Terry Blair

Terry Blair (born September 16, 1961 ) is an American serial killer who raped and killed at least seven women in Kansas City, Missouri.

family

Terry Blair grew up in a family that frequently came into conflict with the law. He was the fourth oldest child out of a total of 10 children. His mother suffered from a mental illness .

While his brother Walter Blair Jr. was serving a sentence for another crime, the latter met a man who would pay him $ 6,000 if Walter Blair killed a woman named Katharine Allen. Blair confessed to kidnapping and shooting Allen. He was convicted of murder and executed in 1993.

Half-brother Clifford Miller was convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman in 1992. He shot the woman in the arm and drove her to an abandoned house before repeatedly raping and beating her. She suffered a gunshot wound, a broken skull, a broken jaw and broken cheekbones. Clifford Miller was sentenced to two life sentences and 240 years for kidnapping and rape.

Mother Janice Blair shot and killed Elton E. Gray, but was given a suspended sentence after a psychological examination.

Nephew Diamond Blair was convicted of the murder of Kevin Ashline Montague in 2013.

List of Terry Blair's Victims

• Angela Monroe died in 1982.
• Anna Ewing (42) died on or before July 14, 2004.
• Patricia Wilson Butler, 58, died on or before September 2, 2004.
• Sheliah McKinzie, 38, died on or before September 2, 2004.
• Darci I. Williams (25) died on or before September 4, 2004.
• Carmen Hunt (40) died on September 4, 2004.
• Claudette Juniel (31) died on or before September 4, 2004.

Blair has also been charged with two other murders (Sandra Reed and Nellia Harris), assault and three rapes. These allegations were later withdrawn.

Angela Monroe's murder

In 1982, pregnant Angela Monroe, mother of two, was murdered by Blair. Blair was sentenced to 25 years in prison for this murder. He was released on probation after 21 years.

Trial and conviction for the 2003-2004 murders

On October 15, 2004, Terry Blair was charged with 7 murders, assault and 3 rapes.

The murders came to light when a caller informed the police of the location of the bodies and said he was the culprit. He said the reason for the murders was that they were prostitutes and thus scum. The investigators found that the perpetrator had to live near the site. With the help of linguistics, they found out that the voice was Blair's.

Although the evidence was mostly based on circumstantial evidence - e.g. B. His sperm was found on a victim - charges were brought. Blair defended himself by stating that this piece of evidence only established that he had sex with the victim. The prosecution countered that since they had not cleaned up afterwards, he must have been the last to see her alive. Because Blair continued to deny responsibility for the crimes, it cannot be said with certainty that he acted out of compulsion to kill prostitutes. Prosecutors agreed in a deal to waive the death penalty if Blair in turn waived his right to hear his case in public trial. On March 27, 2008, Blair was found guilty of these six murders by Judge John O'Malley and sentenced to life in prison with no parole.

Blair is currently housed at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point, Missouri.

Blair appealed, but the Missouri's appeals court dismissed it in August 2009.

In the media

The Blair murders were featured in the episodes "A Serial Killer Calls" and "The Killer Speaks" from the series The first 48 .

Web links

• Terry Blair on murderpedia.org presumably source of translation
• Article in Mailonline on Daily Mail