Les Freres Briley’s Wikipedia bio has an entire history from family to crime to their death.
‘Some people are just born criminals’, this phrase justifies when we start a conversation about Les Freres Briley.
The Briley brothers created mayhem back in 1979 in Richmond, Virginia which listed them to be the premium criminals ever to be born on the land of United States.
While Virginia is known to be for lovers, Les Freres Briley came to the scene and made people think if the state is actually for killers.
Linwood Earl Briley, James Dyral Briley Jr., and Anthony Ray Briley, a sibling-trio went on rampage with the series of murders, rapes, and robberies that no one would ever forget.
Richmond, Virginia became one of the dangerous places to live during Briley brothers killing spree in 1979 as they were randomly taking lives of the good people of the state.
The documentary-series ‘Snapped’ has provided an insight into their criminal world through an episode ‘Killer Siblings’ and here we get to know more about their personal and familial details.
Les Freres Briley Wikipedia And Age Details
Les Freres Briley’s killing spree is well-documented on Wikipedia.
The brothers started the killing as a trio in 1979 when they were all in their 20s. Linwood was 25 while James Jr. was 23, and Anthony was 21 when they started the deadliest serial-killing of the American history.
However, Linwood had already made his hands dirty when he shot his neighbor Orline Christian, 57, when he was 16.
The trios’ first victims were a couple William and Virginia Bucher who were lucky enough to have survived on March 12, 1979.
Briley brothers did not miss their targets afterwards as their first dead victim was named Michael McDuffie who was shot on March 21.
March 31 saw Linwood shoot Eric Alvin Clark, 28, over drug dispute and it took 9 days for them to lay waste on another victim. This time being 76-year-old Mary Gowen, who was raped and robbed before killing.
The trio went on to kill Christopher Philips, 17, on July 4, John Harvey ‘John G’ Gallagher on September 14, private nurse Mary Wilfong, 62, on September 30, Blanche Page, 75, and Charles Garner, 59, on October 5, before ending up their spree on October 19.
The final victims were their friend Harvey Wilkerson, his 5-months pregnant wife Judy Diane Barton, 23, and her 5-year-old son Harvey Wayne Barton.
Les Freres Briley Family Details
Briley Brothers were born in a happy family to their father James Briley and mother Bertha Briley.
Their eldest brother Edward Jerome was not involved on the crime.
Born on Richmond, Virginia, the Briley brothers grew up on a 2-storey house on Fourth Avenue in Downtown, Richmond where they were considered to be polite and helpful children by neighbors but were brutal in their school.
The brothers had a killing companion Duncan Eric Meekins, who later revealed the details of killing spree after being arrested. Briley brothers were arrested three days after their final killing.
Later, Linwood and James Briley managed to escape the facility on May, 1984, but was later captured on June 19, 1984.
James Jr., executed on April 18, 1985 was married to Evangeline Grant Redding and was survived by 3 daughters. Linwood, executed on October 12, 1984, had a son named Norman Laquan Ampy.
While both of them were executed via electrocution, Anthony was given life sentence. Currently staying on Augusta Correctional Center, he is 63 now.
Les Freres Briley Photos
Les Freres Briley’s photos can be found on the web.
The brother’s mugshots are available on the social media.