Little Rock serial stabbings

On August 24, 2020, 64-year-old Larry Eugene McChristian, who was reported missing two days prior, was found stabbed to death on a stranger's porch at 2200 South Guiness Street by a passer-by. Authorities later examined surveillance footage from the homeowner's security cameras, which had partially documented the attack, but were unable to acquire any possible clues to the killer's identity.[2] In the footage, the suspect, who was seemingly heading north towards Gains Street, stopped and stabbed McChristian, before walking away, then suddenly returning and stabbing him again. As the case went cold, his neighbors announced a $10,000 reward for anybody who could provide information leading to an arrest.[2]

On September 23, a friend went to the house of 62-year-old Jeff Welch, who lived at 4128 West 12th Street. To his shock, he found Welch slumped on his front porch, with an apparent puncture wound to his neck. Initially, the case was only regarded as suspicious, but an autopsy determined that the inflicted wounds corresponded with a homicide.[3]

After Welch's killing, no other known attack was linked to the case until April 11, 2021, when 41-year-old Debra Walker was attacked on 1906 South Pulaski Street. Despite being stabbed 15 times and being left to bleed out, she was quickly located by law enforcement and driven to a nearby hospital, where she managed to survive her injuries. During subsequent questioning, Walker claimed that she was walking in an area of 19th and Marshall streets when she was approached by a stranger who pulled out a knife and stabbed her without provocation. According to her description, the man appeared to be a young, black male with a slender build and over six feet tall.[4] Following this attack, the Little Rock Police Department were contacted by the FBI, whose Behavioral Analysis Team made a profile of the killer. Less than 24 hours later, 40-year-old Marlon Anthony Franklin, a homeless man, was found stabbed to death at 2710 Wright Avenue, only a block away from where Walker had been attacked.[4]

After Franklin's murder, police officially announced that they had come to the conclusion that they were likely committed by a singular offender.[5] In the press release, they noted that all of the attacks had occurred early in the morning between 1 AM and 4 AM, against strangers who were walking alone.[6] As a result, police patrols increased around the city and a $20,000 announced for the apprehension of a suspect.[6]

The case garnered attention across social media websites and the Internet, and has even led a local vigilante and self-proclaimed superhero, known only as "ShadowVision", that he would hunt down the man responsible for the killings.[7] As of April 2022, the killings remain unsolved and no new information has been uncovered since then.

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