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James Samuel Walraven (1949 – ), nicknamed The Bathtub Strangler, was an American murderer and suspected serial killer from Georgia who murdered 22-year-old Giselle Clardy in 1981 and was the prime suspect in two similar murders of women in their apartments. He was convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair, which was later commuted to a life sentence. Early life James Walraven was born in Decatur, Georgia, in 1949. He was reported to have been a withdrawn but well-behaved child who developed emotional problems in his junior year of high school. Walraven's mother testified that his father was an alcoholic who was abusive towards her and their children, leading them to divorce. In adulthood, Walraven was unemployed and frequented public tennis courts in Atlanta and DeKalb County. He had been committed to mental institutions numerous times and told doctors and strangers that he had felt inadequate with women. Walraven was arrested in June 1980 after pointing a gun at hi ...
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Decatur, Georgia
Decatur () is a city and the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple ZIP Codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear Decatur as the address. The city is served by three Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, MARTA rail stations (Decatur station, Decatur, East Lake station, East Lake, and Avondale station (MARTA), Avondale). The city is located approximately northeast of Downtown Atlanta and shares its western border with both the city of Atlanta (the Kirkwood and Lake Claire neighborhoods) and unincorporated DeKalb County. The Druid Hills, Georgia, Druid Hills neighborhood is to the northwest of Decatur. History Early history Prior to European settlement, the Decatur area was largely forested (a remnant of old-growth forest near Decatur ...
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Fulton County, Georgia
Fulton County is a county in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,066,710, making it the state's most populous county. Its county seat and most populous city is Atlanta, the state capital. About 90% of the city of Atlanta is within Fulton County; the remaining portion is in DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. Fulton County is the principal county of the Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell metropolitan statistical area. History Fulton County was created in 1853 from the western half of DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. It was named in honor of Robert Fulton, the man who created the first commercially successful steamboat in 1807. After the American Civil War, there was considerable violence against freedmen in the county. During the post-Reconstruction period, violence and the number of Lynching in the Uni ...
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