Diane Helms, a 44-year-old Black woman, was one of four victims in a series of brutal murders committed by Francisco del Junco in Miami, Florida. Del Junco, a Cuban immigrant who arrived in the United States during the Mariel boatlift in 1980, was convicted of killing and setting fire to four women between August 1995 and March 1996. The victims, including Helms, were all Black women struggling with addiction. Their bodies were found beaten, burned, and partially clothed in or near Miami’s inn
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