Francisco del Junco

However, from August 1995 to March 1996, a total of four crack cocaine-addicted black prostitutes were beaten up, killed with metal pipes and their bodies burned with gasoline afterwards in Miami's Allapattah neighborhood. They were: Vida Hicks (43), Diane Nelms (44), Cheryl Ray (37) and Janice Cox (37). All of them were lured with the promise of free drugs and sex, with their upper torsos being lit on fire after they were killed.

From 1987 to 1995, he was arrested on several occasions for assaulting an officer, burglary, loitering and theft. Del Junco also did not visit his psychiatrist for a final appointment, but was still given a "guarded" prognosis and was judged as not being a threat to society.

At age 16, Del Junco began hearing voices and started seeing priestesses conducting black magic, gradually distancing himself from people as he feared somebody was out to kill him. In 1980, he moved to Miami to settle in with some relatives, arriving through the Mariel boatlift. During his time in the States, Del Junco worked several jobs, regularly visited his psychiatrist and was admitted to the Miami Mental Health Clinic a total of three times (in 1987, 1988 and 1992).

Francisco del Junco (born 1957) is a Cuban-American serial killer who killed and subsequently burned the corpses of four Miami prostitutes during a 8-month long killing spree. Del Junco was convicted of all 4 murders, and given a life sentence for each of them.