2008
Source: Newsobserver.com 12/16/08 and 11/12/09
Note:
Ralph Smith
Raleigh, North Carolina USA
1971
Source: CNN www.thv11.com 7/22/14
Note: arrest after 43 years; date is in Oct. 1971
Jose Nicolas Dominguez
Raleigh, North Carolina USA
2016
Source: wral.com 3/1/16, others
Note:
Sabio Tukur
Raliegh, North Carolina USA
2008
Source: WRAL.com 4/22/2008
Note:
John Graham
Sanford, North Carolina USA
1995
Source: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article223202415.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Richard Anthony Jones
Statesville, North Carolina USA
2011
Source: Statesville Record and Landmark 6/28/11
Note:
Barbara Oxendine
Wilmington, North Carolina USA
1996
Source: StarNewsOnline 7/15/2010
Note: shot in face, bound, placed in trunk, set on fire while alive
William James Wright
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA
2005
Source: Winston-Salem Journal 12/20/05; News-Record (Greensboro) 12/21/05; WFMY-TV Channel 2 (Greenboro) 12/22/05
Note: arrest made
Bira Gueye
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA
2006
Source: Winston-Salem Journal 10/6/06
Note:
Richard Dorman Webb
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA
2018
Source: See http://www.greensboro.com/news/crime/cab-driver-found-dead-in-car-winston-salem-man-charged/article_8be92ecb-d4cc-5e0f-b968-078f08b59870.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Curtis Lee McCollum
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA
2018
Source: See http://www.journalnow.com/news/crime/winston-salem-cab-driver-fatally-shot-second-killed-in-winston/article_c081d6cb-6937-5993-9ab4-444758b4eb58.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Warren J. Miller
Akron, Ohio USA
2006
Source: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 11/26/06; Akron Beacon Journal 11/27/06;
Note:
Kristopher Roukey
Akron, Ohio USA
2021
Source: See https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/akron-canton-news/how-a-beekeeper-helped-police-find-suspect-in-lyft-drivers-death
Note: rideshare driver slain
Michael E. Kovarik
Canton, Ohio USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jerry Laury
Canton, Ohio USA
2011
Source: CantonRep.com 8/15/2011
Note:
Anthony Davis
Cincinatti, Ohio USA
2004
Source: Cincinatti Post 12/2/04
Note: three teens confessed to killing
John Arcady
Cincinnati, Ohio USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Timothy Deger
Cincinnati, Ohio USA
2005
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer, July 20, 2005; WCPO-TV (Cincinnati) 5/30/2006
Note:
Charleston Ogletree
Cincinnati, Ohio USA
2010
Source: Cincinnati.com 6/25/10
Note:
Edgar Gillylen
Cincinnati, Ohio USA
2010
Source: Cincinnati.com 6/15/10
Note:
Mamadou Diop
Cincinnati, Ohio USA
2014
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer 3/12/14 cincinnati.com
Note: arrest made
Robbie Smythe
Cincinnati, Ohio USA
2021
Source: https://local12.com/news/local/teen-to-be-tried-as-adult-in-ride-share-drivers-murder-cincinnati-ohio-west-mitchell-jaden-moermond-christopher-soloman-robbie-smythe-robbery-lyft-uber
Note: Uber driver slain
Brennon Crites
Cincinnati, Ohio USA
2022
Source: https://www.fox19.com/2023/10/06/documents-jealousy-led-woman-kill-bootleg-cab-driver-burn-his-car-body/
Note: “bootleg” cab driver slain
David W. Link
Cleveland, Ohio USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Mourice Foster
Cleveland, Ohio USA
2017
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/08/man_killed_in_cleveland_shooti_1.html
Note: Lyft driver killed while giving a ride to a passenger
Antoine Magel Latham
Cleveland, Ohio USA
2026
Source: https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2026/09/cleveland-man-pleads-guilty-to-murder-in-lyft-driver-killing.html; https://fox8.com/news/lyft-driver-fatally-shot-in-cleveland/; https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02/lyft-driver-shot-killed-in-clevelands-woodland-hills-neighborhood.html; https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02/two-lyft-drivers-shot-killed-within-nearly-48-hours-on-clevelands-east-side.html
Note: Lyft driver slain
Vasyl Shvets
Cleveland, Ohio USA
2026
Source: https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02/lyft-driver-deaths-in-cleveland-police-identify-second-victim.html; https://fox8.com/news/2nd-lyft-driver-fatally-shot-in-cleveland-in-3-days/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Paul Devitt
Colombus, Ohio USA
2014
Source: WBNS-10TV Columbus 3/11/14
Note: arrest made
Milton G. Donavan
Columbus, Ohio USA
1919
Source: NY Times 5/31/1919
Note:
Mamadou Ndiath
Columbus, Ohio USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Robert Brattoli
Columbus, Ohio USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
David M. Spencer Jr.
Dayton, Ohio USA
1994
Source: undated Dayton Daily News prob. 11/94;
Note: assailant approached while driver waited for passenger to get fare money at destination; clear from article that assailant was out of cab; shot when driver turned as if to reach for briefcase in cab; passenger was witness;
Name not reported
Dayton, Ohio USA
1995
Source: Personal report of driver Wayne Foutz in 1997
Note: shotgun to head
Brandon Cooper
Dayton, Ohio USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/attorney-better-rideshare-safety-needed-after-deadly-lyft-driver-robbery-in-dayton/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Bill Keen
Ironton, Ohio USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Charles Junke
Lakewood, Ohio USA
2015
Source: Ohio News 1/26/2015 - http://ohianews.com/callers-led-police-to-homicide-suspects-body/
Note: lured to phony call by disgruntled business partner
Lo-Letha Hall
South Charleston, Ohio USA
2024
Source: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/central-ohio-news/ohio-uber-driver-sent-by-scammer-killed-in-shooting/
Note: Uber driver slain
William Moore
Toledo, Ohio USA
2013
Source: The (Toledo) Blade 2/11/14
Note: died May 5, coroner ruled death in a convenience store was a homicide; arrest made
John Thomas Lamb
Lawton, Oklahoma USA
2007
Source: KSWO-TV Channel 7 (Lawton, OK) Jan 6, 2007;
Note:
Frank Daniels
McAlester, Oklahoma USA
1924
Source: McAllester News (mcalesternews.com) 7/30/2005 by Clyde Wooldridge
Note: assailant executed, driver died when thrown from a bridge
Dustin Parker
McAlester, Oklahoma USA
2020
Source: See https://www.normantranscript.com/oklahoma/news/reward-offered-in-taxi-driver-death-case/article_df480498-9c94-5acc-a633-a4e05ce65bab.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Robert Lawson
Muskogee, Oklahoma USA
2005
Source: Muskogee (OK) Phoenix, 8/5/2005
Note: arrest made
Eugene Stephens
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
1969
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Melvin Jernigan
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
1985
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Larry Jackson
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
1990
Source: Slain driver's anonymous friend, ww71981988@yahoo.com, in an email November 15, 2005
Note: "I know for a fact a friend of mine was killed while driving his taxi in oklahoma city, Ok. His name Larry Jackson. He was 35 to 40 years old. He was killed between 1988 and l993...His body was found near S E 15th and High..."
Shaun Delacey Phipps
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
1997
Source: Email from Dorothy Walsh 11/06;
Note: "while driving a yellow taxi cab"
Cecil Paschal
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Cliff Lee Thomas
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
2003
Source: KOCO and KOTV Online
Note: shot
Adam Abakar
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA
2015
Source: NewsChannel4 July 6, 2015
Note: Found 7:30 in the morning of the 4th
Cecil Truitt
Tahlequah, Oklahoma USA
1959
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Homer Nida
Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
1920
Source: NY Times 8/30/1920
Note: accused was taken from jail by a mob and lynched
Larry Buckley
Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
1984
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Eddie Elmore
Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
1988
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Edward Lee Russell
Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
1989
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Ramon Stephens
Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
1993
Source: Tulsa World 4/1/94 by Bill Swindell;
Note: shot fired in cab during robbery; driver fought back, took gun from robber, then died of heart attack; suspect in jail at time of arrest in March 1994; two handguns recover: .22 identified as assailant's gun;
Rafael Hernandez-Torres
Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
2015
Source: Tulsa World 5/20/2015
Note: prime suspect knew the driver personally
Ubaldo Udora
Oklahoma City, Oklahome USA
2014
Source: www.news9.com 5/7/2014
Note:
C.F. Baun
Independence, Oregon USA
1925
Source: Toronto Star archives, searched by Norman Beattie August 2005;
Note:
William Roy Huson
Medford, Oregon USA
2012
Source: The Republic (Medford) 10/21/12; Mail-Tribune 10/23/12
Note:
Michelle Howard
Portland, Oregon USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jonathan Gregory Johnson
Portland, Oregon USA
2000
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Greigory Rogozhnikov
Portland, Oregon USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Dhulfiqar Kareem Mseer
Portland, Oregon USA
2020
Source: See https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/12/portland-uber-driver-dhulfiqar-mseer-shot-in-case-of-mistaken-identity-dies.html
Note: rideshare driver slain
Shaani Mohamed
Portland, Oregon USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/04/uber-driver-father-of-8-identified-as-victim-of-fatal-shooting-in-northeast-portland.html
Note: Uber driver slain
Reese McDowell Lawhon
Portland, Oregon USA
2023
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://katu.com/news/city-in-crisis/suspect-moses-lopez-pleads-not-guilty-in-deadly-stabbing-of-radio-cab-driver
Note: taxi driver slain
Joshua Kelvin
Portland, Oregon USA
2024
Source: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/southeast-portland-shooting-man-dead-teen-injured/283-56759ff5-a12d-4de3-99af-b10e36b9a5fe
Note: Uber driver slain
Anwar Osman
Portland, Oregon USA
2026
Source: https://www.kptv.com/2026/08/11/man-charged-deadly-rideshare-shooting-s-portland-appears-court/
Note: Rideshare driver slain
Christina Spicuzza
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://triblive.com/local/penn-hills/police-charge-penn-hills-man-in-the-death-of-an-uber-driver-in-monroeville/
Note: Uber driver slain
Joseph Franya
Allentown, Pennsylvania USA
1994
Source: (Allentown) Morning Call 4/30/94 (also reprinted in 2/95 Trip Sheet);
Note: found dead in the back seat; suspect Holmes from Jamaica area of NYC, on parole at time; cab #28;
Anthony Todd
Croydon, Pennsylvania USA
1981
Source: Phillyburbs.com 8/31/2011
Note: cold case
John L Bennett
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania USA
1993
Source: PennLive.com on 5/15/16
Note:
Charles S. Piccione
Easton, Pennsylvania USA
2003
Source: The Express-Times Online, 12/4/03
Note: blunt force trauma, cab set on fire
Donald Wargo
Erie, Pennsylvania USA
1995
Source: WSEE Channel 35, Erie PA 11/30/04;
Note: shot on an unknown date during 1995; convicted killer wants DNA testing of evidence in 2004;
Richard Stevens
Erie County, Pennsylvania USA
1991
Source: http://www.goerie.com/news/20181207/erie-juvenile-lifer-awaits-new-sentence-in-1999-killing
Note: taxi driver slain
John Dillard
Germantown, Pennsylvania USA
2011
Source: Delaware County (Pennsylvania) Daily Times 6/25/11
Note: company manager slain in a taxicab
Angel DeJesus
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA
2000
Source: Pennlive.com 1/19/2015 aka Patriot News
Note: shot three times in the head at Hummel and Kittatinny streets; date sometime in July 2000; 3 convicted, one overturned after 13 years; 2 denied on appeals
Atlas Simpson
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA
2012
Source: Fox43.com 3/11/12; PennLive.com 3/12/12; others
Note: 15th and Market
Kenneth Cobb
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.wgal.com/article/taxi-driver-shot-and-killed-in-harrisburg/39563244
Note: taxi driver slain
John Haas
McKeesport, Pennsylvania USA
2013
Source: CBS 2 Pittsburgh 5/29/13
Note: illegal jitney
Brandon Dean
McKeesport, Pennsylvania USA
2024
Source: https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/police-push-new-information-unsolved-murder-ride-share-driver/ULDWBP5LTZGFJMMYXAY5RIAK5Q/
Note: rideshare driver slain
John Leonard Sr.
