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Michelle Gardiner

**Michelle Gardiner (formerly Michael James Gardiner)** (January 5, 1978 - September 10, 1997) was an Australian transgender woman who was killed by John Bunting and Robert Wagner. She was a victim of the Snowtown murders.

## Backstory

John Bunting, driven to murder by his hatred for paedophiles and homosexuals, has been described as a skilled manipulator of people and "Australia's worst serial killer". Bunting had fashioned a "rock spider wall" on a wall of a spare room in his house. The chart, created using paper notes and wool, was an interconnected web of names of people Bunting suspected to be paedophiles or homosexuals.

Bunting met Robert Wagner when he moved to Waterloo Corner Road. Wagner was living with Vanessa Lane (formerly Barry Lane) at the time. Wagner assisted Bunting in disposing of the body of his first victim, Clinton Trezise. Wagner later assisted Bunting in the remaining ten Snowtown murders.

Michelle Gardiner lived in the residence of Ms Nicole Zuritta, a cousin of Robert Wagner's wife. Gardiner was openly homosexual and a transgender woman. Her openly gay lifestyle made her an enemy of Bunting. Bunting referred to her as “the biggest homo”.

## Events

Shortly before her disappearance in September 1997, Gardiner was playing with Wagner’s defacto’s children in her front yard. Gardiner grabbed one of the children and placed her hand over the child’s mouth. Wagner saw the incident and became infuriated. Whereas previously he had tolerated Gardiner, and would mumble an occasional “Hello”, now he was ropeable and refused to acknowledge his neighbour.

Bunting and Wagner took her to Murray Bridge where they strangled her in a shed, forcing her to stand up each time she collapsed.

Wagner and Bunting staged a robbery at Michelle’s home, stealing some of Ms Zuritta’s belongings and convincing her that Gardiner had stolen them in order to pay for a sex change operation.

Gardiner’s body was kept in the a barrel in the shed until it was moved to the Snowtown bank vault.

## Aftermath

Michelle's body was found by police stored in a barrel in the bank vault in Snowtown. A rope was around the deceased’s neck with a slip knot behind her right ear. Her left foot had been removed so the lid of the drum could be closed.

The Supreme Court trial for John Bunting began on 14 October 2002. He was convicted of eleven murders and found guilty on 8 September 2003. He was sentenced to 11 life sentences without the possibility of parole and is incarcerated at Yatala Labour Prison in Adelaide.

Robert Wagner was found guilty of ten counts of murder. He was sentenced to 10 life sentences without the possibility of parole and has been incarcerated since 2003.

## Other Victims of the Snowtown Murders

* Clinton Trezise, aged 22
* Ray Davies, aged 26
* Vanessa Lane, aged 42
* Thomas Trevilyan, aged 18
* Gavin Porter, aged 29
* Troy Youde, aged 21
* Frederick Brooks, aged 18
* Gary O'Dwyer, aged 29
* Elizabeth Haydon, aged 37
* David Johnson, aged 24
Maureen McLaughlin

**Maureen McLaughlin** was a 23-year-old woman from Lithgow, Australia who was murdered in 1992 by an unknown perpetrator. There is currently a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible.

## Events

### Disappearance and body discovery

Maureen McLaughlin was a 23-year-old woman living in the city of Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia in 1992. On March 31, Maureen was last seen alive at a hotel on Main Street in Lithgow (pop. 19,409 in 1996).

Three days later, Maureen's father reported her missing. Investigations were launched by local police into her disappearance before police received a report on April 13 from a bushwalker who had discovered a body at Lithgow.

The body was found in a shallow grave off State Mine Gully Road with a number of injuries to the head and body. The deceased was later identified as Maureen.

## News

*For news articles on Maureen McLaughlin, see here.*

## External links

* McLaughlin family tree • Ancestry (paywall)
* Reward of $200,000 to solve murder of Maureen McLaughlin • NSW Police Public Site

## Sources

1. ↑ Population and dwellings • Lithgow City Council
2. ↑ 5 Jun 2018: Rewards on offer for three unsolved Blue Mountains cases • Blue Mountains Gazette
Maude Moorman

**Roberta Maude Moorman (née Ghormley)** (April 29, 1909 – January 13, 1984)

## News

*For news articles on Maude Moorman, see here.*

* Ghormley family tree • Ancestry (paywall)
* Robert Henry Moorman #1282 • Clark Prosecutor
* Roberta Maude *Ghormley* Moormann (1909-1984) • Find A Grave

## In popular media

### Podcasts

* Small Town Murder: #159 - You Can't Dismember Your Problems in Florence, Arizona (20 Feb 2020)
Mārtiņš Bunkus/News

## 2018

* 31 May 2018: Lawyer shot dead in Latvia, police see hand of organized crime • Reuters
* 31 May 2018: Murder of insolvency administrator most probably contract killing - Latvian interior minister • The Baltic Times
* 2 Jun 2018: In Riga on May 30 at 8.30 Martins Bunkus, the administrator of insolvency, was killed • Baltic Magazine

## 2019

* 1 Jun 2019: Dirty money, bloody murder • Tortoise Media
Richard Hettig

**Richard Hettig** was a 45-year-old man shot dead by his 16-year-old daughter Denise in 1965 in Auckland, New Zealand. Denise was convicted of manslaughter.

## Events

Richard Dietrich Hettig was born in either 1919 or 1920. He had a son on an unknown date and a daughter named Denise on October 2, 1948 in Auckland, New Zealand.

On July 19, 1965, Richard Hettig's teenage daughter Denise shot him dead at their home in the Auckland suburb of Anawhata. At the time, Denise was 16 years old and Richard was 45 years old.

Denise's lawyer, P. B. Pemm, alleged that Richard was obsessive with Denise and wouldn't let her have a friendship with a boy. In the trial a Supreme Court jury found Denise not guilty of murder but instead guilty of manslaughter.

Denise Hettig died at 40 years old on December 31, 1988 in Wellington, New Zealand. She had four children.

Richard is currently survived by his son and ten grandchildren.

