<P> A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more people, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them . The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines serial killing as "a series of two or more murders, committed as separate events, usually, but not always, by one offender acting alone". </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Years active </Th> <Th> Proven victims </Th> <Th> Possible victims </Th> <Th> Status </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> <Th> Ref </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Adam Leroy Lane </Td> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 50 years </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aileen Wuornos </Td> <Td> 1989 - 1990 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Executed 2002 </Td> <Td> Shot seven men to death in Florida between 1989 and 1990; </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Albert Fish </Td> <Td> 1924 - 1932 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Executed 1936 </Td> <Td> Also known as the "Werewolf of Wysteria". A sadist and pedophile who cannibalized several children . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alfred Leonard Cline </Td> <Td> 1930 - 1945 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Murdered his wives with a glass of poisoned buttermilk after persuading them to will their possessions to his name . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Altemio Sanchez </Td> <Td> 1990 - 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Incarcerated 75 years - to - life </Td> <Td> Known as "The Bike Path Rapist"; responsible for three murders and numerous rapes spanning a 25 - year period in Buffalo, New York </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alton Coleman </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Executed 2002 </Td> <Td> Multi-state killer who along with his accomplice murdered a man and injured another, murdered 4 women, 3 young girls and raped a young girl </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alvin Neelley </Td> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> Committed murders with wife Judith Neelley </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Amy Archer - Gilligan </Td> <Td> 1910 - 1917 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> Died in Connecticut Hospital for the Insane </Td> <Td> Poisoned a husband and residents of her nursing home </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Andre Crawford </Td> <Td> 1993 - 1999 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Andrew Cunanan </Td> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Committed suicide while a fugitive </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Andrew Kokoraleis </Td> <Td> 1981 - 1982 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> Executed 1999 </Td> <Td> Member of the satanic cult and organized crime group known as Ripper Crew or Chicago Rippers </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ángel Maturino Reséndiz </Td> <Td> 1986 - 1999 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Executed 2006 </Td> <Td> Also known as The Railroad Killer / The Railway Killer / The Railcar Killer </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Angelo Buono Jr . </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1978 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Along with accomplice Kenneth Bianchi known as "The Hillside Stranglers" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anna Marie Hahn </Td> <Td> 1933 - 1937 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Executed 1938 </Td> <Td> German - born murder - for - profit killer who poisoned five elderly men </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anthony Cook </Td> <Td> 1973 - 1981 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life Imprisonment </Td> <Td> Committed crimes with his brother Nathaniel Cook </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anthony Allen Shore </Td> <Td> 1986 - 1995 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> Executed 2018 </Td> <Td> Also known as "The Tourniquet Killer"; prime suspect in the I - 45 serial murders . </Td> <Td> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anthony Kirkland </Td> <Td> 1987 - 2009 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Anthony Sowell </Td> <Td> 2007 - 2009 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Also known as "The Cleveland Strangler" and "The Imperial Avenue Murderer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arthur Gary Bishop </Td> <Td> 1979 - 1983 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Executed 1988 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arthur Shawcross </Td> <Td> 1972 - 1989 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Also known as "The Genesee River Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Belle Gunness </Td> <Td> 1900 - 1908 </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Norwegian - born murder - for - profit killer who killed her suitors and children </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bender Family </Td> <Td> 1869 - 1872 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 11 + </Td> <Td> Unknown </Td> <Td> Family of serial killers who lived and operated in Labette County, Kansas </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Benjamin Atkins </Td> <Td> 1991 - 1992 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Also known as "The Woodward Corridor Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bertha Gifford </Td> <Td> 1900 - 1928 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Died in Missouri State Hospital #4 </Td> <Td> Found not guilty by reason of insanity </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bill Longley </Td> <Td> 1869 - 1878 </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> Executed 1878 </Td> <Td> Racist gunfighter who killed unarmed slaves and Mexicans </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Billy Glaze </Td> <Td> 1986 - 1987 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Guilt has come into question by the discovery of DNA evidence excluding Glaze and implicating another man </Td> <Td> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Billy Gohl </Td> <Td> 1902 - 1910 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 100 + </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Union official linked with the disappearances of over 40 sailors in Aberdeen, Washington in the early 20th century </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Blanche Taylor Moore </Td> <Td> 1968 - 1989 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bobby Jack Fowler </Td> <Td> 1973 - 1996 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Convicted of one murder, suspected of up to 20 more . </Td> <Td> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bobby Joe Long </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 10 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Also known as "The Classified Ad Rapist" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Boone Helm </Td> <Td> 1850 - 1864 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 11 + </Td> <Td> Executed 1864 </Td> <Td> Known as the "Kentucky Cannibal" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brian Dugan </Td> <Td> 1983 - 1985 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Briley Brothers </Td> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Executed 1984 & 1985 </Td> <Td> Three brothers and an accomplice responsible for 11 murders </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bruce Mendenhall </Td> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Sentenced to additional 30 years in prison for soliciting murder while in jail </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carl Panzram </Td> <Td> 1920 - 1929 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Executed 1930 </Td> <Td> murderer, rapist and arsonist; convicted of two murders; confessed to 19 others </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carl Eugene Watts </Td> <Td> 1974 - 1982 </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 100 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Known as "The Sunday Morning Slasher" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carlton Gary </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1978 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carol M. Bundy </Td> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> With accomplice Doug Clark known as the "Sunset Strip Killers ." </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Carroll Cole </Td> <Td> 1948 - 1980 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> Executed 1985 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cary Stayner </Td> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cathy Wood </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Incarcerated 20--40 years </Td> <Td> Eligible for parole since 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Charlie Brandt </Td> <Td> 1971 - 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 + </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide to avoid apprehension </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Charles Albright </Td> <Td> 1990 - 1991 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Also known as "The Eyeball Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Charles Cullen </Td> <Td> 1988 - 2003 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 40 + </Td> <Td> Incarcerated 127 years </Td> <Td> A nurse in New Jersey and Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Charles Ray Hatcher </Td> <Td> 1969 - 1982 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide in prison </Td> <Td> Convicted of two child murders in 1978 and 1982, also stabbed to death a fellow inmate and another man 20 years apart </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Charles Schmid </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Murdered in prison by unknown assailants </Td> <Td> Also known as "The Pied Piper of Tucson" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Charles Ng </Td> <Td> 1983 - 1985 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Along with accompilace Leonard Lake collected and murdered female sex slaves </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chester Turner </Td> <Td> 1987 - 1998 </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Convicted of murdering ten women and a viable unborn baby in South Los Angeles </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Christopher Peterson </Td> <Td> 1990 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Incarcerated 120 years </Td> <Td> Also known as "The Shotgun Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Christopher Wilder </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Killed by Police during apprehension </Td> <Td> Also known as "The Beauty Queen Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cleophus Prince Jr . </Td> <Td> 1990 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Also known as "The Clairemont Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Craig Price </Td> <Td> 1987 - 1989 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Incarcerated </Td> <Td> Convicted as a minor . Scheduled for release May 2020 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cynthia Coffman </Td> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Kidnapped 4 women by ATMs before accomplice strangled them </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dale Hausner </Td> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Committed suicide in prison </Td> <Td> Convicted of killing people in random drive - by shootings </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dallen Bounds </Td> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 + </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide to avoid apprehension </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dana Sue Gray </Td> <Td> 1994 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Daniel Conahan </Td> <Td> 1993 - 1996 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Convicted of one murder, but was associated with more than a dozen of torture and murders </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Daniel Lee Siebert </Td> <Td> 1979 - 1986 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Killed nine people across America in three months </Td> <Td> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Danny Rolling </Td> <Td> 1989 - 1990 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Executed 2006 </Td> <Td> Pleaded guilty to murdering five students </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Darren Deon Vann </Td> <Td> 2013 - 2014 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Awaiting Trial </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Alan Gore </Td> <Td> 1981 - 1983 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Executed 2012 </Td> <Td> One of the pair known as "The Killing Cousins" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Berkowitz </Td> <Td> 1976 - 1977 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Also known as the "Son of Sam" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Carpenter </Td> <Td> 1979 - 1981 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Also known as "The Trailside Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Edward Maust </Td> <Td> 1974 - 2003 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide in prison </Td> <Td> Convicted of killing five teenage boys; one in Germany in 1974, another in 1981, and three he buried in his basement </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Mason </Td> <Td> 1980 - 1982 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Executed 1993 </Td> <Td> Killed four elderly neighbours in 1980 and his cellmate in 1982 while imprisoned on lesser charges; suspected of shooting dead his boyfriend </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Meirhofer </Td> <Td> 1967 - 1974 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Deceased - Suicide </Td> <Td> First serial killer apprehended by offender profiling </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Parker Ray </Td> <Td> 1950s - 1999 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 60 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Convicted of kidnapping and torture in 2001, but never convicted of murder . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dayton Leroy Rogers </Td> <Td> 1983 - 1987 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 8 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dean Corll </Td> <Td> 1970 - 1973 </Td> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> 28 + </Td> <Td> Killed by accomplice Elmer Wayne Henley </Td> <Td> Crimes referred to as the "Houston Mass Murders" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Debra Denise Brown </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Delphine LaLaurie </Td> <Td> 1834 </Td> <Td>? </Td> <Td>? </Td> <Td> Died in Paris France </Td> <Td> Tortured and maimed her slaves </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dennis Rader </Td> <Td> 1974 - 1991 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Incarcerated - Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Also known as the BTK Killer </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Derrick Todd Lee </Td> <Td> 1992 - 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 + </Td> <Td> Died in Prison awaiting execution </Td> <Td> Known as "The Baton Rouge Serial Killer"; convicted of two murders; linked by DNA evidence to five others </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Diane O'Dell </Td> <Td> 1982 - 1985 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Murders of her illegitimate babies </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Donald Harvey </Td> <Td> 1970 - 1987 </Td> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> 80 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison, Killed by unknown