The Double Initial Alphabet Murders

Description

In the early 1970s, Rochester New York was rocked by the murders of three little girls. As the public and the police debated whether the deaths were connected, many noticed a strange coincidence. All three girls had double initials--CC, WW, and MM. Not only that, the towns they were found in also matched their initials. Coincidence or the work of a methodical serial killer?

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Researched, written, hosted, and edited by Charlie Worroll

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Sources

Internet

• https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/03/06/wanda-walkowicz-carmen-colon-michelle-maenza-double-initial-alphabet-murders-state-police/399630002/

• https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20071004/News/605234828/SH

• https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2007/11/13/inmate-held-in-76-slaying-dies-in-keys/

• https://www.whec.com/news/double-initial-murders-was-it-the-work-of-one-killer/5255196/

• https://www.whec.com/news/double-initial-murders-the-final-victim/5247570/

• http://vertumnus.courts.state.ny.us/claims/html/2003-013-014.html

NEWWPAPERS

• Missing Girl, 10, Found Slain, Democrat and Chronicle, 19 Nov 1971

• Nobody Stopped to Save Carmen, Democrat and Chronicle, 20 Nov 1971

• Carmen’s Dead: Would You Have Stopped, The Ottawa Citizen, 1 Dec 1971

• Police Report No Clues As Carmen, 10, Is Buried, Democrat and Chronicle, 23 Nov 1971

• Missing Girl Found Slain, Democrat and Chronicle, 4 Apr 1973

• Wanda’s Killer Still at Large, Democrat and Chronicle, 5 Apr 1973

• Police Seek Rapist Killer of 11-year-old, Poughkeepsie Journal, 4 April 1973

• Leads But No Suspects in Slaying, Democrat and Chronical, 6 April 1973

• Wanda’s Mother Cannot Forget, Democrat and Chronicle, 16 Jul 1973

• Rochester Combed for Missing Girl, Press and Sun Bulletin, 28 Nov 1973

• Police: No Clues in Hunt for Girl, Democrat and Chronicle, 28 Nov 1973

• No Leads in Slaying of Girl, 11, Democrat and Chronicle, 29 Nov 1973

• Third Rochester Girl Murdered in 2 Years, The Ithaca Journal, 29 Nov 1973

• Rochester Cops Uncover Leads in Girl’s Slaying, Star-Gazette, 1 Dec 1973

• Two Family Quarrels Claim Lives of Two, Democrat and Chronicle, 19 Feb 1991

• City Man Claims Murder Mixup, Democrat and Chronicle, 9 Apr 2002

• Double Initials Remain Mystery, Democrat and Chronicle, 1 Mar 2009