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ANNUAL REPORT
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Homicide 2004
A death inflicted by another person with explicit or implicit intent to harm. A homicide is not necessarily a murder. The person responsible for causing the injuries may be charged in connection with the death or the prosecuting attorney may decline to file charges in certain circumstances. During 2004, there
were 93 deaths in Hamilton County which were ruled homicides, 6 fewer than
2003 but still indicates a disturbing upward trend in homicide in the
county.. That number includes
several homicides in which the homicidal violence occurred in another county but
the victim died in Hamilton County, usually following transport into the
county for emergency medical treatment, a number comparable to that seen in previous years. Seventy-eight percent of 2003’s homicides were the result of handgun violence, an increase of 5 percent over last year but quite an increase from just over 63 percent in 2001 and 52 percent in 2000. Of the 93 homicide victims, just over 40 percent tested positive for drugs and/or alcohol.
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