BLACK Serial killer & former Marine [other than honorable discharge] Darren Vann sentenced to life in prison for killing 7 women - mostly prostitutes

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Re: Sex offending negro in custody after 7 women found dead in Gary, Hammond

http://abc7chicago.com/news/alleged-serial-killer-identified-as-darren-deon-vann/357605/

Alleged serial killer identified as Darren Deon Vann

10/20/14

GARY, Ind. (WLS) --
Darren Deon Vann, 43, of Gary, Ind., is believed to be behind the murders of seven women in northwest Indiana.

Vann is a sex offender who moved to Gary from Austin, Texas, in 2004, according to the mayor.

Vann confessed to the murder of Afrikka Hardy, 19, whose body was found at 9:30 p.m. Friday at a Motel 6 in the 3800-block of 179th Street in Hammond, Ind., police said. An autopsy determined she had been strangled.

Vann also confessed to other murders on Saturday, officials said, and told police where to find the bodies.

Anith Jones, 35, of Merillville,

On Saturday at 11:20 p.m., the body of Anith Jones, 35, of Merillville, was found in the 400-block of East 43rd Avenue. She was reported missing on October 8.

Early Sunday the bodies of two other women were located in the 2200-block of Massachusetts Street and the 1800-block of East 19th Avenue. They have not been identified.

On Sunday evening, the body of another female was found in the 4300-block of Massachusetts Street and hours later two bodies were found in the 400-block of east 43rd Avenue.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/10/20/suspect-held-in-7-murders-in-northwest-indiana/

 

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Re: Sex offending negro in custody after 7 women found dead in Gary, Hammond

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Afrikka Hardy: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Afrikka Hardy has been named as one of the seven victims found murdered in Gary, Indiana on October 17. Darren Deon Vann was arrested for her murder.

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Darren Vann: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Published 12:59 pm EDT, October 20, 2014 Updated 3:18 pm EDT, October 20, 2014

1. He’s a Convicted Sex Offender

2. Vann’s Ex-Wife Is 29 Years Older Than Him

According to Carole Carlson, Vann divorced Maria Vann in 2010. Carlson adds that according to the court records in the divorce, he lived in Austin at the time. Heavy.com reached out to Maria Vann but her phone number has been disconnected.

3. 7 Bodies Have Been Found So Far, That Number Could Double

4. Afrika Hardy Met Her Killer on Backpage.com

5. He Could Be Indiana’s Worst Ever Serial Killer

 

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Re: Sex offending negro in custody after 7 women found dead in Gary, Hammond; 1 a WF

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/10...-even-if-suspected-killer-gets-death-penalty/

Father Of Gary Murder Victim Says Pain Will Continue Even If Suspected Killer Gets Death Penalty
October 22, 2014 10:21 PM

CBS) – As the search for more bodies continues– the families of the identified victims are trying to work through their grief.

Police say Darren Vann confessed to killing 36-year-old Kristine Williams, but he has not yet been charged with her murder.

CBS 2’s Suzanne Le Mignot spoke with Williams father.

The emotional pain Bruce Williams feels, is immeasurable.

Williams says the coroner estimated she had been dead for ten months to a year.

“He told me she was mummified,” he said. “Makes you realize just how important life is.”

“My daughter wasn’t an angel. She is the victim. He is not.”

He says his pain will continue even if Vann is executed, which he doubts.

After learning Vann refused to speak in court at his hearing Wednesday, Williams said, Vann has no rights. He gave those up, when he confessed.

http://www.fox28.com/story/26868015...er-says-daughter-is-victim-gary-serial-killer

36-year-old Kristine Williams lived in Knox before moving to Gary. She was identified Tuesday as one of the seven victims of accused Gary serial killer Darren Deon Vann.

 

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Re: Sex offending negro in custody after 7 women found dead in Gary, Hammond; 1 a WF

http://abc7chicago.com/serial-kille...o-life-in-prison-for-killing-7-women/3521940/

Serial killer Darren Vann sentenced to life in prison for killing 7 women

May 25, 2018 05:24PM
CROWN POINT, Ind. (WLS) --
Darren Vann, who pleaded guilty to killing seven women, was sentenced to life in prison Friday.

