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Taking A Look At Duck Island
During the late 30s and early 40s Duck Island was the place to go to hang out and forget about it all. A place full of nature and fun but it had a very unexpected twist hidden in the bushes. November 8, 1938, Vincenzo Tonzillo, 20, and Mary Myatovich 15, became the first victims of the phantom. Another couple down the walk heard the screams and found Tonzillo dead in a pool of blood, by their car. Myatovich however, was still inside the car as if she was planted there, bloody but somehow still alive. As she was rushed to the nearest hospital she regained consciousness long enough to tell police what had happened. She told police she ran from the attacker but he soon shot her, throwing her to the ground. Tonzillo was a married man, and Myatovich …show more content…
As they were sitting enjoying each others company and listening to the near by ducks, out from behind a tree came a man with a shotgun. A homeless man was looking for some change by a bench and noticed a ladies shoe, picked it up, then finding a body attached. The body belonged to Katherine and close by was Frank. Many people believed it was Katherine husband who killed them, but he has an alibi. When the police arrived the next morning they realized they have seen this …show more content…
The people of the town has set a one thousand dollar reward for the capture and or death of the person responsible. Passionate lovers soon found other hideouts and secret spots, but the gunman followed close behind. The following year two more couples parked on the new quiet roads were approached, shot and killed. The women victims of the two recent murders got away with only a shot to the shoulder blowing the arm off. The men of these murders were found dead.
Caroline Moriconi and Louis Kovacs didn't believe the stories about the killings, they would soon found out they were the wrong ones. On November 14, 1940, they were found dead in their car. The couple were also in an affair. They soon ruled out Moriconi’s husband for he has an alibi and Kovacs was not married. Caroline was 27 at death and Louis ended his life at age

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