Monsters Among Us: Robert Spangler killed 2 wives and 2 children

Victims
Nancy Spangler, 45
David Spangler, 17
Susan Spangler, 15
Donna Sundling, 58

Find-A-Grave: Nancy Jane Stahlman Spangler
Find-A-Grave: David Andrew Spangler
Find-A-Grave: Susan Elizabeth Spangler
Find-A-Grave: Donna Rae Marsh Spangler
Profile: Robert Merlin Spangler “The Black Widower”
FBI: The Case of the Homicidal Husband
A Killer Who Thinks He Is ‘Interesting’
Murderer who shoved wife into GC admits guilt
Murderpedia: Robert Spangler
Wikipedia: Robert Spangler
Find-A-Grave: Robert Merlin Spangler

Books
Married To Murder

Podcasts
Into the Killing: S3 Ep68: Robert Spangler
My Favorite Murder: Mr Zip
Park Predators: The Widower
Mask of Sanity: Robert Spangler – Colorado Serial Killer and Child Murderer

Movies/Documentaries
Investigation Discovery: Blood Relations: Robert Spangler
Devil Among Us: A Trail of Blood
Crime Stories: A Way with Murder
Killer In Plain Sight
Cold Case Files: Pride and the Fall
The Investigators: The Black Widower

Wife Killer: Robert Spangler (YouTube video)

INMATE INFORMATION

Name: ROBERT MERLIN SPANGLER
Register Number: 29442-013
Age: 68
Race: White
Sex: Male
Deceased: 08/05/2001

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Deadly Mothers: Jennifer Lynn Matter abandoned her newborn son on Methodist Beach, and previously abandoned a baby girl also; Sentencing will be 4/28/2023

Minnesota woman pleads guilty to leaving newborn to die
Red Wing woman pleads guilty to murdering her baby in 2003
Mother admits to leaving newborn near Mississippi River in 2003
Minnesota woman pleads guilty to leaving newborn to die
CRIME Jennifer Matter pleads guilty in death of baby boy found near Lake Pepin in 2003
Woman Pleads Guilty to Abandoning Newborn Son to Die on Minnesota Beach

Jennifer Lynn Matter

Possible Serial Killer: Homer Lee Jackson *Charged with 4 murders; How many more are out there?

Victims
Essie Carrie Jackson, 23 [3/23/1983 North Portland, OR]
Angela Dina Anderson, 14 [9/22/1983 Portland, OR]
Tonja Nannette Harry, 19 [7/9/1983 West Delta Park, OR]
Latanga Lee Watts, 29 [3/18/1987 Portland, OR]
Lawauna Triplet, 29 [6/15/1993 North Portland, OR]

Find-A-Grave: Essie Carie Jackson
Find-A-Grave: Tonja Nannette Harry
Find-A-Grave: Angela D. Anderson
Police: Cold case murder suspect now connected to killing 3 women, teen girl
Accused serial killer Homer Jackson confesses to some details of case, sources say
‘Weak’ case against accused serial killer Homer Jackson?
Prosecutors Announce New Victim In Decades-Old Portland Murder Cases
OR Supreme Court: State can’t present crime scene evidence from one of Homer Jackson’s alleged murders in trial of another
Accused serial killer indicted in fifth cold case murder in Portland
Superseding indictment identifies Homer Lee Jackson, 59, as the suspect in a fifth homicide
Homer Jackson walks free in plea deal that offered time-served for killing 4 women in 1980s, ‘90s
OR – Homer Lee Jackson, Portland – Charged with four murders from the 80’s

Homer Lee Jackson

Cold Case: Serial Killer: Steven Alexander Hobbs killed 2 women horrifically and dumped them near each other; Sentenced to 2 life sentences to be served consecutively

Victims
Patricia Pyatt, 38 [11/19/2002]
Sarah Sanford, 48 [2010]

Find-A-Grave” Patricia Ann Pyatt
Find-A-Grave: Sarah Annette Sanford
Guard may be linked to killings of 15 prostitutes
Steven Alexander Hobbs charged with 2 murders in the deaths of Sarah Sanford and Patricia Pyatt
Suspected serial killer to stand trial after 10 years in jail
Houston man sentenced to life in murders of two women
Steven Hobbs, longest current serving Harris Co. inmate, sentenced to life for 2 murders
Steven Hobbs pleads guilty to murders of two women in Harris County
Former security guard sentenced to life in prison for deaths of 2 women in east Harris County, eligible for parole at 101 years old: DA
‘He Will Not Get Out’: Suspected Serial Killer Who Preyed on Sex Workers Pleads Guilty to Two Murders, Will Be Eligible for Parole at the Age of 101

