Read The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers Online
Authors: Michael Newton
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MO: Paroled pedophile and child killer; murdered DISPOSITION: Received three life prison terms, Feb.
prostitutes after sex and sold their flesh in his 28, 1996
butcher shop
DISPOSITION: Jailhouse suicide by hanging
Grills, Caroline
(1885–?) AKA: Aunt Thally SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE
Groves, Vincent Darrell
(1953– )
DATE(S): 1947–48 VENUE: Sydney, Australia VIC-
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
TIMS: Four
DATE(S): 1973–81/88 VENUE: Denver, Colo. VIC-
MO: “Black widow” poisoner of relatives (with thal-TIMS: 14 suspected
lium)
MO: Rape-slayer of street prostitutes
DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1949
DISPOSITION: 12 years on one count, 1982 (paroled 1987); life term, 1989; 20 years on plea to third
Grimson, Allan
(1958– )
count, 1990; died in prison, Oct. 31, 1996
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
DATE(S): 1980s VENUE: England and at sea VIC-
Guatney, William
(1922– ) AKA: Freight Train TIMS: More than three
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-
MO: Royal Navy seaman who killed shipmates and a specific
bartender
DISPOSITION: Once investigated in the disappear-DATE(S): 1975–79 VENUE: Nebr./Kans./Ill. VIC-
ances of 20 sailors worldwide, Grimson confessed TIMS: Five suspected
the murders of one shipmate and a British bartender MO: Transient linked to murder to boys age nine to 13
in 2001, receiving a life prison term; prime suspect DISPOSITION: Ruled incompetent for trial, 1980; in the disappearance of another shipmate at Gibral-murder confessions suppressed; committed to mentar, 1986
tal institution
Grinder, James B.
(1945– )
Guerrero, Francisco
(?–?) AKA: Slitter of Women’s SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
Throats
DATE(S): 1976–84 VENUE: Ark./Mo. VICTIMS:
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
Four
DATE(S): 1880s VENUE: Mexico VICTIMS: “Sev-
MO: Rape-slayer of females in their teens and twenties eral”
DISPOSITION: Life sentence after guilty plea to one MO: Mutilation-slayer of women
count in Missouri, June 1999; admits sexual contact DISPOSITION: Executed, date unknown
with two Arkansas victims
Gufler, Max
(1910– )
Grissom, Richard
(1960– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1946–58 VENUE: Austria VICTIMS: 18
DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Kansas City, Mo. VIC-
suspected
TIMS: Three
MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of wives/fiancées
MO: Rape-slayer of young women abducted from homes DISPOSITION: Confessed four murders; life sentence, DISPOSITION: three consecutive life terms
May 1961
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Guimaraes, Edson Isadora
(1957– ) AKA: Angel of DATE(S): 1916–21 VENUE: Okla./Ariz. VICTIMS:
Death
Three
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-“mercy”
MO: Killed a sheriff (Okla.) and married couple DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ariz.); several rapes
VICTIMS: 150 suspected
DISPOSITION: 99 years (Okla.), 1916; escaped 1921; MO: Male nurse accused of killing patients in ICU at hanged Apr. 13, 1923
Salgado Filho Hospital by turning off their oxygen supplies; 131 died in his care between Jan. 1 and
Hahn, Anna Marie
(1906–38)
May 4, 1999, with unspecified others during 1998
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE-inheri-
DISPOSITION: Unknown
tance
DATE(S): 1932–37 VENUE: Ohio/Colo. VICTIMS:
Gunning, James D.
