Posts Tagged ‘homeless’

SERIAL KILLER LURKING IN HOUSTON, TX?

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

Investigators in Houston, TX are looking into a possible link between three strangulation murders since early summer.  The FBI has joined forces with the Houston Police to seek justice for three homeless women who were targeted.

OCTOBER 9, 2010:

Carol Flood, 62, was a frequent visitor to the Edwards Greenway Palace Theater.  Authorities say she was last seen around 3:45 p.m. and her body was found 24 hours later.  She was nude from the waist down and had been strangled.   

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010:

Retia LaFaye Long, 52, was found murdered behind the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart.

JUNE 17, 2010:

Raquel Mundy, 24, was found in a nearby field, same circumstances, she had been strangled.  Investigators are waiting for official DNA confirmation, but there’s definitely enough at this point to work a serial killer angle.  She was last seen getting a ride from a man with a grey car. The person she was last seen with is described as Hispanic.   

If you have any information, please contact CRIMESTOPPERS: 713-222-TIPS.  You could receive a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

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FORMER NAVY SAILOR WILL BE EXTRADITED TO FACE MURDER CHARGES

Monday, August 16th, 2010
Eric Gilford (mugshot)

Eric Gilford (mugshot)

An international manhunt to find an active-duty navy sailor who police say brutally murdered his pregnant wife is over and the suspect will be extradited back to Illinois this week.  An arrest warrant was issued for Eric A. Gilford, 31, for stabbing his wife and his unborn child to death.  Gilford was arrested on August 6th in Jackson Hole, Wyoming where he was living at a homeless shelter. A court order late last week passed down indicates he signed a waiver of extradition and will return to face charges. 

Investigator Todd Kubish from the Villa Park Police said on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, Gilford tracked down his wife Kristine at another man’s home in Villa Park, Illinois.  She was at the apartment with her 4-year-old daughter, Gracie May, but the man who owned the property was not there.  An argument ensued, and Kubish says Gilford allegedly stabbed his wife repeatedly and fled the scene. Gracie May ran upstairs to get help for her mother, but by the time police arrived, Gilford was gone.

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