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Serial Killers in the United States
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1,175 Profiles
1817–2024 Years covered
533 Known by a nickname
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Victims 4 (2 convictions) Born December 28, 1954 · St. Petersburg, Florida Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught June 4, 1990
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Born 1963 · Kentucky Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1988
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Elias Abuelazam
“The Flint Serial Slasher, The Flint Serial Stabber”
1 victim March 2009 - August 2010
Victims 1 (convicted), Suspected in 17 further attacks, resulting in another 4 deaths Born August 29, 1976 · Ramla, Israel Outcome Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole Caught August 11, 2010
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Born September 2, 1968 · Meriden, Connecticut Outcome 75 years to life in prison Caught April 21, 2010
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Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born 1887 · Hutchinson, Kansas Outcome Life imprisonment
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Outcome 15-to-life imprisonment
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Born 1966 · Ohio Caught 1999
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Born December 28, 1958 · New York City, New York Outcome 15-years-to-life imprisonment Caught 1977
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Born September 11, 1947 · El Paso, Texas Outcome 20-to-50 years imprisonment (Marino murder) Caught July 15, 1982 (final time)
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Born 1953 · Cuba Caught 2009
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Born 1956 · Marietta, Georgia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught May 31, 1991
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Born June 13, 1937 · Chicago, Illinois Caught November 18, 1981
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Charles Frederick Albright
“The Eyeball Killer, The Dallas Ripper, The Dallas Slasher”
3 victims December 13, 1990 - March 18, 1991
Born August 10, 1933 · Amarillo, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught March 22, 1991
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Victims 7 convicted, 8 confirmed, possibly up to 130 Born August 23, 1943 · San Antonio, Texas Outcome Death Caught July 24, 1979
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Born January 12, 1951 · Diamondhead, Mississippi Caught March 2022
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Born August 6, 1975 · Harris County, Texas Outcome Death Caught January 6, 1998
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Born August 22, 1937 · Wilmington, North Carolina Caught August 22, 1976
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Born Austria-Hungary Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1932
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Born February 10, 1949 · Indianapolis, Indiana Outcome Death (commuted to 60 years) Caught August 4, 1987
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Born November 7, 1979 · Columbia, South Carolina Outcome Death; overturned and resentenced to life imprisonment Caught August 14, 2002
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Victims 4 (one as an accomplice) Born September 27, 1960 · West Germany Outcome 10 years imprisonment (1977), Death (1986) Caught March 25, 1985
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Born May 19, 1969 · Greensboro, North Carolina Outcome Life imprisonment without parole (x4) Caught January 28, 1994
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Born September 15, 1976 · Las Vegas, Nevada Outcome Life imprisonment Caught March 1, 1998
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Born September 12, 1943 · Austin, Minnesota Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 1986
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Born 1961 · United States Outcome 301 years imprisonment Caught 2004
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Born November 22, 1951 Outcome Life imprisonment Caught September 29, 1989
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Born 1947 · Pearland, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught 1972
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Born June 17, 1987 Outcome 4 life sentences plus 35 years without parole Caught February 2, 2007
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Born 1954 · Bountiful, Utah Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1987
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Victims 3 proven Born July 8, 1953 · St. Louis, Missouri Outcome Executed 2002-01-29 Caught He was arrested at the scene of his final murder on May 26, 1980, after a neighbor reported a burglary.
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Born 1982 Outcome Death; overturned to life without parole Caught January 8, 2002
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Victims 3 proven Born 1980 · Washington, D.C. Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught He was already incarcerated for his first two murders when he committed the third; he was identified from surveillance footage and witness accounts within the prison.
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Born 1945 · Evanston, Cook County, Illinois
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Victims 8 killed, 26 poisoned but rescued Born August 29, 1962 · Long Island, New York Outcome 61 years to life in prison Caught November 15, 1987
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Born 1958 · Humboldt County, California Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1989
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Born 1968 · New Mexico Outcome 45 years imprisonment Caught July 2021
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Victims Up to 11 suspected Caught Never identified
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Victims 3 proven Born 1932 · London, Ontario, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole Caught Identified in a police lineup by the common-law husband of his final victim, who had seen him fleeing the crime scene. He was arrested in February 1971.
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Born May 5, 1912 · Dardanelle, Arkansas Outcome Death; commuted to Life imprisonment Caught July 27, 1967
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Born February 14, 1962 · Kearns, Utah Outcome Death Caught August 8, 1992
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Born 1984 · Chester, Pennsylvania Outcome Life imprisonment Caught August 21, 2011
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Born November 23, 1973 · New Bern, North Carolina Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born 1944 · New York Outcome Involuntary commitment Caught 2016
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Victims 2+ (convicted), 11 (confessed) Born December 13, 1957 Caught August 16, 2022
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Benjamin Thomas Atkins
“The Woodward Corridor Killer, The Highland Park Strangler”
11 victims December 14, 1991 - August 21, 1992
Born August 26, 1968 · Detroit, Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment (x11) Caught August 21, 1992
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Born June, 1947 · South Carolina Outcome Death
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Born October 18, 1990 · Columbus, Ohio Caught October 25, 2023
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Born December 1, 1986 Outcome Life imprisonment (x2, concurrent) Caught April 12, 2015
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Born August 18, 1988 · Zion, Illinois Caught February 2010
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Mulatto Axe Murders
“The Mulatto Axe Murderer, The Axeman”
at least 15 proven, up to 49 suspected 1911-1912
Victims at least 15 proven, up to 49 suspected Caught Never identified
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Billy The Axeman
“Billy the Axeman, Ax-Man, Midwest Axeman, Man from the Train”
24–30 victims 1911-1912 (classic theory)1898-1912 (revised theory)
Victims 24-30 (classic theory), 94 (revised theory)
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Born 1907 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1929
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Born July 9, 1965 · Trenton, New Jersey Outcome Life imprisonment Caught August 8, 1996
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Joseph Baldi
“The Queens Creeper, The Monster of Queens”
4 victims 1970 - 1972
Born January 16, 1941 · Richmond Hill, Queens, New York Outcome Life imprisonment (x2) Caught June 21, 1972
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Born August 22, 1961 · Nashua, Iowa Caught May 6, 2020
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Joseph Douglas Ball
“The Alligator Man, The Butcher of Elmendorf, The Bluebeard of South Texas”
5–20 victims 1936 - 1938
Born January 7, 1896 · San Antonio, Texas Caught September 24, 1938
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Bouncing Ball Killer
“Bouncing Ball Killer, Bouncing Ball Slayer, Bouncing Ball Strangler, Rubber Ball Strangler”
6 victims 1959-1960
Victims 6 proven, up to 3 suspected Caught Never identified
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Born 1973 · United States Caught 2022
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Born May 12, 1971 Caught August 16, 1987
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Born May 8, 1955 · Torrance, California Outcome Death
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Velma Barfield
“Death Row Granny”
6 victims April 4, 1969 - February 4, 1978
Born October 29, 1932 · South Carolina Outcome Death Caught May 13, 1978
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Born 1979 · Canada Outcome 30 years imprisonment Caught 2019
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Born c. 1894
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Born April 27, 1944 Caught November 10, 1988
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Born March 7, 1962 Caught December 12, 1997
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Born 1923 · Indiana Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1954
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Born December 4, 1960 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida Outcome Death Caught February 1993
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Victims 5 proven Born October 28, 1994 · Sanford, Colorado Outcome Five consecutive life sentences without parole, plus 140 years Caught He was arrested on November 19, 2020, at a motel in Gallup, New Mexico, following a manhunt initiated after human remains were discovered on properties connected to him.
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Charles Barr
“The Petting Party Bandit, The Black Panther”
3 victims January - May 1923
Born 1903 · Memphis, Tennessee Outcome Death Caught July 1924
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Victims 3 proven Born June 30, 1931 · Oakland, California Outcome Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 40 years Caught He surrendered to police on August 12, 1995, the day after his final murder, by asking a hotel manager to call the authorities.
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Born 1962 Outcome Life imprisonment Caught July 20, 1995
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Polly Bartlett
“The Murderess of Slaughterhouse Gulch”
3–22 victims 1868
Caught October 7, 1868
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Born June 22, 1953 · McKinney, Texas Caught 2011
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Victims 11-21 (not confirmed, died before trial) Born April 7, 1947 · Indianapolis, Indiana Caught Died before apprehension
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Patrick Baxter
“The Westchester County Serial Killer”
3 victims 1987-1990
Victims 3 proven Born April 28, 1969 · White Plains, New York Outcome 75 years to life imprisonment Caught He was identified through a DNA match in 2000 while already incarcerated for auto theft.
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Victims 5 proven Born 1942 · Topeka, Kansas Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught He called his daughter, confessed, and told her his location, then called 911 and surrendered peacefully to police on April 6, 1999.
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Victims 3 proven Born May 13, 1943 · St. Louis, Missouri Outcome Executed 2005-01-19 Caught His phone number was found on a piece of paper in victim Patty Geddling's clothing, and when police called him, he confessed.
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Born June 15, 1959 Outcome Death (x3)
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Born April 7, 1974 · South Whittier, California Outcome Death Caught February 14, 2004
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Born May 26, 1939 · Texas Outcome 70 years imprisonment Caught February 14, 1993
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Born October 30, 1949 · Ralph, Alabama Outcome Death Caught June 27, 1985
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Born November 24, 1970 · Florida Outcome Death Caught September 14, 1994
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Born 1991 · Jersey City, New Jersey Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 2010
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Born January 31, 1949 · Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught April 2, 1988
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Victims 6 killed, 10 wounded (including two stabbings) Born June 1, 1953 · Brooklyn, New York City Outcome Life imprisonment (x6) Caught August 10, 1977
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Paul Kenneth Bernardo
“The Scarborough Rapist, The Schoolgirl Killer, Paul Jason Teale”
3 victims 1987-1992
Victims 3 proven, at least 14 other sexual assaults Born August 27, 1964 · Scarborough, Ontario, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 25 years, and designated a dangerous offender. Caught He was arrested on February 17, 1993, after his estranged wife, Karla Homolka, implicated him in the murders of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French following a violent assault she suffered at his hands.
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Born May 22, 1951 · Rochester, New York Outcome Life imprisonment Caught January 12, 1979
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Born August 28, 1951 · Angleton, Texas Outcome Death, 25 years Caught January 1984December 16, 1998
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Born August 24, 1940 · Staten Island, New York Outcome Death, commuted to four life terms Caught January 22, 1983
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Born August 5, 1934 · Chase, Kansas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught December 12, 1975
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Jake Bird
“The Tacoma Ax-Killer, The Tacoma Ax-Slayer”
2 victims 1928-1947
Victims 2 proven, at least 11 substantiated, up to 46 confessed Born December 14, 1901 · Louisiana Outcome Executed 1949 Caught After fleeing the scene of a double murder, he was chased and apprehended by two police officers who had been called by neighbors who heard screams.
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Born September 29, 1952 · Hinckley, Utah Outcome Death Caught July 24, 1983
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Born September 27, 1940 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Outcome Death Caught November 20, 1979
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Born September, 1968 · Lawrenceburg, Kentucky Outcome 40 years imprisonment
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Rudy Bladel
“The Railway Killer, The Railway Sniper”
3–7 victims 1963 - 1978
Born December 8, 1932 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Life imprisonment Caught March 22, 1979
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Born September 16, 1961 · Kansas City, Missouri Outcome Life sentences without the possibility of parole (x6) Caught September 14, 2004
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Victims 3 proven Born February 11, 1945 · Huntington, West Virginia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught He was linked by DNA in 2008 to a 1982 cold-case murder while already serving a life sentence for a 1984 murder.
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Born June 28, 1962 · Paulina, Rural St. James Parish, Louisiana Outcome Death by lethal injection (1999); Overturned; Sentenced to life in prison without parole (2001) Caught November 14, 1997
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Born 1946 · Malverne, New York Outcome 5-15 Years Imprisonment Caught 2019
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Born March, 1969 · Kingman, Arizona Outcome 195 years in prison Caught July 1, 2008
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Victims 4 proven Born July 20, 1986 · Largo, Florida Outcome Death Caught A tip from a motorist who picked him up hitchhiking near the Ocala National Forest led to his arrest on January 10, 2006.
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Victims 4 proven Born 1948 · in Dundas, Ontario, Canada Outcome Four life sentences Caught He was arrested on May 19, 1971, after police in Calgary identified his distinctive car near the scene of the final murder and linked him to the crime through a broken cufflink and forensic odontology
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Born January 22, 1962 · Portland, Indiana Outcome Death
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Born September 17, 1957 · Springfield, Oregon Outcome 5-years-to-life imprisonment (Utah) Caught April 3, 1980
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Caught N/A
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Victims 14 convictions; 21-36+ suspected Born January 8, 1947 · Willimantic, Connecticut Outcome Death Caught June 11, 1980
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Born August 9, 1971 · Ashland, Oregon
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Born January 25, 1962 · Clifton Forge, Virginia Outcome Death Caught November 22, 1994
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Victims 3 proven Born August 17, 1959 · Dallas, Texas Outcome Executed 1999 Caught He was arrested on April 14, 1987, the day after his final murder, when he attempted to pawn jewelry and other items belonging to the victim.
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Born 1973
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Victims 3 proven Born September 8, 1962 · North Carolina Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught He was identified as a person of interest in the disappearance of Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk in April 2014, and during the search for her body, investigators found the remains of another of his victims
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Born 1983 · United States Caught May 2021
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Carl Brandt
5–30+ victims January 3, 1971 - September 13, 2004
Born February 23, 1957 · Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Victims 4 proven Born July 13, 1969 Outcome Four consecutive life sentences without parole Caught He confessed to the murders in 2018 while serving an 11-year prison sentence in Texas for an unrelated burglary.
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Born March 13, 1958 Outcome Death
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Born c. 1850 Outcome Life imprisonment (1902)
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Born July 8, 1966 · Peoria County, Illinois Outcome Life imprisonment (x8) Caught January 20, 2005
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Born February 17, 1958 · Richmond, Virginia Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born June 6, 1956 · Richmond, Virginia Outcome Death
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Born March 26, 1954 · Richmond, Virginia Outcome Death
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Victims 7 proven, up to 10 suspected Born November 4, 1957 · Gary, Indiana Outcome Life imprisonment without parole, plus 345 years Caught He was arrested on November 3, 1995, after fibers from his work uniform were found at the scene of his youngest victim's murder, leading police to question him.
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Victims 3 proven Born January 1, 1961 · Birmingham, Alabama Outcome Death Caught Inmates at his work-release center found his bloody clothes and reported them to guards, leading to his detention and subsequent arrest in April 1996.
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Victims 3 proven Born January 4, 1914 · Peoria, Illinois Outcome Executed 1938-03-18 Caught A New York state trooper stopped the stolen car he and his accomplice were driving for a missing license plate on May 13, 1937, and discovered a revolver.
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Victims 7 proven Born January 22, 1969 · Detroit, Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught A woman who survived his attack in June 2006 provided a description and his street name, "E," leading to his arrest on July 30, 2006.
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Victims 3 proven, up to 18 suspected Born August 2, 1958 · place of birth not specified in sources Outcome Life imprisonment Caught On May 28, 1986, police officers on an unrelated patrol spotted Brown fleeing the scene of Jewel Woods' murder; he was out of breath and in possession of her purse when they stopped him.
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Victims 6 proven Born July 3, 1979 · River Rouge, Michigan Outcome Died before trial Caught After being identified by an adult bookstore employee, Brown was cornered by police in a residential backyard in Oak Park on February 24, 2020, where he shot himself in the head.
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Victims 5 proven Born January 11, 1946 · Ashland, Alabama Outcome Three life sentences, later paroled; then sentenced to death Caught After being involved in a traffic accident near the scene of his final murders, he was recognized at a gas station and arrested without incident on August 12, 1987.
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Wesley Brownlee
“Stockton serial shootings, Stockton Serial Shooter”
7 victims April 10, 2021 - September 27, 2022
Born May 20, 1979 · San Francisco, California, United States (Suspect) Caught October 15, 2022
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Victims 4 proven Born January 31, 1939 · | Webster, South Dakota Outcome 3 consecutive life sentences Caught He was identified by a victim of an attempted abduction, leading to a search of his home where police found incriminating photographs and human remains. He was arrested on May 29, 1969.
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Victims 3 proven Born December 26, 1956 · Kerrville, Texas Outcome 2 life sentences Caught He was arrested for the murder of Dianne Roberts on August 16, 1976, and subsequently confessed to two earlier murders.
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Judias V. Buenoano
“Judy Buenoano, The Black Widow, Judias Welty, Judias Goodyear, Judias Morris”
3 victims 1971-1983
Victims 3 proven, up to 2 suspected Born April 4, 1943 · Quanah, Texas Outcome Executed 1998 Caught Her fiancé, John Gentry, survived a car bombing in 1983, which led to an investigation that unraveled her history of suspicious deaths and insurance claims.
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David Bullock
“The .38 Caliber Killer, The Happy Killer”
6 victims 1981-1982
Victims 6 proven Born November 13, 1960 · New York City, New York Outcome 150 years to life imprisonment Caught He was arrested on January 14, 1982, as a witness in the disappearance of his roommate, and confessed to the murders after police found two of his weapons.
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Victims 5 proven, 1 suspected Born September 28, 1948 · Nashville, Tennessee Outcome Died before trial Caught After confessing to five murders during an interrogation in Texas, he committed suicide on March 15, 1983, before an arrest warrant could be served.
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Victims 22 Murder victims, 4 survivors Born November 24, 1946 · Burlington, VT Outcome Execution Caught Caught multiple times, first in Utah in August 1975 for kidnapping. After escaping twice in 1977, he was finally recaptured for good in Florida on February 15, 1978, following a traffic stop. He was s
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Victims 10 proven Born October 5, 1934 · Rochester, New York Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught His accomplice, Kenneth Bianchi, implicated him after being arrested for two murders in Washington state in January 1979, leading to Buono's arrest in October 1979.
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Victims 5 proven, at least 1 suspected Born 1946 · Picayune, Mississippi Outcome 10 years to life imprisonment Caught He was identified as a suspect in cold cases through DNA evidence and arrested in Mississippi in July 2012.
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Victims 4 proven Born 1966 · Parkland, Washington Outcome Died before trial Caught He was identified as the primary suspect in two 2001 murders and committed suicide as police closed in on July 2, 2001.
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Victims 3 proven Born December 30, 1931 · California, USA Outcome Executed 1962 Caught After his fourth victim escaped and her screams attracted the attention of two truck drivers who chased and caught him, he confessed to the police on September 6, 1960.
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Victims 3 proven, up to 2 suspected Born August 11, 1974 · LaGrande, Oregon Outcome Death penalty plus 78 years in prison Caught He was arrested on June 11, 2009, after being identified by the surviving victim of a home invasion and linked by a gunshot wound he sustained during the crime.
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Eugene Butler
“The Midnight Rider, The Great Plains Butcher”
6 victims c. 1900-1906
Victims 6 proven Born c. 1849 · in Royalton, New York Outcome Died before trial Caught His crimes were discovered on June 25, 1915, nearly two years after his death, when workers found skeletons buried under his former home.
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Victims 5 proven Born December 7, 1954 · Missouri Outcome Executed 1991 Caught He was arrested in Savannah, Georgia, on May 26, 1981, for the robbery and murder of a liquor store clerk, which subsequently linked him to the earlier Missouri killings.
