One of four victims who remained unidentified when infamous serial killer Gary Ridgeway pleaded guilty to over 40 murders has been identified. Q13 Fox reports that according to the King County Sheriff’s Office, officials identified the youngest victim of Ridgeway as 14-year-old Wendy Stephens. Authorities said Stephens ran away from her Denver home in 1983 …
An upcoming episode of “20/20” will analyze how detectives linked “Dating Game” serial killer Rodney Alcala to eight murders in the 1970s. Scheduled to air on Friday, the “20/20” episode will detail how Alcala’s arrest for Robin Samsoe’s July 1979 murder exposed the photographer’s secret life as a serial killer. According to ABC, Samsoe, 12, …
A serial killer who confessed to 93 murders while serving a life sentence in California for killing three women in the 1980s reportedly died on Wednesday. Samuel Little, 80, reportedly had diabetes, heart issues, and other medical ailments and died at a Los Angeles hospital. California corrections department spokeswoman Vicky Waters told the Los Angeles …
The accused killer moved the girl’s scooter from outside the market, then grabbed her when she went to retrieve it
A suspected serial killer accused of killing 14 elderly north Texas residents was indicted for three more deaths this week, and authorities say he has been linked to another seven deaths, the Dallas Morning News reported. Billy Chemirmir, 48, has been charged with 17 counts of capital murder and two counts of attempted capital murder …
Police in Suffolk County, New York, have released new images of a belt reportedly found at the scene of the Gilgo Beach killings, where police found bodies of possible serial killer victims on Long Island ten years ago. As Newsday reports, the Suffolk County Police Department shared the new images of a belt on the …
Investigators have found human remains buried on a Spring Hill property tied to a convicted serial killer serving several life sentences in California for killing five women and girls, WFLA reported. William “Billy” Mansfield, 64, was convicted in 1982, but Tuesday’s discovery at the house he once shared with his brother and father — a …
A Texas Ranger told CBS’ “60 Minutes” that he coaxed a confession from an elderly serial killer by offering him pizza, soda, and art supplies. Starting in May 2018, Ranger James Holland interviewed Samuel Little, 80, at the California State Prison, where the elder remains housed for murdering three women in the 1980s. Over the …
A former California police officer who terrorized the state as a serial rapist and murderer pleaded guilty Monday to 13 murders and admitted to more than 80 rapes over a 12 year period, bringing an end to the decades long search for the man known as the Golden State Killer. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr, now …
“A wrong decision that is made can only strengthen your ability to make a better one,” suspected killer David Lee posted on his Facebook page. On June 1, 2020, a homeless man, Timothy Smith, was found dead under a bridge on Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta. Timothy had been shot multiple times while he was sleeping. …
During a Monday press conference, Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that police believe that three deaths of homeless people in the city are linked. The first killing shooting happened on June 1 close to an overpass by Baker-Highland Connector and Piedmont Avenue, at around 1:40 p.m. Someone shot and killed 45-year-old Timothy Terrill Smith, …
David Brooks, one of two teenage accomplices of notorious Houston serial killer Dean Corll, has died in prison of COVID-19, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced this week. The Houston Chronicle said Brooks, 65, was hospitalized on May 12 and tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 before he died on May 28. …
