William Dean Christensen

Serial Killer

William Dean Christensen: The American Jack the Ripper

Early Life and Initial Crimes

Born on September 24, 1945, in Bethesda, Maryland, William Dean Christensen embarked on a violent criminal path early in life. His first major offense occurred in 1969 when he stabbed a teenage girl in Washington, D.C., resulting in charges of assault and battery. Two years later, in 1971, he pleaded guilty to raping a go-go dancer in Maryland, for which he served nine years in prison before being paroled in 1980.

Crimes in Canada

After his release, Christensen relocated to Montreal, Canada, under the alias "Richard Owen." On April 16, 1981, he was arrested for indecent assault but was inadvertently released by Canadian authorities in 1982, despite being a suspect in other violent crimes.

Notable Victims

- **Sylvie Trudel, 27**: On April 27, 1982, her decapitated and dismembered body was discovered in Christensen's Montreal apartment. - **Murielle Guay, 26**: The same day, her dismembered remains were found wrapped in trash bags at Mille-Isles, approximately 50 miles northwest of Montreal. - **Michelle Angiers**: On September 13, 1982, this go-go dancer was stabbed 30 times in a tavern parking lot in Dickson City, Pennsylvania. - **Jeffrey Schrader, 51**: On December 4, 1982, Schrader was shot and killed by Christensen during a barroom altercation in Philadelphia. ...Read More

Confirmed Victims: (4)

Sylvie Trudel Age: (27), Date of Death: April 1982

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Survivors:

Unidentified male 1 , Date of Attack: June 29, 1983

Unidentified male 2 , Date of Attack: June 29, 1983

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