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Milat, then 51 years old, was convicted of the murders on 27 July 1996 and was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences, as well as 18 years without parole.

Place

Belanglo State Forest, New South Wales, Australia

Date

1989–1992

Sources

2 cited

On the night Meili was attacked, dozens of teenagers had entered the park, and there were reports of muggings and physical assaults.

Place

New York City, United States

Date

19 Apr 1989

Sources

2 cited

Joseph Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970), commonly referred to as the Menendez brothers, are American brothers convicted of killing their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, in their Beverly Hills home in 1989.

Place

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Date

20 Aug 1989

Sources

2 cited

Fourteen women were killed in an antifeminist attack at a Montréal engineering school.

Place

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Date

6 Dec 1989

Sources

2 cited

A homicide case documented in Gansu and Inner Mongolia, China, during 1988–2002.

Place

Gansu and Inner Mongolia, China

Date

1988–2002

Sources

2 cited

Shortly after 19:00 GMT on 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 Clipper Maid of the Seas was destroyed by a bomb while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.

Place

Lockerbie, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date

21 Dec 1988

Sources

2 cited

Junko Furuta (Japanese: 古田 順子, Hepburn: Furuta Junko; 18 January 1971 – 4 January 1989) was a 17-year-old Japanese high school student who was abducted and killed.

Place

Adachi, Tokyo, Japan

Date

25 Nov 1988–4 Jan 1989

Sources

2 cited

A British wildlife photographer was killed while travelling in Kenya.

Place

Maasai Mara, Kenya

Date

Sep 1988

Sources

3 cited

A homicide case documented in Southern Ontario, Canada, during 1987–1992.

Place

Southern Ontario, Canada

Date

1987–1992

Sources

2 cited

A homicide case documented in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, during 1986–1994.

Place

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Date

1986–1994

Sources

2 cited

Ten women and girls were killed in and around Hwaseong between 1986 and 1991.

Place

Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Date

15 Sep 1986–3 Apr 1991

Sources

4 cited

Sweden’s prime minister was shot after leaving a Stockholm cinema.

Place

Stockholm, Sweden

Date

28 Feb 1986

Sources

4 cited

A bomb destroyed a passenger aircraft over the Atlantic, killing all 329 people aboard.

Place

Atlantic Ocean near Ireland, Canada

Date

23 Jun 1985

Sources

3 cited

Three children remained in captivity with their mother, one died shortly after birth and was cremated by Fritzl, and the other three were brought up in the family home upstairs by Fritzl and his wife Rosemarie, after Fritzl convinced her and the authorities that they were foundlings each time.

Place

Amstetten, Austria

Date

1984–2008

Sources

2 cited

A political violence case documented in Manila, Philippines, during 21 Aug 1983.

Place

Manila, Philippines

Date

21 Aug 1983

Sources

2 cited

Emanuela Orlandi (born 14 January 1968) was a Vatican teenager who mysteriously disappeared while returning home from music school in Rome on 22 June 1983.

Place

Rome and Vatican City, Vatican City

Date

22 Jun 1983

Sources

2 cited

A homicide case documented in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, during 1983–2002.

Place

Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Date

1983–2002

Sources

2 cited

The Brabant killers are a group of unidentified criminals responsible for a series of violent attacks that mainly occurred in the Belgian province of Brabant between 1982 and 1985.

Place

Multiple locations in Belgium, Belgium

Date

1982–1985

Sources

2 cited

Two children were killed in Singapore in 1981; three adults were convicted of murder.

Place

Toa Payoh, Singapore

Date

24 Jan–6 Feb 1981

Sources

2 cited

Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain (11 June 1980, Mount Isa – 17 August 1980, Uluru / Ayers Rock) was a nine-week-old Australian baby girl who was killed by a dingo on the night of 17 August 1980 during a family camping trip to Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the Northern Territory.

Place

Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia

Date

17 Aug 1980

Sources

2 cited

Theodore John Kaczynski ( kə-ZIN-skee; May 22, 1942 – June 10, 2023), also known as the Unabomber ( YOO-nə-bom-ər), was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist.

Place

Multiple locations in the United States, United States

Date

1978–1995

Sources

2 cited

Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer murdered seventeen men and boys in Ohio and Wisconsin.

Place

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Date

1978–1991

Sources

2 cited

Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 – 13 November 2020), also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer and HGV driver who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and girls, and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980.

Place

Northern England, United Kingdom

Date

1975–1980

Sources

2 cited

Theodore Robert Bundy (né Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed dozens of young women and girls between 1974 and 1978.

Place

Multiple locations in the United States, United States

Date

1974–1978

Sources

2 cited