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Timothy Wilson Spencer (March 17, 1962 – April 27, 1994), also known as The Southside Strangler, was an American serial killer who committed three rapes and murders in Richmond, Virginia, and one in Arlington, Virginia, in the fall of 1987.
Jul 27, 2015 · On July 11, 1988, Timothy Wilson Spencer went on trial in Arlington for the murder of Susan Tucker. On July 16, after six hours of deliberation, the jury found Spencer guilty of murder. In the next phase of the trial, they imposed the death penalty.
Apr 28, 1994 · Timothy W. Spencer died tonight in Virginia's electric chair, becoming the first person executed in the United States for a conviction based on the DNA-matching technology popularly known as...
Jul 19, 2018 · Spencer, sometimes known as the “South Side Strangler,” was convicted for the brutal rape and murder of Susan Tucker, a 44-year-old Fairlington resident. He would eventually...
May 31, 2022 · From September 1987 to December 1987, 4 women, aged 15 to 44 were attacked, raped, and strangled at the hands of a sadistic killer. There were no witnesses to any of the homicides, and investigators had struggled until a hair found at one scene was tested using early DNA testing methods.
Tim Spencer (1984-1987) aka "the Southside Slayer" was a 35-year old resident of Richmond, Virginia who viciously raped and strangled 7 people, 6 women and 1 man, the man left hanging from an overpass.
Apr 29, 1994 · Timothy W. Spencer died Wednesday night in Virginia's electric chair, becoming the first person executed in the United States for a conviction based on the DNA-matching technology popularly...
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Timothy Wilson Spencer was indicted for the capital murder of Susan Tucker, i.e., the willful, deliberate, and premeditated murder during the commission of, or subsequent to, rape. Former Code § 18.2-31 (e) (1987 Cum.Supp.). Spencer also was indicted for the rape of Tucker.
Apr 28, 1994 · Serial killer Timothy W. Spencer, the first person convicted of murder on the basis of DNA evidence, was executed late Wednesday after a last flurry of appeals failed. Spencer, known as the...
Sep 24, 1989 · In a pair of unanimous rulings Friday, the court concluded that the DNA tests linking Timothy Wilson Spencer to the rape and slaying of two women were scientifically reliable.
