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Rory Conde was born on June 14, 1965 in Barranquilla, Colombia. His mother died of tetanus when he was six years old. Conde did not like his father and thought he was emotionally abusive.
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"The Tamiami Trail Strangler", is a Colombian serial killer who killed 6 prostitutes in Florida. He was sentenced to death on March 7, 2000. On September 17, 1994, Conde killed cross dressing male prostitute, Lazaro Comesana.
He later said that he killed Lazaro after finding out he was a man during sexual
Conde then killed two more prostitutes, Elisa Martinez on October 8 and Charity Nava on November 20. On the back and buttocks of Charity he wrote "THIRD! (A reference to WPLG anchor Dwight Lauderdale) if you can catch medical
(Using two eyes instead of the word "See")"
Conde then killed three more prostitutes: Wanda Crawford on November 25, Necole Schneider on December 17, and Rhonda Dunn on January 12, 1995. He strangled his victims to death and would have anal sex with the corpses afterward.
Conde was arrested on June 19, 1995 when Gloria Maestre, a prostitute he had bound head to toe, made enough noise to attract neighbors while Conde was in court for a shoplifting charge.
He was sentenced to death on March 7, 2000 for the murder of Rhonda Dunn. He later pleaded guilty to the murder of five others and was sentenced to five consecutive life terms without parole on April 5, 2001.
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United States