One was 15 and burned to death, while the other was 17 and shot three times. Christi is from Allentown and currently lives and goes to school in Pittsburgh. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Those who survived said he kept them half naked in his basement, feeding them dog food laced with human remains. The exterior of the Weis Markets Inc. store in Tunhannock, Pennsylvania, is seen in this July 6, 2017 photo. Here are 8 of the most lethal serial killings of the decade. Jeanette Thomas and Kathy Novena Schenck, killed in 1990. In 2010, a judge ruled that he was mentally incompetent and therefore could not be executed. He used a variety of weapons to kill his victims that ranged from guns to knives to tire irons and hammers. Known as the Cannibal Killer, Dahmer killed 17 people between 1978 and 1991. His bond was set at $1 million. This is the first I heard of it being resolved. [5] Those who met him in Latvia said they did not recall Baumhammers being prone to violence or ever espousing any racist remarks, and the Latvian government has no record of Baumhammers ever getting in trouble with authorities. Brenda Lee Ritters case had evidence, a killer profile, and even connections to Texas serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. In 2015, National Geographic reported that evidence of the oldest known homicide had been uncovered literally. Many true crime and horror enthusiasts are familiar with the major names in serial killer history. Known as the Unicorn Killer, Ira Einhorn rose to fame in the 1960s and 1970s as a counterculture guru. These crimes didnt just occur in Allegheny County. He gained notoriety for a series of murders, estimated at a dozen, in the early 1980s. He killed three people before killing himself. After the bludgeoning, he cut out their hearts. Press J to jump to the feed. However, there were several killings that threw a wrench in their theory. Kim School of Karate in Center Township, Beaver County where Garry Lee, a 22-year-old African American was exercising with a European American friend, George Thomas II. One of the states most infamous crimes occurred in 2017 when four young men were murdered on a farm just outside of New Hope in Bucks County. In 2009, at just 11 years old, Jordan Brown was arrested for the murder of his father's fiancee, Kenzie Houk, and her unborn child. In 2020, the cable channel Investigation Discovery aired a two-hour special on the murders called, The Lost Boys of Bucks County.. Bernard Williams was 17 when he used a hammer to brutally beat state Rep. WilliamTelekto death, stealing about $100 in cash and the stateman's car. In 1928, Nelson Rehmeyer was murdered and his corpse was mutilated by a group of men led by John Blymire. Mary was sentenced to 12 years in prison forhiring someone to kill her husband. Telek's death is believed to be the first murder of a state legislator. From 1992-1993, he raped and killed three women. Miranda Barbourarranged through Craigslist to meet LaFerrara in a parking lot along Routes 11-15 north of Selinsgrove.Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive. His body was discovered on March 20 near a barge at the Market Street Bridge that spans the Ohio River in Brooke County, West Virginia. Raber was 65 years old and surviving largely on charity, and the six men (each of whom had blue eyes) agreed to take care of him, but only to arrange for $8,000 of life insurance policies for Raber, which they then tried to collect. Not trying to be insensitive, but were most or all of these men gay? Trimble and Norris were partners on a low-budget horror film, the expenses of which put Norris $18,000 in debt. His body was found at the train track above Station Sqaure, near the Wabash. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Adam Leroy Lane is nicknamed the "Highway Killer" because he was a truck driver and usually attacked his victims while on duty. Each pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Troy LaFerrara, 42, of Port Trevorton on November 11. But sexually abusing the child got old for Clark, who began sharing his fantasies of killing women during sex with Bundy. Another victim was doing yard work. Did they just not publicly release the information of where he was found? Robert Wayne Marshall raymondclarkeimages/ Flickr [1], In 1993 Baumhammers traveled to Europe for a vacation, and upon returning home, his father was shocked by his son's emotional state. Like 80% of them had been drinking, I'm inclined to lean toward accidental deaths. