32 Facts About Christopher Wilder

Christopher Wilder victimized attractive young women, most of whom he would entice by promising to take their photographs.

Christopher Wilder accidentally killed himself during a struggle with police in New Hampshire on April 13,1984.

Christopher Wilder was born on March 13,1945, in Sydney, New South Wales, the oldest of four sons to an American father, Coley Chapman Wilder, a naval officer, and an Australian mother, June Wilder.

Christopher Wilder nearly died at birth and reportedly almost drowned in a swimming pool when he was aged 2.

Christopher Wilder was sentenced to probation and claimed later in life that he received electroshock therapy.

However, journalist Duncan McNab claims that there is no evidence that Christopher Wilder underwent electroshock therapy and that the story of his near-drowning was an invention of Christopher Wilder himself.

Christopher Wilder admitted to police that Wilder had twice attempted to kill her.

Christopher Wilder emigrated to the United States in 1969 and settled in Boynton Beach, Florida, in an upscale waterfront home twenty-five miles south of affluent Palm Beach, becoming successful in the real estate business.

Christopher Wilder frequently traveled to Hawaii and the Bahamas and developed an interest in photography, which resulted in his converting a bedroom of his home into a darkroom.

Christopher Wilder's parents posted bail and he was allowed to return to Florida to await trial, but court delays prevented his case from ever being heard, as the eventual initial hearing date of April 1984 came after his death.

The first murder attributed to Christopher Wilder was that of 20-year-old Rosario Teresa Gonzalez, who was last seen on February 26,1984, at the Miami Grand Prix, where she was employed as a spokesmodel at a temporary job distributing samples of aspirin for a pharmaceutical company.

Christopher Wilder was a race car driver who frequented the Miami Grand Prix racetrack and was at the race, where he raced in the IMSA GTU class in a Porsche 911.

Christopher Wilder dated Wilder for a period of time, and was proposed to by him, but she declined due to their age difference; she is believed to have been last seen with him at a gas station near Miami.

Christopher Wilder's car was found six days later abandoned at the Miami Airport.

Christopher Wilder had declined his offer to photograph her for a modeling agency, after which he assaulted her in the mall parking lot.

Christopher Wilder tied Grover's hands, wrapped her in a blanket, and put her in the trunk of his car.

Christopher Wilder blinded her with a blow dryer and super glue.

Christopher Wilder applied copper wires to her feet and passed an electric current through them.

Christopher Wilder fled in his car, taking all of Grover's belongings with him.

On March 21,1984, Christopher Wilder approached Terry Diane Walden, a 23-year-old wife, mother, and nursing student at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, about posing as a model.

Christopher Wilder took her 180 miles north to Newton, Kansas, and checked into room 30 of the Interstate 35 Inn.

Christopher Wilder took 18-year-old Sheryl Lynn Bonaventura captive in Grand Junction, Colorado, on March 29,1984.

Christopher Wilder killed 17-year-old Michelle Lynn Korfman, an aspiring model, who disappeared from a Seventeen magazine cover model competition at the Meadows Mall in Las Vegas on April 1,1984.

Christopher Wilder apparently believed that Risico would be of use in helping him get other victims, so he kept her alive and took her with him as he traveled back east through Prescott, Arizona, Joplin, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois.

Near Penn Yan, Christopher Wilder took Wilt into the woods and attempted to suffocate her before stabbing her twice and leaving her.

Christopher Wilder had doubled back and returned to the spot where he left her to make sure she was dead.

Christopher Wilder told local police that Wilder was heading for Canada.

At the Eastview Mall in Victor, New York, Christopher Wilder forced 33-year-old Beth Elaine Dodge into his car and had Risico follow him in Dodge's Pontiac Firebird.

Christopher Wilder then headed north, and in Beverly, Massachusetts, he attempted to abduct a woman at gunpoint, but was unsuccessful.

Two New Hampshire state troopers, Leo Jellison and Wayne Fortier, approached Christopher Wilder, who retreated to his car to arm himself with a Colt Python.

The first bullet hit Christopher Wilder and exited through his back and into Jellison.

Christopher Wilder died; Jellison was seriously wounded, but recovered and returned to full duty.