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Quick Facts
Nicknames or Aliases: The Crackhead Killer
Offender Status: Alive
MO: strangulation, necrophilia, rape
Timespan of Crimes: 2002-2003
Date Apprehended: April 12, 2003
Sentence: guilty of five counts of murder and sentenced to death.
Case Status: Closed
Number of Victims: 5
Victims: Barbara Codman, Shanteria Davis, Jade Velazquez, Sherry Noah, and Julie Castillo.
Location of Crimes: Phoenix, Arizona
Summary of Cory's Crimes
As victims, Morris targeted female sex workers whom he arranged meetings with. Later, during his confessions, Morris claimed all the women had died either of a drug overdose, but abruptly changed all of the stories to claim he accidentally strangled them. He kept their bodies in an RV behind a relative’s house. He also admitted to acts of necrophilia and rape.
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