Monroe County, Pennsylvania USA
1970
Source: Morning Call 9-7-2016 www.mcall.com
Note: outside the Buck Hill Inn in Barrett Township, Monroe County; wife died 3 years later while following a tip on the murder
Moses Dia Gaye
Norristown, Pennsylvania USA
2003
Source: KYW News web site, Sept. 16, 2003; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests;
Note:
John T. Weldon
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
1919
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. Sept 5, 1919
Note:
Leroy Thompson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
1987
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
William Jones
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
1988
Source: NY Times 11/13/88 p. 1-52:1 (index); first noted per MELVYL search;
Note: fifth Philadelphia driver slain to Nov. 13 in 1988;
Augustus C. Ikpe
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
1991
Source: Philadelphia Daily News, May 3, 1991 page 30; personal communication from Sebastian C. Ikpe 3/17/2024
Note: fatal gunshot to back of head
Kenneth Bellamy
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
1992
Source: www.merc.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2004094-8cd
Note: beaten to death by police officer (off-duty?) and two others after cab driver hit a parked car; arrest in 1997
Purshottam Agarwal
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
1995
Source: Dana DiFillipo of Philadelphia Daily News
Note: shot as he walked from his cab parked outside his home
Nazeed Iqbal
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
1995
Source: Dana DiFillipo of Philadelphia Daily News
Note: possible same killer in four murders within 24 hours
Darryl White
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
1997
Source: Dana DiFillipo of Philadelphia Daily News
Note:
Robert Selby Sr.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
1997
Source: Dana DiFillipo of Philadelphia Daily News
Note:
Jamie Aponte
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2000
Source: Dana DiFillipo of Philadelphia Daily News; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: cab riddled with bullets
Mamadou Gackou
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2001
Source: Dana DiFillipo of Philadelphia Daily News; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Leonsitos Santos
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2002
Source: Dana DiFilippio, reporter for Philadelphia Daily News, email September 24, 2003
Note:
Aliu Ajoa Ajetunmobi
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2003
Source: Dana DiFillipo of Philadelphia Daily News; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Armel Patrick Dorchery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Maninovsky Lubin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2004
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer 5/11/04 by Thomas J. Gibbons Jr.
Note: shot twice through open shield window, 3:45AM 44th and Sansom Sts
Leis Desir
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2006
Source: WCAU-TV (Philadelphia) 7/17/06; Philadelphia Daily news 7/18/06;
Note: at a gas station
Benjamin Elder
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2008
Source: Philadelphia Daily News 4/22/08 (philly.com)
Note:
Aliou Diallo
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2010
Source: Philly.com 3/15/2010
Note:
Sebastian Nunez
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2012
Source: myfoxphilly.com 7/17/12
Note: limo driver
Hafiz Salman Sarfaraz
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2013
Source: Philly.com 5/8/13
Note: Walnut Street near Cobbs Creek Parkway in West Philadelphia
Mijael Rodriguez-Ramirez
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2015
Source: nbcphiladelphia.com 1/5/2015
Note: 5400 block of Delancey Street in West Philadelphia
Jorge Luis Morales Quiles
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2015
Source: philly.com 2/29/15; also reported by nbcphiladelphia.com
Note: Limo driver at Olney train stop in Olney district; other article say driver was off duty;
Name not reported
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2019
Source: See https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/taxi-driver-shot-in-west-philadelphia/2267660/
Note: taxi driver slain
Aaron Keith
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2020
Source: See https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/cab-driver-dies-in-street-after-being-stabbed-in-neck/2512479/
Note: livery cab driver slain
Terrel Harris
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2021
Source: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/gunman-shoots-and-kills-lyft-driver-during-another-night-of-violence-in-philly/2969962/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Roger Segal
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2022
Source: https://www.audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/south-philadelphia-stabbing-suspect-arrested-wawa
Note: Uber driver slain
Michael Almonte
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2023
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.inquirer.com/news/michael-almonte-killed-north-philadelphia-broad-lehigh-20230621.html
Note: Uber driver slain
Olatunji Bolaji
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA
2025
Source: https://6abc.com/post/77-year-old-shot-dead-picking-man-double-shooting-center-city-philadelphia-police-say/16183678/
Note: Uber driver slain
William H. Allen
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
1960
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Bernard Oliver
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
1960
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
John Frank Dean
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
1960
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Curtis Cox
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
1960
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Thomas Law
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
1990
Source: Personal communication from his friend Chuck Halt by email 4/30/2013
Note: Chuck Halt
Joseph Looney
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
2000
Source: (Pittsburg) Post-Gazette Oct 31, 2003
Note: suspect Joseph Wendell Briggs arrested in Saudi Arabia 2003
Mark Stultz
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
2003
Source: Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre) 7/15/05
Note:
Nzubamunu Mitete
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
2005
Source: Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh) 12/24/05
Note: illegal jitney driver from Congo
Ramadhan Mohamed
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
2017
Source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette 2/25/2017; http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/25/somali-immigrant-cab-driver-dies-after-beating-2-c/
Note: Somali immigrant one week on job, beaten; described as “zTrip cab driver” with refs to “approved drivers” and “lease drivers”; behind 436-438 Climax St., Beltzhoover; multiple arrests; virulent racism in comment section at end of article
Kristofer Metzger
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
2021
Source: See https://www.wtae.com/article/family-searching-for-answers-into-uber-drivers-death-in-pittsburgh/35774719
Note: rideshare driver slain
Darlyn De La Rosa-Abreu
Reading, Pennsylvania USA
2021
Source: https://www.readingeagle.com/2023/03/17/reading-man-who-killed-taxi-driver-sentenced-21-years-in-state-prison
Note: taxi driver slain
Vincent Darbenzio
Scranton, Pennsylvania USA
2014
Source: Times Tribune 5/23/2014; police report; obituary
Note: Teen: That’s what I do to people that don’t listen.
