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Authors: Michael Newton
Tags: #True Crime, #Murder, #General, #Serial Killers
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
specific
DATE(S): Late 1960s/early 1970s VENUE: Bergen
DATE(S): 1995–2001 VENUE: Lucerne, Switzerland County, N.J. VICTIMS: 12+
VICTIMS: 22
MO: Violent rapist of young females; after 1977 arrest MO: Nurse who killed Alzheimer’s patients aged for two rapes, he confessed the murders of more 66–95 by suffocation and lethal injections; Five than a dozen women
other victims survived.
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DISPOSITION: Received life prison term on Jan. 28, DISPOSITION: Convicted of kidnapping one victim, 2005
1997; condemned on two murder counts, April 7, 1999
Anderson, Allen Leroy
(1942– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
Anderson, Russell
(?– )
DATE(S): 1976 VENUE: USA, nationwide VIC-
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
TIMS: Eight definite
specific
MO: Robbery-murders in transit cross-country
DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: Salt Lake City, Utah VIC-
DISPOSITION: 40 years in Minn.; Fla. death sentence TIMS: Three
commuted to life
MO: Execution-style shootings of mentally retarded adults
Anderson, Curtis Dean
(1961– )
DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty; three consecutive terms of five years to life
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: Northern California VIC-
Anderson, William L.
(d. 1864) AKA: Bloody Bill TIMS: 10 suspected
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE
MO: Convicted kidnapper, described by police as DATE(S): 1850s–64 VENUE: Kans./Mo. VICTIMS:
prime suspect in murders and disappearances of girls 54 admitted
aged four to seven; confessed one murder and 10
MO: Career criminal and member of “QUANTRILL’S
abductions to police in May 2001, saying, “This is RAIDERS”
gonna go down like ZODIAC”
DISPOSITION: Killed in Union ambush, Oct. 26, 1864
DISPOSITION: Imprisoned from 1992 to 1999 for the 1991 kidnapping of a 25-year-old woman; received
Andrade, Marcel de
(1966– ) AKA: Nitteroi vampire life term in July 2001 for kidnapping an eight-yearSEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
old girl who escaped alive
DATE(S): 1991 VENUE: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
VICTIMS: 14
Anderson, Dale R.
(1952– )
MO: Raped/killed boys, age six to thirteen, and drank SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
their blood
DATE(S): 1978–89 VENUE: St. Clair County, Ill.
DISPOSITION: Confined to lunatic asylum;
VICTIMS: More than seven alleged
escaped/recaptured, 1997
MO: Profiler ROBERT RESSLER names Anderson as the strangler of six females aged 14–24, and one young
Andrews, Ralph Raymond
(1945– )
boy; Anderson denies any murders but admits,
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
“These cases and a lot of others you don’t know DATE(S): 1972–91 VENUE: Ill./Ind./Mich./Wisc.
about are related.”
VICTIMS: 20–40 estimated
DISPOSITION: Life prison term in 1989, on two mur-MO: Rape-slayer of females, stabbed and eviscerated der counts; two suspects serving time for three other victims, usually teens; boasted in prison of “many”
murders
killings are deemed innocent by Ressler
DISPOSITION: Acquitted of attempted murder after stabbing two 15-year-olds, 1973; life sentence for a
Anderson, Richard Harold
(1948– )
1991 murder, in 1993; second life term for a 1977
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
murder in April 2003
DATE(S): 1972/87 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Two
MO: Murders in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties;
Angeline, Betty Jean
(1942– )
one victim was man who propositioned Anderson’s SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
girlfried
DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: Independence, Va. VIC-
DISPOSITION: 20-year term, 1974; condemned, 1988
TIMS: Two
MO: Shot female acquaintances aged 59 and 62 in
Anderson, Robert Leroy
(1969– )
their homes
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on both counts and DATE(S): 1994–96 VENUE: Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
received life sentence, Nov. 2001
VICTIMS: Two
MO: Rape-slayer of women aged 28 and 29; victims
Angelo, Richard
(1962– )
strangled or suffocated
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-hero
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DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: West Islip, N.Y. VICTIMS:
Archerd, William Dale
(1912– )
10+ estimated
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
MO: “Hero” murders of hospital patients by male DATE(S): 1947–66 VENUE: Calif./Nev. VICTIMS:
nurse
Six suspected
DISPOSITION: 50 years to life on four counts
MO:“Bluebeard” slayer of wives/others, via insulin injections
Anh, The Duong
(1975– )
DISPOSITION: Condemned on three counts, 1968;
SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE-felony
commuted to life, 1972
DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: California VICTIMS:
10
Ardison, Victor
(?–?)
