Serial Killer Victims on January 1

Serial Killer Victims (37)

Serial Killer Victim10th anniversary

Jesse Olivas

Victim of Aaron Juan Saucedo

age 22 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2016, a tragic and senseless act of violence cut short the life of 22-year-old Jesus 'Jesse' Olivas in the Maryvale neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. Olivas, a young man known for his good heart and his compassion…

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Serial Killer Victim10th anniversary

Kirushna Kumar Kanagaratnam

Victim of Thomas Donald Bruce McArthur

age 37 · Toronto, Ontario

Killed Jan 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Kirushna Kumar Kanagaratnam, a 37-year-old man from Sri Lanka, sought refuge and a new beginning in Canada, only to have his life cut short in early 2016. He was a victim of the notorious Toronto serial killer, Bruce McArthur, who was convicted of murdering…

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Serial Killer Victim20th anniversary

Bryan Harvey

Victim of Ricky Javon Gray

age 49 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jan 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

On New Year's Day in 2006, the city of Richmond, Virginia, was shaken by a horrific discovery that marked the beginning of a reign of terror. Bryan Harvey, a 49-year-old male, was found murdered in his home alongside his wife, Kathryn, and their two young…

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Serial Killer Victim20th anniversary

Kathryn Harvey

Victim of Ricky Javon Gray

age 39 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jan 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

On New Year's Day 2006, the community of Richmond, Virginia, was rocked by a horrific discovery that marked the beginning of a week-long crime spree. Kathryn Harvey, a 39-year-old female and co-owner of a beloved local toy store, was found murdered in her…

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Serial Killer Victim20th anniversary

Stella Harvey

Victim of Ricky Javon Gray

age 9 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jan 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

On New Year's Day in 2006, the city of Richmond, Virginia, was shaken by a brutal crime that ended the life of 9-year-old Stella Harvey, a young female, along with her entire family. The tragic event unfolded in the family's home in the Woodland Heights…

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Ruby Harvey

Victim of Ricky Javon Gray

age 4 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jan 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

On New Year’s Day 2006, the city of Richmond, Virginia, was rocked by a crime of unimaginable brutality that ended the lives of a beloved and creative family. Among the victims was four-year-old Ruby Harvey, a little girl whose life was just beginning. She…

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Sharon Tucker Stone

Victim of Scott Wilson Williams

age 46 · Union, North Carolina

Killed Jan 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

Sharon Tucker Stone, a 46-year-old woman from Union, NC, tragically lost her life on January 1, 2006. Her death was part of a series of murders committed by Scott Wilson Williams, a serial killer who was later convicted for the deaths of three women over a…

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Serial Killer Victim30th anniversary

Lucille G. Boyd

Victim of Golden Years Murders

age 75 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jan 1, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the winter of 1996, the city of Richmond, Virginia, was in the grip of a chilling series of events that would later be dubbed the 'Golden Years Murders.' Among the victims of this string of unsolved crimes was Lucille G. Boyd, a 75-year-old woman who was…

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Serial Killer Victim45th anniversary

Cynthia Darlene Johnson

Victim of James Emery Paster

age 18 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 1, 1981 · 45 years ago

A new year was just beginning in Houston, Texas, but for 18-year-old Cynthia Darlene Johnson, the final moments of New Year's Eve 1980 marked the end of her life. A cruel twist of fate left her stranded with car trouble on a Houston freeway, a vulnerable…

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Serial Killer Victim55th anniversary

Marie Elizabeth Vaughn

Victim of Terry Peder Rasmussen

age 7 · Bear Brook, New Hampshire

Killed Jan 1, 1971 · 55 years ago

Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a 7-year-old Caucasian female, was one of the victims in the infamous Bear Brook murders, also known as the Allenstown Four. She was last seen in November 1978 and is believed to have died between 1978 and 1981. Her remains were…

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Serial Killer Victim85th anniversary

Frank Shelley

Victim of Ray Dempsey Gardner

Jamestown, North Dakota

Killed Jan 1, 1941 · 85 years ago

In the winter of 1941, a man named Frank Shelley, a male, found himself incarcerated in the local jail in Jamestown, North Dakota. The specific circumstances that led to his jailing are lost to time, as are most details of his life. What is known is that on…

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Blair Tonzelli

Victim of Raymond Charles Horsch

age 35 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 1, 2023 · 3 years ago