Gregory Cunningham
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania USA
2007
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer at Philly.com 12/24/07;
Note:
Monica Proviano
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania USA
2013
Source: Pittsburgh Tribune Review 4/17/13
Note: jitney driver, possible unlicensed
Jose Rodriguez
Central Falls, Rhode Island USA
2007
Source: Pawtucket Times 7/18/07; WPRI Oct. 4, 2018 https://www.wpri.com/news/top-video/man-receives-two-life-sentences-for-killing-taxi-driver_20181004182730/1498036047
Note: Shot in back of head apparently to avoid fare payment; shooter sentenced to 2 life terms in 2018
Leslie C. Hopkins
Pawtucket, Rhode Island USA
1915
Source: Boston Daily Globe 6/15/15
Note: jitney driver
Patrick Crone
Providence, Rhode Island USA
1993
Source: Edward Dalton in "Real Cab Rides" 2006, see www.isisofprov.com
Note: Thomas Damiano served 18 months but got probation due to a problem with police reading of his Miranda rights
Robert Hightower
Aiken County, South Carolina USA
2017
Source: https://www.aikenstandard.com/news/trial-begins-wednesday-for-warrenville-man-charged-with-murder-of/article_6f70dfda-f819-11e8-9afe-33b287f6d753.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Major Ray Davenport
Anderson, South Carolina USA
2006
Source: Anderson Independent-Mail (Anderson, South Carolina) 9/25/06
Note:
Robert Earl Quinn III
Charleston, South Carolina USA
1997
Source: Associated Press 5/04: www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/8525616.htm; June 22, 1997, The State (Columbia, SC);
Note: conviction of killer overturned 2004 due to incompetence, IQ of 60
Eugene Thomas
Charleston, South Carolina USA
2002
Source: Charleston Post-Courier 5/3/04; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; four articles late-2010 on arrest of suspect
Note: unsolved as of May 2004
Name not reported
Charleston, South Carolina USA
2021
Source: See https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/charleston-county-news/ccso-investigating-after-person-found-dead-in-taxi/
Note: taxi driver slain
John Orner
Columbia, South Carolina USA
1961
Source: NY Times 4/10/2001; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; The State, Columbia (SC) 5/18/2005
Note: previously believed to be in Indiana; arrest after 40 years
Wilbur Patterson
Columbia, South Carolina USA
1990
Source: WIS-TV Channel 10 (Coumbia SC) 12/14/06
Note:
Frederick Omondi
Columbia, South Carolina USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Daniel G. Admassu
Columbia, South Carolina USA
2011
Source: thestate.com 9/16/11
Note:
Rayvon Wilmot
Columbia, South Carolina USA
2018
Source: See http://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article200704964.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Paul Swatsell
Columbia, South Carolina USA
2019
Source: See https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article238438113.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Dennis Mantel
Conway, South Carolina USA
2017
Source: http://wpde.com/news/local/man-charged-with-murder-of-conway-cab-driver-turns-down-plea-deal-says-he-wants-a-trial
Note: taxi driver slain
Guma Dubar
Goose Creek, South Carolina USA
2016
Source: http://abcnews4.com/news/local/officials-goose-creek-double-murder-suspect-has-died
Note: taxi driver slain
Thomas Watson Brown
Greenville, South Carolina USA
1947
Source: Greenville News (SC) March 15, 2003 GreenvilleOnline.com; Will Gravely, retired professor, University of Denver and author of forthcoming book on the lynching, email of May 2006;
Note: alleged assailant Willie Earle was taken from jail and shot to death by a mob of 31 men, 28 of whom were fellow cab drivers; all were acquitted
Michael William Mecklenburg
Greenville, South Carolina USA
2017
Source: http://www.wyff4.com/article/design-review-board-member-shot-killed-in-car-was-uber-driver-city-council-member-says/9275734 ; http://www.wyff4.com/article/investigators-interview-uber-rider-who-was-picked-up-before-design-board-members-fatal-shooting/9557957
Note: Uber driver slain on duty
David John Bennett
Horry County, South Carolina USA
2016
Source: MyrtleBeachOnline 11-21-2016
Note:
Charles Montgomery
North Charleston, South Carolina USA
2014
Source: Post and Courier 9/7/14; WCBD-2 9/8/14
Note: arrests made
Fred R. Downs
Richland, South Carolina USA
1999
Source: WIS-TV Channel 10 (Columbia, SC) 3/7/2006; Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note: shot in head near Two Notch Rd; originally believed to be an auto accident; 60 years old
Arthur (Smitty) Smith
Rock Hill, South Carolina USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Arthur Roberts
Seneca, South Carolina USA
2004
Source: WIST, WYFF TV reports on Internet 2/04
Note:
Harvey Anthony Wells
Spartenburg, South Carolina USA
2008
Source: www.wyff4.com on Jan 8, 2008
Note:
Nelsena Jenkins
Summerville, South Carolina USA
2006
Source: WCIV-TV Channel 4 (Charleston, SC) 1/5/06;
Note:
Michael Andy McMillan
West Columbia, South Carolina USA
2016
Source: WLOX 8/18/16
Note:
Michael Hare
Ft. Pierre, South Dakota USA
1996
Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune 8/13/96 by Joe Kafka; USA Today 9/23/96 (on disk 1); email from his sister, Liz Hare-Roth 4/3/07;
Note: teens arrested in stolen taxi; Jensen accused of being shooter; in plea bargain, Springer plead guilty to kidnapping, will testify against Jensen; dispatcher alerted when driver turned on cell phone;
John Womack
Chattanooga, Tennessee USA
1961
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Julian Suttles
Chattanooga, Tennessee USA
1994
Source: Chattanooga Times 10/10/95 by Rebecca Adams;
Note: late December; shields discussed after the killing;
Charles Ray Williamson
Chattanooga, Tennessee USA
1995
Source: Chattanooga Times 10/10/95 by Rebecca Adams;
Note: company plans to install partitions, will seek financial aid from city; died at hospital; driver described as big man, married, two sons; cabco exec said "he probably would have given them the money, although I doubt if he had over $20";
James Fleming
Chattanooga, Tennessee USA
2008
Source: WDEF-News12 3/17/08; timesfreepress.com 3/16/08;
Note:
Nathan Deere
Chattanooga, Tennessee USA
2012
Source: Chatanoogan 10-4-2016
Note:
Howard Bates
Jackson, Tennessee USA
1996
Source: Jamie Page at the Jackson Sun in April 2004
Note: shot in the back of the head; 22 year old man indicted for murder
Linda Bradstock
Jackson, Tennessee USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; Jamie Page at the Jackson Sun in 2004
Note:
Kelly Snowden
Jonesborough, Tennessee USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
A,J. Boruff
Knoxville, Tennessee USA
1968
Source: Jet Magazine, March 28, 1968 p. 52
Note:
John F. Cooper
Knoxville, Tennessee USA
2007
Source: News-Sentinel (Knoxville) 2/9/07
Note: died 2/8/07
Paul Shepherd
Knoxville, Tennessee USA
2014
Source: WVLT Local8Now.com 6/30/14
Note:
Stephen G. Eastman
Memphis, Tennessee USA
1989
Source: Memphis Commercial Appeal Oct 7 & 30, 1989;
Note: very precise description of killer, who was seen walking away from abandoned cab; driver apparently pulled from cab after shooting; motive not known; reward = $1000 by Crimestoppers;
Robert Adams
Memphis, Tennessee USA
2004
Source: WREG Channel 3, Memphis 11/23/04
Note:
Kevin Grills
Memphis, Tennessee USA
2012
Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis) 8/15/12
Note:
Gerald Cole
Memphis, Tennessee USA
2012
Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis) 10/20/12
Note:
Zewdneh Assemu
Memphis, Tennessee USA
2013
Source: WMCTV.com 12/12/13
Note: found dead in a field in Fayette County
Dushaundra Lee Ward
Memphis, Tennessee USA
2022
Source: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/lyft-driver-mother-of-6-killed-in-ambush-family-says/article_521c9a58-b07a-5a8e-abea-d34e8dcd61a7.html
Note: Lyft driver slain
Richard Skelskey
Memphis, Tennessee USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/man-arrested-committing-two-murders-same-day-mpd-says/ZSWFBOOGNVAMNND7N7SJFBR5BA/
Note: Lyft driver slain
May Lindsey
Nashville, Tennessee USA
1976
Source: WSMV4 12/18/2023; Nashville PD Twitter account; no specific date given; “47 years ago”
Note: taxi driver slain
May Lindsey
Nashville, Tennessee USA
1976
Source: https://www.wsmv.com/2023/12/18/police-seek-info-nashville-cab-drivers-decades-old-murder/
Note: taxi driver slain; date is probably correct
James Moore
Nashville, Tennessee USA
1980
Source: Boston Herald 11/27/2009
Note: killer executed in 2009
James Timothy Vanatta
Nashville, Tennessee USA
1993
Source: The Tennessean/Nashville Banner 3/21-22/93;
Note: first shooting of cab driver since July 91, see case 549 Harris; fam=3
Robert Glenn Pruitt
Nashville, Tennessee USA
1993
Source: The Tennessean/Nashville Banner 4/21/93;
Note: "strong avenue of possibilty that these could be the same thieves" said Nashvile murder detective Larry Flair. "Their (method) was the same." fam=3
Carl Sharp
Nashville, Tennessee USA
1995
Source: unidentified news item of May 25, 1999 on plea bargain for killer;
Note:
Hassan Osman
Nashville, Tennessee USA
2008
Source: WSMV.com 6/18/08
Note:
Henry Moore
Nashville, Tennessee USA
2012
Source: The Tennessean 10/26/12
Note: Germantown district
Richard Ray
Nashville (Antioch), Tennessee USA
1997
Source: unidentified press item of May 18, 1999 on conviction of the killer
Note: item forwarded by a driver researching Nashville homicides
Eric Owusu Appiah
Arlington, Texas USA
1996
Source: Dallas Morning News 3/20/96 and 3/19/96 (included among early 1996 print-out of many Dallas Morning News articles); Arlington Star-Telegram 6/26/96;
Note: video in store filmed three suspects; police gave film to TV station, suspect saw himself on TV, turned self in; probably dispatched but cab company owner denies dispatch role; black Chevy Caprice;
Peeler Clayton
Austin, Texas USA
1921
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. Dec 17, 1921
Note: 19 indicted in slaying outside Ku Klux Klan hall
Eleazar Hinojosa
Austin, Texas USA
1990
Source: Austin American-Statesman 12-29-90; articles by John Harris & Siva Vaidhyanathan; Austin Police Department; Dallas Morning News 1/22/93 (see #899); Dallas Morning News 12/21/90 and 12/21/90 (see #899);
Note: shot by fare while driving; killer last seen wearing t-shirt & bluejeans; composite released statewide. Case "cleared" (suspect arrested?), per tel conversation with Austin P.D. July 92; nickname "Alex"; 4150 posted by cabcos; trial 1/93; 11 kids;
John Mann Parrish II
Austin, Texas USA
1990
Source: Austin American-Statesman 12-29-90; Austin P.D telephone 7/92; Dallas Morning News 12/21/90 and 12/22/90 (see #899);
Note: found in trunk Wed; M.E. says Sat eve death; found at south Austin apt complex, but prob killed elsewhere; cabcos began safety roll calls every few hours, send cabs to check non-responding cabs; same suspect Hinojosa killing; wore t-shirt and bluejeans.
