A serial killer was really the culprit", "Anthony Joyner, convicted of raping and killing six elderly", "Federal jury finds businessmen guilty in kidnapping, killing of five", "Edwin Bernard 'Mike' Kaprat and the bad old days of serial killers", "Suspect said confessed to more "trash-bag" killings", "Manhattan Man Guilty in Rape and Murder Spree", "Keith Died in Chair; Killed Greist Here 25 Yrs. Other killers are so famous they are known all over the country, like Ted Bundy, the BTK Killer, and John Wayne Gacy. Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer in the US. 1960s deaths of 13 women (five young, eight older), mostly with their own stockings as ligature. Published in 2016, the book combs Rader's early years and seemingly mundane adult family life in an attempt to pinpoint his evolution into a serial murderer who killed 10 people over three. A total of 51 serial murders took place in Alaska between 1900 and 2014, with more than half of those occurring between 1980 and 1990. A new report from The New Yorker estimates that 2,000 serial killers are currently at large in the United States. This charming Northwest state isn't exactly a dangerous place to live, but these 7 monsters from this area have undeniably left a dark stain on our history: 1. Active Serial Killer Statistics Top 10 States With Highest Total Victims California: 1, 777 victims Texas: 984 victims Florida: 933 victims Illinois: 680 victims New York: 677 victims Ohio: 505 victims Pennsylvania: 462 victims Michigan: 425 victims Georgia: 409 victims Washington: 396 victims Source: WorldPopulationReview.com Good luck to us all. Some serial killers are known for killing children, like David Meirhofer in Montana. 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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. Remains unsolved but open in the, This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 15:35. Strangled three across three states, including his wife, Alabama woman who poisoned family members, Italian man who burglarized and murdered elderly people in New Jersey, Killed four elderly neighbours in 1980 and his cellmate in 1982 while imprisoned on lesser charges; suspected of shooting dead his boyfriend, Killed/Died from injuries received during a shoot-out, Believed to have raped, murdered, and sexually assaulted multiple women in Virginia from 2002 to 2014, Rapist who his killed ex-girlfriends, wife and stepson, Itinerant criminal who killed an 8-year-old girl and two adult women in Washington and Tennessee, Known as "The Tipster Killer"; killed at least three women in California, then called into crime stoppers to report his crimes and receive award money, Convicted of killing five teenage boys; one in Germany in 1974, another in 1981, and three he buried in his basement, Nursing assistant who murdered seven elderly male military veterans with injections of insulin while employed at a VA hospital in, Itinerant laborer who killed elderly people during robberies, Known as "The Broomstick Killer"; death sentence for 1966 triple-murder commuted; killed three days after 1989 parole. 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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. 14-year-old Massachusetts boy who killed two younger children. Runners Up 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? Killed whole families in their sleep, from the east coast to the west, arriving and departing by train. A series of unsolved shootings on couples in Atlanta from January to March 1977, Mystery murderer(s) of 15 Atlanta women in 1911, Responsible for the deaths of six or seven people in, Raped and murdered sex workers in Detroit; nicknamed derived from the suspect's large hands and feet. He also confessed to murdering another woman in Ohio in 1980 and is linked to two other murders in Cleveland, Formerly known as Douglas Perry prior to 2000 gender transition, which the prosecution claimed was an attempt to avoid suspicion, Sentenced to death; commuted to 120 years imprisonment, One of his victims was the daughter of a South Carolina state senator, Canadian-born serial arsonist known as "The Boston Belfry Murderer". Necrophile who killed and raped at least four women in Michigan while on parole for rape from 1991 to 1992. 