Stanton Winston Blanton, born July 30, 1952 in Nebraska, was killed in Dallas, Texas on December 10, 1979, at age 27. He is buried at Bess Hampton Memorial Gardens in Othello, Washington.

Blanton’s murder is linked to a multi-state crime spree carried out by Donald Eugene Harding between December 1979 and January 1980. Harding committed multiple robberies, kidnappings and homicides across Texas, Arizona and California; his spree included the killings of Charles Dickerson in South Lake Tahoe and Gerald Huth near Paso Robles. Harding was arrested January 26, 1980 in Flagstaff, Arizona, and later convicted of multiple murders.

Blanton’s death is one piece of Harding’s violent spree and is recorded among the victims of those crimes. If anyone knew Stanton Winston Blanton or has information about his life in Dallas or connections to that time, please share what is known.