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Martha Bradford Thurmond, a 69-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on October 25, 1977, in Columbus, Georgia. She was one of the victims of Carlton Michael Gary, a serial killer known as 'The Stocking Strangler'. Gary was responsible for a series of brutal attacks on elderly women in the Columbus area between 1977 and 1978, during which he raped and strangled his victims.

Thurmond's murder was part of a larger pattern of crimes committed by Gary, who targeted elderly women living alon ...Read More
Victim Details

Martha Thurmond

Female

Columbus

OH

1977-10-25

69

Martha

Thurmond

12/07/2025