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The Alphabet murders (also known as the Double Initial murders) are an unsolved series of child murders which occurred between 1971 and 1973 in Rochester, New York. [ 1 ] All three victims were girls aged ten or eleven whose surname began with the same letter as that of her first name.
- The Disappearance and Death of Carmen Colón
- The Killing of Wanda Walkowicz, The Second Victim in The Alphabet Murders
- A Third Victim Is Killed and The Police Remain Baffled
- Suspects and Theories in The Alphabet Murders Case
- The Crimes Remain Unsolved After Decades
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Carmen Colón was the first victim of the Rochester Alphabet Murders. On the afternoon of her disappearance, Colón’s mother sent her to the local drug store to pick up a prescription, according to the Democrat and Chronicle. After speaking with the pharmacist, Colón stepped outside to wait for the prescription. Carmen Colón was only a block and a ha...
For over a year, police looked for Carmen Colón’s killer. And then, the murder of a second girl indicated a possible motive. Wanda Walkowicz was 11 years old when her mother sent her to the local supermarket to pick up groceries for dinner on April 2, 1973. After buying $8.52 of groceries, Walkowicz vanished. “Back then we knew nothing about what c...
On November 26, 1973, about six months after Wanda Walkowicz died, another Rochester girl went missing. Eleven-year-old Michelle Maenza disappeared as she walked home from a shopping center. Two days later, police found her body in Macedon. The Democrat and Chronicleran a headline that read, “Killings Hauntingly Similar.” Reports once again poured ...
Who was the Alphabet Killer? Police investigated multiple suspects, including Carmen Colón’s uncle. Horrifically, they turned up multiple serial rapists and murderers in the Rochester area in the process. Firefighter Dennis Termini committed over a dozen rapes in his garage. And when police cornered him, Termini shot himself in the head. Joseph Nas...
Fifty years after they began, the Alphabet Murders remain unsolved. “You have this aura of the initials,” Robert Hetzke, a detective working on the case in 2009, told the Democrat and Chronicle. “Are they connected? Are they not connected? We don’t know that.” It’s possible that the double initials were a coincidence. Alliterative names were on tre...
Between 1971 and 1973, three girls with double initials were strangled and raped in Rochester, New York. The Alphabet Murders case remains a mystery, despite multiple suspects and clues.
A 1965 British detective film starring Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot, based on Agatha Christie's novel. The film features comedy, cameos by Margaret Rutherford and Stringer Davis, and a surprise ending.
Nov 18, 2023 · 15. One of the chief suspects in New York's Alphabet Murders has been released after serving more than 30 years in prison, Newsweek has learned. The 76-year-old man had been serving a sentence of ...
A 1965 film adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel, starring Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot. The film is a slapstick comedy that mocks the detective's mannerisms and the mystery plot, with murders based on the victims' initials.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Frank Tashlin
- 1966-05-17
Nov 23, 2013 · A California man convicted of the murders decades ago of four women whose names and surnames bore matching initials has been sentenced to death. Joseph Naso, 79, was found guilty last month in the ...
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Oct 18, 2023 · Three young girls were abducted, raped, and killed in Rochester, New York in the early 1970s, with their initials matching the locations where their bodies were found. Learn about the chilling case of The Alphabet Murders, the possible suspects, and the ongoing investigation after 50 years.
