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Dora Ann Thomas

Case from Goldsboro, NC dated Jun 30, 1994

Victim Details

Dora Ann Thomas

Female

Black / African American

Goldsboro

NC

1994-06-30

46

Dora

Ann Thomas

06/25/2026

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On June 30, 1994, Dora Ann Thomas, a 46-year-old African-American woman, was found raped and strangled in her apartment in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Her death bore striking similarities to a series of unsolved murders from 1990, in which elderly victims were attacked in their homes. At the time, the perpetrator of these crimes remained unidentified.

It wasn't until 2001 that Linwood Earl Forte, an African-American man born in 1964 and known as 'The Nightstalker,' was arrested for the 199 ...
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