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MO: Mafia contract killer

DATE(S): 1994–2001 VENUE: Budapest, Hungary

DISPOSITION: Admitted nine murders on entry to VICTIMS: 21

federal witness program, 1970

MO: Nurse who admitted killing patients at Gyula Nyiroe Hospital with tranquilizer injections; also
Frederick, Earl Alexander
(1951–2002)

claimed victims at a clinic in the Netherlands SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-DISPOSITION: Unknown

specific

DATE(S): 1970s–1980s VENUE: Oklahoma VIC-

Fuchs, Franz
(?– )

TIMS: More than two

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

MO: Confessed the beating to death of a 41-year-old extremist

man at Noble and the shotgun slaying of a 77-year-DATE(S): 1995 VENUE: Austria VICTIMS: Four

old woman at Texline, blaming the crimes on multi-MO: White supremacist who killed four persons and ple personality disorder; some accounts claim up to wounded 12 with 29 letter and pipe bombs targeting 16 suspected murders

ethnic minorities

DISPOSITION: Executed on July 30, 2002

DISPOSITION: Life prison term imposed, March 10, 1999

Freeman, John Dwayne
(1962– )

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

Fyfe, William Patrick
(1955– )

DATE(S): 1986 VENUE: Duval County, Fla. VIC-

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

TIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1979–89 VENUE: Montreal, Quebec

MO: Beat/stabbed burglary victims

VICTIMS: Nine confessed

DISPOSITION: Life term plus 34 years on one count, MO: Rape-slayer of women aged 26–59, who killed his 1987; condemned, 1988

first victim while on a day pass from jail

DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty to five murders commit-Freeney, Ray MacArthur (1973– )

ted since 1981, receiving a life prison term in Sep-SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

tember 2001; subsequently confessed four more

DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: Houston, Tex. VICTIMS:

slayings; no further charges filed

Two

MO: Diagnosed schizophrenic in 1995; confessed sexu-Gabrion, Marvin Charles, II (1954– )

ally motivated stabbings of five prostitutes, includ-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-felony

ing two fatalities

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Ottawa County, Mich.

DISPOSITION: Condemned on Aug. 28, 2003

VICTIMS: Four alleged

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MO: Raped an 18-year-old woman in August 1996, DATE(S): 1572 VENUE: Dôle, France VICTIMS:

then killed the victim and her 11-month-old daugh-Four confessed

ter in June 1997, after she filed charges; following MO: “Werewolf” cannibal-killer of children

arrest, Gabrion was named prime suspect in the DISPOSITION: Burned at the stake, Jan. 1573

murders of three men

DISPOSITION: Condemned in federal court, on March
Garr, Kevin George
(1964– )

5, 2002, for killing one victim in a national park SEX: M RACE: ? TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

DATE(S): 1989/91 VENUE: Madison/Orange Coun-

Galan, Alfredo
(1977– ) AKA: Playing Card Killer ties, Va. VICTIMS: Two

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

MO: Women aged 46 and 66 abducted from parking specific

lots

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Madrid, Spain VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Convicted on one count in Madison Nine

County, second-degree murder

MO: Ex-soldier and mental patient, shot 11 victims, aged 18–50, in random attacks, killing nine; left
Garrison, Wayne Henry
(1959– )

playing cards on victims’ bodies

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

DISPOSITION: Surrendered on July 3, 2003, and con-DATE(S): 1973–89 VENUE: Tulsa, Okla. VIC-

fessed a compulsion to kill; admitted eight shoot-TIMS: Three

ings; ballistics matched his weapon to three other MO: Strangled his four-year-old cousin at age 13; slayings; disposition unknown

killed a three-year-old boy while on furlough from a psychiatric hospital, 1975; strangled and dismem-Gallego, Gerald Albert (d. 1955)

bered a 13-year-old boy in 1989

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

DISPOSITION: Committed to asylum after first mur-DATE(S): 1954 VENUE: Jackson County, Miss.

der; pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter after VICTIMS: Two

second killing, sentenced to four years; released in MO: Cop-hating father of GERALD ARMAND GALLEGO; 1977; received three and a half-year sentence in murdered lawmen out of spite for a previous beating 1997, for drugging and kidnapping a 15-year-old by police

victim in North Carolina; condemned for his third DISPOSITION: Executed Mar. 3, 1955

murder, Dec. 19, 2001

Gamper, Ferdinand
(d. 1996) AKA: Monster of Mer-Garrow, Robert F. (1937–78)

ano

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

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

specific

DATE(S): 1973 VENUE: N.Y. VICTIMS: Four

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Merano, Italy VICTIMS:

MO: Stabbed/bludgeoned two men and two women

Six

DISPOSITION: 25 years to life on one count, 1974; MO: Shepherd who shot five victims in random attacks shot dead in prison break Sept. 11, 1978

and killed policeman while resisting arrest

DISPOSITION: Suicide during police shoot-out, Mar.

Garza, Juan Raul
(1957–2001)

1, 1996

SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

DATE(S): 1990–91 VENUE: Brownsville, Tex. VIC-

Garcia, Guinevere Falakassa
(1959– )

TIMS: Three

SEX: F RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-domestic

MO: Shot male associates in the narcotics trade DATE(S): 1977/91 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VICTIMS: DISPOSITION: Executed on June 19, 2001

Two

MO: Killed her daughter (1977) and elderly husband
Garza Hoth, Gabriel
(?– ) AKA: Black Widower (1991)

SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony

DISPOSITION: 20 years on guilty plea to daughter’s DATE(S): 1991–97 VENUE: Mexico City VIC-death, 1982 (paroled 1991); condemned, 1992

TIMS: Three

(commuted to life)

MO: Profit motivated killer who collected life insurance payments on his wife and lovers

Garnier, Gilles (d. 1573)

DISPOSITION: Life prison term and a $2,200 fine SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-imposed on Nov. 10, 2000, for the murder 1997 of specific

a girlfriend he insured for $400,000

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Gaskin, Louis Bernard
(1967– )

Genrich, Jimmy
(1961– ) AKA: Mad Bomber SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

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

DATE(S): 1986/89 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Seven

specific

MO: Killed robber/ burglar victims in Flagler and DATE(S): 1991 VENUE: Grand Junction, Colo.

Volusia counties

VICTIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: Multiple trials in 1990; condemned on MO: Serial bomber of random targets

four counts; life terms on three counts; six life terms DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1992

for robbery/burglary

Georges, Guy
(1962– ) AKA: Beast of the Bastille;
Gasser, John R.
(?– )

East Paris Killer

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

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./CE-

DATE(S): 1948/1982 VENUE: Washington State

felony

VICTIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1991–97 VENUE: Paris, France VIC-

MO: Rape-strangler of women aged 22 and 49

TIMS: Seven

DISPOSITION: Imprisoned for first crime as a college MO: Raped, robbed and slashed throats of 11 young student, 1948–62, 1964–69; received life term for women, killing seven

second murder

DISPOSITION: Confessed murders at trial; received a life term with 22-year minimum, April 5, 2001

Gates, Anne
(1949– )

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

Geralds, Hubert, Jr.
(1964– )

DATE(S): 1978/87 VENUE: Ind./La. VICTIMS:

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

Two suspected

DATE(S): 1995 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VICTIMS:

MO: “Black widow” slayer of husbands for profit Six

DISPOSITION: Pled “no contest” on one count in La., MO: Slayer of drug-addicted prostitutes

1989; received $25,000 from victim’s estate, 1992

DISPOSITION: Convicted Nov. 13, 1997

Gaynor, Alfred
(1967– )

Ghanam, Mohamed Elsayed
(1964– )

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

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Springfield, Mass.

DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Bangkok, Thailand

VICTIMS: Four

VICTIMS: Six

MO: Rape-slayer of drug-addicted black women lured MO: Unlicensed tour guide who stabbed and robbed with cocaine

foreign male tourists aged 32–64

DISPOSITION: Received four consecutive life terms, DISPOSITION: Unknown

May 19, 2000

Giancana, Sam
(1908–75) AKA: Momo

Geary, Melvin
(1931– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1925–57 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

DATE(S): 1973/92 VENUE: Nev. VICTIMS: Two

TIMS:“Numerous”

MO: Stabbed 38-year-old woman and a 71-year-old MO: Mafia hit man before he assumed leadership of man

the Chicago “family,” three victims known before DISPOSITION: Life term on one count, 1973 (paroled age 20; ordered at least 79 murders, 1957–66

1986); condemned on second count

DISPOSITION: Murdered at home, June 19, 1975

Geist, Joseph
(1956– )

Gibaldi, Vincenzo
(1903–36) AKA: “Machine Gun”

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

Jack McGurn

extremist

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

DATE(S): 1986 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1933–51 VENUE: Ill./N.Y. VICTIMS:

Two

22+

MO: Neo-Nazi cab driver; shot adult male victims at MO: Contract killer for ALPHONSE CAPONE gang;

random

prime suspect in 1929 St. Valentine’s Day massacre DISPOSITION: 65 years on one count, 1989; 18 years DISPOSITION: Murdered Feb. 14, 1936

for attempted murder of victim who survived, 1990; condemned on second count, 1991 (commuted to

Gibbs, Charles
(1800–31)

life on appeal, 1992)

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

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DATE(S): c. 1820–30 VENUE: At sea VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1926–34 VENUE: Ill./Minn./Calif.?/Wash.?

400 claimed

VICTIMS: Four+

MO: Sea-going pirate; signed on as crewman of small MO: Career criminal and alleged part-time hit man; vessels, then murdered other crewmen and stole car-confirmed victims killed during robberies or

goes

shootouts with lawmen

DISPOSITION: Hanged in N.Y., Apr. 22, 1831

DISPOSITION: Killed in shoot-out with FBI agents, Nove. 27, 1934

Gibbs, Janie Lou
(1932– )

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

Gilmore, Gary Mark
(1940–77)

DATE(S): 1966–67 VENUE: Cordele, Ga. VIC-

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

TIMS: Five

DATE(S): 1976 VENUE: Salt Lake City, Utah VIC-

MO: “Black widow” poisoner of husband, children, TIMS: Two

and grandchild, killed for life insurance

MO: Executed male victims in petty robberies

DISPOSITION: Committed to asylum, 1968; deemed DISPOSITION: Executed by firing squad, Jan. 17, competent for trial in 1974; five consecutive life 1977

terms, 1976

Girard, Henri
(1875–1921)

Gibson, Gregory
(1978– )

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

SEX: M RACE: ? TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

DATE(S): 1912/1918 VENUE: Paris, France VIC-

DATE(S): 1992/98 VENUE: Durham, N.C. VIC-

TIMS: Two

TIMS: Two

MO: Poisoned acquaintances for life insurance

MO: Killed robbery victims, one of them a 90-year-old DISPOSITION: Suicide in jail, awaiting trial, May 1921

man

DISPOSITION: Convicted on one count in juvenile
Giri, Laxman
(1911–80)

court, 1992; confined until age 18 (1996); jailhouse SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-suicide by hanging, Nov. 13, 1998

cific

DATE(S): 1970s VENUE: India VICTIMS: “Several”

Gilbert, Kristen
(1966– ) AKA: Angel of Death MO: Cult leader; sacrificed children to make followers SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-immortal

cific

DISPOSITION: Died in jail, Mar. 5, 1980

DATE(S): 1995–96 VENUE: Northampton, Mass.

VICTIMS: Four

Girts, Robert
(1953– )

MO: Thrill-killing nurse who used drugs to kill SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-patients at a veterans’ hospital; two of six known domestic

victims survived

DATE(S): 1977–92 VENUE: Ohio VICTIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: Convicted on three counts first-degree suspected

murder, one count second-degree, and two counts MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of wives

attempted murder; received four consecutive life DISPOSITION: 20 years to life on one count, 1993

terms without parole plus 20 years on lesser charges, March 26, 2001

Giudice, Giancarlo
(1953– ) AKA: Devil of Turin SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

Giles, Bernard E.
(1953– )

DATE(S): 1984–87 VENUE: Turin, Italy VICTIMS:

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

Seven

DATE(S): 1973 VENUE: Brevard County, Fla. VIC-

MO: Torture-slayer of prostitutes

TIMS: Four

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