Serial Killer Victims on February 26

Serial Killer Victims (10)

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Annetta Nelson

Victim of Deangelo Kenneth Martin

age 57 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Feb 26, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the winter of 2018, the body of 57-year-old Annetta Nelson was discovered in a vacant house on Detroit's east side. An investigation by the medical examiner would later determine that she had died from blunt force trauma. Her case was the beginning of a…

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Donna Bennett Johnston

Victim of Sean Vincent Gillis

age 43 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Feb 26, 2004 · 22 years ago

In February 2004, the life of 43-year-old Donna Bennett Johnston was tragically cut short, marking the end of a terrifying chapter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A white female, Johnston became the eighth and final victim of the serial killer Sean Vincent Gillis.…

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Julius Bryant

Victim of James Swann

age 58 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 26, 1993 · 33 years ago

Julius “Jack” Bryant, a 58-year-old male from Washington, D.C., spent his final day in a neighborhood barbershop on 11th Street NW, an ordinary stop in a part of the city he knew, as an extraordinary and terrifying pattern of violence was just beginning to…

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Belle Burkhard

Victim of Catherine May Wood

age 74 · Walker, Michigan

Killed Feb 26, 1987 · 39 years ago

In 1987, the quiet life of 74-year-old Belle Burkhard, a white female resident of the Alpine Manor Nursing Home in Walker, Michigan, came to a tragic and unexpected end. Her death was not from natural causes, but rather one in a series of heinous acts…

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Rosario Teresa Gonzalez

Victim of Christopher Bernard Wilder

age 20 · Miami, Florida

Killed Feb 26, 1984 · 42 years ago

Rosario Teresa Gonzalez, a 20-year-old white female of Cuban descent, disappeared on February 26, 1984, in Miami, Florida. At the time, she was working a temporary promotional job distributing aspirin samples at the Miami Grand Prix racetrack. Witnesses…

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Edward Elkington

Victim of Billy Battenfield

age 83 · Tucumcari, New Mexico

Killed Feb 26, 1978 · 48 years ago

Edward Elkington, an 83-year-old white male architect from California, was found dead on February 26, 1978. His body was discovered in a culvert along Interstate 40 near Tucumcari, New Mexico. The cause of death was determined to be suffocation with a pillow.…

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Barbara Jean McLean

Victim of Gary Allen Srery

age 19 · Calgary, Alberta

Killed Feb 26, 1977 · 49 years ago

Barbara Jean MacLean, a 19-year-old white female originally from Inverness, Nova Scotia, was murdered on February 26, 1977, in Calgary, Alberta. She had moved to Calgary just six months prior and was employed at the Palliser Square Branch of the Royal Bank.…

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Janet Fay

Victim of Raymond Martinez Fernandez

age 66 · Grand Rapids, Michigan

Killed Feb 26, 1949 · 77 years ago

In the winter of 1949, the life of 66-year-old Janet Fay, a woman seeking companionship, came to a tragic and violent end. Her story is intertwined with a pair of notorious murderers who preyed on the lonely and vulnerable through personal ads. Fay, a…

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Delphine Downing

Victim of Raymond Martinez Fernandez

age 28 · Grand Rapids, Michigan

Killed Feb 26, 1949 · 77 years ago

In the winter of 1949, Delphine Downing, a 28-year-old widow from a suburb of Grand Rapids, Michigan, sought companionship by placing a personal ad. A seemingly well-mannered and successful businessman from New York named Charles Martin responded, expressing…

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Rainelle Downing

Victim of Raymond Martinez Fernandez

age 2 · Wyoming Township, Michigan

Killed Feb 26, 1949 · 77 years ago

In the quiet community of Wyoming-Township, Michigan, a young life was tragically cut short in February of 1949. Two-year-old Rainelle Downing, a female, became a victim in a series of horrific events that also claimed the life of her mother, Delphine…

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