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List of murders

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The following are people who had their lives taken from them by another person or persons. Famous people (actors, writers, politicians, etc.), or people who became famous upon their murders, are listed here ONLY. People who are suspected to be murdered may be listed under possible murders.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Murders

A

  • "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (2004), guitarist, shot[1]
  • Joy Adamson (1980), animal rights activist and author, mutilated[2]
  • Laura Ann Aime (1974), murder victim of Ted Bundy.
  • Travis Alexander (2008), motivational speaker, stabbed, shot.
  • Caylee Anthony (2008), whose body was disposed of by her mother Casey Anthony. Her skeletal remains were found with a blanket inside a trash bag in a wooded area in the state of Florida.
  • Marie Antoinette (1793), the last queen of France, executed, beheaded by guillotine

B

  • Brenda Carol Ball (1974), murder victim of Ted Bundy. Skull and mandible recovered at Taylor Mountain site.
  • Jill Barcomb, a runaway from New York; body found in a Los Angeles, California ravine in 1977. DNA found on earrings that had been in possession of American serial killer Rodney Alcala matched Jill's DNA in the year 2004.
  • Judith Barsi (1988), child actress, shot by father[3]
  • Nancy Benoit (2007), Professional wrestling valet and manager, shot by her husband, Chris Benoit[4]
  • Steve Biko (1977), anti-Apartheid activist, beaten to death[5]
  • Anne Boleyn (1536), executed; was beheaded.
  • Tommy Boling (1977), strangled by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
  • Michael Bonnin (1976), strangled with a ligature by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
  • Abby Durfee Gray Borden (1892), (unsolved murder) bludgeoned to death with an ax.
  • Andrew Jackson Borden (1892), (unsolved murder) bludgeoned to death with an ax.
  • Margaret Bowman (1978), bludgeoned to death while she was asleep by American serial killer Ted Bundy.
  • Matthew Bowman (1977), strangled with a tourniquet by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
  • Arthur Brennan (1931), Australian rules footballer, shot after confronting home invader
  • Kathryn Bright (1974), murder victim of American serial killer Dennis Rader who is better known as the BTK Killer. She was stabbed with a knife.
  • Sitting Bull (1890), Lakota-Sioux Indian chief, shot[6]
  • William Bundy (1976), was strangled by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
  • George Burroughs (1692), hanged as a result of the Salem Witch Trials.
  • John Butkovitch (1975), strangled by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

C

  • Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar
  • James Cook
    James Cook
  • Hector Camacho
    Hector Camacho
  • Bob Crane
    Bob Crane

D

  • Roy DeMeo
    Roy DeMeo
  • Jeffrey Dahmer (1994), serial killer, bludgeoned to death[14]
  • Dolores E. Davis (1991), murder victim of BTK Killer. She was strangled with a pantyhose.
  • Allison DeFeo (1974), shot by her brother Ronald DeFeo, Jr.
  • Dawn DeFeo (1974), shot by her brother Ronald DeFeo, Jr.
  • John Matthew DeFeo (1974), shot by his brother Ronald DeFeo, Jr.
  • Louise DeFeo (1974), shot, victim of matricide perpetrated by Ronald DeFeo, Jr.
  • Marc DeFeo (1974), shot by his brother Ronald DeFeo, Jr.
  • Ronald DeFeo, Sr., (1974), shot, victim of patricide perpetrated by Ronald DeFeo, Jr.
  • Roy DeMeo (1983), mobster, shot[15]
  • Dominique Dunne (1982), American actress, strangled by her boyfriend and lost consciousness which lead to her being in a coma. She died five days later.

E

F

  • Franz Ferdinand
    Franz Ferdinand
  • David Arthur Faraday (1968), murder victim of the zodiac killer. He was shot.
  • Franz Ferdinand (1914), heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, assassinated; shot[17]
  • Darlene Elizabeth Ferrin (1969), was a murder victim of the zodiac killer. she was shot.
  • Ruth First (1982), South African anti-apartheid activist, assassinated; killed while in exile by letter bomb sent by South African agent.
  • Dian Fossey (1985), zoologist, skull split in half by machete[18]
  • Nancy Fox (1977), murder victim of BTK Killer. She was strangled with a belt.
  • Anne Frank (1945), died in the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp from what many believe was Typhoid Fever.
  • Edith Frank (1945), died of starvation while in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
  • Margot Frank (1945, contracted Typhus and died in the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.
  • Kristen French (1992), victim of Canadian serial killers and serial rapists Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. She was abducted, sexually abused and murdered.
  • Christine Freund (1977), was shot by the Son of Sam serial killer.
  • Gretchen Fritz (1965), was a teenager who was strangled by her boyfriend, Charles Schmid. Her murder was featured in the television show A Crime to Remember which aired on the Investigation Discovery television network.
  • Wendy Fritz (1965), was the younger sister of Gretchen Fritz and was strangled by Charles Schmid.
  • Junko Furuta (1989), Japanese high school student, tortured to death.