Doug Laws
Austin, Texas USA
1992
Source: Dallas Morning News 8/29/92 (see #899);
Note: Powell arrested, warrant for Hunter;
John Bryan Bevill
Austin, Texas USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Larry Lazaro Garcia
Austin, Texas USA
2012
Source: statesman.com 4/11/12
Note:
Conrado Contreras
Austin, Texas USA
2015
Source: MyFoxAustin.com 7/6/15
Note: Conrad or Conrado
Vaughn Fausett
Beaumont, Texas USA
1985
Source: KFDM News 10/8/2010; Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise 9/14/11
Note: suspect identified 26 years later
Name not reported
Bexar County, Texas USA
1984
Source: San Antonio Light 03/04/1986
Note: 64 yer-old driver
Reza Ayari
Bexar County, Texas USA
1994
Source: KSAT-TV Channel 12 (San Antonio, TX) 5/17/2007
Note:
Amy Earline Mattingly
Brazoria County, Texas USA
1990
Source: Houston Chronicle 7-30-90 by Eric Hanson
Note: 3 teens charged with capital murder; killers arrested later; stole $50.
Alassane Toure
Brazoria County, Texas USA
2008
Source: TheFacts.com (Brazoria) 2/9/08 and 1/25/2009
Note:
Althea Jenkins-Perry
Bryan, Texas USA
2022
Source: https://www.kltv.com/2022/08/15/17-year-old-bryan-resident-arrested-murder-ride-share-driver/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Robert Eugene Long
Carrolton, Texas USA
1991
Source: ref. Dallas Morning News c.10/31/91; Dallas Times Herald 8-3-91
Note: Newspaper: 8th in D-FW in 14 mos, "3rd in Carrollton this year". Youths called for a cab at shopping mall;
Donald Blagg
Dallas, Texas USA
1978
Source: Dallas Times Herald 6-16-78
Note: cab found 4am Wednesday in isolated area; gas siphoned from tank and poured on floorboard, cab set afire; picked up on E. Grand at 2:30 AM; day of week (Wed) does not agree with date given in report;
Jeffrey Stakem
Dallas, Texas USA
1984
Source: Dallas Times Herald 8/2/84 page 4B, per Daniel Stuart in September 2007
Note:
Bobby Joe Stuart
Dallas, Texas USA
1984
Source: Dallas Times Herald 8/2/84 page 4B, per grandson Daniel Stuart in September 2007
Note:
Andrew Dunkins
Dallas, Texas USA
1984
Source: Dallas Times Herald 8/2/84 page 4B, per Daniel Stuart in September 2007
Note:
Adman Qaisi
Dallas, Texas USA
1988
Source: Dallas Times Herald 10-20-88
Note: found 8 PM by side of cab; Tues given, doesn't agree w/ date given; reward=500 by cabco;
Robert William Moore
Dallas, Texas USA
1990
Source: Dallas Times Herald 7/10/90 A7; Dallas Morning News 6/21 ; another article; Dallas Times Herald July 2, 1990;
Note: Found on ground 2:15am, cab stolen. Known as "Big Mo". Robert William Moore; driver weighed 300 lbs.; 16 and 17 year olds got life with parole in 15 years;
Sammie Lee Woodard
Dallas, Texas USA
1990
Source: Dallas Times Herald 7/10,11/90 A7 A13; Dallas Morning News 12-25-90 ; another article; Dallas Morning News 4/2/94 (see #899); Dallas Morning News 7/17/90 (see 899); Dallas Morning News 7/11/90 (see #899);
Note: Died < hour later; sitting in cab outside Prince Chambre Apts. At time of funeral, 25 drivers rallied at projects to show concern for community. 3rd in area in 3 wks; cabco owner posted $1000; 4 yrs later, killer slain 2 blocks away on weekend release;
Asrat Bekele
Dallas, Texas USA
1990
Source: Dallas Morning News 12/24-25/90 ; Dallas Times Herald 3-26-91 A10 ;
Note: Shot sitting in parked cab at busy area of West Dallas housing projects. A collection was taken among drivers for Bekele's family. Police notified his wife by phone that her husband was in critical condition. Died about 7:30pm. Robbery suspected.
Maged Yessin
Dallas, Texas USA
1991
Source: Dallas Times Herald 2-8-91 A15; 1-21-91 ; Dallas Morning News 1-21-91 and 1-22-91;
Note: Parkland Mem Hosp, pronounced dead 10:45pm; 2nd Terminal driver in 6 mos; 3rd D-FW in 3 wks; 6 in 8 mos; 7 D-FW since 1/90, 5 in Dallas. Both suspects had guns. Crash attracted witnesses. DTH reported driver had $436. Suspect hit head on door fleeing.
Clarence Edward Moore
Dallas, Texas USA
1991
Source: Dallas Times Herald 10-31-91 A24
Note: Shot from inside cab. Died 2:30pm Parkland Mem. Hospital. Cradler also charged with aggravated robbery of other cab driver on same day. 10th in 14 mos or 9th in 17 mos in D-FW area?
Jackie Ray Patton
Dallas, Texas USA
1992
Source: Dallas Morning News 11/16/92 18A by Nancy St. Pierre; Dallas Morning News 11/15/92 (see #899);
Note: first "area" slaying of cab driver since October 1991 killing ended string of 9 in 16 months; approached by robber after dropping off fares, struggled with robber, tried to drive off, shot through driver's window; Claremont Apartments in East Dallas;
Michael Lane Grubbs
Dallas, Texas USA
1992
Source: Dallas Morning News 12/25/92 by Todd Copilevitz; Dallas Morning News 2/17/93 (see #899);
Note: cabco installing lock boxes following slaying a month earlier; possible typo in article re: whether dispatched or not; driver thrown from cab, crawled to porch but nobody at home, found dead in morning; reward= 5000;
Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed
Dallas, Texas USA
1993
Source: Dallas Morning News 4/22/94 (see #899);
Note: long ride with fare on "nostalgia" tour after buying gun and ammo, possible argument with driver; driver was refugee from Ethiopia in 1980; wife unhappy that killer could be on parole in 7-1/2 years;
Randy W. Trammell
Dallas, Texas USA
1994
Source: Dallas Morning News 9/10/94 (see 899); Dallas Morning News 3/8/94 p. 17A (see #899);
Note:
Mohammad Esmaillian
Dallas, Texas USA
1994
Source: Dallas Morning News 9/10/94 (see #899);
Note: cab found a few blocks away;
Valentine Nwabiani
Dallas, Texas USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ahmad Tashtashah
Dallas, Texas USA
2003
Source: The Dallas Morning News, 12 Aug 2003
Note:
Fadee Akhtab
Dallas, Texas USA
2007
Source: WFAA-TV 3/23/07
Note:
Bashir Kassim Abraham
Dallas, Texas USA
2010
Source: Dallas Morning News 4/29/2010
Note:
Godwin Nkana
Dallas, Texas USA
2019
Source: See http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Taxi-Cab-Driver-Fatally-Shot-Dallas-563980361.html
Note: taxi driver slain
Joshua Miller
Dallas, Texas USA
2021
Source: See https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/33-year-old-killed-4100-block-of-langdon-road-in-dallas/287-da12368f-454f-4b3e-a1b5-fc0536f6dd1c
Note: rideshare driver slain
Faneal Tesfit
Dallas, Texas USA
2024
Source: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/police-find-man-shot-dead-after-responding-to-dallas-car-crash/3467330/
Note: Uber driver slain
Mohammad Taghi-Farhsi
Dallas, Texas USA
2024
Source: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/man-arrested-accused-shooting-killing-lyft-driver-dallas/3504584/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Hooshang Vatanpour
Denton County, Texas USA
2009
Source: Ft. Worth Star Telegram 7/3/09 and others 11/2010 regarding trial of suspect
Note:
Nicolas Castanon
El Paso, Texas USA
1979
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Name not reported
El Paso, Texas USA
1979
Source: Associated Press 4/1/2004
Note: convicted killer claims confession was coerced
Daniel J Piedra Garcia
El Paso, Texas USA
2023
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/06/23/tourist-panics-upon-seeing-signs-to-mexican-border-and-kills-her-uber-driver-police-say/
Note: Uber driver slain
Daniel J. Piedra Garcia
El Paso, Texas USA
2023
Source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/06/23/tourist-panics-upon-seeing-signs-to-mexican-border-and-kills-her-uber-driver-police-say/
Note: Uber driver slain
Christopher Fay
Fort Hood, Texas USA
1988
Source: Dallas Morning News, 12-14-88 A18; Navy Times, Vol. 45, July 1, 1996 p.16 by Nick Adde (also on disk 1);
Note: killer 5'9", 190 lbs., prob female companion; crimes indicate overtly sadistic killer, told other victim to open mouth, aimed at face, bit driver on forehead and hand during struggle. Driver found wounded 8;50 pm, died Darnall Army Comm Hosp; assailant's death sentence commuted to life by Obama
Lorain Larry Dingman
Fort Worth, Texas USA
1990
Source: ref. Dallas Morning News 12-29-90 A31
Note: Died several hours later at Peter Smith Hospital. 7th in 11 months in D-FW area; 5th in year? Thur day given does not agree with calendar for date given; reward=3,000 by Cabco+Tarrant County Crimestoppers;
Charles E. Mitchell
Fort Worth, Texas USA
1991
Source: Dallas Morning News 4-24-91 A37 (see also #899);
Note: Gamarsh arrested driving the stolen taxi with the slain driver pushed over to passenger side of front seat; 7th killed in 11 months, D-FW area;
Juan Rangel
Fort Worth, Texas USA
1993
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram 7/1/93;
Note: couple held on $250,000 bail each; jailed on capital murder investigation; witnesses called police hotline;
Ibrahim Alkhateeb
Fort Worth, Texas USA
2022
Source: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/man-who-was-shot-and-crashed-car-into-fort-worth-house-was-lyft-driver-police/3060341/
Note: Lyft driver slain
Shawali Sherali
Fort Worth, Texas USA
2024
Source: https://www.fox4news.com/news/lyft-driver-killed-michael-walker-arrest
Note: Lyft driver slain
Brandon Nathan Campbell
Ft. Worth, Texas USA
2010
Source: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram 9/23/2010
Note: limousine driver
Jessie Guinn
Galveston, Texas USA
1991
Source: Houston Chronicle 6-18-91 by Chris Barton and Joann Zuniga.
