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Authors: Michael Newton
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demned, 1990
DATE(S): 1978–82 VENUE: Mo./Ill./Calif. VIC-
TIMS: 16 confessed
Heaulme, Francis
(1959– )
MO: Transient pedophile; killed children of both sexes SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
DISPOSITION: Mo. life sentence, 1984; prison suicide, DATE(S): 1984–92 VENUE: France VICTIMS: 11
Dec. 7, 1984
confessed
MO: Alcoholic transient rape-slayer of women and
Hawkins, Samuel
(1943–95) AKA: Traveling Rapist children (both sexes); victims ranged in age from SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
nine to 60 years
DATE(S): 1976–77 VENUE: Tex. VICTIMS: Two
DISPOSITION: Convicted in five separate murder trials, MO: Raped/killed 12-year-old girl; stabbed pregnant 1992-99; sentences tally two life terms plus 65 years housewife
DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts; executed
Hein, Juergen
(1939– )
Feb. 21, 1995
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
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DATE(S): 1967/1985 VENUE: Germany VICTIMS:
DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Fairfax, Va. VICTIMS:
Three
Two
MO: Strangled wife, 1967; killed/mutilated two MO: Nurse who gave terminal patients lethal injections women age 50 and 55, 1985
at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
DISPOSITION: Eight years for manslaughter, 1976
DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on one count in 2000; (paroled 1972); 10 years for rape of 6-year-old girl, received two-year suspended sentence
1973 (paroled 1985); 2 consecutive life terms, 1986
Hernandez Chavez, Noe
(1979– )
Henderson, Jacob
(1971– )
SEX: F RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/Sad.
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Pachuca, Mexico VIC-
DATE(S): 1990 VENUE: San Diego, Calif. VIC-
TIMS: Two
TIMS: Three
MO: Raped and beheaded a six-year-old boy; strangled MO: Bludgeoned and sexually mutilated a male tran-a three-year-old girl “for pure pleasure” in prison sient; later stabbed two male roommates
visiting room
DISPOSITION: Received two consecutive life terms DISPOSITION: Unknown
plus 15 years at second trial, April 2002
Hernandez, Francis G.
(1963– )
Henderson, Robert Dale
(1946–93)
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-
DATE(S): 1981 VENUE: Long Beach, Calif. VIC-
specific
TIMS: Two
DATE(S): 1980–82 VENUE: Ohio/La./Miss./Fla.
MO: Rape-slayer of women age 18 and 21
VICTIMS: 12 confessed
DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1983
MO: Transient impulse-killer; victims included three
Hernandez, Rodolfo Baiza
(1949–2002)
in-laws and nine strangers selected at random
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony
DISPOSITION: Executed in Fla., Apr. 23, 1993
DATE(S): 1970s–1980s VENUE: San Antonio, Tex.
VICTIMS: 13
Henriquez, Alejandro
(1961– )
MO: Shot five illegal migrant workers during robbery, SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
killing one; later confessed 12 additional murders DATE(S): 1989–90 VENUE: New York City VIC-while awaiting execution
TIMS: Four suspected
DISPOSITION: Executed on one count, March 21, 2002
MO: Sex-slayer of three females age 10–21 and a 15-year-old boy
Herrington, Michael Lee
(1943– )
DISPOSITION: 25 years to life for one murder, 1992
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1966 VENUE: Milwaukee, Wis. VIC-
Henry, John Ruthell
(1951– )
TIMS: Three
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
MO: Raped/stabbed females age 10–19
DATE(S): 1975/85 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Three
DISPOSITION: Two consecutive life terms plus 32 years MO: Killed victims in Hillsborough and Pasco counties DISPOSITION: 15 years, 1976 (paroled 1983); con-Hey, Susan (1959– )
demned on two counts, 1992
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-“mercy”
DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Austin, Tex. VICTIMS:
Hensley, Lawrence Michael
(1969– )
Two
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
MO: Nurse at rest home; injected elderly men with specific
potassium
DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Sidney, Ohio VICTIMS:
DISPOSITION: Pled guilty, 1998; 50-year term with Four
25-year minimum
MO: Satanist who killed three teenagers at his home, then shot a Bible teacher
Hickock, James Butler
(1837–76) AKA: Wild Bill DISPOSITION: Life sentence following guilty plea, SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
March 7, 2000
DATE(S): 1861–75 VENUE: Nebr./Kans./Mo. VIC-
TIMS: 11+
Henson, Rhea R.
