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Brenda Erving

Case from Peoria, IL dated Oct 15, 2004

Victim Details

Brenda Erving

Female

Black / African American

Peoria

IL

2004-10-15

41

Brenda

Erving

07/20/2026

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Brenda Erving, a 41-year-old African-American woman, was found dead on October 15, 2004, in rural Peoria County, Illinois. Her body was discovered facedown on a muddy gravel road, nude except for a single sock. The cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation. Brenda was one of the victims of Larry Dean Bright, a serial killer who targeted African-American women in Peoria and Tazewell Counties, Illinois, between July 2003 and late 2004.

Larry Bright, also known as 'The Bonecrusher,' w ...
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