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Serial Killer Victims on August 23

695 open cases in our database happened on August 23. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (7)

Richard Roels - Phoenix, Arizona
Serial Killer Victim30th anniversary

Richard Roels

age 58 · Phoenix, Arizona
Killed Aug 23, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the late summer of 1996, the city of Phoenix, Arizona, was rocked by a brutal crime that cut short the life of a retired newspaper executive. Richard Roels, a 58-year-old male, was killed on August 23, 1996, inside his Phoenix home. The incident was not a…

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Larry Espy - Redondo-beach, California
Serial Killer Victim50th anniversary

Larry Espy

age 17 · Redondo-beach, California
Killed Aug 23, 1976 · 50 years ago

Larry Espy, a 17-year-old from Redondo Beach, California, tragically lost his life on August 23, 1976. His death was a result of a brutal murder committed by Patrick Kearney, a notorious serial killer known as the "Trash Bag Killer." Kearney was one of the…

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Betty H. Brunton - St. Petersburg, Florida
Serial Killer Victim50th anniversary

Betty H. Brunton

age 52 · St. Petersburg, Florida
Killed Aug 23, 1976 · 50 years ago

Betty H. Brunton, a 52-year-old white woman, was murdered on August 23, 1976, in St. Petersburg, Florida. She was an employee at the Memorial Park Cemetery and had returned home to get her lunch when she was attacked. The perpetrator, later identified as…

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Kaysi McLeod - Jackson County, Colorado
Serial Killer Victim

Kaysi McLeod

age 19 · Jackson County, Colorado
Killed Aug 23, 2003 · 23 years ago

In August of 2003, the life of 19-year-old Kaysi McLeod came to a tragic end, though the full story would remain a painful mystery for her family for years. The young woman disappeared from her home in Colorado after an argument with her mother, Lori. At…

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Patricia Lange - Des Moines, Iowa
Serial Killer Victim

Patricia Lange

age 36 · Des Moines, Iowa
Killed Aug 23, 1993 · 33 years ago

Patricia Ann Lange, a 36-year-old White female, had recently embarked on a new chapter in her life, moving from Denver, Colorado, to West Des Moines, Iowa, for a promising job as a database administrator. She was temporarily residing at the University Park…

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Kathie Pierce - Musella, Georgia
Serial Killer Victim

Kathie Pierce

age 24 · Musella, Georgia
Killed Aug 23, 1974 · 52 years ago

Kathie Sue Pierce was a 24-year-old woman whose life ended violently inside her home in the small Crawford County community of Musella, Georgia, on August 23, 1974. Pierce was at home with her three-year-old son when a stranger forced his way inside. The…

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Serial Killer Victim

Marjorie Howe

age 49 · Atlantic Beach, Florida
Killed Aug 23, 1974 · 52 years ago

On August 2, 1974, Marjorie Evelyn Wyatt Howie, a 49-year-old white woman residing in Atlantic Beach, Florida, was found murdered in her home. She had been strangled with a nylon stocking, and her television set was stolen. The crime was attributed to Paul…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.