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The Beauty Queen Killer: An FBI Manhunt
Christopher Wilder brutally murdered eight women in a three-week killing spree in 1984.
Christopher B Wilder was a wealthy Australian businessman living in the USA in 1984. To outsiders, he appeared to have it all — he raced sports cars, owned multiple properties and a speedboat, and was an amateur fashion photographer.
However, he hid a far darker side that would eventually lead him on an 8,000-mile murder spree, leaving at least eight women dead and many more sadistically tortured across the country.
The making of a murderer
In February 1984, Christopher Wilder attended the Miami Grand Prix. He was not only a spectator but also a participant, racing his black Porsche to achieve a respectable position at the finishing line.
The Australian immigrant was a familiar face on the race circuit, having made enough money in construction and real estate to afford the finer things in life. Yet Wilder should not have been in Miami at all, since this was a breach of his probation.
At 17, the budding entrepreneur was involved in the gang rape of a girl on a beach in Sydney. He received a year of probation and compulsory counselling, as well as reportedly being given a course of electric…
