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Rose Davis

Case from Chicago, IL dated Sep 08, 1982

Victim Details

Rose Davis

Female

White / Caucasian

Chicago

IL

1982-09-08

31

Rose

Davis

07/18/2026

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On September 8, 1982, the body of 30-year-old white female marketing executive Rose Beck Davis was discovered in an alley in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood. She had been abducted, raped, beaten with an axe, and fatally stabbed. Her breasts had been slashed, and a stocking was tied around her neck.

Investigations linked her murder to a group known as the Ripper Crew or the Chicago Rippers, comprising Robin Gecht, Edward Spreitzer, and brothers Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis. Th ...
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  • Rose Lee (Davis) Bedard (1890-1982) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree
  • Rose Marie Beck Davis (1951-1982) - Memorials - Find a Grave
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