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Lily Summers

Case from Toledo, OH dated Aug 08, 2002

Victim Details

Lily Summers

Female

Toledo

OH

2002-08-08

45

Lily

Summers

07/12/2026

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Lily Summers, a 43-year-old woman, was found deceased on April 8, 2002, in a tractor-trailer behind a business. She was one of several victims of Dellmus Charles Colvin, a former long-haul trucker and convicted serial killer. Colvin confessed to murdering multiple women between 1987 and 2005, primarily targeting drug-addicted prostitutes whom he strangled in his truck before disposing of their bodies in various locations.

In September 2006, Colvin pleaded guilty to the murders of five wo ...
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  • Colvin tied to 6th murder - Toledo Blade
  • Dellmus Colvin - Wikipedia
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