Juliana Frank, who is she? The following is what we know about Nathaniel White’s victims and why he killed them the way he did.

Nathaniel White was the assassin who killed Juliana Frank. The perpetrator is currently incarcerated in the Elmira Correctional Facility.

An autopsy revealed Frank had been stabbed more than 40 times — and something more chilling: She was four months pregnant and “the fetus had been cut out,” said Kevin McGrath, a retired investigator with the New York State Police. 

The extreme violence struck investigators, who grappled with determining a motive. “Generally, when you see overkill, it’s personal,” said Dr. Kate Termini, a forensic psychologist. 

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Twisted Killers: Juliana Frank Murder Middletown NY – Nathaniel White Victim

Juliana Frank is one of the many victims of Nathaniel White, an American serial killer.

He killed her and left a trail of her dead body in Middletown, New York. After the murder, he confessed his enjoyment to the journalists. 

On 26 March 1991, a couple walking along an abandoned railroad track discovered Juliana’s dead body. According to an investigator, the 29-year-old’s face was a mess, full of disfiguring injuries. Reportedly, White washed and put her naked, lifeless body in a pose. 

The murderer stabbed Frank, four months pregnant, more than 40 times. As a consequence, the fetus had been cut open. Despite the overkill, police didn’t get any lead. Eventually, the case turned cold.

Then, on 10 July 1992, the police discovered another naked dead body of 34-year-old Laurette Huggins. The style of the murder was the same as that of Juliana. The police collected a paper coat hanger with a bloody fingerprint as evidence. Likewise, another victim was 27-year-old Adriane Hunter, who died in Goshen.

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However, the missing report of two young women in Poughkeepsie, 23-year-old Angelina Hopkins and 20-year-old Brenda Whiteside, turned the case. Reportedly, Angelina’s mother and sister investigated on their own and led the officials to the suspect, Nathaniel. 

After that, the investigation kicked off, and officers found him guilty. In addition to Frank’s murder, he killed Huggins, Hopkins, Hunter, Whiteside, and 14-year-old Christine Klebbe.

Juliana and the killer had sex near old railroad tracks. After that, she asked for money which enraged him, and he ultimately killed her. However, he confessed to not knowing of her pregnancy when the incident took place.

In August 1992, a judge charged him with six counts of second-degree murder, for which he pleaded not guilty because of insanity. Then, on 4 April 1993, Judge Jeffrey Berry sentenced him to 150 years of imprisonment. 

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As for Juliana Frank’s husband, his identity remains unknown.

It is also the same about her family, including her parents. However, we know that she had two children before her untimely demise at age 29. 

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Detectives staked out Frank’s funeral, believing that the murderer might attend. It’s not uncommon for killers to show up at a service “because he wants to see all the people who are there mourning this victim because of what he did,” said Beth Karas, former NYC prosecutor. 

The surveillance yielded no viable leads. In the weeks and months after the funeral, the case went cold. 

But on July 10, 1992, Frank’s homicide investigation was reinvigorated following another gruesome discovery. The naked body of Laurette Huggans, 34, was found inside her Middletown home. She had been brutally stabbed in her neck and chest and posed, investigators said. 

The crime scene showed signs of a struggle. Boxes in the home indicated she was in the middle of a move, and detectives learned she was headed back to St. Vincent. The boxes were stamped the day before Huggins was found. 

Loretta Huggins

Detectives “knew now that she had to have been in there less than 24 hours,” said former Middletown PD Detective Warren Wagner. Evidence collected included a paper coat hanger with a bloody fingerprint.

The case took a turn with the report of two missing young women in Poughkeepsie, about an hour’s drive from Middletown. Angelina Hopkins, 23, and her cousin Brenda Whiteside, 20 vanished after being out at a club. 

Then, on July 30, 1992, a woman’s body was found near an abandoned restaurant in Goshen, eight miles from Middletown. The victim was naked and provocatively posed. She was identified as Adriane Hunter, 27. She had been stabbed 47 times. 

Brenda Whiteside & Angela Hopkin

The ferocity of this slaying, like the Huggins and Frank homicides, suggested a spree killer — “someone who kills with a sense of urgency,” said retired LAPD investigator Tracey Benjamin. “There’s a sense of pattern and how they are committing their murders. They’re strategic, they’re on the hunt.”

But Hopkin’s relatives provided a promising lead.

“The mother and sister of Angelina Hopkins essentially began their own investigation and did a terrific job,” said McGrath, adding that they went to the bar and asked patrons for information. Their efforts led investigators to the suspect named Nathaniel White. 

Bernstein recalled White’s name from a 1986 armed robbery arrest in the area. “While he was on parole, he abducted a girl off the street,” he said, adding that White was charged for unlawful imprisonment and violating parole. He spent a year behind bars and was released in 1992.