Unsolved Homicide - 1995

Victim Joseph Stokes

Tacoma Police detectives need your help to identify the suspect responsible for the murder of 19 year-old Joseph Stokes.

At 3:20 a.m. on October 8th, 1995, victim Joseph Stokes was stabbed to death by an unidentified suspect during a fight in the 1100 block of S. I St. in the Hilltop neighborhood of the City of Tacoma. 

Stokes had gone outside to confront the unidentified suspect for being too noisy, and the two men began fighting.  During the fight the suspect displayed a knife and stabbed Stokes multiple times in the chest, killing him.

Detectives are looking for any information that will help solve this case.

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Receive up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and charges filed for the person responsible in this case.
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