ANNUAL REPORT

 

Homicide 2005

 

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 2005, there were 104 deaths in Hamilton County which were ruled homicides, 11 more than 2004 which continues a disturbing upward trend in homicide in Cincinnati and Hamilton 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.

Of the 104 homicide victims, just over 48 percent tested positive for drugs and/or alcohol.

 

RACIAL BREAKDOWN

WHITE MALE=18; WHITE FEMALE=8;

BLACK MALE=61; BLACK FEMALE=11

HISPANIC MALE=3; HISPANIC FEMALE=1;

ASIAN MALE=0; ASIAN FEMALE=0

MIDDLE EASTERN MALE=1; MIDDLE EASTERN FEMALE=1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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