(?– )
MO: Gunfighter and occasional lawman; shot personal SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-mercy
enemies
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DISPOSITION: Murdered while playing poker, Aug. 2,
Hill, Donetta Marie
(1966– )
1876
SEX: F RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
DATE(S): 1990–91 VENUE: Philadelphia, Pa. VIC-
Hickman, William Edward
(1908–28)
TIMS: Two
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/PC
MO: Killed 2 men, ages 21 and 74, in personal alterca-DATE(S): 1926–27 VENUE: Los Angeles, Calif.
tions
VICTIMS: Two to five
DISPOSITION: Condemned, April 9, 1992
MO: Shot druggist in holdup; dismembered 12-year-old kidnap victim; suspected in other deaths from
Hill, Dr. John
(1931–72)
Calif. to Pa.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
DISPOSITION: Hanged on one count, Oct. 16, 1928
DATE(S): 1950s–69 VENUE: Houston, Tex. VIC-
TIMS: Five admitted
Hicks, James
(1951– )
MO: Boasted to second wife of killing five victims, SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/Sex.
including first wife, his father, brother, and a fellow DATE(S): 1977–96 VENUE: Maine VICTIMS:
physician
Three to five
DISPOSITION: Mistrial in wife’s death, 1971; shot in MO: Killed his wife in 1977; prime suspect in
apparent contract murder with second trial pending, murder/disappearances of four other women during Sept. 24, 1972
1977, 1982, and 1996
DISPOSITION: Convicted of fourth-degree murder in
Hill, Walter
(1935–97)
wife’s death, 1984; received 10-year sentence, SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
paroled 1990; received 55-year term for armed rob-DATE(S): 1951–77 VENUE: Ga./Ala. VICTIMS:
bery of a 67-year-old woman at Lubbock, Tex.,
Five
Sept. 29, 2000; confessed two murders in Maine to MO: First murder, 1951; next killed fellow inmate in avoid prison in Texas; pleaded guilty on both counts Atlanta Federal Penitentiary; shot three members of and received life sentence, Nov. 17, 2000
his teenage girlfriend’s family when they refused to let him marry the girl, 1977
Hickson, Monroe
(1909–67) AKA: Blue Boy DISPOSITION: 10 years for first kill (paroled 1961); SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
paroled on second count, 1975; condemned 1980 in DATE(S): 1946 VENUE: Aiken, S.C. VICTIMS:
Ala.; executed May 1997
Four
MO: Killed three merchants and a housewife during
Hilley, Audrey Marie
(1933–87)
robberies
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-
DISPOSITION: Life + 20 years, 1957; escaped from cific
prison 1966; died of natural causes while a fugitive, DATE(S): 1975–79 VENUE: Anniston, Ala. VIC-Dec. 29, 1967
TIMS: Four
MO: “Black widow” poisoner of relatives and others
Higgenbotham, Chester L.
(1965– )
DISPOSITION: 1983 life term for murdering her hus-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
band + 20 years for attempted murder of daughter; DATE(S): 1994–95 VENUE: Newton, Kans. VIC-escaped prison in 1987 and died of natural causes TIMS: Two
while at large
MO: Rape-slayer of women in crimes with a common
“signature of bondage”
Hines, Douglas
(1948– )
DISPOSITION: Received separate 40-year prison terms SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
on two counts, 1998 and 1999
DATE(S): 1973/91 VENUE: Tex/Calif. VICTIMS:
Two
Hill, Clarence
(1929–84)
MO: Burglar targeting older women; stabbed two who SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-surprised him
cific
DISPOSITION: 15 years to life in Tex., 1973; Calif.
