David Alan Gore (August 21, 1953 – April 12, 2012) was an American serial killer who committed six murders in Vero Beach and Indian River County, Florida, from 1981 to 1983.
[1] In 1976, prior to the murders, police jailed and questioned both Gore and Waterfield after 20-year-old Angela Hommell Austin accused them of raping her at gunpoint.
When he was a teenager, he was fired from his first job as a gas station attendant after his boss found a hole that allowed Gore to look into the women's bathroom.
[1] Gore also worked as a caretaker of a citrus grove that provided a secluded area in which to rape and murder his victims.
On February 19, 1981, Gore accosted Ying Ling and brandished his auxiliary police badge to lure the teenager into his truck, after which he drove her to her own home.
Gore later claimed that the mother, tied to a tree, slowly choked to death while he and Waterfield raped the daughter.
[3] One week after Daley's murder, Gore unsuccessfully attempted to abduct a teenage girl using his auxiliary badge.
[3] On May 20, 1983, Gore and Waterfield encountered Orlando hitchhikers Angelica LaVallee and Barbara Ann Byer (both age 14) and picked them up.
[5] Gore shot her twice at point-blank range only to realize that a neighbor's son riding his bicycle had witnessed the entire incident.
The police arrested Gore and rescued Martin, who was found in the attic naked, handcuffed, and with electrical cords tied around her legs.