Read The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers Online
Authors: Michael Newton
Tags: #True Crime, #Murder, #General, #Serial Killers
DISPOSITION: Life without parole in federal prison; DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: United States VICTIMS:
condemned in Ala., 1997
More than five suspected
MO: Drifter who stabbed, strangled and bludgeoned
Moore, Blanche Taylor
(1933– )
male acquaintances
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE
DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one count from
DATES(S): 1966– VENUE: Burlington, N.C. VIC-
Miami, Fla., on Feb. 11, 2000; charges pending on a TIMS: Four
Pennsylvania case if paroled
MO: “Black widow” poisoner of father, husband, mother-in-law, and boyfriend
Monahan, Annie
(?–?)
DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1991
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
DATES(S): 1906–17 VENUE: New Haven, Conn.
Moore, Douglas Donald
(1967–2004)
VICTIMS: Four
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
MO: “Black widow” poisoner of husbands and niece, DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Montreal, Quebec VIC-for insurance
TIMS: Three
DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1919
MO: Convicted pedophile, charged with 11 new counts of child molestation involving three victims, March
Montgomery, William David
(1963– )
2004; DNA subsequently linked him to the murders SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
of three male victims aged 15–22, found in wooded DATES(S): 1992–93 VENUE: Bensalem Township,
areas around Montreal
Pa. VICTIMS: Two
DISPOSITION: Suicide in jail, April 2, 2004; links to MO: Bludgeoned a stripper and a prostitute with claw homicides were discovered posthumously
hammer
DISPOSITION: Pled guilty and received life term, 1994
Moore, Ernest
(1973–98)
SEX: M RACE: ? TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE
Moody, Kenneth
(1975– )
DATES(S): 1998 VENUE: Cameron County, Tex.
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/Sex
VICTIMS: Four
DATE(S): 1995 VENUE: Perry County, Miss. VIC-
MO: Shot two women at girlfriend’s house; later killed TIMS: Three
two policemen
MO: With 14-year-old cousin David Moody, killed a DISPOSITION: Killed resisting arrest, July 7, 1998
27-year-old man, then raped and killed the victim’s 21-year-old girlfriend; later the same month, with
Moore, Henry Lee
(?–?)
another cousin, stabbed a male stranger in an
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-
argument
specific
383
The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
DATE(S): 1911–12 VENUE:
Morello, Peter
(1880–1930) AKA: The Clutching Kans./Ill./Iowa/Colo./Mo. VICTIMS: 26 suspected Hand
MO: Transient home invader, slaughtered whole fami-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
lies with axes
DATE(S): 1920s VENUE: New York City VIC-
DISPOSITION: Life sentence in Mo. for ax murder of TIMS: “Numerous”
his mother and grandmother, 1912
MO: Mafia “enforcer” and hit man
DISPOSITION: Killed by a man known only as
Moore, Peter
(1940– )
“BUSTER FROM CHICAGO,” 1930
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
specific
Morgan, Daniel
(1830–65) AKA: Mad Dan; Mad DATE(S): 1995 VENUE: North Wales, United King-Dog
dom VICTIMS: Four
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE-felony
MO: Theater owner and mutilation-slayer of adult DATE(S): 1863–65 VENUE: Australia VICTIMS:
males; blamed his crimes on “Jason” from
Friday
Three
the 13th
movie series
MO: Bandit who shot policemen and suspected inform-DISPOSITION: Life term without parole, 1996
ers
DISPOSITION: Ambushed and killed by police on
Moorehead, Steven
(1962– )
April 9, 1865
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: Steubenville, Ohio VIC-
Morgan, John
(d. 1869) AKA: Mad Mose
TIMS: Six confessed
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/Sad.
MO: Shot female victims after sex; admitted six mur-DATE(S): 1840s–69 VENUE: Rocky Mountains
ders, but local sheriff estimated dead at eight VICTIMS: 100+
DISPOSITION: Accomplice Fred Horner pleaded
MO: Revenge-motivated slayer of Indians; enjoyed dis-guilty to three felony counts and received a three-membering his victims while they lived
year sentence, July 2002; prosecutors waived the DISPOSITION: Killed in battle with Indians, 1869
death penalty for Moorehead in favor of life imprisonment without parole
Morris, Major, Jr.
