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12.01.1974

Skid Row Slasher Vaughn Greenwood begins final killing spree

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Photo: Bettmann Archive

12.01.1974

Vaughn Greenwood, known as the Skid Row Slasher, murdered 11 homeless men in Southern California between 1964 and 1974. After killing his first two victims, he was imprisoned on knife assault charges in Chicago in 1966. He then resumed his attacks on L.A. transients, with a signature slash across the throat from ear to ear. He was arrested two months into his spree in 1975 after a survivor identified him; he received multiple life sentences.

Photo: Bettmann Archive
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