Serial Killer Victims (10)

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Danhtay Stanley

age 20 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Feb 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Saturday afternoon in Little Rock, Arkansas, the life of 20-year-old D’Anhtay Leroy Stanley was tragically cut short. On February 20, 2021, at approximately 1:50 p.m., the sounds of gunfire shattered the quiet of the 5200 block of Halifax Drive…

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Jessica Lewis

Victim of South Memphis Prostitute Killings

age 28 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Feb 20, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the chill of a late February morning in 2011, the quiet grounds of Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee, became the scene of a grim discovery. On February 20th, a visitor to the cemetery stumbled upon the body of 28-year-old Jessica Lewis, a white…

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Romelia Vargas

Victim of Mark Goudeau

age 38 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Feb 20, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the winter of 2006, the life of 38-year-old Romelia Vargas was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence that was part of a larger crime spree that had been terrorizing the Phoenix metropolitan area. A female, Vargas was working alongside Mirna…

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Serial Killer Victim20th anniversary

Mirna Palma-Roman

Victim of Mark Goudeau

age 34 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Feb 20, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the winter of 2006, the city of Phoenix was in the grip of fear, haunted by a series of brutal and seemingly random attacks. On February 20th, this wave of violence claimed the life of 34-year-old Mirna Palma-Roman. She and her co-worker, Romelia Vargas…

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Clara Newman

Victim of Earle Leonard Nelson

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Killed Feb 20, 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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Leon Lirette

Victim of Ronald Joseph Dominique

age 22 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Feb 20, 2005 · 21 years ago

Leon Paul Lirette, a 22-year-old man, was remembered by loved ones as a young person rooted in south Louisiana, a native and resident of Houma whose life ended in February 2005, long before anyone outside a tight circle of investigators understood how many…

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Diane Sam

Victim of John Peter Malveaux

age 38 · Opelousas, Louisiana

Killed Feb 20, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the quiet town of Opelousas, Louisiana, the discovery of a woman's body on February 20, 1997, initially seemed like a tragedy of natural causes. The partially unclothed remains of 38-year-old Diane Sam, an African American woman, were found at an apartment…

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Heidi Susie Balch

Victim of Joel David Rifkin

age 25 · New York City, New York

Killed Feb 20, 1989 · 37 years ago

Heidi “Susie” Balch, a 25-year-old White woman, was killed on February 20, 1989, in East Meadow on Long Island, a death that would not be publicly connected to a named victim for nearly a quarter century. What became known first was not a missing-person…

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Joseph Ortega

Victim of James Allen Red Dog

Marion, Illinois

Killed Feb 20, 1983 · 43 years ago

Joseph Ortega, a **male federal inmate** housed at the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, was found dead on **February 20, 1983**. Prison records and later court testimony show that he was singled out by members of a prison gang after “offending” other…

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Karen Chitwood

Victim of Cecil Henry Floyd

age 17 · Orange County, Florida

Killed Feb 20, 1974 · 52 years ago

Karen Denise High Chitwood, an 18-year-old Caucasian female, tragically lost her life on February 20, 1974, in Orange County, Florida. Her death was ruled as a homicide. The circumstances surrounding her murder were particularly harrowing, as she was stabbed…

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Serial Killer Victims (10)