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Penn Station Sniper

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  Location: Pennsylvania Station, NYC, New York Dates: April 28, 1983 - February 21, 1984 Victims: 7 (6 Injured; 1 murdered)      The first victim was a 50 year old homeless woman named Emily Lucchesse.  She was shot in the hip on April 28, 1983, while laying against a wall in a second-floor room of the Antonio Olivieri Center for homeless women. The gunman shot her from a second-floor setback connected to the Pennsylvania station.      Police searched the surrounding areas but found no trace of the perpetrator or their weapon. After the bullet was removed from Lucchesse, it was discovered that it was fired from a .25 caliber automatic weapon.  It was then sent to the department's  ballistics l aboratory to see if it matched with the 1981 murder of Allan Spiegal. It wasn't a match, but Allan Spiegal's murder was later solved after a Philippine immigrant confessed to it.       Less than a month later, on May 18th, 45-year-old Alvin Siegel, a hotel watchman, was shot in the r

Murders of Terrence Demildenhall and Fred Edgi

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Location: Portland, Oregon Dates: September 2, 1986 - February 27, 1987 Victims: 2; Terrence Demildenhall & Fred Edgi During the morning of Tuesday, September 2nd, 1986, the body of Terrence Demildenhall, a 22 year old white homeless man, was discovered shot to death in his sleeping bag near the seawall in Waterfront Park, 100 yards north of the Morrison Bridge.  Demildenhall was last seen alive earlier in the day at 12:30 AM, sleeping in the same place. Waterfront Park in 2012 Nearly 6 months later, on Friday, February 27, 1987, less than half a mile from where Terrance Demildenhall's body was discovered, the remains of Fred William Edgi, a 36 year old Indian homeless man, was found shot to death in his sleeping bag. Fred Edgi The similar M.O, proximity of the murders, & other unspecified evidence links both murders to the same unknown suspect. References TERRENCE DEMILDENHALL I Unsolved Cold Cases Fred Edgi I Unsolved Cold Cases

Too Tall Bandit

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Too Tall Bandit      The Too Tall Bandit is the nickname given to an unidentified serial bank robber suspected of robbing 16 banks in North Carolina, South Carolina, & Tennessee since 2009.  His first known robbery was at the Volunteer State Bank on November 27, 2009.  His latest known robbery happened at the United Community Bank in Etowah, North Carolina, on November 27, 2020. Photo of the Too Tall Bandit by ABC The suspect is described as the following Between 6'2 & 6'6. (188 - 198 centimeters) About 40 years old Between 210 & 250 pounds. (95 - 113 kilograms) Speaks in a deep voice Walks with a limp on his right leg May have brown eyes      The suspect is most active in the month of November, robbing a total of 11 banks during that month.  The suspect is heavily disguised in every robbery, covered from head to toe in a mask, coat, gloves, pants, & sneakers in every robbery.  He is known to take multiple year-long breaks between robberies. Map of Robberies The