Juan Corona | |
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![]() Corona in a 2018 prison photograph | |
Born | Juan Corona Vallejo February 7, 1934 |
Died | March 4, 2019 | (aged 85)
Other names | Corona |
Spouses | Gabriella E. Hermosillo
(m. 1953, divorced)Gloria I. Moreno
(m. 1959; div. 1974) |
Children | 4 |
Conviction(s) | First-degree murder (25 counts) |
Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
Details | |
Victims | 25 |
Span of crimes | February 1 – May 21, 1971 |
Country | United States |
State(s) | California |
Date apprehended | May 26, 1971 |
Juan Corona Vallejo (February 7, 1934 – March 4, 2019) was a Mexican serial killer who was convicted of the murders of 25 migrant farm workers found buried in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter County, California, in 1971. At the time, his crimes were among the most notorious in U.S. history. Until the discovery of Dean Corll's victims two years later, he was the deadliest known American serial killer.
Corona was convicted of 25 counts of first-degree murder in 1973. An appellate court overturned the conviction in 1978 on the basis of incompetent legal representation and granted him a new trial. In 1982, he was again found guilty on all counts. He served a life sentence in California State Prison, Corcoran, and died in 2019.
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