The Crime Web: Murder calendar

On March 9, 1993, Colin met his first victim, 45 year old Peter Walker. The theatre director invited Ireland back to his flat where they could get a little more well acquainted. Little did Walker know that Ireland had brought with him a cord, knife and a pair of gloves. At the flat, Ireland told Walker to lie naked on the bed before tying him down and whipping him. The shackled man could do nothing as Ireland placed a plastic bag over the man's head and suffocated him

March 1	1989	Andrei Chikatilo	Chikatilo murders 16 year old Tatyana Ryzhova, in his daughter's residence in Shakhti. Her body is found a week later, with the legs and head cut off.
	1975	Ted Bundy	A skull is found in a thick wooded area on Taylor Mountain. The skull is part of the remains of 22 year old Brenda Ball. The police begin a search of the area and soon more gruesome discoveries are made.
	1976	Ted Bundy	Bundy is convicted of the kidnapping charge of Carol DaRonch in Utah.
	1989	John Glover	Gwendoline Mitchellhill is knocked unconscious by a hammer blow to the head, before being beaten all over by Glover and left to die.
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March 3	1987	Catherine and David Birnie	Both are sentenced to life in prison. Their files are marked "never to be released". It had only taken the jury half an hour to reach its verdict.
	1975	Ted Bundy	Parts of the bodies of Lynda Healy, Susan Rancourt and Roberta Parks are found on March 3, 1975 on Taylor Mountain. The skull of Lynda Healy is found, she had suffered a brutal beating. Susan Rancourt's decapitated skull was severely fractured. Other bones recovered are later said to be those of Donna Mason
March 4	1980	Wayne Williams	Angel Lenair, age 12, was the first recognized victim of 1980. Reported missing on March 4, she was found six days later, tied to a tree with her hands bound behind her. She had been sexually abused and strangled with an electric cord; someone else's panties were extracted from her throat.
March 5	1994	Fred and Rose West	The bodies of Therese Siegenthaler and Shirley Hubbard are located in the basement of 25 Cromwell Street Gloucester.
	1953	John Reg Christie	Hectorina Maclennan is taken to the Christie's house where she is gassed and then raped.
March 6	1994	Fred and Rose West	The bodies of Lucy Partington and Juanita Mott are found in the basement.
March 7	1994	Fred and Rose West	Linda Gough's remains are found in the basement of the West's home.
	1990	Andrei Chikatilo	10 year old Yaroslav Makarov is murdered.
March 8	1958	Harvey Glatman	224 year old Bridgeford accepts a blind date with Glatman, he takes her to a secluded area where he tells her he wants to take pictures of her tied up for a detective magazine, she complies. Glatman then strangles her and rapes her.
	1994	Fred and Rose West	The remains of Carol Cooper are located in the basement of the West's home in Cromwell Street, where the others have been found over the past few days.
	1929	Peter Kurten	8 year old Rosa Ohliger was murdered by Kurten after he dragged the girl behind a hedge and stabbed her 13 times. He later returned to the crime scene to burn the body.
March 9	1973	Bender Family	Dr William York disappears on his way to Independence. His disappearance sparks a search for the Bender Family who also leave their farm without a trace, leaving behind many bodies buried in the barn.
	1950	John Reg Christie	Timothy Evans is hanged for the murders of his wife and baby - the murders are later attributed to Christie and Evans is given a posthumous pardon.
	1953	Albert DeSalvo	69 year old Mary Brown is murdered by the Strangler. She is found with a fork stuck in her breast and has severe head injuries.
	1993	Colin Ireland	On March 9, 1993, Colin met his first victim, 45 year old Peter Walker. The theatre director invited Ireland back to his flat where they could get a little more well acquainted. Little did Walker know that Ireland had brought with him a cord, knife and a pair of gloves. At the flat, Ireland told Walker to lie naked on the bed before tying him down and whipping him. The shackled man could do nothing as Ireland placed a plastic bag over the man's head and suffocated him
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March 11	1935	Albert Fish	The trial of Albert Fish for the murder of Grace Budd opens at10.00am at Westchester County Court Building, White Plains.
