Wayne Adam Ford

Serial Killer

Wayne Adam Ford: A Detailed Account of His Crimes

Background

Wayne Adam Ford, born on December 3, 1961, in Petaluma, California, is an American serial killer. Ford, a former long-haul truck driver, murdered four women between 1997 and 1998. He strangled them and dismembered three of his four victims. Ford turned himself in with a woman's breast in a bag in his coat pocket.

Victims

• Kerry Ann Cummings (25) - Killed in 1997. Her body was discovered on October 17, 1997, north of Eureka, California, in the Ryan Slough. Cummings was listed as a Jane Doe until June 2023 when a partnership between the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Cold Case Unit, the California Department of Justice DNA Lab, and Othram Inc., identified her body after building a DNA profile and finding and confirming a genealogical match.
• Tina Renee Gibbs (26) - Killed on May 16, 1998, near Las Vegas. Her body was found on June 2 near Buttonwillow, California.
• Lanette Deyon White (25) - Killed on September 25, 1998, in Ontario, California, then dumped near Lodi, California.
• Patricia Anne Tamez (29) - Killed in Hesperia, California. Her body was found on October 23, 1998, in an aqueduct in San Bernardino, California.

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Confirmed Victims: (4)

Kerry Ann Cummings Age: (25), Date of Death: 1997

Wayne Adam Ford - Wikipedia