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Serial Killer Victims on April 30

673 open cases in our database happened on April 30. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (14)

John Woods - Decatur, Illinois
Serial Killer Victim

John Woods

Victim of Melvin Johnson
age 46 · Decatur, Illinois
Killed Apr 30, 1988 · 38 years ago

On April 30, 1988, the life of 46-year-old John L. Woods was brought to a violent end in his Decatur, Illinois, apartment. He was found brutally stabbed to death, with two of the numerous wounds piercing his heart and lungs. The scene was initially made to…

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Jerry Morgan - Spring-hill, Texas
Serial Killer Victim

Jerry Morgan

age 30 · Spring-hill, Texas
Killed Apr 30, 1984 · 42 years ago

Jerry Glenn Morgan, a 30-year-old white male, was tragically murdered on April 30, 1984, in Spring Hill, Texas. The incident was a part of a triple homicide that also claimed the lives of his 25-year-old wife, Brenda Morgan, and their 22-month-old son, Devin…

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Brenda Morgan - Spring-hill, Texas
Serial Killer Victim

Brenda Morgan

age 25 · Spring-hill, Texas
Killed Apr 30, 1984 · 42 years ago

Brenda Morgan, a 25-year-old woman from Spring Hill, Texas, tragically lost her life on April 30, 1984. She was killed alongside her husband, Jerry Morgan, and their 22-month-old son, Devin Morgan, in what became known as the Morgan family murder. The family…

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Marie Malvar - Seattle, Washington
Serial Killer Victim

Marie Malvar

age 18 · Seattle, Washington
Killed Apr 30, 1983 · 43 years ago

On the evening of April 30, 1983, Mary-Jane Malvar, an 18-year-old Asian female, was waiting at a bus stop near South 216th Street and Pacific Highway South in SeaTac, Washington. Her boyfriend, Robert Woods, watched as she entered a pickup truck. A sense of…

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Joleen Sue Gardner - Denver, Colorado
Serial Killer Victim

Joleen Sue Gardner

age 21 · Denver, Colorado
Killed Apr 30, 1982 · 44 years ago

Joleen Sue Gardner, 21, a white female, crossed paths in Denver, Colorado, with Marvin Gayle Gray—a volatile drifter with a long record—through a mutual acquaintance. What began as an unwanted advance reportedly turned into a sudden, frenzied knife attack…

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Richard Stoltz - East-saint-louis, Illinois
Serial Killer Victim

Richard Stoltz

age 63 · East-saint-louis, Illinois
Killed Apr 30, 1979 · 47 years ago

Richard Michael Stoltz, a 63-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically murdered on April 30, 1979, in East St. Louis, Illinois. Stoltz was a World War II veteran and was engaged in stacking bricks in the back of a pickup truck when he was approached by Andre…

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Samuel Nersesian - East-saint-louis, Illinois
Serial Killer Victim

Samuel Nersesian

age 23 · East-saint-louis, Illinois
Killed Apr 30, 1979 · 47 years ago

Samuel Wayne Nersesian, a 23-year-old male from East Saint Louis, Illinois, was tragically murdered on April 30, 1979. Samuel, who owned the Illinois Cleaners in East St. Louis, was at his business when the incident occurred. On that fateful morning, Andre…

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Debra Brown - East-saint-louis, Illinois
Serial Killer Victim

Debra Brown

age 22 · East-saint-louis, Illinois
Killed Apr 30, 1979 · 47 years ago

Debra Ann Brown, a 21-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on April 30, 1979, in East Saint Louis, Illinois. Debra was a U.S. Postal Service carrier who was killed while on her mail route. On that fateful day, she inadvertently walked in…

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Gerald Fields - Onalaska, Texas
Serial Killer Victim

Gerald Fields

age 35 · Onalaska, Texas
Killed Apr 30, 1978 · 48 years ago

Gerald George Fields, a 57-year-old man from Onalaska, Texas, passed away on July 20, 2024. His death was the result of a single gunshot wound sustained during a family disturbance. Authorities responded to 911 calls reporting the incident at a residence on…

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Gerald Fields - Fairfield, Ohio
Serial Killer Victim

Gerald Fields

age 35 · Fairfield, Ohio
Killed Apr 30, 1978 · 48 years ago

Gerald Fields, a 35-year-old man, was working a part-time security shift during the early hours of April 30, 1978, at the Wigwam, a private club in northwestern Fairfield County, Ohio. Fields was also known as the Reverend Gerald Fields, and contemporary…

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David Cook - Denver, Colorado
Serial Killer Victim

David Cook

age 24 · Denver, Colorado
Killed Apr 30, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the spring of 1977, the life of David Cook, a 24-year-old white male, was brutally cut short within the confines of the Colorado State Penitentiary in Cañon City. On April 30th, his body was discovered, beaten and strangled, concealed behind a tier of…

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Ignatius DiManuele - Saint-louis, Missouri
Serial Killer Victim

Ignatius DiManuele

Victim of Winford Stokes
Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed Apr 30, 1969 · 57 years ago

Ignatius DiManuele, 60, a man born in Italy, spent the late hours of April 30, 1969 behind the bar at Pete DiManuele’s Bar on Easton Avenue in St. Louis, working a night that must have felt ordinary right up until it didn’t. Customers drifted in and out, and…

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Serial Killer Victim

Baby Morgan

age 22month · Texas
Killed Apr 30, 1984 · 42 years ago

Alvin Andrew Kelly: Drug Trafficker and Multiple Murderer Background and Criminal Activities Alvin Andrew Kelly was born on March 14, 1951, in Culberson County, Texas. He became involved in methamphetamine use, drug trafficking and violent debt collection in…

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Serial Killer Victim

Mary McDonald

age 32 · Ohio
Killed Apr 30, 1904 · 122 years ago

The Cumminsville Killer: The Unsolved Murders of Cincinnati's "Murder Zone" A Killer Without a Name The Cumminsville Killer is the name given to an unidentified assailant believed to have been responsible for a series of violent deaths in and around the…

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