Serial Killer Victims on August 20

Serial Killer Victims (16)

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Keith Dyer

Victim of Tony Ray Amati

age 22 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Aug 20, 1996 · 30 years ago

On August 29, 1996, 22-year-old Keith Dyer was fatally shot just outside a friend's home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This incident was part of a series of violent crimes committed by a trio of individuals, including Tony Ray Amati, Troy Sampson, and Edward James.…

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Jeanette Mickey Wade

Victim of Anthony Joe Larette

age 26 · Marathon, Florida

Killed Aug 20, 1976 · 50 years ago

Jeanette "Mickey" Wade, a 26-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on August 20, 1976. She was attacked in her home after returning from work. The perpetrator, Anthony Joe LaRette Jr., broke into her residence and confronted her in the kitchen. He proceeded…

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Serial Killer Victim55th anniversary

Leeora Looney

Victim of Carolyn Mccrary

age 20 · Lakewood, Colorado

Killed Aug 20, 1971 · 55 years ago

In the late summer of 1971, a young woman named Leeora Rose Looney, aged 20, was working her shift as a waitress at a donut shop in Lakewood, Colorado. On the evening of August 20th, the shop was discovered to be empty, with Ms. Looney's purse left open and…

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Serial Killer Victim55th anniversary

Leeora Looney

Victim of Sherman Mccrary

age 20 · Lakewood, Colorado

Killed Aug 20, 1971 · 55 years ago

In the late summer of 1971, a young woman named Leeora Rose Looney, aged 20, was working her shift as a waitress at a donut shop in Lakewood, Colorado. On the evening of August 20th, the shop was discovered to be empty, with Ms. Looney's purse left open and…

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Serial Killer Victim55th anniversary

Leeora Rose Looney

Victim of Ginger Taylor

age 20 · Lakewood, Colorado

Killed Aug 20, 1971 · 55 years ago

In the late summer of 1971, a young woman named Leeora Rose Looney, aged 20, was working her shift as a waitress at a donut shop in Lakewood, Colorado. On the evening of August 20th, the shop was discovered to be empty, with Ms. Looney's purse left open and…

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Serial Killer Victim55th anniversary

Leeora Rose Looney

Victim of Raymond Taylor

age 20 · Lakewood, Colorado

Killed Aug 20, 1971 · 55 years ago

In the late summer of 1971, a young woman named Leeora Rose Looney, aged 20, was working her shift as a waitress at a donut shop in Lakewood, Colorado. On the evening of August 20th, the shop was discovered to be empty, with Ms. Looney's purse left open and…

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Serial Killer Victim120th anniversary

Johannes Pfitzner

Victim of John Hoolulu Siemsen

California

Killed Aug 20, 1906 · 120 years ago

John Ho'olulu Siemsen and the San Francisco Gas-Pipe Murders Background John Ho'olulu Siemsen was a Hawaiian-born murderer and robber who became one of the principal figures in the San Francisco gas-pipe murders of 1906. He was born in Hawaii, reportedly in…

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Gildardo Morales

Victim of Alexander Hernandez

age 48 · Pacoima, California

Killed Aug 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Gildardo Morales, a 48-year-old man, was found fatally shot in his truck in Pacoima on August 21, 2014. His death was part of a series of random shootings carried out by Alexander Hernandez, a man later identified as a serial killer responsible for multiple…

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Cinnamon Elks

Victim of West Mesa Bone Collector

age 32 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Aug 20, 2004 · 22 years ago

Cinnamon Elks, a White woman, age 32, vanished from Albuquerque on August 20, 2004. For years, her family and investigators searched, until February 2009, when a woman walking her dog on Albuquerque's West Mesa discovered a human bone and police unearthed a…

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Marilyn Baers

Victim of Milton Johnson

age 45 · Joliet, Illinois

Killed Aug 20, 1983 · 43 years ago

Marilyn Baers, a 45-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on August 20, 1983, in Joliet, Illinois. She was the owner of a ceramic shop, The Greenware by Merry, located on Cass Street. On that fateful day, she and three customers—Barbara Dunbar, 38; Anna…

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Barbara Dunbar

Victim of Milton Johnson

age 38 · Joliet, Illinois

Killed Aug 20, 1983 · 43 years ago

Barbara Dunbar, a 38-year-old woman, was one of four victims in a brutal attack that took place on August 20, 1983, at the Greenware by Mary ceramic shop in Joliet, Illinois. The crime was part of a larger series of murders committed by Milton Johnson, a…

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Anna Ryan

Victim of Milton Johnson

age 75 · Joliet, Illinois

Killed Aug 20, 1983 · 43 years ago

On Saturday, August 20, 1983, Anna Ryan, a 75-year-old woman, was murdered alongside three other victims in a horrific attack at The Greenware by Merry Ceramic shop located at 1405 East Cass Street in Joliet, Illinois. The other victims included the ceramic…

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Pamela Ryan

Victim of Milton Johnson

age 25 · Joliet, Illinois

Killed Aug 20, 1983 · 43 years ago

On August 20, 1983, 29-year-old white female Pamela Marie Ryan was among four women brutally murdered inside the Greenware by Mary ceramic shop on East Cass Street in Joliet, Illinois. Pamela Ryan had accompanied her 75-year-old mother-in-law, Anna Ryan, and…

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Ted Fields

Victim of Joseph Paul Franklin

age 20 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Aug 20, 1980 · 46 years ago

On a warm summer evening in Salt Lake City, on August 20, 1980, the lives of two young men were tragically cut short in an act of racial hatred. Ted Fields, a 20-year-old Black male, and his friend, 18-year-old David Martin, were leaving Liberty Park with two…

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David Martin

Victim of Joseph Paul Franklin

age 18 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Aug 20, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the late summer of 1980, a tragedy unfolded near Liberty Park in Salt Lake City that cut short the lives of two young men. On August 20, David Lemar Martin III, an 18-year-old Black male, was shot and killed. He was not alone in his fate; 20-year-old…

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Jane Sullivan

Victim of Albert Henry Desalvo

age 67 · Dorchester, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 20, 1962 · 64 years ago

In the summer of 1962, a palpable fear had begun to creep into the city of Boston. A string of unsolved murders targeting women had left residents on edge. It was in this atmosphere of anxiety that 67-year-old Jane Sullivan, a White female, was found deceased…

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