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Authors: Michael Newton
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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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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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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