Serial Killer Victims on May 29

Serial Killer Victims (14)

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Giselle Clardy

Victim of James Samuel Walraven

age 22 · Brookhaven, Georgia

Killed May 29, 1981 · 45 years ago

In the spring of 1981, a sense of unease settled over the Atlanta area as a series of brutal and strikingly similar murders began to unfold. The second victim in this string of terrifying crimes was Giselle Yvonne Clardy, a 22-year-old white woman who worked…

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David Hilligiest

Victim of Dean Arnold Corll

age 13 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 29, 1971 · 55 years ago

David Hilligiest, a 13-year-old boy from Houston, Texas, tragically lost his life on May 29, 1971. He was one of the victims of Dean Corll, a notorious serial killer also known as 'The Candy Man.' Corll, along with his teenage accomplices David Brooks and…

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Malley Winkle

Victim of Dean Arnold Corll

age 16 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 29, 1971 · 55 years ago

Gregory Malley Winkle, a 16-year-old male, tragically lost his life on May 29, 1971, in Houston, Texas. Born on January 24, 1955, in Alameda County, California, Gregory was one of the victims of the infamous serial killer Dean Corll, also known as 'The Candy…

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Dirk Bartling

Victim of Rapid City Creek Drownings

age 44 · Rapid City, South Dakota

Killed May 29, 1999 · 27 years ago

In the spring of 1999, the community of Rapid City, South Dakota, was gripped by a series of unsettling deaths that raised fears of a potential serial killer. Among the victims was Dirk Bartling, a 44-year-old white male, whose body was discovered floating in…

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Carolyn Barney

Victim of Louis Craine

Los Angeles, California

Killed May 29, 1987 · 39 years ago

On May 29, 1987, the body of Carolyn Barney, a 29-year-old Black woman, was discovered in a vacant lot located in the 9700 block of Grandee Avenue in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. The grim finding launched a homicide investigation that would…

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Vicki Gail Purdy

Victim of Honolulu Strangler

age 25 · Keehi Lagoon, Hawaii

Killed May 29, 1985 · 41 years ago

On the night of May 29, 1985, 25-year-old female victim Vicki Gail Purdy, a Caucasian woman originally from North Carolina, went out for an evening of clubbing in the Waikīkī district of Honolulu, Hawaii. She was married to Gary Purdy, a U.S. Army helicopter…

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Vernita Wheat

Victim of Alton Coleman

age 9 · Kenosha, Wisconsin

Killed May 29, 1984 · 42 years ago

Vernita Wheat was a 9-year-old Black/African American girl from Kenosha, Wisconsin, whose disappearance on May 29, 1984, became the opening case in a violent multistate crime spree associated with Alton Coleman. Coleman had approached Vernita’s mother…

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John Brandenburg Jr.

Victim of Larry William Eyler

age 19 · Newton County, Indiana

Killed May 29, 1983 · 43 years ago

In the autumn of 1983, the quiet of rural Newton County, Indiana, was shattered by a grim discovery. On October 18, mushroom foragers stumbled upon the remains of a young white male, later identified as 19-year-old John Ingram Brandenburg Jr. He was one of…

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Shui Mak

Victim of Robin Gecht

age 30 · Villa Park, Illinois

Killed May 29, 1982 · 44 years ago

Shui Mak, a 30-year-old woman of Asian descent, tragically lost her life in 1982 as a victim of the notorious 'Ripper Crew,' a group of serial killers operating in Illinois. Shui Mak was abducted on May 29, 1982, from Hanover Park, a village northwest of…

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Shui Mak

Victim of Andrew Kokoraleis

age 30 · Villa Park, Illinois

Killed May 29, 1982 · 44 years ago

Shui Mak, a 30-year-old woman of Asian descent, tragically lost her life in 1982 as a victim of the notorious 'Ripper Crew,' a group of serial killers operating in Illinois. Shui Mak was abducted on May 29, 1982, from Hanover Park, a village northwest of…

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Shui Mak

Victim of Thomas Kokoraleis

age 30 · Villa Park, Illinois

Killed May 29, 1982 · 44 years ago

Shui Mak, a 30-year-old woman of Asian descent, tragically lost her life in 1982 as a victim of the notorious 'Ripper Crew,' a group of serial killers operating in Illinois. Shui Mak was abducted on May 29, 1982, from Hanover Park, a village northwest of…

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Shui Mak

Victim of Edward Spreitzer

age 30 · Villa Park, Illinois

Killed May 29, 1982 · 44 years ago

Shui Mak, a 30-year-old woman of Asian descent, tragically lost her life in 1982 as a victim of the notorious 'Ripper Crew,' a group of serial killers operating in Illinois. Shui Mak was abducted on May 29, 1982, from Hanover Park, a village northwest of…

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Gustavo Faxas de Miguel

Victim of Angel Colon Maldonado

Puerto Rico

Killed May 29, 1985 · 41 years ago

Ángel Colón Maldonado: Puerto Rico's "Ángel de los Solteros" Ángel Colón Maldonado is a Puerto Rican serial killer whose crimes created fear in San Juan's gay community during the mid-1980s. He became known in the Puerto Rican press as "El Ángel de los…

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W. Obe Spencer

Victim of Charles Barr

age 27 · Tennessee

Killed May 29, 1923 · 103 years ago

Charles Barr: The Memphis Roadside Killer Charles Barr was an American serial killer responsible for a series of roadside attacks in the Memphis, Tennessee, area during the early 1920s. Newspapers and later historical accounts referred to him by such names as…

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