Ray Shawn Jackson (born August 28, 1967), known as The Gillham Park Strangler, is an American serial killer who strangled to death six women in Kansas City, Missouri from 1989 to 1990, dumping the victims' bodies in the area surrounding Gilliam Park.
[2] In the span of seven months, between September 1989 and April 1990, the bodies of six prostitutes were found dumped in areas in or around Gillham park, mid-town of Kansas City, Missouri.
[2] Jackson said he would walk alone at night and ask women on the streets if they wanted to smoke crack cocaine.
After the woman agreed, he would walk with her to a secluded area in or near Gillham Park, where he choked them from behind until they lost consciousness.
Jackson would position the bodies in sexually provocative poses and leave their clothes strewn around the crime scene.