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Serial Killer Victims on May 20

662 open cases in our database happened on May 20. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (13)

Loretta Lewis - Jennings, Louisiana
Serial Killer Victim

Loretta Lewis

Victim of Jeff Davis 8
age 28 · Jennings, Louisiana
Killed May 20, 2005 · 21 years ago

On May 20, 2005, the body of 28-year-old Loretta Lynn Chaisson Lewis, a White female, was discovered floating in a canal on the outskirts of Jennings, Louisiana, by a fisherman. Her remains were significantly decomposed, and she was identified through her…

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James Sylve - Kenner, Louisiana
Serial Killer Victim

James Sylve

age 1 · Kenner, Louisiana
Killed May 20, 1998 · 28 years ago

James Sylve, a 1-year-old Black boy from Kenner, Louisiana, vanished into the kind of silence that makes an entire community hold its breath. In mid-May 1998, he was in the care of his stepfather, Eric Dawon Matthews, after violence had already torn through…

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Leola Douglas - Cincinnati, Ohio
Serial Killer Victim

Leola Douglas

age 27 · Cincinnati, Ohio
Killed May 20, 1987 · 39 years ago

Leola Douglas, a 27-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on May 20, 1987. She was killed by her boyfriend, Anthony Kirkland, after she refused to have sex with him. Kirkland raped and murdered her before setting her body on fire in an attempt to destroy…

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Jeffrey Sheffield - Denver, Colorado
Serial Killer Victim

Jeffrey Sheffield

age 23 · Denver, Colorado
Killed May 20, 1987 · 39 years ago

Jeffrey E. Sheffield was a 23-year-old white male living in Denver, Colorado, whose life was cut short on May 20, 1987, when he died by homicidal violence. Official records and memorials place his death in Denver and remember him simply as a young man whose…

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Mitchell Gonzales - Denver, Colorado
Serial Killer Victim

Mitchell Gonzales

age 22 · Denver, Colorado
Killed May 20, 1987 · 39 years ago

Mitchell Gonzales, a 22-year-old man, was killed in Denver, Colorado, on May 20, 1987. He died alongside Jeffrey E. Sheffield during a violent encounter connected to Michael Tenneson, who was also known as Michael Leith. The two victims had reportedly spent…

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Jeffrey Sheffield - Denver, Colorado
Serial Killer Victim

Jeffrey Sheffield

age 23 · Denver, Colorado
Killed May 20, 1987 · 39 years ago

Jeffrey E. Sheffield was a 23-year-old white male living in Denver, Colorado, whose life was cut short on May 20, 1987, when he died by homicidal violence. Official records and memorials place his death in Denver and remember him simply as a young man whose…

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Mitchell Gonzales - Denver, Colorado
Serial Killer Victim

Mitchell Gonzales

age 22 · Denver, Colorado
Killed May 20, 1987 · 39 years ago

Mitchell Gonzales, a 22-year-old man, was killed in Denver, Colorado, on May 20, 1987. He died alongside Jeffrey E. Sheffield during a violent encounter connected to Michael Tenneson, who was also known as Michael Leith. The two victims had reportedly spent…

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Angelica Lavallee - Indian River County, Florida
Serial Killer Victim

Angelica Lavallee

Victim of David Alan Gore
age 14 · Indian River County, Florida
Killed May 20, 1983 · 43 years ago

Angelica Lavallee, a 14-year-old girl, tragically lost her life on May 20, 1983, in Florida. She and her friend, Barbara Ann Byer, also 14, were hitchhiking along Interstate 95 in Brevard County when they encountered David Alan Gore and his cousin Fred…

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Barbara Ann Byer - Indian River County, Florida
Serial Killer Victim

Barbara Ann Byer

Victim of David Alan Gore
age 14 · Indian River County, Florida
Killed May 20, 1983 · 43 years ago

Barbara Ann Byer, a 14-year-old girl, tragically lost her life on May 20, 1983, in a horrifying incident that shocked the community. Barbara, along with another 14-year-old girl named Angelica LaVallee, was hitchhiking along Interstate 95 in Brevard County…

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Angelica Lavallee - Indian River County, Florida
Serial Killer Victim

Angelica Lavallee

Victim of Fred Waterfield
age 14 · Indian River County, Florida
Killed May 20, 1983 · 43 years ago

Angelica Lavallee, a 14-year-old girl, tragically lost her life on May 20, 1983, in Florida. She and her friend, Barbara Ann Byer, also 14, were hitchhiking along Interstate 95 in Brevard County when they encountered David Alan Gore and his cousin Fred…

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Barbara Ann Byer - Indian River County, Florida
Serial Killer Victim

Barbara Ann Byer

Victim of Fred Waterfield
age 14 · Indian River County, Florida
Killed May 20, 1983 · 43 years ago

Barbara Ann Byer, a 14-year-old girl, tragically lost her life on May 20, 1983, in a horrifying incident that shocked the community. Barbara, along with another 14-year-old girl named Angelica LaVallee, was hitchhiking along Interstate 95 in Brevard County…

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Helen Alderson Hall - St. Petersburg, Florida
Serial Killer Victim

Helen Alderson Hall

age 60 · St. Petersburg, Florida
Killed May 20, 1978 · 48 years ago

On May 20, 1978, Helen Marie Alderson Hall, a 60-year-old white woman, was discovered dead in her home in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her body was found by her son, Richard, in her bedroom. Authorities determined that she had been bludgeoned to death with an…

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Serial Killer Victim

Laverne Hale

age 87 · Indianapolis, Indiana
Killed May 20, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the spring of 1987, a violent series of crimes plagued the elderly community of Indianapolis, Indiana, culminating in a tragic event on May 20 involving 87-year-old Laverne Hale. On that day, the Black female resident was in her home when she was targeted…

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