Active for 1 year
(1967) in United States

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4. General Information
5. Characteristics
6. Childhood
7. Cognitive Ability
8. Incarceration
9. Death
10. 11 Timeline Events
11. Serial Killers Active During Spree
12. Boolean Statistical Questions
13. 1 Books Written About Duke Pierson
14. 3 External References
15. Internal References

Duke Pierson (Duke James Pierson) an American serial killer and a former Detective Sergeant for the Spokane County Sheriff's Office who was known as the Spokane serial killer. Pierson is connected to the deaths of three women who died in the summer of 1967. He began his career in law enforcement in 1959 as a Spokane County deputy, Pierson quit, suddenly, in 1966. Two of Pierson's victims were pregnant with his child at the time of their deaths, his wife and his mistress. One victim disappeared after leaving a bar. Two bodies were buried and the body of his wife was found in the rear seat of a car inside the family's garage with a hose leading from the exhaust to a rear window of the vehicle. Duke Pierson died of natural causes in 2019 prior to being arrested. His service was held at Keahey Funeral Home in Andalusia, Alabama.

Profile Completeness: 64%

Books that Mention Duke Pierson

Jack Rosewood

The Big Book of Serial Killers

1 Books that mention Serial Killer
Duke Pierson

ISBN10	Book Title	Author	Killers Mentioned	Killers
1548119644	The Big Book of Serial Ki...	Jack Rosewood	60 Total Including Luis Garavito	60

External References

1. Jonathan Glover, Spokane cold cases solved: Detectives planned to arrest sheriff’s deputy for 1967 killings. He died last week. on www.spokesman.com, Retrieved on Mar 16, 2019.
2. Hayley Guenthner, Ex-wife of suspected Spokane serial killer believes he hypnotized his victims on www.khq.com, Retrieved on Mar 16, 2019.
3. Anneta Konstantinides, Cold case solved after 51 years, only for cops to discover the suspect had died on www.dailymail.co.uk, Retrieved on Mar 16, 2019.

Internal References

Duke Pierson is included in the following pages on Killer.Cloud the Serial Killer Database

1. #24 of 30[ Page 2 ] of Serial Killers with birthdays in May
2. #31 of 40[ Page 3 ] of Gemini Serial Killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
3. #244 of 327[ Page 17 ] of Serial Killers active in the United States
4. #359 of 651[ Page 24 ] of serial killers sorted by Profile Completeness
5. #461 of 651[ Page 31 ] of the A-Z List of Serial Killers
6. #495 of 651[ Page 33 ] of serial killers sorted by Confirmed Victims
7. #537 of 651[ Page 36 ] of serial killers sorted by Years Active

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Serial Killers Statistics, charts Duke Pierson is included in: Active Serial Killers by Country, Serial Killers By Gender, Age of Serial Killer by Date, Killers By Astrological Sign, Killers By Birth Month, Sexual Preference, Active Serial Killers by Year and Statistical Boolean Questions.

Years Active:

• 1967