January 17, 1989Stockton, CaliforniaPatrick Purdy (24) visits the Cleveland Elementary School where he fires on students and teachers, killing 6 (including himself) and wounding 29 On the morning of January 17, the police department received an anonymous death threat against the Cleveland Elementary School. A few hours later, Purdy arrived at the school he had…
Man stabs, drowns wife ostensibly while sleepwalking
January 16, 1997Phoenix, ArizonaScott Falater stabs his wife Yarmila 44 times and holds her head under water, ostensibly as he sleepwalks Neighbors were alerted to the killing by Yarmila’s screams, which could be heard for up to 30 minutes. “I could just hear her yelling,” the Falaters’ next-door neighbor told radio stations shortly after the…
Man arrested for the murder of his wife, whose body is never recovered
January 13, 1987ConnecticutRichard Crafts (49) is arrested for the murder of his wife Helle Crafts (39) was last seen on November 18, 1986. The following morning, Helle’s husband Richard Crafts woke their live-in nanny to inform her the power was out, and he was taking her and his three children to his sister’s house to…
A woman is killed, her body dismembered by her boyfriend
January 12, 2017New York, New YorkLeondra Foster (32) is killed and her body is dismembered by her boyfriend Somorie Moses (40) On January 17, 2017, the headless torso of a woman was found with other dismembered body parts at a trash sorting and weigh station in the Bronx. Investigators were able to link the body…
Man executed for the murder and sexual mutilation of two teens
January 11, 1985Columbia, South CarolinaJoseph Carl Shaw is executed for the murder of two teens On October 29, 1977, Shaw (22) and two companions — James Terry Roach (17) and Ronald Eugene Mahaffey (16) — decided to “see if we could find a girl to rape,” according to Mahaffey. The trio armed themselves with a…
