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Authors: Michael Newton
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leader Zhang Jun; one confessed killing a man to SEX: ?M/?W RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: GC-prove her love
cult
DISPOSITION: All executed in May 2001
DATE(S): 1981–90 VENUE: Fla./Ill./Mich./N.J.
VICTIMS: 25+ suspected
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Appendix C: Unresolved Cases
Unknown AKA: “Servant Girl Annihilator”
Unknown
SEX: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DATES: 1884–85 VENUE: Austin, Tex. VICTIMS: 8
DATE(S): 1888–89 VENUE: London, England VIC-
MO: Police and reporters credited one unknown killer TIMS: Two
for the Ripper-style murders of six blacks and two MO: Mutilation-slayer of women, presumed prostitutes, whites. Despite the killer’s nickname, not all victims whose torsos were found in or near the Thames
were servants—or females
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Unknown
Unknown
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:
Sex./Sad.
Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1889 VENUE: Nicaragua VICTIMS:
DATE(S): 1885 VENUE: Moscow, Russia VIC-
“Several”
TIMS: “Several”
MO: “Ripper” of prostitutes
MO: “Ripper” of prostitutes
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Unknown AKA: Jack the Strangler
Unknown
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:
Sex./Sad.
Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1894/1903 VENUE: Denver, Colo. VIC-
DATE(S): 1887 VENUE: Tex. VICTIMS: “Several”
TIMS: Four
MO: “Ripper” of black prostitutes
MO: Strangled/bludgeoned prostitutes
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Unknown AKA: Servant Girl Annihilator
Unknown
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DATE(S): 1884–85 VENUE: Austin, Tex. VIC-
DATE(S): 1904–10 VENUE: Cumminsville, Ohio
TIMS: Eight
VICTIMS: Five
MO: Home invader who attacked nine victims, killing MO: Women bludgeoned to death
seven women and one man; axes used in all but one DISPOSITION: Unsolved
case, where an 11-year-old girl was raped and
stabbed in the ear with an iron bar
Unknown AKA: Shotgun Man
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
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DATE(S): 1910–11 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-
MO: Newborn infants drowned in Hudson River
TIMS: 15
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
MO: Unidentified “Black Hand” assassin
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Unknown
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
Unknown
DATE(S): 1921 VENUE: Austria VICTIMS: Six
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
MO: Hikers missing, presumed murdered in separate DATE(S): 1910–46 VENUE: Northwest Territories, incidents
Canada VICTIMS: 10+
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
MO: Trappers/prospectors beheaded in Nahanni Valley DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Unknown
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-domes-
Unknown
tic?
SEX: Unk. RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: Unk.
DATE(S): 1921–22 VENUE: Cleveland, Ohio VIC-
DATE(S): 1911 VENUE: Lancaster, England VIC-
TIMS: Five
TIMS: Three
MO: Alleged “black widow” slayer of husbands/chil-MO: Members of Bingham family poisoned at home dren
DISPOSITION: Family member acquitted; unsolved DISPOSITION: Unknown; files “lost”; no media follow-up
Unknown
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-extrem-
Unknown
ist
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DATE(S): 1911–12 VENUE: Tex./La. VICTIMS: 49
DATE(S): 1922 VENUE: Warsaw, Poland VIC-
MO: Home invader slaughters black families with ax TIMS: 11
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
MO: Mutilation-slayer of women found in nearby woods
Unknown AKA: Jack the Ripper
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1911–12 VENUE: Atlanta, Ga. VIC-
Unknown AKA: Headless Murders
TIMS: 20
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
MO: Mutilation-slayer of black women, some prostitutes DATE(S): 1924–39 VENUE: Lawrence County, Pa.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
VICTIMS: Five+
Unknown
MO: Victims beheaded, dumped in local “murder
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sad.?
swamp”
DATE(S): 1911–12 VENUE: Colo. VICTIMS: Four
DISPOSITION: Unsolved; possible link to Cleveland’s to seven
“MAD BUTCHER”
MO: Women bludgeoned in Denver and Colorado
Springs
Unknown AKA: Toledo Clubber
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1925–26 VENUE: Toledo, Ohio VIC-
Unknown AKA: Jack the Ripper
TIMS: Five or six
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
MO: Women bludgeoned and raped
DATE(S): 1915 VENUE: New York City VICTIMS:
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Two
MO: Mutilation-slayer of five-year-old girl and four-Unknown
year-old boy
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: S MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1928–29 VENUE: South Croydon, Eng-
land VICTIMS: Three
Unknown
MO: Members of one family poisoned over time
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Possi-
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
ble “BABY FARMING
DATE(S): 1915
VENUE: New York City
VIC-
Unknown AKA: 3X
TIMS: 14
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
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DATE(S): 1930 VENUE: Queens, N.Y. VICTIMS:
MO: Weekend passengers shoved from moving trains Two
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
MO: Men shot in lover’s lane attacks; one woman raped; letters to the press hint at international politi-Unknown
cal intrigue
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1949–52 VENUE: Somersworth, N.H.