The disappearance of Blair Tonzelli, a 35-year-old woman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, unraveled a dark and complex investigation that would lead authorities to the home of a suspected serial killer. Blair was last seen in August 2022, but her friends…

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Maribel Fresses

Victim of Raymond Charles Horsch

age 27 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 1, 2018 · 8 years ago

Maribel Fresses, a 27-year-old female described by her father as a "beautiful girl, a loving girl, always daddy's girl," was reported missing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in February 2018. Known as "Bella" to her family, she grew up in Holland, Bucks…

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Nicole Fusaro

Victim of Raymond Charles Horsch

age 27 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 1, 2018 · 8 years ago

Nicole Amanda Fusaro, a 27-year-old White woman known to her loved ones as Nikki, was an outgoing person with striking, light-colored eyes who enjoyed being with friends and family. Raised in Northeast Philadelphia, she attended George Washington High School.…

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Kayla M. Escalante

Victim of Stewart Rudolph Weldon

age 27 · Springfield, Massachusetts

Killed Jan 1, 2018 · 8 years ago

Kayla M. Escalante, a 27-year-old female from Ludlow, Massachusetts, was remembered by her family for her gorgeous smile, abundant love, and selfless nature. Born in Springfield on May 30, 1991, she was a mother whose young daughter was the absolute center of…

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Gabrielle Amarando

Victim of Raymond Charles Horsch

age 22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 1, 2012 · 14 years ago

For fourteen years, the family of Gabrielle Amarando held onto a sliver of hope, a painful uncertainty about what had become of the vibrant young woman who vanished from Philadelphia in 2012. That long period of not knowing came to a devastating end in the…

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Meredith Emerson

Victim of Gary Michael Hilton

age 24 · Blood Mountain, Georgia

Killed Jan 1, 2008 · 18 years ago

On New Year's Day 2008, 24-year-old Meredith Hope Emerson, a Caucasian female, embarked on a hike up Blood Mountain in northern Georgia with her black Labrador retriever, Ella. An avid and experienced hiker, Emerson was last seen on the trail with an older…

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Janecia Peters

Victim of Lonnie David Franklin

age 17 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Janecia Peters, a 25-year-old Black woman, was tragically found dead on January 1, 2007, in an alley located in the 9500 block of South Western Avenue in Los Angeles. Her body was discovered by a homeless man searching for cans, and she had been shot and…

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Lineida Oliveira

Victim of Main South Woodsman

age 35 · Worcester, Massachusetts

Killed Jan 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the winter of 2007, a 35-year-old mother of eleven named Lineida Oliveira vanished from Worcester, Massachusetts. A Hispanic woman known for her generosity and positive outlook, Lineida had moved to the mainland from Puerto Rico at the age of 16 after the…

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Melanie Ruth Camilini

Victim of William Devin Howell

age 29 · Seymour, Connecticut

Killed Jan 1, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the winter of 2003, Melanie Ruth Camilini, a 29-year-old White female and mother of two from Seymour, Connecticut, vanished. She was last seen in the Waterbury area sometime in January with two men. Camilini had been grappling with substance abuse and had…

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Nikia Shanell Kilpatrick

Victim of Paul Durousseau

age 20 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Jan 1, 2003 · 23 years ago

In the early days of January 2003, concern grew for 20-year-old Nikia Shanell Kilpatrick, a young, pregnant mother of two in Jacksonville, Florida. When friends and family couldn't reach her for several days, the silence became deeply unsettling. Tragically…

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Cassandra Watson

Victim of Richard J. Fox

age 40 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Jan 1, 2003 · 23 years ago

For nearly two decades, she was a ghost, a woman who vanished from her life in Buffalo, New York, without a single missing person report ever being filed. Cassandra Watson, a 40-year-old female, was living with her boyfriend, Richard J. Fox, when she…

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Janice Marie Buono

Victim of Lawton Serial Killer

age 29 · Lawton, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 1, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the winter of 2002, the life of twenty-nine-year-old Janice Marie Buono, a Native American woman and mother of three, came to a tragic and mysterious end. She was last seen on New Year's Day in Lawton, Oklahoma, a city that would become the backdrop to a…

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Michael Vincent

Victim of Ronald Joseph Dominique

age 23 · Lafourche Parrish, Louisiana

Killed Jan 1, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the winter of 2000, the life of 23-year-old Michael Vincent was tragically cut short. An African-American male, his body was discovered in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, in January of that year, leaving a community in fear and a family to grieve an…

