April 19, 1993 Chicago, Illinois Amanda Wallace stands her 2-year-old son Joseph on a chair, ties an extension cord between a transom and his neck, waves to him as he waves goodbye, and kicks the chair from beneath him causing him to strangle to death in front of her Wallace had been mentally ill for… Continue reading Woman murders toddler with extension cord
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Teenager beaten, strangled during robbery
February 19, 1909 Fife, Scotland 15-year-old Michael Swinton Brown is killed during a robbery Brown was tasked every Friday with collecting the weekly factory wages for his employer, a task which he performed almost mechanically. Every week he took the same route at the same time, a habit Alexander Edmonstone (23) noticed and decided to… Continue reading Teenager beaten, strangled during robbery
February 9 Killer
February 9, 2006/2008 Salt Lake County, Utah Two women are strangled in their apartments 2 years apart The murders were believed to be the beginning pattern of an unidentified serial killer nicknamed the February 9 Killer. Both victims were strangled in their apartments, though Sonia Mejia (29), who was 6 months pregnant at the time,… Continue reading February 9 Killer
Teenager beaten, strangled, burned, and dismembered
January 21, 2005 East Moline, Illinois Adrianne Leigh Reynolds (16) is beaten and strangled to death, set on fire, dismembered, and dumped by two fellow students Sarah Kolb (16 at the time of the murder) and Corey Gregory (also 16 at the time) befriended Reynolds after she moved to East Moline from Texas. On January… Continue reading Teenager beaten, strangled, burned, and dismembered
Pregnant woman and 3 children murdered over jealousy
January 19, 1999 Springfield, Missouri Erin Vanderhoef (36) and her 3 children Darlene Vanderhoef (8) Jimmy Vanderhoef (11) and Chris Franklin (10) are killed by Vanderhoef's former and occasional lover and 2 accomplices Vanderhoef had allegedly been sleeping with Richard DeLong, a man she used to date, while DeLong's girlfriend and mother of his child,… Continue reading Pregnant woman and 3 children murdered over jealousy
