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extremist

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

DATE(S): 1992 VENUE: Brcko, Bosnia VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Ozarks region, Mo. VIC-

100+ suspected

TIMS: Three suspected

MO: Serb slayer of Muslims in Luka concentration MO: Mentally retarded suspect in series of shooting camp

deaths

DISPOSITION: Pled guilty to 12 murders, 1998

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1999

Jenkins, Cecil
(1965– )

Johns, Ronnie
(?– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Indianapolis, Ind.

DATE(S): 1991 VENUE: Flint, Mich. VICTIMS:

VICTIMS: Four alleged

Four

MO: Serial rapist of at least seven women, killing four; MO: Victims shot in robbery attempts

two victims left in cars

DISPOSITION: 15 years to life on one count, 1992; DISPOSITION: Received 130-year term for rape and life without parole on second count, 1992

kidnapping of one victim, March 2, 1999; received 78 years on second rape conviction, March 11,

Johnson, Alison
(1966– )

1999; received 65-year sentence on one murder

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-

count, Nov. 28, 2001

cific

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DATE(S): 1996–2000 VENUE: Doncaster, England

DISPOSITION: Convicted on three murder counts; VICTIMS: Three

received life term, April 1, 2004

MO: Mother who killed her newborn children; two found at her home; one still missing

Johnson, Paul David
(1945– )

DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty to manslaughter by neg-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-

ligence, June 12, 2002; received a sentence of three domestic

years community rehabilitation

DATE(S): 1984/89 VENUE: Tenn./Fla. VICTIMS:

Two

Johnson, Emanuel
(1963– )

MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of wives

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

DISPOSITION: Convicted on one count in Tenn.,

DATE(S): 1988 VENUE: Sarasota County, Fla.

1984; life term in Fla., 1990

VICTIMS: Two

MO: Killed burglary/holdup victims

Johnson, Ronnie
(1961– )

DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts, 1991; five SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

life terms + 30 years on lesser charges

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Miami, Fla. VICTIMS:

Two

Johnson, James Rodney
(?– )

MO: Robbery-murders of two victims

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

DISPOSITION: Condemned on first count, Dec. 13, specific

1991; condemned on second count, July 16, 1992

DATE(S): 1990 VENUE: Cooper/Moniteau Coun-

ties., Mo. VICTIMS: Four

Johnson, Tivian
(1970– )

MO: Shot three police officers and a sheriff’s wife in SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

DATE(S): 1991 VENUE: Dade County, Fla. VIC-

separate attacks

TIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1991

MO: Killed robbery victims

DISPOSITION: Triple life sentence, 1993; death + two
Johnson, Jay Thomas
(1968– )

life terms, 1995

SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

DATE(S): 1991 VENUE: Minneapolis, Minn. VIC-

Johnston, John
(1850–1900) AKA: Crow Killer; TIMS: Two

Liver-eating Johnson

MO: AIDS victim who killed gay men aged 21 and 48

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

DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on both counts, receiv-DATE(S): 1843–78 VENUE: Rocky Mountains

ing two consecutive life terms plus 15 years on lesser VICTIMS: Hundreds

charges

MO: “Mountain man” and prolific killer of Indians for revenge or racism; killed 300 Crows, plus numerous
Johnson, Martha
(1955– )

Utes, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Sioux, Nez Perce, etc.; SEX: F RACE: F TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-relieved of duty in Civil War for killing Indians cific

allied with his own (Union) side

DATE(S): 1977–82 VENUE: GA. VICTIMS: Four

DISPOSITION: Died of natural causes, Jan. 21, 1900

suspected; two confessed

MO: Smothered her own children; deaths mistaken for
Jones, Bryan
(1957– ) AKA: Dumpster Killer SIDS

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

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1990 (commuted on

DATE(S): 1985–86 VENUE: San Diego, Calif. VIC-

appeal)

TIMS: Four

MO: Rape-slayer of prostitutes; bodies left in dumpsters
Johnson, Matthew Steven
(1963– )

DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts, 1994

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

DATE(S): 1996–2000 VENUE: Hartford, Conn.