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Born 1948 · LaGrange, Kentucky Outcome 300 years imprisonment Caught April 26, 1990 (final time)
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Victims 6 proven Born March 19, 1985 · | Troutdale, Oregon Outcome Awaiting trial Caught Arrested on an unrelated parole violation on June 6, 2023, after attempting to flee by swimming into the Willamette River.
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Born October 21, 1954 · Oahu, Hawaii Outcome Death (1982 murders) Caught April 1982
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Victims 3 proven Born December 16, 1944 · Washington Outcome Three consecutive life sentences Caught He was arrested in February 1969 for kidnapping and assaulting a woman, and subsequently confessed to two murders.
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Victims 11 (confessed), 4 (charged) Born c. 1759 · /1760 or 1769
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Born July 22, 1986 · Los Angeles County, California
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Born 1949 · Mendoza, Argentina Outcome 25 years in prison Caught March 1, 1994
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Harvey Louis Carignan
“The Want-Ad Killer, Harvey the Hammer”
3–5+ victims July 31, 1949 - September 20, 1974
Born May 18, 1927 · Fargo, North Dakota Outcome Life imprisonment Caught September 17, 1949September 24, 1974 (final time)
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Victims 3 proven, up to 5 suspected Born December 3, 1949 · Brawley, California Outcome Life imprisonment Caught Survivors of an attack on August 20, 1980, provided a description of him and his vehicle, leading police to his workplace where he was arrested on August 25, 1980.
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Born May 6, 1930 · San Francisco, California Outcome Suspended death sentence Caught May 14, 1981
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Born December 22, 1943 · Virginia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught May 30, 1976
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Born March 6, 1846 · Sugar Hill, West Virginia Outcome Death Caught January 22, 1869
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Born 1968 · Clinton, Maryland Caught 2021
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Suzan Carson
“The San Francisco Witch Killer, Suzan Bear Carson”
3 victims 1981-1983
Victims 3 proven Born September 14, 1941 Outcome 75 years to life imprisonment Caught The couple was arrested on January 12, 1983, after a high-speed chase in a victim's stolen truck, following a murder committed in view of motorists.
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Victims 2 convicted; 43 claimed Born c. 1881 · County Mayo, Ireland
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Victims 3 proven Born January 26, 1950 · El Cajon, California Outcome Executed on December 7, 2000 Caught He was arrested on a drunk and disorderly charge on January 15, 1987, after which he confessed to the murders.
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Victims 3 proven Born 1944 · Kern County, California Outcome Death Caught He was arrested on December 23, 1985, after investigations into the deaths of his fifth wife and mother revealed they were both poisoned with paraquat, leading police to re-examine the earlier death o
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Victims 8 proven, up to 11 suspected Born November 2, 1904 · Kershaw County, South Carolina Outcome Death Caught After his final murder in New York City, a pawned victim's watch was traced through several people back to Catoe, leading to his arrest in Washington, D.C., on August 29, 1941.
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Victims 3-4 killed, 4 survived Born December 14, 1954 · San Diego, California Outcome Death (California; May 12, 1979); commuted to 3 life sentences + 13 years Caught April 1978
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Born October 11, 1946 · Cincinnati, Ohio Outcome Death
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Outcome Life imprisonment
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Richard Trenton Chase
“The Vampire of Sacramento, The Dracula Killer, The Vampire Killer”
6 victims 1977 - 1978
Born May 23, 1950 · Sacramento, California Outcome Death Caught January 27, 1978
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Born 1988 · Birmingham, Alabama Caught 2013
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Victims 3 proven Born 1943 · Dominican Republic Outcome 25 years to life imprisonment Caught He was arrested inside his RV on March 25, 1987, immediately after murdering Officer Benjamin Worcester.
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Juan Chavez
“Los Angeles ATM killer”
6+ victims 1986 - 1990
Victims 6+ (5 convictions) Born 1966 · Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1994
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Victims 22-28 (estimates) Born December 8, 1972 · Kabonyony village, Eldama Ravine, Baringo County, Kenya Outcome Life imprisonment Caught March 20, 2018
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Victims 3 proven Born March 26, 1966 · United States Outcome Three consecutive life sentences without parole Caught He was arrested for auto theft in Savannah, Georgia, on September 22, 1994, which allowed Florida investigators to build their case against him for the murders.
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Born June 14, 1969 · Jefferson County, Texas Outcome Death (September 26, 1998)
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Oakland County Child Killer
“Oakland County Child Killer (OCCK), The Babysitter Killer, The Babysitter”
4+ victims February 15, 1976 - March 16, 1977
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Born September 22, 1955 · Santa Clara County, California Outcome Life imprisonment Caught August 22, 1985
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Born September 24, 1945 · Bethesda, Maryland Outcome Life imprisonment (Pennsylvania), 40 years (Maryland) Caught December 4, 1983
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Born December 28, 1957 · Denmark Outcome Life imprisonment Caught July 11, 1979
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Born July 26, 1955 · Buffalo, New York Outcome 60 years (overturned); Life imprisonment Caught January 1981
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Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected (survived) Caught Never identified
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Douglas Daniel Clark
“Sunset Strip Killer, Sunset Strip Killers, The Hollywood Slasher, The Sunset Strip Slayer”
6+ victims June 1, 1980 - August 1980
Born March 10, 1948 · Pennsylvania Outcome Death Caught August 12, 1980
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Born December 28, 1955 · Elkridge, Maryland Outcome Life imprisonment Caught January 26, 1990
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Born February 16, 1863 · Harlange, Wiltz, Luxembourg Outcome 1 year imprisonment Caught June 1884
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Born March 12, 1956 · Shreveport, Louisiana Outcome Death Caught August 6, 1987
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Victims 4 (2 convictions) Born January 19, 1962 · St. Louis, Missouri Outcome Death Caught November 14, 1986
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Born May 9, 1938 · Sioux City, Iowa Outcome Death Caught 1980
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Born November 6, 1955 · Waukegan, Illinois Outcome Death Caught July 20, 1984
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Born 1919 · East St. Louis, Illinois Outcome Death Caught July 28, 1943
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Victims 3 proven Born October 5, 1925 · Portland, Oregon Outcome Executed 1957 Caught He was arrested within an hour of his final attack on March 21, 1955, after his surviving victim, Anna Stolen, provided police with his description and a partial license plate number.
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John Norman Collins
“The Ypsilanti Ripper, The Co-Ed Killer, The Michigan Murderer, The Ypsilanti Killer”
1–7+ victims July 9, 1967 - July 23, 1969
Born June 17, 1947 · Windsor, Ontario, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment Caught July 30, 1969
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Born Puerto Rico Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1987
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Born August 3, 1959 Outcome Life imprisonment (x6) Caught November 2005
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Victims 1 convicted, 12+ suspected Born May 11, 1954 · Charlotte, North Carolina Outcome Death
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Rory Enrique Conde
“The Tamiami Trail Strangler”
6 victims September 17, 1994 - January 12, 1995
Born June 14, 1965 · Barranquilla, Colombia Outcome Death Caught June 26, 1995
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Born March 9, 1949 · Mobile, Alabama Outcome 15 years to Life (x2) Caught October 14, 1981
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Born October 25, 1958 · Mobile, Alabama Outcome 15-75 years Caught February 13, 1998
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Victims 15 dead; 8-10 wounded Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1974
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Cleophus Cooksey
“King Playbola (Rap alias)”
9 victims November 27, 2017 - December 17, 2017
Born March 25, 1982 · Tucson, Arizona
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Born January 12, 1977 · North Carolina Outcome Life imprisonment without parole (5 consecutive life terms) Caught November 2007
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Born August 4, 1921 · Harrison, Arkansas Outcome Death by lethal injection (Commuted to life imprisonment on August 6, 1999; paroled 2002) Caught October 17, 1989
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Born December 30, 1914 · Oklahoma Outcome Death Caught October 17, 1989
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Born December 24, 1939 · Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Born February 7, 1934 · Autlán, Jalisco, Mexico Outcome 25 life sentences with possibility of parole Caught May 26, 1971
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Victims 3 proven Born September 13, 1958 · Orange County, California Outcome Executed 1998 Caught A surviving victim, Wendy Gant, provided a detailed description to a forensic artist; a corrections officer recognized the resulting sketch and identified Corwin. He was arrested in October 1988.
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Born August 2, 1944 · Cambridge, Massachusetts Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1969
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Victims 17 (confirmed), 85–100 (claimed) Born November 25, 1946 · Bronx, New York Outcome Life imprisonment Caught May 22, 1980
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Victims 14 proven Caught One man, Harrison Hogue, was arrested and convicted for one of the murders in 2000. The perpetrator or perpetrators of the other killings remain unidentified.
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Born September 15, 1968 · Ohio Caught 1989
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Mary Cowan
“The Borgia of Maine”
6 victims 1884 - 1894
Victims 6 (1 conviction) Born March 8, 1863 · Plymouth, Maine Outcome Life imprisonment Caught September 1894
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Victims 3 proven Born August 27, 1953 · Tallahassee, Florida Outcome Three life sentences plus 60 years imprisonment Caught He was identified by his two surviving victims, who described him and his car to police; one survivor also provided his license plate number, leading to his arrest on May 21, 1997.
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Victims 3 proven Born May 17, 1956 · Monterey County, California Outcome Death Caught He was arrested on November 10, 1984, after his former girlfriend and another teenage girl provided testimony implicating him in the murders.
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Born November 3, 1963 · Newberg, Oregon Outcome 25 years in prison, Lifetime post-prison supervision
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Louis Craine
“The Southside Slayer”
4–5+ victims 1984 - 1987
Born January 6, 1957 · Los Angeles, California Outcome Death Caught May 29, 1987
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Born March 20, 1962 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught January 28, 2000
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Victims 4 proven, more suspected Born March 29, 1962 · Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada Outcome Three concurrent life sentences Caught He was arrested in January 1995 after the remains of his three Saskatoon victims were discovered in 1994 and he became the primary suspect following an extensive police surveillance operation.
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Born May 27, 1850 · Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom Outcome Life imprisonment (Illinois), Death (England) Caught June 3, 1892
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Victims 3 convictions, possibly 9-42 total Born September 9, 1950 · Hamilton, Ohio Outcome Death (Jensen), Death; commuted to life imprisonment (x2) (Arnold/Bradford murders) Caught November 8, 1975
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Born 1940 Outcome Life imprisonment (New Mexico), Death (Nevada)
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Victims 29 confirmed; authorities suspect several hundred more Born February 22, 1960 · West Orange, New Jersey Outcome 18 consecutive life sentences (eligible for parole in 2403) Caught December 15, 2003
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Born August 31, 1969 · National City, California
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Victims 3 proven Born January 27, 1960 · Santa Clara County, California Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught His ex-girlfriend and a friend reported him to the police in January 1985 after he bragged about the killings.
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Born November 16, 1946 · Bexar County, Texas Caught January 4, 1983
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Born 1899 · Texas Outcome 495 years imprisonment Caught March 16, 1938
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Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected Born June 15, 1949 · United States Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught He called police in Brownsville, Texas, in July 2012 and confessed to the murders.
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Born May 21, 1960 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin Outcome Life imprisonment (x16; 941 years in prison) Caught July 22, 1991
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Born April 12, 1945 Outcome Life imprisonment Caught April 23, 1979
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Born 1940 · Brooklyn, New York City Outcome 50-years-to-life Caught Died before apprehension
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Born August 25, 1946 · Iowa Outcome Death (California), Life imprisonment (Oregon) Caught April 6, 1984
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Born June 17, 1962 · Bay City, Michigan Outcome Death
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Born 1955 Caught March 18, 1976
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Victims 5 proven Born September 26, 1955 · Detroit, Michigan Outcome Executed on November 7, 1988 Caught A Virginia State Trooper, noting their suspicious vehicle, arrested Daugherty and his accomplice, Bonnie Heath, on March 12, 1976, the day after their final murder.
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Born November 8, 1955 · Peoria, Illinois Outcome Death Caught 1995
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Born September 3, 1948 · Toledo, Ohio Outcome 5 to 15 years imprisonment (District of Columbia), Life imprisonment (Illinois) Caught October 31, 1982 (For the final time)
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Victims 4 proven Born June 18, 1947 · Baltimore, Maryland Outcome Three life sentences plus 45 years Caught After being identified as a suspect in several rapes and murders, he fled to Reno, Nevada, where he was located and arrested on September 1, 1977.
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Victims 3 proven Born January 29, 1953 · Indiana Outcome 220 years imprisonment Caught He was identified by his two surviving victims, leading to his arrest on June 21, 1983, after which he confessed.
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Born January 20, 1958 · East St. Louis, Illinois Outcome Death
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Victims 1 - 6 killed 9 attempted 4 hostages Born Newberry, South Carolina
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Victims 4–7 killed; 5 attempted Born February 3, 1984 · Longview, Texas Outcome Death Caught April 11, 2018
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Jeff Davis 8
“The Jeff Davis 8, The Jennings 8”
8 victims 2005 - 2009
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Joseph James Deangelo
“Golden State Killer, Visalia Ransacker, EARONS,, East Area Rapist, East Side Rapist, East Bay Rapist, Diamond Knot Killer, Night Stalker, Original Night Stalker”
13 victims 1973 - 1986
Victims 13 murdered, 50 raped, 120 burgled Born November 8, 1945 · Bath, Steuben County, New York Outcome 12 life sentences plus 8 years Caught April 24, 2018
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Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected Born 1934 · Puerto Rico Outcome Died before trial Caught He committed suicide on September 8, 1973, as police were closing in on him for his most recent murder.
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Victims 3 proven Born June 17, 1950 · Florida, USA Outcome Executed 2000-06-07 Caught He and an accomplice were arrested on February 18, 1971, in New Jersey during a traffic stop three days after their first two murders.
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Born December 14, 1966 · Newark, New Jersey Outcome Life imprisonment Caught April 12, 1992
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Albert Henry Desalvo
“The Boston Strangler, Mad Strangler of Boston, The Measuring Man, The Green Man”
13 victims June 14, 1962 - January 4, 1964
Born September 3, 1931 · Chelsea, Massachusetts Outcome Life imprisonment Caught October 27, 1964
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Victims 3 proven Born September 23, 1969 · Wilmington, Delaware Outcome 8 years, paroled in 2013 Caught He was arrested for trespassing and drug possession in Sarasota, Florida, on March 25, 2022, and subsequently linked to a murder by a voluntary DNA sample.
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Victims 3 proven Born November 3, 1964 · Indonesia Outcome Death, commuted to life imprisonment, later released on conditional parole Caught After the discovery of the bodies, rental checks for the storage unit led police to his mother in Indonesia, and he was arrested in Jakarta in January 1995.
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Born March 23, 1938 · Gary, Indiana Outcome Death (April 11, 1984) Caught November 24, 1981
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Victims 8 killed; 19 injured Born October 17, 1975 Outcome Life without parole Caught August 3, 2006
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Born June 24, 1964 · Scranton, Pennsylvania Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught 1995
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Thomas Lee Dillon
“The Roadside Sniper, Ohio Outdoorsman Killer”
5 victims April 1, 1989 - April 5, 1992
Victims 5 (known) Born July 9, 1950 · Canton, Ohio Caught November 27, 1992
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Victims 4 proven Born February 25, 1920 · Quebec, Canada Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught An escaped potential victim provided a description to police, leading to his arrest on May 27, 1963.
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Victims 3 proven Born July 3, 1961 · Toppenish, Washington Outcome Executed 1993 Caught He was caught on November 13, 1989, after a failed attempt to abduct a six-year-old boy from a movie theater, when the child's mother's boyfriend chased and subdued him until police arrived.
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Born January 9, 1964 · Thibodaux, Louisiana Outcome Life Imprisonment (x8) Caught December 1, 2006
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Born January 26, 1993 · Charlotte, North Carolina Caught November 28, 2017
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The Doodler
“The Doodler, The Black Doodler”
6–16+ victims January 1974 - September 1975
Victims 6-16+ dead, 3 survived
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Victims 3 proven Born November 17, 1975 · in Dallas, Texas Outcome Executed 2008 Caught He was arrested for the murder of Hyon Suk Chon in September 1994 after ballistics matched his gun to the crime, and he later confessed to the earlier Blockbuster murders in 1998 while serving a 60-ye
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Nannie Doss
“The Giggling Granny, The Giggling Nanny, The Jolly Black Widow, The Lonely Hearts Killer”
11 victims 1927 - 1954
Born November 4, 1905 · Blue Mountain, Alabama Outcome Life imprisonment Caught October 1954
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Victims 7 proven Born December 19, 1974 · Memphis, Tennessee Outcome Death penalty (6 counts), plus 120 years imprisonment Caught He was identified by one of the surviving child victims and arrested on March 7, 2008, five days after the murders.
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Victims 4 proven Born 1974 Caught He was captured without incident on June 20, 2024, by law enforcement in a wooded area near Morrilton, Arkansas, following a multi-day manhunt.
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Born 1973 · Gary, Indiana Caught 2004
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Victims 3 proven Born May 10, 1976 · Norcross, Georgia Outcome Three consecutive life sentences without parole Caught His mother recognized him in surveillance footage broadcast on the news and reported him to the police; he was arrested on August 5, 1997.
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Born March 22, 1956 Caught October 14, 1982
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Victims 3 proven Born September 23, 1956 · Nashua, New Hampshire Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught He was identified by a witness in an attempted abduction and arrested by a multi-agency task force on June 3, 1985, while driving to work.
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Victims 5-8 killed, 3-16 raped Born February 25, 1963 · Tacoma, Washington Caught July 2, 2005
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Victims 3 proven Born February 18, 1928 · Sinclair City, Texas Outcome Executed 1959 Caught After being identified by a surviving victim and later confessing to the murders while serving a jail sentence for burglary in 1957.
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Victims 3 proven Born October 11, 1960 · Los Angeles, California Outcome Death, and life imprisonment without parole Caught He confessed to a cellmate while in prison for burglary, which led to a formal police investigation and his subsequent confessions to the murders.
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Born 1960 · Florida Outcome Death (x2) (1988), Life imprisonment Caught 1988
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Victims 3 proven Born December 23, 1975 · Clearwater, Florida Outcome Death penalty Caught He was identified by a tip to police and arrested on March 7, 1998, for the first murder.
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Victims 5 suspected as a linked cluster, with numerous other unsolved cases Caught Never identified
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Born March 6, 1958 · Sunnyvale, California Outcome Life imprisonment Caught January 26, 1993
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Victims 5 (confirmed), 9-15+ (suspected) Born June 14, 1933 · Akron, Ohio Outcome Death Caught 2009
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Born October 17, 1918 · Arkansas Outcome Death Caught March 6, 1970
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Victims 3 proven Born 1944 · in Bethesda, Maryland Outcome Death Caught A witness to the California shooting reported his license plate number, leading to a manhunt and his arrest in College Park, Maryland, on September 28, 1981.
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Born February 18, 1972 · Malvern, Pennsylvania Outcome Death Caught March 25, 2005
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Joseph Eisele
“The Parkersburg Murderer, John Schafer”
3 victims 1867
Victims 3 proven Born circa 1834, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation Outcome Death by hanging Caught He was captured on January 6, 1868, after his fourth intended victim, John White, fought back during an attack, and his cries for help alerted neighbors who apprehended Eisele as he fled.