(1954– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
Moran, Richard Allen
(1954–96)
DATE(S): 1972–76 VENUE: Ill. VICTIMS: Six sus-
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC
pected
DATE(S): 1984–91 VENUE: Las Vegas, Nev. VIC-
MO: Lust killer of girls age 15–18
TIMS: Three
DISPOSITION: Confessed one murder; 100–200 years, MO: Murdered holdup victims and his ex-wife
1996
DISPOSITION: Executed on three counts, March 30, 1996
Morris, Cory
(1978– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: Sex
Morandini, Vitaline
(?– ) AKA: Monster of Por-DATE(S): 2002–03 VENUE: Phoenix, Ariz.
toglio
VICTIMS: 5–6
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-
MO: Strangled female victims during sex at his home, cific
then dumped bodies nearby. Caught when a relative DATE(S): 1955–56 VENUE: Portoglio, Italy VIC-smelled a corpse in his trailer.
TIMS: 10
DISPOSITION: Condemned on five counts, July 19, MO: Staged “accidents” for selected victims
2005. No charge filed in a sixth suspected case.
DISPOSITION: Convicted; sentence unknown
Morris, Raymond Leslie
(1929– ) AKA: Monster of
Moreau, Pierre-Desiré
(d. 1874)
Cannock Chase
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1870s VENUE: Paris, France VICTIMS:
DATE(S): 1965–67 VENUE: England VICTIMS:
Two
Four suspected
MO: Bluebeard pharmacist who poisoned his wives, MO: Pedophile who strangled girls age five to 10
the first in order to marry a rich woman, the second DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one count, 1969
for her money
DISPOSITION: Guillotined on Oct. 4, 1874
Mors, Frederick
[
See
MENARIK, CARL]
384
Appendix A: Solo Killers
Morse, Hugh Bion
(1930– )
DATE(S): 1985/88 VENUE: Bakersfield, Calif. VICSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
TIMS: Three charged
DATE(S): 1959–61 VENUE: Wash./Ala./Minn.
MO: Shot/stabbed/bludgeoned men age 29–73, in their VICTIMS: Four
homes
MO: Rape-slayer of women age 28–69; also molested DISPOSITION: Life without parole on one count, 1989
children
DISPOSITION: Double life term in Minn., 1961
Msomi, Elifasi
(d. 1956) AKA: Axe Killer SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sad./PC-Morse, Joseph (?– )
nonspecific
SEX: M RACE: ? TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-
DATE(S): 1950s VENUE: Natal, South Africa VIC-
cific
TIMS: 15
DATE(S): 1960s VENUE: Calif. VICTIMS: Three
MO: Hacked victims to death, allegedly on orders of MO: Killed mother, sister, and stranger selected at ran-tokoloshe spirit that possessed him
dom
DISPOSITION: Hanged, Jan. 1956
DISPOSITION: Condemned (commuted to life, 1972)
Msundwana, Mtimane
(d. 1937) AKA: Loskop Killer
Moseley, Carl Stephen
(1966– )
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1929–36 VENUE: Natal, South Africa
DATE(S): 1991 VENUE: Stokes/Forsyth Counties,
VICTIMS: Eight confessed
N.C. VICTIMS: Two
MO: Shotgun slayer of merchants, mostly Indian MO: Raped/stabbed women age 35 and 38
DISPOSITION: Hanged, 1937
DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1993
Mudgett, Herman Webster
(1860–96) AKA: Henry Howard Holmes
Moseley, Eddie Lee
(1947– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE:
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.