Note: Drove around 3 days with slain driver in minivan cab. Uncle turned her in; "quiet and conservative" but other felonies, death threats. Driver a moonlighting firefighter; GPD says killed Tues shortly after midnight. Killer may have owed $130 fare.
Isabella Lewis
Garland, Texas USA
2021
Source: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/gunman-who-killed-lyft-driver-shot-up-plano-police-hq-might-have-been-inspired-by-terrorists-12315254
Note: rideshare driver slain
Lois Ivory
Grand Prairie, Texas USA
2008
Source: Fox4 4/15/08; Dallas Morning News 4/15/08
Note:
Abdul Khan
Grand Prarie, Texas USA
1990
Source: Dallas Times Herald 7/10/90 A7;7/22 A30 ;Dallas Morning News 7-7-90 A ; DMN 7-5-90 by Nancy St.Pierre;
Note: Arrival of witness apparently interupted robbery after slaying. Khan taken off life support at family request, Methodist Medical Center. Osborne confessed; driver died the next day; $14 taken;
Jimmy Ross Jr.
Harris County, Texas USA
1990
Source: Houston Chronicle 7-30-90 Eric Hanson; (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991"; Houston Post 6/30?/90;
Note: found 2:40 AM in road
Valerie Mitchell
Houston, Texas USA
1982
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991" compiled by a researcher in Houston;
Note:
Stanley Beckman
Houston, Texas USA
1983
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991";
Note:
William Leinert
Houston, Texas USA
1984
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991";
Note:
Alton Williams
Houston, Texas USA
1984
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991";
Note:
Melvin Truitt
Houston, Texas USA
1984
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991";
Note:
Gabriel Herrera
Houston, Texas USA
1985
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991";
Note:
Robert Lee Brown
Houston, Texas USA
1985
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991"; 1/05 article on previously missing evidence boxes at http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/10700833.htm?1c ;
Note: Jimmy Jackson convicted of robbery-slaying
Cecilia LaTray
Houston, Texas USA
1985
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991"; personal reports;
Note:
Charles Hunter
Houston, Texas USA
1986
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991"; Dallas Morning News 11/8/94 (see #899);
Note: killer was 34 at time of scheduled execution 11/94;
Joe Gaskin
Houston, Texas USA
1986
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991";
Note:
Emanuel Sotire
Houston, Texas USA
1987
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991";
Note:
Lauren Ens
Houston, Texas USA
1988
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991"; nephew Andrew Ens, email of May 2006;
Note: woman driver killed by gunshot to neck
Michael McQuarn
Houston, Texas USA
1989
Source: plaintiff's original petition; Houston Post Aug 10, 1989; (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991" compiled by a researcher in Houston;
Note: specially equipped minivan cab; driver had 2 juvenile girls in cab when picked up killers; driver and girls put out of cab after shooting; apparently resisted robbery; Houston Yellow homicides sheet says "gunshot wound right shoulder into neck";
Robert L. Fullilove
Houston, Texas USA
1990
Source: Houston Chronicle 7-30-90; Dallas Morning News 2/3/90 (see #899);
Note: driver died later at Ben Taub Hospital; three adults, two juveniles; capital murder charge; boys were 14 and 16; "clean-cut, well-spoken kids";
Reginald Earl Smith
Houston, Texas USA
1990
Source: Houston Chronicle 7-30-90; (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991" compiled by a researcher in Houston;
Note: found out of cab, cab taken; stolen car found at scene; cab not found;
Kenneth W. Zachary
Houston, Texas USA
1990
Source: Houston Chronicle 7-30-90; Houston Post 6/30?/90;
Note:
Henry Carter
Houston, Texas USA
1990
Source: Houston Chronicle 7-30-90 by Eric Hanson, much info in this article; Houston Post 6/30?/90 by Matt Schwartz and Derick Rill;
Note: sixth killing of Houston area in 1990; 10th killing at same cabco in 5 years?; found on ground near cab, died at scene;
Shakir Abdul-Waahid
Houston, Texas USA
1991
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991";
Note:
Roderick A. Wallen
Houston, Texas USA
1991
Source: (Houston) "Yellow Cab Homicides 1982-1991";
Note:
Mark D. Eskola
Houston, Texas USA
1991
Source: second list of Houston Yellow Cab homicides supplied by researcher in Florida, 1993;
Note:
Stanley E. Wright
Houston, Texas USA
1991
Source: second list of Houston Yellow Cab homicides supplied by researcher in Florida, 1993;
Note:
David E. Jacobs
Houston, Texas USA
1992
Source: second list of Houston Yellow Cab homicides supplied by researcher in Florida, 1993; The Dallas Morning News 2/15-16/2006;
Note: killer executed in 2006
Victor Bilton
Houston, Texas USA
1992
Source: The Dallas Morning News, Feb. 15 and 16, 2006
Note:
Larry D. Gipson
Houston, Texas USA
1992
Source: second list of Houston Yellow Cab homicides supplied by researcher in Florida, 1993; Dallas Morning News 2/9/93 and 2/17/93 (see #899);
Note: almost certainly this is the driver refered to in Dallas Morning News 2/9/93, i.e. same assailant as in Grubbs case (#288); some info here assumes this is correct; arrested at Houston shopping mall minutes after killing;
Cisroe Taylor
Houston, Texas USA
1997
Source: Tara Housman's search of http://www.texansforgunsafety.org/resources_hgvi_1997.html; Houston Chronicle 2/5/97
Note: 15 year old Tommy Maverick Childs arrested, SE Houston shooting
Apolinar Delgado
Houston, Texas USA
1999
Source: Tara Housman's search of http://www.texansforgunsafety.org/resources_hgvi_1999.html
Note: shot behind church at 6415 Goldspier; date may be incorrect
Alvaro Cordova
Houston, Texas USA
2001
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Ziad Alarian
Houston, Texas USA
2004
Source: Houston Chronicle 12/13/04 and 12/16/04
Note: blunt force injury to head, 9700 block of Braeburn Glen
John West
Houston, Texas USA
2007
Source: Houston Chronicle 8/4/07
Note:
Derick Byers
Houston, Texas USA
2007
Source: Houston Chronicle 11/14/2007
Note:
Blaise Uzoma Nwokenaka
Houston, Texas USA
2010
Source: Houston Chronicle 10/15/10
Note: two slain in 2 days following calls to same location; serial killer arrested
Mohammed Nabiil Elsayed
Houston, Texas USA
2010
Source: Houston Chronicle 10/15/10
Note: two slain in 2 days following calls to same location; serial killer arrested
Ikechukwu Uzodinma Godson
Houston, Texas USA
2013
Source: KHOU (Houston) 11-7-13
Note: Arrest made
Donalvon Odell Rhyne
Houston, Texas USA
2014
Source: khou.com (Houston) February 24, 2014; others
Note: arrests made
Ishmael Siryon
Houston, Texas USA
2014
Source: click2houston.com 9/29/14; khou.com 9/29/14
Note: two articles give name differently, Ishmael may be first name or last name
Alireza Kheyrandish
Houston, Texas USA
2016
Source: Click2Houston 7/15/16; See http://www.click2houston.com/news/cab-driver-stabbed-to-death-by-2-customers
Note:
Name not reported
Houston, Texas USA
2018
Source: See https://www.click2houston.com/news/man-found-shot-to-death-outside-taxi-inbriar-forest-parking-lot
Note: taxi driver slain
Michael Ubani
Houston, Texas USA
2019
Source: See https://www.click2houston.com/news/person-shot-inside-yellow-cab-in-montrose-police-say
Note: taxi driver slain
Name not reported
Houston, Texas USA
2021
Source: See https://abc13.com/10712569/
Note: limo driver slain
Hector Torres
Houston, Texas USA
2023
Source: https://abc13.com/uber-driver-killed-hector-torres-death-shot-during-carjacking-suspect-targets-rideshare/13473281/
Note: Uber driver slain
Philip Kim
Houston, Texas USA
2025
Source: https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/carjacking-ward-street-houston-texas/285-e1e52701-b064-44f7-8eb4-6654ea7a7ea1
Note: Lyft driver slain
Hieu Quoc “Jake” Nguyen
Houston, Texas USA
2025
Source: https://www.fox26houston.com/news/family-seeks-justice-after-marine-veteran-found-shot-death-harris-county
Note: Uber driver slain
Debra Jarrell
Houston (Pasadena), Texas USA
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Bobby Shardino
Killeen, Texas USA
1988
Source: Dallas Morning News 12-14-88 A18; Navy Times, Vol. 45, July 1, 1996 p.16 by Nick Adde;
Note: killer 5'8"-5'9", 185-190, black short hair, prob female companion;killer probably overtly sadistic, told 3rd victim on same evening to open mouth, aimed at face but misfired, bit forehead & hand. Driver retired Army. Injured 3rd victim Howard Harrison.
