Serial Killer Victims on January 1

Serial Killer Victims (11)

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Jesse Olivas

Victim of Aaron Juan Saucedo

age 22 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2016, a tragic and senseless act of violence cut short the life of 22-year-old Jesus 'Jesse' Olivas in the Maryvale neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. Olivas, a young man known for his good heart and his compassion…

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Lucille G. Boyd

Victim of Golden Years Murders

age 75 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jan 1, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the winter of 1996, the city of Richmond, Virginia, was in the grip of a chilling series of events that would later be dubbed the 'Golden Years Murders.' Among the victims of this string of unsolved crimes was Lucille G. Boyd, a 75-year-old woman who was…

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Marie Elizabeth Vaughn

Victim of Terry Peder Rasmussen

age 7 · Bear Brook, New Hampshire

Killed Jan 1, 1971 · 55 years ago

Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a 7-year-old Caucasian female, was one of the victims in the infamous Bear Brook murders, also known as the Allenstown Four. She was last seen in November 1978 and is believed to have died between 1978 and 1981. Her remains were…

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Meredith Emerson

Victim of Gary Michael Hilton

age 24 · Blood Mountain, Georgia

Killed Jan 1, 2008 · 18 years ago

On New Year's Day 2008, 24-year-old Meredith Hope Emerson, a Caucasian female, embarked on a hike up Blood Mountain in northern Georgia with her black Labrador retriever, Ella. An avid and experienced hiker, Emerson was last seen on the trail with an older…

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Janecia Peters

Victim of Lonnie David Franklin

age 17 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Janecia Peters, a 25-year-old Black woman, was tragically found dead on January 1, 2007, in an alley located in the 9500 block of South Western Avenue in Los Angeles. Her body was discovered by a homeless man searching for cans, and she had been shot and…

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Melanie Ruth Camilini

Victim of William Devin Howell

age 29 · Seymour, Connecticut

Killed Jan 1, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the winter of 2003, Melanie Ruth Camilini, a 29-year-old White female and mother of two from Seymour, Connecticut, vanished. She was last seen in the Waterbury area sometime in January with two men. Camilini had been grappling with substance abuse and had…

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Nikia Shanell Kilpatrick

Victim of Paul Durousseau

age 20 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Jan 1, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the early days of January 2003, concern grew for 20-year-old Nikia Shanell Kilpatrick, a young, pregnant mother of two in Jacksonville, Florida. When friends and family couldn't reach her for several days, the silence became deeply unsettling. Tragically…

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Janice Marie Buono

Victim of Lawton Serial Killer

age 29 · Lawton, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 1, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the winter of 2002, the life of twenty-nine-year-old Janice Marie Buono, a Native American woman and mother of three, came to a tragic and mysterious end. She was last seen on New Year's Day in Lawton, Oklahoma, a city that would become the backdrop to a…

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Michael Vincent

Victim of Ronald Joseph Dominique

age 23 · Lafourche Parrish, Louisiana

Killed Jan 1, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the winter of 2000, the life of 23-year-old Michael Vincent was tragically cut short. An African-American male, his body was discovered in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, in January of that year, leaving a community in fear and a family to grieve an…

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Leo Parker

Victim of Donald Harvey

age 47 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jan 1, 1987 · 39 years ago

Leo Parker, a 47-year-old Black man, was a patient at Daniel Drake Memorial Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, when he became one of the victims of hospital orderly Donald Harvey, the serial killer later known as the “Angel of Death.” Contemporary reporting…

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Martha Sue Young

Victim of Donald Gene Miller

age 23 · East Lansing, Michigan

Killed Jan 1, 1977 · 49 years ago

Martha Sue Young, a 19-year-old Caucasian female, vanished during the early morning hours of New Year's Day in 1977 after meeting with her former fiancé in East Lansing, Michigan. A student at Michigan State University, she had recently ended her engagement…

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