1990s 1990 DatePerson(s)AgeCountry of disappearanceCircumstancesOutcomeTime spent missing or unconfirmed1990Leann Marion Whitlock19United States of America 19-year-old Leann Whitlock, a sophomore student of James Madison University, was abducted by two men outside a shopping mall in Harrisonburg, Virginia, before she was murdered in a wooded area in Augusta County, Virginia. Whitlock's body was found eight days later, and within six months, the two kidnappers, Tommy David Strickler and Ronald Lee Henderson, were arrested and charged with murder. Strickler was sentenced to death and executed on July 21, 1999, while Henderson was sentenced to life imprisonment.Murdered8 days 1990Lise Roy30CanadaIn April 1990, she became the first victim of serial killer Camille Cléroux, her husband. Her body was found in 2011 buried in the yard of their former home at 1535 Heatherington Road in the Heron Gate neighbourhood of Ottawa.Murdered21 years1990Raymond Lamont Smith32United States of AmericaRaymond Lamont Smith, a male sex worker at a Milwaukee tavern, was lured into the apartment of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who drugged him and strangled him to death. Smith's skull was found over a year after he was killed, when Dahmer was arrested in July 1991. Dahmer, who confessed to murdering Smith and 16 other men, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison."Jeffrey Dahmer's Inferno". Vanity Fair. November 1991. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2019.Murdered1 year and 2 months1990David Andrew Spears47United States of America The second victim of serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Spears was murdered on May 19, 1990; his body was discovered along US 19 on June 1.Murdered2 weeks1990Susan Poupart29United States of AmericaSusan Poupart, a Native-American woman from Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, disappeared on May 20, 1990. Her body was found six months later in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.Murdered6 months1990Charles Edmund Carskaddon Jr.40United States of America The third victim of serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Carskaddon was murdered on May 31, 1990. He disappeared en route to Tampa, Florida; his body was discovered Pasco County.Murdered3 weeks1990Edward Warren Smith32United States of AmericaEdward Warren Smith was lured into the apartment of his co-worker Jeffrey Dahmer, who drugged him and strangled him to death. Smith's skeleton was acidified and his skull was accidentally destroyed by Dahmer, who placed it in the oven to dry it. Although no remains were recovered, Dahmer confessed to Smith's murder and 16 others after his July 1991 arrest. As a result of these killings, he was sentenced to life without parole.Dvorchak, Robert J.; Holewa, Lisa (1992). Milwaukee Massacre: Jeffrey Dahmer and the Milwaukee Murders. New York City: Dell Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7090-5003-2. Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.Murdered1 year and 1 month 1990Joseph Doucé45BelgiumA Belgian psychologist abducted from his flat by two men with police identification badges on July 19, 1990. His body was found in a forest three months later. Doucé's murder has never been solved. Murdered3 months1990Troy Eugene Burress50United States of AmericaOn July 31, 1990, he was reported missing and on August 4, 1990, his body was found in a wooded area along State Road 19 in Marion County, Florida. He had been shot twice by Aileen Wuornos."Aileen Carol Wuornos". The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2008.Murdered5 days1990Diana Turbay39ColombiaColombian journalist who was abducted on August 30, 1990, by members of the Los Priscos, who deceived her into believing that she was going to interview guerilla leader Manuel Pérez. She was detained in Copacabana, where she was later killed during a botched rescue attempt.Fatally shot during rescue attempt5 months1990David Courtney Thomas22United States of AmericaThe ninth victim of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Thomas was a 22-year-old father of two whom Dahmer encountered at the Grand Avenue Mall on September 24, 1990. Thomas was drugged, strangled and dismembered. Dahmer confessed to his murder following his 1991 arrest.Murdered 1 year1990Tan Hui Ngin30SingaporeTan Hui Ngin, a Singaporean, was last seen on October 12, 1990, heading to her brother-in-law's house to babysit but did not return home, leading her family to file a missing persons report. Four days later, Tan's half-naked corpse was discovered at an abandoned egg hatchery 300 m away from her kampong house in Punggol, with signs that she was raped before death. Tan's childhood friend and former lover, 30-year-old Lim Lye Hock, was found responsible for the killing and sentenced to death on 1 December 1993.Murdered4 days1990James Bernardo12United States of AmericaBernardo was abducted from a Pittsfield, Massachusetts theater by convicted child killer Lewis Stephen Lent Jr. on October 22, 1990. He was strangled to death in an area of woodland in Newfane, New York, the following morning. Bernardo's body was found by a hunter on November 21.Murdered4 weeks1990Lazaro Figueroa3United States of AmericaFigueroa was a three-year-old boy murdered by his mother, Ana Maria Cardona, and her lover, Olivia Gonzalez, on October 31, 1990, following an extensive period of physical and psychological abuse. His body was discovered in Miami Beach on November 2. Cardona was sentenced to life in prison; Gonzalez was released after 14 years' imprisonment.CBS News, Murdered2 days1990Fusako Sano9JapanSano was kidnapped by a 28-year-old man in 1990 after watching a baseball game in Sanjō, Niigata. She was held captive in his Kashiwazaki home for nearly a decade when police were summoned to the home after the kidnapper caused a disturbance with public health center officials who visited there.Found alive9 years1990Barbara Kaye Williams30United States of AmericaWilliams' decomposed body was found in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 22, 1991. She had died of a gunshot wound, and had been missing since the previous year. Her body remained unidentified until March 1999. Her husband, Howell Williams, was later convicted of her murder.Murdered6 months
1991