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Serial Killer Victims on August 24

700 open cases in our database happened on August 24. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (18)

Rose Evans - Cleveland, Ohio
Serial Killer Victim35th anniversary

Rose Evans

Victim of Samuel Little
age 32 · Cleveland, Ohio
Killed Aug 24, 1991 · 35 years ago

Rose Evans, a 32-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on August 24, 1991. She was one of the victims of Samuel Little, a notorious serial killer who confessed to killing 93 women across the United States. Evans had been living in Cleveland, Ohio, at the…

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James L. Norford - Charlottesville, Virginia
Serial Killer Victim50th anniversary

James L. Norford

age 37 · Charlottesville, Virginia
Killed Aug 24, 1976 · 50 years ago

James Lynwood “Jimmy” Norford Jr., a 37-year-old man from the Charlottesville area, was killed on August 24, 1976, while working at a rural business in the Stony Point area of Albemarle County, northeast of Charlottesville. Contemporary reports described…

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Serial Killer Victim50th anniversary

Peggy Ellen Pumpian

age 23 · Catonsville, Maryland
Killed Aug 24, 1976 · 50 years ago

Peggy Ellen Pumpian was a 23-year-old woman whose life was violently cut short on August 24, 1976, after she stopped to ask for directions in Maryland. A beloved daughter of a retired Pikesville clothier, Peggy was simply trying to find her way to the…

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Larry Eugene McChristian - Little Rock, Arkansas
Serial Killer Victim

Larry Eugene McChristian

age 64 · Little Rock, Arkansas
Killed Aug 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the late summer of 2020, a series of violent and seemingly random attacks began to terrorize the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, leaving a trail of fear and unanswered questions. The first victim in this tragic chain of events was Larry Eugene McChristian…

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Mariana Franco - San-fernando, California
Serial Killer Victim

Mariana Franco

age 22 · San-fernando, California
Killed Aug 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

Mariana Franco, a 23-year-old resident of San Fernando, California, tragically lost her life on August 24, 2014. She was fatally shot while riding in a car with her parents and two siblings on their way to an early morning Mass. The incident occurred around…

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Gloria Espinoza Tovar - San-fernando, California
Serial Killer Victim

Gloria Espinoza Tovar

age 59 · San-fernando, California
Killed Aug 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

Gloria Espinoza Tovar, a 59-year-old Latina, was tragically shot and killed on August 24, 2014, in San Fernando, California. She was sitting in her parked car on Filmore Street in Pacoima, waiting to pick up a friend for church, when she was shot in the head…

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William Patterson - Chicago, Illinois
Serial Killer Victim

William Patterson

Victim of Ralph Harris
age 67 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Aug 24, 1992 · 34 years ago

On August 24, 1992, William Patterson, a 67-year-old African American man, was fatally shot during an attempted armed robbery in the Chatham neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. The assailant, Ralph Harris, also shot James Patterson, who survived the attack.…

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Omark Dee - Brooklyn, New York
Serial Killer Victim

Omark Dee

age 27 · Brooklyn, New York
Killed Aug 24, 1992 · 34 years ago

Omark Dee, a 27-year-old man, was killed by gunfire in Brooklyn, New York, on August 24, 1992. Publicly available accounts provide few details about the circumstances of the shooting itself, including the precise location, the number of times he was shot…

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Sonja Larson - Gainesville, Florida
Serial Killer Victim

Sonja Larson

age 24 · Gainesville, Florida
Killed Aug 24, 1990 · 36 years ago

Sonja Larson, an 18-year-old white female college student, was one of five victims in a series of brutal murders that occurred in Gainesville, Florida, in August 1990. She had recently moved from Deerfield Beach to begin her freshman year at the University of…

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Christina Powell - Gainesville, Florida
Serial Killer Victim

Christina Powell

age 24 · Gainesville, Florida
Killed Aug 24, 1990 · 36 years ago

Christina Powell, a 17-year-old white female University of Florida student from Jacksonville, was one of five victims in a series of brutal murders that occurred in Gainesville, Florida, in August 1990. Although some sources mistakenly list her age as 24…

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Frieda Lorraine Becky Powell - Denton County, Texas
Serial Killer Victim

Frieda Lorraine Becky Powell

Victim of Henry Lee Lucas
age 15 · Denton County, Texas
Killed Aug 24, 1982 · 44 years ago

Becky Powell, whose full name was Frieda Lorraine Powell, was a 15-year-old white female who was murdered by Henry Lee Lucas in Denton County, Texas. Lucas, a convicted murderer known for his false confessions, described the events leading to Powell's death…

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Larry Dean Dickens - Pasadena, Texas
Serial Killer Victim

Larry Dean Dickens

age 26 · Pasadena, Texas
Killed Aug 24, 1978 · 48 years ago

Larry Dean Dickens, a 26-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically lost his life on August 24, 1978, in Pasadena, Texas. Dickens, an ex-Marine and youth counselor, was visiting his mother and sister in Pasadena when the incident occurred. He was shot…

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Roseann Michelle Sturtz - Baltimore, Maryland
Serial Killer Victim

Roseann Michelle Sturtz

age 20 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Aug 24, 1975 · 51 years ago

For nearly five decades, the family of Roseann Michelle Sturtz lived with the agonizing uncertainty of not knowing who was responsible for her death. A 20-year-old woman, known to her loved ones as "Ann," she was a victim of the serial killer Charles William…

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Ronald Dean Smith - Riverside, California
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Ronald Dean Smith

age 5 · Riverside, California
Killed Aug 24, 1974 · 52 years ago

Ronald Dean Smith, a five-year-old boy, disappeared on August 24, 1974, after playing at a local park. His grandmother, Shirley O'Conner, was babysitting him while his mother was out of town. When he failed to return home for dinner, authorities launched an…

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Michael Planells

age 29 · Sylmar, California
Killed Aug 24, 2014 · 12 years ago

Michael Hendrix Planells, a 29-year-old Latino man, was tragically shot and killed on August 24, 2014, in the parking lot of 13109 Borden Avenue in Sylmar, California. According to investigators, Planells was searching for cans to recycle around the Sylmar…

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David Ford

Victim of Ralph Harris
age 35 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Aug 24, 1992 · 34 years ago

On August 24, 1992, David Ford, a 35-year-old African American male, was fatally shot during an attempted armed robbery in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood. Ford was one of several victims in a violent spree attributed to Ralph Harris, a serial offender later…

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Robert Blundell

Draper, Utah
Killed Aug 24, 1977 · 49 years ago

The story of Robert Earl Blundell is tragically overshadowed by the notoriety of the man who killed him. Much of Robert’s own life remains obscure, a painful testament to how the stories of victims can be lost to time. What is known is that on August 24…

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Letitia Noe

Victim of Marie Noe
Pennsylvania
Killed Aug 24, 1959 · 67 years ago

Mario James Jerrell Normore: Oklahoma City Serial Killer and Armed Robber Early Life and Criminal Background Mario James Jerrell Normore was born on April 23, 1991, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Relatively little has been publicly documented about his…

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