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. And yet, to the 50 members of his Philadelphia congregation in the 1980s, the real-life Buffalo Bill killer was Bishop Heidnik, head of the United Church of the Ministers of God. Other Important Events in the 1980s. Patricia Brooks of York County survived her attack. In this Nov. 3, 1986 file photo, Nicodemo Scarfo, lower right, and his nephew, Philip Leonetti, lower left, sit in court in Atlantic City, N.J., when the two were brought before a judge to hear new charges of racketeering, loansharking and gambling. Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of shooting and killing police Officer Daniel Faulkner on Dec. 9, 1981 after Faulkner pulled over Abu-Jamals brother for driving the wrong way on a one-way street. They then fires around his body, hoping to burn any evidence of their crime. Bundy was also guilty of decapitation. He went on a murderous rampage in 2007, taking the lives of victims in Harrisburg, York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. He also preserved some of their body parts. [1], Andrejs would also claim later that Baumhammers told his parents that he could no longer speak openly to them because he believed the FBI was monitoring the house. He is currently incarcerated at Greene State Correctional Institute in Franklin Township, Pennsylvania, awaiting judicial appeal dates. On May 19, 2000, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Lawrence J. O'Toole ruled that Baumhammers was unfit to stand trial and ordered that Baumhammers undergo at least 90 days of psychiatric treatment. Six were killed and scalped and the settlement was burned. The stories about purchasing firearms, buddy systems, and trusting no onenot even the policewere passed down to me and were deeply important in penning this piece of true crime history. We need to know more about the causes of death. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. While David Robert Kennedy was placed on trial or the murder of Deborah Capiola, it was uncovered that her death was not connected to two others. The intent of this post has never been to derive entertainment from these unfortunate deaths or to disrespect the memory of anyone. Pittsburgh broadcaster Nick Perry is known for conspiring with lottery security official Edward Plevel to rig the Pennsylvania lottery drawing April 24, 1980. Pittsburgh, along with 110 other cities, burned for several days and 3,600 National Guardsmen were needed to quell the disorder. Then his girlfriend, Holly Maddux, disappeared. 2022 Pittsburgh shooting. All rights reserved (About Us). Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. By continuing to browse, you accept the use of cookies and other technologies. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Heidnik, executed by lethal injection on July 6, 1999, was the last person to have the death penalty enforced upon in Pennsylvania.AP Photo/File. Soon, Clark began bringing prostitutes home for threesomes. He awaits trial. Editor's note: Thispost has been updated to add information on additional criminals. His wife, Kath erine, 29, was found dead in the yard and apparently had been raped. Eyler confessed to 21 further homicides of young men and boys he had committed between 1982 and 1984 in five separate states before he died. The premiere of Smiley Face Killers: The Hunt For Justice (airing Jan. 19) goes a step further by positing that James could have been a victim of a group of serial killers behind the deaths of . [9] Baumhammers had also created an internet website on which he called for "an end to non-white immigration" and stated that "almost all" present-day immigration "is non-European. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! A dozen years later, a Luzerne County jury convicted the 41-year-old career criminal in the strangling deaths of pharmacist Michael Kerkowski and the pharmacist's girlfriend, Tammy Fassett. Former trucker Edward Surratt, now 79, had for years been a suspect in these killings and . "[1] His father, Andrejs, would later say that he had seen signs of mental illness since Baumhammers was four years old. Bernard Williams, May 17, 1988 Susquehanna Twp. In 1997, the now-unemployed Baumhammers traveled to Riga, Latvia, where he lived in an apartment on Kr. Zechman was acquitted, but the other five were found guilty and executed by hanging. The psychiatrists agreed that he was psychotic but used different words to describe his condition: paranoid schizophrenic, psychotic thought disorder, and delusional disorder. On the weekend of Nov. 20 William E. Adams, a 31-year-old paraplegic, was found dead, of a shotgun blast in his mobile home in adjoining Beaver County; his wife, Nancy, 29, is missing. Sign up for The Lineup's newsletter and get our most chilling recommendations delivered straight to your inbox. At Robinson Town Centre, about ten miles from his home, he walked into Ya Fei Chinese Cuisine where Chinese restaurant manager Ji-ye Sun, aged 34 and Theo "Tony" Pham, a 27-year-old Vietnamese American cook[9] were fatally shot in front of customers. Debbie Capiola, 17, who lived in Findlay Township near the Pittsburgh airport, was found strangled in neighboring Washington County on March 27, 10 days after she had apparently been abducted on her way to school. Baumhammers initially pointed the gun at Thomas, then turned and fired at Lee, killing him instantly. 