## News

*For news articles on Richard Hettig, see here.*

## External links

* Death registration: Richard Hettig (1966/28682) • New Zealand Government
* Hettig family tree • Ancestry (paywall)

## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hettig family tree • Ancestry (paywall)
2. ↑ Death registration: Richard Hettig (1966/28682) • New Zealand Government
3. ↑ 2 Mar 1966: Teenager found guilty • The Canberra Times
Kathleen Greening

**Kathleen Diane Greening** (March 16, 1949 - July 21, 1982) was a 33-year-old woman from Minnesota, United States.

## Events

On July 21st, 1982, Carol Kellogg had driven to her best friend, Kathleen Greening’s, home in Roseville. They were scheduled to leave on a vacation to Macinac Island. Carol had knocked on the door and let herself in when nobody answered the door. She called out for Kathleen and began to search room by room when there was no answer. Kellogg discovered Kathleen Greening’s body face up in the bathtub with her knees bent towards the front of the tub. Initially, her death was ruled as an accident.

## Aftermath

In 1997, after a diagnosis of terminal melanoma, Paul Stephani admitted to the murder of Kathleen Greening. Kathleen Greening was drowned by Paul Stephani in a bathtub at her home, only a few weeks before the murder of Barbara Simons. Paul Stephani admitted to holding Kathleen underwater in the bath tub by her shoulders until she was dead.

Detectives found the cold case file for Kathleen Greening's murder. Going through the file, they found an address book belonging to her that had been taken as evidence. In the address book was Paul Stephani's phone number. The relationship of the pair is either not known or never been revealed to the public.

Paul Stephani was already serving a 58 year sentence at the time of this confession. He died of cancer whilst incarcerated at Oak Park Heights Prison, Minnesota on June 12, 1998.

## Other Victims of Paul Stephani

* Kimberly Compton
* Barbara Simons
Mia Zapata

**Mia Zapata** (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was the lead singer of Seattle punk band The Gits when she was murdered in July 1993. The murder went unsolved for 10 years.

## Events

In the late night hours of July 7, 1993, Mia visited a friend who lived on the second floor of an apartment building. She was last seen walking either a few block west, north to a friend's apartment or decided to take the long walk south to her home.

At 3:30 A.M., her body was found near the intersection of 24th Avenue South and South Washington Street in the Central District of Seattle, Washington. She was beaten, raped and strangled. Mia had no I.D. on her when her body was found, but the medical examiner, who was a fan of the Gits recognized her.

The music community in Seattle helped raise money to hire a private investigator for three years, but the funds later dried up and there were no breaks in the case.

In 2003, a fisherman from Florida named Jesus Mezquia was arrested for Mia's murder based on DNA evidence that was found in bite marks on Mia's body and was kept in cold storage until the STR technology was developed to be fully extracted.

Jesus was convicted of murdering Mia in 2004 and was originally sentenced to 37 years in prison, but it was reduced to 36 years on appeal. On January 21, 2021, Jesus died at a hospital in Washington. He was 66 years old.

## News

*For news articles on Mia Zapata, see here.*

### Court cases

* 2005: State v. Mezquia • Court of Appeals of Washington

### Records

* Mia K. Zapata • Social Security Death Index (paywall)
* Mia K Zapata • Washington Death Index (paywall)
* Mia Katherine Zapata • Social Security Applications and Claims Index (paywall)
* Mia Zapata (1965-1993) • Find A Grave
* Zapata family tree • Ancestry (paywall)

### Other

* Jesus C Mezquia Inmate 704679 • RapSheetz
* Mia Zapata • Unsolved Mysteries Wiki
* Mia Zapata • Wikipedia

## In popular media

### Podcasts

* Casefile True Crime: Case 77: Mia Zapata (11 Mar 2018)
Khondkar Elahi/News

## 2017

* 19 Feb 2017: Man charged with murder after domestic violence incident in Parramatta • ABC News
* 20 Feb 2017: Man denied bail over alleged stabbing murder of wife in Parramatta • ABC News

## 2019

* 16 Apr 2019: Man searched online for Islamic punishments for wife's infidelity before murder, court told • ABC News
* 8 May 2019: Parramatta man Shahab Ahmed found guilty of murder after stabbing wife 14 times • ABC News
* 8 May 2019: Sydney man guilty of wife's violent murder • Newcastle Herald
* 30 May 2019: Jealous husband who researched Islamic punishments for adultery online before stabbing his cheating wife to death in a crazed frenzy is jailed for 20 years • Daily Mail
* 30 May 2019: Shahab Ahmed, who fatally stabbed his wife 14 times, to serve at least 20 years jail • 7NEWS
* 30 May 2019: Sydney man who stabbed wife 14 times jailed for 27 years over her murder • ABC News
* 30 May 2019: 'Terrifying and painful death': Sydney man jailed for murdering wife • The Sydney Morning Herald
* 31 May 2019: Australian murderer took 'cruel and deliberate' steps as he killed wife • Stuff.co.nz
Raymond Sutton

## Clothing & Personal Items

* **Clothing:** Last seen wearing a cowboy hat, khaki trousers, and a tan lumber jacket
* **Jewelry:** Unknown
* **Additional Personal Items:** Unknown

## Circumstances of Disappearance

Ray Sutton was last seen while conducting an investigation in Clayton, New Mexico on August 23, 1930. He worked for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives at the time of his disappearance.At the time of his death he was investigating the murder of an Another ATF Agent Dale Kearney July 6, 1930 Aguilar Colorado https://www.odmp.org/officer/7355-special-agent-dale-f-kearney

On August 28th Fletcher passed a deputy sheriff about seven miles south of Raton. The deputy gave Sutton a wave. Sutton waved back and was never seen again. His government vehicle, a black 1929 Pontiac coach with yellow wood wheels, Kansas license plate #84 C 773, was located in a canyon 20 miles from where the suspects were last seen. When one of the suspects was later arrested in Colorado, he was in possession of Agent Sutton's government identification.

