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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
[
See
MUDGETT, HERMAN]

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

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