This list of 235 one punch homicide incidents is limited to English speaking nations for now. Of the more than 250 incidents I found while doing research for One Punch Homicide, only a handful of incidents were in non-English speaking nations. Why? Like too many Americans, I only know English, and most of these incidents were uncovered by doing internet searches in English, which turned up results in English speaking nations. One of the problems with doing internet research is that not everything that is online stays online. Research to find these incidents started in December, 2008, and a handful that were found no longer have information about them on the internet. But the vast majority of cases below should still have information about them online for anyone who might want to do further research.
United States one punch homicides (114)
victim, age Assailant, age State month/year of incident
Albert Paragamian, 88 Richard Lewis, 25 WI 3/11
Travis Henshaw, 23 Mathew Gunter, 19 FL 8/12
Kevin Kennelly, 17 James Malecek, 19 IN 7/11
Albert Jahn, 43 David Fulton, 28 PA 3/00
Eric "Hoss" Means, 19 Jude Wiscowiche, 22 CA 10/07
Michael Corrado, 22 Walter Triplett Jr., 27 OH 4/09
Francisco Rivera Jr., 56 Shabazz Howard, 15 NJ 2/09
Francis Fasanelli, 25 Lucas Allen, 23 MA 4/10
Sgt. Joseph Crouch, 29 Manuelito Trujillo, 22 SD 10/02
Sean Kennedy, 20 Stephen Moller, 18 SC 5/07
Robert Newnham, 46 Shane Skondin, 39 FL 3/12
Audon Camarillo, 47 Christopher Flores, 21 TX 3/05
James Paroline, 60 Brian Brown, 28 WA 7/08
Anthony Carlsen, 45 Dustin Goy, 31 IL 9/07
Oliver D'orio, 37 Brownie Lopez, 19 NY 5/14
Edgar David Baez, 15 Thomas White, 17 FL 9/03
Robert Levasseur, 53 Kenneth Tofty-Forest, 27 NY 4/12
Christopher Beck, 29 Feon Stone, 21 MN 8/06
Jerod Schroeder, 12 Name Not Released, 14 CA 10/98
George Howells, 44 Ralph Walker, 40 PA 7/41
Wallace Marcum, 35 Frank Santos, 40 FL 7/03
James Brault, 54 Aaron Christian, 25 OR 2/08
Nicholas Heiligenthal, 20 Alexander Gorske, 19 WI 4/08
Omar Lorenzo Thompson, 27 David Jauboi Booker, 24 WV 8/10
Detective Brett Thomas, 28 Joshua Miner, 20 LA 6/10
Peter Sherbinski, 35 Davis Eastman, 31 NH 9/11
Darren Van Dyke, Richard Jero, 30 NV 10/03
Willie Jackson, 51 Name Not Released, Unprosecuted PA 3/06
Barbara Novelich, 67 Brian Lefler, 30 CA 11/08
Christopher Matthews, 33 Ronald Newman, 51 TX 1/11
Jafar Karzoun, 20 Edi Rappo, 19 CT 4/10
James "Nino" Sustache, 17 Name Not Released, 16 WI 1/05
Dr. Robert Brundage, 66 Dailahntae Jemison, 15 OH 6/09
Rafael Falcon, 27 Freddie Cadena, 33 NJ 10/05
Brian Aidenbaum, 20 Lamon Jackson, 24 PA 4/95
Timothy Gibbs, 48 Gary Durham, 26 FL 10/01
Derrick New, 17 Michael LeMay, 17 MN 6/05
C.J. Hubbard, 27 Unknown CA 11/09
Brian Cherry, 48 Michael McGunigle, 49 MA 7/09
Michael Ward, 40 Daniel Curry, 22 WI 7/09
Linsey Oliveria Jr., 26 Sosthene Louis, 35 FL 5/10
