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People, primarily women, often report being harassed while running for exercise.[1] Many of the harassment incidents and physical attacks happen during daylight hours.[2] In one nine-day period in 2016, three women were murdered while they were running, drawing attention to this phenomenon.[1]

This list includes people that were murdered while running for exercise.

Name Date Location Details
Julie Kaye Cunningham November 1987 Kalamazoo, Michigan [3]
Kimberly Ernest November 1995 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [4]
Laura Smither April 1997 Friendswood, Texas
Chandra Levy May 2002 Washington D.C
Sara Kuszak July 2009 Fajardo, Puerto Rico [5]
Jane E. Juergens October 2013 Westerville, Ohio [6]
Jonathan Garcia-Valladares November 2010 Phoenix, Arizona [7]
Harry Stone May 2012 Raytown, Missouri [8]
Chris Lane 2013 Duncan, Oklahoma [9]
John "Jack" Fay May 2013 Warwick, Rhode Island [10]
Melissa Millan November 2014 Simsbury, Connecticut [11]
Ally Brueger July 2016 Rose Township, Michigan [12]
Karina Vetrano August 2016 New York City
Vanessa Marcotte August 2016 Princeton, Massachusetts
Mollie Tibbetts July 2018 Brooklyn, Iowa [13]
Wendy Karina Martinez September 2018 Washington D.C. [14]
Carolina Cano March 2019 Jersey City, New Jersey [15]
Ahmaud Arbery February 2020 Satilla Shores, Georgia
Sarmistha Sen August 2020 Plano, TX [16]
Sydney Sutherland August 2020 Newport, Arkansas [17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "From catcalls to murder: What female joggers face on every run". BBC News. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. ^ Correspondent, Shira Springer Globe. "The real dangers of running while female - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  3. ^ Zerilli, Ursula (15 November 2012). "Remember: Julie Cunningham, a freshman at Western Michigan University, was murdered on campus 25 years ago today". mlive.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  4. ^ "KIMBERLY ERNEST, PARALEGAL MURDERED IN PHILADELPHIA". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Tourist Killed in Puerto Rico: "I'm Going to Die"". NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. ^ "16-Year-Old Boy Accused In Death Of Woman Found Stabbed At Blendon Township Park". WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio | Columbus News, Weather & Sports. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  7. ^ "A Phoenix boy was gunned down in 2010; his murder remains unsolved". azcentral. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  8. ^ Moxley, Elle. "Jackson County Prosecutor Announces Charges In 2012 Homicide Of Raytown Jogger". www.kcur.org. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Man convicted of accessory to Australian baseball player's murder released from prison". KFOR.com. 27 September 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  10. ^ Reynolds, Mark. "Pawtucket man charged with murder in 2013 slaying of Warwick jogger". providencejournal.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Police Have Suspect In 2014 Killing Of Insurance Executive Stabbed While Jogging In Simsbury". courant.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  12. ^ "After three years, jogger's killer is still at large". Tri-County Times. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Mollie Tibbetts went jogging and never came back – she's not the first". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  14. ^ "A look back at women murdered while jogging". ABC7 San Francisco. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Man charged in murder of New Jersey jogger who was found strangled in park". NBC News. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  16. ^ CNN, Jennifer Henderson and Eric Levenson. "Texas scientist and mother of two killed during her regular morning run". CNN. Retrieved 5 August 2020. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  17. ^ "Farmer jailed in death of Arkansas jogger apparently joined group searching for her". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 25 August 2020.