FAUTENBERRY, John Joseph
Dispatch | Timeline John Joseph Fautenberry’s father abandoned his family when Fautenberry was 2 years old. His mother remarried 8 years later. His step-father adopted Fautenberry and his sister, but it wasn’t enough for Fautenberry. He spent years trying to reconnect with his father, and was always rejected. He became moody and dropped out of […]
SHAW, Sebastian Alexander
Dispatch | Timeline | Books Sebastian Alexander Shaw (born Chau Quong Ho) was on police radar for a while before he was arrested. He was a suspected sex offender, and DNA from a sex assault matched the DNA from a double murder. The rape victim ID’d Shaw, and police work finally got him arrested. Years […]
EDWARDS, Andrew David
REED, Todd Alan
Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Podcasts | Videos By age 14, Todd Alan Reed was already in a residential program after committing a crime, and was a convicted sex offender. Authorities at the time did not consider him dangerous. He never travelled far to commit his crimes, staying in his home town of Portland, […]
BLAIR, Terry
Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Podcasts | Videos Terry Blair grew up in crime and violence. One of his brothers, Walter Blair Jr., was executed for committing murder. His mother Janice Blair, killed a man but was given probation. A half-brother, Clifford Miller, is serving two life sentences and 240 years. Miller is in […]
CARPENTER, David Joseph
Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Podcasts | Videos On July 12, 1960, Carpenter attacked Lois DeAndrade. The secretary was beaten with a hammer and stabbed during the assault. Carpenter told DeAndrade he had a “sexual quirk”. In fact, he had a record of sexual assaults. Carpenter was arrested at the scene by a military […]
ABEL, Wolfgang and FURLAN, Marco (Ludwig)
Dispatch | Timeline | Books In what world do two Neo-Nazis convicted of 10 murders, get 30 years each? In this one. Wolfgang Abel and Marco Furlan, who operated under the single name Ludwig, served even less. Abel, from West Germany, and Furlan, from Italy, were friends and former students in Verona. Both were well-off, […]
COX, Frederick Pete
Dispatch | Timeline | Videos Neighbors described Frederick Pete Cox as unfriendly. His victims would have described him as vile. Cox once volunteered helping crack addicts, probably to find victims. He had a long-term partner, 2 sons, 2 German Shepherds and, by the age of 43, a penchant to kill prostitutes. After minor brushes with […]
GREEN, Ricky Lee
Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Videos Ricky Lee Green had an abusive childhood, a heavy alcohol addiction, a sadomasochistic spouse (Sharon) and a desire to gruesomely kill people. Green may even have included his wife in some of the killings. On March 27, 1985, sixteen-year-old Jeffrey Lynn Davis disappeared. In April, his mutilated, castrated […]
LEGERE, Allan Joseph
Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Podcasts | Videos Allan Joseph Legere said he wanted to take revenge against the community he lived in. That’s why he attacked women and a priest. In 1976, he had a run in with the priest. Linda Daughney had once turned him down for a date. Sixty-six-year-old John Glendenning […]