Runners Up 1. The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer who operated in northern California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. A total of 12,746 victims of serial killings were registered nationwide between 1990 and 2020. Murdered an inmate while imprisoned for rape; released, then killed at least three women in Kentucky, Considered Washington state's first known serial killer, Gang leader who kidnapped slaves and free blacks to either sell or torture them, Argentine-born man who killed three women in the U.S. and one in Mexico, Known as "The Want-Ad Killer"; escaped hanging for a 1949 killing on a technicality, Kidnapped, raped and shot children and teenagers around, Known as "The Trailside Killer"; serial rapist known for stalking and murdering women hiking trails in state parks in California, Along with his wife, Suzan Carson, dubbed "The San Francisco Witch Killers"; considered suspects in nearly a dozen other deaths in the U.S. and Europe, Along with her husband, Michael Bear Carson, dubbed "The San Francisco Witch Killers"; considered suspects in nearly a dozen other deaths in the U.S. and Europe, Robbed and murdered gay men across three Florida counties, Sometimes referred to as the "D.C. Strangler"; active in. Known as "The Werewolf of Wysteria"; sadist and pedophile who cannibalized several children. Murders", "Killer prefers execution to prison Fatal injection set for March 3 in Del", "William Lewis Reece sentenced to life in prison for murders of Laura Smither, Jessica Cain and Kelli Ann Cox", "Texan Who 'Lost' Three Wives Guilty of Murder", "Serial killer convicted for 1989 murders", "Alleged serial killer's trial underway in Jeffco", "Serial killer sentenced to life in prison for killing four people. Yes, Ted Bundy primarily operated in the western part of the United States, raping and murdering girls and young women in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado. The primary mission of the NCAVC is to provide behaviorally-based, operational support to federal, state, local, and international law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation of. September 25, 2014", "Confessions made him the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. Together with two accomplices, killed five people during robberies in Oregon and Washington, Known as "The Ditchbank Killer"; raped and murdered women in Fresno and Sacramento County, California, dumping their bodies in ditches afterwards, Sea merchant who murdered and mutilated three women, including his wife, in New York and California. In 1984, news went national with the discovery of four naked, carefully posed, female murder victims. Oct 16, 2018", "Angel Maturino Resendiz: The Railroad Killer Terror Near the Tracks Crime Library", "EXECUTED FOR KILLING CHILD; Asbury Respus, Guilford Murderer, Electrocuted; Confessed Eight Murders", "Rhoades addresses the victims' families, his mother, and executioners in final statement", "Former Record reporter discusses investigation into serial killer Stanley Rice on local podcast", "Killer Held on Death Row Since '81 Is Executed", "Suspected Serial Killer Unmasked After Chance Police Encounter", "Man sentenced to death in multiple murders", "Huge Ghoulish Slayer Is Hanged For Murder: Colored Man Grins As Noose Is Put Over Head-Mississippi Troops Guard Prisoner", "Allentown serial killer's death penalty verdict upheld", "SERIAL KILLER J. R. ROBINSON'S SINISTER ALTER EGO", "It'll be 3 lifetimes before Kensington Strangler gets out", "Papeer Gets Confession Letter From Dead Ex-BYU Student", "Dayton Leroy Rogers, Oregon's most prolific serial killer, appealing death sentence", "How Richard Rogers, A Mild-Mannered Staten Island Nurse, Turned Out To Be A Serial Killer Who Dismembered Gay Men", "Text of Rolling's confession to Shreveport murders", "Convicted killer, former football player, says he's sorry for slaying", "Jurors weep as killer given death sentence", "Elderly women face jail over insurance killings", "Nurse's bleach injection deaths trial begins", "She survived her father's vicious attack as an infant. Nana Gyamfi says a prayer and splashes water in a traditional African ceremony for victims of serial killers Lonnie Franklin known as the "Grim Sleeper" Photo: Mark Ralston Source: Getty Images The murderer's reign of terror started in April 1971, and over the next 17 months, he abducted and killed six young African-American girls and left their bodies near large roads with plenty of traffic. Known as "The Longview Serial Killer"; kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered