Serial Killer Victims on January 31

Serial Killer Victims (19)

Serial Killer Victim30th anniversary

Melissa Thomas

Victim of Samuel Little

age 29 · Opelousas, Louisiana

Killed Jan 31, 1996 · 30 years ago

In January 1996, the body of 24-year-old Melissa Thomas, a female, was discovered on the grounds of the Little Zion Baptist Church in Opelousas, Louisiana. She had been strangled, and her body was left near the cemetery. For over two decades, her case…

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Serial Killer Victim30th anniversary

Manuel Garibay

Victim of Bruce Millsap

age 28 · Long-beach, California

Killed Jan 31, 1996 · 30 years ago

Manuel Garibay, aged 36, tragically lost his life on January 31, 1996, in Long Beach, California. His death was the result of a violent incident that shocked the local community. Garibay was found deceased under suspicious circumstances, leading authorities…

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Serial Killer Victim45th anniversary

Marlene Peters

Victim of Thomas Richard Bunday

age 20 · Fairbanks North Star, Alaska

Killed Jan 31, 1981 · 45 years ago

On January 31, 1981, 20-year-old Alaskan Native, female Marlene Jean Peters set out to hitchhike from Fairbanks toward Anchorage to see her ailing father and vanished along the route. Her disappearance fit an ominous pattern unfolding in and around Fairbanks…

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Serial Killer Victim55th anniversary

Donald Waldrop

Victim of Dean Arnold Corll

age 15 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 31, 1971 · 55 years ago

Donald Wayne Waldrop, a 15-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on January 30, 1971, in Houston, Texas. His death was later determined to be a homicide caused by asphyxia due to strangulation. Donald and his younger brother, Jerry Lynn Waldrop…

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Serial Killer Victim55th anniversary

Randall Harvey

Victim of Dean Arnold Corll

age 13 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 31, 1971 · 55 years ago

Randall Lee Harvey, a 15-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on March 9, 1971, in Houston, Texas. On that day, Randall left his home in the Heights neighborhood to ride his bicycle to his job at a Fina gas station located in the Oak Forest area…

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Serial Killer Victim115th anniversary

Walter J. Byers

Victim of Mulatto Axe Murders

Crowley, Louisiana

Killed Jan 31, 1911 · 115 years ago

In the winter of 1911, a wave of terror began to creep across the Gulf South, leaving a trail of unimaginable brutality. In the small city of Crowley, Louisiana, this horror visited the home of Walter J. Byers, a respected man in his community. The discovery…

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Serial Killer Victim115th anniversary

Mrs. Walter J. Byers

Victim of Mulatto Axe Murders

Crowley, Louisiana

Killed Jan 31, 1911 · 115 years ago

In the winter of 1911, a wave of unimaginable terror swept across communities in Louisiana and Texas, leaving a trail of slaughtered families and a legacy of fear. One of the earliest of these brutal attacks occurred in the town of Crowley, Louisiana…

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Serial Killer Victim115th anniversary

Son of Walter J. Byers

Victim of Mulatto Axe Murders

age 6 · Crowley, Louisiana

Killed Jan 31, 1911 · 115 years ago

In the winter of 1911, a wave of terror washed over the communities along the Southern Pacific railroad line in Louisiana and Texas. An unidentified killer, armed with an axe, began a year-long rampage, entering the homes of families at night and leaving…

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Mary Brooks

Victim of Billy Chemirmir

age 87 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jan 31, 2018 · 8 years ago

Mary Brooks, an 87-year-old woman, was found dead on January 31, 2018, in her Dallas condo. Initially, authorities believed that Mary Brooks had died of natural causes. However, her family discovered that jewelry was missing, including a coral necklace and…

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Alicia Ann Greer

Victim of William Eugene Boyette

age 30 · Milton, Florida

Killed Jan 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Alicia Ann Greer, a 30-year-old resident of Milton, Florida, tragically lost her life on January 31, 2017. Alicia was found dead in a motel room at the Emerald Sands Inn in Milton, alongside her friend Jacqueline Moore. Both women were victims of a fatal…

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Jacqueline Jeanette Moore

Victim of William Eugene Boyette

age 39 · Milton, Florida

Killed Jan 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jacqueline Jeanette Moore, aged 39, was tragically found dead on January 31, 2017, at the Emerald Sands Inn in Milton, Florida. Her death was part of a double homicide, with Alicia Ann Greer, aged 30, also being a victim. Both women were discovered shot to…

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Casey Jo Pipestem

Victim of John Robert Williams

age 19 · Grapevine, Texas

Killed Jan 31, 2004 · 22 years ago

Casey Jo Pipestem, a 19-year-old Native American woman and member of the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma, was found dead on January 31, 2004, beneath a bridge near Big Bear Creek in Grapevine, Texas. Her body was discovered by a man and his daughter walking near a…

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Misty McGugin

Victim of Gerald Patrick Lewis

age 22 · Mobile, Alabama

Killed Jan 31, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the winter of 1998, a young woman's disappearance from Mobile, Alabama, unraveled a story of a predator lurking in the shadows. Misty McGugin, a 22-year-old female, was last seen by her family on Friday, January 30, 1998, when she dropped off her…

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Howard L. Campbell

Victim of Harbor City serial shootings

age 32 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 1993 · 33 years ago

In the winter of 1993, a series of terrifying and unsolved drive-by shootings began in the Harbor City neighborhood of Los Angeles, and a 32-year-old local man, Howard L. Campbell, was its first victim. His death on January 31, 1993, marked the start of a…

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Carlos Adkins

Victim of Regis Deon Thomas

Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 1992 · 34 years ago

On January 31, 1992, a young man named Carlos Adkins was shot and killed during an argument inside an apartment in Los Angeles County, California. Very little is publicly known about Carlos, a man whose life was cut short in an act of violence that would…

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Doris Wong Lee

Victim of Anthony Rene Wimberly

age 62 · Oakland-hills, California

Killed Jan 31, 1985 · 41 years ago

Doris Wong Lee, aged 62, was tragically found dead in her Oakland Hills home on January 31, 1985. Her death was the result of a violent burglary that escalated into murder. The perpetrator, Anthony Rene Wimberly, broke into her home with the intent to rob it.…

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Vicki Ripple

Victim of Syvasky Lafayette Poyner

age 17 · Newport News, Virginia

Killed Jan 31, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the winter of 1984, a seventeen-year-old white female named Vicki Ripple was working at a High's Ice Cream store in Newport News, Virginia, when her life was tragically cut short. On January 31st, during what should have been a routine lunchtime shift on a…

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Clyde Hay

Victim of Vaughn Orrin Greenwood

age 34 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 31, 1975 · 51 years ago

Clyde Hay, a 34-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on January 31, 1975, in Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California. His death was part of a series of murders attributed to Vaughn Orrin Greenwood, infamously known as the 'Skid Row Slasher.'…

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Jane Wooley

Victim of Gerald Thomas Archer

age 62 · London, Ontario

Killed Jan 31, 1969 · 57 years ago

Jane Wooley was a dedicated and hardworking 62-year-old woman living in London, Ontario. She spent her days as a chambermaid at the London House, a hotel on Dundas Street, a job she took pride in. After her shifts, she would return to the quiet solitude of…

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