He also confessed to murdering another woman in Ohio in 1980 and is linked to two other murders in Cleveland, Formerly known as Douglas Perry prior to 2000 gender transition, which the prosecution claimed was an attempt to avoid suspicion, Sentenced to death; commuted to 120 years imprisonment, One of his victims was the daughter of a South Carolina state senator, Canadian-born serial arsonist known as "The Boston Belfry Murderer". The killer has been referred to as the Gilgo Beach killer because of the location where the first bodies were found, Probably Paul Mueller. September 25, 2014", "Confessions made him the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. Others remain nameless, known only by their crimes and victims. Rader was a pillar of his community and even worked at a security system company. Killed women in Charlotte and Monroe, North Carolina, Has maintained his innocence from the beginning and conviction is considered controversial, Murdered four people in Illinois and Missouri, including his wife, Murdered at least three people in Louisiana, Arsonist who smothered her children; suspected of killing siblings since childhood, Known as "The Desert Killer"; raped and murdered young girls and women in, Violent habitual criminal who killed people in various New York cities, starting at age 14, Poisoned his wife, brother and sister-in-law for monetary purposes, Sentenced to life imprisonment plus 165 years, Known as "The I-5 Killer" and "The I-5 Bandit", Killed two gas station attendants in Fort Worth during robberies; paroled, and later killed his father during an argument, First criminal executed by lethal injection in Oregon, Known as the "Damsel of Death"; shot seven men to death in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Surratt confessed to six additional murders in 2021. Watts, now thought to be one of the deadliest serial killers in U.S. history, confessed to police that he had murdered 12 women in Texas, including Elena Semander. Four stabbings also involving mutilation remain unsolved, Raped and strangled predominantly African-American prostitutes and other vulnerable women in Chicago; could possibly be multiple serial killers, Raped and strangled seven mostly elderly women in, Also known as the "Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run"; responsible for 1213 murders in the, Believed to have murdered at least eight people in Virginia between 1986 and 1989; left three couples dead and one couple missing and presumed dead, Stabbed at least six women to death in New England in the 1980s, severely injured one, Series of brutal murders and mutilations of women in the Cincinnati neighborhood of, Abducted, raped and strangled young girls and women around Denver and its various suburbs, Sketched then stabbed to death gay men in San Francisco, California in the 1970s, Suspected of raping and strangling prostitutes alongside the, Murders of nine women and disappearance of another since 2005 around Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The Alphabet Killer Although suspected in more than 18 murders, Surratt was convicted of one murder in South Carolina. After that three-decade surge, a rapid decline followed. A serial killer was really the culprit", "Anthony Joyner, convicted of raping and killing six elderly", "Federal jury finds businessmen guilty in kidnapping, killing of five", "Edwin Bernard 'Mike' Kaprat and the bad old days of serial killers", "Suspect said confessed to more "trash-bag" killings", "Manhattan Man Guilty in Rape and Murder Spree", "Keith Died in Chair; Killed Greist Here 25 Yrs. (Although some reports say the killer could have been active as early as 1910.) Remains unsolved but open in the, This page was last edited on 19 June 2023, at 21:18. [2] The FBI states that the average male serial killer has a "career" span of 2-3 years, with female serial killers lasting almost 11 years. ", "Ohio executes John Fautenberry, the trucker who went on a killing spree", "Convicted Ill. serial killer charged in Wis. death. Drifter who admitted to a dozen murders committed across the U.S. Documents were released after his death which may have proven one killing. Many serial killers have become household names for the notoriety surrounding their cases, like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer. Also known as "Dave Posner" and "Dave Posno", Known as "The Vampire of Sacramento"; necrophile and cannibal who murdered six people in the span of a month, between December 1977 and January 1978 in, Robbed and killed gay men in three cities in, Known as "The Thrill Killer"; killed a neighbor during a burglary; paroled and went on a killing spree with a teenage accomplice, Strangled women and discarded their clothing, Killed five people, including his brother-in-law, Kidnapped, tortured, raped and killed women across Nevada and California, Known as "The American Jack the Ripper"; murdered and mutilated people between Canada and the United States, Preyed on college-aged women in