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Serial Killer Victims on January 23

699 open cases in our database happened on January 23. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (10)

Silas Butner - London, Kentucky
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Silas Butner

Victim of Donald Harvey
age 62 · London, Kentucky
Killed Jan 23, 1971 · 55 years ago

Silas Butner, a 62-year-old African American man, died in London, Kentucky, on January 23, 1971, while a patient at Marymount Hospital. Online records identify him as one of the Kentucky victims of Donald Harvey, a young hospital orderly who would later…

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Brenda Kay Hagy - Bloomington, Indiana
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Brenda Kay Hagy

age 45 · Bloomington, Indiana
Killed Jan 23, 1995 · 31 years ago

Brenda Kay Hagy, a 45-year-old drifter from Bloomington, Indiana, was found deceased on January 23, 1995, along an access road to Interstate 81 in Washington County, Virginia. Her partially clad body had been strangled, and it was evident that a…

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Lisa Susan ORourke - Foley, Alabama
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Lisa Susan ORourke

age 29 · Foley, Alabama
Killed Jan 23, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the winter of 1994, the life of 29-year-old Lisa Susan O'Rourke was tragically cut short. A Caucasian woman from St. Louis, Missouri, her journey ended in Alabama, where her body was discovered on January 23, 1994. Initially, her death was attributed to…

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Joyce Baldwin - Hampton, Virginia
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Joyce Baldwin

age 45 · Hampton, Virginia
Killed Jan 23, 1984 · 42 years ago

On January 23, 1984, Joyce Baldwin, a 45-year-old woman, was working in a beauty salon in a small Hampton, Virginia shopping center when a man entered around noon. The man, later identified as Syvasky Lafayette Poyner, initially engaged her in a friendly…

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Teresa Wallin - Sacramento, California
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Teresa Wallin

age 22 · Sacramento, California
Killed Jan 23, 1978 · 48 years ago

Teresa Lyn "Terry" Wallin, aged 22, was tragically murdered on January 23, 1978, in Sacramento, California. Teresa was three months pregnant at the time of her death. Her murder was part of a series of brutal killings committed by Richard Trenton Chase…

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Nicolas Hernandez-Jimenez - Redondo-beach, California
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Nicolas Hernandez-Jimenez

age 28 · Redondo-beach, California
Killed Jan 23, 1977 · 49 years ago

Nicolas "Nicky" Hernandez-Jimenez, aged 28, tragically lost his life on January 23, 1977, in Redondo Beach, California. His death was a result of a brutal murder committed by Patrick Kearney, a notorious serial killer known as the "Trash Bag Killer." Kearney…

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Melvin Watess Gibbs - Cordele, Georgia
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Melvin Watess Gibbs

Victim of Janie Lou Gibbs
age 16 · Cordele, Georgia
Killed Jan 23, 1967 · 59 years ago

In the small town of Cordele, Georgia, the Gibbs family was known as a devout, church-going family. However, a dark secret lurked within their home. Melvin Gibbs, a 16-year-old white male, fell victim to a series of sinister events that would unravel the…

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Christopher Moderow

age 30 · Tulsa, Oklahoma
Killed Jan 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on January 23, 2007, 30-year-old Christopher Moderow lost his life in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His death was not an accident but a brutal act of violence that cut his life short. On that fateful day, Moderow was in the company of Joshua…

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David Gilbert

age 26 · Tulsa, Oklahoma
Killed Jan 23, 2007 · 19 years ago

David Gilbert, a 26-year-old man from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was shot to death on January 23, 2007, during a grim twenty-four hours in which the city saw four homicides and detectives rushed from one crime scene to the next. Police found him in north Tulsa, one of…

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Mary Forschner

age 15 · Ohio
Killed Jan 23, 1909 · 117 years ago

The Dayton Strangler: Dayton's Unidentified "Jack the Strangler" The Dayton Strangler was the name given to an unidentified killer believed responsible for a series of murders in Dayton, Ohio, during the first decade of the twentieth century. Newspapers also…

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