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Gerald "Jerry" Walter McFadden (March 21, 1948 – October 14, 1999), known as The Animal, was an American serial killer and sex offender who was convicted of the May 1986 murders of two women and one man in Smith County, Texas.
- Mcfadden Prompted A Massive Manhunt
- Police Discovered Mcfadden Had Killed in 1979
- More Murders on Investigation Discovery
Before his murder trial, McFadden managed to escapefrom jail, prompting “the biggest manhunt in Texas history,” which involved 1,200 officers. He took a female prison officer as a hostage and remained on the run for three days before he was recaptured. At this trial, he was found guilty, and despite the pleas of his daughter for the jury to spare h...
The killing of 20-year-old Anna Marie Hlavkaon July 24, 1979, had gone unsolved for over thirty years. Hlavka was found dead in her apartment in Portland, Oregon; she had been strangled with the electric cord from her clock radio. Police finally got a breakthrough in 2011 when they recovered unknown DNA from the crime scene. Using new investigative...
Follow the links to read about more horrific murders profiled on ID. Steven Zelich, aka The Suitcase Killer, preyed on women in online chatrooms across Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 2012 he killed 19-year-old student Jenny Gamez, and in 2013 he murdered 37-year-old Laura Simonson; he left their bodies in suitcases at the side of a highway. Did New En...
Mar 12, 2021 · Learn about Jerry Walter McFadden, aka The Animal, who raped and killed two girls and a boy in Texas in 1986. Find out how he escaped from prison, was executed, and may have committed more murders.
Feb 1, 2019 · The forensic genealogist was able to map three of the four familial lines of the killer from DNA evidence at the scene and identified the killer of Anna Marie Hlavka as Jerry Walter McFadden.
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Oct 14, 1999 · Jerry Walter McFadden, 51, was executed by lethal injection on 14 October 1999 in Huntsville, Texas, for the abduction and murder of three people. On 4 May 1986, McFadden, then 38, abducted three young people -- Gena Turner, 20, Bryan Boone, 19, and Suzanne Harrison, 18 -- who were on their way to an outing at Lake Hawkins in ...
Apr 28, 2016 · Editor's Note: This is the first in a five-day series recalling paroled sex offender Jerry Walter McFadden's murderous 1986 crime spree that terrorized a region and...
Feb 4, 2019 · Portland police have closed a mysterious 1979 rape and murder after DNA matched Jerry Walter McFadden, one of the most infamous killers in Texas history.
