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Serial Killer Victims on April 8

693 open cases in our database happened on April 8. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (10)

Nathanial J. Watson - Cincinnati, Ohio
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Nathanial J. Watson

Victim of Donald Harvey
age 65 · Cincinnati, Ohio
Killed Apr 8, 1986 · 40 years ago

Nathanial J. Watson, a 65-year-old Black man, died on April 8, 1986, while a patient at Drake Memorial Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. His death was later identified as one of the killings committed by hospital orderly Donald Harvey during a years-long series…

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Domingo Perez - Earlimart, California
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Domingo Perez

age 29 · Earlimart, California
Killed Apr 8, 1995 · 31 years ago

On April 8, 1995, Domingo Perez, a 29-year-old Hispanic male from Earlimart, California, was reported missing by his family. Nearly two months later, on May 23, 1995, his body was discovered in an orange grove just north of Richgrove, California. An autopsy…

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Gustavo Herrera - Lake County, Illinois
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Gustavo Herrera

age 26 · Lake County, Illinois
Killed Apr 8, 1983 · 43 years ago

Gustavo Herrera, a 26-year-old male, tragically lost his life on April 8, 1983, in Lake County, Illinois. His body was discovered by construction workers near the Wisconsin border. Herrera, who lived in Chicago's Uptown district and was a father of two, fell…

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Deborah Osborne - Staten Island, New York
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Deborah Osborne

age 17 · Staten Island, New York
Killed Apr 8, 1982 · 44 years ago

Deborah Osborne, a 17-year-old white female from Toms River, New Jersey, disappeared in early April 1982, swallowed by the kind of ordinary night that was supposed to end with a ride home and a locked front door. Later reporting would tie her last-known…

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Deborah Sheppard - Carbondale, Illinois
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Deborah Sheppard

age 23 · Carbondale, Illinois
Killed Apr 8, 1982 · 44 years ago

Deborah Sheppard, a 23-year-old woman, was a marketing major at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. She was just two weeks away from graduating when she was tragically murdered on April 8, 1982. Her body was discovered in her apartment by a…

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Jenkin T. Jones - Granville, Ohio
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Jenkin T. Jones

age 77 · Granville, Ohio
Killed Apr 8, 1978 · 48 years ago

Jenkins Jones, a 77-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, was tragically killed on April 8, 1978, in Granville, Ohio. His death was part of a series of murders committed by Gary and Thaddeus Lewingdon, who were later dubbed the ".22 Caliber Killers" due to…

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Jenkins Jones - Granville, Ohio
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Jenkins Jones

age 77 · Granville, Ohio
Killed Apr 8, 1978 · 48 years ago

Jenkins Jones, a 77-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, was tragically killed on April 8, 1978, in Granville, Ohio. His death was part of a series of murders committed by Gary and Thaddeus Lewingdon, who were later dubbed the ".22 Caliber Killers" due to…

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Marion Brown

age 17 · New York
Killed Apr 8, 1954 · 72 years ago

John Francis Roche: The “Devil of Yorkville” Overview John Francis “Jack” Roche was an American serial killer, rapist and burglar who terrorized the Yorkville section of Manhattan during the early 1950s. Born on September 6, 1927, in Port Chester, New York…

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Jacob Binkley

Colorado
Killed Apr 8, 1863 · 163 years ago

Felipe Nerio Espinosa: The Espinosa Killing Spree of 1863 Background Felipe Nerio Espinosa was a nineteenth-century outlaw and serial murderer whose name became associated with one of the most notorious killing sprees in the early history of Colorado…

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Abram Nelson Shoup

Colorado
Killed Apr 8, 1863 · 163 years ago

Felipe Nerio Espinosa: The Espinosa Killing Spree of 1863 Background Felipe Nerio Espinosa was a nineteenth-century outlaw and serial murderer whose name became associated with one of the most notorious killing sprees in the early history of Colorado…

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