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Serial Killer Victims on October 18

662 open cases in our database happened on October 18. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (3)

Doris Evelyn Bruce Hosey - Woodford, Virginia
Serial Killer Victim

Doris Evelyn Bruce Hosey

age 53 · Woodford, Virginia
Killed Oct 18, 1974 · 52 years ago

On a tragic day in Woodford, Virginia, 53-year-old Doris Evelyn Bruce Hosey’s life was cut short in a brutal act of violence. On October 18, 1974, her home was invaded by the notorious serial killer, Paul John Knowles, who was then in the midst of a…

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Kenneth Unrein - Mesa, Arizona
Serial Killer Victim

Kenneth Unrein

age 21 · Mesa, Arizona
Killed Oct 18, 1973 · 53 years ago

In the autumn of 1973, the life of 21-year-old Kenneth Unrein was tragically cut short in Mesa, Arizona, marking another chapter in a horrifying saga of violence that stretched across two states. His death was not an isolated incident but a part of a brutal…

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Michael Adshade - Mesa, Arizona
Serial Killer Victim

Michael Adshade

age 19 · Mesa, Arizona
Killed Oct 18, 1973 · 53 years ago

Michael Raymond Adshade was a 19-year-old male living in Arizona in 1973 when his path crossed, fatally, with two men who were drifting through the Southwest looking for drugs, money, and excitement: Douglas Edward Gretzler and Willie Luther Steelman. In…

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