VICTIMS: Four
Unknown
MO: Mummified newborns found in suitcase, 1982
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unnamed female suspect deceased
DATE(S): 1930 VENUE: Mexico City VICTIMS:
Five
Unknown
MO: Male victims apparently hanged, then buried on SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: S MOTIVE: Unk.
Pachuca Road
DATE(S): 1950s VENUE: Adelaide, Australia VIC-
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
TIMS: Three
MO: Skeletal remains of infants found under house in
Unknown
AKA: Mad Trapper
2000
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1930–31 VENUE: Ark. VICTIMS: 15
MO: Sportsmen killed at random
Unknown
AKA: Atteridgeville Mutilator
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DATE(S): 1956 VENUE: Atteridgeville, South Africa
Unknown
VICTIMS: Six
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:
MO: Young boys castrated, with tongues removed Sex./Sad.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1931–36 VENUE: San Diego, Calif. VIC-
TIMS: Seven
Unknown
MO: Rape/torture slayer of females age 10–22
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1956–57 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-
Unknown
TIMS: Three
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
MO: Slayer of teenage girls; one victim dismembered DATE(S): 1935 VENUE: Berlin, Germany VIC-DISPOSITION: Unsolved
TIMS: “Several”
MO: Steel cables strung across highways, causing fatal
Unknown
accidents
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1963–64 VENUE: Cali, Colombia VIC-
TIMS: 10
Unknown
MO: Boys age 10–18 found drained of blood
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1942 VENUE: Hamamatsu City, Japan
VICTIMS: Nine
Unknown
MO: Deaf-mutes killed between Oct. and Dec.
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE?
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1965–66 VENUE: Columbus, Ohio VIC-
TIMS: Three
Unknown
(Town Hospital)
MO: Three men shot, two in apparent robberies
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: S MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1944–47 VENUE: Macon, France VIC-
TIMS: 17
Unknown
(Riverdell Hospital)
MO: Female patients killed with lethal injections SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1965–66 VENUE: Oradell, N.J. VIC-
TIMS: Nine
Unknown
MO: Patients killed with curare injections
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved; Dr. Mario Jascalevich
DATE(S): 1948 VENUE: Sweden VICTIMS: Four
acquitted, 1978
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Unknown
MO: Victims killed on/near dates of astrological signifi-SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
cance
DATE(S): 1965–66 VENUE: Monmouth/Ocean
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
counties, N.J. VICTIMS: Six
MO: Lust murders of victims age five to 44, both sexes
Unknown
AKA: Death Angels
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: Cult/PC-
extremist
Unknown
DATE(S): 1969–?? VENUE: Calif. (and beyond?)
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
VICTIMS: 64+ by 1974
DATE(S): 1967–69 VENUE: London, Ontario VIC-
MO: Black racist cult, kills whites at random to earn TIMS: Three to five
“wings”
MO: Murders of unnamed women linked in official DISPOSITION: Four prospects convicted of “ZEBRA”
reports
murders
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Unknown
AKA: Truckstop Killer
Unknown
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1969–92 VENUE: Eastern USA VIC-
DATE(S): 1967–69 VENUE: London, Ontario VIC-
TIMS: 27+
TIMS: 10
MO: Stalker of truckstop hookers and stranded female MO: Rape-murders of women linked by crime scene motorists
evidence
DISPOSITION: Unsolved; probably involves several DISPOSITION: Unsolved
killers
Unknown
AKA: Four P Movement or Four Pi
Unknown
(Salem Veterans Medical Center) SEX: Mixed RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Cult
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: S MOTIVE: Unk.
DATE(S): 1967–?? VENUE: USA nationwide VIC-
DATE(S): 1970s VENUE: Roanoke, Va. VICTIMS:
TIMS: “Numerous”
Three reported
MO: Satanic cult practitioners of human sacrifice; MO: Skeletal remains of missing patients found on alleged to deal narcotics and “snuff” films; accept hospital grounds, 1992
murder contracts
DISPOSITION: Results of investigation unreported DISPOSITION: Confessed member STANLEY BAKER
convicted of murder in Mont., 1970; links to MAN-Unknown
AKA: Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
SON “FAMILY”; confessed member DAVID BERKOWITZ
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Cult
convicted of six N.Y. murders, 1978; alleged mem-DATE(S): 1970–?? VENUE: Santa Barbara, Calif.