Serial Killer Victims (11)

Serial Killer Victim55th anniversary

Kenneth Whitacre

age 40 · Sutter County, California

Killed May 19, 1971 · 55 years ago

In the spring of 1971, the quiet agricultural community of Sutter County, California, was rocked by a grisly discovery that would unravel a tale of serial murder. On May 19, 1971, a peach grower named Goro Kagehiro became suspicious of a freshly filled hole…

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Serial Killer Victim55th anniversary

James W. Howard

Victim of Juan Vallejo Corona

age 64 · Elida, New Mexico

Killed May 19, 1971 · 55 years ago

James Wylie Howard, a 64-year-old Caucasian male, was among the 25 victims of Juan Vallejo Corona's 1971 killing spree in Sutter County, California. Born on May 25, 1907, in Elida, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, Howard was murdered between May 1 and May 13…

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Clair Williamson

Victim of Linda Laura Hazzard

Olalla, Washington

Killed May 19, 1911 · 115 years ago

In the spring of 1911, a British woman named Claire Williamson, who was in her 30s, arrived in Olalla, Washington, with her sister Dora. The wealthy heiresses were seeking treatment at the sanitarium of Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard for various health…

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Ollie Russell

Victim of Earle Leonard Nelson

California||Oregon||Washington||Iowa||Missouri||Pennsylvania

Killed May 19, 1926 · 100 years ago

Earle Leonard Nelson: The “Gorilla Man” and “Dark Strangler” Introduction Earle Leonard Nelson was an American serial killer whose crimes spread across the United States and into Canada during 1926 and 1927. Newspapers called him the “Gorilla Man,” the…

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David Spears

Victim of Aileen Carol Wuornos

age 47 · Chassahowitzka, Florida

Killed May 19, 1990 · 36 years ago

David Andrew Spears, a 47-year-old construction worker, was found dead on June 1, 1990, in Citrus County, Florida. His body was discovered nude and had been shot six times in the torso. Spears was last seen alive on May 19, 1990, in Chassahowitzka, Florida.…

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Joanna Messina

Victim of Robert Christian Hansen

age 24 · Eklutna, Alaska

Killed May 19, 1980 · 46 years ago

On May 19, 1980, White Female, age 24, Joanna Messina was in Seward, Alaska, where she crossed paths with Anchorage baker Robert Hansen. Contemporary accounts later reconstructed her final evening: she went to dinner with Hansen, after which he forced her out…

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Diana Lynn Valleck

Victim of Gerald Eugene Stano

age 18 · Tampa, Florida

Killed May 19, 1975 · 51 years ago

Diana Lynn Valleck, an 18-year-old go-go dancer, was tragically found dead on May 19, 1975, in an orange grove in Pasco County, Florida. Her body was discovered less than three miles from the location where another victim, Wilma Ida Woods, had been found…

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Annie Lucille Dedmond

Victim of Lee Roy Martin

age 33 · Gaffney, South Carolina

Killed May 19, 1967 · 59 years ago

In the spring of 1967, the life of 33-year-old Annie Lucille Dedmond, a Caucasian woman from Gaffney, South Carolina, came to a tragic and violent end. On May 20th, after an evening spent with her husband, Roger Zane Dedmond, her nude body was discovered on…

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Richard L. Morton

Victim of Nannie Doss

Emporia, Kansas

Killed May 19, 1953 · 73 years ago

Richard Morton, a retired businessman from Emporia, Kansas, passed away on April 17, 1952. He was a middle-aged man of mixed ethnicity, described as half American Indian, with a tall and striking appearance. His death was later revealed to be a result of…

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Lovie Williams

Victim of Leroy Snyder

age 52 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed May 19, 1969 · 57 years ago

Lovie Williams, a 52-year-old Black female, had just returned to her Camden, New Jersey home in the early morning hours of May 19, 1969, after attending a funeral in North Carolina. The trip had been long and tiring. Later that day, at around four in the…

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Robert Wiggins Jr.

Victim of Euzebe Vidrine

age 27 · Louisiana||Texas (suspected)

Killed May 19, 1924 · 102 years ago

Euzebe Vidrine: Louisiana’s Early Serial Killer Background and Early Life Euzebe Vidrine was born on July 12, 1898, in Ville Platte, Louisiana. He grew up in the rural, French-speaking community of Evangeline Parish and was initially regarded as a hardworking…

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