1992 Birmingham homicides

This is a List of Birmingham homicides in 1992. It includes homicide cases occuring within the city limits during the calendar year. Note that not all homicides are ultimately ruled to be murder in courts of law.

1992 was a record year for homicides in Birmingham. A total of 148 cases were investigated, of which 7 were later ruled justified, leaving 141 for the year. Based on the 1990 census count of 265,968 residents, the homicide rate for the city was 53.0 homicides per 100,000 population for the year.

Listing

1. April 18: A homeless male was stabbed and dragged to a railroad track where, where his foot was severed by a passing train. Four members of a skinhead group were convicted of murder and sentenced to between 25 years and life in prison. [1]
2. October 9: Letitia Franks, shot inside her apartment in the Morton Simpson Homes in Kingston. Curtis Raymond Carlisle was convicted of the murder on August 21, 2007. [2]
3. October 10: Stephanie Gach, 21, abducted from the parking lot of Eastwood Mall and subsequently strangled and stabbed by Jack Trawick, who was convicted in 1994 and sentenced to death.

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References

• Velasco, Eric (August 22, 2007) "Man convicted in 1992 Kingston slaying." Birmingham News.