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Regina Clemens

Case from Wilkes-barre, PA dated Sep 25, 1982

Victim Details

Regina Clemens

Female

White / Caucasian

Wilkes-barre

PA

1982-09-25

29

Regina

Clemens

06/25/2026

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In the fall of 1982, a wave of violence shattered the community of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, forever marking September 25th as a day of tragedy. On this day, Regina Ann Yuhas Clemens, a 29-year-old white female, became one of the many victims in a horrific mass murder. Her life, along with her 6-year-old daughter Montanzima Banks, was brutally cut short in a rampage that stunned the city and the nation.

The perpetrator of this heinous act was 40-year-old George Emil Banks, a former pris ...
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  • Times Leader: 40 years later, detective haunted by Banks killings - Times Leader
  • 40 years ago, George Banks became the first spree killer in Pa. to ...
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