(1971– )
Five
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
MO: Self-styled nurse and “black widow” poisoner of DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: Eastern United States
elderly men
VICTIMS: 10 suspected
DISPOSITION: Executed in Ohio June 20, 1938
MO: Jailed for attempted murder of three New Jersey women, suspected of raping and strangling 10
Haigh, Paul Steven
(1957– )
women in three states
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on one murder count DATE(S): 1977–78 VENUE: Victoria, Australia
and received a 17-year sentence with 14 years mini-VICTIMS: Seven
mum, March 28, 2003
MO: Slayer of young women; stabbed one victim 157
times; attended funerals of four victims as a
Gurino, Vito
(1907–?) AKA: Socko; Chicken Head mourner
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
DISPOSITION: Seven consecutive life terms
DATE(S): 1931–40 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS:
Eight+
Halabi, Mohammed
(1957– ) AKA: Tel Aviv Stran-MO:Contract killer for “MURDER, INC.”
gler
DISPOSITION: 80 years to life on three counts, 1940; SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-extremist
died in prison
DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Tel Aviv/Jaffa, Israel VICTIMS: Seven
Gurule, Raymond Anthony
(1958)
MO: Palestinian strangler of four Jews and three Israeli SEX: M RACE: NA TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
Arabs
DATE(S): 1982/84 VENUE: Redwood City, Calif.
DISPOSITION: Confessed all counts; sentence
VICTIMS: Two
unknown
MO: Killed 15-year-old boy and 81-year-old woman DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1990
Hall, Archibald Thompson
(1924– ) AKA: Monster Butler
Guy, Martin G.
(1962– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1978 VENUE: Scotland/England VIC-
DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Norfolk County, Mass.
TIMS: Five
VICTIMS: Three suspected
MO: Robbed/murdered employers and a criminal
MO: Prime suspect in stabbings of women aged 25–82
accomplice
DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one murder count DISPOSITION: Two life terms, 1978
Guzman, James
(1964– )
Hall, Dewain
(1964–90)
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1982/91 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Two
DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Oakland, Calif. VICTIMS:
MO: Killed robbery/kidnap victims in Dade and Volu-Two
sia counties
MO: Shot female prostitutes
DISPOSITION: 30 years on one count, 1982 (paroled DISPOSITION: Jailhouse suicide by drowning, Nov.
1991); condemned + life term for armed robbery, 1996
23, 1990
Hadley, Paul
(d. 1923) AKA: The Claw
Hall, James Waybern
(1906–46) AKA: Big Jim SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sex.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE
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DATE(S): 1944–45 VENUE: Ark. VICTIMS: Four
Harding, Donald Eugene
(1949–92)
MO: Murdered his wife, followed by three men in SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
apparent robberies
DATE(S): 1882 VENUE: Ark./Tex./Calif./Ariz. VIC-DISPOSITION: Executed Jan. 4, 1946
TIMS: Seven
MO: Robbed/murdered victims in cross-country ram-Hanaei, Saeed (1963–2002)
page
SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-extrem-
DISPOSITION: Condemned on three counts in Ariz.; ist
executed Apr. 6, 1992
DATE(S): 2000–02 VENUE: Mashhad, Iran VIC-
TIMS: 16–19
Hardy, Anthony John
(1949– ) AKA: Camden Rip-MO: Strangled female prostitutes aged 25–50, with per
their own headscarves; killed “for the sake of God”
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
to “purify” Muslim society
specific
DISPOSITION: Hanged on 16 counts, April 17, 2002
DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: London, England VIC-
TIMS: Three
Hand, Gerald
(1949– )
MO: Mental patient who killed a female prostitute in SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony
his apartment, then beheaded two more women in DATE(S): 1976–2002 VENUE: Ohio VICTIMS:
separate attacks; heads still missing
Four
DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on three murder counts; MO: Murdered three wives for insurance money; also received three life prison terms, Nov. 25, 2003
shot his alleged accomplice in the first two slayings DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts, June 4,
Harper, Robert
(?– )
2003, for killing his third wife and a male acquain-SEX: M RACE: ? TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
tance in 2002
DATE(S): 1931 VENUE: Mich. VICTIMS: Five
MO: Escaped convict (murder); killed two victims
Hankins, Terry Lee
(1975– )
while at large; murdered warden and deputy warden SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
after recapture
DATE(S): 2000 VENUE: Arlington, Tex. VICTIMS:
DISPOSITION: Condemned
Five confessed
MO: Shot his wife and two stepchildren; in custody,
Harrington, Paul L.
