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Authors: Michael Newton
Tags: #True Crime, #Murder, #General, #Serial Killers
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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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