Movies/Documentaries
The First 48: Predator

INMATE INFORMATION

Cold Case: Ivelisse Berrios-Beguerisse murder *DNA identifies executed killer Oba Chandler as her killer*

Ivelisse Berrios-Beguerisse

Find-A-Grave: Ivelisse Berrios Beguerisse
Coral Springs PD: Cold Case Solved, DNA Points To Executed Man As Killer
Killer linked to another murder
Coral Springs Police Crack 23 Year-Old Cold Case
South Florida Cold Case Linked to Executed Killer
Florida police crack 23-year-old strangulation case with DNA testing
Wikipedia: Oba Chandler
Talk Murder with Me: The Life and Crimes of Oba Chandler
Execution Alert: Oba Chandler (for the murders of a mother and her 2 daughters)

INMATE INFORMATION

Cold Case: Robert Hathaway raped and killed Priscilla Strole, proven by DNA and fingerprints; He committed suicide before being arrested

Priscilla Strole

Find-A-Grave: Priscilla Lee Whitted Strole
30-year-old cold case solved in California after suspect commits suicide
Suspect In Brutal 1983 Fairfield Murder Commits Suicide After Positive DNA Test
Cops: 30-year-old Fairfield cold case solved after suspect hangs himself
Fairfield’s 1983 cold case solved – killer commits suicide
Priscilla Strole Murder: Is Robert Hathaway Dead or Alive?
Wife of Fairfield Cold Case Killer Speaks

Movies/Documentaries
Betrayed: Welcome to The Murderhood

Robert Hathaway

Pervert Alley: Steven Ray Hessler sentenced to 650 years in prison for a series of rapes he committed

First, to his victims: I am so glad that you finally received justice. I wish it had been so long ago. He deserves no mercy, since he gave no mercy. His current release date is 08/22/2345. Not sure if he will make it to that release date!

Shelby County arrest in serial rape cold case, bond set at $20,000,000
Greensburg man convicted in Shelby County 1980s home invasion sexual assaults
Greensburg man sentenced to 650 years in 1980s home invasion sexual assaults in Shelby County
A man was linked to a series of brutal sexual assaults in the 1980s by DNA on a utility bill. He was just sentenced to 650 years in prison.
‘Monstrous’ and ‘horrific’: Shelby Co. serial rapist sentenced to 650 years
‘Sadistic’ Indiana Man Gets To 650 Years In Prison For Series Of Cold Case Rapes In 1980s
Indiana man gets 650 years in prison for raping and ‘sexually torturing’ women in 1980s

INMATE INFORMATION

DOC Number 892334
First Name STEVEN
Middle Name
Last Name HESSLER
Suffix
Date of Birth 03/1963
Gender Male
Race White
Facility/Location Reception Diagnostic Center
Earliest Possible Release Date 08/22/2345

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description RAPE
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00001
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-4-1
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/17/2045

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description CRIMINAL DEVIATE CONDUCT
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-4-2
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/17/2070

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description BURGLARY
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-43-2-1
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 04/01/2047

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description RAPE
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-4-1
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/18/2095

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description CRIMINAL DEVIATE CONDUCT
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-4-2
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 04/01/2047

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description CRIMINAL DEVIATE CONDUCT
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-4-2
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/19/2120

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description BURGLARY
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-43-2-1
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 04/01/2047

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description CRIMINAL DEVIATE CONDUCT
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-4-2
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/19/2145

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description BURGLARY
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-43-2-1
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/19/2170

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description CRIMINAL DEVIATE CONDUCT
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-4-2
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/20/2195

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description BURGLARY
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-43-2-1
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 04/01/2047

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description CRIMINAL DEVIATE CONDUCT
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-4-2
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/20/2220

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description BURGLARY
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-43-2-1
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/20/2245

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description CRIMINAL DEVIATE CONDUCT
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-4-2
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/20/2270

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description CRIMINAL DEVIATE CONDUCT
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-4-2
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/21/2295

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description BURGLARY
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-43-2-1
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 04/01/2047

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description CRIMINAL DEVIATE CONDUCT
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-4-2
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/22/2320

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description BURGLARY
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-43-2-1
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 04/01/2047

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 04/01/2022
Description ROBBERY (SERIOUS BODILY INJURY)
Term in Years / Months / Days 50 00 00000
Type of Conviction FA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-5-1
Cause Number 73C01 2008 FA 000001
County of Conviction SHELBY
Projected Release Date 08/22/2345

Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 05/18/1990
Description ATTEMPTED/ RAPE
Term in Years / Months / Days 20 00 00000
Type of Conviction FB
Indiana Citation Code 35-41-5-1
Cause Number 16C01 8810 CF 38
County of Conviction DECATUR
Projected Release Date 10/24/1999

News Archive: Jonelle Renee Matthews murder

Jonelle Renee Matthews

Cold Case: Former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Steven Dana Pankey indicted in the 1984 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Jonelle Renee Matthews
Update: Jonelle Renee Matthews murder *Steve Pankey’s trial for the murder of 12-year-old Jonelle Renee Matthews starts*
Update: Jonelle Renee Matthews murder *Steve Pankey’s trial ends in a mistrial*
Update: Jonelle Renee Matthews murders *Steven Pankey was retried, convicted of her murder; Sentenced to life in prison*

Podcasts
Criminology: Jonelle Matthews
Crime Junkie: WANTED: A Christmas Killer

Movies/Documentaries
48 Hours: The Kidnapping of Jonelle Matthews

INMATE INFORMATION

PANKEY, STEVEN arrested:10/28/20 at 18:50
Arresting Agency: WELD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Booking Number: 20-11922
Offender ID: 168258
DOB: 06/24/51
Gender: Male
Check Custody Status
Arrested for: 183102 – MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
Bail: $0.00
Arrested for: 183102 – MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
Bail: $0.00
Arrested for: 183302 – KIDNAPPING SECOND DEGREE
Bail: $0.00

Deadly Duo: Anthony Velasquez and his father, Manuel Velasquez, charged with 3 cold cases in Los Angeles County

Victims
Jesus “Jesse” Antonio Avalos, 34 [2/11/2014]
Amanda Nicole Lopez, 27 [4/22/2018]
Eduardo Robles, 38 [7/6/2015]

Find-A-Grave: Jesus Antonio Avalos
The Homicide Report: Eduardo Robles, 38
Amanda Nicole Lopez obituary
The Homicide Report: Amanda Nicole Lopez, 27
Find-A-Grave: Amanda Nicole Lopez
‘They will kill again’: $80K reward to help catch suspects linked to 3 East LA murders
Centralized LA Sheriff’s homicide bureau connects 3 East LA unsolved murders, 2 persons on interest sought
Two suspects tied to three killings in East Los Angeles
Father and son arrested in connection with 3 shooting deaths in East Los Angeles
Father And Son Arrested In Connection To 3 East LA Murders Dating Back to 2014
Father, son arrested in connection with 3 East L.A. cold case slayings
SWAT team arrests father, son at East LA home in connection with 3 cold case murders
California Father and Son Arrested for Alleged Murder in 3 Cold Cases: Police
Man, his father charged in connection with 3 East LA cold case murders

Defendants
Anthony Velasquez
Manuel Velasquez

INMATE INFORMATION

INMATE INFORMATION

Monsters Among Us: Alex Christopher Ewing charged with at least 4 murders from 1984 *The Hammer Killer*

Victims
Patricia Louise Smith [1/10/1984 Lakewood, CO]
Bruce Bennett [1/16/1984 Aurora, CO]
Debra Bennett [1/16/1984 Aurora, CO]
Melissa Bennett, 7 [1/16/1984 Aurora, CO]
Vanessa Bennett, 3 [survived]

Find-A-Grave: Patricia Louise Combs Smith
Find-A-Grave: Bruce Allen Bennett
Find-A-Grave: Debra Lynn Bennett
Find-A-Grave: Melissa Marie Bennett
Nevada inmate’s DNA links him to Colorado killings, authorities say
Nevada prisoner to be charged in connection to 1984 Colorado cold case murders
Nevada inmate charged in deadly 1984 Lakewood hammer attack
Nevada inmate charged in 1984 hammer killings near Denver
Man eyed in Colorado hammer attacks serving prison sentence in Nevada for similar crime
Hammer murder suspect says he’ll fight extradition to Colorado
Man accused of vicious hammer attacks in 1984 fighting extradition
Ax Handle Attacker Alex Ewing Named Suspect in Bennett Family Murders
Hammer murder suspect’s lawyer lashes out at Nevada court in ongoing effort to block extradition to Colorado
Suspect in ’84 hammer attacks claimed he hitchhiked out of Denver
Hammer murder suspect extradited to Colorado to face charges in January 1984 Lakewood, Aurora killings
News Archive: 1984 Hammer Murders – Patricia Smith and Bennett Family murders

INMATE INFORMATION