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On January 17, 1975, the body of 46-year-old white male Robert Lee Shannahan was discovered in a Los Angeles hotel room. A hotel maid found him with a bayonet protruding from his chest, and evidence suggested he had been dead for several days. Shannahan was a U.S. Army veteran, born on August 10, 1928, in Florida. He was later buried in Weeks Chapel Cemetery in Newton County, Texas.

Shannahan's death was part of a series of murders attributed to a serial killer known as the 'Skid ...Read More
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Victim Details

Robert Shannahan

Male

White / Caucasian

Los Angeles

CA

1975-01-17

46

Robert

Shannahan

11/15/2025