assailant </Td> <Td> Known as "The Angel of Death" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Donald Henry Gaskins </Td> <Td> 1953 - 1982 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 100 + </Td> <Td> Executed 1991 </Td> <Td> Convicted of nine murders; claimed to an author to have killed more than 100 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Donald Leroy Evans </Td> <Td> 1985 - 1991 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 70 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison, Murdered by a fellow death row inmate </Td> <Td> Suspected of another dozen murders but recanted his confessions to over 70 more </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dorothea Puente </Td> <Td> 1982 - 1988 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> convicted of three killings; suspected of six others </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Doug Clark </Td> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> With accomplice Carol M. Bundy known as the "Sunset Strip Killers ." </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Earle Nelson </Td> <Td> 1926 - 1927 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Executed 1928 </Td> <Td> Known as "the Gorilla Man" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ed Gein </Td> <Td> 1954 - 1957 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Died while incarcerated at Mendota Mental Health Institute </Td> <Td> Gein's life and crimes have inspired, at least in part, the novels / films Psycho and The Silence of the Lambs, and the 1974 movie The Texas Chainsaw Massacre </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edmund Kemper </Td> <Td> 1964 - 1973 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as "The Co-Ed Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edward Edwards </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1996 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison awaiting execution </Td> <Td> Sentenced to die for shooting his foster son in 1996 insurance murder </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edward H. Rulloff </Td> <Td> 1844 - 1870 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Executed 1871 </Td> <Td> Known as "The Genius Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edward J. Adams </Td> <Td> 1920 - 1921 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Killed by police during shootout </Td> <Td> Criminal who murdered 7 people, including 3 policemen </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Edward Spreitzer </Td> <Td> 1981 - 1982 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Member of the satanic cult and organized crime group known as Ripper Crew or Chicago Rippers </Td> <Td> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Efren Saldivar </Td> <Td> 1988 - 1998 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 50 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elias Abuelazam </Td> <Td> 2009 - 2010 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as "The Flint Serial Slasher" and "The Flint Serial Stabber" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elizabeth Van Valkenburgh </Td> <Td> 1833 - 1845 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 1846 </Td> <Td> Self - confessed poisoner who killed her alcoholic husbands </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elmer Wayne Henley </Td> <Td> 1970 - 1973 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Crimes referred to as the "Houston Mass Murders" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Faryion Wardrip </Td> <Td> 1984 - 1986 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Death Sentence currently under appeal </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Faye Copeland </Td> <Td> 1986 - 1989 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison awaiting execution </Td> <Td> Along with her husband, Ray Copeland, oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Felipe Espinosa </Td> <Td> 1863 </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> Killed by Tom Tobin </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Frederick Mors </Td> <Td> 1914 - 1915 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Fate Unknown </Td> <Td> Committed to Hudson River State Hospital, escaped in May 1916 . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gary Evans </Td> <Td> 1985 - 1997 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide to avoid apprehension </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gary M. Heidnik </Td> <Td> 1986 - 1987 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 1999 </Td> <Td> Held 6 women prisoner in his basement in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gary Ray Bowles </Td> <Td> 1994 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gary Ridgway </Td> <Td> 1982 - 1998 </Td> <Td> 49 </Td> <Td> 90 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as the Green River Killer </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Genene Jones </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1982 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 60 + </Td> <Td> Due to released March 1, 2018 </Td> <Td> Texas pediatric nurse who poisoned infants in her care </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Georgia Tann </Td> <Td> 1924 - 1950 </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> 19 + </Td> <Td> Died of uterine cancer before she could be arrested </Td> <Td> Child trafficker who sold kidnapped children to the black market </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gerald Gallego </Td> <Td> 1978 - 1980 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Died awaiting Execution </Td> <Td> Accomplace Charlene Gallego released 1997 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gerald Parker </Td> <Td> 1978 - 1978 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Known as "The Bedroom Basher" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gerald Stano </Td> <Td> 1969 - 1980 </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> 41 + </Td> <Td> Executed 1998 </Td> <Td> Guilt has been questioned </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gerard John Schaefer </Td> <Td> 1969 - 1973 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> Murdered in prison by fellow inmate Vincent Rivera . </Td> <Td> Former Police Officer </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Glen Edward Rogers </Td> <Td> 1993 - 1995 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Death Sentence currently under appeal </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gordon Stewart Northcott </Td> <Td> 1926 - 1928 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Executed 1930 </Td> <Td> His mother, Sarah Louise Northcott, was implicated as an accomplice </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gwendolyn Graham </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> H.H. Holmes </Td> <Td> 1891 - 1894 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 27 + </Td> <Td> Executed 1896 </Td> <Td> Convicted of only one murder, but definitively tied to at least eight more . Confessed to a total of 27 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hadden Clark </Td> <Td> 1986 - 1992 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 70 years </Td> <Td> Cannibal convicted of two murders; confessed to many more </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harpe brothers </Td> <Td> 1797 - 1804 </Td> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> 50 + </Td> <Td> Murder / Executed </Td> <Td> Brothers or cousins . America's first known serial killers </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harrison Graham </Td> <Td> 1986 - 1987 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harry T. Hayward </Td> <Td> 1894 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 1895 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harry Powers </Td> <Td> 1931 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Executed 1932 </Td> <Td> Known as "The West Virginia