It is presumed that Agent Sutton was murdered near Raton, New Mexico, but his body was never located.
The suspect died in 1973

## Sources

* Raymond Sutton Doe Network
* Raymond Sutton Find a grave [Cenopath memorial]
* Raymond Sutton ODMP memorial
* Raymond Sutton New legends Magazine
John Chau/News

## 2018

### November 2018

* 21 Nov 2018: Isolated Tribe Kills American With Bow and Arrow on Remote Indian Island • The New York Times
* 22 Nov 2018: 'God, I don’t want to die,' U.S. missionary wrote before he was killed by tribe on Indian island • The Washington Post
* 23 Nov 2018: A Man’s Last Letter Before Being Killed on a Forbidden Island • The New York Times
* 23 Nov 2018: American national John Allen Chau violated every rule in the book to meet the Sentinelese • Hindustan Times
* 23 Nov 2018: 'You guys might think I'm crazy': Diary of US 'missionary' reveals last days in remote island • CNN
* 24 Nov 2018: Retrieving Body of Missionary Killed on Remote Indian Island Is a Struggle • The New York Times
* 26 Nov 2018: John Allen Chau detailed efforts to convert islanders to Christianity in final diary entries: 'You guys might think I'm crazy' • ABC News
* 26 Nov 2018: Police face off with Sentinelese tribe as they struggle to recover slain missionary’s body • News.com.au
* 29 Nov 2018: Slain missionary John Chau prepared much more than we thought, but are missionaries still fools? • The Washington Post
* 30 Nov 2018: 'I've Thought a Lot About Whether I Did Good or Evil': Missionaries on the Death of John Allen Chau • The New York Times
* 30 Nov 2018: John Chau Aced Missionary Boot Camp. Reality Proved a Harsher Test. • The New York Times
* 30 Nov 2018: John Chau Wanted to Change Life on North Sentinel Island. Was He Wrong? • The New York Times

### December 2018

* 2 Dec 2018: American's Death Revives Evangelical Debate Over Extreme Missionary Work • The New York Times
* 7 Dec 2018: Ethical Issues Raised by Missionary's Violent Death • The New York Times
Katrina Smith/News

## 2012

* 27 Oct 2012: UPDATED: Missing Machesney Park woman searchers find more clues • WREX

## 2017

* 4 Apr 2017: UPDATE: Todd Smith sentenced to 59 years in prison • WIFR
* 9 May 2017: Illinois woman stalked, murdered in midst of affair, separation • True Crime Daily
* 28 May 2017: Chilling texts husband sent wife AFTER he'd killed her for wanting divorce • Mirror
* 28 May 2017: Haunting text husband sent to wife AFTER he battered her to death with baseball bat for wanting a divorce • The Sun
* 29 May 2017: Katrina was bashed to death. Then her husband sent a chilling text message to her phone. • Mamamia

## 2019

* 7 May 2019: Katrina Smith was murdered by her husband, Todd — Never Say Goodbye features the case • Monsters & Critics

## Forums

* 27 Oct 2012: IL - Katrina Smith, 30, beaten to death, Machesney Park, 23 Oct 2012 • Websleuths
Rose Tashman

## Rose Tashman

### Born

15 December 1949Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel

### Died

18 May 1969 (aged 19)Los Angeles, California, United States

### Body discovered

19 May 1969 (1 day)Los Angeles, California, United States

### Killed by

Unknown

**Rose Tashman** (December 15, 1949 – May 18, 1969)

## News

*For news articles on Rose Tashman, see here.*

## External links

* Tashman family tree • Ancestry (paywall)
Murder in the Wicked West

***Murder in the Wicked West*** is an American true crime documentary series which is broadcast on Investigation Discovery. It has been airing since 2022.

It showcases the most compelling murders committed in some of the most remote towns in the western US. It’s an epic landscape where Wild West traditions of vengeance and lawlessness live on. When murders occur, investigators sometimes need old school methods to hunt down the killer.

The following is a list of murder victims featured on the show. Non-applicable episodes are excluded.

## Season 1 (2022-23)

* 1: Utah's Lion King (12 December 2022): *Rex Tanner* & *June Flood*
* 2: Murder on Main Street (12 December 2022): *Rex Harper*
* 3: Murder on Horseshoe Curve (19 December 2022): *Matthew Misener*
* 4: Cowboy Killer (26 December 2022): *Lori Jones*, *Susan Ault*, *Velina Larson* & *Debra Van Luven*
* 5: Cowboy Conman (5 January 2022): *Rick Godfrey*
* 6: No Honor Among Thieves (9 January 2022): *Travis Perkins*
Nate Fox

## Nate Fox

### Born

14 April 1977Plainfield, Illinois, United States

### Died

22 December 2014 (aged 37)Bloomingdale, Illinois, United States

### Killed by

Jeffrey Keller

**Nate Fox** (April 14, 1977 – December 22, 2014)

## News

*For news articles on Nate Fox, see here.*

## External links

* Fox family tree • Ancestry (paywall)
* Jeffrey Keller Inmate 212784 • RapSheetz
* Nate Fox • Wikipedia
Mouloud Feraoun

**Mouloud Feraoun** (March 8, 1913 - March 14, 1962) was an Algerian writer who was assassinated by the OAS, just four days before the end of the Algerian War.

## Backstory

Feraoun was born in 1913, belonging to a family of poor farmers. His father, who was illiterate, had to migrate several times to seek employment, for example to Tunisia and even to northern France, where he worked in the coal mines of the Nord departement. There, Feraoun's father suffered an injury, which found a literary treatment in his first novel Fils du Pauvre.

In a time where very few of the Muslim children of Algeria went to school, Feraoun studied at the Ecole normale in Bouzaréah District in order to qualify as a teacher, and in 1935, he began to teach in his own birthplace. Later, from 1957, Feraoun was a school director in Algiers, and in 1960, he was made an inspector who supervised social institutions that cared for disadvantaged Algerians.

## Events

On 15 March, 1962, together with five of his colleagues, he was assassinated by the OAS, just four days before the end of the Algerian War.