Alexander Sabala, 17 Kristopher Kalani, 20 HI 7/06
Rabbi Mathis Weingarten, 47 Brian Saulkes, 27 NY 9/00
Dustin Davis, 35 Henry Rogers, 28 IA 7/10
Colby Osborne, 42 William Matta, 32 NV 9/10
Adam Martinez, 31 Lennart Schauman, 29 CA 4/09
Nikolas Evans, 21 Eric Skeeter, 29 TX 3/09
Keith Rockweit, 53 Travis Seaton, 26 WI 11/06
Mike Broughton, 40 James Clemmons, 37 OH 3/98
Patrick Bove, 30 Jamar Haden, 23 PA 8/98
Earl Roper, 65 Bobbie Rynes, 22 TN 6/08
Colton Gleason, 20 Name Not Rleased, 17 MN 9/12
John O'Connell, 21 Frank Bruso, 28 MA 10/05
Christopher Fannan, 18 Alan Thompson, 23 FL 5/02
Luke Cockey, 23 Robinson Hogan, 25 VA 1/08
Jose Rivera, 53 Blanney Washington, 45 NJ 4/07
Eugene Clark, 30 Adam Martinez, 26 CO 8/07
James Muddiman Jr., 63 Joshua Kati, 27 IN 5/08
David Govito, 31 Jesse Brick, 21 CA 2/03
Grady Alexis, 26 Terry Presley, 20 NY 5/91
Ronald Schellinger, 46 Tyson Lotz, 30 WI 11/07
Nickolas Foss, 29 Brent Goode, 22 OH 4/08
John Powell, 25 Tiffany Startz, 22 IL 9/10
James Schickling, 49 Mark Wells, 27 PA 6/06
Rufino Gomez, 49 Unknown TX 2/07
Robert Hall III, 31 Carlton Church, 39 LA 2/09
Michael Hansbury, 41 Jeremy Price, 14 MA 6/07
Anthony Giraudo, 18 Taylor Bockley, 18 CA 5/08
Christopher Pobanz, 24 Erik Forest Hall, 30 FL 12/99
Herbert Davidson, 79 William Lindemann, 47 CT 1/09
Chris Reuther, 34 Less Schnabel Jr., 22 HI 4/07
Eduardo Cademartori, 26 Roynell Fuller, 19 WI 12/08
Dan Andrews, 36 Sean Sanders, 28 NY 6/08
Christopher Gunn, 32 Paul Stanbro, 46 PA 8/04
Noah Hopper, 26 Joshua Luman, 26 ID 9/09
Anthony Broxmeyer, 42 Thomas Hettmansperger, 28 FL 6/08
James Jones, 48 Abdula Mitchell, 26 NJ 10/09
Edward Cavness, 48 Michael Cavness, 46 CA 4/09
Carl Brown, 57 Jason Harcourt, 30 TN 7/09
Robert Couch, Robert Maestas, 41 NV 9/04
Jared Barrows, 23 Benjamin Grew, 21 NH 4/07
Christopher Dudley, 27 Jerry Blackwell, 49 PA 3/09
Devan Abercrombie, 32 Jeremy Scott, 22 GA 6/08
Colin Byars, 24 Martin Walker, 20 WI 2/09
Mark Thornton, 16 Omar Witt, 21 FL 12/98
Dennis Levang, 59 Robert Jerde, 38 IA 11/07
John Henderson, 62 Jamon Williams, 16 MS 9/09
Satendar Singh, 26 Andrey Vusik, 29 CA 7/07
Ed Gibson, 40 Kevin Wolverton, 30 OH 9/03
Greg Styles, 38 Amiria Matlock, 39 NE 3/08
Keith Young, 43 Tyler Meier, 36 WI 2/09
Miodrag Jecmenica, 75 Sonia Jecmenica-Castillo, 40 NJ 8/09
Chad Campbell, 39 Bradley Lewis, 25 MN 8/08
Charles Wayman, 40 PA 9/41
Kenneth Wolfe, 46 Jesse Bullington, 30 WA 2/08
Zach Glaesman, 14 Blake Hemminger, 19 SD 5/08
Zuhair Pattah, 16 Desmon Venn, 17 MI 5/94
Ashley Hassan, 23 Derrick Hill, 22 CA 7/09
Harold Douglas Smith, 41 Nicholas Wirkkala, 23 TN 8/05
Monty Vinson, 29 Jerome Sanders, 22 WI 7/09
Robert Adkins, 51 Kenneth Slater Jr., 44 WV 3/12
Thomas Jefferson Oglesby, 25 Gregory Gomez, 24 FL 1/08
Troy Oglesby, 32 Derrick Brackens, TX 10/00
James Boundy Jr., 24 Sean Refermat, 29 NY 8/07
