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a nearby beach; suspected in the beating death of an 81-year-old man who hired Michelle as a caregiver Kelley, Edward “Ned” (1855–80); Kelly, Daniel DISPOSITION: Michelle pleaded no contest on two (1863–80); Hart, Steven (1859–80); Byrne, Joseph murder counts and received a 15-year sentence on (1857–80)

SEX: 4 M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

June 21, 2004; David pleaded guilty on two counts DATE(S): 1874–80 VENUE: Australia VICTIMS:

of second- degree murder, receiving a 15-year sen-Four

tence on Aug. 26, 2004

MO: Rural bandits who killed policemen and an

informer

LeBaron, Ervil Morrell (1925–81), et al. AKA: DISPOSITION: Byrne fatally shot by police on July 27, Church of the Lamb of God

1880; Hart and Dan Kelly shot themselves during SEX: ?M/?W RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: GC-the same battle; Ned Kelly hanged on Nov. 11, 1880

cult

DATE(S): 1966–88 VENUE: Mexico/Utah/Calif./Tex.

Kimes, Sante (1934– ); Kimes, Kenneth (1975– ) VICTIMS: 22+

SEX: F/M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE-

MO: Polygamous cult of excommunicated Mormons; felony

murdered cult defectors and rival polygamists in acts DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: US/Bahamas VICTIMS:

of “blood atonement”; victims included Ervil’s more than six alleged

brother and pregnant daughter; cultists support MO: Mother and son swindlers linked to multiple themselves via odd jobs, bank robberies, and orga-deaths and disappearances of fraud victims, includ-nized auto theft

ing a man in Los Angeles and an 82-year-old mil-DISPOSITION: Ervil sentenced to 12 years in Mexico lionaire in New York City

for brother’s death, 1973 (reversed on appeal, DISPOSITION: Convicted in New York on 113 felony 1974); life term in Utah, 1980 (died in prison, July counts, including one murder, May 18, 2000; Sante 1981); son Aaron LeBaron (1968– ) sentenced to received a prison term of 120 years and four

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cultists serving life for murders in Tex.; five pled Lovett, Michael (1959– ); Wyatt, Thomas Anthony guilty to auto theft in Ariz.

(1964– )

SEX: 2 M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sex.

Lee, James (?–?), Pink (d. 1885), Tom (d. 1885) DATE(S): 1988 VENUE: Indian River County, Fla.

SEX: 3 M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

VICTIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1880s VENUE: Cooke County, Tex. VIC-

MO: Escaped convicts from N.C., killing on the run; TIMS: 40+ alleged

victims kidnapped/robbed/raped

MO: Outlaw brothers blamed for numerous holdups DISPOSITION: Both condemned, 1991

and murders

DISPOSITION: Pink and Tom killed by posse Dec.

Ma Yong (1960– ); Duan Zhiqun (1983– ) 1885; James disappeared after surprise acquittal on SEX: M/F RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

charges of killing four lawmen

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Shenzhen, China VIC-

TIMS: 12

LeGrand, Devernon (1925– ), Steven (1950– ) MO: Posed as employment brokers, robbing and

SEX: 2 M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE

killing young women who applied for jobs

DATE(S): 1963–75 VENUE: N.Y. VICTIMS: Six+

DISPOSITION: Both condemned after pleading guilty, MO: Cult leader and his son; killed two of Devernon’s Nov. 25, 2003

wives, two teen sisters, and two male cohorts in prostitution ring

Majola, Simon (1968– ); Nikosi, Themba (1979– ) DISPOSITION: 25 years to life for both, 1977

SEX: 2 M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-

felony

Lelièvre, André (?– ), Yvette (?– ) DATE(S): 2000–01 VENUE: Johannesburg, South

SEX: M/F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-

Africa VICTIMS: Eight

domestic

MO: Robbed male victims of cash, jewelry, and cell DATE(S): 1950s–60s VENUE: France VICTIMS:

phones before drowning them in Bruma Lake

Seven

DISPOSITION: Both received 13 life terms plus 797

MO: Married couple; in lieu of practicing birth con-years on March 23, 2003

trol, drowned newborn infants and buried them at home

Marlow, James Gregory (1956– ); Coffman, Cynthia DISPOSITION: Life sentences for both, 1969

Lynn (1962– )

SEX: M/F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sex.

