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Adams, Fanny b. April, 1859 d. August 24, 1867
Murder Victim. She was a victim of one of the most infamous child murder cases in Great Britain. She and her friend Minnie Warner, both aged eight, along with Fanny's sister Lizzie, aged seven, were out for a walk on August 24, 1867 when, at half past one in the afternoon, they were approached by Frederick Baker, a solicitor's clerk who had, evidently, been drinking. He gave Minnie one and a half pennies to buy some sweets, and offered Fanny half a penny if she would leave with him. She took...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Alton Cemetery, Alton, Hampshire, England
Aime, Laura b. August 21, 1957 d. October 30, 1974
Murder Victim. She was one of the over 30 victims murdered by serial killer Ted Bundy. She had disappeared on her way home from a Halloween party in October 1974, and her body was found a month later in American Fork Canyon, Utah. Bundy confessed to her murder shortly before his execution. (Bio by: Jennifer M.)
Fairview Pioneer Cemetery, Fairview, Sanpete County, Utah, USA
Almon, Baylee b. April 18, 1994 d. April 19, 1995
Disaster Victim. One year-old victim of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. A widely-published photograph of her injured body in the arms of firefighter Chris Field came to symbolize the children who were lost in the tragedy. The photo won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography.
Cause of death: Murdered
Kolb Cemetery, Spencer, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Plot: Section 1, Plot 134
Amedure, Scott B. b. January 26, 1963 d. March 9, 1995
Murder Victim. He was killed after appearing on the "Jenny Jones" television talk show, where he admitted he had a crush on another man, Jonathan Schmitz, who turned out to be homophobic. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, his father, Frank Amedure was a local tractor-trailer driver, and his mother, Patricia Graves Amedure, was a housewife. In 1968, the family moved to Waterford, Michigan, and two years later, Frank and Patricia were divorced. After his parents divorced, he lived principally...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Ottawa Park Cemetery, Clarkston, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
Andrassy, Edward W. b. September 3, 1906 d. September 21, 1935
Murder victim. Edward Andrassy was one of the first victims of the Cleveland Torso Killer, or Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run. He worked as a hospital orderly and eventually turned to petty crime. On September 23, 1935, the bodies of Andrassy and an unidentified man were found at the base of Jackass Hill in Kingsbury Run. Both men had been decapitated and emasculated. The police examined Andrassy's background in an effort to identify the Torso Killer, but they were unsuccessful. Edward Andrassy...[Read More] (Bio by: Dennis Rice)
Saint Marys Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
Ansley, Michelle b. 1955 d. April 22, 1974
Murder Victim. Victim of the 1974 Hi-Fi Shop Murders in Ogden, Utah. On April 22, 1974, Dale Pierre, William Andrews, and Keith Roberts, all airmen in the US Air Force, entered the Hi-Fi Shop in Ogden, Utah. Pierre and Andrews forced five people (two women and three men) to drink Liquid Drano. Pierre then shot them in the head. Two of the victims, Cortney Naisbitt and Orren Walker survived. Carol Naisbitt (Cortney's mother), Stanley Walker (Orren's son) and Michelle Ansley (who was also raped...[Read More]
Cause of death: Shot to death after being forced to drink Liquid Drano
Washington Heights Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA
Antosh, Yvonne Shelly b. April 8, 1964 d. May 31, 1983
Murder victim of Gary Leon Ridgway, known as "The Green River Killer" who was responsible for the murders of 49 women in Seattle, Washington, between 1982 and 1984.
