a criminal's mind

a collection of known serial killers, what they did, who their victims were, and their stories.

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Howard Arthur Allen–Murders

In August 1974, Allen beat Opal Cooper, age 85, to death in her home during a robbery. He was sentenced to 2–21 years for manslaughter and paroled in January 1985.

On May 18, 1987, he choked and beat a 73-year-old woman in her home, who survived. Two days later, he assaulted Laverne Hale, age 87, resulting in her death nine days later.

On June 2, 1987, he burglarized the house of an elderly man just five blocks from the scene of Laverne Hale’s murder. This time the tenant was absent; Allen vented his anger by setting the house on fire.

On July 14, 1987, he killed Ernestine Griffin, age 73, with a ten-inch butcher knife, and repeatedly struck her on the head with a kitchen toaster. He stole a camera and $15. He was arrested later that day.

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