Eddie Leonski
Serial killer
Edward Joseph Leonski was a United States Army soldier and serial killer responsible for the strangling murders of three women in Melbourne, Australia in 1942. Leonski was dubbed The Brownout Strangler, after Melbourne's wartime practice of... Wikipedia
Born: December 12, 1917, New Jersey
Died: November 9, 1942 (age 24 years), HM Prison Pentridge, Coburg
Conviction(s): Premeditated murder (3 counts)
Criminal penalty: Death
Location(s): Melbourne
Motive: "To get their voices"
Other names: The Brownout Strangler; The Singing Strangler