Serial Killer Victims on October 16

Serial Killer Victims (8)

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Cheryl Lynn Payton

Victim of Thomas Warren Whisenhant

age 23 · Mobile County, Alabama

Killed Oct 16, 1976 · 50 years ago

On a rainy evening in Mobile County, Alabama, on October 16, 1976, 23-year-old Cheryl Lynn Payton was working as a clerk at a Compact convenience store. That night, she was abducted at gunpoint from her place of work. Signs of a struggle were later found at…

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James R. Balderson

Victim of Marion Albert Pruett

New Mexico||Mississippi||Colorado||Arkansas

Killed Oct 16, 1981 · 45 years ago

Marion Albert Pruett: The “Mad Dog Killer” Early Life and Criminal Background Marion Albert Pruett was an American serial killer whose violent crimes crossed four states during 1981. Born on October 4, 1949, in Gastonia, North Carolina, Pruett accumulated a…

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Anthony Taitt

Victim of Marion Albert Pruett

New Mexico||Mississippi||Colorado||Arkansas

Killed Oct 16, 1981 · 45 years ago

Marion Albert Pruett: The “Mad Dog Killer” Early Life and Criminal Background Marion Albert Pruett was an American serial killer whose violent crimes crossed four states during 1981. Born on October 4, 1949, in Gastonia, North Carolina, Pruett accumulated a…

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Craig Petrich

Victim of Ronald Ward

age 43 · Hamilton, Montana

Killed Oct 16, 2000 · 26 years ago

On October 16, 2000, the life of Craig Sheldon Petrich, a 43-year-old male who had recently moved to Hamilton, Montana, was tragically cut short. His body was discovered by hikers in the Soft Rock area of the Sapphire Mountains. An investigation determined…

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Anthony Greene

Victim of Richard Angelo

age 57 · West Islip, New York

Killed Oct 16, 1987 · 39 years ago

Anthony Greene, a 57-year-old Black man, entered Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Islip, New York, already burdened by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the kind of illness that makes every breath feel like work. In the cardiac and intensive-care…

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Chevelle Wheeler

Victim of Wesley Howard Shermantine

age 16 · Stockton, California

Killed Oct 16, 1985 · 41 years ago

Chevelle "Chevy" Wheeler, a 16-year-old Caucasian female, disappeared on October 16, 1985, after skipping school in Stockton, California. She was last seen getting into a red pickup truck outside Franklin High School. Before leaving, she told a friend she was…

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Karen Wine

Victim of Paul John Knowles

age 35 · Marlborough, Connecticut

Killed Oct 16, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a tragic day in Marlborough, Connecticut, the lives of a mother and her daughter were brutally cut short. On October 16, 1974, 35-year-old Karen Wine and her 16-year-old daughter, Dawn Marie Wine, were found deceased in their home. The two had been bound…

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Dawn Marie Wine

Victim of Paul John Knowles

age 16 · Marlborough, Connecticut

Killed Oct 16, 1974 · 52 years ago

On October 16, 1974, Dawn Marie Wine, a 16-year-old girl, was at the Marlborough, Connecticut, home she shared with her mother, Karen Wine. Dawn was reportedly doing schoolwork when a stranger appeared at the door and calmly asked whether her parents were…

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