On this day, July 20, in 1984, the serial-killing duo of Alton Coleman and Debra Brown were apprehended in Evanston, Ill. They couple were wanted in a violent spree that left eight people dead over two months.
The murders began with the slaying of a 9-year-old girl in Wisconsin on May 29, 1984. The duo also committed killings and other attacks in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky.
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