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prosecution

DISPOSITION: First murder trial imposed a 20-year sentence; trial judge dismissed and replaced for sec-Shearing, David William (1959– )

ond trial; executed on conviction of 20 murders, SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

April 20, 2004

DATE(S): 1983 VENUE: British Columbia VIC-

TIMS: Six

Shapiro, Jacob
(1899–1947) AKA: Gurrah

MO: Killed four adult campers aged 40–66; took two SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

of their daughters, aged 11 and 13, as sex slaves, DATE(S): 1920s–36 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS:

then murdered them later

“Numerous”

DISPOSITION: Received six concurrent life terms with MO: Labor racketeer and sadistic gangland killer a 25-year minimum, April 17, 1984

DISPOSITION: Life term in N.Y., 1936; died in prison, 1947

Shekhar, Shashi
(1976– )

SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE-felony

Sharafudin
(?–?) AKA: Butcher of Hooshiarpore DATE(S): 1995–96 VENUE: India VICTIMS: Four

SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

MO: Strangled household maids and robbed the homes DATE(S): 1850s–60s VENUE: India VICTIMS: 14+

of their employers

MO: “Notorious poisoner” of intended robbery vic-DISPOSITION: Received four consecutive life terms in tims; one report by British officer alludes to “hun-two murder trials, the second completed on April dreds” poisoned, though a majority of those

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poisoned apparently survived

DISPOSITION: “Baffled pursuit”; never captured
Shepherd, Joseph
(?– )

SEX: M RACE: ? TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

Shawcross, Arthur John
(1945– )

DATE(S): 1992/94 VENUE: Tenn. VICTIMS: Two

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

MO: Killed first victim in 1992; teen girl killed in 1994

DATE(S): 1972/1988–89 VENUE: Rochester, N.Y.

DISPOSITION: Convicted on first count (overturned VICTIMS: 13

on appeal); condemned, 1994 (commuted, 1995)

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Sherman, Lydia
(1825–79) AKA: Queen Poisoner MO: AWOL sailor; shot male adults in unprovoked SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

attacks

DATE(S): 1864–71

VENUE: N.Y./Conn.

VIC-

DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1973

TIMS: 10

MO: “Black widow” poisoner of husbands and chil-Shulman, Robert (1954– )

dren for life insurance

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

DISPOSITION: Life sentence; died in prison May 16, DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: New York City VICTIMS:

1879

Five

MO: Dismembered female prostitutes from Queens,
Shikder, Ershad
(d. 2004)

leaving remains in trash bins throughout Brooklyn SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE-and Westchester County

DISPOSITION: Condemned on three counts, May 7, felony

1999

DATE(S): 1984–2004 VENUE: Khulna, Bangladesh

VICTIMS: 79+

Sides, Mervin
(?– )

MO: Criminal “godfather” and enforcer for political SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

interests who also killed personal enemies; body-DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Nev./Okla. VICTIMS:

guards report that he committed at least 20 murders Eight confessed; three confirmed

personally and ordered 59; arrested after he killed a MO: Executed victims of kidnap-robberies

member of the ruling political clique

DISPOSITION: Life without parole on two counts in DISPOSITION: Hanged on conviction of seven mur-Okla., 1990; life with 15 years minimum in Nev., ders, May 11, 2004

1993; accomplice Bill Harris sentenced to life without parole in Okla.

Shipin, Sergei
(1975– )

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

Sidyno, Samuel
(1962– ) AKA: Capital Park Killer DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: St. Petersburg, Russia SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

VICTIMS: 10

DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Pretoria, South Africa MO: Serial rapist who attacked 12 women, killing 10; VICTIMS: Seven

several murder victims were cannibalized

MO: Alleged strangler of two females and five males DISPOSITION: Confessed his crimes in November

aged 12–25; female victims were raped

1999; sentence unknown

DISPOSITION: Received seven life terms on Sept. 6, 2000

Shobek, Michiah
(1954–76)

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-

Siebert, Daniel Lee
(1955– )

cific

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

DATE(S): 1976 VENUE: Nassau, Bahamas VIC-

DATE(S): 1979/85–86 VENUE: Nev./N.J./Calif./Ala.

TIMS: Three

VICTIMS: 11+

MO: Stabbed male American tourists, describing them MO: Stabbed gay man (1979); strangled women and children

as “angels of Lucifer”

DISPOSITION: Convicted of manslaughter, 1979

DISPOSITION: Hanged Oct. 19, 1976

(paroled 1985); condemned in Ala., 1987

Short, Luke
(1854–93) AKA: Understaker’s Friend
Siegel, Benjamin
(1905–47) AKA: Bugsy

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/PC

DATE(S): 1876–90 VENUE: Kans./Colo./Tex. VIC-

DATE(S): 1920s–40s VENUE: N.Y./N.J./Calif. VICTIMS: 10+

TIMS: “Numerous”

MO: Bootlegger, gambler, and gunfighter

MO: Psychopathic racketeer; insisted on personal DISPOSITION: Died of dropsy at age 39

involvement in murders even after elevation to

“boss” status

Shreeves, Bruce Henderson
(1951– )

DISPOSITION: Murdered for embezzling mob money, SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-June 20, 1947

specific

DATE(S): 1973 VENUE: Montgomery County, Md.

