On this day: October 9

1. 1980
   Victim Charles Stephens · Atlanta child murders

   Atlanta police attributed his death to Wayne Williams and closed the case; Williams was never charged or tried in it.

2. 1982
   Victim Shawnda Leea Summers · Gary Ridgway

   Sources differ on her age (16 or 17).

3. 1986
   Other College of William & Mary, Williamsburg · Colonial Parkway murders

   Cathleen Thomas and Rebecca Dowski were last seen together on October 9, 1986, at a campus computer lab.

4. 1986
   Victim Cathleen Thomas · Colonial Parkway murders

   Attributed: FBI Norfolk named Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. as her killer in January 2026, based on DNA evidence.

5. 1986
   Victim Rebecca Ann Dowski · Colonial Parkway murders

   Attributed: FBI Norfolk named Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. as her killer in January 2026, based on DNA evidence.

6. 2002
   Prison Florida State Prison (execution) · Aileen Wuornos

   Wuornos was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on October 9, 2002. She was 46.

7. 2002
   Victim Dean Harold Meyers · D.C. sniper attacks

   A civil engineer.