On this date, January 21, 2016, the Baton Rouge Serial Killer, Derrick Todd Lee died of heart disease at a hospital in Louisiana, where he was transported for treatment from Louisiana State Penitentiary, where he had been awaiting execution.. I will post the information about this serial killer from Wikipedia and other links.
Derrick Todd Lee | |||
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Born | Derrick Todd Lee November 5, 1968 St. Francisville, Louisiana, U.S. | ||
Died | January 21, 2016 (aged 47) Lane Regional Medical Center, Zachary, Louisiana, U.S. | ||
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Other names | The Baton Rouge Serial Killer | ||
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Killings | |||
Victims | 7+ | ||
Span of killings | August 23, 1992–March 3, 2003 | ||
Country | US | ||
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Date apprehended | May 27, 2003 | ||
Derrick Todd Lee(November 5, 1968 – January 21, 2016), also known as the Baton Rouge Serial Killer, was an American serial killer. His killing spree began in 1992 and ended in 2003, and consisted of seven women.
Prior to his murder charges, he had been arrested for stalking women and watching them in their homes. Lee was initially overlooked by police, because they incorrectly believed the killer was white. Lee was linked by DNA to the deaths of seven women in the Baton Rouge and Lafayette areas in Louisiana, and in 2004 was convicted, in separate trials, of the murders of Geralyn DeSoto and Charlotte Murray Pace. The Pace trial resulted in a death sentence.
Newspapers suggested Lee was responsible for other unsolved murders in the area, but the police lacked DNA evidence to prove these connections. After Lee's arrest, it was discovered that another serial killer, Sean Vincent Gillis, was operating in the Baton Rouge area during the same time as Lee.
Lee died on January 21, 2016, of heart disease at a hospital in Louisiana, where he was transported for treatment from Louisiana State Penitentiary, where he had been awaiting execution.
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