January 20, 1987Los Angeles, CaliforniaJoseph Danks (26) is arrested following a string of murders of homeless men On January 20, Danks fatally stabbed an unidentified, approximately 50-year-old man. The attack was witnessed by another man who fled. The witness then followed Danks until a police car approached, at which point the witness hailed the officer…
Man kills 6 members of his family, believing God had ordered him to do so in order to avert a disaster
January 18, 1983Coquitlam, British ColumbiaBruce Alfred Blackman (22) kills six members of his family The attacks took place during the pre-dawn hours of January 18, around 5:30 a.m. One of the Blackmans’ neighbors heard the screams of one victim as he attempted to flee from the attacker, at which point the neighbor saw “a couple…
Man kills 5 children, wounds 29 more before killing self for unknown reasons
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…
The first woman executed in South Carolina, electrocuted for her part in a feud involving a calf killed by a mule
January 15, 1943Columbia, South CarolinaSue Logue becomes the first woman to be legally executed in the state of South Carolina; she is followed in death by her co-conspirators The deaths of Sue Logue and her co-conspirators — her brother-in-law George Logue and Clarence Bagwell — were the last of 8 to occur indirectly by the…