California, Known as "The Midtown Slasher" and the ".22-Caliber Killer"; targeted mainly African-American men and boys in New York, shooting some victims and stabbing and dismembering others, Cannibal convicted of two murders; confessed to killing 12, Michigan doctor who poisoned his assistants, Sexually assaulted and killed at least four women in Maryland, Murdered his wives with poisoned buttermilk after persuading them to will their possessions to his name, Kidnapped four women by ATMs before accomplice strangled them, Strangled fifteen women and one boy in California, Nevada and Texas, Multi-state killer who, along with his accomplice, murdered a man and injured another, murdered four women and three young girls, and raped a young girl, Killed people during robberies in Montana; confessed to more murders across the US and Canada, Marine who stabbed a woman to death in Kentucky; later killed two people in Washington during robberies, Truck driver who killed prostitutes in New Jersey and Ohio, Known as "The Tamiami Trail Strangler"; Colombian-born man who killed six prostitutes in Florida over a span of five months, Part of "The Death Angels" cult responsible for the, Released to a nursing home shortly before her death, Known as "The Candy Man" and "The Pied Piper". The purpose of the database is to gather data so that researchers and teachers will have accurate information about serial killers. Known as "The Nebraska Fiend", Richards murdered nine people including a mother and her children. Sandy Little Identified as Body in the Box", "Nurse sentenced to life for killing 10 patients", "Execution Report: Desmond Jennings - Page 1", "A Fresno County jury recommended the death penalty for a man convicted of killing four women. One Suspect Is A Cop", "Stockton community bands together amid serial killings", "Map shows where Stockton serial killer has attacked", "Stockton, Calif., police arrest suspect in serial killings", "SUITLAND MURDERS UNSOLVED BUT FAR FROM FORGOTTEN", "Skull discovery revives Washington murder mystery", "Serial murder multi-disciplinary perspectives for investigators", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_serial_killers_in_the_United_States&oldid=1160974155, Articles with dead external links from November 2018, Articles with permanently dead external links, CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown, Articles with dead external links from January 2018, Articles with dead external links from January 2017, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia pending changes protected pages, Articles lacking reliable references from June 2020, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2018, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, Sentenced to death; commuted to life imprisonment, Murdered robbery victim in 1970, and at least three women until 1990 in, Strangled three prostitutes in New York between 1989 and 1996, Murdered seven people, including three policemen, Killed his sister-in-law in Illinois; paroled and moved to Colorado, where he killed two more women, Sometimes called "The Dating Game Killer" because of his 1978 appearance on the television show, Shot a lodger in 1930; after his release, he killed three more people in a fit of jealousy, Raped and strangled prostitutes and drug addicts around, Poisoned a husband and residents of her nursing home in, Known as "The Salt Lake City Strangler"; violent sex offender who kidnapped and murdered women and girls, Navy sailor convicted for murdering prostitutes in Michigan and Illinois; confessed to more murders around the world, Known as "The Woodward Corridor Killer"; serial rapist who preyed on women in, Murdered his half-brother; paroled, and later murdered his adoptive father and a neighboring couple's daughter during a drunken shooting spree, Known as "The Trenton Strangler"; raped and murdered four women in, Known as "The Queens Creeper"; mentally-ill burglar who stabbed women to death after breaking into their apartments, Texas murderer of women known as "The Alligator Man", North Carolina serial poisoner who was the first woman in the United States to be executed after the 1976, Mentally-ill factory worker who shot and killed prostitutes around Memphis, Known as "The Petting Party Bandit"; shot couples in, Killed three women he was romantically involved with in, Convicted of murdering his second wife in, Responsible for murdering at least 11 victims who were found buried on his property in, Raped and murdered one girl and two women in, Robbed and murdered a woman in Florida, then murdered two sex offenders in prison. May 2019", "Detectives: 40 Drowning Victims May Have Been Murdered by 'Smiley Face Gang", "Exclusive: Detective Tries To Solve 25-Year-Old Serial Killer Cold Case. City Waitress, Page 2", "Yesterday's Crimes: Bodies in Barrels and the Killer Cop", "Killer Identified by DNA In Unsolved 1969 Cambridge Murder, DA Says", "Jailed serial killer Edward Surratt confesses to 6 more murders", "Tennessee execution: Nicholas