Jones, Daniel Steven
(1961– )

VICTIMS: Seven alleged

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

MO: Drifter with history of violent crimes and felony DATE(S): 1980s VENUE: Nev./Fla. VICTIMS:

convictions dating from age 19, including four-year Three suspected

terms for assault (1982–86) and robbery (1992–96); MO: Killed one Nev. man for his trailer; others sus-rape-slayer of women aged 28–37, in Hartford’s pected in Fla.

North End

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count in Nev.

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Jones, Harold
(1906– )

MO: Rape-slayer of women; also drowned three chil-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

dren of one victim

DATE(S): 1921 VENUE: Abertillery, Wales VIC-

DISPOSITION: Executed in Ind., Mar. 9, 1981

TIMS: Two

MO: Rape-slayer of girls age eight and 11

Junco, Francisco del
(1958– )

DISPOSITION: Indeterminate prison sentence, 1921

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

DATE(S): 1995–96 VENUE: Miami, Fla. VICTIMS:

Jones, Jeffrey Gerard
(1960– )

Four confessed

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-

MO: Cuban immigrant; killed and set afire female cific

addicts, age 37–44

DATE(S): 1985–86 VENUE: Sacramento, Calif.

DISPOSITION: Confessed June 1996; sentence

VICTIMS: Four

unknown

MO: Bludgeoned male victims with hammer in public restrooms

Jurkiewicz, Thomas
[
See
YORK, THOMAS]

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1987

Justus, Buddy Earl
(1953–90)

Jones, Sydney
(d. 1915)

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

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-

DATE(S): 1978 VENUE: Ga./Fla./Va. VICTIMS:

specific

Three

DATE(S): 1900s VENUE: U.S. nationwide VIC-

MO: Transient rape-slayer of women

TIMS: 13 confessed

DISPOSITION: Executed in Va., Dec. 13, 1990

MO: Random murders of men (11 blacks, two

whites)

Kaczynski, Theodore John
(1942– ) AKA:

DISPOSITION: Hanged in Ala. on June 25, 1915

Unabomber

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

Jordan, Keydrick Deon
(1972– )

specific

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/SEx.

DATE(S): 1978–93 VENUE: USA nationwide VIC-

DATE(S): 1991–92 VENUE: Orange County, Fla.

TIMS: Three

VICTIMS: Two

MO: Serial bomber; 17 blasts in seven states

MO: Shot woman in robbery; raped/killed another and DISPOSITION: Life without parole on 1998 guilty plea burned her home

DISPOSITION: Life on one count, 1993; condemned
Kahl, Gordon
(d. 1984)

on second count, 1994

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

extremist

Joyner, Anthony
(1961– )

DATE(S): 1983–84 VENUE: N.Dak./Ark. VIC-

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

TIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1983 VENUE: Philadelphia, Pa. VIC-

MO: Neo-Nazi tax-evader; killed lawmen while a fugi-TIMS: Six

tive

MO: Rape-slayer of elderly women at rest home where DISPOSITION: Killed in shoot-out with police, June 3, he worked

1984

DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1984

Kalejs, Konrad
(1913–2001)

Judge, Giancarlo
(?– ) AKA: Monster of Torino SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

extremist

DATE(S): 1983–86 VENUE: Torino, Italy VIC-

DATE(S): 1941–45 VENUE: Latvia VICTIMS:

TIMS: Nine

30,000

MO: Shot/strangled female prostitutes

MO: Nazi collaborator and member of roving murder DISPOSITION: 30 years in lunatic asylum

squad

DISPOSITION: Died Nov. 12, 2001, while fighting
Judy, Steven Timothy
(1956–81)

extradition to Latvia on war crimes charges

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

DATE(S): 1970s VENUE: Ind./Tex./La./Calif. VIC-Kalichuk, Alexander (d. 1975)

TIMS: 11 confessed

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

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DATE(S): 1950s VENUE: London, Ontario VIC-