## Aftermath

On 3 March 2022, in a ceremony in Algiers, French president Emmanuel Macron honored Feraoun and other victims of the OAS.
Ottilia Aranyi/News

## 2012

* 3 Apr 2012: Mental health assessment for murder accused • ABC News
* 3 Apr 2012: Son charged with mother's murder • News.com.au
* 3 Apr 2012: Son charged with murdering 75yo mother • ABC News
* 4 Apr 2012: Neighbours shocked to lose gentle friend • The Canberra Times
* 29 Aug 2012: Murder accused pleads not guilty by mental impairment • The Sydney Morning Herald
* 4 Oct 2012: Yarralumla murder accused appears in court • ABC News

## 2013

* 8 Aug 2013: Man acquitted of killing mother • ABC News
* 8 Aug 2013: Man acquitted of murdering mother because of mental impairment • The Age
* 23 Aug 2013: Mother killed by mentally ill son 'predicted her death' • ABC News
Nina Nicholson/News

## 2015

* 6 Jun 2015: 8 Victorian cold case deaths draw $1 million rewards for information • ABC News
* 21 Jul 2015: Cold Case Files: Did a Peeping Tom murder Nina Nicholson? • Herald Sun

## 2016

* 9 Sep 2016: Nina Nicholson murder mystery 25 years on: Was the killer someone close by? • The Age
* 10 Sep 2016: 25 year anniversary following the murder of Nina Nicholson • Mirage News
* 10 Sep 2016: Police offer $1 million reward for clue to 1991 cold case murder of Nina Nicholson • News.com.au
* 10 Sep 2016: Police offer $1 million reward to find Victorian nurse’s killer • 9News
* 10 Sep 2016: Police renew hunt for killer of Victorian nurse Nina Nicholson and offer a $1million reward on 25th anniversary of her brutal murder • Daily Mail
* 10 Sep 2016: Who knows the truth about the murder of Clunes nurse Nina Nicholson? • The Advocate

## 2019

* 18 Oct 2019: Nina Nicholson's family won't let her be forgotten three decades after she was brutally killed at Clunes • ABC News
* 4 Nov 2019: Nina Nicholson murder: Hope endures for parents of slain nurse • The Courier
* 17 Nov 2019: Nina Nicholson murder: investigations continue into murder of young nurse • The Courier

## 2020

* 16 Feb 2020: Aussie cold case: Who left Nina to die on her verandah? • That's Life! Magazine
Rodger DeVaul

**Rodger James DeVaul Jr.** was a 20-year-old man who was murdered on February 12, 1983 by Randy Kraft.

## Events

On February 12, Kraft killed two Buena Park men: 18-year-old Geoffrey Nelson and 20-year-old Rodger DeVaul. The two young men were last seen outside the house of a friend shortly after midnight, when they told him that they intended to purchase something to eat. Nelson's body was found alongside an offramp close to the Garden Grove Freeway several hours after he and DeVaul were last seen. DeVaul's body was found the following day, discarded down a mountainside close to Mount Baldy in San Bernardino County. He had been bound, sodomized, and strangled with a cord. They both had ingested both alcohol and propranolol prior to their murders. In addition, the stomachs of both victims contained potato skins and grapes, which had been eaten shortly before their murders.

## News

*For news articles on Rodger DeVaul, see here.*

## Other victims of Randy Kraft

* Eric Church
* Donald Crisel
* Keith Crotwell
* Terry Lee Gambrel
* Scott Hughes
* Michael Inderbieten
* Richard Keith
* Keith Klingbeil
* Edward Moore
* Geoffrey Nelson
* Ronnie Wiebe
* Roland Young
Linda Jensen

**Linda Elizabeth Jensen (née Halverson)** (June 16, 1952 – February 24, 1992) was a 39-year-old woman and mother who was murdered by local Boy Scout troop leader, Kent Jones.

## Events

*On February 24, 1992, Linda received a knock on her door from an unexpected visitor. Upon opening the door, she realized it was her neighbor, and local Boy Scout leader, 28-year-old Kent Jones, who had arrived under the guise of wanting to talk to her about getting her son into the Boy Scouts. Unbeknownst to her, Jones had been secretly watching her on her morning runs around their neighborhood in Big Lake, Minnesota, and had grown an infatuation towards her. During the visit, Linda tried to tell Jones that it wasn’t a very good for her to have company, but soon after, she was attacked. Soon after, Jones had strangled Linda, before wrapping her body in a bedsheet, and stabbing her in the chest. Reportedly, the stab was so forceful, that part of the fabric from the sheet was embedded into Linda’s chest.*

## News

*For news articles on Linda Jensen, see here.*

## External links

### Court cases

* 2004: State v. Jones • Supreme Court of Minnesota
* 2008: State v. Jones • Supreme Court of Minnesota
* 2016: Jones v. State • Supreme Court of Minnesota

### Records

* Halverson family tree • Ancestry (paywall)
* Linda E Halverson • Minnesota Marriage Index (paywall)
* Linda E *Halverson* Jensen (1952-1992) • Find A Grave
* Linda E Jensen • Minnesota Death Index
* Linda E Jensen • U.S. Veterans' Gravesites (paywall)
* Linda Elizabeth Halverson • Minnesota Birth Index (paywall)
* Linda Elizabeth Halverson • Social Security Applications and Claims Index (paywall)

### Other

* Kent Richard Jones Inmate 200540 • RapSheetz

## In popular media

### Television

* Never Say Goodbye S1E6: Overkill (9 Apr 2019)
Nikita Chawla

## Nikita Chawla

### Died

9 January 2015 (aged 23)Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

### Killed by

Parminder Singh

**Nikita Chawla** (June 21, 1991 – January 9, 2015)

## News

*For news articles on Nikita Chawla, see here.*

## External links

* Tarang Chawla • Wikipedia
* 'These women are not just statistics' • ABC News (2 of 38)

### Court cases

* 2015: Nikita Chawla • Coroners Court of Victoria
Robert Loggins

**Robert Wyatt Loggins Jr.** was a 19-year-old man who was murdered on August 23, 1980 by Randy Kraft.

## Case

On September 3, 1980, one month after Kraft's return to California from Oregon, the bound body of a 19-year-old Marine named Robert Loggins was found discarded in a trash bag close to the El Toro Marine air base. Loggins had last been seen alive by two fellow Marines close to the Pacific Coast Highway on August 23. Photographs—and the negatives—subsequently found in Kraft's possession show Loggins in Kraft's living room slumped fully clothed on his sofa, apparently intoxicated, and in various nude, pornographic postures. All these pictures depict Loggins with his eyes closed; it is unknown whether the victim was alive or dead at the time they were taken.

