White Victims of Black Crime - 0006 - Cynthia Waxman

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April 22, 1978

Victim(s): Cynthia Waxman 11

Attacker(s): Charles Jackson

Description: Cynthia and her cousin had wandered into the woods behind the baseball field, following a stray cat. Cynthia stayed with the cat while her cousin went to get money to buy some food for it. Her cousin returned minutes later, but Cynthia was gone. She was found hours later, having been raped and strangled.

The case was solved 27 years later, when a DNA match identified Cynthia's murderer as Oakland serial killer: Charles 'Junior' Jackson, who died of a heart attack in February 2002 while serving a life sentence for a 1982 rape and murder.

On April 22, 1978, Near Campolindo High School, in Moraga California, 11 year old Cynthia Waxman and her cousin had wandered into the woods behind the baseball fields, following a stray cat.

Cynthia remained with the cat while her cousin went in search of money to buy food for the cat. The Cousin returned only minutes later, unable to find Cynthia. Tragically, Cynthia's lifeless body was found by her mother hours later, in nearby woods, appearing to be sexually assaulted and strangled. In 2000, the Contra Costa Sheriff's crime lab was reviewing the cold case.

Ultimately, after securing additional federal funding, the DNA material that was obtained from Cynthia's clothing and from under her fingernails was tested, and matched against a state database.

After 27 years, Cynthia's murderer was finally identified in 2005 through DNA evidence as Oakland serial killer: Charles "junior" Jackson. However in Feb. 2002, Jackson died of a heart attack while already serving a life sentence in Folsom State Prison for a 1982 rape and murder.

Archive.is Link(s):
https://archive.fo/QOkcc Article about cold case solved.
https://archive.fo/GHQ4R More about Charles Jackson, who was a serial killer.
https://archive.is/1kx7E 1999 Article about the linking of Jackson to a 1981 murder of a couple during a nighttime burglary of their home.
https://archive.is/FRRK4 2002 article about DNA linking the late Jackson to 6 knife killings.
https://archive.is/7AwbO 2005 article updates the list to 8 knife killings.

https://archive.fo/63Hvj Cynthia’s find a grave memorial.
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