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Serial Killer Victims on December 20

644 open cases in our database happened on December 20. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (15)

James McGillivray - Placentia, California
Serial Killer Victim15th anniversary

James McGillivray

age 53 · Placentia, California
Killed Dec 20, 2011 · 15 years ago

On the evening of December 20, 2011, 53-year-old white male James Patrick McGillivray was fatally stabbed in Placentia, California. The attack occurred around 8:15 p.m. in a shopping center located in the 100 block of North Bradford Avenue. Surveillance…

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Serial Killer Victim70th anniversary

David Suro

Victim of Leroy Keith
age 49 · New York, New York
Killed Dec 20, 1956 · 70 years ago

On a cold December night in New York City, a taxi driver’s shift turned into a final, heroic stand. David Suro, a 49-year-old man, gave his life to prevent a crime and ensure the capture of a dangerous killer. His courage on December 20, 1956, marked the end…

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Samford Ray Mitchell - Nocona, Texas
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Samford Ray Mitchell

age 62 · Nocona, Texas
Killed Dec 20, 2000 · 26 years ago

Sandford Ray “Sandy” Mitchell, a 62-year-old man, passed away on December 20, 2000, and was buried in Nocona Cemetery, located in Montague County, Texas. His death was later linked to a series of suspicious fatalities at Nocona General Hospital, where a…

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Vicky Lynn Small - Toledo, Ohio
Serial Killer Victim

Vicky Lynn Small

Victim of Anthony H. Cook
age 22 · Toledo, Ohio
Killed Dec 20, 1973 · 53 years ago

On a snowy December night in Toledo, Ohio, in 1973, the life of 22-year-old Vicky Lynn Small was tragically cut short. A recent graduate of the University of Toledo, she was a white female who found herself in a vulnerable situation on December 20th when she…

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Ilario Bertuccio - San-francisco, California
Serial Killer Victim

Ilario Bertuccio

Victim of Jessie Cooks
age 81 · San-francisco, California
Killed Dec 20, 1973 · 53 years ago

Ilario Bertuccio, an 81-year-old janitor, was tragically shot and killed on December 20, 1973, in San Francisco, California. Bertuccio was walking home from work in the Bay View district when he was attacked. He was shot four times in the shoulder and chest…

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Ilario Bertuccio - San-francisco, California
Serial Killer Victim

Ilario Bertuccio

Victim of Larry Green
age 81 · San-francisco, California
Killed Dec 20, 1973 · 53 years ago

Ilario Bertuccio, an 81-year-old janitor, was tragically shot and killed on December 20, 1973, in San Francisco, California. Bertuccio was walking home from work in the Bay View district when he was attacked. He was shot four times in the shoulder and chest…

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Ilario Bertuccio - San-francisco, California
Serial Killer Victim

Ilario Bertuccio

Victim of Manuel Moore
age 81 · San-francisco, California
Killed Dec 20, 1973 · 53 years ago

Ilario Bertuccio, an 81-year-old janitor, was tragically shot and killed on December 20, 1973, in San Francisco, California. Bertuccio was walking home from work in the Bay View district when he was attacked. He was shot four times in the shoulder and chest…

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Ilario Bertuccio - San-francisco, California
Serial Killer Victim

Ilario Bertuccio

Victim of J. C. X. Simon
age 81 · San-francisco, California
Killed Dec 20, 1973 · 53 years ago

Ilario Bertuccio, an 81-year-old janitor, was tragically shot and killed on December 20, 1973, in San Francisco, California. Bertuccio was walking home from work in the Bay View district when he was attacked. He was shot four times in the shoulder and chest…

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Joe M. Fletcher - Vidalia, Georgia
Serial Killer Victim

Joe M. Fletcher

age 59 · Vidalia, Georgia
Killed Dec 20, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the winter of 1970, the community of Vidalia, Georgia, was unsettled by a brutal crime that would later be connected to a string of violent acts across the southeastern United States. On December 20th, Joe M. Fletcher, a 59-year-old white male who operated…

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David Arthur Faraday - Benicia, California
Serial Killer Victim

David Arthur Faraday

Victim of Zodiac Killer
age 17 · Benicia, California
Killed Dec 20, 1968 · 58 years ago

David Arthur Faraday, a 17-year-old from Benicia, California, tragically lost his life on December 20, 1968. On that fateful night, David and his girlfriend, Betty Lou Jensen, were on their first official date. They had met just two weeks earlier at a church…

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Betty Lou Jensen - Vallejo, California
Serial Killer Victim

Betty Lou Jensen

Victim of Zodiac Killer
age 16 · Vallejo, California
Killed Dec 20, 1968 · 58 years ago

Betty Lou Jensen, aged 16, was tragically killed on December 20, 1968, along with her boyfriend, 17-year-old David Faraday, on Lake Herman Road near Vallejo, California. The pair were on their first date and had parked in a secluded gravel turnout, a known…

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Robert Sturmfels

age 56 · Palm Coast, Florida
Killed Dec 20, 1989 · 37 years ago

A quiet evening for a New Jersey couple wintering in Florida was shattered in a burst of unimaginable violence on December 20, 1989. Robert Sturmfels, a 56-year-old male, and his wife, Georgette, 55, were relaxing in their Palm Coast home, having escaped the…

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Georgette Sturmfels

age 55 · Palm Coast, Florida
Killed Dec 20, 1989 · 37 years ago

A quiet evening for a New Jersey couple wintering in their Florida home was shattered by an act of unimaginable and random violence that left two people dead and a community in fear. Georgette Sturmfels, a 55-year-old female, and her husband, Robert, 56, were…

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Tami Lynne Tinning

age 0
Killed Dec 20, 1985 · 41 years ago

Marybeth Tinning: The Suspicious Deaths of Nine Children Background Marybeth Roe Tinning was born on September 11, 1942, in Duanesburg, New York. She later worked as a nursing assistant and married Joseph Tinning in 1965. Between 1967 and 1985, the couple had…

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Susan Bickrest

age 24 · Florida||New Jersey||Pennsylvania
Killed Dec 20, 1975 · 51 years ago

<h3>Gerald Eugene Stano: A Record of Murder Across Florida</h3> <h4>Early Life and Background</h4> <p>Gerald Eugene Stano was born Paul Zeininger on September 12, 1951, in Schenectady, New York. He experienced severe neglect during infancy and was eventually…

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