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from asylum, 1978; executed on third count, May MO: Drifter and rape-slayer of young women

12, 1990

DISPOSITION: 25 years to life on one count, 1991

Stone, Michael Anthony
(1955– )

Stevens, Charles Arnett
(1960– )

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

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

extremist

cific

DATE(S): 1984–88 VENUE: Belfast, North Ireland DATE(S): 1969–76 VENUE: Oakland, Calif. VIC-VICTIMS: Six

TIMS: Three

MO: Sectarian assassin of Catholics and Republicans MO: Shot freeway motorists in random drive-by attacks DISPOSITION: Life term for six murders and five DISPOSITION: Condemned

attempted murders, 1989

Stevens, Walter
(1867–1939) AKA: Dean of Chicago Gunmen

Stoudenmire, Dallas
(1845–82) AKA: Stoudenmire SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

the Butcher

DATE(S): c. 1900–29 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

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

TIMS: 60+

DATE(S): 1881 VENUE: El Paso, Tex. VICTIMS:

MO: Syndicate hit man

Four+

DISPOSITION: Retired from mob involvement; died of MO: Quick-trigger renegade lawman

natural causes

DISPOSITION: Killed in personal quarrel, Sept. 18, 1882

Stewart, Kenneth Allen
(1963– )

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

Straffen, John Thomas
(1930– )

DATE(S): 1984–85 VENUE: Hillsborough County,

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

Fla. VICTIMS: Two

specific

MO: Killed robbery victims and torched their homes DATE(S): 1951–52 VENUE: Bath/Farley Hill, Eng-DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts + 141

land VICTIMS: Three

years, 1986

MO: Deranged child killer; bludgeoned/stabbed girls age five to nine

Stewart, Ray Lee
(1942–86)

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1952; commuted to life SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-the same year.

specific

DATE(S): 1981 VENUE: Rockford, Ill., and Beloit,
Strauss, Harry
(1908–41) AKA: Pittsburgh Phil; Pep Wisc. VICTIMS: Six

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

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DATE(S): 1932–40 VENUE: USA nationwide VIC-

Subbiah, Arulraj
(1977– )

TIMS: 100+ suspected

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

MO: Premier killer of “MURDER, INC.”

cific

DISPOSITION: Executed at Sing Sing, June 12, 1941

DATE(S): 1998–2001 VENUE: Palayamkottai, India VICTIMS: Three

Stroud, Robert Franklin
(1887–1963) AKA: Bird MO: Stabbed his brother-in-law, bludgeoned a male Man of Alcatraz

coworker, then stabbed a male witness to the second SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC

killing; drank blood in each case

DATE(S): Killed a personal enemy in Alaska; later mur-DISPOSITION: Granted bail on first and second cases; dered a prison guard

final disposition unknown

DISPOSITION: Received two consecutive life terms
Succo, Robert
(d. 1988)

Stuard, James William
(1937– ) AKA: Senior Citi-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-

zen Killer

specific

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

DATE(S): 1988 VENUE: France VICTIMS: Six

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Phoenix, Ariz. VICTIMS:

MO: Paranoid schizophrenic slayer of three policemen Three

and three civilians

MO: Home-invading rape-slayer of women age 74–81

DISPOSITION: Suicide in Italian jail, May 23, 1988

DISPOSITION: Convicted on three counts, 1990

Suff, William Lester
(1950– )

Stuchberry, David
(1948–97)

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

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

DATE(S): 1973/85–92 VENUE: Tex./Calif. VIC-

DATE(S): 1979–97 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

TIMS: 13–35

Four suspected

MO: Killed infant daughter; “ripper” of female prosti-MO: Ex-convict linked to beating deaths of women tutes

DISPOSITION: Fatally stabbed by woman attacked in DISPOSITION: 70 years in Tex., 1973 (paroled 1983); her home

condemned, 1995

Stuller, Nicklaus
(d. 1577)

Sullivan, John Joseph
(1939– ) AKA: Mad Dog SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