(1946– )
confessed the earlier bludgeon murders of his father SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-and half-sister
specific
DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts of killing DATE(S): 1975/1999 VENUE: Detroit, Mich. VIChis stepchildren, May 2002
TIMS: Five
MO: Shot his wife and two daughters, 1975; shot sec-Hanson, William P. (1949– ) AKA: Paper Bag Killer ond wife and his three-month-old son, 1999
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-
DISPOSITION: Acquitted on grounds on insanity in revenge
first case, 1977; released from asylum after two DATE(S): 1973 VENUE: San Francisco, Calif. VIC-months’ treatment; received life term without parole TIMS: Two
in second case, Nov. 2, 2000
MO: Shots/stabbed middle-aged men resembling his sister’s rapist
Harris, Dewayne Lee
(1971– ) AKA: Khalil Iman DISPOSITION: Declared insane, 1974; confined to Muhammad
state hospital
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Seattle, Wash. VIC-
Hardin, John Wesley
(1853–95)
TIMS: Three
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
MO: Strangler of female prostitutes who were bound, DATE(S): 1868–78 VENUE: Tex./Kans. VICTIMS:
gagged with their own underwear, and dumped in 40+
vacant lots
MO: Racist gunfighter; killed blacks, Mexicans, Indi-DISPOSITION: Life prison term on one count
ans, Union soldiers, and personal enemies
DISPOSITION: 25 years for murder, 1878 (paroled
Harris, Ralph
(1972– )
1894); murdered by JOHN SELMAN, Aug. 19, 1895
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/Sex.
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DATE(S): 1992–95 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-
Hawkins, Thomas W., Jr.
(1964– )
TIMS: Six
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-
MO: Drug addict who robbed and killed elderly men, cific
raped women
DATE(S): 1980/89 VENUE: Berks County, Pa. VIC-
DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, March 24, TIMS: Three suspected
1999; also received 75 years in prison for attempted MO: Rape-slayer of girlfriend (1980) and other women murder and robbery of a second victim
(1989)
DISPOSITION: Six to 15 years as juvenile, 1980; con-Harris, Richard Eugene (?– )
demned, 1990
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1970s–80s VENUE: Tulsa, Okla. VIC-
Hayes, Daryl
(1960– )
TIMS: Three suspected
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
MO: Gay slayer of men; victims shot/stabbed
DATE(S): 1975–76 VENUE: Bergen County, N.J.
DISPOSITION: Served five years for manslaughter on VICTIMS: Two
first killing; 10 years to life for slaying committed MO: Rape-slayer of women age 36 and 62 in their two years after parole
homes
DISPOSITION: Life on one murder count plus 37
Harris, Robert Alton
(1953– )
years for rape, 1978
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
DATE(S): 1975/78 VENUE: San Diego County, Calif.
Haynes, Jonathan Preston
(1953– )
VICTIMS: Three
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-
MO: Killed brother’s teenage roommate; robbed/shot extremist
DATE(S): 1987–93 VENUE: Calif./Ill. VICTIMS:
two teens
Two
DISPOSITION: Five years for manslaughter, 1973
MO: Shot beautician and surgeon for “helping blacks (paroled 1978); executed on two counts, Apr. 21, look white”
1992
DISPOSITION: Condemned in Ill., 1994
Harrison, Lester
(1933– )
Heath, Neville George Clevely
(1917–46) SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1951/1970–73 VENUE: Menard/Chicago,
DATE(S): 1946 VENUE: London/Bournemouth, Eng-
Ill. VICTIMS: Seven
land VICTIMS: Two
MO: Murdered fellow prison inmate, 1951; killed MO: Torture-slayer of women age 21 and 32
women in/around Grant Park; mutilations included DISPOSITION: Hanged Oct. 16, 1946
cannibalism
DISPOSITION: Incompetent for trial, 1951; acquitted
Heath, Ronald Palmer
(1961– )
as insane in 1978, but confined indefinitely as sexual SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
predator
DATE(S): 1977/89 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Two
MO: Murdered victims in Duval and Alachua counties
Hatcher, Charles Ray
(1929–84)
DISPOSITION: 30 years, 1977 (paroled 1988); conSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.