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Born July 18, 1910 Outcome Life imprisonment
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Walter Earl Ellis
“The Milwaukee North Side Strangler”
8–10+ victims October 10, 1986 - April 27, 2007
Victims 8-10+ (7 convictions) Born June 24, 1960 · Holmes County, Mississippi Outcome Seven consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole Caught September 7, 2009
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Born Massillon, Ohio (possibly) Outcome Life imprisonment Caught March 4, 1998
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Joseph Emory
“The Cut-Rate Osteopath”
1–11+ victims 1960 - 1976
Born 1920 · California Outcome unknown Caught 1976
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Born February 6, 1927 · St. Louis, Missouri Caught February 24, 1980
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Victims 3 proven Born December 22, 1962 · San Diego, California Outcome Death (California), Life imprisonment without parole (Florida) Caught He was identified in 2001 as a suspect in the 1993 murders of two boys through a DNA match while he was already incarcerated for a separate rape and kidnapping.
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Born June 25, 1951 · Fort Worth, Texas Caught June 27, 1981
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Born June 5, 1971 · El Salvador Caught September 26, 2018
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Born c. 1826 · Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Territory, U.S. or Veracruz, Mexico
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Born 1891 · United States Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1913
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Born 1941 · Troutman, North Carolina Outcome N/A Caught July 26, 2006
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Born July 5, 1957 · Watervliet, Michigan Outcome Death Caught August 5, 1991
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Born October 7, 1954 · Troy, New York Outcome Died before trial Caught May 27, 1998
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Victims 3 proven Born July 29, 1963 · Columbia, South Carolina Outcome Died before trial Caught After a 15-year-old girl he abducted and sexually assaulted escaped from his apartment and provided crucial identifying information to the police.
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Born March 25, 1957 · Los Angeles, California Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught October 23, 2010
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Born August 14, 1960 · MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born December 21, 1952 · Crawfordsville, Indiana Caught August 21, 1984
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Born March 12, 1963 · Perry, Florida Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born England Outcome Involuntary commitment Caught 1852
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Born July 4, 1963 · New London, Connecticut Outcome Death (Ohio), Life imprisonment (New Jersey), 99 years imprisonment (Alaska) Caught March 17, 1991
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Born April 2, 1971 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught July 24, 1993
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Born 1840 · Karlsruhe (possibly), Germany Outcome Death Caught August 31, 1894
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Born November 21, 1962 · Miami, Florida Outcome Life imprisonment Caught August 10, 1989
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Born February 27, 1948 · Miami, Florida Outcome Death Caught April 5, 1978
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Victims 3 proven, more suspected Born April 26, 1965 · Londrina, Brazil Outcome Died before trial Caught He was identified as a suspect in 2001 and fled to Brazil; his role as the killer was definitively confirmed in 2021 through DNA analysis of his exhumed remains.
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Born December 17, 1914 · Hawaii Outcome Death
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Danny Figueroa
“The Backwoods Sniper, The Rifle Killer, Mark Salozar, David Salozar, David Sanders, David Scott”
3 victims 1986
Victims 3 proven Born September 24, 1959 · Moreno Valley, California Outcome 66 years to life in prison Caught After an intensive 12-day manhunt, he was spotted by hikers and arrested without incident by authorities while hiding in a flood-control channel near the Lake Perris Dam on June 28, 1986.
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Victims 3 (confirmed); 9-100+ (claimed) Born May 19, 1870 · Washington, D.C. Outcome Death Caught December 13, 1934
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Born March 26, 1929 · Oakland, Maine Outcome Involuntary commitment Caught July 1, 1966 (Last time)
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Born 1937 · Buffalo, New York Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught November 18, 1973
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Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected Born March 15, 1974 · Compton, California Outcome Three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole Caught He was identified as a suspect after the series of similar murders stopped upon his arrest for one of them, and his DNA linked him to the crime scenes. He was arrested on June 6, 2005.
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Born 1945 · Indianapolis, Indiana Outcome Life imprisonment without parole (IN, NE) Caught July 24, 1974
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Victims 5+1 Outcome Committed to asylum (1949) Caught November 22, 1949
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Born September 13, 1956 · United States Outcome Death Caught 1991
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Victims 3 proven Born February 11, 1963 · St. Albans, Queens, New York Outcome 40 years to life imprisonment Caught On July 26, 1991, he was identified on the street by a rape victim who was riding with police in a surveillance van.
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Born December 3, 1961 · Petaluma, California Outcome Death Caught November 3, 1998
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Born 1955 Outcome Never charged Caught Never apprehended
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Born June 29, 1949 · Vancouver, Washington Outcome Life imprisonment Caught October 2, 1974
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Born July 25, 1964 Outcome Death
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Victims 6 proven Born September 12, 1955 · Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Outcome Four life sentences Caught He was already incarcerated for his first murder when he committed the subsequent five.
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Victims 0 (confirmed), 20+ (suspected) Born June 12, 1939 · Texas Outcome 16 years, 3 months with the possibility of parole Caught June 28, 1995
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Victims 3 proven, 1 confessed Born 1963 Outcome 65 years to life in prison Caught A hiker discovered the remains of two of his victims in a shallow grave in September 2021, leading to an investigation that identified him through DNA and his connection to the victims.
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Kendall Francois
“The Poughkeepsie Killer, Stinky”
8–10+ victims October 1996 - August 26, 1998
Born July 26, 1971 · Poughkeepsie, New York Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught September 2, 1998
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Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected Born April 30, 1971 · Opelousas, Louisiana Outcome Death Caught She returned to the crime scene in her police uniform, where a surviving witness identified her, leading to her arrest on March 4, 1995.
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Born May 28, 1946 · Crossett, Arkansas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1970
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Victims 8 convictions; 20+ suspected Born April 13, 1950 · Mobile, Alabama Outcome Life imprisonment x4 (March 23, 1981 & September 1986), Death by lethal injection (July 17, 1984 & February 27, 1997) Caught October 28, 1980
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Lonnie David Franklin
“The Grim Sleeper, The Southside Slayer, The 25 Auto Killer”
10–25+ victims 1985 - 2007
Victims 10–25+ victims, 1 known survivor Born August 30, 1952 · Los Angeles, California Outcome Death Caught July 7, 2010
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Born 1991 · Connecticut Outcome 195 years imprisonment Caught 2011
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James Anthony Frederick
“David Anthony Fenton, Jay Frederick, David Allen Kirchner, James Reichard”
3 victims 1991-1992
Victims 3 proven Born June 21, 1960 · United States Outcome Two consecutive life sentences, plus 97 years for other crimes Caught He was identified in 2003 via a DNA match while already incarcerated in Wisconsin for armed robbery.
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Born 1971 · Cobb County, Georgia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught April 1, 1992
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Born October 21, 1901 · Danville, Missouri Outcome Life imprisonment (1924), Life imprisonment (1954) Caught November 1953
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Born 1974 · New Mexico Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 2000
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Victims 5 proven, at least 4 others confessed Born February 27, 1955 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for 25 years Caught A fingerprint left at his final victim's home led police to identify him, and he was arrested on December 22, 1999, near his mother's home in Barrie, Ontario.
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John Wayne Gacy
“The Killer Clown, Pogo The Clown, ”Patches The Clown””
33+ victims 1972 - 1978
Born March 17, 1942 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Death (12 counts) Caught December 21, 1978
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Born October 10, 1956 · Stockton, California Caught November 17, 1980
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Born July 17, 1946 · Sacramento, California Outcome Death Caught November 17, 1980
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Born June 7, 1973 · Los Angeles, California Outcome Death Caught July 15, 2013
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Victims 3 proven Born August 2, 1906 · San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona Outcome Executed 1936-07-13 Caught He turned himself in to police immediately after murdering his wife and son on December 8, 1935.
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Victims 3 proven Born October 4, 1921 · Columbus, Ohio Outcome Executed 1951 Caught He was arrested for grand larceny and a hit-and-run on August 14, 1949, and police discovered belongings of his final victim in his car.
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Victims 3 proven, up to 4 suspected Born December 28, 1884 · Truchas, New Mexico Outcome Executed 1933 Caught Arrested shortly after poisoning his stepson on October 7, 1932.
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Victims 3-10; 1 survived Born February 15, 1976 · Glenview, Illinois Caught June 6, 2008
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Victims 3 proven Born August 26, 1959 · Tulsa, Oklahoma Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught Arrested on October 22, 1999, minutes after being released from a North Carolina prison for an unrelated crime, based on new forensic analysis of evidence from the 1989 murder of Justin Wiles.
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Victims 4-8+ (3 convictions) Born September 24, 1950 · Columbus, Georgia Caught December 1978May 3, 1984
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Victims 3 proven Born March 11, 1967 · United States Outcome Executed 2023-04-12 Caught His girlfriend's cousin informed police that Gaskin came home on the night of the murders with stolen items he called "presents" and bragged about the killings. He was arrested on December 30, 1989.
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Donald Henry Gaskins
“The Meanest Man In America, The Redneck Charles Manson, The Hitchhikers Killer”
15 victims 1953 - 1982
Victims 15 Confirmed (110 claimed) Born March 13, 1933 · Florence County, South Carolina Outcome Death (1976 and 1983) Caught November 14 1975
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Victims 3 proven Born August 19, 1954 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York Outcome 30 years to life in prison Caught He was identified from surveillance video using a victim's credit card and was arrested in January 2021, confessing to the murders during interrogation.
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Victims 3 proven Born September 1, 1958 · Garland County, Arkansas Outcome Death Caught He was arrested the day after the murder of Connie Ann Snow on May 10, 2011, after witnesses identified him.
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Victims 3 proven Born 1913 · Cincinnati, Ohio Outcome Executed July 2, 1948 Caught After a month-long manhunt, Gayles and his accomplice were tracked by the FBI to New Orleans and arrested on October 1, 1947.
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Born December 10, 1966 · Springfield, Massachusetts Outcome Life imprisonment Caught April 10, 1998
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Robin Gecht
“The Ripper Crew, The Chicago Rippers”
18 victims May 23, 1981 - October 8, 1982
Born November 30, 1953 · Menard, Illinois Outcome 120 years imprisonment Caught November 5, 1982
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Victims 2 murders confirmed, 9 corpses mutilated (obtained from desecrated graves) Born August 27, 1906 · La Crosse County, Wisconsin Outcome Institutionalized Caught November 16, 1957
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Outcome Three and a half to seven years in prison
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Hubert Geralds
“The Englewood Strangler, The Southside Strangler”
5 victims December 22, 1994 - June 17, 1995
Born November 13, 1964 · New York City, New York Outcome Life without parole Caught June 18, 1995
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Born August 26, 1944 · Newark, Ohio Caught November 20, 2018
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Born December 25, 1932 · Cordele, Georgia Outcome Life imprisonment (x5) Caught 1967
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Born 1982 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Caught June 8, 2021
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Born 1883 · Bienville Parish, Louisiana Outcome Death
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Born October 10, 1957 Outcome Death Caught April 19, 2012
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Born October 30, 1871 · Morse Mill, Missouri Outcome Committed to mental facility Caught 1928
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Kristen Heather Gilbert
“The Angel of Death”
4–70+ victims 1995 – 1996 (Gilbert is suspected of deaths dating back to 1989)
Born November 13, 1967 · Fall River, Massachusetts Outcome Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole Caught 1996
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Born 1950 · Los Lunas, New Mexico Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 1980
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Born April 9, 1953 · Titusville, Florida Outcome Life imprisonment Caught December 11, 1973
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Born October 31, 1873 · Milton, Connecticut Outcome Death, later sent to insane asylum Caught 1917
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Born June 24, 1962 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana Outcome Life without the possibility of parole, probation or suspension of sentence Caught April 29, 2004
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Born May 24, 1950 · Kansas City, Missouri Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught 2004
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Victims 8 proven Caught Never identified
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Harvey Murray Glatman
“The Glamour Girl Slayer, The Lonely Hearts Killer, Johnny Glenn, Johnny Glinn, Frank Johnson, Frank Wilson, George Williams”
3 victims 1957-1958
Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected Born December 10, 1927 · The Bronx, New York Outcome Executed 1959 Caught He was arrested on October 27, 1958, after his fourth intended victim, Lorraine Vigil, fought back during her abduction, leading to a struggle on the side of the Santa Ana Freeway that attracted the a
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Born June 13, 1943 · Georgia Outcome 52 years in prison Caught August 31, 1987
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Victims 3 proven Born April 10, 1970 · Lowell, Massachusetts Outcome Executed 2013-01-16 Caught He was already incarcerated for the first murder and confessed to the subsequent two murders he committed in prison.
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Sean Patrick Goble
“The Interstate Killer, The Baileyton Truck Stop Murderer”
4–12 victims January - March 1995 (known)
Born November 1, 1966 · Asheboro, North Carolina Outcome Life imprisonment, two consecutive terms Caught April 13, 1995
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Victims 2 (but possibly 100+) Born February 6, 1873 · Germany Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1910
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Lloyd Gomez
“The Phantom Hobo Killer, The Hobo Jungle Killer”
9 victims 1950 - 1951
Born 1923 · Nevada Outcome Death Caught January 15, 1952
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Born February 3, 1969 · Lynwood, California Outcome Death Caught April 11, 2014
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Born August 21, 1953 · Florida Caught July 26, 1983
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Born February 9, 1941 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Outcome Life without parole plus 30 years Caught January 19, 2011
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Mark Goudeau
“The Baseline Killer, The Baseline Rapist”
9 victims 2005 - 2006
Victims 9 (murder), 15 (sexual assault), 11 (kidnapping) Born September 6, 1964 · Phoenix, Arizona Outcome Death Caught September 4, 2006
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Gwendolyn Gail Graham
“The Lethal Lovers, The Alpine Manor serial killers”
5 victims January - February 1987
Born August 6, 1963 Outcome Life imprisonment Caught December, 1988
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Born September 9, 1959 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Outcome Death; commuted to Life imprisonment Caught August 17, 1987
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Born June 29, 1951 · Renton, Washington Outcome Life imprisonment (x4) Caught April 30, 1971
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Born November 3, 1946 · Bulloch County, Georgia Outcome Life imprisonment (x4) Caught January 10, 1977
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Born August 4, 1950 · Fort Worth, Texas Outcome Death Caught February 8, 1975
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Born August 8, 1976 · Marion, Ohio Caught September 13, 2016
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Born August 7, 1954 · Princeton, Kentucky Outcome Life imprisonment Caught July 1992
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Victims 8 proven Born March 9, 1977 · Arlington County, Virginia Outcome Death Caught He was arrested with his accomplice in Philadelphia on January 7, 2006, after a tip to police.
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Born August 14, 1965 · Cochran, Georgia Outcome Death
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Born 1966 · Michigan Outcome 15-25 years imprisonment, 47-102 imprisonment (2017) Caught 2016
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Victims 15 dead; 8-10 wounded Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1974
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Born December 27, 1960 · Fort Worth, Texas Outcome Death Caught April 27, 1989
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Victims Numerous Born 1796 · Meredith, New Hampshire Outcome Death
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Born February 24, 1949 · Hannibal, Missouri Outcome 25-years-to-life (First murders), Death (Second murders) Caught August 11, 1978 (last time)
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Victims 3 proven, at least 2 suspected Born December 9, 1944 · Louisville, Kentucky Outcome Died before trial Caught Identified posthumously on April 5, 2022, through investigative genetic genealogy.
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Victims 11 murdered, 1 survivor Born January 19, 1944 · Pennsylvania Outcome Life imprisonment Caught February 3, 1975
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Born May 21, 1951 · The Bronx, New York Outcome Death (Arizona), California (Life imprisonment) Caught November 8, 1973
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Born 1971 Outcome 100 years in prison Caught June 17, 2000
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Born 1945 Outcome Life imprisonment Caught March 1998
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Born November 10, 1960 · South Korea Outcome Life imprisonment Caught July 7, 1989
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Victims 7-20+ (3 convictions) Born April 19, 1954 · Denver, Colorado Outcome Life imprisonment + 20 years imprisonment Caught September 1, 1988
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Born February 14, 1922 · Pekin, Illinois Outcome Various Caught August 29, 1979
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Victims 3 proven Born 1973 · Madera, California Outcome Death Caught His DNA, collected for a 1999 DUI conviction, was matched in October 2004 to evidence from a 1998 murder scene.
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Victims 14 (at least) Born November 11, 1859 · Selbu, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
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Born July 7, 1906 · Bavaria, Germany Outcome Death Caught 1937
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Born June 27, 1948 · Wisconsin Outcome Life imprisonment Caught March 2014
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Born October 21, 1963 · Memphis, Tennessee Outcome Death Caught October 9, 1984
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Born 1960 · Memphis, Tennessee Outcome Life imprisonment Caught October 9, 1984
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Victims 3 proven Born c. 1824 · Petersburgh, New York Outcome Death Caught Arrested on July 7, 1848, in Troy, New York, after being identified as a prime suspect in the murders of Noah and Amy Smith due to his past employment with them and known criminal character.
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James Waybern Hall
“The Arkansas Butcher, The Arkansas Hitchhike Killer”
4+ victims 1944 - 1945
Born January 28, 1921 · Enola, Arkansas Outcome Death Caught March 15, 1945
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Born c. 1859 · Antrim, Ireland
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Born December 17, 1959 · United States
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Victims 3 proven Born June 3, 1995 · Oakhurst, California Outcome Three consecutive life sentences without parole, plus 75 years to life Caught Hammond was arrested on November 8, 2022, six days after the murder of his final victim, Brandon Munoz.
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Victims 5 proven Outcome Death Caught He was arrested in 1893 after a double murder in Florida but escaped; he was recaptured in 1901 and brought to trial.
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Victims 4 (known) Born November 10, 1951 Caught April 4, 1978
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Victims 3 proven Born February 15, 1964 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Outcome Executed 2023-11-30 Caught He was identified and arrested days after the 2001 murders, after having been previously convicted and paroled for the 1982 killing.
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Born January 20, 1970 Outcome Life imprisonment (Colorado, 2005 and 2007) Caught August 8, 2002
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Born October 10, 1974 · Texas Outcome Death (May 14, 2002) Caught August 28, 2001
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Victims 17 killed, 31+ raped Born February 15, 1939 · Estherville, Iowa Outcome 461 years in prison without parole Caught October 27, 1983
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Born March 1, 1949 · Goodrich, Arkansas Outcome Death Caught January 26, 1980
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Born 1954 · Virginia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1974
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Wiley Harpe
“The Bloody Harpes”
39–50+ victims Late 18th century
Born Before 1770 · (probably c. 1750) Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain, or Orange County, Province of No Outcome Death (February 8, 1804)
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Born Detroit, Michigan Outcome Not guilty by reason of insanity (1975), Life imprisonment (2000) Caught 1999
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Carl Harris
3–5 victims July - November 1993 (confirmed)
Born 1936 · Wayne County, Georgia Outcome Life imprisonment without parole (x3) Caught December 1993
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Dewayne Lee Harris
“The Seattle Jungle Killer, The Seattle Shoelace Slasher, Chilly Willy”
3+ victims 1997 - 1998
Born 1963 · Seattle, Washington Outcome 94 years imprisonment Caught 1998
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Born 1990 · Red Oak, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 2020
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Born March 7, 1963 · Muskegon Heights, Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment (x4) Caught December 7, 1982
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Ralph Harris
“The Southside Strangler”
6 victims 1992 - 1995
Born July 11, 1972 Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught August 29, 1995
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Born February 28, 1972 · Dallas County, Texas Outcome Death Caught March 21, 2000
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Victims 3 proven, 2 suspected Born 1960 · or 1961, New Orleans, Louisiana Outcome Originally three consecutive life sentences without parole; resentenced to life with the possibility of parole in 2021. Released on parole in 2024. Caught Arrested on April 13, 1977, after a tip to police about his involvement in an unrelated robbery and stabbing attempt.
