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On This Date

Serial Killer Victims on January 4

658 open cases in our database happened on January 4. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (13)

Amber Peck - Ocala National Forest, Florida
Serial Killer Victim20th anniversary

Amber Peck

age 26 · Ocala National Forest, Florida
Killed Jan 4, 2006 · 20 years ago

Amber Marie Peck, a bright and compassionate 26-year-old woman, was pursuing her dream of becoming a zoologist at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida. Her deep love for animals was a defining characteristic, and her parents remembered her as a…

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John Parker - Ocala National Forest, Florida
Serial Killer Victim20th anniversary

John Parker

age 26 · Ocala National Forest, Florida
Killed Jan 4, 2006 · 20 years ago

John Parker was a man who loved the great outdoors, a former U.S. Marine who had served his country on two tours in Afghanistan. At 26 years old, he was a student at Santa Fe Community College, studying forestry with the goal of transferring to the University…

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Angela Ford - Chicago, Illinois
Serial Killer Victim25th anniversary

Angela Ford

age 32 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Jan 4, 2001 · 25 years ago

Angela Ford was a 32-year-old mother of two children at the time of her disappearance and murder in 1999. Angela had a happy spirit. Her children remember her fondly, and remain advocates for justice for Angela. One day in 1999, Angela Ford left her house to…

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Katherine Hall - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Serial Killer Victim

Katherine Hall

age 29 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Killed Jan 4, 1999 · 27 years ago

Katherine Hall, a 29-year-old female, was found dead on January 4, 1999, in the southeast corner of East Baton Rouge Parish, left in the Vignes Lake subdivision off Hoo Shoo Too and Tiger Bend roads, where a quiet stretch of pavement gave way to a scene that…

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Christopher Thomas - Houston, Texas
Serial Killer Victim

Christopher Thomas

age 34 · Houston, Texas
Killed Jan 4, 1998 · 28 years ago

On January 4, 1998, Christopher Thomas, a 34-year-old Black male, was tragically shot and killed in Houston, Texas. At the time of the incident, Thomas was sitting in his car outside his residence, listening to music, when he was approached by Franklin…

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Cynthia Marie Jones - Milford, Michigan
Serial Killer Victim

Cynthia Marie Jones

age 15 · Milford, Michigan
Killed Jan 4, 1992 · 34 years ago

In the winter of 1992, the community of Milford, Michigan, was shaken by the disappearance of 15-year-old Cynthia Marie Jones. A white female, Cynthia was a bright and promising student, an honor roll student who played the flute and was a cheerleader. She…

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Ruth J. Bresnahan - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Serial Killer Victim

Ruth J. Bresnahan

Victim of Robert Wirth
age 83 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Killed Jan 4, 1988 · 38 years ago

Ruth J. Bresnahan, an 83-year-old female from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died on January 4, 1988, in what became part of a frightening cluster of attacks against elderly Milwaukee-area residents inside their homes. Online records identify her birth date as April…

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George Sonnenberg - Jacksonville, Florida
Serial Killer Victim

George Sonnenberg

Victim of Ottis Toole
age 65 · Jacksonville, Florida
Killed Jan 4, 1982 · 44 years ago

On January 4, 1982, George Sonnenberg, a 65-year-old white male residing in Jacksonville, Florida, was the victim of a fatal arson attack. Sonnenberg lived in a boarding house where he had reportedly begun a personal relationship with Ottis Elwood Toole, a…

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Phyllis Tamm - Houston, Texas
Serial Killer Victim

Phyllis Tamm

Victim of Carl Watts
age 27 · Houston, Texas
Killed Jan 4, 1982 · 44 years ago

On January 4, 1982, the body of Phyllis Ellen Tamm, a 27-year-old white female, was discovered in an affluent neighborhood near Rice University in Houston, Texas. She was found hanging by the neck from a small tree, dressed in jogging clothes. The position of…

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Eric Michael Fuller - New-york, New York
Serial Killer Victim

Eric Michael Fuller

Victim of David Bullock
age 28 · New-york, New York
Killed Jan 4, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the winter of 1982, a wave of fear had been quietly spreading across New York City, a chilling undercurrent to the bustling metropolis. The city was in the grip of a spree of seemingly random and brutal killings, the work of a man who would come to be…

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John William Leras - Huntington Beach, California
Serial Killer Victim

John William Leras

age 17 · Huntington Beach, California
Killed Jan 4, 1975 · 51 years ago

White/Caucasian male, age 17, John William Leras died on January 4, 1975, in the Sunset Beach stretch of the Huntington Beach shoreline in Orange County, California. On the evening before his death, the 17-year-old male was last seen boarding a bus in Long…

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Mary Annabelle Bjornson - Seattle, Washington
Serial Killer Victim

Mary Annabelle Bjornson

age 21 · Seattle, Washington
Killed Jan 4, 1969 · 57 years ago

On the evening of Saturday, January 4, 1969, in Seattle, Washington, 21-year-old Mary Annabelle Bjornson was in her apartment preparing dinner for her boyfriend, Duane Thornton. A student at the University of Washington, Mary worked at the local Sears store…

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Mary Sullivan - Boston, Massachusetts
Serial Killer Victim

Mary Sullivan

age 19 · Boston, Massachusetts
Killed Jan 4, 1964 · 62 years ago

In the winter of 1964, a 19-year-old Caucasian female named Mary Sullivan had recently moved from the familiar surroundings of Cape Cod to a new life in Boston, Massachusetts. She settled into an apartment on Charles Street in the bustling Beacon Hill…

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