Shanda Renee Sharer ⚰️ #OTD in 1992 the 12 year old was abducted, tortured and killed by four teenage children in Madison, Indiana 🇺🇸 Her body was posed, burned and left at the side of the road while the girls went to McDonald’s for breakfast. Ever remembered 🪦

Liam Fee 🪦 #OTD in 2013 more bruises are found on the 17 month old baby’s forehead by his childminder in Thornton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 She asks his biological mother how they appeared and was told he fell out of his cot. He has 14 month to live ⏳ Ever remembered 🪦

Scott Chiriseri 🪦 #OTD in 2015 the 5 year old is buried in Alva cemetery after a funeral where many attendees wore white 🕊️ Hundreds of people lined the route to pay respects to the church going boy. Ever remembered 🪦

Danielle Reid 🪦 #OTD in 2003 the 5 year old’s killers are arrested in Inverness after her body is found in a duffel bag in the Caledonian canal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 She had been beaten and thrown downstairs by her female parent’s partner two months earlier ⚖️ Ever remembered 🪦

June Cruickshank ⚰️ #OTD in 1961 the six year old is found dying in the street by a lady going to church after her throat was cut in Aberdeen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 She was sent to the shop for a packet of custard by her family and never came home. Ever remembered 🪦

Maria Colwell ⚰️ The seven year old dies #OTD in 1973 in the Royal Sussex County hospital, Brighton after being starved and kicked to death 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Her killer only served four years but there was a public inquiry with 71 recommendations being made ⚖️ Ever remembered 🪦

On this day in 1959, Richard and Mildred Loving were convicted of interracial marriage in Virginia, given a one-year suspended sentence, and banished from the state.

Maria Colwell 🪦 #OTD in 1973 the seven year old is beaten and kicked for watching tv in Brighton by her male step-parent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 She suffered brain damage, fractured rib, black eyes as well as extensive internal injuries but her killer just went to bed Ever remembered 🪦

Stefan Kiszko 🪦 #OTD in 1994 he was lain to rest in Rochdale after being free for just 19 months after a 16 year miscarriage of justice 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The "gentle giant" with a cognitive age of 12 was buried by his heroic mother who joined him a few months later, both broken by the system Ever remembered 🪦

Stephen Lawrence 🪦 Two of his killers are sentenced #OTD in 2012 after being found guilty of murder in London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 They were given minimum terms of 15 yrs 2 mths and 14 yrs 3 mths due to being teenagers in 1993 ⚖️ Ever remembered 🪦

Naturalist & author Joy Adamson was murdered #OTD in 1980. Her book, 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦, describes her experiences raising an lion cub named Elsa & was made into an Academy Award–winning movie of the same name. Her ashes were buried in Elsa's grave in Meru National Park in Kenya. #WomenInSTEM #booksky

Stephen Lawrence 🪦 #OTD in 2012, after a seven week trial and a 19 year wait, two of his killers are found guilty of his murder in London's Central Criminal Court 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ever remembered 🪦

Emmett Till 🪦 One of the racists responsible for his death in 1955 dies of cancer #OTD in 1980, hopefully painfully 🇺🇸 Ever remembered 🪦

Simon Wiesenthal 👶🏻 #OTD in 1908 he is born in Buchach, Ukraine 🇺🇦 which was then part of Austria-Hungary 🇦🇹 A Shoah survivor he became an author and famous Nazi hunter after the end of World War 2 ☠️ Ever remembered 🪦

Pelé ⚰️ (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) #OTD in 2022 the greatest football player the world has ever seen dies aged 82 years in São Paulo 🇧🇷 Winner of three World Cups and a scorer of two goals in the first final at 17 years ⚽️ Ever remembered 🪦

#OtD 29 Dec 1890 the Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota when US troops massacred over 200 Lakota men, women and children, many unarmed and fleeing. Learn more about Indigenous genocide and resistance in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/500...

On this day in 1890, U.S. troops fired at and killed more than 250 Lakota people in a massacre at Wounded Knee; over half were women, children, and elderly tribal members.

