November 26, 1932 - John Wayne Glover
His victims were all elderly women, the youngest sixty years old, the oldest ninety-three — a pattern of predation that earned him the press designation "Granny Killer" and prompted widespread alarm across Sydney's North Shore communities during the fourteen months his crimes went unsolved.
From Wikipedia
John Wayne Glover (26 November 1932 – 9 September 2005) was an English-Australian serial killer convicted of the murders of six elderly women (aged from 60 to 93), over a period of 14 months from 1989 to 1990. The victims included Winifreda, Lady Ashton, widow of the English-Australian impressionist painter Sir Will Ashton, in suburbs located in Sydney's North Shore. Given the advanced age of his victims, the press nicknamed him The Granny Killer.
Following his arrest in 1990, he admitted to the murders and was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He died after hanging himself in prison on 9 September 2005.
Further reading
- Granny Killer
Examines the crimes of Sydney's 'Granny Killer,' who targeted elderly women between 1989 and 1990, exploring the psychological motivations rooted in his troubled relationships with family.
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Two investigative journalists trace Glover's life from his British childhood to his crimes in Australia, drawing on exclusive prison interviews and accounts from those who knew him.
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