Vernon Lee Clark
convicted American serial killer
Vernon Lee Clark (December 28, 1955 – August 12, 2025) was an American serial killer who sexually assaulted and murdered at least four women in the Greater Baltimore area during the 1980s. For his known crimes, he was sentenced to multiple terms of life imprisonment, and remains a suspect in several cold cases.
Early life
Vernon Lee Clark was born on December 28, 1955, in Elkridge, Maryland. He attended Elkridge Elementary School, then Waterloo Middle School, and finally Howard High. Clark was known by friends and acquaintances as getting into trouble at school and with the law in his teen years, and usually kept to himself. His criminal tendencies followed him to adulthood, and was convicted of crimes including drug possession, burglary, and assault. In the early 1980s, he found a job as an animal skinner and worked on the side as a day laborer. He also worked for a short period of time at C & S Faulkner inc.
Murders
Clark's first victim was Rebecca H. "Dolly" Davis, a 70-year-old woman from Elkridge. Born in 1909, Davis attended Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932.
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