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Born September 4, 1938 · Boston, Massachusetts Outcome Life imprisonment (x4) Caught January 7, 1970
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Born 1922 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Involuntary commitment Caught August 13, 1973 (For the final time)
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Born November 20, 1949 · United States Outcome unknown Caught 1984
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Victims 37 convicted, 40-57 estimated, 87 alleged Born April 15, 1952 · Butler County, Ohio Outcome 28 consecutive life sentences plus $270,000 in fines Caught April 6, 1987
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Born July 5, 1888 · Smithville, Texas Outcome Death Caught December 23, 1926
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Born July 16, 1929 · Mound City, Missouri Outcome Life imprisonment Caught July 30, 1982
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Born April 12, 1871 · Dayton, Ohio Outcome Death (1905) Caught 1905
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Born June 22, 1894 · Niederwald, Texas Outcome N/A (died before trial) Caught 1923
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Victims 8 killed; 19 injured Born February 4, 1973 Outcome Death Caught August 3, 2006
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Robert Tyrone Hayes
“The Daytona Beach Serial Killer”
5–7+ victims December, 2005 - March, 2016
Born March 12, 1982 · West Palm Beach, Florida Caught September 15, 2019
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Victims 3 proven Born September 28, 1933 · Waco, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment (multiple) Caught He was arrested in Grants, New Mexico, in September 1986 for auto theft and confessed to the murder of Teena Ambrose during questioning.
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Born December 18, 1867 · Carver, Minnesota Outcome 2 to 20 years in prison
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Victims 3 proven Outcome Three concurrent life sentences Caught He surrendered to authorities after his mother confessed to police that she had provided him with a false alibi.
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Victims 6 kidnapped, 2 killed Born November 22, 1943 · Eastlake, Ohio Outcome Death (July 1, 1988) Caught March 24, 1987
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Victims 3 proven Born November 15, 1928 · Evanston, Illinois Outcome Three consecutive life sentences Caught He was arrested on June 26, 1946, after being caught during a burglary attempt when his gun misfired.
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Born May 2, 1809 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Caught February 1836
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Born January 28, 1828 · Lincoln County, Kentucky Outcome Death
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Victims 7 (including Corll) Born May 9, 1956 · Houston, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment 594 years (six consecutive 99-year terms) Caught August 8, 1973
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Born 1961 Caught December 5, 1990
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Victims 3 proven Born January 16, 1951 · Zephyrhills, Florida Outcome Executed June 18, 2014 Caught He was tracked to a motel in Zephyrhills on December 24, 1985, and arrested by detectives, one of whom had arrested him for a previous murder.
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Born June 20, 1883 · Steelville, Missouri Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1940
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Born c. 1851 · England, United Kingdom Caught Never apprehended
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Victims 5 killed, 11 survived Born May 12, 1980 · Sylmar, Los Angeles, California Outcome Life imprisonment Caught August 24, 2014
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Born November 8, 1971 · Texas Outcome Death Caught April 4, 2001
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Born December 8, 1965 · Linden, California Caught March 17, 1999
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Rex Heuermann
“The Long Island Serial Killer, LISK, Craigslist Ripper, Gilgo Killer, Gilgo Beach Killer, Seashore Serial Killer, The Manorville Butcher (possibly)”
10–16 victims c. 1996 - c. 2010 and possibly up until 2013
Born September 13, 1963 · New York, United States (suspect) Caught July 13, 2023 (Heuermann)
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Born October 29, 1865 · Lowell, Massachusetts Caught 1912
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Victims 4 proven Born 1954 · Wyoming Outcome 20 years imprisonment Caught He confessed to the murders in May 1979 when called to testify before a grand jury investigating the Vehar bombing.
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Victims 3 proven Born April 17, 1951 · Etna, Maine Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught Arrested for an unrelated crime in Texas in April 2000, he confessed to three Maine murders in exchange for serving his sentence in Maine.
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Born July 8, 1908 · Aiken County, South Carolina Outcome Life imprisonment Caught August 8, 1957
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Born 1929 · United States Outcome Life imprisonment (December 29, 1944) Caught January 28, 1944
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Ivan Jerome Hill
“The 60 Freeway Killer, The Southside Slayer”
9+ victims 1979 - 1994
Born March 30, 1961 · Los Angeles, California Outcome Death Caught 2003
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Born February 7, 1935 · Midway, Alabama Outcome 30 years imprisonment, Death
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Born November 22, 1946 · Atlanta, Georgia Caught January 5, 2008
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Victims 3 proven Born September 17, 1972 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Three consecutive life sentences without parole Caught In March 1999, his third-grade daughter recognized him in ATM surveillance footage broadcast on television after the murder of Merceda Ares and informed her teacher, leading to his arrest.
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Born March 1, 1950 · Perry County, Indiana Outcome Death (Texas), 30 years (Minnesota) Caught November 15, 1989
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Born 1893 · Pennsylvania Outcome 7-24 years imprisonment Caught 1928
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Johann Otto Hoch
“The Bluebeard Murderer, Chicago Bluebeard”
1–50+ victims 1890 - 1905
Born 1855 · Horrweiler, Grand Duchy of Hesse, Western Germany Outcome Death
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Born August 16, 1966 · Florida Outcome Death (Tennessee), Life imprisonment (Georgia) Caught May 17, 1990
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Victims 5 (not confirmed, died before trial) Born 1943 · Indiana Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born 1859 · Lenars, Brandenburg, Germany Outcome Death Caught 1897
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Born August 20, 1961 · Illinois Outcome Life without parole plus 75 years
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Victims 10-34 killed (200+ estimated/possible) Born May 16, 1861 · Gilmanton, New Hampshire Outcome Death Caught 1894
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Born April 20, 1950 · Pompano Beach, Florida Caught 1964
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Victims 5 proven Born March 22, 1968 · Britt, Iowa Outcome Executed 2020-07-17 Caught His former girlfriend and accomplice, Angela Johnson, while in jail on drug charges, provided a map to the victims' bodies to a jailhouse informant in 2000, leading to Honken's indictment for the murd
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Victims 3 proven Born October 9, 1953 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Outcome Executed 2003 Caught Arrested on April 5, 1988, after witnesses and physical evidence, including a bloody footprint and blood on his jeans, linked him to the scene of a double homicide.
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Born June 11, 1971 Outcome Life imprisonment Caught September 20, 2005
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Victims 3+ (2 convictions) Born June 3, 1953 · Johnstown, New York Outcome Life imprisonment (x3) Caught August 16, 1979
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Born United States Outcome N/A (died before crimes were discovered) Caught N/A
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Victims 0 proven, up to 7 suspected (5 feared dead, 2 missing) Born May 5, 1943 · East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Outcome Died before being charged with murder Caught The investigation began in June 2026 after the arrest of his son, but Raymond Horsch had died in May 2025.
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Born January 26, 1950 · Las Vegas, Nevada Outcome Life imprisonment Caught August 1975
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Victims 8 deaths ruled homicides by a commission of inquiry, with up to 21 suspicious deaths investigated Caught Never identified
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Born March 17, 1976 · Cincinnati, Ohio Outcome 909 years imprisonment Caught 2003
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Born February 11, 1970 · Hampton, Virginia Outcome 360 years in prison Caught May 2005
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Born May 13, 1946 · Richford, New York Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1994
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Born September 2, 1952 · United States Virgin Islands Caught May 2007
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Born 1963 · or 1964 Outcome Death Caught January 30, 1999
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Born 1957 · Michigan Outcome Death Caught 1993
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Born January 29, 1948 · Fresno County, California Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1979
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Victims 3 proven Born March 7, 1947 · Stilwell, Oklahoma Outcome Executed 2000-06-28 Caught After the 1988 murders, a partial license plate number led police to his accomplice, and Hunter was subsequently located in Florida where he had been imprisoned on a parole violation in January 1989.
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Victims 3 proven Born April 18, 1966 · Oakland, California Outcome Life imprisonment without parole, Death penalty Caught He was arrested by a team of FBI agents and local police in Houston, Texas, on February 23, 2003, after being featured on "America's Most Wanted."
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Victims 4 proven Born 1990 Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught Hunter and his accomplice Frederick Young were arrested in April 2014, 21 months after the murders of Jacob Kudla and Jourdan Bobbish, following a lengthy police investigation.
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Born 1955 · Atlanta, Georgia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught April 20, 1986
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Born February 26, 1975 Outcome 30 years to life in prison Caught April 2014
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Victims 3 proven Born March 28, 1957 · Asheville, North Carolina Outcome Two death sentences plus seven consecutive life sentences Caught His accomplice, Jerry Harmon, confessed to police in 1998, implicating Hyatt in a 1979 cold case murder and leading to his arrest on November 19, 1998.
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Born August 7, 1961 · Lincoln County, North Carolina Outcome Death
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Born April 2, 1924 · Evansville, Indiana Caught April 8, 1955
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Victims 3 proven Born May 4, 1949 · St. Joseph, Missouri Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught A tip led police to inspect his truck, where they found a towel soaked in the blood of his most recent victim, Crystal Simmons.
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Victims 3 proven Born 1958 · or 1959, Canada Outcome Three life sentences, with parole eligibility after 15 years Caught His former girlfriend, who had been threatened into silence, moved away from Prince George in late 1985 and confessed her knowledge of one of the murders to the police, leading to his arrest on Februa
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Bruce Ivins
“Anthrax Killer, Amerithrax Killer”
5 victims 2001
Born April 22, 1946 Outcome Died before arrest
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Born January 3, 1946 · Joshua Tree, California Outcome Death Caught April 28, 1991
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Born 1939 · Boston, Massachusetts Caught December 26, 1972
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Victims 9 proven Born March 5, 1948 · Buffalo, New York Outcome Four concurrent life sentences with the possibility of parole Caught After his final murder, a witness saw a man matching his description leaving with a television. Police traced the stolen item to Jackson's temporary room, and his employment at the hotel where most vi
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Born February 12, 1937 · Louisiana Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born 1956 · Norfolk, Virginia Outcome Life imprisonment (October 27, 1998) Caught May 6, 1997
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Born July 11, 2004 Outcome 50 years imprisonment Caught April 12, 2022
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Born December 18, 1959 · Berkeley, California Outcome 6 years and 3 months with time served Caught October 15, 2015
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Victims 4 killed, 25 survived Born 1836 · New Orleans, Louisiana Outcome 10 years (1861) Caught 18591861
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Born Alabama Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 1924
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Born Alabama Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 1924
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Born August 28, 1967 · United States Outcome Life imprisonment Caught April 1990
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Born March 1, 1870 · Missouri
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Born February 13, 1966 · Montague County, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught July 16, 2002
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Victims 5 (one as accomplice) Born January, 1955 · Milwaukie, Oregon Caught August 22, 1980
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Born February 2, 1848 · Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Outcome Death (Washington) Caught 1909
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Born 1973 Outcome Life imprisonment Caught April 28, 1994
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Born 1836 · North Carolina Outcome Death (1883) Caught 1864
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Born October 4, 1971 · Tarrant County, Texas Outcome Death
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Victims 6+ (4 convictions) Born 1940 · Shreveport, Louisiana Outcome Death Caught September 13, 1984
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Victims 8 (confirmed) Born April 6, 1955 · Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment (without parole) Caught March 30, 1995
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Victims 3 proven Born February 24, 1905 · Denmark Outcome Death Caught After his final murder in June 1940, a witness who saw him with the victim identified him to police, leading to his arrest in Los Angeles on July 9, 1940.
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Victims 3 proven Born 1944 · Smithville, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught He was arrested on August 20, 1983, after the wife of his final murder victim escaped and identified him to police.
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Victims 3 proven, 8 wounded Born January 18, 1988 · Little Rock, Arkansas Outcome 100 years imprisonment with the possibility of parole Caught He was arrested on January 15, 2009, after ballistic evidence from a car crash involving an associate linked him to the string of robberies and murders.
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Victims 7 proven Born November 5, 1968 · New York City, New York Outcome Executed January 14, 2021 Caught Johnson and his associates were arrested in 1992 following an intensive federal investigation into the Newtowne Gang's violent crime spree.
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Born May 24, 1963 · Hartford, Connecticut Outcome 180 years in prison Caught January 13, 2002
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Born 1958 · Illinois
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Born 1986 · South Side, Chicago, Illinois Caught May 30, 2010
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Milton Johnson
“The Weekend Murderer, The Morning murder”
10+ victims June - August 1983
Born May 15, 1950 · Joliet, Illinois Outcome Death, commuted to life without parole Caught March 9, 1984
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Victims 3 proven Born March 26, 1974 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Outcome Executed 2026 Caught He was arrested on June 23, 2007, the same day as the murders of Brooke and Kya Whitaker, after his new girlfriend led police to a dumpster where he had discarded the murder weapon and other evidence.
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Victims 7 proven Born 1947 · St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada Outcome Not guilty by reason of insanity, confined indefinitely to a secure mental health facility. Caught After the murder of Donna Veldboom in July 1977, police identified him as a tenant in her building with a record of sexual deviancy and he confessed following his arrest.
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Vincent Johnson
“The Brooklyn Strangler, The Williamsburg Strangler”
5–6 victims August 26, 1999 - June 7, 2000
Born January 6, 1969 · Brooklyn, New York Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught August 5, 2000
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Victims 4 proven Born August 29, 1956 · Maury County, Tennessee Outcome Executed 2009 Caught His father turned him in to the police two days after the 1980 murders.
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Born July 22, 1956 · East St. Louis, Illinois Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught May 4, 1979
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Born September 26, 1969 · Kansas City, Missouri Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught March 8, 2001
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Victims 2 confirmed; possibly over 60 Born July 13, 1950 · Texas Outcome 99 years with triple credit Caught 1982
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Victims 3 proven Born November 30, 1944 · Mississippi, USA Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught He was identified as the prime suspect in the murder of Shameika Carter and arrested on November 24, 1997.
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Born August 23, 1963 · Cleveland, Mississippi Caught September 17, 2003
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Born April 12, 1973 · Miami, Oklahoma Outcome Death Caught September 21, 2004 (Final time)
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Born December 25, 1969 Outcome Death
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Born Alabama, United States (presumed) Outcome Death
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Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected Born 1953 · Richmond, Virginia Outcome 60 years imprisonment Caught He confessed to four murders at an FBI office in Washington, D.C., on November 4, 1990, after being turned away from several local police stations.
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Victims 3 proven Born August 10, 1964 · Toledo, Ohio Outcome Executed 2017 Caught He was identified by his 11-year-old surviving victim and arrested on June 6, 1995, confessing to the murder of her mother.
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Born July 2, 1963 · Lawrence, Massachusetts Outcome Death Caught January 12, 1984
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Born May 26, 1962 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Outcome Life imprisonment Caught August 1, 1983
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Victims 4 confirmed, 7 confessed, 10+ suspected Born May 24, 1956 · Indianapolis, Indiana Outcome Death (February 25, 1980) Caught May 1979
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Born August 3, 1957 · Cuba Outcome Life imprisonment Caught June 3, 1996
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Victims 3 killed, 23 Injured Born May 22, 1942 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome 8 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole Caught April 3, 1996
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Born October 22, 1966 · Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught February 2002
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Victims 3 proven Born 1982 · Chandigarh, India Outcome Died before crimes were discovered Caught Her crimes were discovered after she was found deceased from complications related to her last childbirth.
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Born 1966 Outcome 20 to 40 years in prison Caught October 26, 2010
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Victims 3 proven Born December 11, 1935 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Outcome Life imprisonment Caught He was identified after a bloodstained shirt left at a crime scene was traced back to him, and eyewitnesses identified him and his son.
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Born September 21, 1964 · New York City, New York Outcome Death Caught October 8, 1993
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Victims 3 proven Born 1994 Caught She was arrested at a hotel in Burlington, Ontario, on October 3, 2024, after a multi-jurisdictional police investigation linked the three homicides and identified her as the suspect.
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Victims 21 (suspected 43+) Born September 24, 1939 · East Los Angeles, California Outcome Life imprisonment (x21) Caught July 1, 1977
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Arohn Kee
“The East-Harlem Rapist, Arohn Malik, Arohn Worford, Arohn Warford, Ace”
3 victims 1991-1998
Victims 3 proven, at least 4 other proven rape victims Born September 18, 1973 · Manhattan, New York, U.S. Outcome Life imprisonment without parole, plus 400 years Caught After being identified by DNA, he fled to Miami with a kidnapped teenager and was arrested there by a SWAT team on February 19, 1999.
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Victims 4 proven Born January 29, 1973 · Orange Park, Florida Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught His brother Cheyne Kehoe turned himself in to authorities in June 1997 and provided information that led to Chevie Kehoe's capture in Utah the next day.
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Leroy Keith
“Cut, Frisco, New York”
3 victims 1934-1956
Victims 3 proven Born 1907 · Warren, Ohio Outcome Executed 1959 Caught Cornered and shot by police in New York City on December 19, 1956, after a chase that followed his murder of a taxi driver.
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Victims 3 proven Born March 9, 1963 · Placerville, California Outcome 3 life sentences without the possibility of parole Caught He was identified in 2012 after DNA evidence from the 1986 murder of Annette Thur was matched to his profile in the CODIS database; he was arrested in August 2012.
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Born March 14, 1951 · Culberson County, Texas Caught March 31, 1990
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Kate Kelly
“The Kelly Friends, The Kelly Gang”
11 victims August - December 1887
Born Pennsylvania Outcome Died before she could be convicted Caught January 4, 1888
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Kit Kelly
“The Kelly Friends, The Kelly Gang”
11 victims August - December 1887
Born Pennsylvania Outcome Died before she could be convicted Caught January 4, 1888
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William Kelly
“The Kelly Friends, The Kelly Gang”
11 victims August - December 1887
Born Pennsylvania Outcome Died before he could be convicted Caught January 4, 1888
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Edmund Emil Kemper
“The Co-ed Killer, Co-ed Butcher, Ogre of Aptos, The Mad Titan”
10 victims 1964 - 1973
Born December 18, 1948 · Burbank, California Outcome Life imprisonment (x8) (concurrent) Caught August 27, 1964 (first arrest)April 24, 1973 (second arrest)
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Outcome N/A (died before trial could conclude) Caught 1870
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Victims 3 proven Born May 25, 1945 · Boston, Massachusetts Outcome Executed 1992-07-21 Caught After a brief hostage situation following the murders of Trooper McDermon and Floyd Cone, Kennedy surrendered to police on April 11, 1981.