DISPOSITION: Received life prison term for three TIMS: Two alleged

murders and five rapes at trial in 2000; received 20

MO: Sergeant in Canadian air force, posthumously years for a sixth rape, Aug. 12, 2004

identified as pedophile slayer of young girls

DISPOSITION: Died before evidence of guilt was col-Keene, John (d. 1865)

lected

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

DATE(S): 1861–65 VENUE: Tenn./Utah VICTIMS:

Kappen, Paul
(1941–91) AKA: Saturday Night Stran-Five+

gler

MO: Confederate navy deserter and outlaw during SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

Civil War

DATE(S): 1973 VENUE: Llandarcy, Wales VIC-

DISPOSITION: Hanged on one count in Salt Lake

TIMS: Three

City, 1865

MO: Rape-strangler of female hitchhikers, all 16 years old

Kelley, Doyle
(?– )

DISPOSITION: Died before new DNA techniques

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

linked him to crimes

DATE(S): 1981–93 VENUE: Joplin, Mo. VICTIMS:

Three suspected

Kaprat, Edwin Bernard, III
(1964–95) AKA: Granny MO: Suspected as accomplice in robbery-slaying of Killer

young woman, 1981; “Bluebeard” slayer of wives in SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

staged “accidents,” 1990/93

DATE(S): 1991/93 VENUE: Hernando County, Fla.

DISPOSITION: Life term on two counts, 1994

VICTIMS: Five

MO: Beat man to death, 1991; rape-slayer of women
Kelliher, Mary
(?–?)

age 72–87, killed/burned in their homes, 1993

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-domes-

DISPOSITION: two years house arrest for using dead tic

man’s credit cards, 1991; condemned, 1995; mur-DATE(S): 1905–8 VENUE: Boston, Ma. VICTIMS:

dered in prison Apr. 20, 1995

Six

MO: “Black widow” poisoner of husband and relatives
Kasler, Steven L.
(?– )

DISPOSITION: Escaped conviction by blaming deaths SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./CE

on a mattress contaminated with arsenic

DATE(S): 1980s–1990s VENUE: United States VIC-

TIMS: 34 confessed

Kelly, Horace Edward
(1959– )

MO: Drifter who implicated himself in 34 murders, SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

then recanted

DATE(S): 1984 VENUE: San Bernardino, Calif.

DISPOSITION: Received a 99-year sentence for kid-VICTIMS: Three

napping and robbing a woman in Louisiana;

MO: Necrophile rape-slayer of two women; also shot pleaded no contest to an Ohio murder and received 11-year-old boy while trying to abduct the victim’s a life sentence on Dec. 14, 1999

female cousin

DISPOSITION: Condemned 1986

Katsumi Hoshinois
(1976– )

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

Kelly, Kieron
(1928– )

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Tokyo, Japan VICTIMS:

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

Two

extremist

MO: Thief who drugged, robbed, and dumped 11

DATE(S): 1975–83 VENUE: London, England VIC-

women he met through a dating service; two victims TIMS: Five confessed

died of hypothermia

MO: Homophobobic slayer of gay males

DISPOSITION: Unknown

DISPOSITION: Life term on one count, 1984

Kee, Ahron
(1973– )

Kennedy, Edward Dean
(d. 1992)

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

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

DATE(S): 1991–98 VENUE: Harlem, New York City

DATE(S): 1978/81 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Three

VICTIMS: Three

MO: Killed motel clerk (1978); shot policeman and MO: Rape-slayer of petite females aged 13–19

male civilian after prison break

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DISPOSITION: Life term, 1978 (escaped 1981); con-DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: London, England VIC-

demned, 1981; executed July 21, 1992

TIMS: Two

MO: Landlord who killed female tenants, aged 21 and
Kennedy, Julian
(1943– )

22, by binding and suffocating them with ornate SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE

giftwrap tape; nude corpses were hidden on his DATE(S): 1958–73 VENUE:

property

Fla./Ark./Ga./N.Mex./Tex. VICTIMS: 9+ confessed DISPOSITION: Life sentence on guilty plea to one MO: Outlaw biker and career criminal; confessed mur-count, March 25, 2003

ders during holdups, jail breaks, drug deals, and personal arguments

Kimbrough, Petrie
[
See
LOCKETT, WILL]

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