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Copeland, David
(1976– )

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-

DATE(S): 1994–97 VENUE: Punta Gorda, Fla.

extremist

VICTIMS: Six

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: London, England VIC-

MO: Gay mutilation-slayer of young men dumped in TIMS: Three

rural settings

MO: White-supremacist engineer who planted nail DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count with 15

bombs in pubs, including one gay bar, killing three years for kidnapping, Dec. 10, 1999

persons and wounding 129

DISPOSITION: Pled guilty to manslaughter on June 5,
Conde, Rory Enrique
(1965– ) AKA: Tamiami 2000, and received a life prison term

Strangler

SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

Coppola, Michael
(1904–66)

DATE(S): 1994–95 VENUE: Dade County, Fla.

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sad.

VICTIMS: Six

DATE(S): 1920s–60 VENUE: N.Y./Ky. VICTIMS:

MO: Rape-strangler of female prostitutes

“Numerous”

DISPOSITION: Received 18-year terms on each of four MO: Sadistic Mafia “enforcer”; killed for pleasure felony counts (armed robbery, burglary, kidnapping, and profit; performed kitchen-table abortions on and sexual assault), Feb. 13, 1998; condemned on wife

one murder count, March 7, 2000; received five life DISPOSITION: Convicted of extortion, 1960 (paroled terms for other slayings, April 3, 2001

1963)

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Corbett, Tammy
(1965– )

MO: Mutilation-slayer of girls age 11–16

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-

DISPOSITION: Life sentence on two counts, 1980

cific

DATE(S): 1987–89 VENUE: Carlinsville, Ill. VIC-Corvin, Mendum Paul (1934– )

TIMS: Four

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE-felony

MO: Killed her own young children

DATE(S): 1968–70 VENUE: Fla./Pa. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Life term on four counts, 1993

Two

MO: Twice impregnated his adolescent daughter,
Corcoran, Joseph
(1975– )

killing newborns to avoid prosecution for incest SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty; two concurrent life terms DATE(S): 1992/1997 VENUE: Kokomo, Ind. VICTIMS: Six

Corwin, Daniel Lee
(1959–98)

MO: Killed his parents in 1992; later shot his brother SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

and three other men for “talking about him”

DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: Tex. VICTIMS: Three

DISPOSITION: Acquitted of killing his parents, though MO: Rape-slayer of women age 26 to 72

relatives now admit his guilt; condemned on four DISPOSITION: Executed Dec. 7, 1998

counts, May 1999

Costa, Antone Charles
(1945–74)

Corio, Pier Luigi
(?– ) AKA: Monster of Leffe SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

DATE(S): 1966–69 VENUE: Calif./N.Y./Mass. VIC-

DATE(S): 1987–89 VENUE: Leffe, Italy VICTIMS:

TIMS: Eight

Three+ suspected

MO: Sadistic necrophile/cannibal-slayer of young MO: Victims shot, some buried in his garden

women

DISPOSITION: Life sentence

DISPOSITION: Mass. life sentence, 1970; prison suicide May 12, 1974

Corliss, Charles
(1940– )

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

Cota, Fernando Velazco
(1946–84)

DATE(S): 1960/90 VENUE: Mont./Wash. VIC-

SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

TIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1966–69 VENUE: San Jose, Calif. VIC-

MO: Slayer of women; one victim shot

TIMS: Seven

DISPOSITION: Jailed in Mont., 1965–85; 74 years in MO: Convicted rapist, preyed on women ages 20–57

Wash. on one murder count and two counts

DISPOSITION: Suicide to avoid arrest, Oct. 14, 1984

attempted murder, 1991

Cottingham, Richard Francis
(1946– )

Corner, Mark
(1977– )

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

DATE(S): 1977–80 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Liverpool, England VIC-

Five

TIMS: Two

MO: “Ripper” of female prostitutes

MO: Killed and dismembered two female prostitutes DISPOSITION: Multiple life terms, 1981–84

DISPOSITION: Pled guilty with diminished capacity on two counts, Oct. 24, 2003; confined to Ashworth
Cotton, Mary Ann
(1832–73)

Hospital

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sad.

