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Case Description
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In September of 1987, the community of Lebanon, Missouri, was shaken by a series of brutal killings. A central figure in this tragic story is Carol Brewer, a 36-year-old female. She, along with her 43-year-old husband George Ray Brewer, and a 38-year-old man named Steven J. 'Steve' Vestal, fell victim to a hitchhiker they had offered a ride to.

The events began to unfold when the Brewers picked up a man who was hitchhiking. This man was later identified as 36-year-old Howard Franklin Stew ...Read More
Victim Details

Carol Brewer

Female

Lebanon

MO

1987-09-16

36

Carol

Brewer

01/17/2026