Man allegedly confessed four times after woman's 1986 slaying

Suspect who dubbed himself the Night Stalker is finally arrested over a 1986 murder despite 'confessing FOUR times' and later writing on Facebook that he's never killed anyone who didn't deserve it Michael Leon Curry, 51, was charged a week ago with murder in the 1986 strangulation of 59-year-old Wilda Wilkinson in her Michigan home A state police investigator testified this month that Curry had confessed four times in the late 1980s but he was never charged The police testimony that was given to obtain Curry's recent arrest warrant was only released last week  Curry was first named as a suspect when Wilkinson's daughter found the nurse dead in her home in on July 29, 1986  Authorities declined to press charges against him because they said they didn't have enough evidence  Police revealed this month that Curry had actually confessed to a cellmate and confessed in interviews with police in 1986 and 1987  He also allegedly wrote a letter to a detective admitting his involvement in 1989 when he was jailed for 20 years in an unrelated attack on his roommate Police started monitoring his Facebook activity last year after he was released from prison 

By Emily Crane For Dailymail.com

Published: 18:04 GMT, 25 March 2019 | Updated: 18:05 GMT, 25 March 2019

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Michael Leon Curry, 51, - who dubbed himself the 'Night Stalker' - was charged a week ago with murder in the 1986 strangulation of 59-year-old Wilda Wilkinson in her Bangor home. He is pictured above last week in court

Michael Leon Curry, 51, - who dubbed himself the 'Night Stalker' - was charged a week ago with murder in the 1986 strangulation of 59-year-old Wilda Wilkinson in her Bangor home. He is pictured above last week in court

A man who allegedly confessed four times to killing a nurse three decades ago in Michigan and wrote on Facebook that he had never killed anyone who didn't deserve it has only just been arrested over the cold case slaying. 

Michael Leon Curry, 51, - who dubbed himself the 'Night Stalker' - was charged a week ago with murder in the 1986 strangulation of 59-year-old Wilda Wilkinson in her Bangor home. 

A state police investigator testified this month that Curry had confessed four times in the late 1980s to breaking into Wilkinson's home and strangling her but he was never charged. 

The police testimony that was given to obtain Curry's recent arrest warrant was only released last week. 

Curry was first named as a suspect when Wilkinson's daughter found the nurse dead in her home in on July 29, 1986 when she failed to show up for her shift at the local

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