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Born January 7, 1978 · Richmond, Utah Caught March 13, 2012
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Victims 7 (convicted) Born May 21, 1939 · San Diego County, California Outcome Life imprisonment Caught November 29, 1987
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Bigfoot Killer
“The Bigfoot Killer, The Cass Ripper”
7 victims February - October 1975
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Gulf Killer
“Gulf Killer, Red Light Murders, The Dale Mabry Strip Murders”
16 victims c. October 15, 1971 – c. January 5, 1979
Victims 16 (14 women, 2 men) Caught Wirtjes convicted in 1979; other(s) unapprehended
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I-45 Killer
“I-45 Killer, Texas Killing Fields”
30 victims
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I-70 Killer
“The I-70 Killer, I-35 Killer”
6–9+ victims April 8 - May 7, 1992 (possibly January 15, 1994)
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The Cumminsville Killer
“• The Cumminsville Killer • The Cumminsville Ripper • The Cincinnati Streetcar Murders • Cincinnatis Jack the Ripper • The Slouch Hat Man • The Man Gorilla”
5 victims 1904 - 1910
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Victims 21 feet discovered as of the latest reports, though not all are definitively linked to foul play
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The Tube Sock Killer
“The Tube Sock Killings, The Tube Sock Murders, Mineral, Washington murders”
4–6 victims August 12, 1985 - December 12, 1985 (possibly as early as March 1985; undetermined)
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Victims 5 proven, up to 37 suspected Caught Never identified
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Born 1915 · Petaluma, California Outcome Death Caught 1934
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Born September 21, 1966 · Boulder, Colorado Outcome 70 years
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Born 1896 · Pembroke, Kentucky Outcome Death
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Born November 7, 1953 Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born September 13, 1968 · United States Outcome Death Caught March 8, 2009
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Born January 11, 1871 · Dalton, Randolph County, Arkansas Outcome Died before trial Caught 1936
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Born 1876 · Poland Outcome Life Imprisonment
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Klutuk
“The Mad Trapper of Bristol Bay”
20+ victims 1919 - 1929
Born c. 1893 · near Nushagak River, Alaska Caught 1929
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Born 1941 · Czechoslovakia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1986
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Alfred Andrew Knapp
“The Hamilton Strangler, The Ohio Strangler, The Indianapolis Wife Strangler”
5+ victims 1894 - 1902
Born 1863 · Terre Haute, Indiana Outcome Death Caught February 25, 1903
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Born February 4, 1951 · Fort Pierce, Florida Outcome Death Caught December 24, 1974
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Born February 5, 1941 · Springfield, Missouri Outcome Death Caught January 9, 1990
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Born 1948 · United States Outcome 50 years imprisonment Caught 1971
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Victims 18 (suspected 20–35+) Born April 17, 1946 · Orlando, Florida Caught November 17, 1974
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Victims 3 proven Born June 12, 1948 · Morristown, New Jersey Outcome Life imprisonment Caught He reported a fabricated story of being stabbed, and police investigating his claim noticed his car matched the description of the vehicle used in the murders and that his tires matched tracks left at
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Born March 7, 1971 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida Outcome Seven consecutive life sentences Caught November 3, 2016
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Andrew Kokoraleis
“The Ripper Crew, The Chicago Rippers”
18 victims May 23, 1981 - October 8, 1982
Born July 18, 1963 · Villa Park, Illinois Outcome Death Caught November 5, 1982
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Thomas Kokoraleis
“The Ripper Crew, The Chicago Rippers”
18 victims May 23, 1981 - October 8, 1982
Born July 10, 1960 · Villa Park, Illinois Outcome Life imprisonment; reduced to 70 years Caught November 5, 1982
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Victims 2 convictions, many more strongly suspected Born 1960 · Michigan Outcome 55 years in prison Caught 1997
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Victims 3 proven Born October 10, 1956 · Kalamazoo, Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole; released in 2021 Caught He confessed his involvement to several people, one of whom was a police informant, leading to his arrest on September 5, 1972.
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Randy Steven Kraft
“The Scorecard Killer, The Southern California Strangler, The Freeway Killer”
16 victims September 20, 1971 - May 13, 1983
Victims 16 (suspected of up to 67) Born March 19, 1945 · Long Beach, California Outcome Death Caught May 14, 1983
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Born November 28, 1944 · West Mahanoy Township, Pennsylvania Outcome 13 consecutive life terms Caught August 29, 2007
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Born Germany Outcome Death Caught 1915
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Victims 3 proven Born August 13, 1903 · Dickson City, Pennsylvania Outcome Executed 1929 Caught He drunkenly confessed to a traffic cop in Detroit on December 3, 1928, stating he was wanted for murder.
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Born April 11, 1935 · Jersey City, New Jersey Outcome Life imprisonment (x2)
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Born March 19, 1957 · Dallas, Texas Outcome Death (Garner, August 29, 1997), 40 years (Thompson), 20 years (arson) Caught September 25, 1996 (final time)
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Born March 3, 1957 · Fort Worth, Texas Caught May 30, 1991
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Victims 11 confirmed, suspect to be 25 Born October 29, 1945 · San Francisco, California Caught June 2, 1985
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Victims Exact number unknown Born March 19, 1787 · New Orleans, Spanish Louisiana Caught Fled before she could be bought to justice.
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Born January 18, 1946 · Sawsilla, Oklahoma Outcome 100 years imprisonment Caught 1989
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Born 1946 · United States Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1972
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Born August 7, 1964 · Jonesville, North Carolina Caught July 30, 2007
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Born 1948 · Genoa, Ohio Outcome 25 years imprisonment Caught 1971
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Born 1974 · United States Caught 2021
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Born 1838 · Quebec, Canada Outcome Death Caught October 14, 1875
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Victims 16-31 (one conviction) Born October 1, 1951 Outcome Death Caught August 7, 1980
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Victims 7 (one conviction) Born 1938 · Cincinnati, Ohio Outcome Death, commuted to life imprisonment by Furman v. Georgia Caught December 9, 1966
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Victims 3 proven Born November 16, 1960 · Westerly, Rhode Island Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught He was identified by a 14-year-old girl who survived his brutal attack, leading to his arrest on September 18, 1984.
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Born June 13, 1926 · Lexington, Kentucky Outcome Life imprisonment Caught September 5, 2003
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Victims 14 proven, up to 147 suspected Born 1965 · British Hong Kong Outcome Sentencing is ongoing Caught He was arrested at his home in Mississauga, Ontario, on May 2, 2023, after an undercover investigation by The Times of London exposed his global operation.
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Born September 7, 1912 · McCracken, Kentucky Outcome Life imprisonment
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Derrick Todd Lee
“The Baton Rouge Serial Killer”
7+ victims August 23, 1992 - March 3, 2003
Born November 5, 1968 · St. Francisville, Louisiana Outcome Death Caught May 27, 2003
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Born 1872 · Virginia Outcome Death (Maryland) Caught 1931
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Born July 27, 1960 · Duluth, Minnesota Outcome Life imprisonment (North Dakota and Minnesota), Acquitted (South Dakota) Caught October 11, 1990
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Victims 4 proven Born January 21, 1990 · Fort St. James, British Columbia, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for 25 years Caught He was arrested during a routine traffic stop on November 27, 2010, after a police officer noticed his truck speeding away from a remote logging road and found blood on him and in his vehicle, leading
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Victims 5 proven Born February 13, 1948 · Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment without parole for 25 years Caught After a seven-month manhunt, he was captured on November 24, 1989, when a taxi he had carjacked spun off a snowy highway, leading to a hostage situation and his eventual surrender to the Royal Canadia
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Born August 19, 1969 · Brunswick, Ohio
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Victims 3 proven, at least 7 other known assault victims Born July 6, 1959 · Wisconsin Outcome Two death sentences and one life imprisonment term, plus 947 years for other crimes Caught He was arrested on June 27, 1992, after surviving victims provided police with descriptions of his car, a partial license plate number, and the distinctive presence of a child's baby seat.
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Born 1950 · Massachusetts Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1994
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Victims 9 proven Born 1889 · Bullfrog, Florida Outcome Executed 1927-11-22 Caught After visiting a psychic with his associate about the Merrell murders, police were tipped off and arrested him at a lumber yard where he was sleeping.
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Born February 14, 1940 · Ohio Outcome Life imprisonment Caught December 8, 1978
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Born December 22, 1936 · Ohio Outcome Life imprisonment Caught December 11, 1978
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Born 1880 · United States Outcome Involuntary commitment Caught 1929
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Born August 10, 1965 · Jacksonville, Florida Outcome Death (Alabama and Georgia) Caught April 14, 1998
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Born August 16, 1984 · Jacksonville, Florida Caught April 2020
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Victims 3 proven Born May 15, 1947 · California, USA Outcome Died before trial Caught He was arrested on June 9, 1970, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, after he and two accomplices robbed a motel and kidnapped the owner's wife.
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Born July 12, 1949 · Tucson, Arizona Outcome 5-years-to-life (Thorpe), N/A (died before trial) Caught October 12, 1978
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Born January 29, 1953 · St. Charles, Illinois Outcome None Caught N/A
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Born Germany Outcome 25 years imprisonment Caught 1912
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Victims 7–25 (six convictions) Born March 18, 1935 · Palatka, Florida Outcome 30 years imprisonment Caught December 1996
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Nathaniel Lipscomb
“The Dawn Strangler, The Early Morning Bandit”
3–4 victims 1958 – 1959 (possibly 1951)
Born 1931 · Gaffney, South Carolina Outcome Death Caught April 17, 1959
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Born March 6, 1894 · Hale County, Alabama Outcome Death Caught 1929
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Born 1956 · Marks, Mississippi Outcome Life imprisonment Caught August 4, 1988
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Samuel Little
“The Choke and Stroke Killer”
60 victims 1970 - 2005 (confirmed)1970 - 2012 (possible)
Victims 60 confirmed, 93 confessed Born June 7, 1940 · Reynolds, Georgia Outcome Four life sentences without the possibility of parole Caught September 5, 2012
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Victims 3 proven Born 1957 Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught Identified through surveillance footage and DNA evidence after the 2021 murder of his neighbor, John Hall III.
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Victims 3 proven Born September 30, 1960 · Walbridge, Ohio Outcome Executed 1997-12-09 Caught After a high-speed chase in a stolen Corvette on March 22, 1988, which began after he murdered a police officer in Beaumont, Texas.
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Born July 15, 1953 · Tom Green County, Texas Outcome Death Caught October 24, 1986
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Born September 19, 1927 · Campton, Kentucky Outcome Life imprisonment (x4) Caught September 19, 1975
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Robert Joseph Long
“The Classified Ad Rapist, The Adman Rapist”
10 victims March 27, 1984 - November 11, 1984
Born October 14, 1953 · Kenova, West Virginia Outcome Death Caught November 16, 1984
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Victims 3 proven, 3 wounded Caught Never identified
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Born 1956 · Philippines Outcome Death (September 19, 1989) Caught December 1984
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Victims 3 confirmed, 11 convicted, 8 disputed, claimed hundreds Born August 23, 1936 · Blacksburg, Virginia Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught June 11, 1983
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Born November 21, 1958 · Texas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1990
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Born September 26, 1967 · New York Outcome Life imprisonment Caught December 2005
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Born August 23, 1925 · Macon, Georgia Outcome Death; commuted to involuntary commitment Caught May 6, 1958
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Born 1985 · Texas Outcome 48 years imprisonment (Booker murder) Caught 2019
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Born July 21, 1955 · Alameda County, California Outcome Death Caught October 14, 1987
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Richard Otto Macek
“The Mad Biter, The Bite Mark Murderer, The Bite Mark Killer”
3+ victims August - September 1974
Born 1948 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Life imprisonment (WI), 200-to-400 years imprisonmnet (IL) Caught December 5, 1975
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Born September 8, 1979 · Lansing, Michigan Caught August 28, 2007
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Victims 3 proven, up to 6 suspected Caught Never identified
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Victims 3 proven Born October 15, 1977 · East Cleveland, Ohio Outcome Death Caught He was arrested on July 19, 2013, at his mother's home after a brief standoff with police, following the discovery of a victim's body in his garage after a neighbor reported a foul odor.
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Born 1978 · Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Caught March 2011
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Born July 8, 1960 · Jefferson County, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1991
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Victims 3 proven Born November 9, 1970 · Woonsocket, Rhode Island Outcome Two consecutive life sentences plus 10 years Caught He was identified by two women who survived his attacks, leading to his arrest at his home on July 17, 2004; he confessed to the murders during interrogation.
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Born April 2, 1961 · Linton, Indiana Outcome 360 years in prison Caught 1997
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Victims 4+ (3 convictions) Born January 10, 1961 · Seaside, California Outcome Death Caught March 24, 1981
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Born 1964 · Opelousas, Louisiana Outcome Life imprisonment without parole (x4) Caught November 4, 1997
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Lee Boyd Malvo
“The Beltway Sniper, The D.C. Sniper”
10 victims February 16, 2002 - October 23, 2002
Born February 18, 1985 · Kingston, Jamaica Outcome Life without parole, reduced to life with parole (Virginia) Caught October 24, 2002
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Born 1957 · Mexico Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 1990
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Born 1956 · Grand Rapids, Michigan Caught October 26, 1981
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Caught N/A
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Victims 3 proven Born May 21, 1938 · Harlem, New York City, New York Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught He was arrested on March 4, 2022, after a police search of his apartment, prompted by the discovery of his latest victim's torso, uncovered the victim's head and other evidence.
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Born 1951 · Tuskegee, Alabama Outcome Life imprisonment (AL, MS) Caught April 17, 1987
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Born 1956 Outcome Death (August 30, 1989) Caught November 14, 1986
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Victims 3 proven Born December 12, 1934 · Portland, Oregon Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught On June 30, 1961, he was arrested by the FBI in Santa Maria, California, after a citizen recognized his photograph on a Wanted Flyer.
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Born May 30, 1985 Outcome A minimum of 45 years in prison and up to 70 years Caught June 7, 2019
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Born April 25, 1937 · Gaffney, South Carolina Outcome Life imprisonment (x4) Caught February 15, 1969
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Victims 4 proven Born January 29, 1949 · North Carolina Outcome Executed 1992-05-12 Caught He was identified by a second kidnapping and rape victim who escaped and led police to him and his accomplice on July 4, 1977.
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Born 1907
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Victims 12 convicted (36 claimed) Born 1962 · Fresno, California Outcome Life imprisonment (x10) Caught May 17, 2013
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Born July 30, 1930 Outcome Death (New Jersey; December 12, 1990) Caught January 1989
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Born 1885 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Death (1904) Caught 1904
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Born April 14, 1944 · Naples, Italy Outcome Life imprisonment (minimum of 60 years) Caught December 22, 1992
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Born December 2, 1956 · Georgia Outcome Death (January 27, 1984) Caught February 4, 1981
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Victims 3 proven, up to 6 suspected Born June 25, 1951 · in Lewisburg, Ohio Outcome Died before trial Caught Killed during a shootout with FBI agents on April 11, 1986, after a series of violent robberies.
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Born May 3, 1974 · Indianapolis, Indiana Outcome Life imprisonment (x2) Caught May 20, 1998
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Victims 3 proven Born October 9, 1949 · Louisiana Outcome 12 years for murder, to be served concurrently with an 8-year sentence for rape. Caught He was identified in a 2001 cold case rape after DNA from dentures he left at the scene, which had his name imprinted on them, was tested in 2016.
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Born February 24, 1958 · Del Norte County, California Outcome Death Caught November 7, 1987
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Born April 5, 1954 · Connellsville, Pennsylvania Outcome Life imprisonment Caught December 10, 2003
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Victims 3 proven Born 1947 · Northampton, Massachusetts Outcome 35 to 60 years' imprisonment Caught He was arrested in New Haven, Connecticut, in February 1995 after fleeing Rhode Island following the murder of Patricia Paquette.
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Born June 16, 1975 · Reynoldsville, West Virginia Outcome Life imprisonment (Seven consecutive life terms plus 20 years) Caught July 14, 2020
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Victims 8 proven Born October 8, 1951 · Lindsay, Ontario, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment with no parole eligibility for 25 years Caught On January 18, 2018, police, who had him under surveillance, intervened when they saw a man enter his apartment and arrested him, believing the man was in imminent danger.
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Born 1917 · South Carolina Outcome Life imprisonment (South Carolina), Death (Maryland) Caught 1944
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Born Texas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1972
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Born Texas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1972
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Victims 5 proven Born 1935 · Buchanan, Georgia Outcome Executed 1958 Caught Arrested on February 3, 1958, for the murder of Jeanette M. Griffin, he confessed to four other murders during interrogation.
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Kenneth Allen Mcduff
“The Broomstick Killer, The Broomstick Murderer”
9–14+ victims August 6, 1966 - March 1, 1992
Born March 21, 1946 · Rosebud, Texas Outcome Death, commuted to life with parole (1966), Death (1993) Caught May 4, 1992 (final time)
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Victims 4 (confirmed and known) Born March 21, 1948 · Haskell County, Texas Outcome Death
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Victims 3 proven, up to 4 suspected Born February 23, 1953 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Outcome Life imprisonment without parole, later commuted (Pennsylvania). 89 years and 10 months to life imprisonment (New York). Caught He was arrested on October 6, 1994, in Rockland County, New York, while driving the car of one of his victims, Robert Silk.
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Victims 12 (3 convictions) Born April 27, 1973 · Los Angeles, California Outcome Death + 75 years to life Caught February 11, 2003
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Born January, 1937 · Ithaca, New York Outcome Life imprisonment (March 20, 1992 for the murder of Deana Hubbard Wild.) Caught September 15, 1989
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Born July 11, 1965 · Collingwood, Ontario Canada Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born March 29, 1973 · Missouri City, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment (September 6, 2010) Caught May 2, 2006
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Born Colquitt County, Georgia Outcome Death Caught April 12, 1915
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Born 1996 · Kingman, Arizona Outcome N/A (died before capture) Caught N/A
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Born 1954 · United States Outcome Death Caught January 24, 1986
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Victims 3 proven Born November 14, 1976 · Queens, New York Outcome Death Caught He was arrested on December 9, 2000, after his coworker Emily Murray's car was found at his property.
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Born May 28, 1914 · Covell, Illinois Outcome Death Caught 1945
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Born November 20, 1934 · Belleville, Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment (1951; Paroled (1972)), Life imprisonment without parole (1998) Caught October 15, 1997
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Victims 3 proven Born June 20, 1978 · Port Salerno, Florida Outcome Life imprisonment Caught Arrested on an unrelated sexual battery charge on June 23, 2004, after a previous victim identified him; he then confessed to the murders.
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Born October 1, 1948 · Traverse City, Michigan
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Born August 24, 1941 · Connecticut Outcome Life imprisonment Caught December 11, 1970
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Born 1937 Outcome 99 years on guilty plea to one count (1972) Caught December 1971
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Born December 28, 1952 · Muskegon Heights, Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught 2014
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Victims 3 proven Born July 22, 1901 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Outcome Death Caught He was arrested by FBI agents and local police in a St. Louis hotel room on March 18, 1945, after being identified as the primary suspect in the murder of Nancy Boyer.
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Victims 1 proven, accomplice in at least 10 others Outcome Life imprisonment plus 100 years Caught He was arrested in October 1979 along with the Briley brothers after a seven-month murder spree and subsequently turned state's evidence.
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Born June 8, 1949 · Manhattan, Montana Caught September 25, 1974
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Born February 13, 1937 · Breaux Bridge, Louisiana Outcome Life imprisonment Caught January 1992 (For the final time)
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Bruce D. Mendenhall
“• The Rest Stop Killer • The Truck Stop Killer • The Prosti-Shooter”
6–9+ victims June - July 2007
Born April 14, 1951 · Crawford, Illinois Outcome Life imprisonment Caught July 12, 2007
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Born United States Outcome 22 years imprisonment Caught 1989
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Born March 2, 1955 · Baltimore, Maryland Outcome Life without parole Caught December 15, 1996
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Born Germany Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1893
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Victims 3 proven, up to 10 suspected Born October 14, 1960 · Travis County, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught After confessing to two murders in a phone call to police, he was apprehended by a fugitive task force on May 29, 2023, in North Austin.
