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Authors: Michael Newton
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in 1929 St. Valentine’s Day massacre
DISPOSITION: Unknown
DISPOSITION: Life term in Mich. on one count, 1931; died in prison of heart attack, July 10, 1940
Buss, Timothy
(1969– )
SEX: M RACE: ? TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
Burke, James
(1931– ) AKA: Jimmy the Gent DATE(S): 1981/95 VENUE: Kankakee County, Ill.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC
VICTIMS: Two
DATE(S): 1949–80 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS:
MO: Killed five-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy
“Numerous”
DISPOSITION: 25-year term, 1981 (paroled 1993); MO: Syndicate mobster and hit man
condemned, 1996
DISPOSITION: Life term on one count in N.Y., 1985
Butler, Eugene
(d. 1913)
Burrows, Albert Edward
(1861–1923)
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: Unk.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/Sex.
DATE(S): 1900s VENUE: Niagara, N. Dak. VIC-
DATE(S): 1920/23 VENUE: Cheshire, England
TIMS: Six
VICTIMS: Four
MO: Male skeletons found buried under home
MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of wife and two children DISPOSITION: Died in asylum before crimes were dis-
(1920); molested and killed a four-year-old boy covered
(1923); bodies dumped in mine shaft
DISPOSITION: Hanged, Aug. 1923
Caifano, John Michael
(1911– ) AKA: Marshall Caifano
Burtsev, Roman
(1971– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1929–64 VENUE: Ill./Nev. VICTIMS: 10+
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MO: Syndicate enforcer and hit man
DATE(S): 1969 VENUE: Seattle, Wash. VICTIMS:
DISPOSITION: Various federal prison terms since Two
1964
MO: Serial rapist who killed two of four known victims
Calo, Giuseppe
(1955– )
DISPOSITION: Life prison term
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
DATE(S): 1988–89 VENUE: Ariz. VICTIMS: Seven
Candle, Arrigo
(?– ) AKA: Monster of the Wedge confessed
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
MO: Killed business associates in drug deals and con-DATE(S): 1991–93 VENUE: Italy VICTIMS: “Sev-
tract hits
eral”
DISPOSITION: 10 life terms + 140 years, 1993
MO: Shot female prostitutes with .357 Magnum
DISPOSITION: Convicted; sentence unknown
Camacho, Genaro Ruiz
(1955– )
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/PC
Cannan, John
(1953– )
DATE(S): 1987–89 VENUE: Dallas, Tex. VIC-
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
TIMS: Five
DATE(S): 1978–87 VENUE: England VICTIMS:
MO: Drug dealer whose victims included his own girl-Three suspected
friend
MO: Rape-slayer of young women
DISPOSITION: Condemned
DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one count, 1988
Campagna, Louis
(1900–55) AKA: Little New York
Cannon, Lucretia Patricia
(1783–1829)
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: CE/Sad.
DATE(S): c. 1917–41 VENUE: N.Y./Ill. VICTIMS:
DATE(S): 1802–29 VENUE: Reliance, Del. VIC-
“Numerous”
TIMS: 24 confessed
MO: Syndicate enforcer and hit man
MO: Killed husband and child prior to entering slave DISPOSITION: 10 years for extortion, 1943 (paroled trade and operating a tavern where patrons were 1946); died of heart attack, 1955
robbed and killed; slaves and servants
tortured/killed for amusement
Campanella, Vincenzo
(1973– ) AKA: Monster of DISPOSITION: Condemned, Apr. 1829; suicide by poi-Palermo
son in jail
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
specific
Canonico, Frank Anthony
(1938– )
DATE(S): 1990 VENUE: Palermo, Italy VICTIMS:
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
Two
DATE(S): 1970s–80s VENUE: Eastern USA VIC-
MO: Slayer of victims in random attacks
TIMS: 25 confessed
DISPOSITION: Confined as juvenile offender
MO: Shot “loose women” met in bars while traveling DISPOSITION: Two life terms in Fla., May 1982
Campbell, Henry Colin
(1896–1930)
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-inheri-
Capone, Alphonse
(1899–1947) AKA: Scarface tance
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
DATE(S): 1928–29 VENUE: N.J. VICTIMS: Two
DATE(S): 1919–29 VENUE: N.Y./Ill. VICTIMS:
MO: “Bluebeard” bigamist, shot two wives
Five+ personal
DISPOSITION: Executed Apr. 17, 1930
MO: Prohibition mobster; ordered hundreds of murders besides those committed personally
Campbell, James
(1969– )
DISPOSITION: 11 years for tax evasion, 1932; died SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
from tertiary syphilis, Jan. 25, 1947
DATE(S): 1987–88 VENUE: Beenham, England
VICTIMS: Two
Caputo, Ricardo
(1950– )
MO: Rape-slayer of young women
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one count, 1988
DATE(S): 1971–83 VENUE: USA/Mexico VIC-
TIMS: Five
Canady, James Dwight
(?– )
MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of lovers
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DISPOSITION: 25 years to life in N.Y., 1995
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Carawan, George Washington
(d. 1852)
Carr, Thomas
(d. 1870)
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1840s–52 VENUE: Goose Creek, N.C.
