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Serial Killer Victims on August 26

689 open cases in our database happened on August 26. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (5)

Tammy Hankins - Mansfield, Texas
Serial Killer Victim25th anniversary

Tammy Hankins

age 34 · Mansfield, Texas
Killed Aug 26, 2001 · 25 years ago

Tammy Galley Hankins, a 34-year-old white female, was tragically murdered on August 26, 2001, in Mansfield, Texas. Her death was part of a series of brutal killings carried out by her estranged husband, Terry Lee Hankins. Tammy, along with her two children…

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Serial Killer Victim125th anniversary

Edna Bannister

Victim of Jane Toppan
age 77 · Massachusetts
Killed Aug 26, 1901 · 125 years ago

Jane Toppan: The Poisoning Nurse Known as “Jolly Jane” Early Life Jane Toppan was an American nurse and serial poisoner who murdered patients, employers, friends, relatives, and members of families who trusted her with their care. Born Honora Kelley in…

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Juanita Carmichael - Brooklyn, New York
Serial Killer Victim

Juanita Carmichael

Victim of Vincent Johnson
age 34 · Brooklyn, New York
Killed Aug 26, 1999 · 27 years ago

Brooklyn in the late summer of 1999 was already a city of noise and motion, but certain corners of Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant carried a different kind of hush—one that settles in when people start counting the missing and watching rooftops, vacant…

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Velma Gray - Lake Bowen, South Carolina
Serial Killer Victim

Velma Gray

age 42 · Lake Bowen, South Carolina
Killed Aug 26, 1989 · 37 years ago

On August 26, 1989, Velma Faye Gray, a 42-year-old White female, found herself in a vulnerable situation after suffering a traffic accident roughly five miles from her hometown of Travelers Rest, South Carolina. While she was stranded on the roadside, a…

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Serial Killer Victim

Lewis H. Brooks

Victim of Lauren Porter
age 33 · Georgia
Killed Aug 26, 1944 · 82 years ago

Lauren Porter: The Goose Pond Murderer Background Lauren Porter was a male serial killer who committed four known murders in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, between 1939 and 1947. Although his first name has sometimes caused confusion about his gender, Porter was…

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