DATE(S): 1857–72 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

Cortez, Gregorio
(1875–1916)

21+

SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC

MO: “Black widow” poisoner of family members

DATE(S): 1901 VENUE: Tex. VICTIMS: Three

DISPOSITION: Hanged Mar. 24, 1873

MO: Suspected livestock rustler; killed lawmen while a fugitive

Courtwright, Timothy Isaiah
(1848–87) AKA: Long-DISPOSITION: 50 years on two counts, 1901 (par-hair Jim

doned, 1913)

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC

DATE(S): 1883–87 VENUE: Tex./N. Mex./Kans.

Cortez, Manuel Trinidad
(1955– )

VICTIMS: Four+

SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

MO: Hired gunman, “regulator,” and sometime law-DATE(S): 1978–79 VENUE: Ore. VICTIMS: Three

man

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DISPOSITION: Killed in shoot-out with LUKE SHORT,
Crawford, Charles L.
(1939– )

Feb. 8, 1887

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC

DATE(S): 1964 VENUE: Mo./Ind. VICTIMS: Three

Cowans, Jesse James
(1960– )

confessed

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/Sad.

MO: Shot/hacked male victims to death

DATE(S): 1977/96 VENUE: Monroe County, Ohio

DISPOSITION: Life term in Mo., 1965 (paroled 1990); VICTIMS: Two

convicted on one count in Ind., 1994

MO: Strangled paraplegic man (1977) and elderly woman (1996)

Crawford, John
(?– )

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1997

SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

DATE(S): 1981/1992 VENUE: Alberta, Canada

Cox, Frederick Pete
(1953– )

VICTIMS: Four

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

MO: Sex-slayer of Aboriginal women

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Orlando, Fla. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Convicted of first murder, 1982;

Three

paroled 1989; received three life terms in 1993

MO: Violently attacked five women, killing three; all but one victim were prostitutes

Cream, Dr. Thomas Neill
(1850–92)

DISPOSITION: Three life terms for murder, January SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sad.

2003; also received two 30-year terms for attempted DATE(S): 1880–92 VENUE: Canada/USA/England

murder in nonfatal assaults

VICTIMS: Seven

MO: “Bluebeard” physician and sadistic poisoner of
Cox, Scott William
(1962– )

prostitutes

DISPOSITION: Hanged Nov. 15, 1892

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

DATE(S): 1980s–92 VENUE: USA/Canada VIC-

Creech, Thomas Eugene
(1950– )

TIMS: 20+ suspected

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/PC

MO:Long-haul trucker; confessed slayer of female DATE(S): 1967–75 VENUE: Western U.S. VIC-prostitutes in western U.S. and Canada

TIMS: 42 confessed

DISPOSITION: Consecutive 12.5-year terms on two MO: Claims gang-related kills, contract “hits,” human counts, 1993

sacrifice

DISPOSITION: Condemned for two Idaho murders

Coyner, James
[
See
ROBINSON, ALONZO]

Creighton, Mary Frances
(d. 1936)

Craig, Donnie Gene
(1965– )

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

DATE(S): 1923–35 VENUE: N.J./N.Y. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1987–88 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Two

Three

MO: Gay males robbed/killed at home

MO: “Black widow” poisoner of brother, mother-in-DISPOSITION: 25-year sentence on one murder

law, and lover’s wife

count

DISPOSITION: Executed July 19, 1936

ACCOMPLICE: Earl Applegate (1898–1936) executed
Craig, Eric Roland
(1932– )

July 19, 1936 for participation in his wife’s murder SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

DATE(S): 1932 VENUE: Sydney, Australia VIC-

Cross, Theresa Jimmie Francine
(1946– ) TIMS: Three

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC/Sad.