DATE(S): 1869–70 VENUE: Ohio VICTIMS: 14
VICTIMS: Three
suspected
MO: Killed first wife, second wife’s suspected lover, MO: Lust killer of women
and a male neighbor
DISPOSITION: Hanged on one count, 1870
DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot during murder
trial, 1852
Carraher, Patrick
(d. 1946)
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-argu-
Cardinella, Salvatore
(1880–1921) AKA: The Devil ment
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
DATE(S): 1934/45 VENUE: Glasgow, Scotland
DATE(S): c. 1910–21 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-
VICTIMS: Two
TIMS: 20+
MO: Killed soldiers in drunken brawls
MO: “Black Hand” extortionist and killer
DISPOSITION: three years for manslaughter (1934); DISPOSITION: Hanged on one count, 1921
hanged Apr. 4, 1946
Carpenter, David Joseph
(1930– ) AKA: Trailside
Carrington, Celeste Simone
(1961– )
Killer
SEX: F RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./sad.
DATE(S): 1991–92 VENUE: San Carlos and Palo
DATE(S): 1979–80 VENUE: San Francisco, Calif.
Alto, Calif. VICTIMS: Two
VICTIMS: 10
MO: Killed two men during burglaries
MO: Shot/stabbed hikers in local parks
DISPOSITION: Condemned on Nov. 23, 1994
DISPOSITION: Condemned
Carroll, Robert Lee
(?– )
Carpenter, Joseph
(1933– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/Sex.
DATE(S): 1970/89 VENUE: Ohio/Ala. VICTIMS:
DATE(S): 1963/86 VENUE: France VICTIMS:Two
Two
MO: Killed wife, 1965; raped/killed woman in 1986
MO: Drug-related murder in Ohio; stabbed Ala. jail DISPOSITION: 1965 life sentence (paroled 1980); life inmate
term, 1987
DISPOSITION: Convicted in Ohio (sentence
unknown); condemned in Ala.
Carr, Hank Earl
(d. 1998)
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/Sad.