Todd Sutton executed by electric chair", "Shotgun stalker ruled insane, not guilty", "Joseph Taborsky and the "Mad Dog Killings", "State's highest court denies reprieve for mass murderer Daniel Tavares", "Documentary probes whether Waterville native Charles Terry was a serial killer", "Atlantan indicted in slayings of six male street hustlers", "Police: Thwarted love led to Hollywood slayings", "Four life terms for murders of elderly women. AP-75,049)", "An Inmate On Death Row Pleads Guilty In More Killings", "Murderer in Alabama Confesses 2 L.A. Killings", "Serial killer who fled to Mexico gets life in prison for murdering 3 women in Dallas", "Murderer to plead guilty to killings in two states", "Plea deal changes death sentence to life sentence for convicted killer", "Sims Guilty for Murder of Fresno Teenage Girl", "Texan suspected of masterminding coin shop slayings", "Cold case of Salem woman missing from Oregon Museum Tavern solved in 2012", "California Handyman Charged in 6 Murders", "Anthony Sowell guilty of killing 11 women found at Imperial Avenue home, attacking three others", "Man Pleads Guilty To Mutilation Slayings", "Yosemite killer sentenced to death / Terrible details of Stayner case stun even the judge", "The case of a lifetime / For Cary Stayner, there was something about Jeff Rinek that put him at easeand made him want to talk", "Serial Killer's Push for Freedom: I'm a 'Better Person', "Obituary:'Weepy-voiced killer' Paul Stephani, 53, dies in prison", "Jury Assesses Penalty At Death For Slaying Of U. One hundred fifty murders seems like a lot, but in the grand scheme of murders in the United States, it's a pretty tiny percentage of the 15,000 . Hazzard died after subjecting herself to her treatment methods, Known as "The Lipstick Killer"; Illinois teenager convicted of the murder of three Chicago women in the 1940s, Known as "The Kentucky Cannibal"; mountain man and Old West gunfighter who murdered and partially consumed his victims throughout the American West, Crimes referred to as "The Houston Mass Murders"; accomplice of, Known as "The Priestly Butcher"; English-born pastor who murdered female church-goers, ex-wives and two of his children. The sudden plummet came with the new century, when the rate fell below 400 in the aughts and, as of late 2016, just over 100 . As the number of serial killings has supposedly fallen, so too has the rate of murder cases solvedor "cleared," in detective lingo. ", "Unwanted Woman Back to Jail Where She Has Spent 37 years", "Death in the Desert: The David Leonard Wood murders 30 years later", "Wanted to 'Ride the Lightning', Killer Executed in Electric Chair", "Execution of Isaac L. Wood, for Murder of Brother's Wife", "Ex-Hurst man gets life term in father's slaying", "Oregon and South Carolina Execute Killers", "Robert Zarinsky: Why he's 1 of N.J.'s most notorious killers", "Suspect in the killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque makes his first court appearance", "The Murders at Ann Arbor's Veterans Hospital; What Went Right and What Ultimately Went Wrong in the - Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, Inc", "How the Bag Murders and the Last Call Killer Put in Focus the Dangers the New York LGBTQ+ Community Faces", "Bigfoot Suspect Is Cleared: Mayweather still held in 3 rapes", "Authorities: DNA test of remains confirms link between Boston Strangler suspect, last victim", "LA Strangler Of Women Strikes Again, Leaves No. This is a list of unidentified serial killers who committed crimes within the United States. A serial killer is typically defined as an individual who murders three or more people, with the murders taking place over a month or longer and including a significant period of time between them. Indiana's Belle Gunness and England's Mary Ann Cotton are among those mothers . Youngest person in the history of Massachusetts to be convicted of murder. A mental patient confessed to one slashing death. Known as "The Hilltop Rapist"; preyed on young women and girls in. Although several suspects were arrested, no one was ever charged with the crimes. That sometimes makes it difficult for police to even know someone has been killed, let alone be able to connect two crimes to the same killer. List of serial killers in the United States, Henderson (2008), "Rescuing African Americans", p. 328. During his murdering rampage, Rader would taunt police by sending letters with details about his killings. Police suspected that he'd taken his son Jimmy on at least one of these expeditions. The prosecution chose to drop the charges rather than retry. They killed their kids. Shot four black men from his Jeep, three of them fatally. January 21, 2017", "Teen-ager charged in three homicides and 1987 slaying", "Serial Killer Suspect Arrested; 9-11 Set Off Murder Spree", "Murderer Or Serial Killer? Suspected of killing four Muslim men in drive-by shootings from November 2021 to August 2022. ", "Negro Ready To Hang Confesses To Ten Murders", "Death Row 2018 with Trevor