## News

*For news articles on Robert Loggins, see here.*

## Other victims of Randy Kraft

* Eric Church
* Donald Crisel
* Keith Crotwell
* Rodger DeVaul
* Mark Hall
* Scott Hughes
* Michael Inderbieten
* Richard Keith
* Edward Moore
* Geoffrey Nelson
* Ronnie Wiebe
* Roland Young
Manual of style

The **manual of style** is a style manual for the articles on this wiki. The manual is adapted from Wikipedia's Manual of Style. Specifically this means the style in which the pages are written, sourced, and categorised.

**I am happy to do this myself. I monitor new pages created and do edit them to help them adhere to this style.**

## Style of writing

An article consists of an infobox, brief summary, and up to six headings.

1. **Events** - Written in chronological order. Keep information about the person's life brief if it does not pertain to the circumstances of their death. Most importantly, the description of death should be kept brief.
2. **News** - See 'example' for more.
3. **Other victims\*** - Use a bullet list and in alphabetical order by first name.
4. **External links\*** - In a bullet list. Common links are Wikipedia, Murderpedia, and Find a Grave. Social media profiles are allowed. **Court cases** is a sub-heading for links to either transcripts or summaries from either criminal court or appeals court (or counterparts).
5. **In popular media\*** - In a bullet list. Order of sub-headings: film, documentaries, television, and podcasts.
6. **Sources** - Insert 'references list'.

\*If applicable

### Examples

1. **Events** - See here.
2. **News** - "*For news articles on John Doe, see here.*" ('here' would link to a page titled 'John Doe/News')
3. **Other victims** - See here.
4. **External links** - See here and here.
5. **In popular media** - See here.
6. **Sources** - See here.

## Style of news pages

### [page]/News

This is a separate page for news articles and forum links. Many existing news pages still need to completely transcribed. However, when completed should look like this. When they're longer, sub-headings that separate the articles by months should be added (example).

They follow the style of:

* 1 Jan 2000: Body found in local park • The Guardian

The headline would have an external link to the article.

## Style of categories

There are a *lot* of tags. You can copy the following and fill it in.

* Murder victims
* [decade]s murders
* [decade]s murders in [state]
* [decade]s murders in [country]
* [year] murders
* [year] murders in [state]
* [year] murders in [country]
* Add image (if applicable)
* [gender] murder victims
* Murders in [state]
* Murders in [country]
* [Solved/unsolved] murders
* [Nationality] murder victims
* Child murder victims (if applicable)
* Teenagers (if applicable)
* To be written (if applicable)
* Unidentifed murder victims (if applicable)
* Victims of [serial killer] (if applicable)

State or province is only added as a category for murders in the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico and the United Kingdom (i.e. England, Scotland).
Katie Maggiore

### Died

2 February 1978 (aged 20)Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, California, United States

### Killed by

Joseph James DeAngelo

**Katie Lee Maggiore (née Smith)** (January 29, 1958 - February 2, 1978) was an American woman from Fresno, California.

## Backstory

Katie Maggiore was married to Brian Maggiore. They have been married less than 2 years. Their La Verta Court apartment was perfectly situated. The complex was an island of apartments amidst a sea of middle class neighbourhoods. To its right Malaga Way led to Paseo Drive, which was a straight road to Mather Field AFB, where Brian (now a sergeant in the Air Force) was stationed. To the left, Malaga led to nice suburban streets in this sleeper community of Cordova Meadows. All around it was a convenient place for a young Air Force couple to live.

## Events

On the evening of 2 February 1978, the couple turned left on Malaga Way to take their dog, Thumper, for a walk. The Maggiores fled after a confrontation in the street. Brian was shot twice by Joseph James DeAngelo, once in the chest and once in the back of the neck. His wife was then shot in the head and killed as she attempted to flee, screaming for help.

## Aftermath

The murders remained unsolved for decades but on 15 June 2016, the FBI announced that it was confident that the East Area Rapist had murdered the Maggiores. On June 29, 2020, DeAngelo entered a plea of guilty to these murders and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

He is currently serving a total of 12 life sentences plus 8 years without the possibility of parole in protective custody at California State Prison, Corcoran.

## Other Victims of DeAngelo

* Claude Snelling
* Brian Maggiore
* Debra Manning
* Robert Offerman
* Cheryl Domingo
* Gregory Sanchez
* Charlene Smith
* Lyman Smith
* Patrice Harrington
* Keith Harrington
* Janelle Cruz
Jasmine Fiore

**Jasmine Fiore** was a 28-year-old woman who was murdered by her husband, Ryan Alexander Jenkins, on August 15, 2009.

## Background

Jasmine worked as a model, did commercials and appeared in shows at casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. She had also planned on
opening up a gym and personal training center as well after getting her real-estate license.

She met Ryan Jenkins, a real estate investor at a casino in Las Vegas not long after Ryan finished filming the VH1 network reality series, "Megan Wants a Millionaire". They got married on March 18, 2009.

In June of 2009, Ryan was charged with domestic battery after he and Jasmine got into a argument over Jasmine kissing her ex-fiance, Travis Heinrich, whom she was still dating at the time.

## Events

On August 13, 2009, Jasmine and Ryan traveled to Del Mar, a beach town in San Diego, California and checked into the L'Auberge hotel that night. They were supposed to attend a charity poker tournament at the Del Mar Hilton hotel.

Surveillance video showed the couple leaving the Del Mar Hilton around 2:30 a.m. the next day and they were seen attending a nightclub in downtown San Diego. Around 4:30 a.m., Ryan returned to the L'Auberge hotel by himself.

On August 15, 2009, Jasmine's badly beaten body was discovered inside of a suitcase in a dumpster located in an alley in Buena Park, California. She was strangled with her teeth and fingers removed. Her white Mercedes was discovered abandoned in a parking lot in West Hollywood, California. Police saw evidence of blood and hair that was pulled.

