The Suitland Murders

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The Suitland Murders: An Unsolved Series of Killings in Maryland

Overview of the Suitland Murders

The Suitland murders were a series of killings involving five young Black women whose bodies were discovered in or near a wooded area in Suitland, Maryland, between December 1986 and January 1987. Suitland is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County located immediately southeast of Washington, D.C. Most of the victims lived within a relatively small section of southeast Washington, creating concern that the killer had deliberately selected women from the same neighborhoods. Investigators believed the women had been attacked by the same person because of similarities in their ages, physical appearances, injuries and disposal locations. Several victims had been missing for weeks or months before their remains were recovered. Four bodies were found during a concentrated search of the woods surrounding the Bradbury Recreation Center in January 1987. Another possible victim had been discovered in the same general area one month earlier. The exact dates of death could not be established for most of the women because their remains were badly decomposed when found. Contemporary investigators believed several had been killed shortly after disappearing, but those estimates were not precise enough to assign verified death dates. Their last-known dates and body-recovery dates are therefore distinguished below.

The Victims

• Pamela Maria Malcolm, 25 Last seen October 21, 1986; body discovered January 12, 1987, near the Bradbury Recreation Center in Suitland, Maryland. Her exact date of death remains undetermined.
• Juanita Marie Walls, 26 Last seen October 30, 1986; body discovered January 13, 1987, in the wooded Suitland search area near the Bradbury Recreation Center. Her exact date of death remains undetermined.
• Cynthia Lee Westbury, 22 Last seen November 10, 1986; body discovered January 13, 1987, in woods near the Bradbury Recreation Center in Suitland. Her exact date of death remains undetermined.
• Dorothy Ann Miller, 20 Body discovered December 13, 1986, in a wooded section of Suitland, Maryland. Her exact date of death remains undetermined. Although she had been sexually assaulted, her recorded cause of death was a drug overdose.
• Angela Maria Wilkerson, 22 Reported missing after last being seen on or about January 5, 1987; body discovered January 14, 1987, near the other Suitland victims. Her exact date of death remains undetermined.

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Confirmed Victims: (5)

Dorothy Ann Miller Age: (20), Date of Death: 1986-12-13

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