Deborah L. Harris

In the autumn of 1986, a 31-year-old Black/African American woman named Deborah L. Harris, who had moved to Milwaukee seeking a better life, became the first known victim in a string of murders that would haunt the city for over two decades. A friend would later remember her as a generous and loving person. On October 10, 1986, her life was cut short when she was brutally strangled and her body left in a local river. Her death marked the beginning of a long and complex investigation that would e ...