1971 - Lynne Schulze, 18, - Middlebury, Vermont Lynne Schulze grew up in Simsbury, Connecticut, and was an eighteen-year-old freshman at Middlebury College in Vermont when she disappeared on Friday, December 10, 1971. The last update on these cases was in October of 2003, which surmised that local authorities were still plagued with the question of who committed such atrocities. Arrested. Mark Spotz wasgiven three life sentences for a cross-state killing spree, begun from an altercation that ended in the death of his brother Dustin. In 2011, following a two-year grand jury investigation, Sandusky was charged with sexually assaulting 10 boys over a 15-year period. The two admitted to luring LaFerrera through a Craigslist ad for sex, and to killing the man purely for the thrill. When the news hit, there were 15 other unsolved murders that were piling up at various police departments beginning in 1973. [1] Over the next several years, Baumhammers would see eight psychiatrists, four clinical psychologists and try 16 different medications. [4] Later, he would obsess about his physical appearance, believing that his face had been scarred by sunlight. The group became known as the Blue-Eyed Six after the local media noted that all six men had blue eyes. Penn State would soon face crippling sanctions from the NCAA. However, it is less likely that they would be exposed to killers who werent as publicized as the nations most infamous. Following the deaths of several women in south Los Angeles in 1980s, community members banned together to form the "Black Women Count" movement. In 1988, Bernard Williams beat state representative William Telek to death with a hammer, stealing $100 in cash and Telek's car. OnlyInYourState may earn compensation through affiliate links in this article. [14] Baumhammers was scheduled to die by lethal injection. Lebanon home. A 25-year-old store manager named Sandeep Patel was shot in the neck and paralyzed. His date, Renee Gregor, 16, is still missing. Writing from a 2021 perspective, it is easy to feel a bit disheartened knowing that we now have the advancements in technology that may have assisted in bringing justice to the victims. Lethal is definitely an adjective for this one! Amstutz, a retired Lutheran deaconess, was shot nine times. However, after nearly a decade behind bars, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned his conviction. (AP Photo/Pool, File). His body was found on Feb 24th in the Monongahela River in Homestead. A former prison guard, Banks went on a killing spree that took the lives of 13 people, 11 of whom were his relatives. 30 years after a little girl's murder, memories still raw. They broke into his home intending to destroy his "spell book" and break the hex. The other thing is that a lot of them were either near the river or crossing a river to get somewhere when they were last seen. In 1977, he founded The Second Mile, a charity devoted to helping children with absent or dysfunctional families. In a fourth case this fall, Joseph H., Weinman, 30, was beaten to death Sept. 30 in his suburban home. First Amendment. At 3am Jimmy talked to his friends on the phone and said he was still partying and would probably walk home to Bridgeville. However, no one was ever charged for her murder. He is serving five life prison sentences. Those four killings were committed with a .22 caliber sawed-off rifle, which led to the nickname .22-Caliber Killer. On December 18, 1977, it was reported by The New York Times that 27 confirmed unsolved murders had taken place in and around the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. Charles Cullen is potentially the most prolific serial killer in American history. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. [13], Nearly a year later, on May 9, 2001, a jury found Richard Baumhammers guilty on all nineteen charges. Paul went missing during the early morning hours of Dec. 16 in the 1900 block of Wharton Street on Pittsburghs South Side. