William Lester Suff also known as the Riverside Prostitute Killer and the Lake Elsinore Killer, is a California

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Serial killer

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In 1974, a Texas

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 jury convicted Suff and his then-wife, Teryl, of beating their two-month-old daughter to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

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 later reversed Teryl’s conviction but upheld Suff's in Suff v. State (Tex. 1976) 531 S.W.2d 814, finding insufficient evidence to convict her as either the primary actor or a principal in their baby's murder.