January 24, 1992ArkansasRickey Ray Rector is executed for the murder of a police officer On March 22, 1981, Rector and a group of friends visited a dance hall in Conway, Arkansas. An argument soon broke out regarding the hall’s $3 admission charge and Rector drew his .38 caliber pistol before firing randomly. Three men were…
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…
Man kills 5 including self in revenge for being fired the year before
November 14, 1991Royal Oak, MichiganTom McIlvane (31), angry over a decision not to overturn his termination, goes on a shooting spree at his former place of employment, killing 4 and himself McIlvane had been terminated from the Royal Oak Post Office on August 8, 1990; the Associated Press at the time reported the termination was…
Mutilated body of 14-year-old found, killed in an apparent ritualistic murder
November 6, 1994Mochudi, Botswana14-year-old Segametsi Mogomotsi is found murdered and mutilated Mogomotsi was last seen by her brother on November 5, as she was going through their village of Mochudi in attempts to raise money for a charity project. Her half-nude, mutilated body was found the following day. Some of Mogomotsi’s body parts had been…