Carter, Dean Phillip
(1957– )
DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Four+
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
suspected
DATE(S): 1984 VENUE: Calif. VICTIMS: Five
MO: Shot three lawmen in May 1998; previously
MO: Strangled women in three cities
boasted of beating an unknown man to death
DISPOSITION: Condemned
DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot, May 19, 1998
Carter, Jonathan Erik
(1980–99)
Carr, John Dell
(1962– )
SEX: M
RACE: W
TYPE: T
MOTIVE:
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
Unknown
DATE(S): 1990–91 VENUE: Shelby/Hamilton coun-
DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Miami, Fla. VICTIMS:
ties, Ind. VICTIMS: Two
Five alleged
MO: Killed mother-in-law and a female acquaintance MO: Career thief who shot four victims, killing three, DISPOSITION: 80 years on one count, 1992; 60 years in a December shooting spree; posthumously named concurrent on second count, 1997
as the killer of two other victims
DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot prior to capture,
Carr, Robert Frederick, III
(1943– )
Dec. 28, 1999
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1972–76 VENUE: Fla./Conn. VICTIMS:
Carter, Frank
(1881–1926) AKA: Phantom Sniper Four
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
MO: Rapist who killed one woman and three children specific
DISPOSITION: Three life terms + 360 years in Fla., DATE(S): 1926 VENUE: Omaha, Nebr./Council
Sept. 1976
Bluffs, Iowa VICTIMS: Three
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MO: Random shootings of three men and a girl
Catlin, Steven David
(1944– )
DISPOSITION: Hanged
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE-inheri-
tance
Carter, Horace
(1918– )
DATE(S): 1976–84 VENUE: Calif./Nev. VICTIMS:
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-
Four
specific
MO: Poisoned parents and two wives with herbicide DATE(S): 1951
VENUE: England
VICTIMS:
DISPOSITION: Condemned
Three
MO: Strangler of young girls; no sexual assault
Cavaness, Dr. John Dale
(1925–86)
DISPOSITION: Declared legally insane; confined to SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
asylum
DATE(S): 1977/84 VENUE: Ill./Mo. VICTIMS: Two
MO: Shot his own sons for life insurance
Carter, Robert Anthony
(1964–98)
DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1985; suicide in prison, SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
Nov. 17, 1986
DATE(S): 1981 VENUE: Houston, Tex. VICTIMS:
Two
Chabakwenzi, Chamwinu
(?– )
MO: Killed robbery victims
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE
DISPOSITION: Executed May 18, 1998
DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: Zambia VICTIMS: “Sev-
eral”
Casablanca, John
(1943– )
MO: Hired killer of elderly suspected “witches” in two SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC
provinces, whose employers included several chil-DATE(S): 1965/81 VENUE: New York City VIC-
dren; self-styled “savior of the young ones”
TIMS: Five
DISPOSITION: Unknown
MO: Three contract murders; two killings in personal
Chacon, Augustin
(d. 1902) AKA: The Hairy One disputes
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sad.
DISPOSITION: Plea bargain to three counts of
DATE(S): 1895–1901 VENUE: Ariz. Territory VIC-
manslaughter, 1965 (paroled 1982); ruled insane on TIMS: Eight+
two counts, 1981
MO: Sadistic outlaw; slayer of holdup victims and lawmen
Cassandra, Simone
(?– ) AKA: Monster of Norma DISPOSITION: Hanged, Nov. 1902
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1992–95 VENUE: Norma, Italy VIC-
Chadd, Billy
(1954– )
TIMS: “Several”
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
MO: Confessed 11 rapes, with “several” victims stran-DATE(S): 1974–78 VENUE: Calif./Nev. VICTIMS:
gled
Three confessed
DISPOSITION: Pled guilty; sentence unknown
MO: Stabbed two women and one man in sexual assaults DISPOSITION: Nev. life sentence; 13 years for rape in
Cassimiro, Andre Luiz
(1965– )
Calif.
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE:
Sex./Sad./CE
Chanal, Pierre
(1946–2003)
DATE(S): 1995–96 VENUE: Juiz de Fora, Brazil
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
VICTIMS: Five
DATE(S): 1980–88 VENUE: Marne region, France
MO: Burglar who raped/tortured/strangled women age VICTIMS: Eight
58–77
MO: Sadistic rape-slayer of young men
DISPOSITION: Confessed 1996; sentence unknown
DISPOSITION: Served seven years for torture-rape of a surviving victim, 1988–95; committed suicide by
Castro, Edward
(1950– )
slashing an artery in his left leg on eve of trial on SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
three murder counts, Oct. 14, 2003
DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Two
MO: Robbed/stabbed men met in Pinellas and Marion
Chapman, George
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KLOSOWSKI, SEVERIN]
county bars
DISPOSITION: Condemned 1988 + five years for rob-Chapman, Glenn Edward (1967– )
bery; life on second count, 1991
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
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DATE(S): 1992 VENUE: Hickory, N.C. VICTIMS:
DISPOSITION: Received 15-year sentence for murder Two
in 1987; paroled 1994; executed on one count, April MO: Rape-slayer of female addicts