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TIMS: reports vary

dumped in public places

MO: Six+ victims shoved onto subway tracks; at least DISPOSITION: Unsolved

one survived

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1997–99 VENUE: Yorkshire, England

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

VICTIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Humberside, England

MO: Two women fatally stabbed; two others abducted VICTIMS: Three

while walking a dog, escaped with minor knife

MO: Female prostitutes killed; one dismembered wounds

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; supporters of defendant Derek Christian, convicted on thin evidence of a
Unknown

similar murder from February 1995, blame one

SEX: 2 M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

killer for all three slayings

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Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1997–99 VENUE: San Luis Obispo, Calif.

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Johannesburg, South

VICTIMS: Three

Africa VICTIMS: 16

MO: College co-eds missing, presumed murdered

MO: Children dead/missing in apparent ritual murders DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1997–2001 VENUE: Erie, Pa. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1997–2001 VENUE: West Country, Scot-

Eight

land VICTIMS: Three

MO: Women aged 18–35 strangled with their own

MO: Police blame one offender for stabbing deaths of underwear and dumped at isolated sites

female victims aged 14–41, killed at Exeter (1997), DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Falmouth (1998), and Dundee (2001)

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1997–99 VENUE: Pittsburg, Calif. VIC-

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

TIMS: Four

DATE(S): 1997/2003 VENUE: Penn. VICTIMS:

MO: Female prostitutes killed, dumped beside major Three

highways

MO: 76-year-old woman found in basement of her DISPOSITION: Unsolved

home at Meadville, missing cervical vertebrae and internal organs; six years later, Philadelphia police
Unknown

find woman and man, aged 64 and 60, with throats SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-cut in separate incidents; male victim’s heart, lung extremist

and liver missing

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Jerusalem, Israel VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Two

MO: Seven Arabs stabbed, two fatally; Jewish nation-Unknown

alist suspected

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1997–2003 VENUE: Long Island, N.Y.

Unknown

VICTIMS: Four

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

MO: Women left nude, with heads and hands severed; DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Irving/East Orange, N.J.

three victims found near Long Island Expressway, VICTIMS: Five

one in Hempstead Lake State Park

MO: Slayer of black women, mostly prostitutes; offi-DISPOSITION: Unsolved

cially unrelated to similar murders in Newark

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

SEX: Unk.

RACE: Unk.

TYPE: T

MOTIVE:

Unknown

Unk.

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

DATE(S): 1997–2004 VENUE: La Crosse, Wis.

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Glasgow, Scotland

VICTIMS: Seven

VICTIMS: Seven

MO: White males aged 19–28 drowned in local rivers; MO: Slayer of female prostitutes; at least one bludgeoned one victim found with fractured skull

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown
AKA: River Monster

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Transkei, South Africa DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Delmas, South Africa

VICTIMS: Seven

VICTIMS: Four

MO: Mutilation-murders; victims found in/near Mzint-MO: Children beheaded, various organs missing

lava River

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; Dr. MICKI PISTORIUS blames DISPOSITION: Unsolved

muti
—magic trade in human organs

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Unknown

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Albuquerque, N. Mex.

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

VICTIMS: Five

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Banyuwangi, Java, Indone-

MO: Gay men murdered; speculative link to sixth case sia VICTIMS: 153

in Santa Fe

MO: Nocturnal home invaders target suspected witch-DISPOSITION: Unsolved

craft practitioners, slashing their throats and mutilating corpses

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Anchorage, Ark. VIC-

Unknown

TIMS: Six

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

MO: Slayer of women; one dead and five missing DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Philippines VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Seven

MO: Men beheaded and dumped in rural locations
Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police suggest revenge

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

against alleged rapists

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Woolongong, Australia

VICTIMS: Two

Unknown

MO: Vigilante killer of convicted pedophiles; victims SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: S MOTIVE: Sex.

mutilated

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: São Paulo, Brazil VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Six

MO: Rape-murders of young women in the Heavenly
Unknown

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

Garden, near São Paulo’s zoo; a seventh victim who DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Budapest, Hungary VIC-survived was lured to the park by a man posing as a TIMS: Three

professional photographer

MO: Men shot at close range in random street attacks DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Nmadolo, South Africa

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: London, England VIC-

VICTIMS: Three

TIMS: Two

MO: Elderly women suspected of witchcraft, shot in MO: Women age 30 and 35 bound, shot execution-their homes

style

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Los Angeles County, Calif.

