Serial Killer Victims on April 5

Serial Killer Victims (10)

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Beatrice Roberson Cline

Victim of Robert Rubane Diaz

age 79 · Perris, California

Killed Apr 5, 1981 · 45 years ago

Beatrice Roberson Cline, a 79-year-old woman from Perris, California, entered the intensive-care unit at Community Hospital of the Valleys suffering from chest pain late on April 4, 1981. She had a history of heart problems and congestive heart failure…

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Carmen Abrams

Victim of Jeffery Joseph Daugherty

age 68 · Hammock, Florida

Killed Apr 5, 1976 · 50 years ago

Carmen Abrams, a 68-year-old woman, tragically lost her life on April 5, 1976, in a murder-robbery incident that occurred in the Hammock area north of Flagler Beach, Florida. Carmen Abrams, who was of Hispanic ethnicity, was pronounced dead at the scene from…

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James McCrory

Victim of Rudy Bladel

age 51 · Elkhart, Indiana

Killed Apr 5, 1976 · 50 years ago

James M. "Tiny" McCrory, a 51-year-old male engineer from Niles, Michigan, was killed on April 5, 1976, while working at the rail yards in Elkhart, Indiana. McCrory was seated in the cab of his locomotive near the diesel house when a shotgun deer slug…

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Claudio Cossio

Victim of Antonio Reyes

age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 5, 2020 · 6 years ago

Claudio Alejandro Cossio, a 21-year-old man known to his loved ones as “Cayito,” was a kind and gentle soul who valued family above all else. His tall frame might have been the first thing people noticed, but it was his compassionate nature that captured…

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Brenda Mitchell

Victim of Benjamin Thomas Atkins

age 38 · Highland Park, Michigan

Killed Apr 5, 1992 · 34 years ago

On April 9, 1992, the body of 38-year-old Brenda Mitchell was discovered in a desolate, vacant building in Highland Park, Michigan. An investigation revealed she had been brutally sexually assaulted and strangled, a grim hallmark of a predator who was…

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Gary Duane Bradley

Victim of Thomas Lee Dillon

age 44 · Caldwell, Ohio

Killed Apr 5, 1992 · 34 years ago

Gary Duane Bradley, a 44-year-old Caucasian male from Williamstown, West Virginia, was murdered on April 5, 1992, while fishing at the Ohio Power Recreational Area in Noble County, Ohio. Bradley was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing and hunting. He was…

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Genevieve Zitricki

Victim of Robert Brashers

age 28 · Greenville, South Carolina

Killed Apr 5, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the spring of 1990, the life of a bright and active young woman was brutally cut short, leaving a scar on the community of Greenville, South Carolina. Genevieve 'Jenny' Zitricki, a 28-year-old white female, was found murdered in her apartment on April 5…

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Michelle Mitchell

Victim of Ray Shawn Jackson

age 22 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Apr 5, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the spring of 1990, the city of Kansas City, Missouri, was gripped by a series of brutal killings that targeted young women. Among the victims was Michelle Mitchell, a 22-year-old white female whose life was tragically cut short on April 5, 1990. Her death…

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Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk

Victim of James Opelton Bradley

age 53 · Wilmington, North Carolina

Killed Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk, a 53-year-old female landscape designer from Wilmington, North Carolina, was a beautiful and trusting person looking forward to celebrating her 54th birthday. That celebration would never happen. On the evening of April 5, 2014, the…

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Anthony Keith Thurman

Victim of Andrew David Edwards

age 24 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Apr 5, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the spring of 1990, the life of Anthony Keith Thurman, a 24-year-old African American man, was tragically cut short in Portland, Oregon. On April 5th, his existence was brutally ended when he was beaten to death with a pipe. The grim discovery of his body…

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