Juan Corona

Juan Corona
Corona in a 2018 prison photograph
Born	Juan Corona Vallejo (1934-02-07)February 7, 1934 San Antonio de los Moran, Ayutla, Jalisco, Mexico
Died	March 4, 2019(2019-03-04) (aged 85) California State Prison, Corcoran, Corcoran, California, U.S.
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.