Serial Killer Victims on December 23

Serial Killer Victims (9)

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Jill Robinson

Victim of Oakland County Child Killer

age 12 · Troy, Michigan

Killed Dec 23, 1976 · 50 years ago

On a cold December evening in 1976, just three days before Christmas, 12-year-old Jill Robinson had an argument with her mother at their home in Royal Oak, Michigan. The disagreement, reportedly over helping with dinner, led to Jill leaving the house on her…

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Joan Richburg

Victim of Lemuel Warren Smith

age 24 · Colonie, New York

Killed Dec 23, 1976 · 50 years ago

Joan Richburg, a 24-year-old woman from Colonie, New York, disappeared into the holiday crush at Colonie Center on December 23, 1976. She was White. In the bright, ordinary bustle of last-minute shopping, the night carried the kind of invisibility predators…

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Lola Cowan

Victim of Earle Leonard Nelson

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Killed Dec 23, 1926 · 100 years ago

Earle Leonard Nelson: The “Gorilla Man” and “Dark Strangler” Introduction Earle Leonard Nelson was an American serial killer whose crimes spread across the United States and into Canada during 1926 and 1927. Newspapers called him the “Gorilla Man,” the…

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Sandi Roberts Ott

Victim of Dallen Bounds

age 33 · Easley, South Carolina

Killed Dec 23, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the winter of 1999, a tragic series of events unfolded in Easley, South Carolina, culminating in the death of 33-year-old Sandra Jo 'Sandi' Roberts Ott, a registered nurse. On the night of December 23rd, Sandi sent an emergency page to her ex-husband…

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Dadren Lewis

Victim of Robert Gene Rembert

age 24 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Dec 23, 1997 · 29 years ago

Dadren Lewis, a 24-year-old male from Cleveland, OH, tragically lost his life on December 23, 1997. The incident occurred in a parking lot where Lewis was shot during an altercation with Robert Rembert, a 27-year-old Cleveland bus driver at the time. The…

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Lisa Yates

Victim of Gary Leon Ridgway

age 19 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Dec 23, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the winter of 1983, a young life was tragically cut short, leaving a void that would take nearly two decades to fill with answers. Lisa Lorraine Yates, a 19-year-old Caucasian female, vanished on December 23, 1983, from Seattle, Washington. She was last…

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Gary Smith

Victim of Richard Leonard Kuklinski

age 42 · North Bergen, New Jersey

Killed Dec 23, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the early 1980s, a 37-year-old male named Gary Smith became entangled with a burglary gang, a decision that would ultimately lead to his demise in North Bergen, New Jersey. As law enforcement began to close in on the group, members of the gang, including…

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Roger Ludean Gibbs

Victim of Janie Lou Gibbs

age 19 · Cordele, Georgia

Killed Dec 23, 1967 · 59 years ago

In the small town of Cordele, Georgia, a series of tragic events unfolded within the Gibbs family, culminating in the death of 19-year-old Roger Ludean Gibbs. The young man's passing on December 23, 1967, initially appeared to be another instance of a…

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Timothy Ott

Victim of Dallen Bounds

age 32 · Easley, South Carolina

Killed Dec 23, 1999 · 27 years ago

On December 23, 1999, the life of 32-year-old Timothy R. Ott was tragically cut short in his Easley, South Carolina, home. A quiet evening turned into a scene of terror when Dallen Forrest Bounds, a 28-year-old white male, forced his way into the residence…

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