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Victims 5 proven Born April 9, 1965 · Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Outcome Life imprisonment without parole (originally sentenced to death) Caught He was arrested in February 2002 after an FBI investigation that traced electronic ransom payments and used cellphone data to connect him and his accomplice to the crimes.
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Victims 3 proven Born August 30, 1985 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for 25 years. Caught He was arrested on May 11, 2013, after police tracked Tim Bosma's cell phone to a location near Millard's farm and found Bosma's truck in a trailer at Millard's mother's home.
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Outcome Found not guilty of certain murders by reason of insanity (1973). Committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Mental Health of the State of Connecticut
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Born December 28, 1954 · Lansing, Michigan Caught August 16, 1978
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Born September 2, 1964 · Steelton, Pennsylvania Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught August 6, 1992
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Born January 15, 1955 · Illinois Caught October 1993 (For the final time)
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Born 1941 · Los Angeles, California Outcome Death Caught February 27, 1981
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Born 1973 · New Haven, Connecticut Outcome Life imprisonment Caught December 27, 2000
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Victims 3 proven, up to 4 suspected Born September 3, 1987 · Garden City, Michigan Outcome 28 to 48 years in prison Caught He was arrested on April 24, 2020, after a multi-year investigation connected him to a series of hit-and-runs through the testimony of a surviving victim and other evidence.
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Victims 8 proven Born March 21, 1967 · California Outcome Death (eight sentences) plus 200 years Caught Accomplice Richard Colston cooperated with police, leading to the arrest of Millsap and Kendrick Loot in late 1996.
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Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected Born February 19, 1961 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole, plus two consecutive terms of 25 years to life Caught He was arrested on December 8, 1989, for the murder of Margaret Ball after his father informed police his son had confessed to the crime.
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Born 1892 Caught January 30, 1923
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Born 1874 · Boone County, Missouri Outcome Life imprisonment (1913, Missouri); later commuted and released (1949)
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Victims 15 dead; 8-10 wounded Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1974
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Born February 19, 1951 · Providence, Rhode Island Outcome Death Caught December 12, 1981
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Cory Deonn Morris
“The Crackhead Killer, Huggy Bear, Teddy Bear”
5+ victims 2002 - 2003
Born May 10, 1978 Outcome Death Caught April 12, 2003
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Born August 24, 1985 · Tampa, Florida Caught July 2, 2010
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Born October 2, 1889 · Vienna, Austria Outcome Involuntary commitment Caught January 1915
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Born January 9, 1930 · Kansas City, Missouri Outcome Life imprisonment Caught October 13, 1961
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Victims 3 proven, up to 5 suspected Born May 14, 1959 · Oklahoma Outcome Life imprisonment Caught He was arrested for the murder of Kimberly Kendall in Amarillo, Texas, on May 4, 1990, and was later linked to the New Mexico murders through a new investigation and his own confession.
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Born March 31, 1947 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida Outcome Involuntary commitment Caught May 17, 1987 (last time)
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Victims 3 proven Born May 5, 1975 · South Carolina Outcome Executed 2011-05-06 Caught He was arrested for the first two murders, and for the third, he confessed to guards immediately after killing his cellmate.
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Born February 27, 1949 · St. Louis, Missouri
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John Allen Muhammad
“The Beltway Sniper, The D.C. Sniper”
10 victims February 16, 2002 - October 23, 2002
Victims 10 killed, 3 injured (D.C. metropolitan area), 7 killed, 7 injured elsewhere Born December 31, 1960 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana Outcome Death Caught October 24, 2002
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Born April 18, 1947 · Salinas, California Outcome Life imprisonment Caught February 13, 1973
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Victims 3 proven Born June 28, 1961 · Memphis, Tennessee Outcome Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, plus 50 years Caught His fingerprints were found on a paper bag at the scene of his final murder in June 2012, leading to his arrest the next day.
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Alphabet Murderer
“The Alphabet murders, The Double Initial Murders”
3 victims November 16, 1971 - November 26, 1973
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Bag murders
“The Bag Murders, The CUPPI Murders”
6 victims 1975-1977
Victims 6 proven Caught Never identified
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Columbus murders
“The Columbus Serial Shooter, The .25 Caliber Killer”
3 victims 1965-1966
Victims 3 proven Caught Never identified
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Great Basin Murders
“Great Basin Murders, The Great Basin Murderer”
4+ victims 1983 – 1997 (alleged)
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The Smiley Face Murders
“Smiley face murder theory, Smiley face murders, Smiley face killings, Smiley face gang”
1997 - 2008
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Tylenol Murders
“Tylenol murders, Chicago Tylenol murders”
7 victims September - October 1982
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Born 1944 · Detroit, Michigan Outcome 15-30 years imprisonment Caught December 15, 1980
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Born 1965 · Pine Bluff, Arkansas Caught 2017
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Edith Murray
“The Cleveland Black Widow”
0–5 victims 1903 - 1922
Born Pennsylvania Outcome Released due to lack of evidence.
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Born March 29, 1948 · Picher, Oklahoma Outcome Death Caught March 16, 1996
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Born October 18, 1955 · Clinton, Montana Caught Never apprehended
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Victims 3 proven Born 1864 · Naples, Italy Outcome Executed 1886 Caught After the discovery of his third victim, police tracked Nardello to a house in Maryland where he was staying with a woman, and they were arrested at a train depot on August 1, 1885.
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Born December 9, 1985 Caught April 1982
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Born 1924 · United States Outcome Death
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Joseph Naso
“The Double Initial Killer (possibly)”
6–10+ victims 1977 - 1994
Born January 7, 1934 · Rochester, New York Outcome Death (de jure) Caught April 11, 2011
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Born September 14, 1953 · Ellisville, Mississippi
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Victims 3 proven Born October 7, 1955 · Fort Belvoir, Virginia Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught After confessing over the phone to a news director and police, he agreed to surrender and was arrested in a parking lot on July 9, 1998.
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Born 1881 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Death (1904) Caught 1904
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Earle Leonard Nelson
“The Gorilla Man, The Gorilla Killer, The Dark Strangler”
22+ victims February 20, 1926 - June 9, 1927
Born May 12, 1897 · San Francisco, California Outcome Death Caught June 16, 1927
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Born June 29, 1950 · WaKeeney, Kansas
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Born Georgia Outcome Death (1897) Caught June 1897
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Born November 27, 1931 · Ironton, Ohio Outcome N/A (died before trial) Caught May 2008
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Born February 22, 1951 · Wheaton, Maryland Outcome Life imprisonment (x4) Caught October 9, 1992
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Victims 11 convictions, 25 total suspected Born December 24, 1960 · British Hong Kong Outcome Death by lethal injection (de jure) Caught July 6, 1985
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Born 1933 · United States Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment (1964), Death (1987) Caught July 20, 1985
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Born 1933 · Coral Gables, Florida Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1970
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Born December 31, 1950 · North Carolina Outcome Death (California), 25 years (Washington)
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Born July 19, 1919 · Tallulah, Louisiana Outcome Death Caught May 28, 1938
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Dr No
“Ohio Prostitute Killer, I-71 Killer”
9+ victims 1981 - 2004
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Born August 23, 1928 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Outcome 20 years probation Caught 1998
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Born April 23, 1991 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Caught October 27, 2017
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Born February 5, 1948 · Greeley, Colorado Outcome Life imprisonment Caught November 20, 1979
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Victims 3-20 confirmed (confessed to 9; implicated in 1) Born November 9, 1906 · Bladworth, Saskatchewan, Canada Outcome Death Caught September 19, 1928
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Victims 6 (not confirmed, died before trial) Born March 20, 1988 · Mexico City, Mexico Caught January 13, 2012
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Born 1953 · Orwell Township, Pennsylvania Outcome Life imprisonment Caught May 17, 2003
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Victims 6 proven, at least 6 others injured Caught Never identified
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Highway of Tears
“Highway of Tears”
18 victims 1969-2006 (official E-PANA timeframe)
Victims 18 proven (E-PANA list), up to 40 or more suspected Caught Never identified
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Victims 11 proven Born January 1, 1940 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole for 25 years Caught He was arrested on August 12, 1981, after attempting to abduct two female hitchhikers, and his subsequent interrogation led to his confession.
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Born February 26, 1960 · Albuquerque, New Mexico Outcome 27 years, 9 months imprisonment (January 1989), 135 years imprisonment Caught September 22, 1987
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Born May 22, 1983 Outcome Life imprisonment without parole
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Born 1946 · Scranton, Pennsylvania Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1989
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Born July 1964 · Atlanta, Georgia Outcome Death Caught October 2, 1992
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Victims 3 proven Born April 7, 1969 · Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught His DNA, collected during a 2006 prison sentence for unrelated crimes, was matched in August 2007 to evidence from the three murder scenes.
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Victims 5 confirmed, 21 confessed, 100+ suspected Born June 28, 1891 · East Grand Forks, Minnesota Outcome Death
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Born 1943 · Revere, Massachusetts Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1984
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Manuel Pardo
“The Death Row Romeo”
9 victims January - April 1986
Born September 24, 1956 · New York Outcome Death Caught May 7, 1986
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Gerald Parker
“The Bedroom Basher, The Bludgeon Killer”
6 victims 1978 - 1979
Born 1955 · Phoenix, Arizona Outcome Death Caught January 1996
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Victims 3 proven, up to 5 suspected Born January 30, 1945 · Hamilton County, Ohio Outcome Executed 1989 Caught His accomplice's ex-wife informed police about the murders in early 1983, leading to the indictment of Paster while he was already imprisoned in Alabama for other crimes.
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Born 1949 · Georgia Caught February 23, 2003
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Born August 19, 1924 · Lincoln, Nebraska Outcome Death Caught 1975
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Michel Peiry
“The Sadist of Romont”
5–11 victims 1981 - 1987
Born February 28, 1959 · Romont, Switzerland Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born 1948 · Richmond, Virginia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1966
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Steven Brian Pennell
“The Route 40 Killer, The Corridor Killer, The Route 13 Killer”
5 victims 1987 - 1988
Victims 5 (2 convictions) Born November 22, 1957 · Glasgow, Delaware Outcome Death Caught November 29, 1988
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Born February 9, 1958 Outcome Life imprisonment
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Outcome Death (August 4, 2000) Caught November 12, 1997
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Born 1963 · United States Caught 2020
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Born April 29, 1955 · Woodruff County, Arkansas Outcome Life imprisonment with parole eligibility (November 12, 1981), Death (March 22, 2002)
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Victims 3 proven, up to 9 suspected Born September 9, 1952 · Thailand Outcome Three consecutive life sentences without parole Caught Her DNA, collected after a 2012 federal firearms conviction, was matched to evidence from the 1990 murder scenes.
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Born January 20, 1969 · Gary, Indiana Outcome Death; re-sentenced to total of 120 years imprisonment
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Victims 3 proven, up to 8 suspected Born 1951 · or 1952, Nevada, U.S. Outcome Life imprisonment without parole in Washington, 15 years to life in California, and awaiting a new sentencing hearing in Nevada after a death sentence was twice overturned. Caught He was arrested in Las Vegas in April 1982.
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Victims 5 killed, 3 wounded, 1 rumoured killing Caught Never apprehended
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Victims 6 proven, at least 20 others suspected Born October 24, 1949 · Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for 25 years Caught He was arrested on February 22, 2002, after police executing a firearms warrant on his farm found personal items belonging to missing women.
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Born October 11, 1931 · Midville, Georgia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught March 8, 1971
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Born May 11, 1961 · West Des Moines, Iowa Outcome Life imprisonment Caught January 20, 2000
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Born January 11, 1956 · Orland, California Outcome Death Caught July 29, 1985
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Victims 4 proven Born February 3, 1954 · San Diego, California Outcome Died during the commission of his crimes Caught Platt was killed during a shootout with FBI agents on April 11, 1986, after a rolling stakeout identified the stolen car he and his accomplice were in.
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Michael Player
“The Skid Row Slayer”
10 victims September - October 1986
Born September 6, 1960 · Los Angeles, California
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Victims 2 confirmed, suspect to be 9 or more than 10 Born November 29, 1859 · Charlestown, Massachusetts Outcome Death, commuted to life to be served in solitary confinement in 1876, commuted to life imprisonment in 1917 Caught April 24, 1874
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Born 1909 · Oglethorpe, Georgia Outcome Death (1947) Caught January 26, 1947
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Born 1947 · United States Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1988
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Victims 13 (including himself and his friend in 1971) Born February 16, 1948 · Jacksonville, Florida
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Born February 28, 1990
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Born November 17, 1893 · Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands Outcome Death
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Born April 7, 1956 · Newport News, Virginia Outcome Death Caught February 4, 1984
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Born 1980 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Life imprisonment (x4) Caught December 11, 2014
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Born August 28, 1982 · Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania Caught May 25, 2023
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Born October 11, 1973 · Warwick, Rhode Island Caught 1989
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Larme Price
“The September 11 Serial Killer, Sept. 11 Killer, The Thrill Killer, Saturday Killer, .40-caliber Killer”
4 victims February 8 - March 20, 2003
Born June 27, 1972 · Brooklyn, New York Outcome Life imprisonment (February 2004) Caught March 29, 2003
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Born 1957 · Nevada, Missouri Outcome Life imprisonment (x2) Caught March 30, 1985
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Victims 9 (3 convictions) Born November 18, 1965 · San Martín, El Salvador Outcome Death Caught September 6, 1990
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Cleophus Prince
“The Clairemont Killer”
6 victims January 12, 1990 – September 13, 1990
Born July 24, 1967 · Birmingham, Alabama Outcome Death Caught March 3, 1991
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Born October 4, 1949 · Gastonia, North Carolina Outcome Death (Arkansas), Life imprisonment (x4) (New Mexico, Mississippi, Colorado) Caught October 17, 1981
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Victims 3 proven Born October 9, 1840 · Shelby, Indiana Outcome Died before trial Caught After murdering his third wife, he was found deceased alongside her body, having taken his own life to evade capture.
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Born January 9, 1929 · Redlands, California Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught November 11, 1988
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Dennis Lynn Rader
“B.T.K., BTK Killer, BTK Strangler”
10 victims January 15, 1974 - January 19, 1991
Born March 9, 1945 · Pittsburg, Kansas Outcome Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 175 years (10 consecutive life sentences) Caught February 25, 2005
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Born January 17, 1969 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York Outcome Life imprisonment Caught January 28, 1989
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Born July 5, 1949 · Norwood, Ohio Outcome Death (May 4, 1978, Elaina Bear; commuted to Life imprisonment on July 26, 1978), Life imprisonment (July 6, 1978, Diane McCrobie), Life imprisonment (August 2, 1978, Lisa Harmon), Life imprisonment ( Caught November 15, 1977
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Richard Ramirez
“The Night Stalker, The Walk-In Killer, The Valley Intruder”
15+ victims April 10, 1984 - August 24, 1985
Born February 29, 1960 · El Paso, Texas Outcome Death (x19) Caught August 31, 1985
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Andre Rand
“The Pied Piper of State Island, Cropsey”
2–8 victims 1972 - 1987
Born March 11, 1944 · Manhattan, New York City, New York Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1988
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Born October 20, 1943 · Kalamazoo, Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment without parole (x4) Caught September 5, 1972
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Born March 22, 1945 · Kalamazoo, Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught June 5, 1964
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Born September 4, 1943 · Wayne County, North Carolina Caught January 16, 1975
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Born October 8, 1880 · Sidney, Iowa Outcome 10 years (1896), Death (1910) Caught November 1910
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Born December 23, 1943 · Denver, Colorado Outcome 15 years to life Caught 2002
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Victims 3 proven Caught Never identified
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Born June 27, 1958 · United States Outcome Life imprisonment (2x) Caught June 1, 1994
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David Parker Ray
“The Toy-Box Killer”
Unknown, 0 murder convictions, 1 murder-by-proxy conviction, more than 60 murders suspected, 3 tortured and survived (known) 1950 - 1999
Victims Unknown, 0 murder convictions, 1 murder-by-proxy conviction, more than 60 murders suspected, 3 tortured and survived (known) Born November 6, 1939 · Belen, New Mexico Outcome 224 years imprisonment Caught March 22, 1999
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Born May 9, 1949 · Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1986
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Born 1965 · Oakfield, New York Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 2010
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Victims 5 + 1 as an accomplice Born February 1, 1954 · Poplar, Montana Outcome 15 years imprisonment (Federal), Life imprisonment (California), Death (Delaware) Caught February 10, 1991
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Born January 22, 1922 · Conneaut, Ohio Outcome N/A (died before conclusion of trial) Caught 1988
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Born July 1, 1959 Caught 1997
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Born November 10, 1995 Caught November 5, 2021
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Todd Alan Reed
“The Forest Park Killer”
3–5 victims April - June 1999 (possibly 1987)
Born May 22, 1967 · Portland, Oregon Outcome Life imprisonment (x3) Caught July 18, 1999
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Born 1928 · Maryland Outcome Life imprisonment Caught June 24, 1960
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Born June 20, 1940 · Wichita Falls, Texas Outcome 99 years imprisonment
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Born 1959 Caught 2006
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Paul Dennis Reid
“The Fast Food Killer”
7 victims February 16, 1997 - April 23, 1997
Victims 7 killed; 2 survivor Born November 12, 1957 · Richland Hills, Texas Outcome Death Caught June 25, 1997
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Born June 2, 1940 · Brooklyn, New York Outcome Life imprisonment Caught October 31, 1975
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Born March 15, 1970 · Cleveland, Ohio Outcome 30 years to Life imprisonment Caught September 21, 2015
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Born 1897 · –1898
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Born 1994 · California Caught October 4, 2023
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Born August 1, 1959 · Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico Outcome Death Caught July 12, 1999
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Born c. 1878 · North Carolina Outcome 15 years imprisonment (Ed Wynne murder), Death (Vera Leonard murder) Caught 1931
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Victims 6 proven Born 2004 Outcome Awaiting trial Caught He was arrested in December 2020 in connection with one of the murders, and ballistics from a recovered handgun later linked him to the other crime scenes.
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Born January 18, 1957 · Idaho Falls, Idaho Caught March 26, 1987
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Born November 22, 1945 · Council Bluffs, Iowa Outcome Life without parole Caught April 1, 1990
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Born August 7, 1942 · Concord, Massachusetts Outcome Life imprisonment Caught May 25, 1968
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Born February 14, 1955 · Northern California Outcome Death
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Born 1844 · St. Martinville, Louisiana Outcome Death Caught June 1897
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Stephen Dee Richards
“The Nebraska Fiend, Kearney County Murderer, The Ohio Monster”
9 victims 1876 - 1878
Born March 18, 1856 · Wheeling, West Virginia Outcome Death Caught December 20, 1878
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Born December 4, 1946 Outcome N/A (died before trial) Caught July 14, 2022
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Born August 2, 1936 · Oklahoma Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born November 6, 1961 Caught April 3, 1992
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Gary Leon Ridgway
“The Green River Killer, The Riverman”
49 victims 1982 - 1998 confirmed (but could be as recent as 2001)
Victims 49 (convicted), 71 (confessed) Born February 18, 1949 · Salt Lake City, Utah Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught November 30, 2001
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Born January 20, 1959 · New York City, New York Outcome 203 years to life in prison Caught June 28, 1993
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Atlanta Ripper
“Atlanta Ripper, The Black Butcher”
At least 15 suspected, possibly more than 20 1911-1912
Victims At least 15 suspected, possibly more than 20 Caught Never identified
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Victims 5 murder victims, 12 rape victims Born November 28, 1958 · Wellington, Kansas Outcome Life imprisonment (five consecutive life sentences) Caught May 18, 1977
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Born November 4, 1976 · Anchorage, Alaska
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Victims 7 proven Caught Never identified
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Victims 4 proven Born September 13, 1963 · Madrid, Spain Outcome Death Caught He was identified by a surviving victim and arrested on October 13, 2000, in a South Carolina motel room after a failed suicide attempt.
