Serial Killer Victims on July 4

Serial Killer Victims (16)

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Sherry Latham

Victim of William Lester Suff

age 37 · Riverside County, California

Killed Jul 4, 1991 · 35 years ago

Sherry Ann Latham, a 37-year-old white female, was found murdered on July 4, 1991, in Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, California. Her body was discovered by picnickers in light brush approximately 15 feet east of Grape Street, near a roadside parallel to…

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Serial Killer Victim35th anniversary

Sherry Latham

Victim of William Lester Suff

age 37 · Riverside County, California

Killed Jul 4, 1991 · 35 years ago

Sherry Ann Latham, a 37-year-old white female, was found murdered on July 4, 1991, in Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, California. Her body was discovered by picnickers in light brush approximately 15 feet east of Grape Street, near a roadside parallel to…

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Mattie Davis

Victim of Jane Toppan

age 62 · Massachusetts

Killed Jul 4, 1901 · 125 years ago

Jane Toppan: The Poisoning Nurse Known as “Jolly Jane” Early Life Jane Toppan was an American nurse and serial poisoner who murdered patients, employers, friends, relatives, and members of families who trusted her with their care. Born Honora Kelley in…

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Jesus Rosario

Victim of Angelina Barini

age 51 · Astoria, New York

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

Jesus Rosario, a 51-year-old man, died on July 4, 2019, after a meeting with Angelina Barini at a motel in Astoria, Queens. Investigators ultimately connected Rosario’s death to a series of fatal druggings involving Barini during the summer of 2019. Federal…

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Kathleen Patricia Gouldin

Victim of Vernon Lee Clark

age 23 · La-porte, Michigan

Killed Jul 4, 1989 · 37 years ago

On the morning of July 4, 1989, the life of 23-year-old Kathleen Patricia Gouldin, a white female, was tragically cut short in her Elkridge, Maryland apartment. The previous evening, she had enjoyed a family meal, unaware of the violence that would soon…

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Karolyn Walker

Victim of Denver Prostitute Killer

age 18 · Aurora, Colorado

Killed Jul 4, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the summer of 1987, the life of 18-year-old Karolyn Walker was tragically cut short in Aurora, Colorado. A recent graduate of St. Mary's Academy in Englewood, she was known for her physical strength, having excelled in gymnastics and swimming. She was a…

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Sherry Eyerly

Victim of William Scott Smith

age 18 · Salem, Oregon

Killed Jul 4, 1982 · 44 years ago

On the evening of July 4, 1982, Sherry Eyerly, an 18-year-old White/Caucasian female, was working her part-time job as a pizza delivery driver for Domino's in Salem, Oregon. She had recently graduated from high school and was called into work on a day she…

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Christopher Phillips

Victim of Anthony Ray Briley

age 17 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jul 4, 1979 · 47 years ago

On a tragic Fourth of July in 1979, the life of 17-year-old Christopher Phillips, an African American male, was brutally cut short in Richmond, Virginia. The perpetrators were the notorious Briley brothers: Linwood, James, and Anthony. The fatal encounter…

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Christopher Phillips

Victim of James Dyral Briley

age 17 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jul 4, 1979 · 47 years ago

On a tragic Fourth of July in 1979, the life of 17-year-old Christopher Phillips, an African American male, was brutally cut short in Richmond, Virginia. The perpetrators were the notorious Briley brothers: Linwood, James, and Anthony. The fatal encounter…

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Christopher Phillips

Victim of Linwood Earl Briley

age 17 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jul 4, 1979 · 47 years ago

On a tragic Fourth of July in 1979, the life of 17-year-old Christopher Phillips, an African American male, was brutally cut short in Richmond, Virginia. The perpetrators were the notorious Briley brothers: Linwood, James, and Anthony. The fatal encounter…

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Joyce Ramey

Victim of Vincent Darrell Groves

age 23 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jul 4, 1979 · 47 years ago

On the evening of July 4, 1979, the holiday's celebrations were pierced by a grim discovery in an isolated area of Denver's Montbello Industrial Park District. Police responded to a report of a body and found 23-year-old Joyce Ramey on a dirt road near East…

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Patricia Moore

Victim of Darrell Keith Rich

age 17 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jul 4, 1978 · 48 years ago

Seventeen-year-old Patricia Ann Moore—referred to in court filings simply as a female teenager, with no official record specifying her ethnicity—vanished from a Redding, California motel in early August 1978. Investigators would later connect her…

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William Ray Lawrence

Victim of Elmer Wayne Henley

age 15 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 1973 · 53 years ago

In June of 1973, the life of 15-year-old William "Billy" Ray Lawrence, a White male from Houston, Texas, was tragically cut short, becoming one of the last victims in a string of horrific slayings that would come to be known as the Houston Mass Murders. On…

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Richard Hembree

Victim of Elmer Wayne Henley

age 13 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 1972 · 54 years ago

Richard Edward Hembree, a 13-year-old Caucasian male, tragically lost his life on October 3, 1972, in Houston, Texas. Richard, along with his friend Wally Jay Simoneaux, was last seen on October 2, 1972, walking to Richard's home. The two teenagers were…

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Henry Gurholdt

Victim of Belle Gunness

age 35 · La Porte, Indiana

Killed Jul 4, 1905 · 121 years ago

In the summer of 1905, Henry Gurholdt, a 35-year-old White male from Scandinavia, Wisconsin, traveled to La Porte, Indiana, carrying approximately $1,500 in cash and high hopes for a new future. He had responded to a matrimonial advertisement placed by a…

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Lucy Crable

Victim of Andrew Dillon

age 81 · Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 4, 1995 · 31 years ago

On the Fourth of July in 1995, 81-year-old Lucy Crable was found murdered in her home on Boas Street in Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania. The scene discovered by a neighbor, who noticed the backyard gate open and a screen slit, was one of brutal violence.…

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