Isabelle Cooke 💨 #OTD in 1957 the 17 year old goes missing after leaving her home in Mount Vernon to attend a dance in nearby Uddingston 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The schoolgirl was stalked, raped, killed and buried close to her home by a local serial killer ⚖️ Ever remembered 🪦

Heidi Koseda 🪦 #OTD in 1984 a Juvenile Bureau Inspector, a Health Visitor and a police officer enter her home in Hillingdon under the power of a warrant 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 As it was due to concerns about her half sister they didn't even enforce a check on her, though, and she remained unseen ⚖️ Ever remembered 🪦

Brendan Gorrie ⚰️ #OTD in 2002 the 5 year old was beaten to death with a golf club by his mother as he lay asleep at their home in New Bells Court in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 She suffered from a depressive mental illness and could barely remember carrying out the attack ⚖️ Ever remembered 🪦

Sara Sharif 🪦 #OTD in December 2024 the 10 year old's killers were sentenced to life imprisonment at London's Old Bailey courthouse 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The parent got a minimum term of 40 years, while the wicked stepmother a minimum term of 33 years ⚖️ Ever remembered 🪦

George Stinney 🪦 His murder conviction was vacated #OTD in 2014 with a South Carolina court ruling that he had not received a fair trial, and was wrongfully executed in 1944 ⚖️ The 14 year old is the youngest American with an exact birth date to be executed in the 20th century 🇺🇸 Ever remembered 🪦

Today we remember the victims of the #SandyHook #Newtown massacre and say their names.

on this day in 2012, 20 children and 6 adults are killed in mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. And with the awful shooting at Brown University yesterday, we still haven't done anything on meaningful national gun laws. Enough is enough.

It's been 13 years since Sandy Hook. These kids should be in college right now. Instead, families are still mourning—and gun violence is still the #1 killer of kids in America. Our children deserve leaders who do more to protect them.

Caroline Glachan 🪦 Three of the 14 year old's killers are convicted of murder #OTD in 2023 at the Glasgow High Court 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 One of her murderers had died and was never charged. Caroline's mother was able to see the successful court case ⚖️ Ever remembered 🪦

Sarah Payne 🪦 #OTD in 2001, after a 4 week trial before a jury, her killer was convicted of abduction and murder and sentenced to life imprisonment ⚖️ The trial judge said it was a rare case in which a life sentence should mean life 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ever remembered 🪦

Khyra Ishaq 🪦 #OTD in 2008 her funeral takes place at Salafi Mosque in Small Heath after Friday prayers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Her father paid tribute to his "wonderful" and "beautiful" daughter, who he said could now "rest in peace" 🕌 Ever remembered 🪦

Sara Shariff 🪦 #OTD in 2024 her male parent and evil stepmother were found guilty of murder. Her uncle was found guilty of allowing her death ⚖️ At the trial the 10 year old's 70 injuries were revealed including being hung and a burn on her buttock caused by a domestic iron. Ever remembered 🪦

Asiah Kudi ⚰️ #OTD in 2019 the 20 month old baby dies of starvation after being left by her teenage female parent in her Brighton flat for six days 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The parent is found guilty of manslaughter despite having left her child alone at least six times previously ⚖️ Ever remembered 🪦

Scott Chiriseri 🪦 #OTD in 2014 his mother is arrested in Alva after being found in the family home with his elder sister on the day of his death 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 She was initially thought to be competent but was later declared mentally insane due to psychosis at the time of his death ⚖️ Ever remembered 🪦

Say Their Names ⚰️ We don't name murderers as this is a site for victims to be remembered. Sadly victims’ details can be much harder to find and photos can be unavailable if historic or if victims were unloved. It’s important all are still remembered 🪦

Alesha MacPhail 🪦 #OTD in 2018 the six year old’s killer pleaded Not Guilty to her abduction, rape and murder at Glasgow High Court 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 He later admitted his crimes before he was sentenced to life imprisonment ⚖️ Ever remembered 🪦