	1980	Wayne Williams	11 year old Jeffrey Mathis vanished on an errand to the store. Eleven months would pass before recovery of his skeletal remains, advanced decomposition ruling out a declaration on the cause of death.
March 12	1974	Ted Bundy	Donna Mason left her room around 7 pm to walk to a campus jazz concert. She was never seen alive again. Bundy confessed to her murder before his execution and said her remains were part of those unidentified bones found Mar 3, 1975 on Taylor Mountain, Wa
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March 15	1927	Peter Manuel	Manuel is born in Manhattan to Scottish parents.
	1975	Ted Bundy	Twenty-six year old Julie Cunningham disappeared while on her way to a nearby tavern in Vail Colorado. Her body was never found.
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March 17	1942	John Gacy	Gacy is born in Chicago
	1985	Richard Ramirez	Maria Hernandez is shot as she gets out of her car. However the bullet hits her keys and she survives. Her flatmate, 35 year old Dayle Okazaki, is murdered by a single bullet at close range against her face as she opens the door to her killer. Within the hour Ramirez struck again. This time he parks his car on the side of the road and forces his way into the car of Tsai-Lian Yu, He pushed her to the side of the road and put a bullet into the young woman's head as he called her a bitch.
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March 19	1990	John Glover	The body of Joan Sinclair was found just inside the door of her home. Near the body was a bloodstained claw-hammer. Mrs Sinclair's head was wrapped in a towel and her lower clothes had been removed. Again her pantyhose were tied around her neck.
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March 21	1969	John Collins	16 year old Maralyn Skelton is murdered.
March 22	1970	The Zodiac	Kathleen Johns is asked to pull over by the killer who claims that her car's wheels are wobbling. He offers her a lift to a petrol station, but instead drives around for over an hour and a half. When she sees the opportunity, Kathleen grabs her baby and jumps from the vehicle. At the police station, she says a wanted picture on the wall of the Zodiac killer looks like her assailant.
	1971	The Zodiac	A letter is sent to the LA Times
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March 24	1984	Andrei Chikatilo	Ten year old Dima Ptashnikov is murdered, a footprint of the killer is found at the scene
	1988	Jeffrey Dahmer	Dahmer meets up with his next victim at a gay bar. Richard Guerrero age 25. Richard is taken back to Dahmer's Grandmother's home for nude pictures, he is strangled and dissected.
	1988	Arthur Shawcross	Dorothy “Dotsie” Blackburn signals to Arthur Shawcross and asks him if he wants a date. He told her that he wanted to have mutual oral sex and paid her thirty dollars. Shawcross said the woman bit him on the penis, drawing blood. He said he bit her vagina in retribution and squeezed her throat until she lost consciousness. He then tied the woman up with articles of her clothing driving to a more secluded area. He raped her then took her neck by the neck, squeezing it until she was dead. He dropped her body into a river.
March 25	1989	Jeffrey Dahmer	Dahmer approached Anthony Sears at the nightclub La Cage and the two men went to Jeffrey's Grandmothers house. The 24 year old was left dismembered, but not before, the body is used for Dahmer's own sexual fulfilment. Years later in 1991, it would be discovered that parts of Sears's body were kept. His painted skull was later removed from Dahmer's apartment after his arrest. The penis of Sears was also recovered.
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March 27	1969	Jerry Brudos	19 year old Karen Sprinker is murdered. She is strangled and both her breasts are removed in the attack.
	1985	Richard Ramirez	64 year old Vincent and 44 year old Maxine Zazzara are murdered by Ramirez. They are shot, and Maxine is stripped and slashed with a knife repeatedly, before Ramirez gouges out her eyes.
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