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Michael Hughes is an American serial killer convicted and sentenced to life
without parole for the murders
of four women in California between 1992 and 1993. In July
2008, he was charged with the sexual assault and murders of four
additional women.
1990s
In December 1993, Hughes, a security guard, was arrested in Culver City. In 1998, he was
convicted and given a life sentence without parole for the strangling murders of
Teresa Ballard, Brenda Bradley, Terri Myles and Jamie
Harrington.[1][2]
Ballard, 26, was found in Los Angeles' Jesse Owens County Park
on September 23, 1992. The other victims were found dumped in
alleys in a Culver City commercial area: 38-year-old Bradley;
Myles, 33, found on November 8, 1993; and Harrington, 29, found on
November 14, 1993.[2]
2008
On July 3, 2008, Hughes was charged with sexually assaulting and
strangling two women and two teenage girls in the Los Angeles area between 1986 and 1993,
after homicide detectives
linked him to DNA
samples from the victims using new forensic technologies. At least one of
his victims, Verna Williams, was considered to be a victim of the
prolific, still unidentified serial killer known as the Southside
Slayer. Prosecutors allege Hughes killed 15-year-old Yvonne Coleman
on January 22, 1986. Her body was found in a park in Inglewood, California. The other
three were killed in Los Angeles. Verna Williams, 15, was
discovered in a stairwell on May 26, 1986. Elizabeth Tuppeny, 30,
was found in a garage on August 30, 1990. Deborah Jackson, 32, was
found on June 25, 1993.[3]
As of 2008, detectives are investigating Hughes' possible
involvement in other killings around the U.S. While Hughes was in
the navy he spent time in Michigan, San Diego and Long
Beach.[1]
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