Raneshia Lyshaun Kelly
LaMarque, Texas USA
2007
Source: KHOU-TV Channel 1 (Houston) 1/14/07
Note: Jeff's Cab in Galveston
Victor Harold Jones
Lawton, Texas USA
1962
Source: Oklahoma City Oklahoman online archive per Norman Beattie search Dec 2005;
Note:
Ross Bennie Mosley
Lubbock, Texas USA
2007
Source: KCBD-TV (Lubbock, TX) 2/19/07
Note: 72-year old driver, 19-year old killer
Luis Saldana
McAllen, Texas USA
2013
Source: ValleyCentral.com 2/25/2013
Note:
Robert Barry
Mesquite, Texas USA
2021
Source: See https://www.wbap.com/2021/04/23/mesquite-police-searching-for-suspect-in-lyft-drivers-murder/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Richard Allen Cullum
Midland, Texas USA
2005
Source: Ft. Worth Star-Telgram 11/11/2005; Midland Reporter-Telegram 11/15/05
Note: woman stabbed and pushed him from cab, then he got entangled in the seat belt and was dragged for a mile as she drove away in the taxi
Tim Manning
Nolanville (Bell County), Texas USA
2009
Source: KWTX.com Sept. 26, 2009
Note: dispatcher slain at cab company by former employee during a robbery
Lee Duke
Orange, Texas USA
1921
Source: Norman Beattie, Parowan Times 8/13/24 (Utah Digital Libraries)
Note: one of three slain by a serial murderer
J.P. Hopson
Orange, Texas USA
1948
Source: Beaumont Enterprise 4/14/2008; also 6/21/1948 and other dates in June 1948;
Note:
Mark Gaudin
Palestine, Texas USA
2002
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Jose Gilberto Negrete
Pasadena, Texas USA
1996
Source: Houston Chronicle Aug 28, 1996 (on disk #1);
Note: suburb of Houston; was in cab talking on pay phone when approached; not robbed but robbery suspected motive;
Alvin Bronson III
Pflugerville, Texas USA
1992
Source: Dallas Morning News 8/29/92 (see #899);
Note: Austin driver slain in nearby town;
Ernest Alan Ford
Pinehurst, Texas USA
1998
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Abdullah Ismail Abdulkarin
Plano, Texas USA
2008
Source: Dallas Morning News online 8/17/08
Note:
Mohamed Thera
Plano, Texas USA
2023
Source: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/rideshare-driver-sherman-killed-plano-shooting-arrest-made/287-9b33b93d-4d90-4cc6-a260-e9c08fa0446c
Note: rideshare driver slain
Frank Singleton
Port Arthur, Texas USA
1998
Source: Jefferson County Crimestopper of the Week 8/19/2005
Note:
Tahirou Diallo
Richland Hills, Texas USA
2025
Source: https://www.fox4news.com/news/ride-share-driver-killed-north-richland-hills-highly-intoxicated-passenger-police-say
Note: Uber driver slain
Pedro Lozano
San Antonio, Texas USA
1984
Source: undated San Antonio newsclip, Aug 1985, by Robert Cahill;
Note: cab abandoned near Central Park Mall; $40 worth of fares at time of murder;
Lou Ann Shelton
San Antonio, Texas USA
1985
Source: undated news clip from San Antonio, probably August 1985, by Robert Cahil; San Antonio Light 3/4/86 by Robert Cahill;
Note: one report says Aug. 8, other says Tuesday...can't be both; arrest in March 1986;
Curtis Raye Edwards
San Antonio, Texas USA
1991
Source: Dallas Morning News 2-28-92 (see #899); article in Trip Sheet June 92 reprinted from Carriage News; Dallas Morning News 9/30/91 (see #899); Feb. 22, 2007 MySA.com and San Antonio Express News;
Note: "shortly after midnight"; 12-year old boy's uncle may have had boy hold gun during robbery; in 2007 killer Edwin Debrow won bid to get his conviction overturned due to poor representation at trial
Henry Ramirez
San Antonio, Texas USA
2004
Source: KSAT June 18, 23 and 25, 2004;
Note: shot in head
John Dexter
San Antonio, Texas USA
2011
Source: MySA 10/11/11; Chron.com (Houston) 10/16/11
Note:
Aadam Xirsi
San Antonio, Texas USA
2019
Source: See https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/01/22/friends-of-taxi-cab-worker-killed-in-windcrest-remember-him-on-anniversary-of-his-death/
Note: taxi driver slain
Robert Carbonell Diaz
San Antonio, Texas USA
2023
Source: https://foxsanantonio.com/newsletter-daily/man-arrested-after-allegedly-shooting-uber-driver-to-death-on-northeast-side-san-antonio-police-texas-bexar-county-shell-casings-evidence-investigation
Note: Uber driver slain
Robert “Bobby” Renteria
San Antonio, Texas USA
2024
Source: https://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article291610195.html
Note: rideshare driver slain
David Searene McDowell
Wichita Falls, Texas USA
2006
Source: Times Record News (Wichita Falls, TX) 11/4/06; Times Record 3/26/08 on trial;
Note:
Donald Ray Pearson
Willis, Texas USA
1996
Source: Houston Chronicle 7/4/96 and 9/5/96 (on disk #1);
Note: 50 miles north of Houston in Montgomery County; pick-up at 10 PM, body found 7:45 AM; body pulled out of cab, dumped face-down on a dirt road; teens got out, shot driver while paying fare, took cab, returned it to same site later;
Thomas Edward White
Salt Lake City, Utah USA
1912
Source: Norman Beattie research, Carbon County, Colorado newspaper of 10/10/1912 from Utah Digital newspapers;
Note:
Grant Strong
Salt Lake City, Utah USA
1966
Source: https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k/kelbach-walter.htm
Note: taxi driver slain by spree killers
Everett Hamby Jr.
Salt Lake City, Utah USA
1980
Source: Salt Lake Tribune article by Stephen Hunt (August 2005?)
Note: killer to be paroled in January 2015
Henry Teelon
Mendon, Vermont USA
1945
Source: Toronto Star 12/24/1945
Note:
Nwabu Cyril Efobi
Raleigh, Virgina USA
2016
Source: WTVD 11-21-2016
Note: across the street from St. Augustine University
Mustafa Aburanat
Alexandria, Virginia USA
2006
Source: Washington Post 10/5/06
Note: cab driver picked up passenger in cab, then switched to personal vehicle
Khalil Siddiqi
Alexandria, Virginia USA
2009
Source: WTOP.com 1/19/09; WashingtonPost.com 1/23/09; Fox5 (Washington DC) 1/22/09
Note:
Parvez Ahmed
Annandale, Virginia USA
2006
Source: WRC-TV Channel 4 (Washington, DC) June 12, 2006; dailypress.com 3/17/08 on conviction; The Connection Newspapers 3/13/08
Note: Alexandria Yellow Cab of Fairfax County
Leroy E. Applegate
Arlington, Virginia USA
1953
Source: Washington Post archive, incl. Oct 2, 1953
Note: Washington DC driver slain in Virginia
Joseph Gwiadowski
Arlington, Virginia USA
1974
Source: https://police.arlingtonva.us/cold-cases/
Note: taxi driver murder unsolved as of June 2017
Peter Ambrister
Chesterfield County, Virginia USA
2011
Source: progress-index.com (Petersburg, Virginia) 10/28/11
Note:
Franklin Farrens
Chesterfield County, Virginia USA
2020
Source: See https://www.nbc12.com/2020/01/30/year-old-arrested-shooting-death-chesterfield-man/
Note: rideshare driver slain
Wendy Harris
Danville, Virginia USA
2021
Source: See https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/01/11/martinsville-man-arrested-for-allegedly-stabbing-killing-cab-driver/
Note: taxi driver slain
John Wayne Stanley
Hampton, Virginia USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Lamar French
Hampton, Virginia USA
2019
Source: See https://www.dailypress.com/news/crime/dp-nw-homicides-folo-peninsula-20190920-bofa4xz7qrh3dkrr6iymyrmmm4-story.html
Note: Lyft driver slain
Antwan Lamont Brooks
Henrico County, Virginia USA
2017
Source: wtvr.com approx 1/13/17 ; http://wtvr.com/2017/01/17/police-identify-cab-driver-killed-in-Friday-morning-shooting/
Note: taxi driver
Willie J. (Jimmy) Dunbar
Hopewell, Virginia USA
1994
Source: 1997 correspondence from Wayne Burgess
Note: driver at Burgess Cab
Hugh E. Morrison
Jarratt, Virginia USA
1993
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Carroll Mack
Lynchburg, Virginia USA
2024
Source: https://wset.com/news/local/lynchburg-man-pleads-guilty-to-the-murder-of-local-cab-driver-faces-43-years-dabney-thomas-carroll-mack-surveillance-video-jail-prison-sentencing-gunshot-guilty-plea-august-2024
Note: taxi driver slain
Khawaja Ahmed
Manassas, Virginia USA
2008
Source: PotomacNews.com 2/10/08
Note:
James Wells
Mechanicsville, Virginia USA
2014
Source: wric.com 8/11/14
Note: torched minivan; guilty plea
Luther Callis
Newport News, Virginia USA
1951
Source: Report from website visitor Bev Falvo May 2011; original news report possibly in Free-Lance Star, 12/3/1951, Fredericksburg, Va.
Note: approximate date, Nov-Dec 1951
Anthony Michael
Newport News, Virginia USA
1951
Source: Report from website visitor Bev Falvo May 2011; original news report possibly in Free-Lance Star, 12/3/1951, Fredericksburg, Va.
Note: approximate date, Nov-Dec 1951
Mohammed Laktami
Newport News, Virginia USA
2008
Source: Daily Press (Newport News) 11/25/08
Note:
Elizabeth Martin Tallon Young
Norfolk, Virginia USA
1974
Source: 2021 Oct 25 email from her niece Denise Hewitt - dlh14830@sbcglobal.net
Note: age 38, Black and White taxi driver slain at 9th Bay St @ Pretty Lake Avenue by James Randall Hutchens (Navy) granted parole on 5/2/2017, and Daniel Joseph Snider.