During that same day, Ryan reported Jasmine missing to the police. He claimed that after he and Jasmine went to the poker event in San Diego, she dropped him off at their home, left the house to run errands and never came back.

On August 20, 2009, Ryan was charged with murdering Jasmine; however, his body was discovered in a hotel room in Hope, British Columbia, Canada three days later from an apparent suicide.

## Aftermath

Due to Jasmine's murder, VH1 cancelled "Megan Wants a Millionaire" out respect for her family.

## News

*For news articles on Jasmine Fiore, see here.*
Roy Radin/News

## 1988

* 4 Oct 1988: Four Are Accused Of Killing Producer In Soured Film Deal • The New York Times
* 9 Oct 1988: The ‘Cotton Club’ Killing • Los Angeles Times

## 1989

* 3 Jun 1989: Defendant Bragged of Slaying, Witness Says • Los Angeles Times
* 21 Jun 1989: Witness Says Producer Robert Evans Paid for Murder • AP News

## 1991

* 23 Jul 1991: ‘Cotton Club’ Jury Convicts 4 of Murder • Los Angeles Times
Julie Snodgrass

**Julie Rae Snodgrass (née Myers)** (May 20, 1957 – February 25, 1991)

## News

*For news articles on Julie Snodgrass, see here.*

## External links

* Julie Rae *Myers* Snodgrass (1957-1991) • Find A Grave

### Court cases

* 1993: United States v. Snodgrass • United States Air Force Court of Military Review
* 1997: IN RE: the Guardianship of Jaime Mary-Jean Snodgrass • Supreme Court of Mississippi

## In popular media

### Television

* Forensic Files S10E9: Shear Luck (3 Aug 2005)
Linda Jensen/News

## 2000

* 31 Jul 2000: Man arrested in 1992 murder of Linda Jensen • Howard Lake Herald

## 2006

* 1 Dec 2006: Man convicted in 1992 murder • Post Bulletin

## 2009

* 26 Feb 2009: Former Elk River woman gets $18K reward in murder case • Pioneer Press

## 2012

* 20 Aug 2012: Big Lake: Judge won't test knife for DNA in Linda Jensen murder case • Pioneer Press
* 24 Oct 2012: Innocence Project closes case, suspect in '92 murder serves life sentence • Bring Me The News
* 24 Oct 2012: Innocence Project drops 1992 Sherburne County murder case • Star Tribune
* 26 Oct 2012: Kent Jones homicide case closed • Elk River Star News

## 2019

* 9 Apr 2019: Murder of Linda Jensen by Kent Jones featured on Never Say Goodbye • Monsters & Critics
Meredith Kercher

**Meredith Kercher** (December 28, 1985 – November 1, 2007)

## News

*For news articles on Meredith Kercher, see here.*

## External links

* Amanda Knox • Biography
* Kercher family tree • Ancestry (paywall)
* Meredith Susanna Cara Kercher (1985-2007) • Find A Grave
* Murder of Meredith Kercher • Wikipedia

### Books

* A Death in Italy: The Definitive Account of the Amanda Knox Case by John Follain (21 Aug 2012)
Schaffhausen Sisters/News

* 11 July 2012: Father of River Falls sisters: ‘I killed the kids’ • Twin Cities Pioneer Press
* 15 July 2012: Memorial service set for the Schaffhausen sisters • River Falls Journal

### August 2012

* 20 August 2012: River Falls killings: Dad charged with attempted arson • Twin Cities Pioneer Press
* 22 August 2012: Attempted arson added to charges against father accused of killing girls • Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

## 2013

### March 2013

* 28 March 2013: Guilty but not responsible, Wisconsin suspect claims in his three daughters' deaths • StarTribune

### April 2013

* 16 April 2013: Wis. dad responsible for killing 3 daughters, jury rules • USA Today

### July 2013

* 16 July 2013: 3 Wisconsin sisters killed; dad gets 3 life sentences • CBS News
* 16 July 2013: Aaron Schaffhausen gets 3 life sentences for killing daughters • Fox 6
* 16 July 2013: Aaron Schaffhausen Update: Wis. father gets three consecutive life sentences for killing daughters • CBS News
* 21 July 2013: Jail Releases New Photo Of Aaron Schaffhausen • CBS News

### August 2013

* 1 August 2013: Aaron Schaffhausen, who killed his 3 daughters, faces extra prison risks • StarTribune

### September 2013

* 16 September 2013: Dismantling Of Schaffhausen House Begins • CBS News
* 26 September 2013: River Falls home, where father killed three girls, demolished • Fox 6

## 2014

### January 2014

* 24 January 2014: Judge Orders Schaffhausen To Pay Restitution To Ex-Wife • CBS News

## 2015

### July 2015

* 14 July 2015: Appeals Court Upholds Schaffhausen's Conviction In Daughters' Death • CBS News

### August 2015

* 5 August 2015: Mom gets gets her first look at playground honoring her three slain daughters • Leader-Telegram

### November 2015

* 20 November 2015: Dad accused of killing 3 daughters called mom and said, ‘You can come home now because I killed the kids,’ she says • Fox News
Katrien De Cuyper/News

## 1998

* **28 Jan 1998: België smacht naar de waarheid over X1; Gruwelijke getuoigenissen • De Volkskrant (in Dutch)**

## 2006

* **10 Aug 2006: Verdachte verdwijning Katrien De Cuyper voor raadkamer • GVA (in Dutch)**
* 11 Aug 2006: Angst om te getuigen of pervers genoegen? • Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)
* **11 Aug 2006: Tuin afgegraven • Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)**
* **11 Aug 2006: Verdachtegaf Katrien laatste lift • Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)**
* **12 Aug 2006: Le meurtre de Katrien De Cuyper élucidé ? • Le Soir (in French)**
* **11 Sep 2006: Aanhouding verdachte in moordzaak Katrien De Cuyper verlengd • De Standaard (in Dutch)**
* **21 Sep 2006: Exhumation du corps de Katrien De Cuyper • Le Soir (in French)**
* **21 Sep 2006: Katrien De Cuyper a été exhumée • La Dernière Heure (in French)**
* **19 Dec 2006: Verdachte in zaak Katrien De Cuyper op vrije voeten • Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)**

