True Crime Friday: Joseph Gerard Christopher, the Midtown Slasher
Joseph Gerard Christopher was born on July 26, 1955. He has two monikers the Midtown Slasher and the 22 Caliber Killer. The serial killer targeted Black men and boys between the time periods of 1980 and 1981. He committed a series of stabbings and shootings killing twelve and injuring seven in the State of New York. All his victims were minding their own business when he attacked them. A victim was walking across the street, another one was sitting in his cab, and another one had gotten off a city bus. None of these killings and stabbings were provoked. The Early Childhood of Joseph Christopher Joseph Gerard Christopher was born in the state of New York. His mother was a registered nurse, and his father was a maintenance worker with the city's Sanitation Department. He was the only son in a family of seven. His father was an outdoorsman and hunter. He taught his son how to handle weapons at a young age. Joseph attended the Burgard Vocational High School where he took up an automoti...