McDonald review clear-eyed detachment from the veteran journalist", "Bernard Giles: Story behind the serial killer and the crimes he committed", "Judge: Gillis Jury Can See Confession Letters", "Baton Rouge Serial Killer Sean Vincent Gillis Finally Goes to Trial", "Kansas City man guilty of murdering six women", "Billy Glaze, convicted in 1980s Mpls. NOV. 21, 1986", "DNA reveals John Floyd Thomas as LA's most prolific serial killer", "Prosecutors link John Floyd Thomas to five more slayings", "Serial killer John Floyd Thomas Jr., dubbed the Westside Rapist, is sentenced to life", "The Twisted Life of Serial Killer Ottis Elwood Toole", "Jane Toppan: A Greed, Power, and Lust Serial Killer", "Convicted SoCal killers Andrew Urdiales, Virendra Govin found dead in San Quentin", "Police: Abandoned homes searched after man admits to 7 killings", "Who is Indiana serial killer suspect Darren Deon Vann? The Physics arXiv Blog By The Physics arXiv Blog Sep 24, 2021 8:56 AM Died in prison in 1922, Known as "Bluecorns"; murdered shopkeepers around, Known as "The 60 Freeway Killer"; responsible for at least one of the Southside Slayer murders, Killed three people after serving time for two separate murders, Known as "The National Forest Serial Killer"; abducted and killed hikers in, Along with two accomplices, strangled three women to death in the, Killed his adoptive parents in Minnesota; paroled, and later killed five others in Texas during a shooting spree, Former California police deputy linked to the kidnap-murders of teenagers in, Convicted of only one murder, but definitively tied to at least eight more; confessed to a total of 27, Killed a guest at a house party; later stabbed to death his common-law wife and her mother. ", "FBI launches task force for "Gypsy Hill Murders", "Jury finds alleged 'Gypsy Hill Killer' guilty of killing two teens in 1976", "Hog Trail Murders: New Technology Helps Create Sketch That May Help Identify Potential Victim", "Could 4 women's murders on the N. Freeway be connected? Brad Hamilton April 30, 2022 8:04am Updated Paul Holes, the author of a new book on his pursuit of Golden State Killer Joseph James DeAngelo (pictured), says today's serial killers target. Died in, Murdered three women over the span of 13 years in, Murdered between two and at least six prostitutes in. February 7, 1987", "The story of Jesse Pomeroy, 14-year-old serial killer", "Police Release Dramatic 911 Tapes from Florida Office Massacre", "Convicted murderer says he was helping homeless man by killing him. May 24, 2017", "Possible serial killer lived strange life here - SanTan Sun News SanTan Sun News", "Authorities Search Home of Ex-Motel Worker During Probe of 4 Dead Atlantic City Prostitutes", "Rocky Mount police chief suspects serial killer in deaths", "Killer's play; vandalize cars, then offer help", Flint serial slasher Elias Abuelezam sentenced to life in prison, "Hollywood Girl Victim Of Sock Strangler", "LIVING A LIFE OF FEAR IN RICHMOND'S WEST END", "Is Serial Killer Stalking Hookers In Great Basin? Suspected of additional murders. Female serial killers mostly use methods such as poisoning, shooting, suffocating, stabbing, and drowning. Fish killed and dismembered at least three kids, with his most notorious victim being 10-year-old Grace Budd. Now a new statistical analysis reveals just how many evade justice in this way. 6", "Angela Carella: Doubts outlive key figure in Stamford's notorious killings", "Hitchhiker's slaying 40 years ago in Clinton County remains an active investigation: state police", "75 women have been strangled or smothered in Chicago since 2001. But is he telling the truth? "Frontier serial killers: The Harpes", American Weekend . ", "Michigan Parole Board Assailed After Killings", "Union Man Gets Life in Three Killings, Mutilations", "Why did quiet auto thief turn violent as a parolee? Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. DNA tests have linked him to a fourth murder committed in 2016, Drifter who killed a fellow prisoner and two women in Texas and Florida, Known as the "Starvation Doctor"; quack doctor and swindler who promoted fasting, pummeling and hours-long enemas as treatments. Poisonings of 10 patients at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in 1975. In 1965, the U.S. homicide clearance rate was 91 percent. A 2018 article in Live Science notes that the number of serial killers who have not been captured can be determined by calculating the number of cases linked through evidence connections in evidence databases that have not been adjudicated. Murdered three women around Arlington and Fort Worth, Texas between 1985 and 1986; suspected of up to 18 murders. the Vampire of Sacramento", "Man Who Killed 5 L.A. Gays in 1980s Gets Life Sentence", "Tied to 12 deaths, Dallas "thrill killer" executed", "Man charged with killing 22 Texas women gets 2nd conviction", "Man serving life in prison indicted on third murder", "FBI calls serial killer suspect in cold case", "Aptos serial killer Terry Childs