Serial Killer Victims on December 26

Serial Killer Victims (8)

Serial Killer Victim35th anniversary

Lorraine Orvieto

Victim of Joel David Rifkin

age 28 · Long Island, New York

Killed Dec 26, 1991 · 35 years ago

Lorraine Orvieto, a 28-year-old White woman from Long Island, New York, vanished in the days after Christmas in 1991, leaving her family with only a growing dread that something had gone terribly wrong. In time, investigators would link her death to Joel…

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Serial Killer Victim70th anniversary

Samuel Cohn

Victim of Joseph Taborsky

age 67 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Dec 26, 1956 · 70 years ago

On the evening of December 26, 1956, Samuel Cohn, a 65-year-old White/Caucasian male, was working in his East Hartford, Connecticut, liquor store. Between 8:15 and 8:30 p.m., two men, Joseph Taborsky and Arthur Culombe, entered the establishment with the…

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Serial Killer Victim120th anniversary

John Moe

Victim of Belle Gunness

age 40 · La Porte County, Indiana

Killed Dec 26, 1906 · 120 years ago

In the agricultural heartland of LaPorte County, Indiana, the story of a man named John Moe serves as a chilling chapter in one of the nation's most infamous true crime sagas. A Norwegian immigrant who had settled in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, Moe was lured to…

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Laurie Ann Wason

Victim of Robert Lee Yates Jr.

age 31 · Spokane, Washington

Killed Dec 26, 1997 · 29 years ago

Laurie Ann Wason, born on January 22, 1966, tragically passed away on December 26, 1997, in Spokane, Washington. Laurie was a former adult-care home operator and was known for her love of raising Rottweilers. Her death was part of a series of murders that…

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Shawn Ann McClenahan

Victim of Robert Lee Yates Jr.

age 39 · Spokane, Washington

Killed Dec 26, 1997 · 29 years ago

Shawn Ann McClenahan, born on May 30, 1958, in Walla Walla, Washington, was found dead on December 26, 1997, in Spokane, Washington. McClenahan had a background in healthcare, having received her ward secretarial and phlebotomist's certification from Spokane…

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Chantee Woodman

Victim of Cesar Francesco Barone

age 23 · Vernonia, Oregon

Killed Dec 26, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the final days of 1992, the life of a 23-year-old Black / African American woman named Chantee Alyce Woodman was tragically cut short. On December 30th, she accepted a ride from two men in downtown Portland: Cesar Barone and his acquaintance, Leonard…

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Ethel Amerson

Victim of Chicago Strangler

age 40 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 26, 2003 · 23 years ago

The day after Christmas in 2003, the body of a woman was discovered in an abandoned building in Chicago, Illinois. She was identified as Ethel Amerson, a 36-year-old Black female whose life had been violently cut short. An autopsy would later confirm that she…

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Alyce Singleton

Victim of Clarence Victor

age 82 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed Dec 26, 1987 · 39 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska, Alyce Singleton was a familiar and gentle presence. At 82 years old, she was a widow who had lived in her home at 2125 Ohio Street for many years, maintaining her independence with a quiet strength. She had…

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