March 30, 1998FloridaJudias “Judy” Buenoano is executed for the murder of her husband On September 16, 1971, James Goodyear died at the age of 37; his cause of death was attributed to pneumonia and heart failure. His wife Judy Goodyear received $33,000 in life insurance benefits as well as $62,000 in indemnity compensation from the…
Unsolved: Woman hacked to death with a machete outside her home
January 23, 1974St. Augustine, FloridaAthalia Ponsell Lindsley (56) is murdered near her front door Shortly after 6 p.m., Lindsley’s 19-year-old neighbor heard screams and “a thumping sound” which he investigated. He found Lindsley “lying on her back with her nearly severed head resting on the bottom step of the front porch,” as well as a…
Siblings, ages 12 and 13, shoot their father’s girlfriend to death
January 6, 1999Port St. John, FloridaSiblings Curtis and Catherine Jones (ages 12 and 13, respectively) shoot their father’s girlfriend Sonya Speights (29) to death Thanks to reader Cade for suggesting the topic of this article! Curtis and Catherine waited for their father to leave the house, then fired upon Speights as she worked on a…
Couple beaten to death in home by the leader of a “vampire cult”
November 25, 1996Eustis, FloridaRichard Wendorf and Naomi Ruth Queen are bludgeoned to death in their home by the leader of a so-called vampire cult On November 25, the couple’s 17-year-old daughter came home from school to find her parents’ bodies. Both had been bludgeoned to death with a crowbar, each receiving 20-30 blows to the…
Man and 10-year-old daughter killed by wife’s former partner
November 19, 1992Miami, FloridaLawrence Goodine and his 10-year-old daughter are killed by a man who had previously dated Lawrence’s wife Seburt Connor had previously dated Margaret Goodine, and the pair had known each other for 20 years by the time of the killings. Margaret and her husband Lawrence separated in 1988 and Margaret began seeing…