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). A man convicted in the murder of one woman was described at the time as potentially a serial killer. [6] Paul went missing during the early morning hours of Dec. 16 in the 1900 block of Wharton Street on Pittsburgh's South Side. They were convicted of a series of killings in Los Angeles. The pair met at a bar in 1980 and moved in together almost immediately. How was the body found but the location unknown? The 93-foot tower represents the third phase of the memorial in the field where Flight 93 crashed 16 years ago. Jeffrey Dahmer Interview - Extended Footage Watch on Randy Stair blocked the exits of a Weis Market in Tunkhannock late overnight in June of 2017 before opening fire on the people inside. [2] Both parents would become faculty members of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Dental Medicine and would open a successful practice on Fifth Avenue, near the university. Crime News is your destination for true crime stories from around the world, breaking crime news, and information about Oxygen's original true crime shows and documentaries. Arguments over who failed the children Sandusky victimized continue to consume many university alumni. Together they began abducting, raping, and murdering people while drifting around the country. He is currently serving multiple life sentences. He lived for a time in Philadelphia,working as a pharmacist, and left when a child died as a result of drugs taken from said pharmacy. His body was found Dec. 12, 2014 in Beaver Falls. After police arrived, he shoteight girls, killing five, before killing himself. Gregor was reported missing. The next body was found Jan. 2, 1980, in a car at a parking garage in Downtown Pittsburgh. It's a mystery that has haunted family and friends of the 23-year-old Duquesne University graduate student for two years. He was charged with rape, murder, and dismemberment of 17 men and boys during 1978-1991. One hardware store reported it had run out of locks and other security devices. "[11], On May 1, 2000, Richard Baumhammers was arraigned on charges of homicide, arson, and hate crimes. [7] Afterwards, Baumhammers jumped into his black Jeep Cherokee and drove to the Beth El Congregation in Scott Township, where Gordon was a member of the synagogue. A handcuffed William Bradfield, Jr. carries personal papers as he leaves his holding cell in the Dauphin County Courthouse accompanied by a deputy sheriff on his way to the courtroom for his murder trial 1983. I left that job before he was found though. while it was loading i was hoping this was the image. Their killing spree inspired the 1986 film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. Robinson is the only serial killer on record from Allentown, and he is also one of the youngest serial killers in American history. The Ecletic Collection/YouTube Gary Heidnik's mugshot taken after his arrest in 1987. [15] On February 28, 2010, Allegheny County Judge Jeffrey A. Manning granted Baumhammers an indefinite stay of execution. In addition to eating some of the people he killed, he kept skulls and genitals. On the same day, Noakes killed Pierce and then himself. The two also confessed to cannibalism. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam). 2022 Pittsburgh shooting: April 17, 2022 17 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Unsolved Robb Elementary School shooting: 1,000. Some of them could have been bridge jumpers. His wife, Donna, also 34, was missing; her body was found the next day beside a creek in a wooded area. [1], Richard Baumhammers returned to Pittsburgh in the late 1990s and lived with his parents following a series of emotional problems. Mary Irene Gency, 16, was found beaten to death Feb. 21, and Susan Elizabeth Rush. The only MO connecting a few of them is dumping the body in the river. He was dubbed the Grim Sleeper because he apparently took a 14-year-hiatus from killing: from 1988 to 2002. To date, Surratt has only confessed to 6 of the unsolved murders that plagued the Pittsburgh area, leaving dozens unsolved. At the same time, Clark began eyeing the couples 11-year-old neighbor. It is estimated that he may be responsible for as many 400 deaths during his career as a nurse, causing intentional overdoses of numerous patients via commonly used medication. In fact, some of the incidents took place in Washington County, 23 miles south of the city, and Beaver County, approximately 30 miles north. Elmo Noakes and his niece fled California after their family objected to their moving in together. On that night he had been drinking, left a bar alone and later called his friends to come help him with a glass cut on his hand, even though he was a nursing grad. They didn't find the book, but they did find Rehmeyer and killed and mutilated his body. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Forty-eight days after Dickson was killed, Frein was captured by police. They had three children two born with their fathers deformity and the story goes, Grady Stiles turned into a nasty drunk. His victims ranged from age 9 to 79, and he killed both men and women. Know of any other Pennsylvania murders victims, unsolved crimes, or baffling mysteries? A jury found that Mr. Abu-Jamal had shot Faulkner in the back and then, as the officer lay bleeding, shot him four more times. This group pressured police into acknowledging the deaths as serial killings. Dubbed the "House of Horrors" killer, Gary Heidnik murdered two women in his North Philadelphia home, where he held six victims in chains, raping them and using electrical shock on them during 1986 and 1987. The use of familial DNA recently led to the arrest of Joseph DeAngelo, 72, suspected of being the so-called Golden State Killer, blamed for a spate of murders and rapes in the 1970s and 1980s . Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. He is scheduled for release in 2033, when he is 104. Eventually, his wife paid a fellow carnival worker $1,500 to kill her menacing husband, making this not only one of the most famous murders in Pennsylvania but one of the strangest too. He was an active member as of March 2000. [1] The family settled in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. To this day, these cases remain unsolved, and the mysteries of Pittsburghs decade filled with death permeates oral histories across nearly every county nearby. As a result, gun sales nave increased markedly in some neighborhoods and there has been a run on lock and bolts. Want more true crime? His return home to Aliquippa in 1977 marked the largest moral panic of the decade, as 27 unsolved murders abruptly occurred. In the aftermath of the French and Indian War, antagonism grew between the native tribesand the European settlers who were encroaching on their territory on the Pennsylvania frontier. Below are the names, dates, method of death and connected information for everyone who has been mentioned as "killed by a serial killer in Pittsburgh." 1980: The Pittsburgh Steelers won their fourth Super Bowl by defeating the LA Rams, 31-19. Police said Lane, a father of three daughters, would park his rig in towns along the East Coast and roam the streets looking for prey. THE JOURNALISTS. This serial killer is also known as the .22-Caliber Killer or the Midtown Slasher. Norris carried out the murder while Trimble was out at dinner. When it comes to Pennsylvania murder victims, a large number were slain by Charles Cullen. During this time, Frein was added to the FBIs 10 most wanted list. The specter of a cop-killer at large caused a local municipality to cancel Halloween trick-or-treating, and hunting season was suspended. It was evident that Surratt was not done with his crimes, as he has a lengthy history with sexual assault and murder. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. They were soon captured and today are serving life sentences. https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/18/archives/series-of-murders-shocks-pittsburgh-27-unsolved-slayings-in-20.html. 1 Larry Eyler Also known as the Highway Murderer and the Interstate Killer, Eyler is believed to have killed between 19 and 23 people from 1982 to 1984. Did you know about these famous murders in Pennsylvania? Some say that the '80s was the peak for serial killers and the publics fascination with them. Richard Baumhammers admitted himself to Pittsburgh's Western Psychiatric Institute hospital and was diagnosed with delusional disorder of the persecutional type by Dr. Matcheri Keshavan. Confessions poured forth shortly after. Harrison Graham is a case that begs the question of whether an insane person can be responsible for his or her actions or if the shortcomings of the mental health care system should be held accountable. The survivors were taken intoprotective custody by governor John Penn, but that didn't stop the Paxton Boys from breaking in and murdering six adults and eight children. In the most recent incident, Richard Hyde, a 34-year-old elementary school principal, was killed by a shotgun blast Dec. 3 in the kitchen of his ranch home in Moon Township, a suburb about 10 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Ramirez often smiled for the cameras at his trial and when he was convicted, he was heard to say, No big deal. Gary Styles was a traveler in a carnival throughout the duration of his life thanks to a genetic deformity that made his hands look like lobster claws. [1], On April 28, 2000, at 1:30p.m. EDT, Richard Baumhammers walked to the home of his next-door neighbor, a 63-year-old Jewish woman named Anita "Nicki" Gordon, and fatally shot her, then set her house on fire. 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