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MOTIVE:

VICTIMS: Five to seven

GC?

MO: Prostitutes smothered with sheets of plastic; mes-DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: India VICTIMS: 586

sages written on bodies claim seven dead and

MO: Two caches of skeletal remains found in June and describe the killer’s “pact with Lucifer”

July include 500 skulls and other bones at an aban-DISPOSITION: Unsolved; some officials suspect the doned house in Calcutta, with 86 skulls found in same UNSUB of one killing in El Salvador; police in Siliguri, 375 miles farther north

Los Angeles deny published reports of two similar DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police blame Tantric ritual murders there

practitioners

Unknown

Unknown
AKA: Anthrax Killer

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

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

suspected

DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: Eastern United States VIC-DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: Honduras VICTIMS: Six

TIMS: Five

MO: Young boys abducted from rural towns, one

MO: Anthrax spores mailed to various targets along found beheaded; police blame a gang, “Los

the Eastern Seaboard between Oct. 4 and Nov. 21, Rockeros,” alleged to practice Satanism

2001; 46 persons infected, five fatally

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: Pierce County, Wash. VIC-

TIMS: Two

Sex./Sad.

MO: Women aged 73 and 77 fatally beaten in their DATE(S): 2001–02 VENUE: Boston, Mass. VIC-homes, one month apart

TIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: “Similar” murders of prostitutes aged 17 and 19

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: Durban, South Africa

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

VICTIMS: Seven

DATE(S): 2001–02 VENUE: Boston, Mass. VIC-

MO: Skeletal remains of six women in their 30s and TIMS: Two

one infant found in sugarcane fields; some bodies MO: Teenage female prostitutes, throats slashed burned

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): 2001–02 VENUE: Moscow, Russia VIC-

DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: London, England VIC-

TIMS 12+

TIMS: Two

MO: Official reports from November 2002 mention MO: Female prostitutes aged 24 and 31 dismembered

“at least a dozen” women murdered, either stran-and dumped in rivers

gled or with throats slashed

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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Unknown

DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: Southern Florida VIC-

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

TIMS: Four

assumed

MO: Decomposed bodies found in coastal waters near DATE(S): 2001–03 VENUE: Worcester, Mass. VIC-Key Largo and Palm Beach County, with no evi-

TIMS: Three

dence of boat mishaps; all unidentified

MO: Kidnap-murders of petite female Hispanic prosti-DISPOSITION: Unsolved

tutes, dumped along I-290; two victims were

acquainted from a drug rehab program

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 2002–03 VENUE: Ahmedabad, India

Unknown

VICTIMS: 35–40

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

MO: Street children murdered and missing; some vic-DATE(S): 2001/2004 VENUE: Port Elizabeth, South tims last seen entering a white van at the town’s rail-Africa VICTIMS: Four

road depot

MO: Four black women strangled in 2001, one in DISPOSITION: Unsolved

April 2004; at least four were known prostitutes DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police blame a serial killer
Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 2002–03 VENUE: Phoenix, Ariz. VIC-

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

TIMS: Six

DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: Houston, Tex. VICTIMS:

MO: Women aged 32–46 killed and dumped in

Three

Garfield neighborhood; all but one found nude; four MO: DNA links rape-murders of Hispanic females, with evidence of drugs

aged 15–38, in the same East End neighborhood

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

felony

DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: Botshabelo, South Africa

DATE(S): 2002–04 VENUE: Ngong, Kenya VIC-

VICTIMS: Three

TIMS: 20

MO: Young boys strangled, dumped at different sites in same general area; all last seen with tall, thin man MO: Victims shot in nocturnal armed robberies; police with dark complexion

blame a two-man team for the crimes

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: Minn./Wisc. VICTIMS: Four DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: White River, South Africa MO: College students aged 20–22 missing from four sep-VICTIMS: Two

arate towns during October and November; victims MO: Girls aged 12 and 15 found beside a local rail-include three men and one woman; all still missing road line two days apart, in January; throats cut DISPOSITION: Unsolved

with “the same instrument”

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: Maricopa County, Ariz.

