On this day: September 23

  1. 1935
    Victim Edward Andrassy 路 Cleveland Torso Murders

    A former hospital orderly, identified by his fingerprints.

  2. 1935
    Victim Unidentified man (found September 1935) 路 Cleveland Torso Murders

    Found near Edward Andrassy at the foot of Jackass Hill. Never identified.

  3. 1985
    Court / trial Hillsborough County court, Tampa 路 Bobby Joe Long

    Long entered his plea agreement on September 23, 1985. He was sentenced to death for the Simms murder in July 1986 and, after the Florida Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing, again in July 1989.

  4. 1988
    Victim Kathleen Anne Meyer 路 Steven Pennell

    Her body has never been found.

  5. 1991
    Arrest Arrest in Barrington 路 Christopher Hightower

    After Ernest's sister called the FBI, Barrington police stopped Hightower in the Brendels' red Toyota in a church parking lot on September 23, 1991. He was carrying Ernest Brendel's credit cards.

  6. 2001
    Victim Gina Wilson Green 路 Derrick Todd Lee