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Serial Killer Victims on July 13

729 open cases in our database happened on July 13. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Serial Killer Victims (14)

Barbara Jacobs - New York City, New York
Serial Killer Victim35th anniversary

Barbara Jacobs

age 31 · New York City, New York
Killed Jul 13, 1991 · 35 years ago

Barbara Jacobs was a 31-year-old White woman from New York City who disappeared into the warm, unsettled hours of July 13, 1991, in a city where people can brush past one another and never be seen again. That night, she crossed paths with Joel Rifkin, a Long…

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Dennis Kerr - Brockville, Ontario
Serial Killer Victim35th anniversary

Dennis Kerr

Victim of Peter Woodcock
age 27 · Brockville, Ontario
Killed Jul 13, 1991 · 35 years ago

On July 13, 1991, Dennis Kerr, a 27-year-old male patient at the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital in Ontario, was brutally murdered on the hospital grounds. His death came at the hands of a fellow patient, Peter Woodcock, a notorious serial killer who was on…

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Thomas Harold Gentry - Norwood, North Carolina
Serial Killer Victim40th anniversary

Thomas Harold Gentry

age 48 · Norwood, North Carolina
Killed Jul 13, 1986 · 40 years ago

Thomas Harold Gentry, a 48-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was tragically murdered on July 14, 1986, in Norwood, North Carolina. He was found shot multiple times in his home, and the investigation revealed that he had been killed in an ambush-style…

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Amanda Jean Snell - Arlington, Virginia
Serial Killer Victim

Amanda Jean Snell

age 20 · Arlington, Virginia
Killed Jul 13, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the summer of 2009, a promising life was cut tragically short in Arlington, Virginia. Amanda Jean Snell, a 20-year-old female Navy petty officer, was found dead in her barracks room at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall on July 13, 2009. Her Navy supervisor…

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Carol Alford - Los Angeles, California
Serial Killer Victim

Carol Alford

Victim of Samuel Little
age 41 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Jul 13, 1987 · 39 years ago

Carol Alford, a 41-year-old African-American woman, was found dead in an alley in Los Angeles on July 13, 1987. Her body was discovered partially clothed, with signs of trauma indicating she had been struck in the head and strangled to death. Investigators…

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Marlene Walters - Norwood, Ohio
Serial Killer Victim

Marlene Walters

Victim of Alton Coleman
age 44 · Norwood, Ohio
Killed Jul 13, 1984 · 42 years ago

In the summer of 1984, a wave of terror swept across the Midwest, leaving a trail of devastation and fear. At the center of this maelstrom of violence were Alton Coleman and his accomplice, Debra Brown. Their crime spree, which spanned six states, ultimately…

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Rhonda Higdon Crump - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Serial Killer Victim

Rhonda Higdon Crump

age 16 · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Killed Jul 13, 1980 · 46 years ago

Rhonda Higdon Crump, a 16-year-old Caucasian female, was tragically murdered on July 13, 1980, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She had been married to Thomas Wayne Crump, a man over two decades her senior, whom she met while working at a KFC restaurant where he…

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Glenda Richmond - Ann Arbor, Michigan
Serial Killer Victim

Glenda Richmond

Victim of Carl Watts
age 23 · Ann Arbor, Michigan
Killed Jul 13, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of July 13, 1980, the quiet of an Ann Arbor, Michigan morning was shattered by a brutal act of violence that claimed the life of 26-year-old Glenda Richmond. A female, Richmond, had just finished her shift as the night manager at the…

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Esther Sophia Wendler Sepmeyer - Caseyville, Illinois
Serial Killer Victim

Esther Sophia Wendler Sepmeyer

age 83 · Caseyville, Illinois
Killed Jul 13, 1979 · 47 years ago

Esther Sophia Wendler Sepmeyer, an 83-year-old white female, was found dead on July 13, 1979, in her rural Madison County farmhouse in Caseyville, Illinois. Her grandson, Rodney Sepmeyer, discovered her body upon returning home from work. Esther had suffered…

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Esther Sophia Wendler Sepmeyer - Caseyville, Illinois
Serial Killer Victim

Esther Sophia Wendler Sepmeyer

Victim of Richard Holman
age 83 · Caseyville, Illinois
Killed Jul 13, 1979 · 47 years ago

Esther Sophia Wendler Sepmeyer, an 83-year-old white female, was found dead on July 13, 1979, in her rural Madison County farmhouse in Caseyville, Illinois. Her grandson, Rodney Sepmeyer, discovered her body upon returning home from work. Esther had suffered…

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Dorothy Holmes - Detroit, Michigan
Serial Killer Victim

Dorothy Holmes

Victim of Bigfoot Killer
age 43 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed Jul 13, 1975 · 51 years ago

In the autumn of 1975, the city of Detroit was gripped by a series of brutal slayings that targeted women. The final victim in this string of unsolved crimes was a 43-year-old African-American woman named Dorothy Holmes. Her life was tragically cut short on…

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Patrick Alan Oliver - Spokane, Washington
Serial Killer Victim

Patrick Alan Oliver

age 21 · Spokane, Washington
Killed Jul 13, 1975 · 51 years ago

Patrick Alan Oliver, a 21-year-old honor-roll pre-med student, was tragically murdered on July 13, 1975, near Walla Walla, Washington. Oliver, who had recently returned from studying at the Sorbonne in Paris, was picnicking with his friend Susan Savage, a…

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Susan Patricia Savage - Spokane, Washington
Serial Killer Victim

Susan Patricia Savage

age 22 · Spokane, Washington
Killed Jul 13, 1975 · 51 years ago

On a summer day, July 13, 1975, 22-year-old Caucasian female Susan Patricia Savage and her childhood friend, 21-year-old Patrick Alan Oliver, ventured out for a picnic and a swim at a local spot along Mill Creek, about twelve miles southeast of Walla Walla…

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Lester Schmidt - Aurora, Nebraska
Serial Killer Victim

Lester Schmidt

age 24 · Aurora, Nebraska
Killed Jul 13, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the summer of 1974, a shadow fell over the small city of Aurora, Nebraska, with the death of Lester Schmidt, a 24-year-old Caucasian male. The circumstances surrounding his passing on July 13, 1974, remain shrouded in mystery, leaving a lingering sense of…

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