Maury Travis
Appearance
Maury Travis | |
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Born | Maury Troy Travis |
Cause of death | Suicide |
Details | |
Victims | 12-17 |
Span of crimes | 2000–2002 |
Country | USA |
State(s) | Missouri |
Date apprehended | 2002 |
Maury Troy Travis (October 25 1965 – June 10 2002) was an American serial killer who committed suicide in a St. Louis county jail, after being arrested for murder. Travis murdered at least 12 prostitutes, and claimed to have killed 17, all in separate incidents between 2000 and 2002 in his home in Ferguson, Missouri. He was caught when he anonymously mailed a map to the body of one his victims to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which was later found to have come from Expedia.com and linked to his computer.