underage girls across Washington State, Known as "The Scorecard Killer"; kept a coded list of young men and boys that he raped and murdered in Southern California, Michigan and Oregon, Confessed to killing five women in Missouri and four others in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Most of their killers got away.JAN 16, 2018", "Author investigates Cincinnati Strangler", "New Investigator Looking into the Colonial Parkway Murders", "New details published in Colonial Parkway murders", "Giant Wanted Posters Put Up In Columbus", "New England Unsolved: The Valley Killer, part 1", "Seek One Woman-Slayer for Five Mystery Murders", "Hideous Girl Murders in Dayton, O; Resemble London's Famous Whitechapel Crimes of Years Ago", "Serial killers worked Denver streets from '75 to '95, police say. Ago Today", "Man sentenced in 1988 slaying of LO couple", "Kelly apologizes before execution for deaths of Spring Hill family", "Israel Keyes Update: Alaska serial killer linked to at least 11 deaths, FBI says", "FBI Informant Charged With Four Murders", "Police: Anthony Kirkland suspect in several murders FOX19.com-Cincinnati News, Weather & Sports", "Florida executes triple killer Thomas Knight", "Thomas Knight, who killed Miami couple and a prison guard, executed | Miami Herald", "Andrew Skerritt: Thomas Knight is poster boy for the death penalty", "Woman accused of killing children arrest in Utah", "Couple charged with murder in deaths of boarders", "DNA from Parsippany murder found at convicted killer's request", "Killer's prison-transfer request outrages N.J. victims' families", "South Carolina 'Serial Killer' Todd Kohlhepp Pleads Guilty in 7 Murders", "Todd Kohlhepp pleads guilty to murdering 7 over 13 years", "Most Notorious: Joseph Kondro was a smooth-talking killer", "The human monster: How a suspected serial killer was arrested in Stanley County", "Insanity defense: LaBarre pleads not guilty in 2 murders", "Ladd apologized to murder victim's family just prior to execution", "Convicted killer of 10-year-old he impregnated executed", "Serial Killer Leonard Lake was Arrested (June 2, 1985) Crime Magazine", "Family's capture of serial killer Adam Leroy Lane chronicled in book", "Trucker gets life term for attacks on 2 Pa. women", "Trucker tells how he killed woman in Bloomsbury", "Man Who Confessed to Many Slayings Executed in Missouri", "Court upholds use of DNA found on killer's abandoned coffee cup", "Officials confirm convicted serial killer Derrick Todd Lee has died", "Serial Killer Brothers Gary and Thaddeus Lewingdon A Timeline of Victims of the .22 Caliber Killers", "Two Licking County brothers have been arrested as suspects in the so-called .22-caliber killings", "Two Licking County brothers have been arrested as suspects in the so-called .22-caliber killings. What makes . Serial rapist and murderer operating mainly in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, also known as "The Shotgun Killer". The killer has been referred to as the Gilgo Beach killer because of the location where the first bodies were found, Probably Paul Mueller. The three men killed in sub-districts of Bangladesh were identified as Sajal, Ripon, and Rakib Molla. 1. So the best we can do is educate ourselves, avoid certain situations, and know which ones might be coming to get us. 2. Known as the "Gillham Park Strangler"; murdered six sex workers in Kansas City, Missouri. Years active: 1970-2005. The list is sorted by the number of confirmed victims the killer had in his/her acts as a serial killer. Itinerant child molester who shot and killed young boys in Canada and the U.S. Two nurses, Filipina Narciso and Leonora Perez, were convicted but a new trial was ordered because of prosecutorial misconduct. January 21, 2017", "Teen-ager charged in three homicides and 1987 slaying", "Serial Killer Suspect Arrested; 9-11 Set Off Murder Spree", "Murderer Or Serial Killer? ", "Indiana Unsolved: I-70 Killings Left 6 Victims in 3 States", "Indiana Businessman Is Linked To 9 Other Killings of Men", "8 Deaths in a Small Town, and Much Unease", "Kauai Killings Remind Women That Avoiding Danger Is Up to Them", "Lost Girls: When Women Go Missing, Some Matter, Prostitutes Don't", "Girls Disappearing: Behind the Headlines of The Long Island Serial Killer Case", "Who will catch the Long Island Serial Killer? Necrophile who killed and raped at least four women in Michigan while on parole for rape from 1991 to 1992. Transgender woman who was convicted of murdering two of her girlfriends and is being charged murdering another