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Christa Hoyt

Case from Gainesville, FL dated Aug 25, 1990

Victim Details

Christa Hoyt

Female

White / Caucasian

Gainesville

FL

1990-08-25

18

Christa

Hoyt

07/16/2026

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Christa Leigh Hoyt, an 18-year-old white female, was brutally murdered on August 25, 1990, in Gainesville, Florida. She was a student and part-time records clerk with the Alachua County Sheriff's Office. Her death was part of a horrifying string of murders that shocked the Gainesville community and the nation. Christa was the third victim in a series of killings that would later be attributed to a single perpetrator.

On the night of her murder, Christa failed to show up for her shift at t ...
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