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

VICTIMS: Eight

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Jacksonville, Fla. VIC-

MO: Male Mexican migrants handcuffed and shot exe-TIMS: Two

cution style in serial attacks, March to October; MO: Teenage females vanished 10 days apart in Janu-bodies left exposed in the desert

ary; found together at a construction site on Feb. 5

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

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Appendix C: Unresolved Cases

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Samara, Russia VICTIMS:

Unknown

15

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

MO: Women aged 35–50 bludgeoned and robbed of

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Moscow, Russia VIC-

their handbags; two victims survived, describing a TIMS: 12

long-faced man with a black hat

MO: Women beaten and strangled during July, left DISPOSITION: Unsolved

nude in a north-side neighborhood; several sexually assaulted without actual rape; no robberies

Unknown
AKA: Saturday Slayers

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police deem the 30-day rash SEX: 2 M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

of identical slayings “coincidental”

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Brooklyn, N.Y. VICTIMS:

Five

Unknown

MO: Male victims shot execution-style in public places; SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

police call the crimes “thrill killings” with robbery DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Edmonton, Canada VIC-

“as an afterthought”; all but one crime committed TIMS: Two

on Saturday

MO: Prostitutes murdered one week apart

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

PC/CE

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Guatemala City, Guatemala DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Lahore, Pakistan VIC-VICTIMS: 10

TIMS: Six

MO: Young girls tortured to death; two bodies left together in each case

MO: “Identical” bludgeon murders of male victims DISPOSITION: Unsolved

sleeping outside, attacked between 2 and 3 A.M., with petty robbery in some cases. Victims include
Unknown

night watchmen, vendors, and truckers, killed

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

within a one-mile radius on Ravi Road

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Marlboro, England VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Two

MO: Skeletal remains of two adults (one female) found
Unknown

at a boarding school within a week; date and cause SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

of death undetermined

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Charleston, W. Va. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Three

MO: Sniper slayings of two men and one woman aged
Unknown

26–34 in public places; same weapon used in all SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:

three crimes

PC/CE

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: New York City VICTIMS:

“At least five”

Unknown

MO: Arab merchants shot in bodega robberies; police SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

blame at least three crimes on one killer

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Anchorage, Ak. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Two

MO: Torsos of women washed ashore in June and

Unknown

November; one victim identified

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Galfingue Forest, France

VICTIMS: Four

Unknown

MO: Newborn infants found dead in trash bags

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

CE/PC

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Indianapolis, Ind. VIC-

Unknown

TIMS: Two

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

MO: Immigrant grocers robbed/shot, a week apart DATE(S): 2003–04 VENUE: Mexico City, Mexico

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

VICTIMS: Three

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MO: Elderly women robbed, strangled in their homes DATE(S): 2004 VENUE: Muridke, Pakistan VIC-DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Three

MO: Children aged five to eight stabbed repeatedly; a
Unknown

fourth victim survived

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police blame black-magic DATE(S): 2003–04 VENUE: Ariz./Calif. VICTIMS:

practitioners

Four

MO: Camping couples shot execution-style in their
Unknown

sleeping bags, with no signs of robbery or struggle; SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

first murder at Bumble Bee, Ariz. (Oct. 2003); sec-DATE(S): 2004 VENUE: Bronx, N.Y. VICTIMS:

ond crime in Sonoma County, Calif. (Aug. 2004) Two

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Hispanic women in their 30s stripped and strangled in abandoned buildings

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 2003–04 VENUE: Worcester, Mass. VIC-

Unknown

TIMS: Four

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

MO: Rape-murders of petite Hispanic prostitutes, all alleged

drug addicts; bodies dumped in wooded areas, one DATE(S): 2004 VENUE: Marowa, Zimbabwe VICin Maine

TIMS: “Several”

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Mutilation-murders of young children, with some victims raped

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; locals blame black-magic SEX: M RACE: Undisclosed TYPE: T MOTIVE:

practitioners

Sex.

DATES: 2003–04 VENUE: Baltimore, Md. VIC-

Unknown

TIMS: Three

SEX: Unk.

RACE: Unk.

TYPE: T

MOTIVE:

MO: Rapist of female prostitutes; attacked 15 victims, Unk.

killing three aged 19–32; slain victims beaten and DATE(S): 2004 VENUE: Kansas City, Mo. VIC-strangled

TIMS: Six

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Black women aged 25–45 killed in the same

neighborhood, cause of death undisclosed; police
Unknown
AKA: Little Old Lady Killer

blame one offender for all six cases

SEX: Unk.

RACE: Unk.

TYPE: T

MOTIVE:

DISPOSITION: Suspect Terry Blair, charged in one Unk.

case, previously served 21 years for the 1983 murder DATE(S): 2003–04 VENUE: Mexico City VIC-of his pregnant ex-girlfriend; trial pending

TIMS: 18

MO: Women aged 65–80 beaten and strangled in their
Unknown

homes, with no signs of forced entry to houses SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 2004 VENUE: London, England VIC-

TIMS: Two

Unknown

MO: Hammer attacks on five women, killing two on SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

public streets

DATE(S): 2004 VENUE: Philadelphia, Pa. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Three

MO: Females “known to police” aged 24–31 strangled
Unknown

and left nude, two bodies in trash bins, during Janu-SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

ary and February

DATE(S): 2004 VENUE: Caracas, Venezuela VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Nine

MO: Homeless victims, including eight men and one
Unknown

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