 

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Former marine, 47, pleads guilty to murdering SEVEN women

A former Marine who authorities say preyed on women in an area of Gary, Indiana, known as a hangout for prostitutes and drug users pleaded guilty Friday to killing seven women.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Aurora resident Afrikka Hardy (L), 19,

36-year-old Kristine Williams

Anith Jones, 35, of Merrillville, Ind. were all murder victims of Darren Vann

The former marine also admitted to killing 53-year-old Sonya Billingsley

Tanya Gatlin, 27,

Teaira Batey (R), 28

and Tracy Martin, 41 [no photo]

 

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Former marine, 47, pleads guilty to murdering SEVEN women

A former Marine who authorities say preyed on women in an area of Gary, Indiana, known as a hangout for prostitutes and drug users pleaded guilty Friday to killing seven women.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Former marine, 47, pleads guilty to murdering SEVEN women who lived near area known for prostitution and drug-taking after accepting plea deal that will spare him the death penalty​

• Darren Vann's surprise plea Friday in the killings came after the 47-year-old Gary man's defense team filed a motion Thursday
• Victims' relatives watched quietly during Friday's hearing as Vann uttered the word 'guilty' seven times, once for each murder count
• Vann was scheduled to stand trial in October in the strangulation deaths of Afrikka Hardy, 19, of Hammond, and Anith Jones, 35, of Merrillville
• Vann was also charged with killing Tracy Martin, 41; Kristine Williams, 36; Sonya Billingsley, 53; and Tanya Gatlin, 27
• Vann allegedly targeted women who lived near an area of Gary where women gathered to engage in prostitution or take drugs

By Associated Press
Published: 19:57 EST, 4 May 2018 | Updated: 09:50 EST, 5 May 2018

Darren Vann's (Pictured) surprise plea Friday in the killings came after the 47-year-old Gary man's defense team filed a motion Thursday
A former Marine who authorities say preyed on women in an area of Gary, Indiana, known as a hangout for prostitutes and drug users pleaded guilty Friday to killing seven women under a plea deal that will spare him the death penalty.
Darren Vann's surprise plea Friday in the killings came after the 47-year-old Gary man's defense team filed a motion Thursday that scheduled Friday's change of plea hearing.
The usually combative Vann was largely emotionless during Friday's hearing as Lake County Judge Samuel Cappas reviewed the terms of the plea agreement that calls for him to be sentenced to life in prison without parole. Vann is now set to be sentenced May 25.
Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter said he hopes Friday's plea agreement brings closure to the victims' families.
Victims' relatives watched quietly during Friday's hearing as Vann uttered the word 'guilty' seven times, once for each murder count read aloud by Cappas.

Aurora resident Afrikka Hardy (L), 19, 36-year-old Kristine Williams (M), and Anith Jones, 35, of Merrillville, Ind. were all murder victims of Darren Vann

The former marine also admitted to killing 53-year-old Sonya Billingsley (L), Tanya Gatlin (M), 27, Teaira Batey (R), 28, and Tracy Martin, 41
Marvin Clinton, who was the longtime boyfriend of one of the seven victims, 28-year-old Teaira Batey of Gary, wiped tears from his eyes outside the courtroom afterward, saying he's relieved that Vann had finally admitted guilt in the killings.

Clinton, who had a son with Batey who's now six, said he's also relieved that Vann will receive a life sentence instead of the death penalty.

'(The death penalty) would have been the easy way out. I want him to suffer. These women will haunt him for the rest of his life,' he told The Northwest Indiana Times .


'I prefer him to stay locked up, so when he goes to bed at night and closes his eyes, he sees these women.'

Vann was scheduled to stand trial in October in the strangulation deaths of Afrikka Hardy, 19, of Hammond, and Anith Jones, 35, of Merrillville. Prosecutors were seeking the death penalty for Vann in their deaths.

Vann was arrested in October 2014 as police in Hammond investigated the killing of Hardy, whose body was found in a bathtub inside a Hammond motel room.

Vann was scheduled to stand trial in October in the strangulation deaths of Afrikka Hardy, 19, of Hammond, and Anith Jones, 35, of Merrillville

According to police, Vann, 43, of Gary, allegedly left the body of Teaira Batey, 28, at this location
When Hammond police arrested him, Vann told them he had killed six women in Gary within the previous year. According to a probable cause affidavit, Vann called the women 'mistakes,' and told police he would lead them to the other victims.

During the next several days, Vann led authorities to the bodies of the six other northwest Indiana women, whose remains had been hidden in abandoned buildings in Gary.

Marvin Clinton (pictured), longtime boyfriend of Teaira Batey, said he want's Vann to 'suffer' for the rest of his life in prison
Vann was also charged with killing Batey and four other Gary women: Tracy Martin, 41; Kristine Williams, 36; Sonya Billingsley, 53; and Tanya Gatlin, 27.

Vann allegedly targeted women who lived near an area of Gary where women gathered to engage in prostitution or take drugs, according to court documents filed in March 2016.

When asked by Hammond detectives why he started killing women in northwest Indiana, an affidavit quoted him as saying, 'Just I guess, anger. 'Cause I feel I shouldn't have went to prison the first time. You see what I'm saying?'

Vann had moved back to Gary after his July 2013 release from a Texas prison where he served time on a sexual assault charge involving a prostitute.

Vann served in the Marines but received an 'other than honorable' discharge in 1993.