The Beauty Queen Killer

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Christopher Bernard Wilder also known as the Beauty Queen Killer and the Snapshot Killer, was an Australian-American serial killer who abducted at least twelve young women and girls, killing eight of them during a six-week, cross-country crime spree in the United States in early 1984. Christopher's series of murders began in Florida on February 26, 1984, and continued across the country through Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nevada and California, with attempted abductions in Washington and New York. Christopher victimized attractive young women, most of whom he would entice by promising to take their pictures. After subduing them, he would torture and rape them before shooting, stabbing with a knife, or strangling them to death. Two or more of his victims were electrocuted using a makeshift electrical cord. After being named a suspect in the disappearances of his first two victims, both of whom were women he knew and whose bodies were never found, Christopher began to target random women, many of whom were abducted from shopping malls. Christopher accidentally killed himself during a struggle with police in New Hampshire on April 13, 1984. Since his death, Christopher has been suspected in the additional rapes, murders, and disappearances of many other women, including the unsolved 1965 Wanda Beach Murders in his native Sydney as well as the suspected murder of missing 18-year-old beauty queen Tammy Lynn Leppert.

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Sources: ⁠'Beauty Queen Killer': New Docuseries Features Survivor's Harrowing Account (people.com)⁠

⁠Christopher Wilder - Wikipedia⁠

⁠Watch The Beauty Queen Killer: 9 Days of Terror Streaming Online | Hulu

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