Joseph Zarelli 🪦 #OTD in 2022, 65 years, 9 months and 13 days after his body was discovered, the 4 year old is positively identified 🧬 He had been left inside a box beaten, scarred and malnourished at the side of a Philadelphia road in February 1957 🇺🇸 Ever remembered 🪦

Karen Price ⚰️ #OTD in 1989 workers discovered a rolled up carpet buried in the ground in Cardiff. Inside were the 15 year old’s skeletal remains 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 There was a plastic bag over her head and her arms were tied behind her back. It took months to identify the murdered teenager 🧬 Ever remembered 🪦

Heidi Koseda 🪦 #OTD in 1984 two midwives called at the family flat after reports that her mother had given birth in the Hillingdon flat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The family were asleep in the living area, there was no heating or lighting in the flat. They stated the dead child was staying with friends. Ever remembered 🪦

Scott Chiriseri ⚰️ #OTD in 2014 the 5 year old is found at home stabbed to death with his heart completely removed in the village of Alva 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 His mother is later found to be insane with religious ideology. He loved life, going to church and playing Mario Kart 🎮 Ever remembered 🪦

Geillis Duncan ⚰️ #OTD in 1591 the young maidservant, who acted as a local healer in Tranent, was executed in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 After a year in jail, weeks of torture and recanting her 'confession' the royal led, misogynistic persecution ended 🔥 Ever remembered 🪦

Tamir Rice 🪦 #OTD in 2014 the 12 year old’s funeral is held in Mount Sinai Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio 🇺🇸 More than 200 people attended as his life was celebrated. He was not laid to rest in case Ohio needed evidence to prosecute the police officer 👀 Ever remembered 🪦

Zoe Nelson 🪦 #OTD in 2010 her killer has the audacity to plead Not Guilty to all charges. Of course the coward didn't give evidence at his trial ⚖️ Ever remembered 🪦

Amber Gibson 🪦 #OTD in 2021 the 16 year old's killer is arrested at a homeless hostel in Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ever remembered 🪦

Amber Gibson ⚰️ #OTD in 2021 the body of the 16 year old is found in Cadzow Glen, Hamilton after being missing for two days 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Appallingly she has been attacked, sexually assaulted and killed by her biological sibling 💀 Ever remembered 🪦

Amber Gibson 💨 The 16 year old goes missing from her Hamilton foster home #OTD in 2021 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The teenager has been in care since escaping the house of her convicted rapist father at 3 years old ⚠️ Ever remembered 🪦

Danielle Reid ⚠️ #OTD in 2002 a family member calls Inverness social work to report that the 5 year old was being neglected 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The follow up was woeful and did not result in anyone actually seeing Danielle. She has weeks to live. Ever remembered 🪦

Noor Inayat Khan 🪦 #OTD in 1943 she escaped briefly from the SD Headquarters in Paris 🇫🇷, along with two other SOE agents, after weeks of imprisonment Despite being underated by misogynistic superiors she gave away no information at all ⛓️‍💥 Ever remembered 🪦

Respected #civilrights activist Annie Lee Cooper died #OTD in 2010 at age 100. A longstanding figure in the Selma voting-rights movement even before the 1965 Selma marches (& after). Oprah portrayed Cooper in the #film 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘢, "because...of what her [Cooper's] #courage meant to an entire movement."

James Bulger 🪦 #OTD in 1993 both of the 2 year old's killers were found guilty of the charges of abduction and murder 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The 11 year olds were tried as adults and didn't speak at all during the 23 day trial in Preston 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ever remembered 🪦

Liam Fee 🪦 #OTD in 2012, two weeks later, this time marks are found on his back by the childminder from Thornton, Fife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The fourteen month old baby boy only has 17 months left to live ⏳ Ever remembered 🪦

On this day in 2014, Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Black boy, died from injuries inflicted when he was shot by a white police officer the day before. Tamir was playing in a park near his Cleveland home when a police car approached him.

On this day in 1865, Mississippi authorized local officials to identify minor Black children who were orphans and “apprentice” them to white “masters or mistresses."