A U.S. Border Patrol agent who reportedly confessed to killing four sex workers in Texas was indicted on capital murder charges Wednesday. Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz said Juan David Ortiz, 35, killed the four women in September because he “wanted to clean up the streets” as he felt not enough was being done to curb prostitution …
By DAVID WARREN, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A man convicted of three California murders and long suspected in numerous other deaths now claims he was involved in about 90 killings nationwide spanning nearly four decades, and investigators already have corroborated about a third of those, a Texas prosecutor said Thursday. Ector County District Attorney Bobby …
A serial killer had a surprising reaction for those responsible for sending him to death row. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Andrew Urdiales was found guilty of murdering five women across Southern California in crimes dating back to the late 1980s. The former Marine received five death sentences during the penalty phase of his trial this …
After details emerged regarding a Texas Border Patrol agent’s weekend arrest for allegedly killing four women, CrimeOnline‘s Nancy Grace said she there are likely more victims out there. “You don’t go from 0 to 120mph in the space of a week,” Grace told DailyMailTV host, Jesse Palmer. “We know now there are four murder victims …
LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent suspected of killing four women was arrested early Saturday after a fifth woman managed to escape from him and notify authorities, law enforcement officials said, describing the agent as a “serial killer.” Juan David Ortiz, an intel supervisor for the Border Patrol, fled from state troopers …
Notorious serial killer Dennis Rader, known as the “BTK Killer,” revealed what drove him to kill 10 people in a documentary which aired on the Oxygen network on September 2. Rader, 73, talked about his upbringing in “Snapped: Notorious BTK Serial Killer,” a two-hour documentary which explored how—and why—a seemingly normal family man carried out …
An Ohio man who was already incarcerated for killing two women was sentenced to death Tuesday after admitting to strangling two teen girls and burning their bodies. Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Patrick T. Dinkelacker sided with the jury’s recommendation when he condemned Anthony Kirkland to death for the murders of Casonya Crawford, 14, in 2006 and Esme Kenney, …
A search for two bodies in South Carolina has ended following a tip that incarcerated serial killer Todd Kohlhepp told someone that he buried additional victims on the side of the highway. GoUpstate.com reported that Spartanburg County deputies concluded their six-hour search of a wooded area off Sumner Road near Interstate 26 at 2:30 p.m. on …
Sources claimed Danueal Drayton, 27, confessed to six other murders following his arrest
California man Elliot Rodger left a path of destruction behind him in 2014 when he shot and stabbed a group of people before taking his own life. The murders dubbed him the ominous nickname, ‘Isla Vista killer.” On May 24, 2014, Rodger was a 22-year-old college dropout when he stabbed three people to death inside …
Friends of Lucy Letby are reportedly in disbelief following the young neonatal nurse’s arrest for the murders of at least eight babies. The Times reported that Letby, 28, is also suspected of trying to kill six babies housed at Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit. Hospital officials asked local police to investigate in May 2017 …
On late Friday, a Florida judge released 1,700 documents pertaining to last year’s serial killings in Tampa—which included evidence that the suspect watched pornography after carrying out three of the four murders. According to The Tampa Bay Times, recent records stated that data from suspect Howell Donaldson III’s cellphone showed a “significant amount of Internet activity” within …
