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Ocinena Waymer

Case from Highland Park, MI dated Aug 21, 1992

Victim Details

Ocinena Waymer

Female

Black / African American

Highland Park

MI

1992-08-21

22

Ocinena

Waymer

07/09/2026

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In the bleak landscape of a city plagued by a string of brutal murders, the story of Ocinena Waymer, a 21-year-old woman, came to a tragic end. Her disappearance had not initially been linked to the series of killings that had instilled fear in the communities of Highland Park and Detroit, Michigan. It was only through the confession of a captured serial killer that the final, grim chapter of her life was revealed.

The man responsible for her death, along with the deaths of ten other wome ...
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