September 24, 1950 - Carlton Gary
Gary operated across two states during the mid-to-late 1970s, targeting elderly women in a series of attacks that drew intense law enforcement scrutiny in Columbus, Georgia — a city gripped by fear during what became known as the Stocking Strangler case. The confirmed killings represent only part of what investigators believed to be a broader pattern of violence, and his case remained legally contested for decades before his 2018 execution.
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Carlton Michael Gary (September 24, 1950 – March 15, 2018) was an American serial killer who murdered three elderly women in Columbus, Georgia, and one in Syracuse, New York, between 1975 and 1978, though he is suspected of at least four more killings. Gary was arrested in December 1978 for an armed robbery and sentenced to 21 years in prison.
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