What is Juan Corona?
{{Infobox Serial Killer|name=Juan Vallejo Curona|image=Juan-corona-story-body.jpg|image_size=100px|victims=25 (possibly more according to law enforcement)|birth_date=February 7, 1934|death_date={{Death date and age|2019|03|04|1934|02|07}}|cause=[[Dementia]]|sentence=[[Life sentence]]|apprehended=Corcoran State Prison}} '''Juan Vallejo Corona''' (February 7, 1934 &ndash; March 4, 2019) was a [[Mexico|Mexican]]-born [[Americans|American]] [[serial killer]] who was [[conviction|convicted]] of the [[murder]]s of 25 [[migrant farm worker]]s. They were found buried in shallow graves in [[Peach|peach orchard]]s along the [[Feather River]] in [[Sutter County, California]], in 1971. At the time, the crimes were characterized as among the most notorious in [[History of the United States|U.S. history]]. The exact victim total remains unknown and may be higher, according to local authorities. He was born in [[Autlán]], [[Jalisco]]. Corona was convicted of 25 counts of first-degree murder in 1973. In 1982, he was again found guilty of all 25 [[homicide]]s. He served a life sentence in [[Corcoran State Prison]] in [[Corcoran, California]]. == Personal life == Corona suffered from dementia in his later years. == Death == He died on March 4, 2019 near Corcoran, California from complications of his dementia, he was 85 at the time of his death. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Corona, Juan}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:People who died in prison custody in the United States]] [[Category:American serial killers]] [[Category:American people convicted of murder]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:People from Jalisco]] [[Category:Criminals from California]] {{US-bio-stub}}