woman. "A Murderous Maniac The Many Crimes Charged Against Lizzie Halliday, A mania Like Jack The Ripper", Musgrave, Jon. Ted Bundy. Each state has a connection to an infamous serial killer. May 2019", "Detectives: 40 Drowning Victims May Have Been Murdered by 'Smiley Face Gang", "Exclusive: Detective Tries To Solve 25-Year-Old Serial Killer Cold Case. the Vampire of Sacramento", "Man Who Killed 5 L.A. Gays in 1980s Gets Life Sentence", "Tied to 12 deaths, Dallas "thrill killer" executed", "Man charged with killing 22 Texas women gets 2nd conviction", "Man serving life in prison indicted on third murder", "FBI calls serial killer suspect in cold case", "Aptos serial killer Terry Childs convicted of two new murders from 1980s", "Convicted killer pleads guilty to 1984 murder", "Triple murder ends serial killer's rampage", "Condemned and Waiting: Cynthia Coffman Came West for a New Life; Now She Faces 2nd Death Sentence", "Claims He Killed 3 S.D. Serial killers such as the Green River Killer, the BTK Killer and the Golden State Killer are remembered for their heinous acts. . 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Wood, for Murder of Brother's Wife", "Ex-Hurst man gets life term in father's slaying", "Oregon and South Carolina Execute Killers", "Robert Zarinsky: Why he's 1 of N.J.'s most notorious killers", "Suspect in the killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque makes his first court appearance", "The Murders at Ann Arbor's Veterans Hospital; What Went Right and What Ultimately Went Wrong in the - Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, Inc", "How the Bag Murders and the Last Call Killer Put in Focus the Dangers the New York LGBTQ+ Community Faces", "Bigfoot Suspect Is Cleared: Mayweather still held in 3 rapes", "Authorities: DNA test of remains confirms link between Boston Strangler suspect, last victim", "LA Strangler Of Women Strikes Again, Leaves No. Remains unsolved but open in the, This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 15:35. Ferguson, George, Emily Downing, Kaylor Eutsler, & David Disque. Known as "The Nebraska Fiend", Richards murdered nine people including a mother and her children. But is he telling the truth? ", "Death penalty focus of Erskine case: Trial begins today in '93 killing of 2 boys", "The hunt for Scott Erskine The long and costly trail leading to Erskine's conviction in slayings", "Police ID serial killer more than 40 years after the murders of 4 women in Denver, Adams County", "Man who beat homeless men to death in series of L.A. attacks sentenced to life in prison", "Former Isle resident Evans gets death sentence in Miss", "L.A. Man Gets 4 Life Sentences for 2010 Series of Violent Home-Invasion Robbery Killings", "THE EYLER LEGACY: 21 DEATHS MURDERER ADMITTED GRISLY 2-STATE SPREE", "Was Springfield man Neal Falls a serial killer? NOV. 21, 1986", "DNA reveals John Floyd Thomas as LA's most prolific serial killer", "Prosecutors link John Floyd Thomas to five more slayings", "Serial killer John Floyd Thomas Jr., dubbed the Westside Rapist, is sentenced to life", "The Twisted Life of Serial Killer Ottis Elwood Toole", "Jane Toppan: A Greed, Power, and Lust Serial Killer", "Convicted SoCal killers Andrew Urdiales, Virendra Govin found dead in San Quentin", "Police: Abandoned homes searched after man admits to 7 killings", "Who is Indiana serial killer suspect Darren Deon Vann? ", "FBI launches task force for "Gypsy Hill Murders", "Jury finds alleged 'Gypsy Hill Killer' guilty of killing two teens in 1976", "Hog Trail Murders: New Technology Helps Create Sketch That May Help Identify Potential Victim", "Could 4 women's murders on the N. Freeway be connected? Murdered six women in California; suspect in the, Known as "The Gorilla Man". Italian laborer who robbed and murdered other laborers in Maryland and Washington, D.C. . Serial Killers by State (2020) California 2017 2020 Number of serial killings: 1507 1628 Population: 39,562,900 Serial killings per 100,000 people: 4.11 Texas 2017 2020 Number of serial killings: 793 893 2020 Population: 29,363,100 Serial killings per 100,000 people: 3.04 Florida 2017 2020 Number of serial killings: 778 845 The exact messages varied, but the gist was the same: They had been accused of rape, and they were killed for it. October 10, 1990", "How Serial Killer Samuel Little Was Caught", "L.A. serial killer gets 3 life terms, screams, 'I didn't do it!'