Lawrence Singleton
American murderer (1927-2001) · United States · On the map · Died at 74
Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Singleton was an American criminal who raped and mutilated adolescent hitchhiker Mary Vincent in California in September 1978, and then murdered Roxanne Hayes after being released from prison eight years later.
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He raped Vincent and amputated her forearms, then left her to die in a culvert off Interstate 5 in Del Puerto Canyon. She managed to stop a car, and get to safety and later acted as a critical witness against Singleton and also in the later murder trial. Released from prison on good behavior after serving eight years of his 14-year sentence, he later murdered Roxanne Hayes, a mother of three. On February 19, 1997, police found him covered in blood after stabbing her in his new home.