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Serial Killer Victims on August 27

738 open cases in our database happened on August 27. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (16)

Devin Galley - Mansfield, Texas
Serial Killer Victim25th anniversary

Devin Galley

Victim of Terry Lee Hankins
age 12 · Mansfield, Texas
Killed Aug 27, 2001 · 25 years ago

Devin Galley, a 12-year-old boy, was tragically killed on August 27, 2001. His death was part of a larger crime committed by Terry Lee Hankins, who murdered multiple family members. Hankins, who was later executed for his crimes, had gunned down his estranged…

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Ashley Mason - Mansfield, Texas
Serial Killer Victim25th anniversary

Ashley Mason

Victim of Terry Lee Hankins
age 11 · Mansfield, Texas
Killed Aug 27, 2001 · 25 years ago

Ashley Mason, an 11-year-old girl from Mansfield, Texas, tragically lost her life on August 27, 2001. She was one of the victims in a series of murders committed by Terry Lee Hankins, her stepfather. Hankins was responsible for the deaths of his estranged…

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Bascom DeWitt Harden - Edgewater, Florida
Serial Killer Victim50th anniversary

Bascom DeWitt Harden

Victim of Allen Leroy Anderson
age 67 · Edgewater, Florida
Killed Aug 27, 1976 · 50 years ago

In the summer of 1976, 67-year-old Bascom DeWitt "Dee" Harden Jr., a white male, became one of the victims in a series of brutal murders committed by serial killer Allen Leroy Anderson. Harden, born on October 18, 1908, was residing in Edgewater, Volusia…

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Robert Sheldon Wilkinson - Miama, Oklahoma
Serial Killer Victim80th anniversary

Robert Sheldon Wilkinson

Victim of Winona Ola Freeman
age 33 · Miama, Oklahoma
Killed Aug 27, 1946 · 80 years ago

On August 27, 1946, Robert Sheldon Wilkinson, a 33-year-old white male war veteran connected with the Miami, Oklahoma area, passed abruptly from the lingering afterglow of wartime into the shadows of a small-town murder mystery that has never been fully…

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Sandra Eichorn - Lansing, Michigan
Serial Killer Victim

Sandra Eichorn

Victim of Matthew Emmanuel Macon
age 64 · Lansing, Michigan
Killed Aug 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late summer of 2007, the city of Lansing, Michigan, was gripped by a series of brutal attacks that instilled fear throughout the community. One of the victims of this violence was Sandra Eichorn, a 64-year-old female retiree from General Motors who…

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Derrick Jackson - Birmingham, Alabama
Serial Killer Victim

Derrick Jackson

Victim of Stanley Chatman
age 17 · Birmingham, Alabama
Killed Aug 27, 2005 · 21 years ago

In Birmingham, Alabama, the death of a young man named Derrick F. Jackson has left a story with unanswered questions. On August 27, 2005, at the age of 16, the life of the Jackson-Olin High School student came to an end. The specific circumstances surrounding…

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Carlos Perez - Melbourne, Florida
Serial Killer Victim

Carlos Perez

Victim of Henry Lee Jones
age 19 · Melbourne, Florida
Killed Aug 27, 2003 · 23 years ago

Carlos Perez, a 19-year-old male, was found murdered in a Super 8 motel room in Melbourne, Florida, on August 27, 2003. His body was discovered naked on a bed, strangled, and with his throat cut. The crime scene had been cleaned before police arrived, but…

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Cynthia Lyn Rose - Turlock, California
Serial Killer Victim

Cynthia Lyn Rose

Victim of Keith Hunter Jesperson
age 32 · Turlock, California
Killed Aug 27, 1992 · 34 years ago

On August 27, 1992, the body of Cynthia Lyn Rose, a 32-year-old white woman, was discovered behind the Blueberry Hill Café in Turlock, California. Initially, her death was misclassified as a drug overdose. However, serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, known…

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Manny Taboada - Gainesville, Florida
Serial Killer Victim

Manny Taboada

Victim of Daniel Harold Rolling
age 23 · Gainesville, Florida
Killed Aug 27, 1990 · 36 years ago

On August 27, 1990, 23-year-old Hispanic male Manuel Ricardo “Manny” Taboada was brutally murdered in Gainesville, Florida. A student at the University of Florida, Manny had recently been accepted into the College of Architecture and was known for his…

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Tracey Paules - Gainesville, Florida
Serial Killer Victim

Tracey Paules

Victim of Daniel Harold Rolling
age 23 · Gainesville, Florida
Killed Aug 27, 1990 · 36 years ago

Tracy Paules, a 23-year-old white female, was one of five college students brutally murdered in Gainesville, Florida, in late August 1990. She was a student at the University of Florida and shared an apartment with fellow student Manuel Taboada. On August 27…

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Dawn Marie Smith - El Paso, Texas
Serial Killer Victim

Dawn Marie Smith

Victim of David Leonard Wood
age 14 · El Paso, Texas
Killed Aug 27, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the summer of 1987, a shadow fell over El Paso, Texas, as a series of young women and girls began to vanish, their disappearances casting a pall of fear across the community. Among them was 14-year-old Dawn Marie Smith, a female student at Parkland High…

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Donald Ray Hyden - Hollywood, California
Serial Killer Victim

Donald Ray Hyden

Victim of William George Bonin
age 15 · Hollywood, California
Killed Aug 27, 1979 · 47 years ago

Donald Ray Hyden Jr., a 15-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically murdered on August 27, 1979. Donald was last seen in Hollywood, California, at 1:00 a.m. on the day of his death. He was abducted by serial killer William George Bonin, also known as "The…

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Brenda Alexander - Phenix City, Alabama
Serial Killer Victim

Brenda Alexander

Victim of Samuel Little
age 23 · Phenix City, Alabama
Killed Aug 27, 1979 · 47 years ago

In the summer of 1979, the life of 23-year-old Brenda Alexander, an African American woman, was tragically cut short in Phenix City, Alabama. For nearly four decades, the circumstances surrounding her death remained a painful mystery, a cold case that offered…

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William Freeman - Antioch, California
Serial Killer Victim

William Freeman

Victim of Charles Ray Hatcher
age 12 · Antioch, California
Killed Aug 27, 1969 · 57 years ago

On August 27, 1969, 12-year-old William Freeman, a white male, was abducted and murdered in Antioch, California. Charles Ray Hatcher, a known serial offender, later confessed to luring the boy to a creek and strangling him. This confession marked the…

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Maud Kemper - North-fork, California
Serial Killer Victim

Maud Kemper

Victim of Edmund Emil Kemper
age 66 · North-fork, California
Killed Aug 27, 1964 · 62 years ago

Maude Matilda Hughey Kemper, aged 66, was tragically murdered on August 27, 1964, at her ranch in North Fork, California. Maude, along with her husband Edmund Kemper Sr., fell victim to a brutal crime committed by their grandson, Edmund Kemper III. The…

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Edmund Emil Kemper - North-fork, California
Serial Killer Victim

Edmund Emil Kemper

Victim of Edmund Emil Kemper
age 72 · North-fork, California
Killed Aug 27, 1964 · 62 years ago

Edmund Emil Kemper Sr., aged 72, died on August 27, 1964, in North Fork, California. His death was a result of a tragic and brutal murder committed by his grandson, Edmund Kemper III. On that fateful day, Edmund Kemper III, who was only 15 years old at the…

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