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Serial Killer Victims on October 24

711 open cases in our database happened on October 24. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (13)

Allene Elizabeth Redmon - Harrisonburg, Virginia
Serial Killer Victim5th anniversary

Allene Elizabeth Redmon

age 54 · Harrisonburg, Virginia
Killed Oct 24, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the autumn of 2021, the community of Harrisonburg, Virginia, was shaken by the disappearance of a lifelong resident, Allene Elizabeth 'Beth' Redmon. A 54-year-old mother and grandmother, Beth was last seen in the downtown area on or around October 24.…

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Wendy Meyers - Poughkeepsie, New York
Serial Killer Victim30th anniversary

Wendy Meyers

age 30 · Poughkeepsie, New York
Killed Oct 24, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the autumn of 1996, the life of 30-year-old Wendy Meyers was tragically cut short in Poughkeepsie, New York. A white female, Meyers became the first victim of a man who would come to be known as 'The Poughkeepsie Killer.' On October 24, 1996, she was…

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Sharon Martin - Greensboro, North Carolina
Serial Killer Victim35th anniversary

Sharon Martin

age 26 · Greensboro, North Carolina
Killed Oct 24, 1991 · 35 years ago

Sharon Martin, a 26-year-old African American woman, was brutally murdered on October 24, 1991. Her death was a result of strangulation, and her body was dismembered post-mortem. The remains of Sharon Martin were discovered scattered in various locations…

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Josephine Vargas - Santa Ana, California
Serial Killer Victim

Josephine Vargas

Victim of Franc Cano
age 34 · Santa Ana, California
Killed Oct 24, 2013 · 13 years ago

Josephine Vargas, a 34-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on October 24, 2013. Her death was part of a series of heinous crimes committed by Franc Cano and Steven Dean Gordon, both convicted pedophiles. The two men were responsible for the kidnapping…

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Carlos Esquibel - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Serial Killer Victim

Carlos Esquibel

age 37 · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Killed Oct 24, 2005 · 21 years ago

Carlos Esquibel, a 37-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically murdered on October 24, 2005, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On the night of his death, Esquibel reportedly approached Clifton Bloomfield, a known serial killer, at a Fuddruckers restaurant. According…

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Michael Barnett - New Orleans, Louisiana
Serial Killer Victim

Michael Barnett

age 21 · New Orleans, Louisiana
Killed Oct 24, 2004 · 22 years ago

On October 24, 2004, a body was found in Bayou Blue in Terrebonne Parish, a rural stretch of south Louisiana where cane fields, waterways, and back roads can swallow a person’s last steps. The victim was Michael Barnett, a 21-year-old white male. The…

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Karen Denise Patterson - Trenton, New Jersey
Serial Killer Victim

Karen Denise Patterson

Victim of Anthony Balaam
age 41 · Trenton, New Jersey
Killed Oct 24, 1994 · 32 years ago

In the predawn hours of October 24, 1994, the city of Trenton, New Jersey, was stalked by a predator who would come to be known as 'The Trenton Strangler'. It was on this day that 41-year-old Karen Denise Patterson, an African American woman, tragically…

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Joseph Cushman - Chester, Illinois
Serial Killer Victim

Joseph Cushman

age 52 · Chester, Illinois
Killed Oct 24, 1982 · 44 years ago

Joseph J. Cushman, a 52-year-old male corrections employee, tragically lost his life on October 24, 1982, in a violent incident at the Menard Correctional Center in Illinois. Cushman, who had served with the Illinois Department of Corrections for 19 years…

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Cathy Millican - New London, New Hampshire
Serial Killer Victim

Cathy Millican

age 27 · New London, New Hampshire
Killed Oct 24, 1978 · 48 years ago

On a Tuesday afternoon in the autumn of 1978, Catherine Millican, a 27-year-old Caucasian female, told friends and family of her plans to go birdwatching. An avid and talented photographer, artist, ornithologist, and national sailing champion, it was not an…

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Carolyn Hedgepeth - Wilmington, Delaware
Serial Killer Victim

Carolyn Hedgepeth

Victim of Robert Reldan
age 15 · Wilmington, Delaware
Killed Oct 24, 1975 · 51 years ago

Carolyn Hedgepeth, a 15-year-old Black/African American girl from Wilmington, Delaware, left home with her friend Denise Evans on Friday night, October 24, 1975. By the next day, hunters in a marshy clearing in rural Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem…

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Judith Becker - Yonkers, New York
Serial Killer Victim

Judith Becker

Victim of Ricardo Caputo
age 26 · Yonkers, New York
Killed Oct 24, 1974 · 52 years ago

Judith Becker was a 26-year-old woman and a psychologist living in Yonkers, New York, when her life ended in sudden violence in the fall of 1974. She was found in her apartment after being badly beaten and strangled with a stocking, a scene that suggested…

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Robert Robbins - Phoenix, Arizona
Serial Killer Victim

Robert Robbins

age 19 · Phoenix, Arizona
Killed Oct 24, 1973 · 53 years ago

Robert Robbins was living in the Phoenix, Arizona area in the fall of 1973, sharing a trailer in the Apache Junction area outside the city with his girlfriend, Katherine Mestites, as the couple tried to build a life together on the outskirts of Phoenix.…

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Mary Guilfoyle - Santa Cruz, California
Serial Killer Victim

Mary Guilfoyle

age 24 · Santa Cruz, California
Killed Oct 24, 1972 · 54 years ago

Mary Margaret Guilfoyle, a 24-year-old white female college student, was murdered on October 24, 1972, in Santa Cruz County, California. She was last seen hitchhiking to an interview when she was picked up by Herbert Mullin, a local man later identified as a…

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