G

H

  • Phil Hartman (1998), actor, shot[24][25]
  • Georgann Hawkins (1974), murder victim of Ted Bundy. Skeletal remains recovered at Issaquah site.
  • Lynda Ann Healy (1974), murder victim of Ted Bundy. Was bludgeoned while asleep and abducted.
  • Marine Hedge (1985), was a murder victim of BTK Killer. Strangled manually (with hands).
  • Dawn Hochsprung (2012), school principal, shot. She died during the "Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre".
  • Tammy Homolka (1990), younger sister and victim of Canadian serial killers and serial rapists Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo. Tammy was plied with alcoholic beverages laced with a sedative drug called Halcion. When she fell unconscious Paul and Karla raped her. As a result, it led to her asphyxiating on her own vomit. That coupled with failed attempts by Karla to revive Tammy lead to her death.
  • Ellen Hover (circa 1977), a murder victim of serial killer Rodney Alcala.
  • Catherine Howard (1542), King Henry VIII's fifth wife; executed and beheaded.
  • Elizabeth Howe (1692), hanged as a result of the Salem Witch Trials.
  • Anne Hutchinson (1643), English dissenter; scalped by the Siwanoy, body dragged back into the house which was then burned down.

I

J

K

  • Cheryl Keeton (1986), lawyer, bludgeoned to death. True crime author Anne Rule wrote a book about Cheryl's death, bitter divorce and custody battle regarding her three sons in a book titled "Dead by Sunset" in the year 1995. It was a best seller. A made for television movie of the same title had aired on the Lifetime television network in 1995 as well.
  • Mary Jane Kelly (1888) victim of Jack the Ripper. She was disemboweled, throat severed and heart missing.
  • John F. Kennedy (1963), politician (35th President of the United States), assassinated; shot[26][27]
  • Robert F. Kennedy (1968), politician, assassinated; shot[28]
  • William Kindred (1978), murdered by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968), speaker and civil-rights leader, assassinated; shot.[29]
  • Debra Kent (1974), suspected murder victim of Ted Bundy.
  • Polly Klaas (1993), junior high school student. Kidnapped; strangled. She was known as America's "internet childstar" because she was the first missing child whose picture was posted all over the internet. After her death her father, Marc Klaas, started the Polly Klaas Foundation which helps offer safety tips for parents and caregivers as well as helping to find missing children.
  • Chris Kyle (2013), retired Navy SEAL, shot[30]

L

  • Charlotte Lamb (1978), raped and strangled by American serial killer Rodney Alcala in the laundry room of her El Segundo apartment complex.
  • Pamela Jean Lambson (1977), as of March 2011, investigators in Marin County north of San Francisco, California announced that they were "confident" that American serial killer Rodney Alcala was responsible for her murder.
  • Frank Landinging (1978), suffocated with his own underwear which was shoved down his throat by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy. It caused Frank to drown in his own vomit.
  • Nancy Lanza (2012), shot. Was murdered by her son on the day of the "Sandy Hook Elementary School Massacre".
  • Donna Lauria (1976), was shot by the Son of Sam serial killer.
  • Kimberly Diane Leach (1978), abducted by Ted Bundy from her junior high school in Lake City, Florida. Her skeletal remains were found near Suwannee River State Park.
  • John Lennon (1980), musician, shot[31]
  • Lisa Levy (1978), murder victim of Ted Bundy. She was bludgeoned, strangled and sexually assaulted while she was asleep.
  • Liviu Librescu (2007), University professor, shot[32]
  • Sylvia Likens (1965), child abuse victim, internal bleeding, malnutrition, shock and cerebral hemorrhage[33]
  • Abraham Lincoln (1865), politician (16th President of the United States), assassinated; shot[34]
  • Alma Maria Barbara Florence List (1971), shot by her son John List
  • Frederick List (1971), shot by his father John List
  • Helen List (1971), shot by her husband John List
  • John List, Jr. (1971), shot by his father John List
  • Patricia List (1971), shot by her father John List
  • Alexander Litvinenko (2006), Russian spy, poisoned[35]
  • Louis XVI (1793), the last king of France, executed, beheaded by guillotine
  • Louis XVII (1795), died of a scrofulous infection

M

N

  • Denise Marie Naslund (1974), murder victim of Ted Bundy. Skeletal remains recovered at Issaquah site.
  • Skylar Neese (2012), high school student; stabbed to death by her "best friends" Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf.
  • Russell Nelson (1977), strangled by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
  • Mary Ann Nichols (1888), Jack the Ripper victim. Throat severed by two cuts, lower part of abdomen was partly ripped open. Several other incisions on the abdomen were made by the same knife.
  • Rebecca Nurse (1692), hanged as a result of the Salem Witch Trials.