. October 27, 2009", "Miami killer John Errol Ferguson executed", "ID of plane crash victim leads to incredible twist in murder of three women", "Survivalist Sought for Questioning in 3 Ambush Slayings Captured", "Jury Sentences Linwood Forte To Death In Nightstalker Cases", "The Story of the Murderer Who Became a Monk", "Man Found Guilty For All 10 'Grim Sleeper' Killings Of Women", "Mother And Daughter's Murder Case, Stalled By Florida Hurricane, Finally Solved Years Later", "Garcia death sentence comes ten years after first of four Omaha murders", "Summary of the execution of Ray Gardner", "The Chiller Killer Michael Gargiulo, Accused of Killing Ashton Kutcher's Girlfriend and Other L.A. Beauties, Got Close as the Helpful Air-Conditioning Repairman", "Newly released man arrested in Tulsa death", "Carlton Gary: The Columbus, Georgia Stocking Strangler", "Jury sentences man to death for 2011 killing", "Electrocuted Xenia Slayer Requested Eyes Removed And Given To Eye Bank", "Handyman admits to killing at least 8 Mass. According to Scientific American, there are 25 to 50 serial killers operating in the US during any given year, and they're responsible for maybe 150 murders annually. ", "Twice-Convicted Killer Executed in Texas for Double Slaying", "Serial killer says Atlanta woman was another of his slaying victims in 1997", "Idaho killer Duncan pleads guilty to 1997 Calif. murder", https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Dunkle-gets-life-in-prison-3160413.php, "After death sentence thrown out, convicted killer gets life in prison", "Investigator questions murderer's story; Eaton is a 'person of concern' in other unsolved homicides", "Edward Wayne Edwards: A timeline of his life", "Edward Edwards, convicted killer of 5, dies of natural causes in Ohio prison", "Long Dead Killer Back in Sights of Police", "Dungeons & Dragons, Wicca, And Jealousy All Considered In String Of Pennsylvania Stabbings", "FROM PARKERSBURG: The Execution of Eisele, Alias Schaefer", "Remember these notable St. Louis-area serial killers? Killed whole families in their sleep, from the east coast to the west, arriving and departing by train. Imprisoned for the murder of a friend. But the end of his killing spree occurred in Florida, after he fled a Colorado prison ( for the . Good luck to us all. New York State Reception Center in Almira, Sing Sing Correctional Facility and San Quentin State Prison. (2009). Known as "The Boy Torturer". Grand Jury Heard Parker Admit 6 Killings", "URGENT Former Elvis Impersonator Linked To Five Murders Executed In Texas", "The Life and Lies of L.A. Man Killer Louise Peete", "Texas killer linked to Cleveland murders", "Transgender Defense: 'Donna' Says 'Doug' Is the Spokane Serial Killer", "The True Story of William "Junior" Pierce From 'Mindhunter', "Dead Man Is Identified as Serial Killer of 10. Now, she faces murder trial amid a swirl of questions", "Pleasanton serial killer parole bid is denied", "Utah woman Megan Huntsman jailed for killing babies", "Utah mom admits killing 6 babies after giving birth", "Babies killed by mother after birth in Utah home, police say", "Notorious killer Leslie Irvin gripped Tri-State in fear in mid-1950s", "Irvin pleads guilty to murders of 3 women, gets life in prison", "Killer of 9 Women On W est Side Gets 4 Life Sentences", "Does Charles Jackson Have More Victims? He was raised to believe his grandparents were his parents and . Strangled four known victims in 1980 and sexually assaulted some. Raped and strangled prostitutes in Denver and the surrounding areas, Norwegian-born murder-for-profit killer who killed her suitors and children, German-born murder-for-profit killer who poisoned five elderly men, Prolific thief who killed three people during robberies in New York, First woman sentenced to be executed by the electric chair, Drifter who murdered five people across three states, Known as "The Forces of Evil"; United States Army soldier who murdered four women on and around military bases, Known as "The Butcher Baker"; abducted, raped, and murdered women in and around, Brothers or cousins; America's first known serial killers, Known as "The Seattle Jungle Killer"; strangled prostitutes in Seattle, dumping their bodies in an area known as 'The Jungle', Raped, beat and strangled elderly women across Michigan; claims to be innocent, Killed a woman who he suspected of stealing money from him, then killed five of his former coworkers three days after he was fired, Known as "The French Quarter Stabber"; attacked and stabbed people in, Known as "The Giggler"; murdered people around Boston due to homicidal urges, and later called the police to inform of his crimes, Murdered prison inmate; after release, raped and murdered women