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Robert Carl FOLEY



Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Robberies - Reckoning
Number of victims: 7 +
Date of murders: 1977 / 1989 / 1991
Date of birth: September 13, 1956
Victims profile: ??? / Kimberly Bowersock, Lillian Contino, Jerry McMillen, and Calvin Reynolds / Rodney and Lynn Vaughn (brothers)
Method of murder: Shooting
Location: Kentucky, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on September 23, 1993




United States Court of Appeals For the Sixth Circuit

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Supreme Court of Kentucky

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FOLEY, ROBERT, DOB 9-13-56, was sentenced to death September 23, 1993 in Laurel County for the murders of two brothers, Rodney and Lynn Vaughn, during an argument at his residence on August 17, 1991 in Madison County. On April 27, 1994 he was given a second death sentence in Madison County for the murders of Kimberly Bowersock, Lillian Contino, Jerry McMillen, and Calvin Reynolds. He shot the four victims on October 8, 1989 because he thought one of them had reported him to his parole officer. This killer has murdered at least seven people. He had been convicted of murder in 1977. Case #1: In 1989 in Laurel County he shot four victims because he thought one of them had reported him to a parole officer. Case #2: In 1991 in Laurel County he shot the Vaughn brothers at a party. The corpse of eyewitness Donald Gross was found in Foley's front yard. Victims: Kimberly Bowersock Lillian Contino Jerry McMillen Calvin Reynolds Rodney Vaughn Lynn Vaughn Robert Carl Foley