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11/13/1964 20 Greenwood’s first known victim was found on library steps with his throat cut and numerous stab wounds. His name was David Russell, an aging transient. 11/14/1964 20 67-year old Benjamin Hornberg was killed in the second floor restroom of his hotel, with his throat slashed from ear to...

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Main Authors: Vaughn Orrin Greenwood, Information Researched, Courtney Lerch, Missy Levy, Josh Lynch
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.692.6701
http://murderpedia.org/male.G/images/greenwood_vaughn/vaughn-greenwood-info.pdf
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Summary:11/13/1964 20 Greenwood’s first known victim was found on library steps with his throat cut and numerous stab wounds. His name was David Russell, an aging transient. 11/14/1964 20 67-year old Benjamin Hornberg was killed in the second floor restroom of his hotel, with his throat slashed from ear to ear and numerous stab wounds marking his head and upper torso. 1966 22 Greenwood’s slayings were interrupted in 1966 when he was imprisoned for over five years in Illinois for the attempted murder of a man in Chicago. 12/01/1974 30 Greenwood murdered 46 year old Charles Jackson, an alcoholic drifter, on the spot where David Russell had been slain a decade earlier. 12/08/1974 30 Moses Yakanac, a 47-year old Eskimo, was knifed to death in a skid row alley. 12/11/1974 30 54-year old Arthur Dahlstedt was slain outside an abandoned building. 12/22/1974 30 42-year old David Perez was found in some shrubbery adjacent to the Los Angeles public library. 01/09/1975 The body of Casimir Strawinski, 58, was found in his hotel room. 01/17/1975 A hotel maid found the body of 46-year old Robert Shannahan with a bayonet protruding from his chest. 1975 49-year old Samuel Suarez, the final skid row victim, was found in a sleazy fifth floor hotel room. 01/29/1975 45-year old George Friar was stabbed to death in his own apartment in Hollywood. 01/31/1975 A cash register mechanic, 34-year old Clyde Hays, was found in his Hollywood home.