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Oct 12, 2004 · Mary Opitz worked at Mariner's Inn, where Hare and her friends sometimes went, but there's no evidence that the two females knew each other. In June 1981, Hare's fully clothed and badly decomposed body was found in a field near Alabama Road and Highway 82 in a remote, undeveloped area of Lehigh Acres, Florida. She was the victim of a homicide ...
No arrests were ever made in Opitz’s or Hare’s case, and there have been little to no leads in the following years. However, authorities theorize that Christopher Wilder, an Australian born serial killer who was active in the early-mid 80s and frequented the United States, is a suspect in both Opitz’s and Hare’s cases.
Jan 15, 2017 · On February 11, 1981, another teen, also named Mary, headed to the parking lot of the Edison Mall to pick up her mother from work. When Mary Hare’s mother came outside, she discovered her ...
Jan 15, 2021 · LEE COUNTY, Fla. – Saturday marks 40 years since Mary Opitz was last seen. The 17-year-old went to the Edison Mall with her mother and brother on Jan. 16, 1981 around 6:30 p.m. then disappeared ...
- 10 Upbringing and First Crimes
- 9 Prelude to The Spree
- 8 Six Weeks: Florida and Georgia
- 7 Six Weeks: Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas
- 6 Six Weeks: Colorado, Utah, and Nevada
- 5 Six Weeks: California, Indiana, and New York
- 4 Six Weeks: The Murder of Elizabeth Dodge and Failed Attack
- 3 Six Weeks: The Bloody End
- 2 Other Murders
- 1 The Disappearance of Tammy Lynn Leppert
Christopher Bernard Wilder was born on March 13, 1945, in Sydney, Australia. His father was an officer in the US Navy, and his mother was an Australian citizen. By all accounts, Wilder was a sickly child who nearly died in infancy. He almost drownedin a swimming pool at age two. In 1963, Wilder was convicted of participating in a gang rape on a Syd...
Even though Floridawas his home, and even though Miami had earned the distinction as America’s murder capital by the early 1980s, Wilder’s first string of crimes in the 1980s happened outside of the Sunshine State. On April 13, 1980, Wilder attempted to abduct 17-year-old Carla Hendry in Beverly, Massachusetts. Hendry managed to escape, and informa...
In February 1984, Wilder began his multistate killing spree that would claim somewhere between eight and ten lives in six weeks. The first to fall afoul of this human monster, Rosario Gonzalez (left above), was just 20 years old when she vanished on February 26, 1984. The former Miss Florida contestant was last seen in Miami, where she worked at th...
Twenty-three-year-old Terry Walden (left above) wanted to help people. That’s why she was enrolled in nursing school at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. On March 23, 1984, Terry had outlined a simple plan to her husband: She would grab a few necessary items from the mall, study with a friend, and then pick up their four-year-old daughter from d...
Wilder kept on the move after killing Suzanne Logan. On March 29, 1984, 18-year-old Sheryl Bonaventura was busy shopping at her favorite local mall in Grand Junction, Colorado. Sheryl was looking forward to a planned vacation in Aspen with her friend Kristal Cesario. Sheryl would never get to enjoy that trip. Sheryl’s last known words were to her m...
Wilder changed his modus operandi when he found 16-year-old high school student Tina Marie Riscio. The pair crossed paths when Riscio went to the Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, California, in order to apply for a job. When a missing persons report was filed for Riscio, employees at the mall confirmed that the teenager was last seen with a man ...
The final victim of Christopher Wilder’s killing spreewas 33-year-old Elizabeth Dodge. On April 12, 1984, Wilder found Dodge at the Eastview Mall in Victor, New York. Wilder managed to force the woman into his car, while Tina Marie followed the pair in a stolen Pontiac Firebird. After a brief ride, Wilder found a gravel pit. Dodge was forced into t...
On Friday, April 13, 1984, Wilder was making good on his plan to cross the border into Canada. First, he had to get gas. Wilder stopped at Vic’s Getty gas station in the small town of Colebrook, New Hampshire. Located in Coos County, the northernmost county in the Granite State, Colebrook is just a few miles away from the Canadian border. Wilder pr...
Following Wilder’s death in New Hampshire, authorities across the US tried to piece together Wilder’s six weeks of violence. Some began to think that Wilder had committed even more murders, stretching back to at least the 1970s. To this day, Wilder is one of the chief suspects in several murders and disappearances. Wilder is the primary suspect in ...
Without question, the most famous possible victim of Christopher Wilder was 18-year-old Tammy Lynn Leppert. Born on February 5, 1965, in Rockledge, Florida, Leppert spent much of her young life being admired. A striking blond with hazel eyes, Tammy started participating in child beauty pageants at the age of four. When she was done, Tammy had won 2...
Jan 15, 2021 · Mary Hare's body was found in a field near Alabama Road in Lehigh Acres four months later. ... Anyone with information on Mary Opitz's disappearance is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780 ...
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Jan 15, 2021 · Credit: SWFL Crime Stoppers. Jan. 16 will mark 40 years since a Lee County teenager went missing after a trip to the Edison Mall with her family. Mary Opitz, 17, was last seen on Jan. 16, 1981 ...
