Earl Richmond Jr.: Former Army Drill Sergeant and Serial Killer
Background
Earl J. Richmond Jr. was born on November 6, 1961, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He later joined the United States Army and rose to the position of drill sergeant. During the late 1980s, Richmond was stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey, where he was responsible for training military personnel. His position gave him an appearance of discipline and authority, but investigators eventually uncovered a pattern of sexual violence and murder hidden behind his military career.
Richmond served at Fort Dix from approximately 1988 until his discharge in the fall of 1990. He was reportedly removed from the Army for misconduct involving money taken from trainees. By that time, women near the military installation had already been subjected to violent sexual assaults later connected to him. In April 1989, a female Air Force trainee was sexually assaulted at gunpoint near Fort Dix. Days later, a 17-year-old girl was raped inside a motel room near the base. DNA evidence eventually connected Richmond to at least one of these attacks.
Another man, Richard Stevens, was initially convicted in connection with the attack on the Air Force trainee. Stevens received a lengthy federal prison sentence, but his conviction was later overturned after evidence cast serious doubt on his guilt. The case demonstrated how Richmond's crimes not only devastated his direct victims but also contributed to the wrongful prosecution of an innocent man.
The Murder of Lisa Ann Nadeau
Richmond's first confirmed murder victim was 24-year-old Army Specialist Lisa Ann Nadeau. Nadeau was a payroll clerk stationed at Fort Dix and lived in military housing on the base. She was originally from Plainfield, Connecticut, and was the mother of two young daughters.
During the night of April 4, 1991, extending into April 5, Richmond entered Nadeau's townhouse at Fort Dix. He restrained and attacked her before beating, stabbing and strangling her. Reports concerning the case also described the use of a hammer during the assault. Nadeau's children were inside the residence but were not physically harmed.
Nadeau's death was officially recorded as April 5, 1991. Investigators initially had no clear suspect, and the killing remained unsolved while Richmond left New Jersey and returned to North Carolina. Because the murder occurred on a federal military installation, the case would later be prosecuted in federal court.
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