CE/Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1973–87 VENUE: Florida VICTIMS: 12+
DATE(S): 1869–95 VENUE: N.H./Ill. VICTIMS: 27
alleged
confessed
MO: Rape slayer of females aged eight to 54, linked to MO: Suspected of killing childhood playmate; later various murders and nonlethal rapes by DNA evi-medical student and career criminal specializing in dence
insurance scams; constructed boarding house in DISPOSITION: Confined to state hospital as a danger-Chicago, robbing/killing various tenants (mostly ous offender since 1988; ruled incompetent for trial female), selling some corpses to medical schools for on murder charges, Nov. 20, 2001
dissection; estimates of final body count range from 50 to 200+
Moseley, Winston
(1935– )
DISPOSITION: Hanged in Ill., May 7, 1896
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-
cific
Mughal, Muhammad Sarwar
(?– )
DATE(S): 1963–64 VENUE: Queens, N.Y. VIC-
SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-extremist
TIMS: Three confessed
DATE(S): 2002–03 VENUE: Gujranwala, India
MO: Thrill-killer of females age 15–29
VICTIMS: Three confessed
DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1964 (com-MO: Religious fanatic who murdered female prosti-muted to life, 1972)
tutes in protest of police inaction against vice DISPOSITION: Unknown
Motto, Alberto
(?– ) AKA: Monster of Vimercate SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
Mukhankin, Vladimir
(1960– )
DATE(S): 1992–95 VENUE: Vimercate, Italy VIC-
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
TIMS: “Several”
DATE(S): 1995–96 VENUE: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
MO: Confessed 11 sexual assaults; “several” victims VICTIMS: Eight
strangled
MO: Lust killer of women
DISPOSITION: Pled guilty; sentence unknown
DISPOSITION: Condemned after guilty plea, 1997
Mount, Kenneth Eugene
(?– )
Mu’Min, Dawud Majid
(1952–97)
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sex.
385
The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers
DATE(S): 1973/88 VENUE: Va. VICTIMS: Two
DATE(S): 1999–2000 VENUE: Takhar, Afghanistan
MO: Killed cab driver in holdup; raped/stabbed woman VICTIMS: Three
DISPOSITION: 48-year sentence, 1973 (escaped
MO: Kidnapped and raped four women, killing three 1988); condemned, 1989; executed Nov. 13, 1997
DISPOSITION: Hanged on Aug. 27, 2000
Murdock, Kenneth
(1963)
Nance, Wayne Nathan
(1955–85)
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1985–97 VENUE: Ontario, Canada VIC-
DATE(S): 1974–86 VENUE: Mont. VICTIMS: Six
TIMS: Three+
suspected
MO: Contract killer for Canadian Mafia family
MO: Shot/stabbed females age 15–39
DISPOSITION: Life term with 13-year minimum on DISPOSITION: Fatally shot during home invasion, three counts, 1998
Sept. 4, 1986
Murphy, Charles
(1887–?)
Napoletano, Eric Ernest
(1965– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1921/30 VENUE: Wash. VICTIMS: Two
DATE(S): 1984–90 VENUE: Pa./N.Y./Del. VIC-
MO: Bludgeoned/robbed employer (1921); murdered TIMS: Three alleged
wife (1930)
MO: Prime suspect in mutilation-slaying of his 15-year-DISPOSITION: Confessed wife’s murder; 60–75 years, old girlfriend; shot his mother-in-law; murdered his 1931
second wife
DISPOSITION: Convicted of wife’s murder in
Murphy, Donald
(1944– )
Delaware, received a 35-year prison term on June 25, 1993; pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
New York on condition that conspiracy charges filed DATE(S): 1980 VENUE: Detroit, Mich. VICTIMS:
against his mother were dismissed; received a conFive confessed
secutive term of 15 years to life on June 20, 1996
MO: Lust killer of black prostitutes
DISPOSITION: Pled guilty on two counts, 1982; two
Nash, Stephen A.
(?– )
concurrent 30-year terms
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1950s VENUE: Los Angeles, Calif. VIC-
Murrell, John A.
(1794–?)
TIMS: 11 confessed
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
MO: Stabbed random victims, children and adults DATE(S): c. 1815–35 VENUE: Southern USA VIC-DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts, 1957
TIMS: 500+
MO: Southern planter who stole/resold slaves, killing
Nash, Viva Leroy
(1916– )
hundreds in the process; victims often disemboweled SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
and weighted with stones, then sunk in rivers; also DATE(S): 1977/82 VENUE: Utah/Ariz. VICTIMS:
plotted slave revolt as diversion for looting of major Two
southern cities
MO: Killed holdup victims
DISPOSITION: Served 10 years in Tenn. for fomenting DISPOSITION: Two terms of five years to life for mur-slave revolt, c. 1835–45
der/robbery in Utah, 1978 (escaped 1982); con-
demned in Ariz., 1983
Myers, Karl Lee
(1957– )