Unknown*
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Arsenal Monument d. September 17, 1862
This monument was erected in 1928 to honor the memory of 43 young women buried here, some of the approximately 78 young workers killed at the nearby Allegheny Arsenal by an explosion. The accident of Sept 17, 1862 was the worst industrial accident associated with the Civil War. (Bio by: EJD)
Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Askew, Daniel b. February 28, 1828 d. April 12, 1875
Western Frontier Figure. He was the neighbor to the east of the Jesse James family farm near Kearney, Missouri. He had a man that worked for him, Jack Ladd, that was believed to have been a Pinkerton spy. In January 1875, Pinkerton agents raided the James family farm, and threw a bomb in a window. The resulting explosion killed Archie Samuel. Zerelda Samuel, mother of Jesse and Frank James, lost an arm as a result of injuries sustained in the bombing. Frank and Jesse James reportedly were...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Walker)
New Hope Cemetery, Holt, Clay County, Missouri, USA
Askold d. 882 (circa)
Legendary founder of Kiev. Modern scholarship holds that Askold was apparently Rurik's trusted man but was neither a relative nor an aristocrat. As Rurik's agent to Constantinople, he discovered a settlement that would become Kiev while en route along the Dnieper. He claimed it as his capital from which he ruled over the Polans, a tribe of east Slavs which inhabited both sides of the Dnieper river. Within Kiev he gathered his fellow Varangians to his seat. Although usually linked with a co-...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Murdered
Askoldova Mohyls, Kiev, Ukraine
Asplund, Carl Oscar Vilhelm Gustafsson b. May 7, 1871 d. April 15, 1912
He was the son of Kristina Adlene Samuelson of Repperda, Gustafsgård, Ädelfors, Jönköping. He married to Selma Augusta Emilia Johansson. They were the parents of five children: Filip Oscar, Clarence Gustaf Hugo, Carl Edgar, Lillian Gertrud and Felix Rojj. The Asplunds emigrated to USA on the Titanic board in 1912. Carl and his three elder sons lost in the sinking but Selma, Lillian and Felix were rescue. Carl's body was later found and buried at this cemetery. (Bio by: Sally C. Palmer)
All Faiths Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Asplund, Clarence Gustaf b. September 17, 1902 d. April 15, 1912
Son of Carl Oscar Vilhelm Gustafsson Asplund & Selma Augusta Emilia (Johansson) Asplund.Clarence, age 9, died in the Titanic sinking. His father Carl, and brothers Filip, 13, and Carl, 5, also died.His mother Selma, sister Lillian, and brother Edvin, survived.Clarence's body was never recovered. (Bio by: Danica Love)
Body lost at sea
Asplund, Felix Rojj b. March 19, 1909 d. March 15, 1983
Son of Carl Oscar Vilhelm Gustafsson Asplund and Selma Augusta Johansson. He survived the sinking of RMS Titanic. He was never married. (Bio by: Sally C. Palmer)
All Faiths Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Asplund, Filip Oscar b. December 12, 1898 d. April 15, 1912
Eldest son of Carl Oscar Vilhelm Gustafsson Asplund & Selma Augusta Emilia (Johansson) Asplund. Brother of Clarence, Carl, Lillian & Edvin.Filip, age 13, died in the Titanic Sinking. His father Carl, age 40, and brothers Clarence 9, and Carl, 5, also died in the sinking.Mother Selma, Sister Lillian and brother Edvin, survived.Filip's body was never recovered. (Bio by: Danica Love)
Body lost at sea
Asplund, Lillian Gertrud b. October 21, 1906 d. May 6, 2006
RMS Titanic Disaster Survivor. At her death, she was the last American survivor of the sinking of the famed "RMS Titanic". Throughout her life, she staved off its accompanying publicity. She was only five years old when the ship went down in the North Atlantic. Her father, Carl, a Worcester laborer, had returned the family to Sweden in 1907 to settle his father's estate and care for his mother. Traveling third-class on their return to the states in 1912, she lost her father and three brothers -...[Read More] (Bio by: Always with Love)
All Faiths Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Asplund, Selma b. October 10, 1873 d. April 15, 1964
Titanic Survivor. Born Selma Augusta Emilia Johansson in Smaland, Sweden, she emigrated to the United States where she met and married Carl O. Asplund, also a native of Sweden, in 1896. The couple settled in Worchester, Massachusetts where Filip Oscar was born in 1898, Clarence Gustaf Hugo in 1902, twins Lillian Gertrud and Carl Edgar in 1906. In 1907, the family returned to Sweden due to family issues. Another child, Edvin Rojj Felix, was born there in 1909. In 1912, the family traveled to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
All Faiths Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Astor (Talmadge Dick Fiermonte), Madeline b. June 19, 1893 d. March 24, 1940
Socialite. The wife of John Jacob Astor IV, she survived of the sinking of the "RMS Titanic" on April 14/15, 1912 which took her husband. She was 18 years old at the time. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum, Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Authorlee, Martina Theresa b. March 21, 1965 d. May 22, 1983
Murder victim of Gary Leon Ridgway, known as "The Green River Killer" who was responsible for the murders of 49 women in Seattle, Washington, between 1982 and 1984.
Unknown*
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Avila, Michele Yvette b. February 8, 1968 d. October 1, 1985
Murder Victim. She was murdered by her two best friends, Laura Doyle and Karen Severson because they said she was taking away all the attention of the boys at their high school. The two girls stayed close friends with the family of the victims for three years before a witness came forward and the two girls were arrested and convicted, each getting 15 to life in prison. Michelle's story was made into a made for television movie called "A Killer Among Friends" starring Tiffani-Amber Theissen and...[Read More] (Bio by: Always Marissa)
San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Bakley, Bonny Lee b. June 7, 1956 d. May 4, 2001
Murder Victim. Wife of actor Robert Blake. Blake was tried and aquitted of the murder. (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Guardian, Lot 6550, space 3
GPS coordinates: 34.1482887, -118.3296738 (hddd.dddd)

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