Posteal Laskey Jr. was born on June 18, 1937, in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Posteal Laskey Jr. is known as the Cincinnati Strangler, responsible for a series of murders in Cincinnati, Ohio, between 1965 and 1966. He targeted women aged 31 to 81 who lived in low-income housing complexes. His first murder was of 56-year-old Emogene Harrington, who was strangled to death on December 2, 1965. Four months later, on April 4, 1966, 58-year-old Lois Dant was found in her apartment, strangled, raped, and beaten. She had been talking on the phone and was attacked shortly after hanging up.

On June 10, 1966, Laskey attacked 56-year-old Matilda Jeannette Messer in a park. He beat, raped, and strangled her, tying her dog to a tree nearby before fleeing the scene. The next victim was 31-year-old Barbara Bowman. On August 14, she took a taxi home after visiting a bar. Less than two blocks from her apartment, she was stabbed in the throat seven times by the taxi driver. She died shortly after the police arrived, but witnesses provided descriptions and the taxi’s license plate.

The series of murders continued with 51-year-old Alice Hochhausler on October 11, followed by 61-year-old Rose Winstsel on October 20. The last murder occurred on December 9, 1966, when 81-year-old Lula Kerrick was attacked in her apartment building's elevator, strangled with her own stockings.

The murders created fear and panic in Cincinnati, leading to an increase in weapon sales and changes in Halloween celebrations. After Kerrick's murder, a woman named Sandra Chapas reported being followed and attacked by a man in a vehicle. Her report, along with license plate details, led to Laskey's arrest on the same day.

The investigation into Laskey revealed a prior conviction for attacking a woman in 1965, as well as his history as a taxi driver. Circumstantial evidence linked him to Bowman's murder, and witnesses identified him as the possible attacker. In April 1967, Laskey was convicted of Bowman's murder and sentenced to death.

His execution was scheduled for July 8, 1968, but his lawyers appealed, arguing that media coverage affected his right to a fair trial. In June 1972, the US Supreme Court commuted his sentence to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Laskey spent over 40 years in various penitentiaries, applying for parole multiple times without success. He died on May 29, 2007, in prison.