Serial Killer Victims (9)

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David Lee Pender

age 27 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed May 8, 1971 · 55 years ago

David Lee Pender, born on December 22, 1943, tragically lost his life on May 8, 1971, in Jacksonville, Florida. The circumstances surrounding his death were both sudden and violent. On that fateful day, Pender was involved in a heated argument with his best…

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Jackie Nikelia Thorpe

Victim of Edgecombe County Serial Killer

age 35 · Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Killed May 8, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jackie Nikelia Thorpe, a 35-year-old African-American woman, was reported missing on May 8, 2007. Her remains were discovered on August 17, 2007, behind a house on Seven Bridges Road in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Thorpe was one of several African-American…

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Laura Hobbs

Victim of Jorge Avila-torrez

age 8 · Zion, Illinois

Killed May 8, 2005 · 21 years ago

Laura Hobbs, an 8-year-old girl, was tragically murdered on May 8, 2005, in Zion, Illinois. Laura, along with her friend Krystal Tobias, 9, went out to play on their bicycles but failed to return by nightfall. Their families, police, and volunteers searched…

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Krystal Tobias

Victim of Jorge Avila-torrez

age 9 · Zion, Illinois

Killed May 8, 2005 · 21 years ago

Krystal Tobias, a 9-year-old girl, was tragically murdered on May 8, 2005, in Zion, Illinois. She and her friend, 8-year-old Laura Hobbs, went out to play on their bicycles but failed to return by nightfall. Their families, police, and volunteers searched for…

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Stephanie Lynn Russell

Victim of Todd Alan Reed

age 26 · Portland, Oregon

Killed May 8, 1999 · 27 years ago

A 26-year-old White female named Stephanie Lynn Russell died in Portland, Oregon, on May 8, 1999. Online records confirm her date and place of death, but provide no specific details regarding the circumstances surrounding her passing. Information regarding…

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Marlys Wohlenhaus

Victim of Joseph Donald Ture

age 18 · Afton, Minnesota

Killed May 8, 1979 · 47 years ago

On a spring afternoon in Afton, Minnesota, the life of 18-year-old Marlys Wohlenhaus, a White female, was brutally cut short. On May 8, 1979, her mother returned to their family home around 3:30 p.m. to a horrific scene. Marlys was discovered in a downstairs…

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James Christie

Victim of Edward Krause

Douglas, Alaska

Killed May 8, 1915 · 111 years ago

White/Caucasian, male. On May 8, 1915, William Christie stepped away from the bustle of the Treadwell Mine on Douglas Island after a stranger arrived with the air of authority and a story to match. The visitor introduced himself as a U.S. marshal carrying a…

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Boyd Wayne Johnson

Victim of David Edwin Mason

age 24 · Alameda, California

Killed May 8, 1982 · 44 years ago

Boyd Wayne Johnson, a 24-year-old male, was murdered on May 8, 1982, while incarcerated in the Alameda County jail in California. His death was the result of strangulation at the hands of his cellmate, David Edwin Mason, a convicted serial killer. Mason, who…

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Robert Snyder

Victim of Helene Auguste Geisen-volk

New York

Killed May 8, 1925 · 101 years ago

Helene Auguste Geisen-Volk: The New York Baby-Farm Deaths Background Helene Auguste Geisen-Volk was a German-born nurse and child-care operator whose New York City infant homes became the center of a shocking criminal investigation in 1925. Although she is…

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