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Leo Parker

Victim of Donald Harvey

age 47 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jan 1, 1987 · 39 years ago

Leo Parker, a 47-year-old Black man, was a patient at Daniel Drake Memorial Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, when he became one of the victims of hospital orderly Donald Harvey, the serial killer later known as the “Angel of Death.” Contemporary reporting…

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Charlie Hachez

Victim of Yves Trudeau

Quebec, Quebec

Killed Jan 1, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the brutal underworld of Quebec's biker gangs in the early 1980s, loyalty was a currency as valuable as cash or cocaine, and its betrayal was often paid for with a life. For Charlie Hachez, a male member of the Hells Angels, this harsh reality became his…

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Martha Sue Young

Victim of Donald Gene Miller

age 23 · East Lansing, Michigan

Killed Jan 1, 1977 · 49 years ago

Martha Sue Young, a 19-year-old Caucasian female, vanished during the early morning hours of New Year's Day in 1977 after meeting with her former fiancé in East Lansing, Michigan. A student at Michigan State University, she had recently ended her engagement…

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John Herman

Victim of Ann Arbor Hospital murders

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Killed Jan 1, 1975 · 51 years ago

In the summer of 1975, a terrifying and mysterious wave of medical emergencies struck the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Hospital in Michigan. Patients who were otherwise stable suddenly stopped breathing, their bodies paralyzed while their hearts…

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Jean-Marie Viel

Victim of Yves Trudeau

Trois-Rivières, Quebec

Killed Jan 1, 1970 · 56 years ago

In the late summer of 1970, a young man named Jean-Marie Viel made a fatal mistake in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. His decision to steal a motorcycle set in motion a chain of events that would end his life and mark the beginning of one of Canada's most prolific…

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Francis Knight

Victim of Earl Gardner

San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona

Killed Jan 1, 1925 · 101 years ago

In the vast and rugged landscape of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in southeastern Arizona, the year 1925 was marked by a violent act that would become the first known killing by a future serial murderer. The victim was Francis Knight, a male member…

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Stephen Mitchell Jr.

Victim of Kenneth Law

age 21 · Toronto, Ontario

Killed Jan 1, 2023 · 3 years ago

Stephen Gordon Mitchell Jr. was a young man with a tender, caring heart, known for giving bear hugs. His family described him as gentle, incredibly intelligent, loyal, and possessing a keen intellect. At 21 years old, Stephen was a wonderful son and brother…

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Willy Mae Arrington

Victim of Reginald Lively

Sharpsburg, North Carolina

Killed Jan 1, 2000 · 26 years ago

On January 1, 2000, the life of Willy Mae Arrington, a resident of Sharpsburg, North Carolina, was tragically cut short. Her death was not a random act of violence but the work of a man who had killed before and would unfortunately kill again. The man…

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Shelley Napope

Victim of John Martin Crawford

age 16 · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Killed Jan 1, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the spring of 1992, 16-year-old Shelley Napope, a female member of the One Arrow First Nation, disappeared from the streets of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. For her family, it was the beginning of a long and agonizing search, a period marked by frustration and…

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Patricia England

Victim of Patrick Baxter

age 19 · Greenburgh, New York

Killed Jan 1, 1988 · 38 years ago

On New Year's Day in 1988, which was also her 19th birthday, Patricia England, a young woman from Yonkers, New York, looked forward to celebrating. She borrowed a pair of shoes from a friend and went out to visit another friend that evening. But Patricia, a…

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Cesar Guzman

Victim of Demorris Andy Hunter

age 18 · Oakland, California

Killed Jan 1, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the cold of January 1985, the life of 18-year-old Cesar Guzman, a young Male, was violently cut short in Oakland, California. His death marked the beginning of a violent, decades-long criminal history for his killer, but for Cesar, it was the tragic end of…

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Paulin Barela

Victim of Santiago Garduno

Truchas, New Mexico

Killed Jan 1, 1925 · 101 years ago

On January 1, 1925, a tragic incident occurred at a dance party in Truchas, New Mexico, resulting in the death of a young man named Paulin Barela. The event was marked by a violent altercation involving several men, including the primary suspect, Santiago…

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Franklin Brown

Victim of Andreas Hall

Troy, New York

Killed Jan 1, 1847 · 179 years ago

In the quiet farm lands of Rensselaer County, New York, the life of a young man named Franklin Brown came to a brutal and secret end in the autumn of 1847. A male resident of the town of Hoosick, his age was never recorded, but he was remembered only as a…

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