Key:
Criminal murders with no abnormal chronologies.
Murder resulting from an assault that took place in a different year than the actual death.
Murder resulting from a medical examiner's homicide ruling that was made in a different year than the actual death.
Murder in which the body was found in a different year than the actual death.
Justifiable homicide by law enforcement personnel.
Location where a murder victim's body was found, if different from location of actual murder (and actual murder location is known).
Justifiable homicide by a civilian.
Death resulting from accidental shooting by another.


- Markers with numbers in them indicate the number of people who died as a result of the incident they represent; markers with dots in them indicate one death.
- Markers with stripes of two colors in them indicate that the incident included the aspects listed above of the two colors.

-This data is all gathered by myself from various news outlets.
-I cannot give any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or correct sequencing of this information, which cannot be used for comparisons over time or for commercial purposes. I am not responsible for any error, omission, or results obtained from this information.
-c 2007 Chris Nelson; Feel free to email me, especially if you want to offer me a job doing this kind of stuff: chrisschross at gmail dot com.