DATE(S): 1938–40 VENUE: Hamilton Township,
life term, 1993
N.J. VICTIMS: Six
MO: Shot couples parked in a local lover’s lane
Hiroaki Hidaka
(1962– )
DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one count, 1944
SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony
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DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Hiroshima, Japan VIC-
MO: Serial arsonist; 11 fires claimed 22 lives TIMS: Four
DISPOSITION: 22 consecutive life terms
MO: Taxi driver who robbed and killed female fares aged 16–45; victims stabbed and strangled
Holmes, Darryl
(?– )
DISPOSITION: Condemned on Feb. 9, 2000
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-
felony
Hiroaki Nishijima
(1976– )
DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Greenville, S.C. VICTIMS: SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony
Two confessed
DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: Kyoto, Japan VICTIMS:
MO: Shot victims in armed robberies
Two
DISPOSITION: Convicted of murder in one case; over-MO: Robbed and strangled two women, aged 19 and turned on appeal; pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 28, whom he met through a cell phone dating ser-September 2001, receiving sentence of 25–30 years vice
in return for details of a second crime
DISPOSITION: Received life prison term, Nov. 10, 2002
Holmes, Henry Howard
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Hittle, Daniel Joe
(1966– )
Honka, Fritz
(?– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1979/89 VENUE: Minn./Tex. VICTIMS:
DATE(S): 1971–74 VENUE: Hamburg, Germany
Seven
VICTIMS: Four
MO: Shot adoptive parents; killed five, including a MO: Strangled prostitutes and kept bodies in his apart-policeman and a four-year-old girl, soon after parole ment
DISPOSITION: 30 years in Minn, 1979 (paroled
DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1975
1988); condemned in Tex.
Hooijaijers, Frans
(?– )
Hofmann, Kuno
(1931– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1960s–71 VENUE: Netherlands VIC-
DATE(S): 1971 VENUE: Germany VICTIMS:
TIMS: 264 suspected
Three
MO: Nursing home attendant; killed patients with MO: Satanist and necrophile; shot three victims and insulin
drank their blood
DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1972
DISPOSITION: 13 years on five counts, 1971
Hohenberger, Robert Carl
(d. 1978)
Hopper, Vernon Lynn
(1960– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1978 VENUE: Fla./La. VICTIMS: Seven
DATE(S): 1992 VENUE: Tex. VICTIMS: Two
suspected
MO: Nomadic rapist; killed two 11-year-old girls MO: Ex-convict rape-slayer of teenage girls
DISPOSITION: Two life terms + 198 years
DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot to avoid arrest, June 1978
Horton, Wayne Donald
(1956– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE
Holliday, Dr. John Henry
(1852–87) AKA: Doc DATE(S): 1972–76 VENUE: Las Vegas, Nev. VIC-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC
TIMS: Four
DATE(S): 1866–85 VENUE:
MO: Impulsive killer of victims in arguments and Ga./Tex./Colo./Wyo./N.Mex./Ariz. VICTIMS:
holdups
16–35
DISPOSITION: Four terms of life without parole, 1976
MO: Dentist turned gambler/gunfighter in Old West DISPOSITION: Died of tuberculosis, Nov. 8, 1887
Housel, Tracey Lee
(1960– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sex.
Holman, George
(?– )
DATE(S): 1984–85 VENUE: Tex/Ga. VICTIMS:
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
Two
specific
MO: Killed two motorists for their cars, raping the DATE(S): 1944 VENUE: Oakland/San Francisco
female
VICTIMS: 22
DISPOSITION: Condemned in Ga., 1986
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Howard, Ronnie
(?– )
DISPOSITION: Received a four-year term for
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
manslaughter in Florida, Dec. 1992; paroled May DATE(S): 1985 VENUE: S.C. VICTIMS: Two
1994; life term in Florida, April 17, 1999; active MO: Suffocated women with plastic bags over their detainer from Tennessee if paroled
heads
DISPOSITION: Life term on one count; condemned on
Hunt, Henry Lee
(1944–2003)
second count
SEX: M RACE: NA TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
ACCOMPLICES: Two other men sentenced to life
DATE(S): 1984 VENUE: Robeson County, N.C.
terms, one for each death
VICTIMS: Three
MO: Carried out the contract murder of a male victim,
Hoyt, Waneta Ethel
(1943– )
then killed a police informant 6 days later