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

DATE(S): 1570s VENUE: Germany VICTIMS: Four

DATE(S): 197?–81 VENUE: N.Y. VICTIMS: 23

MO: “Ripper” who disemboweled pregnant women

suspected

and a soldier

MO: Career criminal; armed robber and contract killer DISPOSITION: Publicly tortured to death, 1577

DISPOSITION: Life terms with 100-year minimum on three counts, 1982

Stumpe (or Stubbe), Peter
(d. 1589)

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

Swango, Dr. Michael
(1954– )

DATE(S): 1564–89 VENUE: Bedburg, Germany

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

VICTIMS: 15+

specific

MO: “Werewolf” cannibal-killer of numerous victims, DATE(S): 1978–97 VENUE: U.S./Africa VICTIMS:

including his own incestuous offspring

“Dozens” suspected

DISPOSITION: Beheaded and burned, Oct. 28, 1589; MO: Named by FBI as probable serial killer of hospi-daughter Beell and mistress Katherine Trompin

tal patients in Ill., Ohio, Va., Namibia, Zambia, and burned as accomplices

Zimbabwe

DISPOSITION: Five-year term for poisoning Ill. para-Stutzman, Eli E., Jr. (1950– )

medics, 1985 (paroled 1987); plea-bargained for 42-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

month sentence in N.Y. on charges of illegally DATE(S): 1977–85 VENUE: Ohio/Tex./Neb. VIC-prescribing drugs, 1998

TIMS: Five suspected

MO: Gay drifter; killed his wife, young son, and three
Swann, James Edward, Jr.
(1964– ) AKA: Shotgun men

Stalker

DISPOSITION: 40 years on guilty plea to one count, in SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-Tex.; HIV positive

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Swindler, John E.
(1944–90)

TIMS: Three

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

MO: “Possessed” drive-by slayer of victims shot at ran-DATE(S): ?

VENUE: Ark./S.C./Fla.

VICTIMS:

dom

Four

DISPOSITION: Not guilty by reason of insanity, 1994

MO: Killed victims in three states, including a policeman in Ark.

Swann, Lucas
(1960– )

DISPOSITION: Convicted on three counts in two

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

states; executed in Ark., June 18, 1990

specific

DATE(S): 1987–88 VENUE: Stockport, England

Tadik, Dusko
(1956– )

VICTIMS: Two

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

MO: Stabbed man and woman in random attacks

extremist

DISPOSITION: 20 years to life on guilty plea, both DATE(S): 1992 VENUE: Bosnia VICTIMS: 123

counts, 1988

alleged

MO: Bosnian Serb pub owner; tortured/killed Croatian
Swearingen, Larry Ray
(1971– )

and Muslim neighbors during “ethnic cleansing”

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

DISPOSITION: Convicted on 11 counts of war crimes, DATE(S): 1994/1998 VENUE: Ark./Tex. VICTIMS:

1997

Two

MO: Strangler of teenage girls who resembled each
Tannenbaum, Albert
(1906– ) AKA: Allie; Tick-other, both dumped in national forests within 50

Tock

miles of where they were kidnapped

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

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count in Texas,

DATE(S): 1925–40 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS:

July 2000

Six+

MO: Contract killer for “MURDER, INC.”

Sweeney, John
(1956– )

DISPOSITION: Immunity granted in exchange for tesSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-

timony

specific

DATE(S): 1994–2001 VENUE: London and Amster-

Tannenbaum, Gloria
(d. 1971)

dam VICTIMS: Four

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

MO: Attacked five female lovers with axes and knives, cific

killing four

DATE(S): 1969 VENUE: Boulder, Colo. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Convicted of a 1994 attempted mur-Three suspected

der, 2001; received four life terms for a second ax MO: Poisoned two neighbors; linked to disappearance attack and firearms violations, March 2002

of her lover

DISPOSITION: Committed to mental hospital, 1969;
Sweet, William Earl
(1967– )

suicide by poison while confined there, Mar. 9, SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

1971

DATE(S): 1990 VENUE: Duval County, Fla. VIC-

TIMS: Two

Tanzi, Michael Anthony
(1977– )