Liao Chang-Shin (d. 1945); Hsui Chang-Shan (d.

1945)

DATE(S): 1986 VENUE: Calif./Ariz. VICTIMS:

SEX: 2 M RACE: A TYPE: S MOTIVE: CE

Three

DATE(S): 1945 VENUE: Changzhou, China VIC-

MO: Robbed/murdered women age 18–35; at least one TIMS: 79 confessed

victim raped

MO: Robbed/killed guests at their inn

DISPOSITION: Both condemned in Calif., 1989

DISPOSITION: Both executed

Martin, Bradley A. (1972– ); King, Carolyn A.

Lippard, Christopher (?– ); Roache, Charles Wesley (1966– )

(1974– )

SEX: M/F RACE: W/B TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

SEX: 2 M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-

DATE(S): 1993 VENUE: Pa./N.Dak./Nev. VIC-

felony

TIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Haywood County, N.C.

MO: Killed robbery/kidnap victims

VICTIMS: Six

DISPOSITION: Martin condemned + 31–61 years in MO: Bludgeoned a male acquaintance to steal his car; Pa., 1994; King condemned + 34–68 years in Pa., massacred a family of five when the car broke down 1994

near their home

DISPOSITION: On July 28, 2000, Lippard received Mazikane, Lazarus Tshidiso (1973– ); Motshegwa, four consecutive life terms on four counts of first-Kaizer (1973– )

degree murder, plus 18–26 years on one count of SEX: 2 M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./CE-second degree murder; on April 21, 2001, Roache felony

was condemned on two counts and received life

DATE(S): 1993–98 VENUE: Nasrec/Soweto, South

terms on three more

Africa VICTIMS: 51

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MO: Robbed and murdered victims of both sexes; all Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Command-32 female victims were raped, regardless of age; vic-ments

tims include 17 children, aged five to eight (11 of SEX: Mixed RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: GC-them female)

cult

DISPOSITION: Charges against Motshegwa dismissed DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Uganda VICTIMS:

on grounds of terminal illness; at trial he testified 979+

against Mazikane and denied any wrongdoing;

MO: Cult murders of numerous victims buried in mass Mazikane convicted on 74 felony counts, including graves at several sites; victims hacked, strangled, and 16 murders; received 17 life terms plus 738 years for poisoned

other felonies on Dec. 3, 2003

DISPOSITION: Unknown

McCrary, Sherman Ramon (1925–88), Carolyn Eliza-Munoz, Jose (1970– ); Romero, Orlando Gene beth (1928– ), Danny Sherman (1952– ); Taylor, (1968– ); Self, Christopher (1971– )

Carl Robert (1938– ), Ginger McCrary (1949– ) SEX: 3 M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

SEX: 3 M/2 F RACE: W TYPE: N

DATE(S): 1992 VENUE: Riverside County, Calif.

MOTIVE: CE/Sex.

VICTIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1971–72 VENUE: USA nationwide VIC-

MO: Shot male victims in robberies

TIMS: 22 suspected

DISPOSITION: Romero and Self condemned on three MO: Nomadic criminal family subsisting by armed counts, 1995; life term for Munoz on plea bargain robbery; also kidnapped/raped/murdered female

holdup victims

“Murder, Inc.”

DISPOSITION: Sherman sentenced to life terms in SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

Colo. and Tex. (suicide by hanging in Colo. prison, DATE(S): 1931–40 VENUE: USA nationwide VIC-Oct. 9, 1988); consecutive life terms for Carl in TIMS: 1,000 est.