## 2007

* **2 Nov 2007: Ex-verdachte moord Katrien De Cuyper krijgt zes maanden cel • HLN (in Dutch)**
Roy Radin

## Roy Radin

### Died

13 May 1983 (aged 33)Gorman, California, United States

### Killed by

Alex Marti, Karen Greenberger, Robert Lowe and William Mentzer

**Roy Radin** (November 13, 1949 – May 13, 1983)

## News

*For news articles on Roy Radin, see here.*

## External links

* Roy Alexander Radin (1949-1983) • Find a Grave
* Roy Radin • Wikipedia
* William Mentzer • Murderpedia

### Court cases

* 1997: People v. Greenberger • California Court of Appeals
John Lennon

His life ended short

**John Winston Lennon** (known professionally as **John Lennon**) was a British singer and song writer and best known as a member of 1960's rock band, The Beatles. He teamed up with Paul McCartney and write some songs.

### Death

On December 8, 1980, Mark David Chapman murdered John Lennon that evening by shooting him on the back. The police came and arrested Mark David Chapman as punishment. Mark David Chapman was found guilty and was sent to the New York State Correctional Institution prison cell in Buffalo NY.

### Aftermatch

Every two years (since 2000), He gets a parole whether he should get out of jail. Yoko Ono (the Widow of John Lennon), and the kids would say no to the New York state police. His parole was declined several times. He was denied on September 13, 2022. His next parole will be in February 2024.]
Patrick Baltazar

## Patrick Baltazar

### Died

6 February 1981 (aged 12)Atlanta, Georgia, United States

### Body discovered

13 February 1981 (7 days)Atlanta, Georgia, United States

### Killed by

likely Wayne Williams

**Patrick Baltazar** (April 17, 1968 – February 6, 1981)

## News

*For news articles on Patrick Baltazar, see here.*

## Other victims of Wayne Williams

* Aaron Wyche
* Alfred Evans
* Anthony Carter
* Charles Stephens
* Chris Richardson
* Clifford Jones
* Curtis Walker
* Eddie Duncan
* Eric Middlebrooks
* Jimmy Ray Payne
* John Porter
* Joseph Bell
* Larry Rogers
* Lubie Geter
* Nathaniel Cater
* Patrick Rogers
* Terry Pue
* Timothy Hill
* William Barrett
* Yusuf Bell

## External links

* Atlanta murders of 1979–81 • Wikipedia
* Patrick Baltazar • Atlanta's Missing & Murdered
* Patrick W. Baltazar (1968-1981) • Find a Grave
* Wayne Williams • Wikipedia
Lana Clarkson

**Lana Clarkson** (April 5, 1962 – February 3, 2003) was an American actress and fashion model. In 2003, she was shot and killed inside the home of record producer Phil Spector. He was charged with second-degree murder and was convicted on April 13, 2009.

## News

*For news articles on Lana Clarkson, see here.*

## External links

### Court cases

* 2011: People v. Spector • California Court of Appeal

### Records

* Lana Clarkson (1962-2003) • Find A Grave
* Lana J Clarkson • California Birth Index (paywall)
* Lana J. Clarkson • Social Security Death Index (paywall)
* Lana Jean Clarkson • Social Security Applications and Claims Index (paywall)

### Other

* Lana Clarkson • IMDb
* Lana Clarkson • Wikipedia
* Murder of Lana Clarkson • Wikipedia
* Phil Spector • Wikipedia

## In popular media

### Films

* Be My Baby (2010)
* I Think I Just Shot Her (2011)
* Phil Spector (2013)

### Documentaries

* Phil Spector's Demons (2007)
* The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector (2009)

### Television

* Ashleigh Banfield: Open Court: Lana Clarkson/Phil Spector Murder Trial (11 Jun 2007)
* Closing Arguments: The Lana Clarkson/Phil Spector Murder Trial (28 Jun 2007)
* Hollywood Homicide Uncovered S1E3: Phil Spector (24 Sep 2016)
* Jami Floyd: Best Defense: The Lana Clarkson/Phil Spector Murder Trial (16 May 2007)
* Mugshots: Phil Spector: House of Blues Murder (dd mm 2003)
* Power, Privilege & Justice S9E10: Phil Spector (25 Sep 2009)
* True Crime with Aphrodite Jones S1E4: Phil Spector (1 Apr 2010)

### Podcasts

* Almost L.A.: Phil Spector and the Lana Clarkson Murder (11 Feb 2019)
* Crime & Stuff: Episode 25: Phil Spector, murderous wall of crazy (24 May 2017)
* Dearly Departed Podcast: Episode 8 - Phil Spector and Robert Blake (23 May 2019)
* Hollywood Crime Scene: Episode 50 - Phil Spector (24 Jul 2018)
* RedHanded: Episode 38 - Phil Spector & Lana Clarkson: Murder & Music Production (22 Mar 2018)
* Twisted Podcast: Episode 39: Lana Clarkson (15 Jun 2017)

## Photos of Lana

Lana Clarkson in *Barbarian Queen* (1985)
Martha Brailsford/News

## 1991

* 19 Jul 1991: Sailor sought for killing woman, dumping her body overboard • UPI
* 22 Jul 1991: Sailboat Owner Arrested After Companion’s Weighted Body Pulled From Sea • AP News
* 24 Jul 1991: Man Charged in Sailing Slaying Deceived Many, Prosecutor Says • AP News

## 2006

* 11 Oct 2006: Sailboat killer seeks parole; says he panicked • Sea Coast Online

## 2015

* 28 Jan 2015: Convicted killer Thomas Maimoni again tries for release • The Salem News

## 2016

* 3 Oct 2016: Man who killed woman and dumped body overboard in 1991 seeks release • Boston Herald
* 4 Oct 2016: Convicted killer Thomas Maimoni tells new story in bid for parole • The Salem News

## 2017

* 19 Oct 2017: Convicted killer of Salem woman dies • The Salem News
Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and Khandalyce Pearce

### Body discovered

29 August 2010 (1 year, 8 months)Belanglo State Forest, New South Wales, Australia

## Khandalyce Pearce

### Born

19 June 2006Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

### Died

c. 19 December 2008 (aged 2)Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia

### Body discovered

15 July 2015 (6 years, 6 months)near Wynarka, South Australia, Australia

### Killed by

Daniel Holdom

**Karlie Pearce-Stevenson** and **Khandalyce Pearce** were a mother and infant daughter from Alice Springs, Australia who were murdered in New South Wales in December 2008. Their bodies weren't found until 2010 and 2015 respectively. They were identified in October 2015.

