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The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

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Unknown

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

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

CE/PC

DATE(S): 1995–96 VENUE: Greene County, Ind.

DATE(S): 1994–98 VENUE: Albuquerque, N. Mex.

VICTIMS: Five

VICTIMS: Five

MO: Women age 32–88 murdered or missing

MO: Gay men killed by various means, robbed of cash DISPOSITION: Unsolved

and cars; one victim dumped in Iowa; serial murder

“not ruled out”; speculative link to sixth case in
Unknown

Santa Fe

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1995–97 VENUE: Bothell, Wash. VIC-

TIMS: Two+

Unknown

MO: Unidentified human skeletal remains found near SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

town

DATE(S): 1994–2001 VENUE: Hartford, Conn.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

VICTIMS: 5–11

MO: “Similar” beating deaths of five female transients
Unknown

aged 28–41, found partly nude; three killed in June SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: GC

of different years; police say six other murders of alleged

women are “unrelated”

DATE(S): 1995–97 VENUE: Jalpaigur district, India DISPOSITION: Unsolved

VICTIMS: 100+

MO: Infants and young children abducted and mur-Unknown

dered in ritual fashion; 60+ women lynched in retali-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

ation, suspected of surrendering children to cults DATE(S): 1994–2005 VENUE: Toronto, Ontario

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police blame Tantric ritual VICTIMS: Four

practitioners

MO: Rape-slayer of female prostitutes aged 23–35, bodies discarded in or near Lake Ontario; in 1998

Unknown
AKA: Latin Jack the Ripper

police released sketch of white male suspect who SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

assaulted another prostitute in the same area

DATE(S): 1995–98 VENUE: Perpignan, France

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

VICTIMS: Three

MO: Women aged 19 and 22 mutilated near local rail-Unknown

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

way station, with wounds resembling those por-

DATE(S): 1995 VENUE: Shoreline, Wash. VIC-

trayed in Salvador Dalí paintings; a 17-year-old TIMS: Two

victim is missing and presumed dead

MO: Female health care workers bound, stabbed, DISPOSITION: Unsolved; suspect in one case released homes set afire

when crimes continued

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown
AKA: Nasrec Strangler

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

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

DATE(S): 1995–99 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

DATE(S): 1995–96 VENUE: South Africa VIC-

TIMS: 6–11

TIMS: 15

MO: DNA evidence links murders of six female prosti-MO: Rape-slayings of women between Johannesburg tutes found in abandoned South Side buildings; in and Soweto

July 1999 police blamed “four predators” for the DISPOSITION: Samuel Mfeka suspected; not charged deaths of 12 local women; three suspects were

charged in one case, in Sept. 1999, but initial reports
Unknown

of a DNA link in two other cases proved erroneous SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1995–96 VENUE: Las Vegas, Nev. VIC-

TIMS: Three

Unknown

MO: Asian women sealed in plastic bags, buried in SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

desert

DATE(S): 1995–2003 VENUE: Philadelphia, Pa.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

VICTIMS: Four

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Appendix C: Unresolved Cases

MO: Suspicious deaths of four children fathered by
Unknown

same man with different women; two daughters,

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

aged 18 months and five months, asphyxiated

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Perm, Russia VICTIMS:

together in June 1995, ruled homicide without sus-Seven

pects; a three-year-old son allegedly died of SIDS in MO: Rape-slayer of women; at least one stabbed October 2002, followed by a three-month-old son in DISPOSITION: Unsolved

December 2003

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police deny that the father is
Unknown

a suspect

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

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Toronto, Canada VIC-

Unknown

TIMS: Three

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

MO: Prostitutes shot on city streets

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Arlington, Tex. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Two

MO: Female teachers raped and strangled at home, left
Unknown
AKA: Prostitute Killer

in bathtubs bound with duct tape; DNA links their SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

killer to a nonfatal rape in Feb. 1999

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Cape Town, South Africa

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

VICTIMS: “About 20”

MO: Slayer of female prostitutes

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Minneapolis, Minn. VIC-

Unknown

TIMS: Three

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

MO: Two prostitutes and one transvestite

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Malden, Mo. VICTIMS:

beaten/stabbed, then burned

Four

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Two double murders by unknown home invader DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Estonia VICTIMS: Unk.