MO: Gang leader who shot male victims during rob-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
beries, including four killed in one incident
DATE(S): 19th century VENUE: France VICTIMS:
DISPOSITION: Convicted in January 2003 on three
“Several”
counts of first-degree murder and one count second-MO: Necrophile who slept with severed heads of his degree; condemned in February 2003 on three
victims
counts
DISPOSITION: Guillotined, date unknown
Ankers, Winifred
(?– )
Arguelles, Roberto
(1962–2003)
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-revenge
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1911–12 VENUE: Brooklyn, N.Y. VIC-
DATE(S): 1992 VENUE: Salt Lake City, Utah VIC-
TIMS: Eight confessed
TIMS: Four confessed
MO: Hospital employee; killed infants in maternity MO: Lust killer of three teenage girls and 42-year-old ward out of spite for nurses
woman
DISPOSITION: Confessed, Feb. 1912; disposition DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty and requested execu-unreported
tion, 1997; died in prison of “unknown causes,”
Nov. 13, 2003
Anthony, Michael Lee
(1947– )
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC
Arinaitwe, Richard
(1977– )
DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: Highland Park, Mich.
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
VICTIMS: Two
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Kampala, Uganda VIC-
MO: Habitual sex offender and self-styled “black TIMS: Eight
Jesus,” found with remains of murdered women in MO: Strangled women, including a 35-year-old Ameri-his basement
can tourist; tried to kill the magistrate who took his DISPOSITION: Received a prison term of 15–30 years confession in March 1999
for rape and robbery in 1991, mistakenly paroled in DISPOSITION: 48-month sentence for attempted mur-1996 (instead of 2011); returned to prison on that der, 1999; condemned for murder in December 2003
charge while awaiting trial on two murder counts
Armstrong, John Eric
(1974– )
Archambault, Serge
(1956– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1999–2000 VENUE: Detroit, Mich. VIC-
DATE(S): 1989–92 VENUE: Montreal, Quebec
TIMS: Six
VICTIMS: Three
MO: Strangler of female prostitutes; confessed murders MO: Traveling salesman and lust-killer of women of 11 women and one man, allegedly committed in DISPOSITION: 25 years on three counts of first-degree the United States, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thai-murder, 1993
land while a U.S. Navy seaman, 1993–99; authorities discount those claims but blamed Armstrong for
Archer, Gerald Thomas
(1932–95)
six murders in Michigan
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DISPOSITION: Life sentence without parole on one DATE(S): 1969–71 VENUE: Chatham and London,
count, April 2001; pleaded guilty on three counts of Ontario VICTIMS: Three
second degree murder and received a 31-year sen-MO: Females in their 50s and 60s beaten and stabbed tence in July 2001
DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one count, 1972; died in prison 1995; publicly blamed for two more mur-Arnold, Herbert (1944– )
ders in February 2000
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/Sex.
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DATE(S): 1965/70 VENUE: New York City VIC-
DATE(S): 1970/85 VENUE: North Charleston, S.C.