convicted of two new murders from 1980s", "Convicted killer pleads guilty to 1984 murder", "Triple murder ends serial killer's rampage", "Condemned and Waiting: Cynthia Coffman Came West for a New Life; Now She Faces 2nd Death Sentence", "Claims He Killed 3 S.D. He also murdered a man in Nevada. Confession of Mrs. Lydia Sherman, the Murderer of Three Husbands and Four Children", "October Execution Date Set for "Tourniquet Killer" | Rare", "ANTHONY ALLEN SHORE, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (NO. Existence (and probable but not proven identity) discovered over 100 years after the murders, by analysis of contemporary records, showing a markedly common, Attacked at night from a car using a handgun, killing seven people and injuring two between August 2015 and July 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona; Aaron Saucedo was arrested for all murders in 2017 and is awaiting trial, Raped, stabbed, and strangled young women between the ages of 13 and 21 in the, Murders of nine women and disappearance of two others between 1988 and 1989, Also known as the "Babysitter"; responsible for the murders of four or more children in Oakland County, Michigan in 1976 and 1977, Single or multiple offenders who murdered one man and four women over three months in the city of, Series of unsolved homicides believed to have been committed by an unidentified serial killer in Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, also known as "The Bible Belt Strangler", A series of at least seven unsolved homicides involving female hitchhikers that took place in Sonoma County and Santa Rosa of the North Bay area of California in 1972 and 1973, Also known as the "Austin Axe Murderer"; responsible for at least seven murders in Austin, Texas between 1884 and 1885, Theoretical serial killer(s) thought by some sources to have drowned college-aged young men across the northern part of the country since 1997; most experts suggest that the deaths were accidental, Abducted, strangled and drowned predominantly female prostitutes around, Abducted, raped and stabbed to death women around. Years later, Hoyt said she killed themthen recanted. Authorities: Deceased serial killer Vincent Groves may have had up to 20 victims from 1970s '80s. JULY 4, 1986", Keith Hunter Jesperson: Happy Face Killer, "Arrest in Murder Brings 'Butcher Slayings' Checkup", "Police solve two cases from 1980s tied to 1984 Halloween murders", "Suspected serial killer/rapist gets another 100 years in prison", "Man who killed girlfriend, infant loses final appeal", "Connected in Friendship, and in Shared Addictions", "Ryan Commutes All Illinois Death Sentences", "Texas Nurse Suspected of Killing Up to 60 Children Is Charged With Murder", "Five Given Injections Quit Breathing, Doctor Says In Nurse's Trial", "Former Nurse Indicted in Texas Child Injury Case", "Even in death, 'The Mule' confused with more prolific serial killer", "A serial rapist took the blame for South Florida woman's murder. First 11th person named on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List. A serial killer is typically a person who kills three or more people, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. 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ROBINSON'S SINISTER ALTER EGO", "It'll be 3 lifetimes before Kensington Strangler gets out", "Papeer Gets Confession Letter From Dead Ex-BYU Student", "Dayton Leroy Rogers, Oregon's most prolific serial killer, appealing death sentence", "How Richard Rogers, A Mild-Mannered Staten Island Nurse, Turned Out To Be A Serial Killer Who Dismembered Gay Men", "Text of Rolling's confession to Shreveport murders", "Convicted killer, former football player, says he's sorry for slaying", "Jurors weep as killer given death sentence", "Elderly women face jail over insurance killings", "Nurse's bleach injection deaths trial begins", "She survived her father's vicious attack as an infant. Transgender woman who was convicted of murdering two of her girlfriends and is being charged with murdering another woman. Killed vagrants with her partner-in-crime, Killed five patients by injecting bleach into their dialysis lines, Respiratory therapist who murdered his patients at, Killed one of his friends, his son, and his daughter, Known as "The Bike Path Rapist"; responsible for three murders and numerous rapes spanning a 25-year period in, Juvenile who murdered two cousins and a girl during "mad spells", Rapist who murdered women and children around, Murdered in prison by fellow inmate Vincent Rivera, Imprisoned in 1973 for the murders of two women while he was a sheriff's deputy in, Known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson"; murdered three teenage girls in Arizona with the aid of local teenagers, German-born bigamist known as "The American Bluebeard", Raped and killed young girls and women in the Fort Worth area, Confessed to murdering dozens of people, possibly in excess of 70, only six are confirmed, Abducted, raped and killed women and