PA Frankford Slasher, Philadelphia Pa (Unsolved)

[Kell1]

Rumors were that Police had a suspect, but he fell off their radar


Frankford Slasher
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Frankford Slasher
Born
Leonard Christopher (convicted of one of the murders)
Criminal penalty Life (Leonard Christopher)
Details
Victims 8–9
Span of crimes
August 19, 1985–September 6, 1990
Country United States
State(s) Pennsylvania
Date apprehended
May 5, 1990 (Leonard Christopher)
The Frankford Slasher is the name given by the media to a possible serial killer who operated in and around the neighborhood of Frankford in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1990. Leonard Christopher was convicted in the murder of one of the nine supposedly linked victims, but the others remain unsolved. All the victims were sexually assaulted and stabbed to death. Several of the victims were seen with a middle-aged white man shortly before their deaths.[1][2]

Contents

• 1Possible victims
• 2Leonard Christopher
• 3See also
• 4References

Possible victims[edit]

• Helen Patent, 52, killed August 19, 1985
• Anna Carroll, 68, killed January 3, 1986
• Suzanna Olszef, 64, killed December 25, 1986
• Jeanne Durkin, 28, killed January 8, 1987
• Catherine M. Jones, 29, killed January 1987 (connection to other murders is disputed)
• Margaret Vaughan, 66, killed November 11, 1988
• Theresa Sciortino, 30, killed January 19, 1989
• Carol Dowd, 46, killed April 29, 1990 (Leonard Christopher was convicted of her death)
• Michelle Dehner, 30, killed September 6, 1990 (Occurred while Leonard Christopher was in jail)

Leonard Christopher[edit]
During the investigation into the death of Carol Dowd, Leonard Christopher, an employee at a nearby fish market, became a suspect. Despite the fact that he did not match the witness's description, and that there was no evidence to link him to any of the other eight murders, and only circumstantial evidence linking him to Dowd's murder, he was tried and convicted of one count of first degree murder on December 12, 1990, and sentenced to life in prison.[3] He has since died of cancer.

 

[Laughing]

@Filly , you know this one?

 

[Snackcakes66]

There is another thread started by Kimster Nov. 9 2011. This one bugs me, I feel like L. Christopher didn't do them all, perhaps if there was another SK became incapacitated or died, so the killings stopped.

 

[CCJD]

There is another thread started by Kimster Nov. 9 2011. This one bugs me, I feel like L. Christopher didn't do them all, perhaps if there was another SK became incapacitated or died, so the killings stopped.

Link to that thread: PA - PA - Frankford Slasher (1985-1990) *UNSOLVED*

 

[Kell1]

There is another thread started by Kimster Nov. 9 2011. This one bugs me, I feel like L. Christopher didn't do them all, perhaps if there was another SK became incapacitated or died, so the killings stopped.

I agree, so do some of those who investigated the case, there was a rumor of an individual who lived in the area at the time who some "knew" was responsible, but not many ever came forward, the unsub, reportedly left the area , and the leads dried up .