TIMS: Three
VICTIMS: Three
MO: Rape-slayer of two female neighbors; killed kid-MO: Shot his brother, adoptive father, and a teenage nap victim
neighbor
DISPOSITION: Ruled insane, 1965 (later released); DISPOSITION: Life term for brother’s death, 1970
incompetent for trial, 1970; convicted on one count, (paroled 1980); executed on two counts Jan. 22, 1973 (paroled 1983); back to asylum on rape
1999
charge, 1991
Avinain, Charles
(1799–1867)
Arnold, Terry
(1962– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1867 VENUE: Paris, France VICTIMS:
DATE(S): 1981–87 VENUE: North America VIC-
“Several”
TIMS: “Several” suspected
MO: Butcher who robbed/dismembered male cus-
MO: Rape-slayer of girls and young women killed tomers
while he worked for a traveling carnival
DISPOSITION: Guillotined, 1867
DISPOSITION: Life sentence in Canada, 1991, for the 1987 murder of a 16-year-old girl; named as prime
Bailey, Leslie
(1950–93) AKA: Catweazle suspect in three more Canadian murders, plus others SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
in Mexico and five U.S. states (Fla., N.Y., Okla., DATE(S): 1980s VENUE: England VICTIMS:
Tex., and Va.)
Three+
MO: Pedophile slayer of boys age six to 14; police sug-Arrington, Marie Dean (1933– )
gest 25 possible victims; alleged accomplices in sec-SEX: F RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE
ond and third murders never charged
DATE(S): 1964/68 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Two
DISPOSITION: 15 years for manslaughter (with three MO: Shot husband; killed female victim kidnapped to accomplices), 1989; life term on second count, extort son’s release from prison
1991; life term on third count, 1992; found dead in DISPOSITION: 20 years for manslaughter, 1965; con-cell “under suspicious circumstances,” Oct. 1993
demned, 1969; sentence commuted to life, 1972
ACCOMPLICES: Stephen Barrell (?– ), 15 years in 1989; Sidney Cooke (1928– ), 19 years in 1989;
Artieda, Ramiro
(d. 1939)
Robert Oliver (1955– ), 15 years in 1989
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC
DATE(S): 1930s VENUE: La Paz, Bolivia VIC-
Bajramovic, Miro
(?– )
TIMS: Eight
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-
MO: Killed brother for inheritance, then strangled seven extremist
18-year-old girls resembling lover who jilted him DATE(S): 1991 VENUE: Croatia VICTIMS: 86
DISPOSITION: Shot by firing squad, July 3, 1939
confessed
MO: Croat soldier who killed Serbs during “ethnic
Askeborn, Glenn
(1944– )
cleansing”
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
DISPOSITION: Confessed in open court; outcome
DATE(S): 1975/84 VENUE: Conn./Maine VIC-
unknown
TIMS: Two suspected
MO: Women bound/killed in identical circumstances
Baker, Cullen Montgomery
(1836–68/69)
DISPOSITION: Imprisoned on one count, in Maine SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE
DATE(S): 1861–68 VENUE: Ark./Tex. VICTIMS:
Atkins, Benjamin
(1968– ) AKA: Woodward Corri-12+
dor Killer
MO: Old West outlaw and murderer
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DISPOSITION: Killed by posse in Dec. 1868 or Jan.
DATE(S): 1991–92 VENUE: Detroit, Mich. VIC-
1869
TIMS: 11
MO: Strangler of female prostitutes
Baker, Stanley Dean
(1948– )
DISPOSITION: Life imprisonment, 1994
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-
extremist
Atkins, Joseph Ernest
(1947–99)
DATE(S): 1970 VENUE: Mont./Calif. VICTIMS:
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
Two confessed
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MO: Mutilation/cannibal murders influenced by
DATE(S): 1992 VENUE: Keraterm, Bosnia VIC-
Satanism
TIMS: Five
DISPOSITION: Mont. life sentence (paroled 1985) MO: Bosnian Serb concentration camp guard who
killed five inmates and injured at least 27 others in
Balaam, Anthony
(1966– )
“ethnic cleansing”
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty and received an eight-DATE(S): 1994–96 VENUE: Trenton, N.J. VIC-
year prison term, Oct. 29, 2003
TIMS: Four
MO: Raped/strangled four female prostitutes aged
Baptistella, Dr. Sergio Luiz
(1955– )
27–41 within a two-mile radius of his home; fifth SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
victim escaped to notify police
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
DISPOSITION: Convicted on four counts; received life VICTIMS: Four alleged
prison terms, June 16, 2000
MO: Physician who shot six other doctors in personal disputes, killing four; one victim was his former
Baldi, Joseph
(1941– )