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"I'm sorry I killed five people, okay?"
Before
acquiring a taste for rape and murder Gary Walker had a
record with the police spanning fifteen years. He had been
in trouble for almost everything. He had also been a regular
patient in mental institutions. While in a nut house on one
occasion a doctor wrote that he believed that Walker was
trying "to hide from law enforcement officers." In 1984
Walker was diagnosed as paranoid and schizophrenic. He
believed that his dead brother was 'speaking to him'.
Despite this he was given parole on February 7, 1984.
On May 7, 1984, Eddie Cash, 63, was found dead at his home.
He had been beaten to death with a brick and also had an
electrical cord from his vacuum cleaner wrapped around his
neck. His van was also stolen.
The next day Margaret Bell, 36, was reported missing. Her
car was also missing, but police had no reason to connect
the two cases at that time.
One week later on May 14, Jayne Hilburn, 35, was found
strangled in her house. Her car had also been stolen. It was
a black Camaro. The next day a young woman was picked up by
a man calling himself "Gary Edwards". He pulled out a knife
and attempted to rape the woman, but luckily for her she got
away unharmed. The police now had a description.
Five days later a 17-year-old was abducted by a similar man.
This girl wasn't quite as lucky though. She was rather
violently raped at knife point, but somehow managed to
escape to give police another description. On May 22 the
Camaro was found abandoned.
On May 23 Janet Jewell, 32, disappeared after leaving her
home job hunting.
The next day a local radio newscaster, Valerie Shaw-Hartzell
went missing. She was seen twice on May 25, both times
attempting to cash personal checks. She was accompanied by
an unidentified man. She wasn't seen again, but her car
seemed to came in handy.
On May 26 another young woman was kidnapped at knife point.
She was released later in the day, but not before she'd been
raped. She gave a description of the driver and car, and it
was traced to a local motel where the suspect was booked in
as "Dana Ray". Luckily for Walker he had left before police
arrived.
But Walkers luck ran out on May 28 when his fingerprints
turned up at crime scenes and his mug shot had been picked
out by two of the survivors. the next day Walker went bezerk.
He invaded a home and abducted two girls at knife point,
taking them on a twenty minute 'joy ride' in yet another new
car. Again Walker let the kids escape, and before he had a
chance to rape them no less. They identified Walker as there
abductor.
On June 2 Walker barged into another home, holding the
tenants at gunpoint before taking their car. He left them
unharmed and within hours they had identified Walker as
their attacker. At 10:45pm that night Walker was finally
arrested. Oddly he was with two other men, and they seemed
ready to attack yet another home.
It didn't take long for Gary Walker to confess to his
crimes. He even tried to get sympathy from his
interrogators. Over the next six days Walker led the police
to the missing victims bodies.
In 1985 Walker was convicted of 5 counts of murder and was
sentenced to a minimum of 25 years.
INTERESTING STUFF
"I haven't spent a full year out of jail since I was
seventeen years old."
You almost feel sorry for the cry-baby don't you?
In 1986 a woman was found murdered in Oklahoma. She was
found nude except for the stockings and bra that were
wrapped tight around her throat. The last person seen with
the victim was Marshall Cummings Jr, one of the men with
Walker when he was arrested. He eventually pled guilty to
second degree murder and was sentenced to 25 years.
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