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Cheryl Lynn 'Sis' Gazzier Payton was a 23-year-old female who was abducted from her job at a Compact convenience store in Mobile County, Alabama, on October 16, 1976. Her life was cut tragically short just days before her 24th birthday. The man responsible for her death was Thomas Warren Whisenhant, a serial killer who had terrorized the Mobile area.

On that fateful day, Whisenhant kidnapped Payton and drove her to a remote, wooded location. There, he raped her in his pickup truck before ...Read More
Victim Details

Cheryl Lynn Gazzier

Female

White / Caucasian

Mobile

AL

1976-10-18

23

Cheryl

Lynn Gazzier Payton

Yes

03/13/2026