Serial Killer Victims (14)

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Stuart Drake Davis

age 26 · Alexandria, Virginia

Killed Aug 22, 1976 · 50 years ago

On a summer day in Alexandria, Virginia, the life of 26-year-old Stuart Drake Davis was tragically cut short. On August 22, 1976, Davis, a male, was discovered in his apartment, the victim of a brutal homicide. He had been bound, with both his hands and feet…

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Serial Killer Victim55th anniversary

Donald Smith

Victim of Juan Vallejo Corona

age 60 · Sutter County, California

Killed Aug 22, 1971 · 55 years ago

Donald Dale “Red” Smith, a 60-year-old man, was one of the 25 victims murdered by farm-labor contractor Juan Vallejo Corona in Sutter County, California, during the spring of 1971. Although August 22, 1971, has been supplied as Smith's date of death, the…

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Serial Killer Victim55th anniversary

Sam Bonafiede

Victim of Juan Vallejo Corona

age 55 · Sutter County, California

Killed Aug 22, 1971 · 55 years ago

Sam Bonafiede, a 55-year-old man also known as Joe Carriveau, was one of the 25 itinerant or migratory farmworkers murdered in Sutter County, California, during the series of killings attributed to farm-labor contractor Juan Vallejo Corona in the spring of…

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Brenda Cowart

Victim of Chicago Strangler

age 52 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 22, 2001 · 25 years ago

On a summer day in Chicago, the body of a 52-year-old Black woman named Brenda Cowart was found abandoned in a vacant lot. It was August 22, 2001, and she had been strangled to death. Her death was not an isolated tragedy but one of a deeply disturbing series…

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Laura Lollar

Victim of Larry Bright

age 33 · Peoria, Illinois

Killed Aug 22, 2004 · 22 years ago

Laura Lollar, a 33-year-old woman, was reported missing on August 22, 2004, in Peoria, Illinois. She was a mother of three children and was known for her bubbly and compassionate personality. Laura's disappearance raised concerns among her family and friends…

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Clarence James

Victim of Henry Lee Jones

age 82 · Bartlett, Tennessee

Killed Aug 22, 2003 · 23 years ago

In August of 2003, 82-year-old Clarence James and his 67-year-old wife, Lillian, were found murdered in their Bartlett, Tennessee, home. Their bodies were discovered by Lillian's daughter on the afternoon of August 23, 2003. Both had been strangled and had…

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Lillian James

Victim of Henry Lee Jones

age 66 · Bartlett, Tennessee

Killed Aug 22, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the late summer of 2003, the quiet community of Bartlett, Tennessee, was shaken by a brutal act of violence that claimed the lives of a well-regarded elderly couple. Lillian James, a 67-year-old woman, and her 82-year-old husband, Clarence, were found…

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Sarah Lynn Paulsen

Victim of Eugene Victor Britt

age 8 · Portage, Indiana

Killed Aug 22, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the summer of 1995, eight-year-old Sarah Lynn Paulsen was a bright and somewhat shy second-grader at Aylesworth Elementary School in Portage, Indiana. A curious and gentle child, she had a love for playing softball and was fascinated by insects and frogs.…

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Rita Ann Bado

Victim of James Anthony Frederick

age 45 · Lantana, Florida

Killed Aug 22, 1992 · 34 years ago

A fresh start for Rita Ann Bado and her daughter, Lisa, meant leaving their lifelong home of Torrington, Connecticut, and moving south to the sunshine of Lantana, Florida. About a year before their deaths, the mother and daughter settled into the Runaway Bay…

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Lisa Ann Bado

Victim of James Anthony Frederick

age 20 · Lantana, Florida

Killed Aug 22, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the summer of 1991, Lisa Ann Bado, a 20-year-old aspiring culinary student, and her mother, Rita Ann Bado, 45, moved from Torrington, Connecticut, to Lantana, Florida, seeking a fresh start. Rita found work as a cashier at a Walmart in nearby Delray Beach…

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Sonseearay Harris

Victim of Clifton Cousins

age 21 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 22, 1989 · 37 years ago

Sonseearay Harris, a 21-year-old woman, was killed on August 22, 1989, at Woodland Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio. The circumstances of her death were especially disturbing because the attack occurred among the cemetery's graves, with Harris being killed on top of…

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Margaret Lynn Finner

Victim of Steven Brian Pennell

age 27 · Wilmington, Delaware

Killed Aug 22, 1988 · 38 years ago

On a summer day in Wilmington, Delaware, August 22, 1988, a 27-year-old Caucasian woman named Margaret Lynn Finner vanished. She was last seen along Route 13, a known thoroughfare for sex workers, getting into a distinctive blue Ford panel van with no side…

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Richard Ricky Stetson

Victim of John Joseph Joubert

age 11 · Portland, Maine

Killed Aug 22, 1982 · 44 years ago

On a summer evening in Portland, Maine, 11-year-old Richard "Ricky" Stetson, a Caucasian male, went for a jog along the Back Cove trail on August 22, 1982. When he did not return home by dark, his concerned parents contacted the police. Witnesses later…

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Katherine Marie Stark

Victim of Ray Dell Sims

age 17 · Fresno, California

Killed Aug 22, 1974 · 52 years ago

In June 1974, 17-year-old female Kathy Marie Stark was found murdered in Fresno County, California. Kathy, who was white, had her life tragically cut short in a case that remained unsolved for decades. Her death occurred during a time when forensic technology…

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Serial Killer Victims (14)