August 8, 1976 - Shawn Grate
Grate operated across a stretch of northern Ohio over roughly a decade, targeting women in circumstances that left them vulnerable and his crimes undetected for years. His case came to light only after a survivor managed to contact authorities, leading to his arrest and the discovery of victims. The span of counties involved and the length of time he remained unidentified point to the isolation of his victims and the difficulty investigators faced in connecting the cases.
From Wikipedia
Shawn Michael Grate (born August 8, 1976) is an American serial killer and rapist who was sentenced to death for the murders of five young women in and around northern Ohio from 2006 to 2016. Grate was convicted on two counts of aggravated murder on May 7, 2018, in Ashland County, pleaded guilty to two additional murders on March 1, 2019, in Richland County, and pleaded guilty to an additional murder on September 11, 2019, in Marion County.
Grate was sentenced to death and is on death row awaiting execution.
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