Serial Killer Victims on January 3

Serial Killer Victims (12)

Serial Killer Victim45th anniversary

Connie Sue Thompson

Victim of Anthony H. Cook

age 19 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Jan 3, 1981 · 45 years ago

Connie Sue Thompson, a 19-year-old female hitchhiker from Michigan, tragically lost her life on January 3, 1981. Her death was the result of a heinous crime committed by Anthony and Nathaniel Cook, two brothers who were later identified as serial killers…

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Serial Killer Victim45th anniversary

Connie Sue Thompson

Victim of Nathaniel Cook

age 19 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Jan 3, 1981 · 45 years ago

Connie Sue Thompson, a 19-year-old female hitchhiker from Michigan, tragically lost her life on January 3, 1981. Her death was the result of a heinous crime committed by Anthony and Nathaniel Cook, two brothers who were later identified as serial killers…

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Serial Killer Victim60th anniversary

Lewis Gephart

Victim of Richard Steeves

age 84 · West Lafayette, Ohio

Killed Jan 3, 1966 · 60 years ago

On January 3, 1966, 84-year-old white male Lewis John Gephart Sr. was murdered in Coshocton County, Ohio. Gephart had extended hospitality to a man named Richard Edward Steeves, whose car had broken down in the area. Alongside his 35-year-old son, Francis…

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Serial Killer Victim60th anniversary

Francis Gephart

Victim of Richard Steeves

age 35 · West Lafayette, Ohio

Killed Jan 3, 1966 · 60 years ago

Francis Eugene Gephart, a 35-year-old white male, was found dead alongside his father, Lewis Gephart Sr., age 84, in their home near West Lafayette, Coshocton County, Ohio, on January 3, 1966. The double homicide shocked the local community, as both men were…

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Serial Killer Victim55th anniversary

Ilsa Brandt

Victim of Carl Brandt

age 38 · Fort-wayne, Indiana

Killed Jan 3, 1971 · 55 years ago

In the quiet city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, the life of 38-year-old Ilsa Luise Zerbel Brandt, a German immigrant, came to a tragic and unexpected end on January 3, 1971. At eight months pregnant, she was looking forward to the birth of her child. The Brandt…

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Eric Bridgeford

Victim of Franklin Dewayne Alix

age 23 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 3, 1998 · 28 years ago

Eric Bridgeford, a 23-year-old male from Houston, Texas, tragically lost his life on January 3, 1998. His death was the result of a violent burglary gone wrong. On that fateful morning, Franklin DeWayne Alix, a 34-year-old man, accosted Eric's sister at…

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Stacey Ann Frobel

Victim of Paul Frederick Runge

age 24 · Streamwood, Illinois

Killed Jan 3, 1995 · 31 years ago

Stacey Ann Frobel, a 24-year-old white female from Carol Stream, Illinois, was last seen alive on January 4, 1995, after leaving a friend’s apartment in Streamwood. Her disappearance quickly raised concern, and her husband reported her missing later that same…

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Patricia Cannon George

Victim of Benjamin Thomas Atkins

age 36 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 3, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the autumn of 1991, a 36-year-old woman named Patricia Cannon George became the first victim of a man who would come to be known as 'The Woodward Corridor Killer.' Her disappearance in December of that same year prompted a missing person report, but her…

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Charles Dickerson

Victim of Donald Eugene Harding

Lake Tahoe, California

Killed Jan 3, 1980 · 46 years ago

Charles Dickerson was murdered on January 3, 1980, in a motel in South Lake Tahoe, California. His body was discovered beneath a bed, bound and gagged, and he had died of asphyxiation. The crime was part of a series of violent offenses committed by Donald…

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Kimberly Pitchford

Victim of I-45 Killer

age 16 · Pasadena, Texas

Killed Jan 3, 1973 · 53 years ago

Kimberly Raye Pitchford, a 16-year-old girl from Pasadena, Texas, disappeared on January 3, 1973, after attending a driver's education class. Her body was discovered two days later in a ditch in Angleton, Texas. She had been strangled. Her case remains…

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Timothy McCoy

Victim of John Wayne Gacy

age 16 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 3, 1972 · 54 years ago

Timothy Jack McCoy, a 16-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on January 3, 1972, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was caused by multiple stab wounds to the chest. McCoy was the first known victim of John Wayne Gacy, a notorious serial killer who…

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Louisa Holder Hazel

Victim of Nannie Doss

Lexington, North Carolina

Killed Jan 3, 1953 · 73 years ago

Louisa Emily 'Lou' Holder Hazel, a 74-year-old white woman, passed away on January 3, 1953, in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. Her death was later revealed to be a result of poisoning, a method employed by her daughter, Nannie Doss, who was a…

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