The Double Initial Murders shock a small New York town

The "Alphabet Murders" (also known as the "Double Initial Murders") took place in Rochester, New York in the early 1970s.

The victims were eerily similar in life and in death – all three girls were from single parent households, were Roman Catholic and had learning disabilities. The girls disappeared during the afternoon, and were all likely taken by car. Each was also sexually assaulted before being strangled. They were found in towns outside Rochester with the same initial as their first and last names – Carmen Colon near Chili, Wanda Walkowicz in Webster, and Michelle Maenza in the town of Macedon.

Over the years, suspects have included Carmen Colon's uncle and Kenneth "The Hillside Strangler" Bianchi, but the most credible lead thus far comes from Joseph Naso, 80. Naso was a photographer in the Rochester area at the time of the crimes and was found guilty of similar double initial murders in California during the 1970s - 1990s. Naso has been convicted of those murders and sentenced to death. Despite that possibility, the case in New York remains open and police continue to follow additional leads.