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Ruth Henderson

Case from Crawford County, AR dated Aug 10, 1995

Victim Details

Ruth Henderson

Female

White / Caucasian

Crawford County

AR

1995-08-10

74

Ruth

Henderson

08/01/2026

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In the summer of 1995, a quiet community in Crawford County, Arkansas, was unsettled by a brutal crime. On August 9th, 74-year-old Ruth Henderson, a female resident, was found violently murdered in her Van Buren home. The scene was one of extreme violence, with Henderson having sustained numerous stab wounds. Her death mirrored another unsolved murder from two years prior, that of 58-year-old Juanita Wofford in the neighboring Sebastian County, raising fears of a potential serial killer in the R ...
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