William Bentley, 24 Zireek Rahim Gardner, 18 PA 3/09
John Massie, 46 Benjamin Hawkins, NV 7/11
Solomone Niusini, 26 Tevita Aholelei, 21 HI 12/11
Matthew Hockey, 41 Derrick Dykas, 23 OH 3/08
John Downey, 49 Kenneth Rivers, 45 NJ 8/08
Adam Baker, 31 Alexander Tuomisto, 23 MN 5/10
Brian Wiliams, 31 Jason Baird, 24 CA 7/11
Scott Lazich, 52 Lynn Davis, 24 WI 10/06
Andre Thompson, 21 Corey Ryan Pavao, 20 FL 8/10
Baron Dixon, 45 Antonio Deeden, 17 PA 7/00
England one punch homicides (69)
Charles Knox, 90 Name Not Released, 93 1/01
Kristian Thompson, 19 Mark Berry, 9/10
David Heath, 46 Mark Wint, 43 1/12
Jacob Collett, 17 Kieron Scott, 18 5/05
Paul Richards, 33 Joe McDerrmott, 52 10/11
Mohammed Abdulla al Majed, 16 George Austin, 22 8/08
Ricky Guest-Binns, 44 Allan Glenny, 24 5/12
George McDonald, 34 Marcus Marriott, 32 10/04
Anthony Cavanagh, 22 Unknown, 9/05
Neil McDonald, 34 John Cunningham, 30 8/09
Bradley Baker, 31 Christopher Noble, 26 5/08
James Hodgekinson, 28 Jacob Dunne, 19 7/11
Melvyn Baldwin, 67 Paul Crummack, 20 9/06
Thomas Gower, 26 Bradley Hinkler, 20 12/10
Scott Sheard, 24 Unknown 10/09
Thomas Newberry, 19 Lee Doyle, 20 5/03
Clifford Champion, 64 Sean Lucas, 24 2/09
Dean Windle, 26 Michael Kennedy, 19 11/06
Adrian Cooksey, 50 Richard Elmes, 51 3/09
Kevin Tripp, 57 Tony Virasami, 38 6/08
Cliff Palmer, 73 Michael Kelly, 21 9/08
Sachine Popat, 34 Liam Dann, 23 8/07
Steven Johnson, 54 Kelvin Davies, 25 1/07
William McNaught, 24 Darryl Church, 17 5/09
Christopher Jones, 21 Anthony Corsi, 24 10/07
Paul Gunner, 32 Ben Worden, 32 10/11
Christopher Hagan, 23 Terence Digman, 18 8/06
Keith Hanna, 59 Joseph Sewell, 39 7/08
Scott Young, 14 Yannick Etutu, 17 12/01
Tony Pepper, 45 William East, 23 1/10
Sarah Wicks, 49 Jonathan Wicks, 48 5/09
Danny Davies, 19 Christopher Kelly, 25 11/02
Ted Rhodes, 69 Unknown 12/03
Lee Jones, 22 Jamie Scott, 16 1/05
Charles Campbell, 64 Billy Williams, 24 3/10
Michael Howard, 33 Ian Sykes, 20 7/04
Dean Meach, 18 Samuel Montieth, 18 4/01
Lee Walker, 22 Lloyd Smith, 29 3/04
Simon Bampton, 21 Mohammed Wagar, 21 8/08
Colin Walker, 34 Matthew Geddes, 20 11/99
Harry Fletcher, 36 Matthew Thomas, 17 12/04
Adam Rogers, 24 William Upton, 17 7/09
Jade Defoe, 26 Christopher Farley, 34 4/09
Tae Hui Dalton, 36 Paul Dalton, 35 7/05
Ashley Stait, 20 Bradley Tomkins, 25 7/08
Robert Jones, 52 Andrew Ridings, 28 ?/03
Tracey Cullum, 30 Unknown 7/05
Ali Hamad Aldi, 29 Robert Bielby, 23 4/08
Robert Holland, 36 Liam Rockley, 21 10/11
Joseph Keever, 27 Robert McClelland, 27 12/07
Stuart Watt, 24 Sajed Hussein Ali, 32 9/04
Martin Leffler, 48 Michael Slack, 21 12/08
Edmund Trimmer, 78 Eugene Warwood, 56 8/04
Name Not on Internet Oliver Cozens, 19 ?/01
Gavin Robinson, 30 Richard Wyatt, 23 6/08
Sam Kirk, 19 Kyle Allen, 20 7/10
Stephen Ritchie, 43 Darren Forwood, 21 11/08
