- Lorenzo Gilyard
Lorenzo Gilyard, (born c.1951), is a convicted American
serial killer .The trial
A former trash company supervisor, Gilyard is currently on trial in
Kansas City, Missouri . He is accused of therape and murder of 13 women and girls in a period spanning 1977 to 1993. Most, if not all of the victims were prostitutes. All were found shoeless and dumped in secluded spots around Kansas City. Most had cloth or paper towels stuffed into their mouths and ligature marks around their necks.The evidence
Although suspected of 13 murders, he is currently being tried on 7
first-degree murder charges. The prosecution maintains that the trial will focus mainly onDNA evidence that criminalforensics experts shows he had sex with the victims around the time they were killed. "All the victims have several things in common: All were found dead during the same one and a half year period, all were left in secluded or obstructed locations, all were strangled, all showed signs that they were involved in a struggle, all were missing their shoes and all but one showed distinct signs of sexual intercourse," Prosecution Attorney Jim Kanatzar said in opening statements to the court. If convicted on even only one count, Gilyard could facelife in prison withoutparole .Gilyard has previously served time for
child molestation .Probation records show that from 1969 to 1974 he was suspected of five rapes, but was never convicted. Gilyard became a suspect in 1987 in the murder of Sheila Ingold. A crime lab later linked all 13 victims to one killer using DNA testing. A blood sample Gilyard provided in the 1987 investigation led to the murder charges.Suspected Victims
Gilyard is currently being tried in the murders of:Catherine M. Barry, 34Naomi Kelly, 23Ann Barnes, 36Kellie A. Ford, 20Angela Mayhew, 19Sheila Ingold, 36Carmeline Hibbs, 30.
The other victims (who constitute the remaining six charges of murder) were identified as: Stacie L. Swofford, 17Gwendolyn Kizine, 15Margaret J. Miller, 17Debbie Blevins, 32Helga Kruger, 26Connie Luther, 29.
External links
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San Francisco Chronicle " article regarding the charges. [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/03/05/national/a102354S57.DTL]* Blog site with details regarding the victims and crime scenes. [http://hot-on-the-trail-at.blog-city.com/list_of_victims_grows_for_missouri_serial_killer.htm]
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Crime Library article [http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/lorenzo_gilyard/1_index.html]
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