MO: Bludgeoned females age 14–30

DATE(S): 1964/1985 VENUE: Sacramento County,

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1933 (commuted to life Calif. VICTIMS: Three

on appeal)

MO: Shot her husband in an argument; shot and

starved one of her daughters and fatally beat another
Craine, Louis
(1957– )

DISPOSITION: Acquitted in her husband’s death; pled SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

guilty on two murder counts regarding her daugh-DATE(S): 1985–87 VENUE: Los Angeles, Calif.

ters and received two life terms, October 1995

VICTIMS: Five

MO: Rape-slayer of black prostitutes

Crump, Michael Wayne
(1960– )

DISPOSITION: Condemned

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

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DATE(S): 1985–86 VENUE: Hillsborough, Fla.

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Minn./Ill./N.J./Fla. VIC-

VICTIMS: Two

TIMS: Five

MO: Killed victims in personal altercations

MO: Random murders of men by gay “thrill killer”

DISPOSITION: Life term on one count, 1987; con-DISPOSITION: Suicide in Fla. to avoid capture

demned on second count, 1989

Cunningham, Anna
(1873– ?)

Crump, Thomas Wayne
(1940– )

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC

cific

DATE(S): 1970s–80 VENUE: N. Mex./Nev. VIC-

DATE(S): 1918–25 VENUE: Gary, Ind. VICTIMS:

TIMS: 11 confessed

Five

MO: Killed his wife, a prostitute, and various strangers.

MO:“Black widow” poisoner of husband and children DISPOSITION: N. Mex. life sentence; condemned in DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one count, 1925

Nev.

Curreli, Sergio
(?– ) AKA: Monster of Arbus
Crutchley, John Brennan
(1946–2002)

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

specific

DATE(S): 1977–85 VENUE: Va./Fla. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1982–90 VENUE: Arbus, Italy VICTIMS:

Seven suspected

Five

MO: “Vampire” rapist linked to deaths/disappearances MO: Random victims shot/hanged/burned

of women

DISPOSITION: Life sentence

DISPOSITION: 25-year sentence for sexual assault in Fla., 1986 (paroled, Aug. 1996); returned to prison
Cutro, Gail
(1960– )

three days later for using illegal drugs; suicide in SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-prison, April 1, 2002

cific

DATE(S): 1993 VENUE: Columbia, S.C. VICTIMS:

Cruz, James Robert, Jr.
(1957– )

Two

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

MO: Day-care provider who murdered two four-

DATE(S): 1980s–93 VENUE: Midwest U.S. VIC-

month-old infants left in her home

TIMS: “Several”

DISPOSITION: Convicted on one murder count and MO: Trucker; rape-strangler of women, mostly prosti-sentenced to life imprisonment, 1994; verdict over-tutes

DISPOSITION: Life term on one count in Pa., 1994

turned on appeal, 1998; convicted on two counts and sentenced to life, July 2, 2000; acquitted of
Cullen, Charles
(1960– )

injuring a third four-month-old at second trial SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-mercy

DATE(S): 1987–2003 VENUE: N.J./Pa. VICTIMS:

Cutter, Larry M.
(1966– )

40 confessed

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

MO: Nurse who killed patients at 10 hospitals and DATE(S): 1991–92 VENUE: Indianapolis, Ind.

nursing homes

VICTIMS: Four suspected

DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty to 17 murders on Oct.

MO: Rape-slayer of women age 18–37

8, 2004; received multiple life terms with 127 years DISPOSITION: 110 years on one count, 1995

minimum

Cvjetan, Sasa
(1974– )

Cummins, Gordon Frederick
(1914–42) AKA: BlackSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-

out Ripper

extremist

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Kosovo, Serbia VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1941–42 VENUE: London, England VIC-

14

TIMS: Four to six

MO: Policeman who murdered Albanians, mostly

MO: Mutilation-murders of women

women and children, during “ethnic cleansing”

DISPOSITION: Hanged for four murders, June 25, 1942

DISPOSITION: Received life sentence, March 16, 2004

Cunanan, Andrew Philip
(1970–97)

Daddano, William, Sr.
(1912–75) AKA: Willie PotaSEX: M RACE: A TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-

toes

specific

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/Sad.

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DATE(S): 1930s–60s VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

Daughtrey, Earl Llewellyn, Jr.
(1949– ) TIMS: “Numerous”

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

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