Stuart Wallis, 24 Michael Grieves, 24 6/07
Peter Jones, 24 Gafyn Denman, 21 5/10
Roger Day, 67 Steven Ward, 17 1/07
Martin Hunn, 21 Matthew Carr, 21 9/07
John Morris, 45 Mark Hultberg, 31 11/03
Toby Cooke, 25 Graham Cahill, 44 5/08
Mohammad Algouri, 22 Fatar Hamrah, 22 3/06
Billy Fellows, 51 Jeffrey Gosling, 18 12/07
Alan Wilkins, 34 David Grad, 25 8/02
Paul Price, 23 Garry Delaney, 35 10/05
Mark Burns, 40 Steven White, 24 8/04
John Duff, 31 Graham Johnston, 31 12/96
Canada one punch homicides (15)
Jean-Benoit Beaulieu, 14 Name Not Released, 14 4/07
Brian Ludwig, 41 Scott Robert Hooser, 27 8/12
Devan Venables, 18 Devon Heil, 22 11/02
Lorne Kvale, 55 Unknown 3/10
N.E. Thomas-Welsh, 23 Ryan William Leeds, 24 1/10
Donald Foran, 58 Christopher Guthrie, 21 7/09
Timothy Wojna, 24 Mohammad Tabbara, 24 6/06
Kelly Clay, 18 Jeremy Bothelho, 23 4/10
Howard Bradford, 31 Anthony Brander, 27 5/08
Oliver Laitinen, 48 Garnet Hanifan, 33 6/00
Robert Hiel, 47 Mark Curtis, 22 4/08
Ranji Bhar, 37 Simon J. Elliot, 8/00
Jeremy Green, 26 Cameron Pike, 23 10/05
Jason Clark, Adam Rempel, 25 8/08
Ian Gorter, 28 Matthew Holland, 24 2/00
Australia one punch homicides (20)
Arran Barr, 16 Name Not Released, 16 3/06
Thomas Kelly, 18 Kieran Loveridge, 18 7/12
Api Lai, 45 Kenneth Faron Shawn Lionel Major, 24 2/10
Ryan Ellis, 17 Name Not Released, 17 10/06
Craig Field, 39 Kelvin Kane, 50 7/12
Neil Collett, 45 Shawn Perrella, 29 5/06
Sam Davis, 17 Heath A. Clarke, 18 5/08
Dexter Williams, 43 Scott Redman, 27 9/07
Jennifer Maree Smith, 32 Wayne Castle, 38 1/98
Todd Parnell, 22 Wally James Hung, 21 7/09
Josh Mill, 22 Lucas Walsh, 29 10/07
Nathan Alsop, 37 Daniel Singleton, 29 9/09
Neville Knight, 59 Stephen Harradine, 28 7/07
Grant A. Richardson, 40 Michael Barrett, 20 4/08
Sese Titoa, 22 Tevita Fifita, 45 3/07
Mark Urch, 29 Daniel Dean, 25 5/08
Shannon McCormack, 22 Unknown 5/07
Peter Dando, 46 Sesoni Bashford, 24 10/06
Benjamin Smith, 32 Natan Kaplan, 21 2/04
Greg Newton, 32 Jeremy Beasley, 25 11/09
Scotland one punch homicides (9)
Matthew Colpi-Vance, 21 Lee McHarg, 21 2/06
Private Mark Connolly, 24 Private Paul McKay, 25 5/11
Paul Woods, 29 Kayleigh Murray, 19 7/10
Robert Jenkin, 47 Michael McDonald, 23 7/05
David Tullis, 23 Stuart Robertson, 25 5/04
Chris O'Donnell, 23 Bernard Flanagan, 18 9/04
James Devine, 54 Graeme Barbour, 25 11/97
Martin Beattie, 25 James Murray, 22 10/96
Michael Stewart, 50 David Martin, 42 7/05
New Zealand one punch homicides (4)
Billy Dawson, 34 Kit John Murray, 10/11
David R. Mernin, 51 Kevi Efeso, 49 5/08
Mark Smith, 30 Daniel Senelale, 18 2/06
Leslie Austin, 38 Anthony Harlen, 24 9/03
Northern Ireland one punch homicides (3)
Brian Reid, 25 Seamus Seaton, 17 10/00
Finbar Francis McKay, 21 Ryan A. Quinn, 21 9/03
Kevin Coiley, 45 Ciaron Corbett, 29 12/07
Ireland one punch homicides (1)
Eugene Moloney, 55 Gary Burch, 21 6/12