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. Killed vagrants with her partner-in-crime, Killed five patients by injecting bleach into their dialysis lines, Respiratory therapist who murdered his patients at, Killed one of his friends, his son, and his daughter, Known as "The Bike Path Rapist"; responsible for three murders and numerous rapes spanning a 25-year period in, Juvenile who murdered two cousins and a girl during "mad spells", Rapist who murdered women and children around, Murdered in prison by fellow inmate Vincent Rivera, Imprisoned in 1973 for the murders of two women while he was a sheriff's deputy in, Known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson"; murdered three teenage girls in Arizona with the aid of local teenagers, German-born bigamist known as "The American Bluebeard", Raped and killed young girls and women in the Fort Worth area, Confessed to murdering dozens of people, possibly in excess of 70, only six are confirmed, Abducted, raped and killed women and children across, Murdered victims selected at random in Portland, Oregon; confessed to additional murders, including one in California, Known as "The Derby Poisoner"; poisoned eight children in her care, six of which were her own, and her three husbands in, Known as "The Tourniquet Killer"; murdered three young girls and a young woman in Texas, Killed nine people across America in three months; responsible for at least one of the Southside Slayer murders, Known as "The Monster"; killed an acquaintance as a teenager; paroled and went on to kill two teenage runaways and his half-sister, Known as "The Boxcar Killer"; alleged member of, Preyed on women and teenage girls in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Known as "The Coin Shop Killer"; targed coin shop owners in order to rob them of valuable coin collections, Killed his girlfriend and two wives during violent outbursts, First convict to kill an on-duty female corrections officer, Convicted of killing at least four women in Illinois and Arkansas; claimed in his book to have murdered eight women while stationed in Germany, Killed his father, wife and two children in Missouri in separate incidents; fled to Oregon, where he killed another young child before his capture, Known as "Flypaper Lyda"; serial poisoner who killed four husbands, a young daughter and a brother-in-law, Known as "The Cleveland Strangler" and "The Imperial Avenue Murderer", Known as "The Southside Strangler"; committed three rapes and murders in, Neo-Nazi sympathizer who shot people during a racist and anti-Semitic shooting spree at, His wife implicated him in 34 different murders in seven different states, After being paroled for murdering his first wife in 1975, he married twice more, murdering both, Murdered five people in three states from 1965 to 1966; was controversially released from prison in 1985 and later killed a sixth person, Known as "The Weepy-Voiced Killer" due to a series of telephone calls he made to police, anonymously reporting his crimes in a remorseful and high-pitched voice; active in the, Murdered four people from April to July 1989 on, Known as "The Kelso Killer"; murdered three people during robberies in, Career criminal and prison escapee who murdered people in St. Louis, Known as "The Riverside Prostitute Killer", Ex-policeman who tortured and killed prostitutes and drug dealers at his, Raped and murdered women in the Boston area, including. Holmes, Ronald, & Holmes, Stephen. Existence (and probable but not proven identity) discovered over 100 years after the murders, by analysis of contemporary records, showing a markedly common, Attacked at night from a car using a handgun, killing seven people and injuring two between August 2015 and July 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona; Aaron Saucedo was arrested for all murders in 2017 and is awaiting trial, Raped, stabbed, and strangled young women between the ages of 13 and 21 in the, Murders of nine women and disappearance of two others between 1988 and 1989, Also known as the "Babysitter"; responsible for the murders of four or more children in Oakland County, Michigan in 1976 and 1977, Murders of three female sex workers between March and September 1990, Suspect in custody on September 19, 2022, Single or multiple offenders who murdered one man and four women over three months in the city of, Series of unsolved homicides believed to have been committed by an unidentified serial killer in Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, also known as "The Bible Belt Strangler", A series of at least seven unsolved homicides involving female hitchhikers that took place in Sonoma County and Santa Rosa of the North Bay area of California in 1972 and 1973, Shot and killed four people, seemingly at random, in the, Also known as the "Austin Axe Murderer"; responsible for at least seven murders in Austin, Texas between 1884 and 1885, Theoretical serial killer(s) thought by some sources to have drowned college-aged young men across the northern part of the country since 1997; most experts suggest that the deaths were accidental, Abducted, strangled and drowned predominantly female prostitutes around, Abducted, raped and stabbed to death women around. 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.