Bluebeard" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harvey Carignan </Td> <Td> 1949 - 1974 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Incarcerated 150 years </Td> <Td> Known as "The Want - Ad Killer"; Escaped hanging for a 1949 killing on a technicality </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harvey Glatman </Td> <Td> 1957 - 1958 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 1959 </Td> <Td> Known as "The Lonely Hearts Killer"; Lured women to pose for "bondage photographs" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harvey Miguel Robinson </Td> <Td> 1992 - 1993 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Teenager who stalked, raped and killed </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Helen Golay </Td> <Td> 1999 - 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole </Td> <Td> Killed vagrants with her partner - in - crime, Olga Rutterschmidt </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Lee Lucas </Td> <Td> 1960 - 1983 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 200 + </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Confessed to approximately 3,000 murders, although most of his confessions are considered outlandish </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Henry Louis Wallace </Td> <Td> 1990 - 1994 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Known as "The Taco Bell Strangler" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Herb Baumeister </Td> <Td> 1980 - 1996 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide while a fugitive </Td> <Td> Responsible for murdering at least 11 victims who were found buried on his property . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Herbert Mullin </Td> <Td> 1972 - 1973 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Will be eligible for parole in 2021 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Heriberto Seda </Td> <Td> 1990 - 1993 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> New York City copycat of the "Zodiac Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Herman Petrillo </Td> <Td> 1930s - 1938 </Td> <Td> 114 </Td> <Td> 114 </Td> <Td> Executed 1941 </Td> <Td> Italian immigrant; leader of the Philadelphia poison ring </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Howard Allen </Td> <Td> 1974 - 1987 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Incarcerated for 60 years </Td> <Td> Death Sentence Commuted </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Israel Keyes </Td> <Td> Late 1990s - 2012 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide while in custody </Td> <Td> 3 confirmed victims . Linked to 11 victims in 4 states </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> J. Frank Hickey </Td> <Td> 1883 - 1911 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> Known as "The Postcard Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> J.C.X. Simon </Td> <Td> 1973 - 1974 </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 73 + </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> Part of the' Death Angels' cult responsible for the Zebra murders </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jack Owen Spillman </Td> <Td> 1994 - 1995 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as "The Werewolf Butcher" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jake Bird </Td> <Td> 1930 - 1947 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 46 </Td> <Td> Executed 1949 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to death for the murders of two people; confessed to 44 other murders </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Dale Ritchie </Td> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 + </Td> <Td> Killed by Police during apprehension </Td> <Td> Known as the "Anchorage Serial Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Swann </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Found not guilty by reason of insanity and confined to Saint Elizabeths Hospital </Td> <Td> Known as "The Shotgun Stalker" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jane Toppan </Td> <Td> 1895 - 1901 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> Found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed for life in the Taunton Insane Hospital </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Janie Lou Gibbs </Td> <Td> 1966 - 1967 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jeffrey Dahmer </Td> <Td> 1978 - 1991 </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Murdered by inmate Christopher Scarver </Td> <Td> Milwaukee cannibal who retained various body parts of his victims </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jerry Brudos </Td> <Td> 1968 - 1969 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 + </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Known as "The Lust Killer" and "Shoe Fetish Slayer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jesse Pomeroy </Td> <Td> 1874 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Known as "The Boy Torturer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jessie Lee Cooks </Td> <Td> 1973 - 1974 </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 73 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life Imprisonment </Td> <Td> Part of the' Death Angels' cult responsible for the Zebra murders </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joe Ball </Td> <Td> 1936 - 1938 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide to avoid apprehension </Td> <Td> Known as "The Alligator Man" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joel Rifkin </Td> <Td> 1989 - 1993 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Incarcerated for 203 year to life </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Johann Otto Hoch </Td> <Td> 1890 - 1905 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 + </Td> <Td> Executed 1906 </Td> <Td> Known as "The Stockyard Bluebeard" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Allen Muhammad </Td> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Executed 2009 </Td> <Td> With accomplace Lee Boyd Malvo perpetrated the D.C. sniper attacks </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Bittrolff </Td> <Td> 1993 - </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 25 - years - to - life </Td> <Td> Suspect in Long Island serial killer case </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Edward Robinson </Td> <Td> 1984 - 1999 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 8 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Sometimes referred to as "the Internet's first serial killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Floyd Thomas Jr . </Td> <Td> 1972 - 1986 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 15 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as "The Southland Strangler" and The "Westside Rapist" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Johnson </Td> <Td> 1843 -? </Td> <Td>? </Td> <Td> 300 + </Td> <Td> Died 1900 </Td> <Td> Known as "Liver - Eating Johnson"; mountain man who allegedly ate the livers of Crows he'd slain </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Joubert </Td> <Td> 1982 - 1983 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 1996 </Td> <Td> Known as "The Nebraska Boy Snatcher" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Norman Collins </Td> <Td> 1967 - 1969 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as "The Co-Ed Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Wayne Gacy </Td> <Td> 1972 - 1978 </Td> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> Executed 1994 </Td> <Td> Known as "The Killer Clown" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jonathan Preston Haynes </Td> <Td> 1987 - 1993 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to death; commuted to life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as the' Aryan Beauty Killer' </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joseph Christopher </Td> <Td> 1980 - 1981 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 12 + </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> Known as "The Midtown Slasher" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joseph E. Duncan III </Td> <Td> 1996 - 2005 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Raped at least 17 young boys and 3 young girls </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joseph Kallinger </Td> <Td> 1974 - 1975 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Committed these crimes with his 15 - year - old son Michael </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joseph "Mad Dog" Taborsky </Td> <Td> 1950 - 1957 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Executed 1960 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joseph Naso </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1994 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Also a suspect in the Alphabet murders case . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Joseph Paul Franklin </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1980 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Executed 2013 </Td> <Td> Also attempted to assassinate Larry Flynt and Vernon Jordan; </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Josephine Sedita </Td> <Td> 1930s - 1938 </Td> <Td> 114 </Td> <Td> 114 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life Imprisonment </Td> <Td> Italian immigrant; member of the Philadelphia poison ring </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Juan Corona </Td> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> 25 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Majority of victims had been transient workers </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Juan Covington </Td> <Td> 1998 - 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Judith Neelley </Td> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Death sentence commuted to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Committed murders with Husband Alvin Neelley </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Judy Buenoano </Td> <Td> 1971 - 1983 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 + </Td> <Td> Executed 1998 </Td> <Td> Caught in 1983 after poisoning and car bombing a fiancée </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Karl F. Warner </Td> <Td> 1969 - 1971 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Keith Hunter Jesperson </Td> <Td> 1990 - 1995 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 8 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as "The Happy Face Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kendall Francois </Td> <Td> 1996 - 1998 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kenneth Bianchi </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1978 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Along with accomplice Angelo Buono Jr. known as "The Hillside Stranglers" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kenneth McDuff </Td> <Td> 1966 - 1992 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 14 + </Td> <Td> Executed 1998 </Td> <Td> Known as "The Broomstick Killer"; death sentence for 1966 triple - murder commuted; killed three days after 1989 parole </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kimberly McCarthy </Td> <Td> 1997 - 1998 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 2013 </Td> <Td> Crack addict who murdered a neighbour; suspect in two similar murders </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kimberly Clark Saenz </Td> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 10 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Killed five patients by injecting bleach into their dialysis lines </Td> <Td>. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kristen Gilbert </Td> <Td> 1989 - 1996 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Induced cardiac arrest in patients and would then respond to the coded emergency, often resuscitating the patients herself . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Larry Eyler </Td> <Td> 1982 - 1984 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison awaiting execution </Td> <Td> Known as "The Interstate Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Larry Green </Td> <Td> 1973 - 1974 </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 73 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life Imprisonment </Td> <Td> Part of the' Death Angels' cult responsible for the Zebra murders </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lawrence Bittaker </Td> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> With accomplice Roy Norris known as "Tool Box Killers" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lee Boyd Malvo </Td> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Life imprisonment without parole (overturned on May 26, 2017; awaiting resentencing) </Td> <Td> With accomplice John Allen Muhammad perpetrated the D.C. sniper attacks </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lee Roy Martin </Td> <Td> 1967 - 1968 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Known as "The Gaffney Strangler" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lemuel Smith </Td> <Td> 1958 - 1981 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death; Commuted to Life </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Leonard Lake </Td> <Td> 1983 - 1985 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide while in custody </Td> <Td> Along with accompilace Charles Ng collected and murdered female sex slaves </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Leslie Irvin </Td> <Td> 1954 - 1955 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 + </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> His Supreme Court case set a precedent for fair trials of highly publicized defendants </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Linda Hazzard </Td> <Td> 1908 - 1911 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Served 2 years </Td> <Td> Died in 1938 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lizzie Halliday </Td> <Td> 1890s </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Died in Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane </Td> <Td> First woman sentenced to be executed by the electric chair </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lonnie David Franklin Jr . </Td> <Td> 1985 - 2007 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 25 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Known as "Grim Sleeper"; Charged after DNA evidence linked him with ten murders in Los Angeles since 1985 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Loren Herzog </Td> <Td> 1984 - 1999 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide awaiting parole release </Td> <Td> Along with accompliace Wesley Shermantine known as the "Speed Freak Killers" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lorenzo Gilyard </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1993 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as "The Kansas City Strangler" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louise Peete </Td> <Td> 1913 - 1944 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 1947 </Td> <Td> Convicted of murdering a man and woman decades apart, four other acquaintances died suspiciously and four husbands committed suicide </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louise Vermilya </Td> <Td> 1893 - 1911 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Charges Dismissed </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lyda Southard </Td> <Td> 1915 - 1920 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Released 1941 </Td> <Td> Known as "Flypaper Lyda"; serial poisoner who killed four husbands, a young daughter and a brother - in - law </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lydia Sherman </Td> <Td> 1863 - 1877 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mack Ray Edwards </Td> <Td> 1953 - 1970 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide awaiting execution </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Manuel Moore </Td> <Td> 1973 - 1974 </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 73 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life Imprisonment </Td> <Td> Part of the' Death Angels' cult responsible for the Zebra murders </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maria Carina Favato </Td> <Td> 1930s - 1938 </Td> <Td> 114 </Td> <Td> 114 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life Imprisonment </Td> <Td> Italian immigrant; member of the Philadelphia poison ring </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marie Noe </Td> <Td> 1949 - 1968 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 20 years probation 1998 </Td> <Td> Murdered eight of her children; 2 others died of natural causes </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marion Albert Pruett </Td> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Executed 1999 </Td> <Td> Committed his crimes while in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mark Goudeau </Td> <Td> 2005 - 2006 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Known as "The Baseline Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Martha Ann Johnson </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1982 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death; Commuted to Life </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Martha Beck </Td> <Td> 1947 - 1949 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Executed 1951 </Td> <Td> Along with accomplace Raymond Fernandez became known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Martha Wise </Td> <Td> 1924 - 1925 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Poisoned seventeen members of her own family </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Marybeth Tinning </Td> <Td> 1972 - 1985 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 20 years to life </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maury Travis </Td> <Td> 2000 - 2002 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 17 + </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide awaiting trial </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Melvin Rees </Td> <Td> 1957 - 1959 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 9 + </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Known as "The Sex Beast" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michael Bear Carson </Td> <Td> 1981 - 1983 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 75 years to life </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michael Bruce Ross </Td> <Td> 1981 - 1984 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Executed 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michael Gargiulo </Td> <Td> 1993 - 2008 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Awaiting capital murder trial </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michael Hughes </Td> <Td> 1986 - 1993 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Known as Southside Slayer </Td> <Td>. </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michael Lee Lockhart </Td> <Td> 1987 - 1988 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 + </Td> <Td> Executed 1997 </Td> <Td> Received death sentences in three states, executed by the state of Texas </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michael Madison </Td> <Td> 2012 - 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michael Swango </Td> <Td> 1981 - 1997 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 60 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Physician and surgeon </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Michelle Knotek </Td> <Td> 1994 - 2003 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 22 years in prison </Td> <Td> Tortured and abused boarders in her home with her husband </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Milton Johnson </Td> <Td> 1983 - 1984 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 10 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to death </Td> <Td> Victims included two deputy sheriffs </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Montie Ralph Rissell </Td> <Td> 1976 - 1977 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Morris Bolber </Td> <Td> 1930s - 1938 </Td> <Td> 114 </Td> <Td> 114 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life Imprisonment </Td> <Td> Russian - Jewish immigrant; member of the Philadelphia poison ring </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Morris Solomon Jr . </Td> <Td> 1986 - 1987 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to death </Td> <Td> Known as "The Sacramento Slayer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nannie Doss </Td> <Td> 1927 - 1954 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> Known as "The Giggling Granny" and "The Jolly Black Widow" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nathaniel Cook </Td> <Td> 1973 - 1981 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life Imprisonment </Td> <Td> Committed crimes with his brother Anthony Cook </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nathaniel White </Td> <Td> 1991 - 1992 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 150 years to life in prison </Td> <Td> Confessed to beating and stabbing six women to death while on parole . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Olga Rutterschmidt </Td> <Td> 1999 - 2005 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole </Td> <Td> Killed vagrants with her partner - in - crime, Helen Golay </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Orville Lynn Majors </Td> <Td> 1993 - 1995 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 130 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ottis Toole </Td> <Td> 1976 - 1983 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 + </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Accomplice of Henry Lee Lucas </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Patrick Kearney </Td> <Td> 1965 - 1977 </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 43 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Patty Cannon </Td> <Td> 1802 - 1829 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 + </Td> <Td> Died in prison awaiting trial </Td> <Td> Gang leader who kidnapped slaves and free blacks to either sell or torture them </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Dennis Reid </Td> <Td> 1997 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison awaiting Execution </Td> <Td> Known as "The Fast Food Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Durousseau </Td> <Td> 1997 - 2003 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 9 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to death (overturned on January 31, 2017; awaiting resentencing) </Td> <Td> German authorities suspect Durousseau may have killed several local women when he was stationed there with the Army during the early 1990s . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul John Knowles </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> Killed by police attempting to escape from custody </Td> <Td> Known as "The Casanova Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Michael Stephani </Td> <Td> 1980 - 1982 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> Known as the "Weepy - Voiced Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Petrillo </Td> <Td> 1930s - 1938 </Td> <Td> 114 </Td> <Td> 114 </Td> <Td> Executed 1941 </Td> <Td> Italian immigrant; leader of the Philadelphia poison ring </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Peter Kudzinowski </Td> <Td> 1924 - 1928 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 1929 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Phillip Carl Jablonski </Td> <Td> 1978 - 1991 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to death </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Randall Woodfield </Td> <Td> 1979 - 1981 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment plus 165 years </Td> <Td> Known as "The I - 5 Killer" and "The I - 5 Bandit" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Randy Steven Kraft </Td> <Td> 1971 - 1983 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 67 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to death </Td> <Td> Known as the "Scorecard Killer" and the "Freeway Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ray Copeland </Td> <Td> 1986 - 1989 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison awaiting execution </Td> <Td> Along with his wife, Faye Copeland, oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Raymond Fernandez </Td> <Td> 1947 - 1949 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Executed 1951 </Td> <Td> Along with accomplace Martha Beck became known as "The Lonely Hearts Killers" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rhonda Belle Martin </Td> <Td> 1926 - 1951 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Executed 1957 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ricardo Caputo </Td> <Td> 1971 - 1977 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Angelo </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 50 - years - to - life in prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Biegenwald </Td> <Td> 1958 - 1983 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Died in Prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Chase </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1978 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Committed suicide awaiting execution </Td> <Td> Known as "The Vampire of Sacramento" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Cottingham </Td> <Td> 1967 - 1980 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 85 - 100 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known variously as "The Butcher of Times Square", "The Torso Killer", "The New York (city) Ripper", and "The Times Square Torso Ripper" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Evonitz </Td> <Td> 1996 - 1997 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide to avoid apprehension </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Kuklinski </Td> <Td> 1948 - 1986 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 100 - 250 </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> Mafia associate known as "The Iceman" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Laurence Marquette </Td> <Td> 1956 - 1975 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life imprisonment </Td> <Td> First 11th person named on FBI 10 Most Wanted </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Ramirez </Td> <Td> 1984 - 1985 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Died in prison awaiting execution </Td> <Td> Known as "The Night Stalker" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Anthony Buell </Td> <Td> 1981 - 1983 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 2002 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Ben Rhoades </Td> <Td> 1975 - 1990 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 50 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as "The Truck Stop Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Berdella </Td> <Td> 1984 - 1987 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 + </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Hansen </Td> <Td> 1971 - 1983 </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> 21 + </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Joseph Silveria Jr . </Td> <Td> 1981 - 1996 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 14 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as "The Boxcar Killer", alleged member of Freight Train Riders of America </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Lee Yates </Td> <Td> 1975 - 1998 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Nixon </Td> <Td> 1937 - 1938 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Executed 1939 </Td> <Td> Nixon served, in part, as the basis of the character of Bigger Thomas in Richard Wright's 1940 social protest novel Native Son . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Rozier </Td> <Td> 1981 - 1986 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Serving 25 years to life on a conviction for check kiting under a third strike law . </Td> <Td> Former NFL playerl; sentenced to 22 years for murder after agreeing to testify against Yahweh ben Yahweh's organization </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Shulman </Td> <Td> 1991 - 1996 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert Zarinsky </Td> <Td> 1958 - 1974 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robin Gecht </Td> <Td> 1981 - 1982 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> Incarcerated for 120 years </Td> <Td> Member of the satanic cult and organized crime group known as Ripper Crew or Chicago Rippers </Td> <Td> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rodney Alcala </Td> <Td> 1971 - 1979 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 50 - 130 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Sometimes called the "Dating Game Killer" because of his 1978 appearance on the television show The Dating Game in the midst of his murder spree . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roger Dale Stafford </Td> <Td> 1974 - 1978 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Executed 1995 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roger Kibbe </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1987 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as the "I - 5 Strangler" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ronald Dominique </Td> <Td> 1997 - 2006 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ronald E. Clark </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rory Enrique Conde </Td> <Td> 1994 - 1995 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to death </Td> <Td> Known as "The Tamiami Trail Strangler" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rose Carina </Td> <Td> 1930s - 1938 </Td> <Td> 114 </Td> <Td> 114 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life Imprisonment </Td> <Td> Italian immigrant; member of the Philadelphia poison ring </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roy Norris </Td> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 45 years to life </Td> <Td> With accomplace Lawrence Bittaker known as "Tool Box Killers" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Samuel Dieteman </Td> <Td> 2005 - 2006 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Accomplace Dale Hausner committed suicide in prison </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Samuel Green </Td> <Td> 1817 - 1821 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2 + </Td> <Td> Executed 1822 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Samuel Mason </Td> <Td> 1797 - 1803 </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> 20 + </Td> <Td> Killed / Died from injuries received during a shoot - out </Td> <Td> River pirate associated with the Harpe brothers and other outlaws </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sante Kimes </Td> <Td> 1996 - 1998 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> Criminal who's responsible for numerous crimes committed with her son, Kenneth Jr . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scott Erskine </Td> <Td> 1989 - 1993 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to death </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scott Lee Kimball </Td> <Td> 2003 - 2004 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 + </Td> <Td> 70 - year sentence </Td> <Td> FBI Informant; Proposed as a suspect in the West Mesa murders </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scott William Cox </Td> <Td> 1980s - 1990 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Granted parole in 2013 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scott Williams </Td> <Td> 1997 - 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sean Sellers </Td> <Td> 1985 - 1986 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 1999 </Td> <Td> One of 22 persons in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 to be executed for a crime committed while under the age of 18, and the lone to have been executed for crime committed under the age of 17 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sean Vincent Gillis </Td> <Td> 1994 - 2004 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sharon Kinne </Td> <Td> 1962 - 1964 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Escaped from prison 1969 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Shawn Grate </Td> <Td> 2005 - 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Awaiting trial </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Shirley Winters </Td> <Td> 1980 - 2006 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 8 1 / 3 to 25 years </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stephen Morin </Td> <Td> 1969 - 1981 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 48 </Td> <Td> Executed 1985 </Td> <Td> Suspected in over 30 unsolved violent crimes across the country </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stephen Richards </Td> <Td> 1876 - 1878 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Executed 1879 </Td> <Td> Known as "The Nebraska Fiend" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Steven Brian Pennell </Td> <Td> 1987 - 1988 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Executed 1992 </Td> <Td> Known as "The Route 40 Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Steven David Catlin </Td> <Td> 1976 - 1984 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Suzan Carson </Td> <Td> 1981 - 1983 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 75 years to life </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ted Bundy </Td> <Td> 1961 - 1978 </Td> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> 30 + </Td> <Td> Executed 1989 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Terri Rachals </Td> <Td> 1980 - 1986 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 17 years imprisonment; Released 2003 </Td> <Td> Former nurse </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Terry Blair </Td> <Td> 1982 - 2004 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Sentenced 25 years imprisonment for one murder, released on parole after serving 21 years and committed additional murders upon release </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Theodore Durrant </Td> <Td> 1895 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 1898 </Td> <Td> Known as the "Demon of the Belfry" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Theresa Knorr </Td> <Td> 1984 - 1985 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to two life sentences </Td> <Td> Her sons, William and Robert Jr., were accomplices </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thomas Dillon </Td> <Td> 1989 - 1992 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 terms of 30 years to life </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thomas Kokoraleis </Td> <Td> 1981 - 1982 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> Awaiting Release </Td> <Td> Member of the satanic cult and organized crime group known as Ripper Crew or Chicago Rippers </Td> <Td> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thor Nis Christiansen </Td> <Td> 1976 - 1979 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Murdered in prison by unknown assailant </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tillie Klimek </Td> <Td> 1914 - 1921 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Timothy Krajcir </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1982 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Timothy Wilson Spencer </Td> <Td> 1984 - 1988 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Executed 1994 </Td> <Td> Known as the "Southside Strangler" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Todd Kohlhepp </Td> <Td> 2003 - 2016 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life imprisonment </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tommy Lynn Sells </Td> <Td> 1980 - 1999 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Executed 2014 </Td> <Td> Confessed to murdering dozens of people, possibly in excess of 70, only six are confirmed </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tony Costa </Td> <Td> 1968 - 1969 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Committed Suicide in prison </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vaughn Greenwood </Td> <Td> 1964 - 1975 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as the "Skid Row Slasher" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Velma Barfield </Td> <Td> 1971 - 1978 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Executed 1984 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vincent Johnson </Td> <Td> 1999 - 2000 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Known as the "Brooklyn Strangler" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Walter E. Ellis </Td> <Td> 1986 - 2007 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> Known as "The Milwaukee North Side Strangler" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Waneta Hoyt </Td> <Td> 1965 - 1971 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> Exonerated under New York law because she died before her appeal . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wayne Adam Ford </Td> <Td> 1997 - 1998 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wayne Nance </Td> <Td> 1974 - 1986 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 + </Td> <Td> Killed by intended victim </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wayne Williams </Td> <Td> 1979 - 1981 </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life imprisonment </Td> <Td> Has maintained his innocence from the beginning and conviction is considered controversial </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wesley Shermantine </Td> <Td> 1984 - 1999 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to Death </Td> <Td> Along with accompliace Loren Herzog known as the "Speed Freak Killers" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Westley Allan Dodd </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 1993 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Bonin </Td> <Td> 1979 - 1980 </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> 36 + </Td> <Td> Executed 1996 </Td> <Td> Known as "The Freeway Killer"; was know to murder with several accomplices </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Dathan Holbert </Td> <Td> 2007 - 2010 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 5 + </Td> <Td> Sentenced to 47 years </Td> <Td> Committed murders with his ex-wife Laura Michelle Reese </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Devin Howell </Td> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sentenced to life in prison </Td> <Td> Convicted of killing 7 people in 2003 . Believed to be the most prolific serial killer in Connecticut history . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Henry Hance </Td> <Td> 1977 - 1978 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Executed 1994 </Td> <Td> Known as "The Forces of Evil" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Heirens </Td> <Td> 1945 - 1946 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Died in prison </Td> <Td> Known as "The Lipstick Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Richard Bradford </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 + </Td> <Td> Died in prison awaiting execution </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Suff </Td> <Td> 1974 - 1992 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Sentenced to death </Td> <Td> Known as "The Riverside Prostitute Killer" </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Years active </Th> <Th> Proven victims </Th> <Th> Possible victims </Th> <Th> Status </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> <Th> Ref </Th> </Tr>

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