in, Sentenced to three concurrent terms of life in prison; killed by prison inmate James Elliott, Known as "The Angel of Death"; hospital orderly who murdered patients in Ohio and Kentucky, Annihilated his family on two separate occasions, Convicted of two child murders in 1978 and 1982, also stabbed to death a fellow inmate and another man 20 years apart, Convicted of killing people in random drive-by shootings, Drifter who killed a fellow prisoner and two women in Texas and Florida, Known as "The Lipstick Killer"; Illinois teenager convicted of the murder of three Chicago women in the 1940s, Known as "The Kentucky Cannibal"; mountain man and Old West gunfighter who murdered and partially consumed his victims throughout the American West, Crimes referred to as "The Houston Mass Murders"; accomplice of, Known as "The Priestly Butcher"; English-born pastor who murdered female church-goers, ex-wives and two of his children. Imprisoned at. The activities of serial killers spiked . He's Never Been Caught", "One man linked to St. Louis 'package killer' serial murders after DNA breakthrough", "Police Charge Man in One of Six Raleigh Slayings", "This serial rapist and killer who sparked fear among Raleigh women in the 1990s remains on death row", "Potential daughter of redheaded Jane Doe visits town where body was found", "What we know about Tampa's alleged serial killer", "Accused Seminole Heights killer appears in court Tuesday", "Bobby Joe Maxwell, the once accused Skid Row Stabber whose convictions were later overturned, died. The killer's identity remains unknown. Raped and murdered women in abandoned houses in Detroit. Holmes, Ronald, & Holmes, Stephen. 9 Currently Active Serial Killers: Unsolved Cases in 2022 Long Island Serial Killer Joe TurnerDec 31, 2021 83 comments At any one time, it's believed that there are around 25-50 active serial killers lurking in the dark corners of the USA, stalking the streets and highways for their next potential victim. ?ay 16, 1989", "Serial killer Andre Crawford spared death penalty", "The history of an Idaho serial killer who has been on and off death row for nearly 43 years", "Convict dies in Nevada prison 34 years after landing on death row", "FBI Serial Killers, Part 6: Andrew Cunanan Murders a Fashion Icon", "Sex offender pleads guilty in Portland killings", "Man Gets Death Sentence for Killing Cellmate", "Confessed mass slayer pleads guilty, mentally ill", "Gauen: Case of long-ago killer instructive for potential Illinois dealth-penalty debate", "Former Tyler nurse begins death row sentence for killing four patients", "After Arrest of Suspected Golden State Killer, Details of His Life Emerge", "Golden State Killer Sentenced To Life In Prison Without Possibility Of Parole", "Suicide's 4th Victim Still Unidentified", "Paroled Rapist Charged With Killing 5 Women in New Jersey", "A Model Inmate, and Now a Suspect Again; New Jersey Officials Say Parolee Accused in 5 Slayings Showed No Signs of Trouble", "DNA links dead suspect to second Sarasota homicide victim, police say", "Sentenced to Death, This Cold-Blooded Killer is Free", "Sam Dieteman, Serial Shooter, is Spared Death Sentence by Jury; Will Spend Rest of Life in Prison", "Westley Dodd: A Long, Steady Slide Into Dark Desperation", "From a meek "nobody" to a serial killer? According to archivist and researcher Thomas Hargrove, tracking the habits and . List of serial killers in the United States, Henderson (2008), "Rescuing African Americans", p. 328. Four stabbings also involving mutilation remain unsolved, Raped and strangled predominantly African-American prostitutes and other vulnerable women in Chicago; could possibly be multiple serial killers, Raped and strangled seven mostly elderly women in, Also known as the "Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run"; responsible for 1213 murders in the, Believed to have murdered at least eight people in Virginia between 1986 and 1989; left three couples dead and one couple missing and presumed dead, Stabbed at least six women to death in New England in the 1980s, severely injured one, Series of brutal murders and mutilations of women in the Cincinnati neighborhood of, Abducted, raped and strangled young girls and women around Denver and its various suburbs, Sketched then stabbed to death gay men in San Francisco, California in the 1970s, Suspected of raping and strangling prostitutes alongside the, Murders of nine women and disappearance of another since 2005 around Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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