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Gwendolyn Lee

Case from Stockton, CA dated Aug 11, 1997

Victim Details

Gwendolyn Lee

Female

Stockton

CA

1997-08-11

Gwendolyn

Lee

07/22/2026

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Gwendolyn Lee, a resident of Stockton, California, tragically lost her life on August 11, 1997. Her death was part of a series of heinous crimes committed by William Jennings Choyce, a serial killer who preyed on vulnerable women in the area. Choyce's modus operandi involved targeting women who were working as prostitutes. He would abduct them, bind their hands and feet, and then rape them at gunpoint before executing them with a gunshot to the head. Gwendolyn Lee's body was discovered in a fiel ...
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  • Arizona Daily Star: Calif. serial killer sentenced to death
  • New husband mystified by wife's slaying - The Stockton Record
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    I’ve been reading through some of the posts here, and one thing that strikes me about the Gwendoly... ...Read More
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