Anthony Guy Walker

Anthony Guy Walker (born July 11, 1957) is an American criminal and serial killer responsible for the murders of at least six people in Lenawee County, Michigan between 1975 and 1986. After being convicted for a brutal triple murder, he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, without being prosecuted for his other known killings.

Murders A career criminal with a string of convictions for violent sexual offenses, Walker's first admitted murder was that of 24-year-old Arleen Salcedo in 1975. Her decomposing body was found on September 22, 1975, in a field two miles south of Blissfield. The cause of death couldn't be determined, and the case remained unsolved for a long period of time. Later that year, Anthony was arrested for kidnapping and raping a woman in his hometown of Adrian. The kidnapping charge was dropped, but he pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal sexual conduct and received a few years imprisonment. In early January 1979, he was paroled.

On January 15, while looking for a house to rob, Walker set his sights on a small house on West Maple Avenue in Adrian, where 24-year-old Puerto Rican immigrant Yolanda Torres Madison and her 11-month-old daughter Jessica were living, accompanied by 19-year-old Theresa Carey, a friend of Yolanda who was visiting the house that night. Sensing an opportunity, he broke into the home, tying up and beating up both women before finally shooting them. After stealing valuables and money from the house, he set the house on fire in order to cover his tracks, which caused the little Jessica to suffocate from smoke inhalation. Staggs' body was later found in the prison's Cell Block 4, stabbed to death. His killer was never identified, and is now believed to be deceased.

Aftermath In 2015, Investigation Discovery broadcast a program dedicated to the case, titled "Rising from the Ashes". In it, explored how authorities and prosecutors managed to build up a case against Walker for the Madison-Carey murders.