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Case Description
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In the predawn hours of October 24, 1994, the city of Trenton, New Jersey, was stalked by a predator who would come to be known as 'The Trenton Strangler'. It was on this day that 41-year-old Karen Denise Patterson, an African American woman, tragically crossed paths with this serial killer. Her life was cut short in a secluded area after being lured into a vehicle with the promise of drugs. Patterson's body was later discovered in a vacant parking lot, the first known victim in a string of brut ...Read More
Victim Details

Karen Denise Patterson

Female

Black / African American

Trenton

NJ

1994-10-24

41

Karen

Denise Patterson

11/17/2025