True Crime Friday: John Eric Armstrong, the Babydoll Serial Killer
John Eric Armstrong was born November 23, 1973, in New Bern, North Carolina. The serial killer murdered at least five women. He has confessed to many other murders, but those confessions have yet to be confirmed by authorities. Armstrong became known in the press as the Baby Doll Serial Killer because of his vanity license plate that read Baby Doll. The Early Childhood of John Eric Armstrong John Eric Armstrong claimed his father was an abuser toward him and his mother. He also said that his father sexually abused him as a child. His younger brother Michael Armstrong died from sudden infant death syndrome when he was two months old. He was so distraught when his brother died that he tried to commit suicide. His father eventually left Armstrong and his mother. Armstrong did not receive treatment for his grief until 1989, a year after he was hospitalized for locking himself in a bathroom because a girl at school was pressuring him to have sex with her. Armstrong was in the United States ...