O

  • Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1995) American atheist activist; a founder of American Atheists, strangled with a belt
  • Denise Oliverson (1975), murder victim of Ted Bundy. Her body was never found.
  • Timothy O'Rourke (1978), murdered by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
  • Lee Harvey Oswald (1963), assassin of President John F. Kennedy two days earlier, shot[39]
  • Joseph Otero Sr. (1974), murder victim of BTK Killer. He was suffocated with a plastic bag.
  • Joseph Otero Jr. (1974), murder victim of BTK Killer. He was suffocated with a plastic bag.
  • Josephine Otero (1974), murder victim of BTK Killer. She was hanged from a drain pipe with a piece of rope.
  • Julie Otero (1974), a murder victim of BTK Killer. She was strangled with a rope.
  • Janice Ann Ott (1974), murder victim of Ted Bundy. Skeletal remains recovered at Issaquah site.

P

  • Jill Parenteau (1979), killed in her Burbank apartment. She was a victim of American serial killer Rodney Alcala.
  • Roberta Kathleen Parks (1974), murder victim of Ted Bundy. Skull and mandible recovered at Taylor Mountain site.
  • Etan Patz (1979), murdered New York City child, strangled[40]
  • Kenneth Parker (1976), was strangled by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
  • Paul I of Russia (1801), assassinated, struck with a sword, strangled and trampled to death
  • Spencer Perceval (1812), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Assassinated, shot.
  • Laci Denise Peterson and unborn child (2002), they were murdered by her husband Scott Peterson. When the bodies were discovered, they were so badly decomposed that the medical examiner could not determine how they were murdered.
  • Hayley Petit (2007), died of smoke inhalation as a result of the Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders
  • Jennifer Hawke-Petit (2007), strangled during the Cheshire, Connecticut home invasion murders.
  • Michaela Petit (2007), died of smoke inhalation as a result of the Cheshire, Connecticut home invasion murders.
  • Fritz Pfeffer (1944), dentist, mentioned in Anne Frank's diary and hid in the "secret annex" with the Frank family and Van Daan family also known by the pseudonym "Van Pels". He served as the Frank's family dentist. He died in Neuengamme Concentration Camp. His death was listed as "enterocolitis" a catch-all term that covered, among other things, dysentery and cholera, both of which were common causes of death in the camps.
  • Alice Pitezel (1800s), child murder victim of American serial killer H.H. Holmes.
  • Benjamin Pitezel (1800s), murder victim of American serial killer H.H. Holmes.
  • Howard Pitezel (1800s), child murder victim of American serial killer H.H. Holmes.
  • Nellie Pitezel (1800s), child murder victim of American serial killer H.H. Holmes.
  • Jon Prestidge (died between December 1976 and March 1977), murded by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
  • John Proctor (Salem witch trials victim) (1692), hanged.

R

S

T

V

  • Auguste Van Pels (1945) a pseudonym for Petronella Van Daan in Anne Frank's diary, hid in the "secret annex" with the Frank family and Fritz Pfeffer. She died of Typhus en route to Theresienstadt Ghetto.
  • Hermann Van Pels (1945) a pseudonym for Hermann Van Daan in Anne Frank's diary who is also known as Hans in the first manuscript, hid in the "secret annex" with the Frank family and Fritz Pfeffer. He was sent to the gas chambers in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
  • Peter Van Pels (1945) a pseudonym for Peter Van Daan in Anne Frank's diary, hid in the "secret annex" with the Frank family and Fritz Pfeffer, died in Mauthausen in a death march.
  • Gianni Versace (1997), fashion designer, shot[61]
  • Shirley Vian (1977), murder victim of BTK Killer. She was strangled with a rope.
  • Virginia Voskerichian (1977), was shot by the Son of Sam serial killer.

W

  • Christopher Wallace, better known as The Notorious B.I.G. (1997), musician, shot[62]
  • Adam Walsh, Son of America's Most Wanted host John Walsh (1981), decapitated.
  • Vicki Wegerle (1986), was a murder victim of BTK Killer. She was strangled with a nylon stocking.
  • Cynthia Wesley (1963) a victim of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama U.S.A.
  • Murder of Nikki Whitehead (2010), beautician and single parent, beaten and stabbed to death by her 16-year-old twin daughters Jasmiyah Kaneesha Whitehead and Tasmiyah Janeesha Whitehead. Jarmecca's autopsy revealed that she suffered injuries to her lungs, jugular vein and a severed spinal cord. Jarmecca's murder has been featured in a few true crime shows and documentaries such as MSNBC Dateline in the episode titled "Bad Blood", Snapped episode 1403 titled "The Whitehead Twins" and Evil Twins episode "Honor Roll Killers" which has aired on the Investigation Discovery network. Jarmecca is interred at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state).[63]
  • Nancy Wilcox (1974), was ambushed, assaulted and strangled by Ted Bundy. Her body was never found.
  • Sarah Wildes (1692), hanged as a result of the Salem Witch Trials.
  • George Willard (1692, executed as a result of the Salem witch trials.
  • William the Silent, better known as William I, Prince of Orange (1584), leader of the Dutch Revolt, assassinated, shot.
  • Robert Winch (1977), strangled by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
  • Antoinette Wittaker (1977), murdered. American serial killer Rodney Alcala is suspected of having murdered her.
  • Georgia Wixted (1977), bludgeoned by American serial killer Rodney Alcala in her Malibu apartment.

X

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