On this day: October 7
- 1978Other Attacks in Contra Costa County (East Bay) 路 Joseph James DeAngelo
From late 1978 to mid-1979 attacks shifted to East Bay communities including Concord, Walnut Creek, San Ramon and Danville.
- 1984Victim Chanel Devoun Williams 路 Bobby Joe Long
Remembered by her mother as a loving daughter and kindhearted sister.
- 1998Arrest Laramie (arrest) 路 Murder of Matthew Shepard
Back in town the same night, the two men got into a street fight; police who responded found evidence tying them to Shepard, and both were arrested. Charges were raised to first-degree murder after he died.
- 1998Other Ivinson Memorial Hospital, Laramie 路 Murder of Matthew Shepard
Shepard was first taken to Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie, then transferred to Colorado.
- 2006Victim Michelle Gardner-Quinn 路 Brian Rooney
A senior from Arlington, Virginia, who had just transferred to UVM; her essay "A Reverence for All Life" was later featured on NPR, and a foundation in her name supports young environmentalists.