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Serial Killer Victims on March 7

604 open cases in our database happened on March 7. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (7)

Esme Kenney - Cincinnati, Ohio
Serial Killer Victim

Esme Kenney

age 13 · Cincinnati, Ohio
Killed Mar 7, 2009 · 17 years ago

Esme Kenney, a 13-year-old girl, was tragically murdered on March 7, 2009, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She had gone out for a jog near the Winton Hills reservoir when she encountered Anthony Kirkland, a serial killer with a history of violent crimes. Kirkland later…

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Herman Marcel Buchanan - Frankfort, Kentucky
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Herman Marcel Buchanan

age 31 · Frankfort, Kentucky
Killed Mar 7, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the quiet community of Frankfort, Kentucky, the life of 31-year-old Herman Marcel Buchanan was tragically cut short on March 7, 2003. A resident of the Forest Villa Apartments for only about three months, few of his neighbors knew him well. The complex…

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Robert Phillips - Nashville, Tennessee
Serial Killer Victim

Robert Phillips

Victim of Thomas Steeples
age 24 · Nashville, Tennessee
Killed Mar 7, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the spring of 1994, the life of Robert William 'Robbie' Phillips, a 24-year-old white male, was tragically cut short in Nashville, Tennessee. He and his 28-year-old wife, Kelli Jean Gifford Phillips, were discovered murdered on March 7 in their motel room.…

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Kelli Phillips - Nashville, Tennessee
Serial Killer Victim

Kelli Phillips

Victim of Thomas Steeples
age 28 · Nashville, Tennessee
Killed Mar 7, 1994 · 32 years ago

A young woman’s life was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting that occurred on a late Friday night in Nashville. Kayla Phillips-Coker, a 26-year-old resident of Nashville, was killed in the incident which took place in the 100 block of Cumberland Avenue.…

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Hilda Leitz - Cincinnati, Ohio
Serial Killer Victim

Hilda Leitz

Victim of Donald Harvey
age 82 · Cincinnati, Ohio
Killed Mar 7, 1987 · 39 years ago

Hilda Leitz was an 82-year-old white woman who died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 7, 1987, while she was a patient at Daniel Drake Memorial Hospital. Her death would eventually become part of one of Cincinnati’s most notorious hospital murder investigations.…

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John W. Powell

Victim of Donald Harvey
age 44 · Cincinnati, Ohio
Killed Mar 7, 1987 · 39 years ago

John Powell, a 44-year-old man from Cincinnati, Ohio, died on May 2, 1987, under circumstances that later revealed a shocking crime. Powell had suffered severe brain injuries in a motorcycle accident the previous summer and was receiving care at Daniel Drake…

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Ira Jean Smith

age 38 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Killed Mar 7, 1985 · 41 years ago

Ira Jean Smith, a 38-year-old Black woman, was found murdered on March 7, 1985, in a motel room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her body was discovered wrapped in a blanket and hidden in a closet. Smith was known to be a sex worker, and her death initially went…

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