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Bernadine Blunt

Victim of Kevin Taylor

age 39 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 18, 2001 · 25 years ago

On August 18, 2001, the body of Bernadine Blunt, a 39-year-old Black woman, was discovered inside an abandoned building located at 331 East Kensington Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. She had been strangled to death, and her murder was later linked to a string of…

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Victim of Lloyd Gomez

California

Killed Aug 18, 1951 · 75 years ago

Lloyd Gomez: The Phantom Hobo Killer Lloyd Gomez was an American serial killer who murdered transient and homeless men along California railroad routes during 1950 and 1951. He became known in later accounts as the “Phantom Hobo Killer” and the “Hobo Jungle…

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Andrea Zamperoni

Victim of Angelina Barini

age 33 · New York City, New York

Killed Aug 18, 2019 · 7 years ago

In August of 2019, the city of New York was unsettled by the disappearance and subsequent death of Andrea Zamperoni, the 33-year-old Italian head chef of the renowned restaurant Cipriani Dolci. Zamperoni was a respected and beloved member of the Cipriani…

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Searra Howe

Victim of Mario James Jerrell Normore

age 20 · Oaklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 18, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late summer of 2017, a young woman named Searra Howe, aged 20, was tragically killed in Oklahoma. Her life was cut short on August 18, 2017, when she was kidnapped by Mario Normore and his cousin, Brandon Butler. The two men had gone to Howe's home…

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Michael Johnson

Victim of Michael Bernard Bell

age 22 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Aug 18, 1993 · 33 years ago

On August 18, 1993, Michael Johnson, a 22-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on the front porch of his residence following an argument with the mother of Michael Bernard Bell. This incident occurred in the aftermath of a series of violent events…

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Ruth Goldsmith

Victim of Edwin Bernard Kaprat

age 70 · Brooksville, Florida

Killed Aug 18, 1993 · 33 years ago

Ruth Goldsmith, a 70-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on August 18, 1993, in Hernando County, Florida. Her death was part of a series of killings committed by Edwin Bernard Kaprat III, a serial killer known as "The Granny Killer." Kaprat targeted…

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Sara Anne Wood

Victim of Lewis Stephen Lent

age 12 · Sauquoit, New York

Killed Aug 18, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the late summer of 1993, a heart-wrenching tragedy struck the small community of Sauquoit, New York, forever changing the lives of the Wood family. Twelve-year-old Sara Anne Wood, a Caucasian female with shoulder-length curly brown hair and blue eyes…

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Sharon Denise Moore

Victim of James Antonio Barnes

age 25 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Aug 18, 1988 · 38 years ago

In the summer of 1988, the city of Memphis was shadowed by a series of brutal crimes that would later be connected to one man. The first victim in this string of violence was a 25-year-old female named Sharon Denise Moore. On August 15th, her body was…

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April Buttram

Victim of Gary Leon Ridgway

age 16 · Snoqualmie, Washington

Killed Aug 18, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the late summer of 1983, a 17-year-old White female named April Dawn Buttram vanished from the Seattle area, leaving her family suspended in a heart-wrenching state of uncertainty for two long decades. April had journeyed from her parents' home in Spokane…

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Barbara Grams

Victim of Amos Earl Robinson

age 19 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Aug 18, 1983 · 43 years ago

Barbara Grams was a 19‑year‑old white female who worked as an assistant manager—or server, depending on the account—at the Hot Potato restaurant in Tampa Bay Center, Florida. On the night of August 18, 1983, after finishing her shift, she began walking the…

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Marion Mueller

Victim of Charles Michael Albanese

age 69 · Waukegan, Illinois

Killed Aug 18, 1980 · 46 years ago

Marion Mueller, a 69-year-old woman, passed away on August 18, 1980. The circumstances surrounding her death have been a subject of investigation and speculation. Marion Mueller's death was not a natural one; she was a victim of murder. The details of her…

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Kimberly Jean Grabin

Victim of Denver Prostitute Killer

age 17 · Arapaho County, Colorado

Killed Aug 18, 1979 · 47 years ago

In the late summer of 1979, the body of 17-year-old Kimberly Jean Grabin, a white female, was discovered in a field in Arapahoe County, Colorado, near Interstate-70 and Gun Club Road. The morning of August 18th brought a grim scene for the officers who found…

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Lois Johnson

Victim of Paul John Knowles

Ely, Nevada

Killed Aug 18, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the vast, quiet landscape of rural Nevada, a grim discovery was made on September 18, 1974. Lois Mildred Clendenen Johnson, a 59-year-old female, and her husband, Emmett Alexander Johnson, aged 62, were found brutally murdered at a rest stop near the small…

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Catherine Medina

Victim of Adolph Theodore Laundenberg

age 50 · San Pedro, California

Killed Aug 18, 1974 · 52 years ago

Catherine Medina, a 50-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on August 18, 1974. She was last seen drinking at a local bar in San Pedro, California, following an argument with her husband. After the dispute, her husband attempted to escort her home, but she…

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Arthur Jennings

Victim of David Edwin Mason

age 83 · Oakland, California

Killed Aug 18, 1980 · 46 years ago

On August 18, 1980, Arthur Jennings, an 83-year-old white male and World War I veteran, was found murdered in his Oakland, California home. A Meals-on-Wheels driver, who had delivered a meal and spoken with Jennings around 10:30 a.m. that day, discovered his…

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Emmett Johnson

Victim of Paul John Knowles

age 62 · Ely, Nevada

Killed Aug 18, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a fateful day, September 18, 1974, the lives of Emmett Johnson, a 62-year-old Caucasian male, and his wife, Lois, were tragically cut short. The couple had made a stop at a rest area near the quiet town of Ely, Nevada, unaware of the horrific encounter…

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