Lionel Baldwin
Norfolk, Virginia USA
1975
Source: Virginia Pilot 12/21/2012
Note: conviction in 2012
Paul D. Shoup
Norfolk, Virginia USA
1991
Source: Virginian-Pilot and Ledger Star 9-28-91
Note: 65th homicide of year in Norfolk. Found 2 AM, caller reported incident. Friday given, doesn't agree with calendar for date given;
Donald J. Reynolds
Norfolk, Virginia USA
1994
Source: Virginia newspaper article, mid-May 1994 (name and date smeared in fax transmittal); Aug 94 Trip Sheet reprint of Virginian Pilot & Ledger Star (see case 762 Roy Wilson);
Note:
William Spencer
Petersberg, Virginia USA
2006
Source: Richmond Times Dispatch June 20 and 22, 2006;
Note:
Raphael Cudjoe
Petersburg, Virginia USA
2011
Source: CBS-6 WTVR (Richmond, VA) 3/17/2011; progress-index.com 3/18/2011
Note:
Kirk Nims
Petersburg, Virginia USA
2023
Source: https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/driver-killed-halifax-street-petersburg-july-12-2023
Note: Uber driver slain
Lester (Buck) Stevens
Quantico, Virginia USA
1924
Source: Washington Post archives, incl. Oct 1, 1924;
Note:
Ali Tabit Ali
Springfield, Virginia USA
1992
Source: Washington Times June 21, 1992; Washington Post 4/18/92 p. B-5:2 (index);
Note: found next to his taxi; near D.C.;
Mazhar Nazir
Tyson's Corner, Virginia USA
2008
Source: WashingtonPost.com 11/18/2008
Note:
Eric D. Richter
Virginia Beach, Virginia USA
1994
Source: Virginia newspaper article, mid-May 1994 (name, date and photos smeared in fax transmittal); Virginian Pilot & Star Ledger reprinted in 8/94 Trip Sheet (see case 762 Roy Wilson);
Note: second Hampton Roads area driver slain in 15 days (see case 106, Reynolds); after shooting, driver got out of cab, collapsed; second man arrested as accessory after the fact, possibly part of setting up driver; drugs, not robbery, suspected as motive;
Cecil Hill
Bellingham, Washington USA
1997
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Harjit Singh
Burien, Washington USA
2012
Source: KCPQ 8/29/12
Note:
Abdulkadir Shariff Gedi
Edmunds, Washington USA
2024
Source: https://myedmondsnews.com/2024/02/prosecutor-files-murder-charges-against-edmonds-man-in-ride-share-driver-shooting/
Note: rideshare driver slain
James Lee Linton
Everett, Washington USA
1919
Source: Norman Beattie
Note:
Cherno Ceesay
Issaquak, Washington USA
2020
Source: See https://www.law360.com/articles/1374463/slain-driver-s-family-says-uber-can-t-slip-wrongful-death-suit
Note: rideshare driver slain
Robert Brent Marshal
Kenmore, Washington USA
1983
Source: Seattle PI 4/20/2010; http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/2010/04/30/video-can-you-solve-this-snohomish-county-cold-case/
Note: taxi driver cold case
LisaMarie Eason
Mount Vernon, Washington USA
2015
Source: Seattle Times 4/6/2015 and others
Note:
Harvinder Kahlon
Renton, Washington USA
1995
Source: undated Seattle Post Intelligencer article in 1/96 Trip Sheet; personal report; Seattle Times 12/18/96 (with case #989 on disk #1);
Note: found 2:50 AM, last seen at 1:45 AM;
Jagjit Singh
Seatac, Washington USA
2007
Source: Tacoma News-Tribune 7/10/07; Seattle Times 3/26/08 on trial of accused;
Note:
Gordon C. Perry
Seattle, Washington USA
1969
Source: January 2004 email from his daughter Nina Davis
Note: Date in 1968 or 1969 is unknown; robbery-murder
Harry McFadden
Seattle, Washington USA
1970
Source: Seattle Times (?) Sept 11, 1971 by John Hinterberger;
Note: killer got six dollars; driver was owner of cab; arrest and conviction
Name not reported
Seattle, Washington USA
1981
Source: 1997 email recollection of Cliff Wheaton who drove a taxicab in Seattle in 1981
Note: taxi driver slain in November or December 1981; arrests made
James Francis Lee
Seattle, Washington USA
1991
Source: Seattle Times March 14, 1991 B2; Seattle Times March ?, 1991 by Rick Anderson;
Note: residents heard a single shot, found Lee on ground outside of cab; trunk of cab found open, owner speculated on possible demand by robber for Lee to get into trunk of cab; lease from Ganje;
Donald Kelly
Seattle, Washington USA
1991
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer 9/1/93;
Note:
Gurjant Pal
Seattle, Washington USA
1993
Source: Seattle Times 10/13/93; Seattle Post-Intelligencer 8/18/94 (with #830);
Note:
Shola Awotundun
Seattle, Washington USA
1994
Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer 8/18/94 (with #830); personal reports;
Note: experienced driver;
Ike Slodov
Seattle, Washington USA
1994
Source: Seattle Times 8/17/94 by Jack Broom, Dee Norton & Tom Haines; Seattle Post-Intelligencer 8/18/94 by Gill Balley;
Note: "flagged down by 2 people, possibly males", 'not known if flagged'; radioed dispatcher that he had been shot, but unable to give location; cab seen swerving out of control; "shot twice", "shot in abdomen", "shot in chest"; clear from article, no shield;
Don Barker
Seattle, Washington USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
Hassan Muse Farah
Seattle, Washington USA
2004
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer 2/2/04
Note: Somali shot several times, 4:30 AM, 23rd Ave S/S. Graham, Beacon Hil
Mohamed Kediye
Seattle, Washington USA
2022
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://komonews.com/news/local/family-of-rideshare-driver-killed-in-seattle-calls-for-justice
Note: Lyft driver slain
Amare Geda
Seattle, Washington USA
2023
Source: Multiple reports incl: https://lawandcrime.com/crime/woman-accused-of-shooting-uber-driver-leaving-him-to-die-in-the-street-and-taking-his-toyota-prius-to-visit-family-smoke-pot-and-get-hair-done-reports/
Note: Uber driver slain
Duane (Dusty) Hutsell
Spokane, Washington USA
1997
Source: email from Barb Kabrick quoting a local newspaper Dec 5, 2003
Note:
Mohamud D. Ahmed
Tacoma, Washington USA
2009
Source: The News Tribune (Tacoma) 3/10/2009; Seattle Post-Intelligencer 3/8/2009; News Tribune (Tacoma) 8-8-2012
Note: conviction overturned 2012
Robert Crall
Tacoma, Washington USA
2018
Source: See http://www.kiro7.com/news/south-sound-news/man-found-shot-on-road-in-south-tacoma/716429509
Note: taxi driver slain
Nicholas Frank Hokema
Tukwila, Washington USA
2024
Source: https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/murdered-cab-drivers-stolen-vehicle-located-one-step-closer-to-finding-suspect
Note: taxi driver slain
Karri Linn Hager
Bluefield, West Virginia USA
2009
Source: West Virginia Metro News (Charleston, WV) 5/19/2009
Note:
Lloyd Lanham
Charleston, West Virginia USA
2003
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests; State Journal (Charleston WV) 4/26/06
Note:
Larry Adkins
Dunbar, West Virginia USA
1999
Source: Terry Smythe's Internet news harvests
Note:
John Romberg
Baraboo, Wisconsin USA
2004
Source: Duluth News Tribune, Duluth MN 11/3/04; Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, WI 11/6/04; other news reports
Note: suspects charged in two murders
Ernest Bradley
Beliot, Wisconsin USA
1948
Source: Beliot Daily News, November 15, 2007
Note: unknown date in 1948
Merle Forbes
LaCrosse, Wisconsin USA
2014
Source: LaCrosse Tribune 6/17/2014
Note:
Fred Petarius
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
1988
Source: Film clip of TV Ch. 6, Milwaukee;
Note: apparent robbery attempt; other killing was (?) Tom Nicholas Jan 3, stabbed? and other driver (Yellow 96?) shot 4 times in head several days later but lived? per Ch 4; summer 1988;
Name not reported
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
2004
Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal, August 31, 2004
Note: arrest and guilty plea, attempted robbery
Imran Shahbaz
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
2021
Source: https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-cab-driver-shot-dead
Note: taxi driver slain
Gregory Clarkson
Casper, Wyoming USA
2005
Source: Star-Tribune of Casper, Wyoming 8/21/2005;
Note:
Jhonny Lopez
Puerto Piritu, Anzoategui Venezuela
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources February 2008
Note: first name spelling is correct, Jhonny
Luis Ramon Marcano Rivas
Bolivar State, Venezuela
2007
Source: Unspecified newspaper in Cuidad Bolivar per Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish-language news sources, February 2007
Note: possiblly town of Cuidad Bolivar
Hermes Elias Ruiz Albornoz
Valencia, Carabobo Venezuela
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources March 2008
Note:
Cesar Augusto Clark Garcia
Ciudad Guayana, Estado Bolivar Venezuela
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources February 2008
Note:
Samuel Alexander Rojas
Cuidad Guayana, Estado Bolivar Venezuela
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources February 2008
Note:
Alexander Jose Gomez Bastidas
Cuidad Guayana, Estatdo Bolivar Venezuela
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources February 2008
Note:
Henry Jose Parra Rondon
San Felix, Guayana Venezuela
2003
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish news sources on web, Summer 2004
Note:
Jorge Luis Villalobos Gonzalez
Barquisimeto, Lara Venezuela
2005
Source: http://www.elimpulso.com/Pages/VerNoticia.asp?fp=1/11/2006&id=23212
Note: pirata driver of taxi or bus?