## News

*For news articles on Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and Khandalyce Pearce, see here.*

## External links

* Deaths of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and Khandalyce Pearce • Wikipedia
* Karlie Jade Pearce-Stevenson (1988-2008) • Find A Grave
* Khandalyce Kiara Pearce (2006-2008) • Find A Grave
* Pearce-Stevenson family tree • Ancestry (paywall)
* Sensational new details emerge as net tightens on killers of mother and daughter • 7.30

### Court cases

* 2018: R v. Holdom • Supreme Court of New South Wales

## In popular media

### Podcasts

* Casefile True Crime: Case 125: The Angels of Wynarka & Belanglo (21 Sep 2019)

### Books

* The Lost Girls by Ava Benny-Morrison (2 May 2019)
Luke Batty

## Luke Batty

### Born

20 June 2002Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

### Died

12 February 2014 (aged 11)Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

### Killed by

Greg Anderson

**Luke Batty** (June 20, 2002 - February 12, 2014)

## News

*For news articles on Luke Batty, see here.*

## External links

* About Us • Luke Batty Foundation
* Batty family tree • Ancestry (paywall)
* Luke Batty (2002-2014) • Find A Grave
* Rosie Batty • Wikipedia
* Rosie's Story • Four Corners
* Summary and recommendations • Royal Commission into Family Violence

## In popular media

### Podcasts

* True Crime Sisters: The Life and Death of Luke Batty (11 Oct 2018)
Selena

**Selena Quintanilla Pérez (also known as Selena)** was a Mexican American Tejano music singer who became one of the greatest artists in Latin music history.

## Background

In 1994, Selena's family appointed Yolanda Saldívar to be the manager of Selena's clothing boutiques, Selena Etc. By December of that same year, the number of employees at the boutiques decreased due to Yolanda dismissing those that she didn't like. Selena's father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr. warned her about Yolanda, but she dismissed his inquiries about Yolanda because of his past history of not trusting people.

Around 1995, Abraham discovered that Yolanda had embezzled money from Selena's fan club and the boutiques.

On the evening of March 9, 1995, Yolanda was confronted about the missing money and Abraham later forbid Selena from seeing her. Despite that, Selena didn't want to end her friendship with Yolanda because she was in charge of the bank records, statements and financial records along with being essential to Selena's clothing line in Mexico.

## Events

On March 31, 1995, Selena went to Yolanda's motel room in Corpus Christi, Texas where Yolanda claimed that she was raped in Mexico. Selena took Yolanda to a hospital, but she was informed that Yolanda need to travel to San Antonio, Texas to have a gynecological exam because she lived there and the alleged rape occurred outside of the country.

When the women returned to the motel, Selena got into an argument with Yolanda, demanding that she return her financial papers. Yolanda pointed a gun at Selena and shot her as she tried to get away. Selena collapsed in the hotel lobby. She was able to identify to the motel staff that Yolanda shot her and gave them the number of the hotel room where she had been shot.

Selena was rushed to Corpus Christi Hospital in critical condition; however, at 1:05 p.m., she was pronounced dead due to cardiac arrest and blood loss. After shooting Selena, Yolanda tried to leave the motel in her pickup truck, but she was spotted by a police officer, who ordered her out of the truck. Then, she held the gun to her head, threatening to kill herself. After nine hours, Yolanda surrended to the police.

On October 26, 1995, Yolanda was sentenced to life in prison for Selena's murder. She is currently serving her sentence at the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas and will be eligible for parole on March 30, 2025.

## In popular media

### Television

* Selena's Secret (or El secreto de Selena) (2018)
* Selena: The Series (2020-2021)

## External links

* Selena • Wikipedia
* Selenaqofficial • Instagram
* Selena's Grammy wins and nominations • Grammy.com
Jonathan Ceballos/News

## 2021

### October 2021

* 31 October 2021: 2 killed in Halloween party shooting in Joliet Township ID'd, over a dozen others hurt • ABC7 Chicago

### November 2021

* 1 November 2021: Police were called at least 3 times about noise at a Halloween party before nearly a dozen people were shot in Joliet Township • Chicago Sun Times
* 1 November 2021: Coroner identifies 2 Joliet Township shooting victims • Shaw Media
* 1 November 2021: Joliet shooting: 2 dead identified after attack that left more than a dozen others injured at Halloween party • Chicago Tribune
* 1 November 2021: 2 killed, over a dozen injured in Joliet Township Halloween party shooting • WGN9
* 1 November 2021: Coroner identifies 2 killed at Joliet Township Halloween party • WGN9
* 5 November 2021: 'Prime suspect' arrested in Joliet Halloween party shooting that killed 2, injured 9 others • ABC7 Chicago
Larbi Tbessi

**Larbi Ferhati** (1891 - March 4, 1957) was a revolutionary and reformist Algerian, president of the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema. He was killed in 1957 by a commando of the French Army.

## Backstory

Tbessi spent his early life at Nefta in Tunisia. He participated actively in the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema and was President of the Association after his return to Algeria.

Sheikh Larbi Tebessi represented the main current of the ulema association who rallied the principles of the 'Front de libération nationale' (FLN) in 1956.

## Events

Tbessi disappeared on April 4, 1957, during the war of Algeria, following his arrest at his Algiers home by civilians disguised paratroopers.

He was killed by an unidentified commando of the French Army by being thrown from a building and his death was passed off by the French Army as a suicide.

His body was burned in hot oil and his remains have yet to be returned to the Algerian people.

## Aftermath

Similar to many Algerian revolutionaries, his remains are kept in a museum in France, a wicked practice in postcolonial France.

To this day, the French military still deny arresting or detaining him.