Juan Corona
Mexican serial killer
Died when: 85 years 25 days (1020 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Juan Vallejo Corona (February 7, 1934 – March 4, 2019) was a Mexican serial killer who was convicted of the murders of 25 migrant farm workers found buried in shallow graves in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter County, California, United States, in 1971.
At the time, the crimes were characterized as among the most notorious in the history of the United States.Until the discovery of Dean Corll's victims two years after his own conviction, Corona was the deadliest American serial killer by number of proven victims.
Corona was convicted of 25 counts of first-degree murder in 1973.An appellate court overturned the conviction in 1978 on the basis of incompetent legal representation and granted him a new trial.
In 1982, he was again found guilty of all 25 homicides.He served out a life sentence in California State Prison, Corcoran and died in 2019.
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