Ruben Dario Orellana
Barquisimeto, Lara Venezuela
2005
Source: http://www.elimpulso.com/Pages/VerNoticia.asp?fp=1/11/2006&id=23212
Note: pirata
Miguel Segundo Pinto Betancourt
Barquisimeto, Lara Venezuela
2005
Source: http://www.elimpulso.com/Pages/VerNoticia.asp?fp=1/11/2006&id=23212
Note: informal taxi driver
Cruerme Oliveros Vargas Gonzalez
Barquisimeto, Lara Venezuela
2005
Source: http://www.elimpulso.com/Pages/VerNoticia.asp?fp=1/11/2006&id=23212
Note:
Antonio Montes Gonzalez
Barquisimeto, Lara Venezuela
2005
Source: http://www.elimpulso.com/Pages/VerNoticia.asp?fp=1/11/2006&id=23212
Note: shot on May 25, died July 11
Johan Jose Rodriguez
Barquisimeto, Lara Venezuela
2005
Source: http://www.elimpulso.com/Pages/VerNoticia.asp?fp=1/11/2006&id=23212
Note:
Oswaldo Ereu Sarmiento
Barquisimeto, Lara Venezuela
2005
Source: http://www.elimpulso.com/Pages/VerNoticia.asp?fp=1/11/2006&id=23212
Note: 2005 probably after August 14
Omer de Jesus Caridad
Barquisimeto, Lara Venezuela
2005
Source: http://www.elimpulso.com/Pages/VerNoticia.asp?fp=1/11/2006&id=23212
Note: slain late in the year
Ramon Celestino Aleman Alcala
Barcelona, Venezuela
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources January 2007
Note: cab stolen by gunmen who killed him in a beuty parlor next to where the cab was parked
Luigi Ivan Burgos Delgado
Barquisimeto, Venezuela
2006
Source: http://www.elimpulso.com/Pages/VerNoticia.asp?fp=7/15/2006&id=29138
Note:
Andres Ramon Pacheco Gomez
Barquisimeto, Venezuela
2006
Source: http://www.elimpulso.com/Pages/VerNoticia.asp?fp=7/15/2006&id=29138
Note:
Marcos Antonio Campos Gutierrez
Barquisimeto, Venezuela
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanis-language news sources on the Internet January 2007
Note:
Jose Rafael Useche Pernia
Caracas, Venezuela
2004
Source: www.lanacion.com.ve news item of 4/24/04
Note: shot, not robbed
Ricardo Alexander Fuenmayor
Caracas, Venezuela
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources 8/28/04
Note: shot in head, crashed into building; one of 4-5 slain the same night
Felix Gutierrez Garcia
Caracas, Venezuela
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources 8/28/04
Note: one of 4-5 slain the same night
Orlando Jose Ruiz Rausseo
Caracas, Venezuela
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar Internet news search September 2005, http://internacional.eluniversal.com/2005/09/21/ccs_art_21470E.shtml
Note: apparently a driver, he was shot along with nine others during a dispute at a mototaxi stand
Rafael Emilio Rodriguez Santoya
Caracas, Venezuela
2006
Source: http://caracas.eluniversal.com/2006/01/30/ccs_art_30412A.shtml
Note:
Jesus Leon
Caracas, Venezuela
2006
Source: Daily Journal (Caracas) apparently 2/12/06
Note: left home late at night "last Saturday"; hands broken and shot twice in the head;
Euclide Villaroel
Caracas, Venezuela
2006
Source: Daily Journal (Caracas) apparently 2/12/06;
Note: date of news item is uncertain, probably 2/12/06
Jose Antonio Estanga Cordero
Caracas, Venezuela
2006
Source: http://www.eluniversal.com/2006/02/21/ccs_art_21482E.shtml
Note:
Ronald Diaz
Caracas, Venezuela
2006
Source: Daily Journal (Caracas) 2/23/06
Note:
Leonel Salazar Colon
Caracas, Venezuela
2006
Source: http://www.eluniversal.com/2006/07/22/ccs_art_22448C.shtml
Note: possibly in Santa Rosales
Luis Limber Augusto Zambrano
Caracas, Venezuela
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar review of Spanish-language media July 2007
Note:
Nelfi De Abreu
Caracas, Venezuela
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Jose Penaloza
Caracas, Venezuela
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Felix Ramon Torres
Caracas, Venezuela
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Guillermo Ramon Towers Martinez
Caroni, Venezuela
2003
Source: Correo del Corroní, Dec 14, 2003 online
Note: one of 25 slain in municipality of Caroni this year, none solved
Franklin Johan Kenepe Guelvis
Catia, Venezuela
2006
Source: http://deportes.eluniversal.com/2006/01/09/ccs_art_09410G.shtml per Karl Weiszhaar 1/2006
Note: apparently killed by police in revenge for a wreck in which a police officer was killed by the driver 2 months earlier
Bernardo Antonio Baldeon
Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
2006
Source: http://www.correodelcaroni.com/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,162/?id=22237
Note:
Eder Ascanio
Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Noel Ernesto Lugo
Clarines, Venezuela
2005
Source: El Tiempo (Puerto Cruz) http://www.eltiempo.com.ve/noticias/default.asp?id=40706
Note:
Luis Jose Amundarain
Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources October 2005
Note:
Frank Carmona
Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela
2005
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources October 2005
Note:
Angel Luis Arzola
Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela
2006
Source: http://www.diarioelprogreso.com/edi-080306/html/pag32-c.htm
Note: hands and feet bound, bullet to back of neck, cab missing
Antonio Jose Bravo
Cuidad Bolivar, Venezuela
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language 2/11/08
Note:
Jose Luis Betancourt
Cumana, Venezuela
2005
Source: http://www.eltiempo.com.ve/noticias/default.asp?id=60575 per Karl Weiszhaar 1/2006;
Note:
Ivan Jose Roque Marquez
Cumana, Venezuela
2006
Source: El Tiempo, http://www.eltiempo.com.ve/noticias/default.asp?id=65652
Note: shot six times, 38 years old
Manuel Benito Figuera
Cumana, Venezuela
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language 2/5/08
Note:
Raul Antonio Palacios Navas
El Oasis, Venezuela
2003
Source: Link from Karl W., http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=14237
Note:
Carlos Eduardo Torrealba Sifontes
El Tigre, Venezuela
2005
Source: http://www.diarioelprogreso.com/edi-301005/html/pag31-b.htm per Karl Weiszhaar
Note: died of a heart attack following two armed youths stole his taxi
Denny Jose Gonzalez
El Tigre, Venezuela
2005
Source: http://www.nuevaprensa.com.ve/ver_art.php?cod=30224
Note:
Nilson Eduardo Rodriguez Zamora
El Tigre, Venezuela
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources February 2008
Note: possible 2008?
Alvaro Suarez Hernandez
La Concordia, Venezuela
2004
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Spanish language news sources on the web, August 2004
Note: photo
Saber Mahmoud
Maracaibo, Venezuela
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar Internet news search of Spanish-language press, December 2006
Note:
Luis Enrique Arias Gomez
Maracaibo, Venezuela
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language 2/5/08
Note:
Carlos Enrique Trujillo Pacheco
Maracaibo, Venezuela
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language 2/5/08
Note:
Roberto Nunez Quintero
Maracaibo, Venezuela
2007
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language 2/5/08
Note:
Edgar Entique Perez Moreno
Maracaibo, Venezuela
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Luis Segundo Semprun
Maracaibo, Venezuela
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language 2/11/08
Note:
Luis Ramon Miranda Diaz
Maracay, Venezuela
2006
Source: http://www.el-carabobeno.com/p_pag_not.aspx?art=a160306f04&id=t160306-f04 [Per Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources June 2006]
Note:
Jhony Enrique Vergara
Merida, Venezuela
2003
Source: http://www.diariofrontera.com/ver_noti.php?id=14410&fecha=
Note: shot twice in the head
Jesus Lobo
Merida, Venezuela
2003
Source: http://www.diariofrontera.com/ver_noti.php?id=14410&fecha=
Note: possibly slain by lover's husband
Gonkris Ramon Millan
Petare, Venezuela
2005
Source: http://internacional.eluniversal.com/2005/06/27/ccs_art_27412F.shtml
Note:
Ernesto Juan Rodriguez Tiapa
Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar review of Spanish-language media July 2007
Note:
Orlando Rafael Rodriguez Lezama
Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Wenceslao Munoz Cardozo
Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
2005
Source: http://www.correodelcaroni.com/content/view/18625/130/ per Karl Weiszhaar 12/05
Note: date is when body was found, probably same or close to date of assault
Gustavo Adolfo Molina
Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar reveiew of Spanish-language news reports on the Internet 10/2006
Note: no date, mentioned in news item about 58 murders in San Felix in September
Joel Arturo Granado Diaz
Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela
2008
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources in Spanish language
Note:
Javier Becerra Chacon
San Cristobal, Venezuela
2004
Source: http://www.lanacion.com.ve/noti.php?cat=114¬i=67&fhoy=2004-08-23
Note: president of Tachi Express was shot in front of his home
Oscar Jose Toledo
San Felix, Venezuela
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources January 2007
Note: possible gang activity
Emilio Antonio Devera
San Felix, Venezuela
2006
Source: Nueva Prensa, http://www.nuevaprensa.com.ve/ver_art.php?cod=39019
Note:
Nelson Ramon Zambrano Ynagas
San Felix, Venezuela
2006
Source: http://www.correodelcaroni.com/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,162/?id=25696 [Per Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources June 2006]
Note:
William Paniagua
Valencia, Venezuela
2005
Source: Per Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources June 2006
Note:
Dennis Gonzalez Cortes
El Tigre, Anzoategui Venzuela
2006
Source: Karl Weiszhaar search of Internet news sources February 2008
Note: arrests in 2008
Luong Quoc Anh
Lam Dong Province, Vietnam
2006
Source: Thanh Nien Daily (Ho Chi Minh City) 8/30/06;
Note: two killers sentenced to death in August 2006; Ho Chi Minh City driver hired to go to Lam Dong;
Nguyen Van Luu
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2007
Source: ThanhNienNews.com - December 2008
Note: four young women sentenced in murder of driver
Van Chi Nguyen
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2008
Source: Thanh Nien Daily - (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) undated approx 9/1/2008
Note: article gives name as Nguyen van Chi
Van H. Le
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2010
Source: Thanh Nien News 5/8/2010
Note: Last name not given; driver was punched and killed by Australian tourist
Jack Armstrong
Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan Wales
1979
Source: South Wales Echo (Cardiff) 5/24/03;
Note: Cardiff driver
David Wilkie
Merthyr Vale Colliery, Wales
1984
Source: LA Times 12/1/84 by William Touhy per Melvyl search, with 593;
Note: took coal miner to work during a labor dispute, killed when a concrete pillar was dropped through the windshield from a bridge
William Tembo
Lusaka, Zambia
2003
Source: The Times of Zambia (Ndola), Oct. 16, 2003 online
Note: Date accurate within couple of days; five arrested in carjack-murder
Friday Shimpungu
Ndola, Zambia
2007
Source: ZNBC (Lusaka, Zambia) 3/18/07
Note:
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