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May 2017
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Christopher Wilder - The Beauty Queen Ki...

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Christopher Bernard Wilder, also known as The Beauty Queen Killer, was a serial killer who abducted and raped at least twelve women, killing at least eight of them, during a six-week cross-country crime spree in the United States of America in early 1984. His series of murders began in Florida on February 26, 1984, and continued across the country through Te ... Show More
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