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Born 1935 · Beaver County, Pennsylvania Outcome N/A (died before trial) Caught N/A
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Born July 7, 1960 · Rockland, Maine Caught November 26, 1980
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Born January, 1944 · Perth Amboy, New Jersey Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught For the final time on February 7, 1988
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Born November 18, 1962 · Florida Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1991
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Born August 5, 1963 · Marianna, Florida Caught October 27, 1983
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Victims 2 (4 suspected) Born September 3, 1986 Caught November 23, 2021
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Victims 3 proven, 2 suspected Born December 6, 1974 · Allentown, Pennsylvania Outcome One death sentence and two life sentences, plus 40.5 to 81 years for other charges. Caught He was arrested at a hospital on July 31, 1993, while seeking treatment for gunshot wounds sustained during a shootout with a police officer at the home of a surviving victim.
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Born December 27, 1943 · Cicero, Illinois Caught June 2, 2000
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Born 1838 · Newtownhamilton, Ireland Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught August 12, 1886
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Born September 6, 1927 · Port Chester, New York Outcome Death Caught June 5, 1954
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Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected (survived) Caught Never identified
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Antonio Rodriguez
“The Kensington Strangler”
3 victims November 3 - December 15, 2010
Born October 28, 1988 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Outcome Life imprisonment (x3) Caught January 17, 2011
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Victims 3 proven Born 1950 · Portland, Oregon Outcome Died before trial Caught After confessing to his ex-girlfriend, who tipped off police, Rodriguez called investigators himself before fleeing and committing suicide on May 15, 1992, leaving behind detailed written confessions.
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Born September 30, 1953 · Moscow, Idaho Outcome Death Caught 1987
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Glen Edward Rogers
“The Cross Country Killer, The Casanova Killer”
2 victims 1993/1995 - November 9, 1995
Victims 2 convictions, 3+ more suspected Born July 15, 1962 · Hamilton, Ohio Outcome Death Caught November 13, 1995
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Born March 13, 1960 · Emmett, Idaho Outcome Death Caught 1996
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Born June 16, 1950 · Plymouth, Massachusetts Outcome Life imprisonment Caught May 30, 2001
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Born May 26, 1954 · Shreveport, Louisiana Outcome Death sentence Caught September 7, 1990
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Born 1957 · Battle Creek, Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1986
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Born 1958 Outcome Three concurrent life terms in prison, with no possibility of parole Caught 1990
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Michael Bruce Ross
“The Roadside Strangler, The Egg Man”
8+ victims May 12, 1981 - June 13, 1984
Born July 26, 1959 · Putnam, Connecticut Outcome Death Caught June 29, 1984
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Victims 3 proven Born September 6, 1935 · New York, New York Outcome Executed Caught He was noticed by detectives as he loitered at the scene of his final murder on June 7, 1954, watching the police investigation.
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Born July 28, 1955 · Anchorage, Alaska Territory Outcome 10 years imprisonment; Imprisoned for 25–life Caught October 31, 1986
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Victims 3 proven Born January 4, 1965 · Nevada County, California Outcome Death, plus 25 years to life imprisonment Caught He was arrested in Carson City, Nevada, on November 20, 1986, after a hit-and-run accident led police to identify him as a suspect in the murders, to which he subsequently confessed.
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Born January 28, 1970 · Oak Forest, Illinois Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment
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Born April, 1958 · Florida Outcome Life imprisonment (x2) Caught September 12, 1990
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Victims 5 (+5 attempted) Born November 3, 1973 · Fall River, Massachusetts Outcome Life plus 60 years Caught 2008
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Born September 30, 1969 · Brownsville, Texas Outcome Six consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole Caught March 13, 1998
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Malik Samartaney
3–6 victims 1991 - 2019 Also suspected of murdering his wife in 1976
Born June 7, 1953 · Maryland Outcome 15 years imprisonment (1975 assault), 20 years imprisonment (1991 murders), 41 years imprisonment (2019 murder)
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Altemio Sanchez
“The Bike Path Killer, The Bike Path Rapist”
3+ victims 1975 - September 29, 2006
Victims 3+ (Murder), 9–15+ (Rape) Born January 19, 1958 · San Sebastián, Puerto Rico Outcome 75 years to life Caught January 15, 2007
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Victims 4 proven Born May 31, 1952 · Walla Walla, Washington Outcome Life imprisonment Caught He was arrested on April 2, 1987, in Wyoming for a 1986 kidnapping and rape in Montana, and later confessed to the murders to a cellmate in 1989.
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Born 1949 · Concord, California Outcome Death Caught 1986
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Aaron Juan Saucedo
“Maryvale serial shooter, The Serial Street Shooter”
9 victims August 12, 2015 - July 11, 2016
Victims 9 killed, 3 wounded Born April 6, 1994 · Phoenix, Arizona Outcome His trial is scheduled for February 2024
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Victims 3 proven Born July 6, 1969 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin Outcome Three life sentences plus additional years Caught He was arrested at his girlfriend's apartment a few hours after the first murder on June 1, 1990.
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Gerard John Schaefer
“The Killer Cop, The Hangman, The Butcher of Blind Creek”
2–38+ victims September 27, 1972 (confirmed)October 2, 1966 - January 11, 1973 (suspected)
Born March 26, 1946 · Wisconsin Outcome Life imprisonment Caught April 7, 1973
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Born May 7, 1973 · Monroe, Louisiana Outcome Death Caught 1999
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Born July 8, 1942 · Tucson, Arizona Outcome Death; Commuted to 50 years imprisonment Caught November 10, 1965
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Fredrick Demond Scott
“Indian Creek Trail serial killer, Indian Creek serial killer”
6 victims 2016 - 2017
Born November 18, 1994 Caught August 2017
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Born February 21, 1983 · Prince Georges County, Maryland Caught July 1, 2009
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Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected Born April 20, 1965 · West Tampa, Florida Outcome Three consecutive life sentences Caught He and his accomplice were arrested two weeks after their final murder in October 1983, after being linked to the victim's stolen car.
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Heriberto Seda
“The New York Zodiac Killer, The Copycat Zodiac Killer, The Brooklyn Sniper, Eddie”
3 victims 1990-1993
Victims 3 proven, at least 5 wounded Born July 31, 1967 · New York City, New York Outcome 232 years in prison Caught After shooting his half-sister during a domestic dispute on June 18, 1996, he engaged in a standoff with police; a symbol he drew on his confession linked him to the Zodiac attacks.
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Born 1947 · North Carolina Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1980
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Born January 25, 1963 · Los Angeles, California Outcome Death Caught April 19, 2005
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Born 1974 · Sioux City, Iowa Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 2003
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Victims 3 proven Born May 18, 1969 · Corcoran, California Outcome Executed by lethal injection Caught He confessed the murders of his mother and stepfather to his friend, Richard Howard, who then informed the police and testified against him.
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Tommy Lynn Sells
“• The Cross Country Killer • The Coast to Coast Killer”
1 victim 1980 - December 31, 1999
Victims 1 conviction; 22+ suspected Born June 28, 1964 · Oakland, California Outcome Death Caught January 2, 2000
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Victims 4 proven Born 1970 · Cambodia Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught His DNA, collected after a 1998 double murder conviction in California, was matched in 2001 to the cold case murder of Volith Long in Texas.
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Outcome Life imprisonment (Pittman)
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Caught N/A
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Caught N/A
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Victims 3 proven Born September 25, 1960 · Fairfax County, Virginia Outcome Three consecutive life sentences without parole, plus 48 years Caught He was arrested on March 13, 2014, at a public library in Wheeling, West Virginia, on an unrelated felony weapons charge after a police officer recognized his bicycle from a photo of him seeking asylu
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Born April 24, 1954 · Eastland, Texas Outcome Death Caught June 16, 1982
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Ryan Sharpe
“The East Feliciana Serial Killer”
3 victims 2017
Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected (survived) Born 1981 Outcome Two consecutive life sentences without parole Caught He called the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office on October 11, 2017, identifying himself as the killer, which led to his identification and arrest after a high-speed chase.
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Born November 28, 1967 · Phước Tuy Province, South Vietnam Outcome Life imprisonment (×3) Caught February 20, 1998
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Arthur John Shawcross
“The Genesee River Killer, The Monster of the Rivers, The Rochester Strangler”
13–16 victims May 7, 1972 - December 28, 1989
Born June 6, 1945 · Kittery, Maine Outcome Life in prison without parole (or a term amounting to 250 years) Caught January 5, 1990
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Victims 12 (including 3 husbands and 8 children, 6 of whom were her own) Born December 24, 1824 · Burlington, New Jersey Outcome Life imprisonment Caught June 7, 1872
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Born February 24, 1966 · Linden, California Outcome Death Caught March 17, 1999
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Born 1954 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin Outcome Death Caught January 1974
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Anthony Allen Shore
“The Tourniquet Killer, The Strangler”
4+ victims September 26, 1986 - July 6, 1995
Born June 25, 1962 · Rapid City, South Dakota Outcome Death Caught October 24, 2003
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Born 1941 · Camden, New Jersey Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 1974
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Born March 28, 1954 · Hicksville, New York Outcome Death, commuted to Life imprisonment Caught April 6, 1996
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Born 1957 · United States Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1990
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Born June 17, 1954 · Mattoon, Illinois Outcome Death Caught 1986
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Born November, 1885 · Hilo, Hawaii County, Kingdom of Hawaii Outcome Death (1906) Caught November 3, 1906
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Victims 3 proven Born March 12, 1978 Outcome Three concurrent life sentences Caught After fleeing to Mexico in 2003 and living as a fugitive for 16 years, he was located by an international task force and arrested by Mexican authorities in Nuevo Leon on April 25, 2019, before being e
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Born August 18, 1953 · San Francisco, California Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1999
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Born October 25, 1959 · Los Angeles, California Outcome 5 1/5 years (1978), Death (1985) Caught May 26, 1984
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Born March 3, 1959 · Redwood City, California Outcome Double life sentences Caught March 2, 1996
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Victims 3 proven Born February 4, 1952 · Long Beach, California Outcome 3 consecutive life sentences without parole Caught He was already incarcerated when he committed the murders.
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Victims 3 proven Born May 17, 1954 · Louisville, Kentucky Outcome Six consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole Caught He was identified and arrested on June 11, 1983, after a 16-year-old girl he had abducted fought back, stabbed him with a pocketknife, and escaped to alert police.
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Victims 15 dead; 8-10 wounded Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1974
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Victims 5 (suspected) Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born 1935 · Oklahoma Outcome Life imprisonment (x2) Caught 1977
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Victims 13; total unconfirmed Born November 24, 1946 · Jal, New Mexico Caught August 13, 1990
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Victims 3 proven Born February 25, 1945 · Trinidad and Tobago Outcome 10 years imprisonment, followed by indefinite commitment to a mental health facility after a subsequent trial Caught He was arrested shortly after the murders of Mary Singh in 1976 and Susan Singh in 1982.
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Victims 3 proven Born October 29, 1913 · Le Roy, Minnesota Outcome Executed 1947-04-08 Caught He was captured on February 5, 1946, near Lysite, Wyoming, after two law officers, whom he mistook for ranchers, approached his snowbound car.
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Born May 14, 1965 · Pershing, Iowa Outcome Death Caught April 11, 1997
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Victims 4 proven Born 1986 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Outcome Four concurrent life sentences with no possibility of parole for 25 years Caught He was arrested on May 17, 2022, after the partial remains of his final victim, Rebecca Contois, were discovered in a garbage bin near his apartment.
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Outcome Life (Leonard Christopher) Caught May 5, 1990 (Leonard Christopher)
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The Storyville Slayer
“The Storyville Slayer, New Orleans Serial Killer, Clay the Serial Killer”
24+ victims 1991 - 1996
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Victims 3 proven Born 1973 · -12, Lexington, Kentucky Outcome Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole Caught His DNA, collected after a 2006 arrest for a probation violation, was matched in September 2006 to evidence from the three murder scenes while he was already incarcerated.
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Victims 4 proven Born March 15, 1960 · Anderson, South Carolina Outcome Executed 1998-12-18 Caught Ballistics evidence from a previous gun violation linked him to one of the murders, leading to his arrest on June 1, 1983.
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Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected Born June 28, 1967 · Elizabeth City, North Carolina Outcome Three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole Caught He was first arrested in March 2011 for the 2008 murder of Maurilio Ponce, and was subsequently charged with three earlier murders while awaiting retrial for the Ponce case.
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Born January 23, 1938 · Keokuk County, Iowa Outcome Life imprisonment with hard labor Caught June 1, 1962
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Born November 26, 1967 · Houston, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught January 1986
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Victims 3 proven Born 1947 Outcome Died before trial Caught Identified posthumously on December 3, 2025, through investigative genetic genealogy.
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Born July 23, 1941 · Amsterdam, New York Outcome Death, commuted to Life imprisonment Caught August 19, 1977
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Mark Alan Smith
“The States Forgotten Serial Killer, Remington Steele”
4–12+ victims 1969 - 1970
Born June 27, 1949 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Life imprisonment
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Born 1866 · New York Outcome Life imprisonment Caught September 13, 1928
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Victims 3 proven Born June 24, 1982 · Oklahoma, U.S. Outcome Executed 2024-04-04 Caught He was arrested on February 24, 2002, two days after the murders of Janet Moore and Sharath Pulluru, after being identified as a suspect in the earlier murder of Otis Payne Jr.
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Born April 29, 1959 · Portland, Oregon Outcome Life imprisonment (x4) Caught April 26, 1984
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Born 1955 · Joliet, Illinois Outcome 300 years imprisonment Caught 1977
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Born February, 1844 · Tiverton, Rhode Island Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 1903
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Born June 6, 1881 · Texas Outcome Death Caught November 12, 1925
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Born February 13, 1931 · Camden, New Jersey Outcome Life imprisonment (x3) Caught September 11, 1969
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Victims 3 proven Caught Never identified
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Victims 4 proven Caught Never identified
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Morris Solomon
“The Sacramento Slayer”
7 victims June 1986 - April 1987
Victims 7 (6 convictions) Born March 15, 1944 · Albany, Georgia Outcome Death Caught April 22, 1987
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Born February 7, 1855 · Kearney, Missouri Outcome Death Caught June 10, 1897
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Born February 16, 1897 · Farwell, Nebraska Outcome Involuntary commitment Caught 1923
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Ernesto Soto
“Charlie Chop-off”
4 victims March 9, 1972 - August 17, 1973
Outcome Never sentenced Caught May 15, 1974
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Victims 3 proven, up to 5 suspected Caught Never identified
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Born 1891 Outcome Life imprisonment Caught December 1920
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Born August 19, 1959 · Ohio Outcome Death sentence for murder Caught October 31, 2009
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Born 1955 · Rochester, New York Outcome 100 years imprisonment Caught November 2005
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Born January 10, 1933 Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught 2000
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Born December 6, 1941 · Kirkwood, Illinois Outcome Death, commuted 400 to 1200 years Caught July 17, 1966
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Timothy Wilson Spencer
“The Southside Strangler, The Southside Slayer, The Southside Rapist, The Masked Rapist”
5 victims 1984; 1987 - 1988
Born March 17, 1962 Outcome Death Caught January 20, 1988
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Born August 30, 1969 · Spokane, Washington Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1996
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Victims 3 proven Born June 6, 1951 · Cleveland, Ohio Outcome Executed 2011 Caught After firing a gun from his apartment window, an anonymous tip led police to connect the weapon to the murders, and he was arrested in September 1982.
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Edward Spreitzer
“The Ripper Crew, The Chicago Rippers”
18 victims May 23, 1981 - October 8, 1982
Born January 5, 1961 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Death, commuted to life imprisonment Caught November 5, 1982
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Born July 26, 1942 · Oak Park, Illinois Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 2008
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Born January 15, 1957 · United States Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 1991
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Victims unknown Born August 16, 1832 · Allegany County, New York Outcome 25 years imprisonment Caught 1900s
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Victims 9 confirmed, 34 suspected Born November 4, 1951 · Sheffield, Alabama Outcome Death
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Born 1945 · United States Outcome 10 years (October 1975), Death (1984) Caught August 15, 1980
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Victims 22 confirmed, 41 claimed Born September 12, 1951 · Schenectady, New York Outcome Death Caught April 1, 1980
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Born August 13, 1961 · Merced, California Outcome Death Caught July 24, 1999
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Born March 21, 1945 · San Joaquin County, California Caught November 8, 1973
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Born 1945 · Nashville, Tennessee Outcome N/A (died before trial) Caught 1994
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Born February 1, 1942 · Waterville, Maine Outcome Life imprisonment Caught May 1985 (final time)
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Victims 3 killed, 2 survived Born September 8, 1944 · Austin, Minnesota Outcome 58 years in prison Caught August 21, 1982
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Born March 19, 1969 · Oakland, California Outcome Death Caught July 27, 1989
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Born February 7, 1870 · Adams County, Iowa Outcome Death Caught 1900
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Victims 3 (one as accomplice) Born March 21, 1951 · St. Louis, Missouri Outcome Death Caught December 11, 1978
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Born 1879 · Maryland Outcome 18 years imprisonment Caught 1929
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Victims 51 unsolved cases identified as a potential cluster, with a total of at least 75 similar murders Caught Never identified
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Dayton Strangler
“Dayton Strangler, Strangler of Death Lane, Man Gorilla of Death Lane, Jack the Strangler”
6 victims 1900 - 1909
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Denver Strangler
“Denver Strangler, Jack the Strangler, The Strangler of Denver”
3–5 victims 1894 - 1903
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Eastbound Strangler
“Eastbound Strangler, Atlantic City Serial Killer”
4 victims October - November 2006
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Honolulu Strangler
“The Honolulu Strangler, The Honolulu Rapist”
5 victims May 1985 - April 1986
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Victims 3 proven Caught Never identified
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The Rainey Street Ripper
“The Rainey Street Ripper, Lady Bird Lake Serial Killer”
0–10 victims 2022-present (possibly 2015)
Victims 0-10 (possibly 12)
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Victims 7 proven Born 1966 · -06, Washington, D.C. Outcome Death Caught He was arrested on unrelated fraud charges on November 2, 2007, the same day Dr. Gill's body was found, and was later identified as a suspect in both murder cases.
