Gulf Killer | |
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Other names | Red Light Murders[1] The Dale Mabry Strip Murders[2] |
Years active | c. October 15, 1971 – December 31, 1978 |
Details | |
Victims | 16 (14 women, 2 men) |
Country | United States |
State(s) | Florida |
Date apprehended | Wirtjes convicted in 1979; Hardagree convicted in 1980; other(s) unapprehended |
Between 1971 and 1978, a group of unsolved[a] murders occurred in the Pasco County and wider Tampa Bay area of Florida, United States, in which at least fourteen women and two men were killed. While the victims were grouped together differently at various points, nine were attributed, dubiously, to a "Gulf Killer."[3] Whether the murders were connected to one or multiple individuals, feuding pimps, criminal organizations, or a sexually depraved killer was never determined. At least eight of the victims were involved in sex work on the Dale Mabry Strip.
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