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Aug 2024
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A Wannabe Hitman - August 12 2024

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August 12th: Quincy Allen's Last Murder (2000)

Every serial killer seems to be motivated by something different. On August 12th 2000 a man who was allegedly a wannabe hitman took the lives of his last pair of victims.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Allen, https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/allen-quincy-javon.htm, https://www.wltx.com/article/news/crime/court-overturns-quincy-allen-death-sentence-in-richland-county-2002-double-murder-trial/101-96c13634-33d3-47df-961f-86f293a03735, https://www.oxygen.com/twisted-killers/crime-news/quincy-allen-goes-on-south-carolina-shotgun-murder-spree, https://www.wistv.com/story/897631/murder-victims-families-deal-with-loss/

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