CASE #0837
STATUS: DECLASSIFIED
PROPERTY OF
Fayette County Records Division
THE
CANDLE KILLER

All photographic and audiovisual evidence related to Case File 0837 is officially declassified.

As of November 7, 2025, the investigation is cold.

(11) homicide victims in the Lexington, KY jurisdiction between the dates of October 31, 1984 and October 1, 1985.

No suspects were ever charged. Killer still remains unidentified.

FILE CONNECTION FOUND
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

TALES OF THE MACABRE documents the first known events of Case File 0837.

May 23 — Las Vegas

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TRANSFERRED FROM VHS
OCTOBER 1985
RECOVERED FROM LEXINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
CONDITION: MODERATE
VICTIM 1
Frederick Valtese
DATE: 11/01/84
AGE: 35
VICTIMS 2 & 3
Lucy & Casey Schweitzer
DATE: 11/03/84
AGES: 4 & 6
VICTIM 4
Ethel Green
DATE: 12/23/84
AGE: 81
VICTIM 5
Jonathan Price
DATE: 01/04/85
AGE: 22
VICTIMS 6 & 7
Stacy Freedman & Chris Johnson
DATE: 02/14/85
AGES: 21 & 23
VICTIM 8
Timmy Schultz
DATE: 04/17/85
AGE: 14
VICTIMS 9 & 10
Donna Stanley & Paige Lane
DATE: 07/05/85
AGES: 15 & 16
VICTIM 11
Shaun Wells
DATE: 10/01/85
AGE: 32