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

MO: Police say serial killer “terrorizing” northeast sec-DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Hammond, Ind. VIC-

tion of the country; no details released

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Four

MO: Female prostitutes shot with same gun

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Johannesburg, South Africa
Unknown

VICTIMS: Two

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

MO: Elementary school teachers killed, posed “identi-DATE(S): 1996–97 VENUE: Md. VICTIMS: Five

cally”

MO: Black gay males stabbed/shot in their homes DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown
AKA: Werewolf Killer

Unknown

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

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: GC-

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: India VICTIMS: 16

cult

MO: Children killed/mutilated

DATE(S): 1996–97 VENUE: Siberia, Russia VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Five

MO: Authorities blame satanic cult for

Unknown

suffocation/hangings teen males, described as ritual SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

killings

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Toronto, Ontario VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Three

MO: Female prostitutes shot in head with the same gun
Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

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DATE(S): 1996–97 VENUE: Perth, Australia VIC-

Unknown

TIMS: Three

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

MO: Women abducted from or near the Continental DATE(S): 1996–99 VENUE: New England VIC-Hotel

TIMS: Three

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Rape-murders of women, dumped nearly nude

along rural highways; first two victims were

Unknown

dropped at Norwich and Waterford, Conn.; the

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

third was abducted in Massachusetts and dumped at DATE(S): 1996–97 VENUE: Brest, Belarus VIC-Vernon, Vt.

TIMS: Four

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Taxi drivers and gas station attendant shot DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1996–99 VENUE: Queensland, Australia

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Unk.

VICTIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1996–98 VENUE: Ohio/Ky./Ind. VIC-

MO: Female hikers aged 16–20 kidnapped and murTIMS: 12

dered; police blame “a new IVAN MILAT”

MO: Women of “similar age and appearance” killed in DISPOSITION: Unsolved

tristate area surrounding Cincinnati; 10 counties involved

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Houston, Tex. VICTIMS:

Two

Unknown

MO: Girls aged nine and 12 killed and dumped naked SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Unk.

in local waterways

DATE(S): 1996–98 VENUE: Queensland/New South

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; suspect named but never Wales, Australia VICTIMS: More than three

charged in those crimes was later imprisoned for a MO: Slayer of female hitchhikers

nonfatal abduction

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

AKA: Claremont Killer

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

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

Sex./Sad.

DATE(S): 1996–98 VENUE: Claremont, Australia

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Apulia, Italy VICTIMS:

VICTIMS: Four

Seven

MO: Blond female prostitutes murdered and dumped MO: Elderly women stabbed in their homes

in the desert

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: GC-

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

extremist

DATE(S): 1996–98 VENUE: Columbus, Miss. VIC-

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: South Africa VICTIMS: 13+

TIMS: Five

MO: White farmers killed by roving black gang

MO: Elderly victims stabbed and strangled in their DISPOSITION: Unsolved

homes

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Dunbar, South Africa

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Unk.

VICTIMS: “Several”

DATE(S): 1996/1999 VENUE: Mass./Fla. VIC-

MO: Police report murder series; all details withheld TIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Women cut in half “with surgical precision” and left in dumpsters in Boston and Hollywood, Fla.;
Unknown

lower half of Boston victim never found

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police blame a single killer Sex./Sad.

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Appendix C: Unresolved Cases

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Cape Town, South Africa

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: South Africa VIC-

VICTIMS: Two

TIMS: Five

MO: Barmaid and prostitute killed/mutilated at Devil’s MO: Six-year-old girls killed and mutilated in small Peak

towns south of Johannesburg; police blame a two-DISPOSITION: Unsolved

man serial-killing team

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Cape Town, South Africa

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

VICTIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Cornwall/Devon, En-

MO: Male vagrants bludgeoned with stones while gland VICTIMS: Two

sleeping

MO: Random stabber of females aged 14–42; four DISPOSITION: Unsolved

attacked, two fatally

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Mpumalanga district, South SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

Africa VICTIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: New York City VIC-

MO: “Identical” rape-strangulation of women

TIMS: Four

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: White male college students aged 19–22

dumped in local rivers (two at the same Hudson
Unknown

River site, five months apart); all were over 6’1”

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Unk.

tall, with brown hair and eyes; cause of death DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Rome/Florence, Italy VIC-undetermined

TIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Older, affluent gay males bludgeoned in their homes

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Hull, England VIC-

Unknown
AKA: Butcher of Mons

TIMS: Four

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

MO: Three prostitutes strangled; one missing and preSex./Sad.

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Mons, Belgium VICTIMS:

sumed dead

Four

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Women dismembered, dumped along highways

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1997–99 VENUE: Broward County, Fla.

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

VICTIMS: Five

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Toronto, Canada VIC-

MO: Women aged 30–44 beaten, strangled, and

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