Vender Lee Duncan was born on February 18,1928, in Sinclair City, Texas, a small unincorporated town in Smith County.
10 Facts About Vender Duncan
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On January 9,1955, Duncan was walking through California Street when he spotted a second-floor apartment.
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Vender Duncan then entered through the window, intending to attack her.
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Vender Duncan then choked her to death before proceeding to copulate with her corpse.
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Vender Duncan then contacted her neighbors, the Sansings, who suspected that something had happened, noting that her mail box was full, something they considered unusual since Manning was expecting a letter from a niece from Quantico, Virginia, with whom she had plans to move in.
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Vender Duncan attacked her in a vacant lot, repeatedly beating her and smashing a brick in her face, before dragging her to nearby Fulton Street.
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Vender Duncan was only able to provide a partial description of her attacker, saying that he was "about 40" and had dark hair.
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Just three days after the attack on Romig, Vender Duncan struck again, going to the second floor of an apartment complex in Van Ness Avenue in the early morning and knocking on a random door.
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Not long after, Vender Duncan was caught while attempting to burglarize a house, for which he was convicted and sentenced to a year the county jail.
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Nelder scheduled an interrogation, during which Vender Duncan accurately described the locations and small details only the perpetrator could have known.