children across, Murdered victims selected at random in Portland, Oregon; confessed to additional murders, including one in California, Known as "The Derby Poisoner"; poisoned eight children in her care, six of which were her own, and her three husbands in, Known as "The Tourniquet Killer"; murdered three young girls and a young woman in Texas, Killed nine people across America in three months; responsible for at least one of the Southside Slayer murders, Known as "The Monster"; killed an acquaintance as a teenager; paroled and went on to kill two teenage runaways and his half-sister, Known as "The Boxcar Killer"; alleged member of, Preyed on women and teenage girls in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Known as "The Coin Shop Killer"; targeted coin shop owners in order to rob them of valuable coin collections, Killed his girlfriend and two wives during violent outbursts, First convict to kill an on-duty female corrections officer, Convicted of killing at least four women in Illinois and Arkansas; claimed in his book to have murdered eight women while stationed in Germany, Killed his father, wife and two children in Missouri in separate incidents; fled to Oregon, where he killed another young child before his capture, Known as "Flypaper Lyda"; serial poisoner who killed four husbands, a young daughter and a brother-in-law, Known as "The Cleveland Strangler" and "The Imperial Avenue Murderer", Known as "The Southside Strangler"; committed three rapes and murders in, Neo-Nazi sympathizer who shot people during a racist and anti-Semitic shooting spree at, His wife implicated him in 34 different murders in seven different states, After being paroled for murdering his first wife in 1975, he married twice more, murdering both, Murdered five people in three states from 1965 to 1966; was controversially released from prison in 1985 and later killed a sixth person, Known as "The Weepy-Voiced Killer" due to a series of telephone calls he made to police, anonymously reporting his crimes in a remorseful and high-pitched voice; active in the, Murdered four people from April to July 1989 on, Known as "The Kelso Killer"; murdered three people during robberies in, Career criminal and prison escapee who murdered people in St. Louis, Known as "The Riverside Prostitute Killer", Ex-policeman who tortured and killed prostitutes and drug dealers at his, Raped and murdered women in the Boston area, including. 1960s deaths of 13 women (five young, eight older), mostly with their own stockings as ligature. 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Paul Lee Stine was shot and killed on October 11, 1969, in the Presidio Heights neighborhood. That serial killers tend to appear "normal" until caught can also fuel a desire to learn the "signs" so as to not be caught unawares. Shot his girlfriend, and then a trio of men in financially-motivated schemes, Family of serial killers who lived and operated in, Known as "The Kansas City Butcher" and "The Collector"; kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered young men in, Known as "The Son of Sam" and the ".44 Caliber Killer"; shot eight random strangers, killing six, in and around, Murdered his wives in Missouri and Oklahoma during violent arguments, Career criminal who shot four people in Los Angeles to cover up other crimes, Sentenced to death for the murders of two people; confessed to 44 other murders, Known as "The Railway Killer"; his case was part of, Sentenced to 25 years in prison for one murder, released on parole after serving 21 years and committed additional murders upon release, Murdered people he worked for as a tree trimmer, Murdered three women in Florida and a fourth woman in Texas, Convicted of a manslaughter in Utah in 1980; posthumously linked to three rapes and murders in, Known as "The Freeway Killer"; preyed on young men and boys in, Murdered acquaintances around South Carolina, Known as "The I-95 Killer"; Targeted gay men in Florida, Georgia and Maryland, Known as "The Bathroom Slayer"; preyed on women living in the same apartment building he was living in with his brother at the time, Suspected of more murders due to his modus operandi of taking photographs of his victims, Murdered his stepdaughter; paroled, and later murdered two women, Shot his parents in 1971 when he was 13, killing his pregnant mother; stabbed his wife and niece to death in 2004, Known as "Mister Maroon"; serial rapist who murdered at least 3 women in South Carolina and Missouri, Mental patient who killed a fellow patient in Pennsylvania; after release, killed a mother and daughter in his hometown in California, Known as "The Bonecrusher"; strangled black prostitutes at his house in, Raped and murdered girls and women in Gary and Portage, Indiana, Three brothers and an accomplice responsible for 11 murders, Shot his friend to death; later murdered his wife and her grandson while out on, Raped and murdered middle aged women around Detroit, Michigan. 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