Serial Killer Victims (14)

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Linda Tilley

age 22 · Austin, Texas

Killed Sep 5, 1981 · 45 years ago

Linda Katherine Tilley, a 22-year-old white female, was a senior at the University of Texas in Austin when she tragically lost her life on September 5, 1981. Her death occurred at her apartment complex, where she was found drowned in the swimming pool.…

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Serial Killer Victim50th anniversary

Arlene Gehrke

Victim of Allen Leroy Anderson

age 58 · Buckeye, Iowa

Killed Sep 5, 1976 · 50 years ago

Arlene Gehrke, a 58-year-old woman who served as a church organist in the Buckeye, Iowa, area, was killed on September 4, 1976. Contemporary reporting places the homicide on September 4 rather than September 5. Gehrke was robbed and then shot in the back of…

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Peter Halm

Victim of Glennon Edward Engleman

age 26 · Pacific, Missouri

Killed Sep 5, 1976 · 50 years ago

On September 5, 1976, Peter Joseph Halm, a 26-year-old White male, was killed while visiting a remote area in Pacific, Missouri. He had been lured to the location near a cave under the guise of a casual outing with his wife, Carmen Miranda Halm. As the couple…

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Serial Killer Victim40th anniversary

Raymond Kelly

Victim of Robert Earnest Rozier

age 61 · Miami, Florida

Killed Sep 5, 1986 · 40 years ago

Raymond Kelly, a 61-year-old African American male, was found dead in South Florida in 1986 under circumstances that drew significant attention due to a disturbing pattern of violence linked to a religious cult known as the Nation of Yahweh. His murder was…

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Tracy Habersham

Victim of Paul Durousseau

age 26 · Fort Benning, Georgia

Killed Sep 5, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the late summer of 1997, the life of 26-year-old Tracy Habersham was tragically cut short. On September 5, 1997, the young woman, who was an African American female, was last seen at a party at the Non-Commissioned Officers' Club on the Fort Benning…

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Annamaria Phelps

Victim of Colonial Parkway Killer

age 18 · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Killed Sep 5, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the late summer of 1989, 18-year-old Annamaria Phelps and 21-year-old Daniel Lauer vanished while on a journey to Virginia Beach, Virginia. The pair had left Amelia County on the night of September 4, 1989, heading eastbound on Interstate 64 in Lauer's…

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Daniel Lauer

Victim of Colonial Parkway Killer

age 21 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Sep 5, 1989 · 37 years ago

In the late hours of Labor Day, September 4, 1989, Daniel Lauer, a 21-year-old white male, and his companion, Annamaria Phelps, left Amelia County, Virginia, for a trip to Virginia Beach. The two were traveling in Lauer's 1973 gold Chevrolet Nova, embarking…

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Debbie Abernathy

Victim of Gary Leon Ridgway

age 26 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Sep 5, 1983 · 43 years ago

Debora May “Debbie” Abernathy, a 26-year-old white female, was last seen alive on September 5, 1983, in Seattle, Washington. Originally from Dallas, Texas, she had recently relocated to Seattle with her boyfriend and young son, seeking a fresh start. In the…

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Jason Gedzius

Victim of Deborah Fornuto

age 12months · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 5, 1980 · 46 years ago

Jason Gedzius, a one-year-old male, passed away on September 5, 1980. His death was initially attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome , a diagnosis that was common at the time for unexplained infant deaths. Jason was the fourth child of Deborah Anne Booe…

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Diane Denise Williams

Victim of The Freeway Phantom

age 17 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Sep 5, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the early fall of 1972, a young Black woman named Diane Denise Williams, full of life and with dreams of becoming a model, was just beginning her junior year at Ballou High School in Washington, D.C. At 17 years old, she was the eldest of six children and…

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Judith Betteley

Victim of Lester Harrison

age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 5, 1972 · 54 years ago

Judith Ott, a 28-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on August 13, 1973, in a restroom at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. Her death was part of a series of brutal killings that took place in the area between 1970 and 1973. The assailant, Lester Harrison…

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Mary Catherine Williams

Victim of Vincent Johnson

age 40 · New York

Killed Sep 5, 2000 · 26 years ago

Vincent Johnson: The Brooklyn Strangler Background Vincent Johnson was an American serial killer who murdered five women in Brooklyn, New York, between August 1999 and June 2000. Known in the press as the “Brooklyn Strangler” and the “Williamsburg Strangler,”…

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Julie Hoyt

Victim of Waneta Ethel Hoyt

New York

Killed Sep 5, 1968 · 58 years ago

Waneta Ethel Hoyt: The Murder of Five Children Background Waneta Ethel Nixon Hoyt was an American serial killer who was convicted of murdering her five biological children. She was born on May 13, 1946, in Richford, New York, and later lived with her husband…

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James Eugene Bassett

Victim of Mary Eleanor Smith

age 34 · Washington||Idaho (suspected)||Montana (suspected)

Killed Sep 5, 1928 · 98 years ago

Mary Eleanor Smith and the Murder of James Eugene Bassett Background Mary Eleanor Smith was an American murderer who became associated with one of the most sensational criminal mysteries in the Pacific Northwest during the 1920s. She committed her known…

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Serial Killer Victims (14)