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Serial Killer: Harvey Louis Carignan Harv the Hammer and The Want-Ad Killer

Posted on March 15, 2023 by mylifeofcrime

Victims
Laura Showalter, 57 [7/31/1949 Anchorage, AK] no picture
Dorcas Callen, survived
Virginia Piper, [7/27/1972 kidnapped]
Laura Leslie Brock, 19 [9/13/1972 Bellingham, WA]
Kathy Sue Miller, 15 [5/1/1973 Seattle, WA] picture above
Mary Townsend, 47 (survived)
Jerri Billings, 13 (survived)
Eileen Marie Hunley, 29 [8/10/1974 Shelbourn County, MN] picture above
June Lynch, 17 (survived) [9/8/1974 MN]
Lisa King, 16 (survived) [9/8/1974 MN]
Gwen Burton, (survived) [9/14/1974]
Sally Versoi, (survived) [9/18/1974]
Diane Flynn, (survived) [9/18/1974]
Kathy Schultz, 18 [9/20/1974 Isanti County, MN] picture above

*Note* Harvey Carignan died March 14, 2023 (yesterday)

Find-A-Grave: Laura Showalter
Find-A-Grave: Laura Leslie Brock
Find-A-Grave: Kathy Sue Miller
Find-A-Grave: Eileen Marie Fischer Hunley
Find-A-Grave: Katherine J “Kathy” Schultz
Harvey Carignan v United States 1950 (conviction affirmed, sentenced overturned)
Radford University profile: Harvey Louis Carignan
Murderpedia: Harvey Louis Carignan
Wikipedia: Harvey Carignan
Harvey Carignan – Famous Serial Killers
Tales of True Crime, episode 3: The Murderer Who Escaped Execution to Become a Serial Killer
Serial Killers: Harvey Carignan
Harvey Carignan – The Want-Ad Killer
Harvey Carignan
A look back at Harvey “The Hammer” Carignan, “The Want Ad Killer”
Harvey Carignan: Serial killer ‘Harvey the Hammer’ who lured women with ‘help wanted’ ads dies at 95

Podcasts
Tales of True Crime, episode 3: The Murderer Who Escaped Execution to Become a Serial Killer
The Serial Killer Podcast: Harvey Louis Carignan | Harv the Hammer

Books
The Want-Ad Killer
True Crime: American Monsters Vol. 4: 12 Horrific American Serial Killers (Serial Killers US)
Hunting Humans: An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers
Alcatraz: The last survivors

Movies/Documentaries
The Serial Killers: Harvey Carignan: Harv the Hammer
The Serial Killers

INMATE INFORMATION

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Deadly Duo: Coty Martinez & Jeremy Brooks killed Patrick O’Dea and Ruth Ouverson on a multi-state crime spree

Posted on February 22, 2023 by mylifeofcrime

Victims
Hugh Patrick O’Dea, 69 [7/24/2007] KY
Ruth Ann Ouverson, 58 [8/3/2007] MN

Hugh Patrick O’Dea obituary
Find-A-Grave: Hugh “Patrick” O’Dea
Ruth Ouverson obituary
Find-A-Grave: Ruth Ann Wahnschaffe Ouverson
Greenwood Man Wanted In Minnesota Murder
Louisiana fugitives sought in slaying
Following the fugitives
Louisiana couple to be charged in Louisville murders
Suspect in murder admits ‘doing some bad things’
Ouverson murder suspects indicted on first degree murder charges
Caddo Parish Man Pleads Guilty In Minnesota Murder
Text of Killer Couples: Coty Martinez & Jeremy Brooks

Movies/Documentaries
Snapped: Killer Couples: Coty Martinez and Jeremy Brooks
Wicked Attraction: Superstar

Defendants
Coty Martinez – pled guilty, sentenced to 30 years in prison
Jeremy Brooks (aka Travis Guntenaar) – convicted, sentenced to LWOP

INMATE INFORMATION

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Update: Eli Hart murder Mother, Julissa Thaler, convicted of his murder; Sentenced to LWOP