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Dallas, Tex. VICTIMS: Two VICTIMS: Three

MO: Truckers shot; attacks linked by police

MO: Freeway motorists shot in random attacks, two DISPOSITION: Unsolved

with same gun

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Moscow, Russia VIC-

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

TIMS: 10

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Indianapolis, Ind. VIC-

MO: Victims killed in carjackings; bodies found buried TIMS: Four

at a commercial garage

MO: Women age 29–40 found killed in same neighbor-DISPOSITION: Unsolved

hood

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown
AKA: Devon Slasher

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Devon, England VIC-

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

TIMS: Two

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MO: “Ripper” of female victims killed while walking
Unknown

dogs

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Sydney, Australia VIC-

TIMS: Four

Unknown

MO: Homeless transients bludgeoned while sleeping SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Miami, Fla. VICTIMS:

Two

Unknown

MO: Gay men shot in their homes

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1998–2000 VENUE: Boise, Idaho VIC-

TIMS: Three

Unknown

MO: Rape-murders of Caucasian women in their 20s SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Charlotte, N.C. VIC-

TIMS: Five

Unknown

MO: Black women aged 24–39 murdered and missing SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1998–2000 VENUE: Barnaul, Siberia

VICTIMS: 10+

Unknown

MO: “Several” bodies of female victims discarded in SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

rural areas outside town; at least five college-age vic-DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Campbell County, Tenn.

tims remain missing; police blame a “maniac” active VICTIMS: Two

in the area “for several years”

MO: Female victims stabbed repeatedly, one also shot; DISPOSITION: Unsolved

bodies dumped along Stinking Creek Road

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police blame serial killer
Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Perth, Australia VIC-

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

TIMS: Two

DATE(S); 1998–99 VENUE: Norfolk County, Mass.

MO: Female prostitutes missing, presumed dead

VICTIMS: Three

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; task force officers deny any MO: Two women and one man aged 58–82 beaten and link to the murders of four prostitutes in suburban stabbed in separate attacks, in parks and wooded Claremont during the period 1996–98

areas of Walpole, Wellesley, and Westwood; all attacked in morning hours

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; suspect in one case released SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

when DNA failed to match saliva from bite mark on DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: New Orleans, La.

a female victim’s breast

VICTIMS: Eight

MO: Black males in teens and 20s strangled and left
Unknown

barefoot in garbage bins or beside roads; two vic-SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

tims were neighbors; all were involved with drugs DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Lusaka, Zambia VIC-DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: 30–70

MO: Farm residents hacked to death with axes and
Unknown

hoes; victims include the deputy speaker of the SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

National Assembly and his wife

DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Pietermaritzburg, South DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Africa VICTIMS: Six

MO: Police blame one man for rape-murders of local
Unknown

women

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Rapid City, S. Dak.

VICTIMS: Eight

Unknown

MO: Homeless men drowned

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

alleged

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DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Sundra, South Africa

MO: Women raped, bound, stabbed, and dumped

VICTIMS: Four

beside highways

MO: Children decapitated over seven months; four DISPOSITION: Unsolved

skulls, and three bodies found

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police blame
muti
practi-Unknown

tioners

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

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Los Angeles, Calif. VIC-

Unknown
AKA: “Jack the Butcher”

TIMS: Three

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

MO: Asian male in early 20s shot eight victims, killing DATE(S): 1998–2000 VENUE: Belize VICTIMS:

three, in two different auto accessory stores, in June Eight

and August 1999; nothing stolen in either case MO: Rape-mutilation murders of girls aged 9–15; a DISPOSITION: Unsolved

ninth victim survived in 1999; arrest of a suspect in the third case failed to stop the killings

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Flint, Mich. VICTIMS:

Unknown

Seven

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

MO: Rape-murders of black female prostitutes

DATE(S): 1998–2000 VENUE: Accra, Ghana VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: 25

MO: Rape-murders of women; bodies left nude and
Unknown

supine

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Anniston, Ala. VICTIMS:

Five

Unknown

MO: Three women and two men killed; three victims SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

shot by home invaders; two dumped outdoors (one DATE(S): 1998/2003 VENUE: Anne Arundel County, shot, one bludgeoned)