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- 1956 — Charles David Shaw is born.
- 1969 — Hermann Duft and Hans Wilhelm Bassenauer are apprehended.
- 1974 — Nelson T. Shields IV is murdered by the "Zebra murderers".
- 1974 — Thérèse Siegenthaler is murdered by Fred West.
- 1974 — Mary Earline Bunch is murdered by Richard Valenti.
- 1977 — Valentina Suriani and Alexander Esau are murdered by David Berkowitz.
- 1978 — Scott Hughes is murdered by Randy Kraft.
- 1984 — Andrew Six's victim, Sara Link, is found.
- 1989 — Thaddeus Lewingdon died.
- 1989 — Thierry Paulin died.
- 1992 — Maria del Carmen Estrada is murdered by Anthony Allen Shore.
- 1996 — Anatoly Onoprienko is apprehended.
- 2012 — Yoni Palmier is apprehended.
- 2016 — Madison Nygard is attacked by Jeffrey Willis.
- 2017 — Alexey Falkin is apprehended.
- 2024 — Miguel Cortés Miranda is apprehended.