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Eli Stutzman
“The Amish Serial Killer”
1–5 victims 1977 - 1985
Born 1950 · Apple Creek, Ohio Outcome 40 years imprisonment Caught 1985
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William Lester Suff
“The Riverside Prostitute Killer, The Lake Elsinore Killer”
13 victims 1974 - 1992
Victims 13 convicted, 1 survivor,, 14+ alleged Born August 20, 1950 · Torrance, California, United Statews Outcome Death (October 26, 1995) Caught January 9, 1992
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William Lester Suff
“The Riverside Prostitute Killer, The Lake Elsinore Killer”
13 victims 1974 - 1992
Victims 13 convicted, 1 survivor,, 14+ alleged Born August 20, 1950 · Torrance, California, United Statews Outcome Death (October 26, 1995) Caught January 9, 1992
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Born December 28, 1945 · Missoula, Montana Outcome 15 years imprisonment Caught August 28, 2019
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Born January 2, 1944 · San Francisco, California Outcome Death Caught August 25, 1983
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Born 1886 · United States Outcome 17 years imprisonment Caught 1931
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Born January 9, 1937 · McLean, Illinois Outcome 35-to-75 years; commuted to 10-to-15 years (Williams murder), 50-to-100 years imprisonment (Burchie murder), 100-to-200 years imprisonment (Huwe/Schneider) Caught July 19, 1973
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Victims 3 proven Born September 26, 1947 · Boston, Massachusetts Outcome Died before being identified in murders Caught He was never a suspect in the murders during his lifetime and was identified through posthumous DNA matches years after his death in 2001.
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Born August 8, 1941 · Aliquippa, Pennsylvania Caught July 2, 1978
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Born July 15, 1961 · Morristown, Tennessee Outcome Death (Estep), Life imprisonment x3 (others) Caught December 25, 1979
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Born October 21, 1954 · Tacoma, Washington Outcome Three consecutive life terms (without parole) Caught June 1997
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James Swann
“The Shotgun Stalker, The D.C. Shotgun Stalker”
4 victims February, 23 - April 19, 1993
Victims 4 (plus 5 injured) Born 1964 · Iselin, New Jersey
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Born May 12, 1944 · Columbia, South Carolina Outcome Death Caught September 1976
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Victims 3 proven, 1 suspected Outcome Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 30 years Caught He was arrested on August 9, 2022, after a traffic stop near Santa Rosa, New Mexico, when tips from the public identified his Volkswagen Jetta as the vehicle of interest.
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Born March 23, 1924 · Hartford, Connecticut Outcome Death Caught February 23, 1957
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Born 1966 · Fall River, Massachusetts Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught November 2007
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Born 1947 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin Outcome Involuntary commitment (murders), 20 years imprisonment (attempted murder) Caught April 3, 1987
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Born 1936 · Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1975
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Born Texas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1972
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Born June 11, 1974 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Life imprisonment Caught August 20, 2001
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Born Texas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1972
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Born 1950 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1972
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Born November 21, 1959 · Holmen, Wisconsin Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1988
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Born November 21, 1959 · Holmen, Wisconsin Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1988
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Born 1953 · St. Joseph, Michigan Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 1977
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Born October 16, 1952 Caught March 17, 1986
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Born May 26, 1930 · Waterville, Maine Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught June 6, 1963
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Born 1960 · Tallassee, Alabama Outcome Life imprisonment (x6) Caught November 28, 1986
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Tyler Terry
“Modern-day version of Bonnie and Clyde”
5 victims May 2021
Victims 5 (suspected) Outcome Life imprisonment Caught May 24, 2021
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Born 1951 · Armenian SSR Caught April 19, 2010
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Born 1949 · New Orleans, Louisiana Outcome Life imprisonment Caught November 7, 1983
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John Floyd Thomas
“The Southland Strangler, The Westside Rapist”
7–15+ victims November 1972 - June 1986
Born July 26, 1936 · Los Angeles, California Outcome 7 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole
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Born United States Outcome N/A Caught N/A
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Victims 3 proven Born June 16, 1970 · Los Angeles, California Outcome Death Caught He surrendered to a KTLA television reporter on April 6, 1993, following a massive manhunt.
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Born 1969 · Maryland Outcome 45 days and 18 months suspended sentence Caught 2003
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Born May 2, 1938 · Wichita Falls, Texas Caught April 21, 1984
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Born October 9, 1937 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Various, none for murder
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Born 1980 · Texas Caught December 2021
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Born December 1940 · Cleveland, Ohio Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 1968
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Victims 9 (charged for 3) Born September 11, 1942 · Duanesburg, New York Outcome 20 years to life
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Ottis Toole
“The Jacksonville Cannibal”
7–108 victims 1961 - 1983
Born March 5, 1947 · Jacksonville, Florida Outcome Death, commuted to life in prison Caught June 15, 1983
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Victims 12 confirmed, 31 confessed, more than 100 suspected Born March 31, 1854 · Boston, Massachusetts Outcome Not guilty by reason of insanity Caught October 29, 1901
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Born July 16, 1943 · Austin, Minnesota Outcome N/A (died before trial) Caught 1973
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John Tornow
“The Wild Man of the Wynoochee”
4 victims 1911 - 1912
Born September 4, 1880 · Washington Outcome N/A (died before trial) Caught N/A
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Victims 3 proven Born April 15, 1961 · Pine Ridge, South Carolina Outcome Executed 1996-09-06 Caught He was identified as a suspect in the third murder, and after his arrest on April 6, 1987, he and his brother confessed to all three killings.
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Cleveland Torso Murderer
“The Cleveland Torso Murders, Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, Mad Butcher of Cleveland”
12–20 victims September 23, 1935 - August 16, 1938
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Born 1863 · Lowndes County, Georgia Outcome Death (Georgia) Caught December 31, 1885
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Maury Troy Travis
“The Video Strangler, The St. Louis Video Strangler, The Bi-State Strangler”
12–17+ victims 2000 - 2002
Born October 25, 1965 · St. Louis, Missouri Caught June 7, 2002
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Born February 18, 1947 · Birmingham, Alabama
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Yves Trudeau
“Apache, The Mad Bumper, The Mad Bomber”
43 victims 1973-1985
Victims 43 proven Born February 4, 1946 · Quebec, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment with parole eligibility after 7 years for manslaughter charges; 4 years imprisonment for sexual assault charges Caught He turned himself in and became a police informant in 1985 after learning there was a contract on his life.
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Born 1947 Outcome Committed to a psychiatric hospital
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Born 1958 Outcome 10 years in prison Caught March 1984
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Born 1940 · Plav, Plav Municipality, Montenegro, Yugoslavia Outcome 12 years imprisonment Caught 2007
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Born February 7, 1951 · St. Paul, Minnesota Outcome Life imprisonment Caught October 30, 1980
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Born November 5, 1966 · Warren, Arkansas Outcome Death Caught September 30, 2003
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Born 1964 · District of Columbia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1997
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Victims 9 proven Born 1971 · Glendive, Dawson County, Montana Outcome Executed 2003 (committed suicide before execution) Caught Turner was arrested at the scene of his first three murders on November 19, 1987, and remained incarcerated for the rest of his life.
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Born 1931 · Florida Outcome 25-years-to-life imprisonment Caught 1975
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Victims 8 proven Born June 4, 1964 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Executed 2018 Caught He was arrested in Indiana in November 1996 for loitering and possessing an unlicensed firearm, which ballistics later matched to three murders in Illinois.
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Born 1939 · Louisiana Outcome Life imprisonment Caught May 17, 2013
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Victims 3 proven Born January 8, 1943 · New York City, New York Outcome Two consecutive life sentences Caught He was arrested in April 1974 after a previous victim recognized him and reported him to the police, leading to his confession.
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Victims 3 proven, up to 7 suspected Born December 13, 1949 Outcome Executed 1997-01-08 Caught He and his accomplice were captured in Portland, Oregon, on July 8, 1977, after being traced through a stolen taxi cab.
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Born 1883 · Chicago, Illinois Outcome Death (1904) Caught 1904
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Victims 6 killed, 1 survived Born January 14, 1959 Outcome Life imprisonment (x6) + 40 years Caught May 23, 1980
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Victims 7 convictions, possibly up to 18 killed Born March 21, 1971 · Indiana Outcome Life in prison without parole (seven concurrent terms) Caught October 18, 2014
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Victims 3 proven Born May 21, 1955 · United States Outcome Two consecutive terms of life imprisonment without parole Caught He was identified as a suspect through investigative genetic genealogy, and his DNA, obtained from a trash sample, matched evidence from the crime scenes. He was arrested on November 15, 2019.
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Born July, 1868 · Cook County, Illinois
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Victims 3 proven Born November 1, 1932 · Omaha, Nebraska Outcome Life imprisonment Caught He was identified by neighbors who saw his car near the final crime scene and was arrested three days later on December 29, 1987.
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Born July 1, 1898 · Ville Platte, Louisiana Outcome Death Caught 1924
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Born October 12, 1955 · San Antonio, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment (x5) Caught March 10, 1981
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Born Fort Smith, Arkansas Outcome Three life terms without the possibility of parole Caught 2000
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Born March 13, 1980 · Great Falls, Montana Outcome Life imprisonment (99 years) Caught September 2, 2007
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Victims 5 proven Born February 18, 1903 · Scott County, Virginia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught Surrendered to Sheriff Lillie Barber in Texarkana, Arkansas, on August 19, 1926, after killing two men.
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Victims 3 proven Born February 6, 1952 · Alabama Outcome Executed by electrocution on January 10, 1997 Caught He was arrested in California in July 1982 for driving under the influence and was extradited to Alabama after being identified as a suspect in the murder of Thurman Donahoo.
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Born July 11, 1957 · Adrian, Michigan Outcome Life imprisonment (x3) Caught 1994
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Born February 25, 1929 · Tennessee Outcome 320 years imprisonment Caught 1965
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Victims 5 proven Born September 25, 1953 · Oklahoma, USA Outcome Executed 2000-01-13 Caught After a series of abductions and assaults following his last murder, surviving victims identified him from prison mugshots, leading to his arrest in Tulsa on June 2, 1984.
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Born 1964 · Mississippi Outcome 16 years imprisonment (1993), Life imprisonment with possibility of parole (2021) Caught February 11, 2021
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Born February 13, 1941 · Steubenville, Ohio Outcome Death Caught 1990
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Born November 4, 1965 · Barnwell, South Carolina Outcome Death Caught March 12, 1994
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Born October 12, 1967 · Ocean City, Florida Outcome Death Caught July 24, 1987
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Born 1949 · Decatur, Georgia Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught July 14, 1981
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Born Wilkes County, Georgia Outcome Death
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Born November 1, 1964 Outcome Death
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Born 1966 · Hood River, Oregon Outcome Life imprisonment Caught January 2001
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Born March 6, 1959 · Salem, Indiana Outcome 35 years, possibility of parole (1986), Death (1999), Life, without parole (x3, 1999) Caught May 6, 1986 (murder of T. Kimbrew)February 14, 1999 (murders of T. Sims, T. Gibbs, E. Blau and D. Taylor)
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Victims 3 proven Born February 13, 1953 · Brookings, Oregon Outcome Initially sentenced to death, later commuted to two consecutive life terms Caught He was arrested on October 4, 1979, after a traffic stop in Port Orford and a subsequent foot chase involving police bloodhounds.
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Victims 3 (convicted), 4 (confirmed), 8 (confessed) Born October 15, 1967 · Candler, North Carolina Outcome Death (October 6, 1995; North Carolina) Caught July 21, 1990
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Born July 27, 1948 · St Petersburg, Florida Outcome Life imprisonment Caught January 3, 1964
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Born September 29, 1952 · New Jersey Outcome Two consecutive life sentences Caught July 26, 1983
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Born March 24, 1947 · Peoria, Illinois Caught March 24, 1999
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Born September 24, 1969 · Anne Arundel County, Maryland Outcome Life imprisonment (x5) Caught 1994
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James P. Watson
“The Monster of the West Coast, The Enigma”
7+ victims 1918 - 1920
Born July 3, 1871 · Paris, Arkansas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1920
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Carl Watts
“The Sunday Morning Slasher”
14 victims 1974 - May 23, 1982
Victims 14 (suspected to be 100) Born November 7, 1953 · Killeen, Texas Outcome 60 years in prison, plus Life imprisonment without parole Caught May 23, 1982
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Emanuel Lovell Webb
“The East End Killer, The East End Strangler, The Bridgeport Killer, The Bridgeport Strangler”
5+ victims 1990 - 1994
Victims 5+ (4 convictions) Born April 9, 1966 · Georgia Caught November 2005
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Born 2000 · Detroit, Michigan Outcome 65-to-110 years imprisonment Caught July 2022
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Victims 3 proven Born June 24, 1977 · Queens, New York Outcome Three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole Caught He was arrested on May 27, 2018, after a car chase initiated for a broken taillight, when a woman in his car told police he had kidnapped and assaulted her.
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Victims 7 proven Born October 7, 1975 · Florida Outcome Death Caught Wells was arrested on May 25, 2003, after a 12-hour standoff with police at his home, during which he held his young son hostage.
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Victims 3 proven Born May 12, 1952 · Marlborough, Massachusetts Outcome Life imprisonment Caught A park maintenance man who witnessed him near the final crime scene identified him to police, leading to his arrest on April 29, 1971.
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Victims 8 proven, 6 attempted murders/assaults Born June 10, 1967 · Zorra Township, Ontario, Canada Outcome Life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for 25 years Caught She confessed to staff at a psychiatric hospital in Toronto in September 2016, leading to her arrest on October 24, 2016.
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Born April 20, 1996 · New Jersey Outcome 160 years in prison
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Born January 29, 1947 · Prichard, Alabama Outcome 20 years imprisonment with hard labor; commuted to 10 years imprisonment, Death (September 7, 1977) Caught October 17, 1976
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Born February 4, 1963 · Houston, Texas Outcome Death Caught July 1995
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Born July 26, 1960 · Poughkeepsie, New York Outcome 150 years to life in prison Caught August 2, 1992
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Born 1973 · United States Outcome Life imprisonment Caught September 9, 2003
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Born August 9, 1960 · Hartford, Connecticut Outcome 10-to-20 years imprisonment (1980), Life imprisonment (2013) Caught March 18, 2013
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Sarah Jane Whiteling
“The Wholesale Poisoner, The Philadelphia Poisoner, The Philadelphia Murderess”
3 victims March - May 1888
Born 1848 · Germany (claimed) Outcome Death
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Victims 3 proven Born March 15, 1952 · Reynoldsburg, Ohio Outcome Executed 2004-03-30 Caught His former girlfriend, Teresa Kemp, confessed to police in December 1984, implicating him in the murders of Peggy and Christopher Lerch.
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Born March 13, 1945 · Sydney, Australia Caught April 13, 1984
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Born July 17, 1962 · Syracuse, New York Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught June 2, 2004
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Born November 10, 1938 · Willows, California Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 2002
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Born February 14, 1964 · LaPlace, Louisiana Outcome Life imprisonment (Texas), Death; commuted to life imprisonment (Louisiana) Caught August 6, 1985
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Born March 17, 1956 · Miami, Florida Outcome N/A Caught 1992
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Victims 3 proven Born December 12, 1954 · Illinois, USA Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught A resident of her final victim's apartment building recognized her and pointed her out to a police officer on September 6, 1989.
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Born 1875 · (Williams claim) 1890 (official claim) Mitchell County, Georgia, (Williams claim) Dawson, Ge Outcome Life imprisonment (Georgia), Death (Alabama) Caught March 1925
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Born 1976 Outcome Life imprisonment Caught August 2004
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Victims 4 (including one killed unintentionally in a high-speed chase) Born February 23, 1979 · Pine Bluff, Arkansas Outcome Death (August 30, 2000)
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Born 1949 Outcome 10 years imprisonment (Wedlaw murder), Death x2 (latter murders) Caught May 18, 1981
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Born July 4, 1953 Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught May 24, 1992 (final time)
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Born 1968 · Cumberland, Virginia Outcome Death; commuted to life imprisonment Caught 1993
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Victims 3 proven Born December 3, 1963 · Monroe, North Carolina Outcome Three consecutive life sentences without parole Caught He was identified as an acquaintance of his last victim, Sharon Stone, which led to his arrest on March 9, 2006.
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Born 1909 · Colquitt County, Georgia Outcome Life imprisonment (1940), Death (1954) Caught 1954
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Wayne Bertram Williams
“Atlanta Child Murderer, Atlanta Monster, Atlanta Boogeyman”
Convicted of 2 murders, suspected of more
Victims Convicted of 2 murders, suspected of more Born May 27, 1958 · Atlanta, Georgia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught June 21, 1981
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Born November 9, 1956 · Youngstown, Ohio Outcome Death Caught 1991
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Born January 22, 1904 · Gallitzin, Pennsylvania Outcome N/A (died before crimes were discovered) Caught 1932
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Born April 23, 1831 · Mackinaw Township, Illinois Outcome Death; commuted to 20 years imprisonment, Death Caught 1890
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Born January 2, 1958 · Mandeville, Louisiana Outcome Life imprisonment (Federal), Death (Louisiana)
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Born 1972 · Georgia Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 2014
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Victims 3 proven Born October 26, 1962 · Antioch, California Outcome Three life sentences without the possibility of parole Caught An informant's tip led police to him on February 3, 1985; he was arrested on February 5 after his fingerprints matched evidence and he was identified by surviving victims.
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Born December 18, 1940 · Oakman, Alabama Outcome Death Caught January 6, 1982
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Born February 27, 1958 · New York Caught March 2007
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Born 1960 · United States Outcome Life imprisonment (x4) + 20 years in prison
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Martha Wise
“The Borgia of America”
3 victims 1924 - 1925
Victims 3 (14 injured) Born April 18, 1883 · Hardscrabble, Ohio Outcome Life imprisonment Caught 1925
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Catherine May Wood
“The Lethal Lovers, The Alpine Manor serial killers”
5 victims January - February 1987
Born March 7, 1962 Outcome 20-40 years imprisonment Caught December, 1988
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Born June 20, 1957 · Tom Green County, Texas Outcome Death Caught October 27, 1987
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Victims 5 (3 convictions) Born 1911 · Elmira, New York Outcome 20 years-to-life (Lowman), Death (Rescigno and Sess) Caught July 3, 1960 (final time)
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Victims 4 proven Born December 31, 1975 · Windham, Maine Outcome Three consecutive life sentences without parole, plus a death sentence Caught He was arrested in Fryeburg, Maine, on July 3, 2007, after a 24-hour manhunt following the New Hampshire triple murder.
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Victims 4 proven Born March 5, 1939 · Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Outcome Died while indefinitely committed to a psychiatric facility Caught After his third murder in 1957, witness descriptions led to a composite sketch that was published and resulted in his arrest. He confessed to all three child murders. For the 1991 murder, he turned hi
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Victims 1 convicted, linked to 18, suspect to be 44 Born December 26, 1950 · Salem, Oregon Outcome Life imprisonment plus 165 years Caught March 7, 1981
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Victims 3 proven Born 1950 · Hurst, Texas Outcome Life imprisonment Caught First arrested on December 20, 1969, after an attempted robbery; arrested for his father's murder on August 3, 1993.
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Victims 7+ (five convictions) Born March 25, 1940 · Spirit Lake, Iowa Outcome Death
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Born February 29, 1956 · Rochester, Michigan Outcome Death (x6) (January 31 and May 15, 1992; November 1992; February 4, 1993) Caught January 9, 1991
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Victims 16 proven Born May 27, 1952 · Oak Harbor, Washington Outcome Life imprisonment without parole Caught He was identified as a suspect because he owned a white Corvette, a car one victim was last seen in; his DNA was subsequently matched to evidence from multiple crime scenes, leading to his arrest on A
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Born September 7, 1947 Outcome 1972-07-19 Caught 1972
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Victims 3 proven, up to 7 suspected Born September 2, 1940 · Linden, New Jersey Outcome Life imprisonment Caught He was arrested on February 25, 1975, after informants told police he had been bragging about the murder of Rosemary Calandriello.
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