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Case Description
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Lydia M. Ridell, a 79-year-old woman, tragically lost her life in a mobile home fire on September 2, 1993, in Brooksville, Florida. Her death was part of a disturbing pattern of crimes targeting elderly women in the area. The fire that claimed her life was not an isolated incident but rather one in a series of similar attacks that raised suspicions of foul play.

Investigators soon linked her death to Edwin Bernard Kaprat III, a serial killer known as "The Granny Killer." Kaprat had a hist ...Read More
Victim Details

Lydia Ridell

Female

Brooksville

FL

1993-09-02

79

Lydia

Ridell

12/01/2025