Case details Mr Stephen Gilham aged 58 and Mrs Helen Gilham aged 55 and their two sons Christopher aged 25 and Jeffrey aged 23 lived in Woronora. It is a suburb in southern Sydney. Mr and Mrs Gilham and Christopher were murdered in their family house on 28th August 1993 at or around 4am. They were savagely stabbed to death and house was set on fire.
Lyle being the number one suspect has now been found dead. That also left the unidentified women in the crash to be identified. Forensic testing to get an understanding on time of death. Maggots were taken from the body to determine when the bodies were initially dead. This indicated that the bodies have been dead for over a week.
They’re the fourth and fifth case of this kind in the last two weeks. All found decapitated, all in corn fields. That’s about all we knew, we had no clues to who was committing these gruesome crimes, or why. The word was starting to spread around town, all the corn mazes that were still open decided to close. It wasn’t like they were going to get any business with murders popping up.
That was the first crime he had ever committed. Fifteen years later on July 9, 1991 he kidnapped 18 year old Leeds sex- worker, Julie Dart. This was just a random act of Sams’. He had never done something like this before and there were no signs of any specific reasoning at the time. A few short days later her murdered Julie Dart.
In the Documentary Mrs. Stephens was with her husband at a Bed and Breakfast on a sunday morning in Jacksonville. Her and her husband was robbed that morning by an unknown assailant who shot and killed Mrs. Stephens for her purse. Both crimes ended in a tragic death of either the owner of a store or owner of a purse. Steve Harmon, James King, Osvaldo Cruz and Richard Evans are on trial for felony murder where Steve harmon was arrested five months after the crime was committed around Christmas time in the novel. By the end of the trial Steve harmon was cleared of all charges, Richard Evans is still in jail and James King was charged .
It was evident that Lynne had been sexually assaulted and strangled prior to her death. Due to Steven’s appearance with Lynne, two days earlier, Steven became the immediate suspect and was taken into
The gang took off that night but came back two days later where they set out to find the ten people they had missed. Later, these people were all found and killed too. Station manager, William Hobbs returned to the station a few days later where he found the headless bodies. He reported this to a neighbouring station owner-
At one point, Gaskins trusted Neely enough to let him watch while he did his horrifying things. Once the authorities started to question Neely, it did not take long for him to break under the pressure and confess everything he knew (Margaritoff). To avoid the death penalty, Neely told the authorities he knew where the bodies were buried and eventually led them there (BE 9). At this site were the bodies of eight victims of Donald Henry Gaskins, which included an eight-month-pregnant lady and her two-year-old daughter (Townsend). Gaskins would go on to confess to seven other murders as well as claim ninety more (Margaritoff).
Steakhouse where they were later discovered. These 2 murders are believed to be connected and can be traced back to Raul, the friend of the 1975 police
From November 18, 1946 to November 22nd, 2012 there were 71 bodies found in Leakin Park ranging from ages 69 and below (Serial, 2013). One of those bodies found in 1999 was the body of Hae Min Lee. Hae Min Lee was found strangled to death, and jurors reached the conclusion that her ex boyfriend, Adnan Syed, committed the crime. Based on the evidence at the trial, such as how Adnan asked Hae for a ride after school, they assumed he was guilty. However, the verdict that the jurors reached was incorrect.
Stephanie’s mother was mad about the fact how Pickton got away easily and Stephanie’s case was not part of 26 murders that Pickton was charged with. 11 years later Stephanie’s body was found in Pickton’s farm (CBC News, 2015). Eventually, 33 of women’s DNA was found
Two more bodies were found after
Richard Mallory: 51 year old electronics shop owner, it is believed he was killed November 30, 1989 and his body was found December 13, 1989, he had been shot three times 2. David Spears: 43 year old heavy machinery operator, went missing May 19, 1990 and was found June 1, 1990, he had been shot six times 3. Charles Carskaddon: 40 year old rodeo worker, found May 31, 1990, he had been shot nine times 4. Peter Siems: 65 year old retired merchant seaman, his car was found on July 4, 1990 after Aileen and her girlfriend wrecked and abandoned it, his body was never found 5. Troy Burress: 50 year old delivery driver, found on July 30, 1990, he had been shot
This war was inevitable. We all knew it. However, the extent of destruction, casualties and ruthless violence wasn’t anticipated. None of us could fathom what was occurring on this battlefield today, if we were told prior to this revolution. I was merely sixteen years of age and I enlisted for the war.
This well known serial killer has still not been discovered. He took the lives of 5 women in the Whitechapel area. Because of his horrific way of killing, Whitechapel was on edge during this time. Detectives are still trying to make discoveries to this day as to who the actual killer is. The mystery behind the gruesome, cannibalistic murders from Jack the Ripper can be summed up by two suspects: Aaron Kosminski and Severin Klosowski.