MO: Home-invader; killed holdup victims

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

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1991; 35

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Fla./Mass. VICTIMS:

years on second count, 1994

Three suspected

MO: Kidnapped and strangled a 49-year-old woman;
Swiatek
(d. 1850)

prime suspect in murders of two more women at the SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-laundries where they worked alone

specific

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count in Florida DATE(S): 1840s VENUE: Austria VICTIMS: Six+

on April 11, 2003; also received three life terms confessed

for kidnapping, armed robbery and armed car-

MO: Transient cannibal-killer whose family shared the jacking

meat

DISPOSITION: Jailhouse suicide by hanging, prior to
Tapson, Floyd
(1960– )

trial

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

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DATE(S): 1987–96 VENUE: Min./N. Dak./Mont.

MO: Thrill-killer of men lured to the woods by his girl-VICTIMS: Three alleged

friend, allegedly at her insistence

MO: Former group home employee, named by police DISPOSITION: Unknown; probably executed

as sexual predator of mentally retarded women; alleged victims include one killed in 1994; two miss-Tenneson, Michael (1960– )

ing in 1987 and 1996; one raped, shot, and left for SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

dead in 1998

DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: Wis./Colo. VICTIMS: Five

DISPOSITION: Received life sentence with 30-year MO: Escaped convict who killed/robbed victims of minimum for nonfatal attack in Montana, Aug. 10, both sexes

1999; overturned on appeal, 2001; accepted plea DISPOSITION: two life terms + 48 years in Colo., bargain in same case with two concurrent 75-year 1988; three life terms in Wis., 1988

terms for attempted murder and aggravated kidnapping, Nov. 22, 2003

Tenney, Edward L.
(1959– )

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

Taylor, Blake Raymond
(1966– )

specific

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

DATE(S): 1993 VENUE: Aurora, Ill. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1985–88 VENUE: San Diego, Calif. VIC-

Three

TIMS: Three alleged

MO: Man and two women shot in/near their homes MO: Named by police as rape-slayer of prostitutes DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts, 1998

DISPOSITION: Nine years for attempted murder of a prostitute

Terry, Charles E.
(d. 1981)

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

DATE(S): 1962–63 VENUE: N.Y./La. VICTIMS:

Taylor, Gary Addison
(1936– )

Two+ suspected

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

MO: Rape-strangler of women

DATE(S): 1972–76 VENUE: Mich./Tex./Wash.

DISPOSITION: Confessed one count in N.Y., 1963; VICTIMS: 20 suspected

died in prison, 1981

MO: Rape-slayer of women in at least three states DISPOSITION: Life term on one count in Wash., Apr.

Terry, Michael
(?– )

1976

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

DATE(S): 1985–86 VENUE: Atlanta, Ga. VIC-

Taylor, Kenneth Gordon
(1941– )

TIMS: Six

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

MO: Shot/stabbed gay men after sex

specific

DISPOSITION: Life without parole on two counts, DATE(S): 1977–78 VENUE: Tenn./Ohio/Pa. VIC-1987

TIMS: 17 confessed

MO: Thrill-killer of victims selected at random
Teruhiko Masue
(1963– )

DISPOSITION: 30 years on one count of second

SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./PC

degree in Ohio, 1979

DATE(S): 1987–89 VENUE: Kitagata, Japan VIC-

TIMS: Three

Taylor, Michael
(1979– )

MO: Killed a female acquaintance after rape, a girlSEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./PC

friend who dated other men, and a woman who

DATE(S): 1995/1999 VENUE: Missouri VICTIMS:

accused him of damaging her car

Two

DISPOSITION: Confessed three murders while serving MO: Murdered a teenaged girl; later strangled prison time for attempted robbery, then recanted; DNA cellmate

linked him to the crimes in 2002; final disposition DISPOSITION: Life term on first murder; condemned unknown

on second count, Jan. 19, 2003

Thacker, Steven Ray
(1970– )

Tcaiuc
(1917–?)

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

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

DATE(S): 1999–2000 VENUE: Mo./Okla./Tenn.

specific

VICTIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1935 VENUE: Jasi, Romania VICTIMS: