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Stephanie Michele Colson Hawkins, a 21-year-old Caucasian woman, tragically lost her life on October 6, 1978, in Tampa, Florida. Stephanie was working as a sunglasses salesperson at a mall in the Tampa area when she was abducted at gunpoint from the parking lot. Her abduction and subsequent murder were part of a series of heinous crimes committed by Buddy Earl Justus, a man who would later be convicted and sentenced to death for multiple murders across different states.

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Victim Details

Stephanie Michele Colson Hawkins

Female

White / Caucasian

Tampa

FL

1978-10-06

21

Stephanie

Hawkins

11/14/2025