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Authors: Michael Newton
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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.