Posted on February 17, 2023 by mylifeofcrime

Eli Hart

Mothers From Hell: Julissa Thaler charged with killing her 6-year-old son, Eli Hart, and putting him in her car trunk
Julissa Thaler guilty of 6-year-old son’s murder
Minnesota Mom Convicted of Murdering Her 6-Year-Old Son After Going to Gun Range for Shooting Practice
Minnesota mom convicted of murdering 6-year-old son with shotgun blasts in ‘one of the most horrific’ cases prosecutors have ever seen
Minnesota woman convicted of killing her 6-year-old son just days after regaining full custody of him
Julissa Thaler sentenced to life without parole in son’s murder
Julissa Thaler sentenced to life in prison for murdering 6-year-old son, Eli Hart
‘This monster’: Mom curses court, professes innocence, is sentenced to life without parole over shotgun murder of 6-year-old son

INMATE INFORMATION

Filed under: Child Abuse Homicide, crime, Mothers From Hell, murder, murder in the 21st Century | Tagged: 2022, body in trunk of car, child abuse homicide, crimes against children, Eli Hart, Family/Domestic Violence, homicide, LWOP, Minnesota, Mothers From Hell, mothers who kill | 1 Comment »

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

Posted on January 27, 2023 by mylifeofcrime

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

Filed under: Child Abuse Homicide, cold cases, crime, Deadly Moms, murder, murder in the 20th Century, murder in the 21st Century, Newborn Murders | Tagged: 1999, 2003, child abuse homicide, crimes against children, DNA, Family/Domestic Violence, homicide, Minnesota, mothers who kill | Leave a comment »

Deadly Husbands: Eric James Reinbold stabbed his wife, Lissette, to death, over 20 times, leaving her body for her child to find her; Sentenced to 40 years in prison

Posted on January 17, 2023 by mylifeofcrime

Lissette Reinbold

Lissette Reinbold obituary
Find-A-Grave: Lissette Garza Reinbold
Suspected Wife Killer Taken into Custody in a ‘Wooded Rural’ Area of Minnesota Almost One Month After Fatal Stabbing
Eric James Reinbold found guilty of second-degree murder
Reinbold convicted of murdering his wife
Minnesota wife killer sentenced to 40 years
Reinbold sentenced to 40 years in prison
Minnesota Man Gets 40 Years For Fatally Stabbing Wife Dozens Of Times And Going On The Run
Man Gets 40 Years in Prison for Stabbing Wife Whose Body Was Found by Their Son
Eric Reinbold sentenced to 40 years in prison for murdering his wife
Oklee, Minn. man convicted of murdering wife sentenced to 40 years in prison
Minnesota man sentenced to 4 decades in prison for fatally stabbing wife 27 times

INMATE INFORMATION

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Murder In The Family: Dustin Gene Tinklenberg charged with the murder of his 93-year-old grandmother, Stella Anderson, because he believed she “altered” his bacon

Posted on October 2, 2022 by mylifeofcrime

Stella Anderson

Stella M. Anderson obituary
Man charged with murdering his grandmother with hatchet in east-central Minnesota home
‘So I lost it’: Homeless man charged in his grandmother’s homicide
Man charged with murdering grandmother in dispute over bacon
‘So I lost it’: Unhinged man hacks 93-yr-old grandma to death believing she had ‘altered’ his bacon
‘So I Lost It’: Minnesota Man Allegedly Hacked 93-Year-Old Grandma to Death with Hatchet, Believing She ‘Altered the Bacon He Was Eating’

INMATE INFORMATION

DUSTIN GENE TINKLENBERG
Age 42
Gender Male

ID Number 177540020780348
Custody Status Date Sep 13, 2022 09:03 PM CDT
Custody Status In Custody
Custody Detail KANABEC COUNTY JAIL
Book Date Sep 13, 2022 08:55 PM CDT

LOCATION
KANABEC COUNTY JAIL
100 S. Vine
Mora, MN 55051
(320) 679-8402