Colo., Tex. and Fla.; Carolyn served two years in MO: “Enforcement” arm of national crime syndicate; Colo. as accessory to murder (died of natural causes dispatched contract killers nationwide from New after parole); Ginger turned state’s evidence to York City

escape prosecution for murder, serving eight years in DISPOSITION: Exposed by gunman ABRAHAM RELES,

Colo. for check fraud; Danny sentenced to life on 1940; seven killers executed in N.Y., 1941–42; sev-two counts in Tex., 1973 (paroled 1983); 12-year eral others sentenced to long prison terms; larger sentence in Tex. for parole violation and child crime syndicate undamaged

molestation, 1986

Murphy, Hugh Leonard Thompson (1952–82), et al.

Millardo, José (d. 1864) AKA: Apache Joe; Sepul-AKA: Shankill Butchers

veda, Anton (d. 1869)

SEX: 12 M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: GC-

SEX: Two M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC

extremist

DATE(S): 1840s–60s VENUE: Rocky Mountains

DATE(S): 1972–82 VENUE: Belfast, North Ireland VICTIMS: 100+

VICTIMS: 34

MO: “Mountain men” and prolific killers of Indians; MO: Sectarian torture-slayers of Catholic victims cho-tally unk., but Sepulveda bragged of killing 26 to sen at random; others killed in bombings and dri-avenge Millardo’s death, 1864–69

veby shootings

DISPOSITION: Both killed by Indians in separate DISPOSITION: Murphy executed Nov. 16, 1982, as a battles

result of ironic collaboration between Catholic and Protestant guerrillas; 11 other gang members

Miller, James William (1938– ); Worrell, Christopher received 42 life terms in series of trials, 1977–79

Robin (1954–77)

SEX: 2 M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

Musa, Bilal (1966– ); Ibrahim, Susan (1969– ) DATE(S): 1976–77 VENUE: Adelaide, Australia

SEX: M/F RACE: A TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE-

VICTIMS: Seven

felony

MO: Bisexual lovers who stabbed young women after DATE(S): 1994–98 VENUE: Jordan VICTIMS: 12

sex

MO: Husband-wife team who posed as journalists or DISPOSITION: Worrell killed in car crash, Feb. 19, vendors to enter homes, then robbed and killed the 1977; Miller sentenced to life on six counts, 1980

occupants

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DISPOSITION: Musa condemned on seven counts,

MO: Shot robbery victims of both sexes, age 16–78

executed Dec. Dec. 7, 2000; Ibrahim condemned on DISPOSITION: Life sentence for both on one count one count, commuted to life sentence on appeal

“Quantrill’s raiders”

Nash, Glenn (1925– ); Freshwater, Margo (1948– ) SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE

SEX: M/F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE

DATE(S): 1861–65 VENUE: Kans./Mo./Tex./Ky.

DATE(S): 1966 VENUE: Tenn./Miss./Fla. VIC-

VICTIMS: 700+

TIMS: Three

MO: Group of “irregulars” led by WILLIAM QUANTRILL

MO: Mentally unbalanced attorney and his teenage during Civil War; robbed/raped/murdered citizens of client-lover who embarked on a tristate crime spree, both sides

shooting victims in armed robberies

DISPOSITION: 70+ members killed in battle or exe-DISPOSITION: Nash was ruled insane by courts in cuted; many survivors pursued postwar careers of three states, confined to a psychiatric hospital until robbery and murder

1983; Freshwater received a 99-year term on one count, in Tennessee, but escaped from prison in Ramone, Merle (1974– ); Apachito, Lyle (1983– ); October 1970; she remained at large until May

Scatero, Dion (1983– )

2002, when she was captured in Ohio and returned to prison

SEX: 3 M RACE: NA TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-

felony

Nicklasson, Allen L. (1972– ); Skillicorn, Dennis J.

DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: Albuquerque, N. Mex.

(1960– )

VICTIMS: Two

SEX: 2 M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

MO: Killed victims in armed robberies

DATE(S): 1994 VENUE: Mo./Ariz. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Apachito and Scatero pled guilty on Three

reduced charges, May 25, 2003; Ramone convicted MO: Shot robbery victims

on two murder counts, June 17, 2003; all received DISPOSITION: Both condemned on one count, in Mo.

life terms on Aug. 22, 2003

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