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Shootout in which four California Highway Patrol officers were killed, deadliest day in California law enforcement history [88] [89] 7: Symbionese Liberation Army shootout: Los Angeles: 1974-05-17: 6: Members of the group shot or burned in South LA house during shootout with LAPD [90] [91] 8: Norco shootout: Norco: 1980-05-09: 3
At 6:40 a.m. September 20, 1987, the body of a young Caucasian woman was discovered by joggers at the base of a cliff at Dana Point, California. Her body had no form of identification on her possession, although at the top of the cliff, investigators discovered a half consumed can of Coca-Cola, a purse containing small change, a packet of cigarettes, matches, and two maps of Southern California.
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O'Dell's hands were tied behind her back, and the cause of death appeared to be from head injuries or strangulation. [62] Brenda Kaye Merchant, 19, was found stabbed to death at her home on February 1, 1974, in Marysville. [63] She had been stabbed over 30 times with a long bladed knife and had asphyxiated on her own blood from her many wounds.
The San Diego serial murders were a series of murders of women that, according to the official investigation's version, occurred between 1985 and 1990 within San Diego, California, and the surrounding area. At least 28 victims were sex workers and were known to use drugs, with four remaining unidentified.
Habitual criminal who strangled three women to death in North Florida [118] Chester, Elroy: 1997–1998 5 5 Executed 2013 Killed five people in Texas, including his brother-in-law [119] Childs, Terry: 1979–1985 5 12 Died in prison Kidnapped, tortured, raped and killed women across Nevada and California [120] Christensen, William Dean: 1982 ...
The Hillside Strangler (later the Hillside Stranglers) is the media epithet for an American serial killer—later discovered to be a duo, Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono—who terrorized the women of Los Angeles between October 1977 and February 1978, during a time when Southern California was plagued by several active serial killers.
Dorothy Jane Scott (born April 23, 1948) was an American woman who disappeared on May 28, 1980, in Anaheim, California. She had driven two co-workers to the hospital after one had been bitten by a spider. While they were waiting for a prescription to be filled, Scott went to get her car to bring it around to meet them.