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Juan Vallejo Curona
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Born
| February 7, 1934
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Died
| March 4, 2019
(2019-03-04)
(aged 85)
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Cause of death
| Dementia
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Sentence
| Life sentence
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Number of victims
| 25 (possibly more according to law enforcement)
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Date apprehended
| Corcoran State Prison
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Juan Vallejo Corona
(February 7, 1934 – March 4, 2019) was a
Mexican
-born
American
serial killer
who was
convicted
of the
murders
of 25
migrant farm workers
. They were found buried in shallow graves in
peach orchards
along the
Feather River
in
Sutter County, California
, in 1971.
At the time, the crimes were characterized as among the most notorious in
U.S. history
. The exact victim total remains unknown and may be higher, according to local authorities. He was born in
Autlan
,
Jalisco
.
Corona was convicted of 25 counts of first-degree murder in 1973. In 1982, he was again found guilty of all 25
homicides
. He served a life sentence in
Corcoran State Prison
in
Corcoran, California
.
Corona suffered from dementia in his later years.
He died on March 4, 2019 near Corcoran, California from complications of his dementia, he was 85 at the time of his death.