a criminal's mind

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

warning: may contain nudity and gorey images

Upon arrival in Los Angeles, Bianchi told a friend that he was suspected of killing three young girls in his hometown of Rochester, in upstate New York. These crimes are known as “The Alphabet Murders” because the first name of each victim began with...

Upon arrival in Los Angeles, Bianchi told a friend that he was suspected of killing three young girls in his hometown of Rochester, in upstate New York. These crimes are known as “The Alphabet Murders” because the first name of each victim began with the same letter as their last name.

Victims:

- Carmen Colon, 10, disappeared Novemeber 16, 1971. She was found two days later 12 miles from where she was last seen. Although found in the town of Riga, the village of Churchville is the town’s center of population, and the town of Chili is nearby.

-Wanda Walkowicz, 11, disappeared April 2, 1973. She was found the next day at a rest area off State ROute 104 in Webster, seven miles from Rochester.

-Michelle Maenza, 11, disappeared Novemeber 26, 1973. She was found two days later in Macedon, 15 miles from Rochester.

The three were raped and strangled. Certain tests that were never made public linked the three deaths.

Bianchi was an ice-cream vendor in Rochester at the time, vending from sites close to the first two murder scenes. Bianchi was never charged with the Alphabet murders, and he has repeatedly tried to have investigators officially clear him from suspicion; however, there is circumstantial evidence in that his car was seen at two murder scenes. Bianchi had denied committing the murders and has also attempted to get his name removed from the police investigators’ lists in Rochester. He remains under suspicion; however, he is not the only suspect.

  • 14 August 2011