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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. [1]
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...
Aug 19, 2022 · Timothy Wilson Spencer was convicted at Virginia's Southside Strangler. It was the first case to use DNA to convict a serial killer in the United States.
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...
Apr 30, 2023 · Timothy Wilson Spencer began his deadly crime spree in 1984, when he raped and killed a woman named Carol Hamm in Arlington, Virginia. Spencer also killed Dr. Susan Hellams, Debby Davis, and Diane Cho, all of Richmond, Virginia.
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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...
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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Apr 28, 1994 · JARRATT, Va., April 27 -- Timothy Spencer, convicted as the 'Southside Strangler' in the rape and murder of four women during a two-month killing spree in 1987, was executed Wednesday in...