Sigsbee, Donald M.
(1935– )

VICTIMS: Two

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

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DATE(S): 1973–76 VENUE: Madison County, N.Y.

DATE(S): 1986–94 VENUE: Cape Town, South

VICTIMS: Five alleged

Africa VICTIMS: 22

MO: Rape-slayer of female hitchhikers aged 12–21

MO: Gay slayer of young boys; chose mixed-race victims DISPOSITION: Received sentence of 25 years to life on DISPOSITION: 25 years on one count; increased to life one murder count, April 20, 2004

term on appeal

Silva, Mauricio Rodriguez
(1960– )

Sims, Paula Marie
(1959– )

SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-

DATE(S): 1978/84 VENUE: Los Angeles, Calif.

cific

VICTIMS: Four

DATE(S): 1986/89 VENUE: Ill. VICTIMS: Two

MO: Shot three teenagers and strangled his own half-MO: Killed her own infant children, blaming “masked sister

intruders”

DISPOSITION: Convicted of manslaughter, 1978

DISPOSITION: Life without parole, 1990

(paroled 1984); condemned on three counts, 1985; commuted to life, April 2001

Sinclair, Angus
(1945– )

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

Silveria, Robert Joseph
(1958– ) AKA: Boxcar Killer DATE(S): 1977–80 VENUE: Scotland VICTIMS:

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE

12+ alleged

DATE(S): 1980s–96 VENUE:

MO: Rape slayer of young women abducted from or Ore./Mont./Utah/Wash./Calif./Ariz./Kans./Fla.

near urban bars

VICTIMS: 14+

DISPOSITION: Received life sentence in 1982 for 14

MO: Transient who murdered other hoboes

sexual assaults on girls aged 6–14 during 1978–79; DISPOSITION: Two consecutive life terms in Ore., received second life term on one count of murder, 1998

2001; DNA links him to other slayings

Simmons, Beoria Abraham, III
(1954– )

Sinclair, Charles T.
(d. 1990)

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

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE-felony

DATE(S): 1981–83 VENUE: Louisville, Ky. VIC-

DATE(S): 1980–90 VENUE: U.S./Canada VIC-

TIMS: Three

TIMS: 12

MO: Rape-slayer of white women kidnapped and shot MO: Executed coin shop proprietors in robberies DISPOSITION: Condemned

across seven U.S. states and British Columbia

DISPOSITION: Died of heart attack in jail before trial,
Simmons, Willie
(1964– )

Aug. 1990

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-

cific

Singh, Dara
(?– )

DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: St. Louis, Mo. VICTIMS:

SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-

Two

extremist

MO: Bludgeoned/strangled women during home inva-DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Eastern India VICTIMS:

sions

Three

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1989

MO: Hindu extremist who led mobs against spokesmen for other religions in the Keonihar and

Simon, Robert R.
(1950– ) AKA: Mudman

Mayurbhani districts; burned to death an Australian SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sex.

missionary and his two young sons; later lynched a DATE(S): 1971–95 VENUE: Pa./N.J./Va. VICTIMS:

Muslim merchant and torched his store

Seven+ suspected

DISPOSITION: Singh condemned on three counts,

MO: Outlaw biker and career criminal; shot woman Sept. 22, 2003; 12 unnamed accomplices received who resisted sex (1974); killed police officer follow-life prison terms at the same time

ing robbery (1995)

DISPOSITION: 10–20 years in Pa., 1982 (paroled
Siswanto
(?– ) AKA: Robot Gedek

1995); condemned in N.J., 1997

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

DATE(S): 1994–96 VENUE: Indonesia VICTIMS:

Simons, Norman Afzal
(1974– ) AKA: Station 12 confessed

Strangler

MO: Pedophile mutilator of boys age nine to 15

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

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1997

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Smallwood, Frederick Baker, Sr.
(1944– ) DATE(S): 1974/1994 VENUE: Ohio/N.J. VIC-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

TIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1991/95 VENUE: Ga./Va. VICTIMS:

MO: Bluebeard slayer of wives reported missing 20

Two

years apart; remains of first wife found 1980, identi-MO: Baptist minister and “Bluebeard” slayer of fied in 2000; second wife still missing

women for profit

DISPOSITION: Convicted of first wife’s murder in DISPOSITION: Life sentence in Va., 1995

Ohio; received a term of 15 years to life on July 19, 2001; held responsible for second wife’s death in a
Smith, Benjamin Nathaniel
(1978–99)

New Jersey civil lawsuit, Dec. 21, 2000

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-

extremist

Smith, Joseph Clarence, Jr.
(1949– )

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Ill./Ind. VICTIMS: Two

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

MO: Neo-Nazi cultist who targeted racial/ethnic DATE(S): 1975–76 VENUE: Phoenix, Ariz. VIC-minorities in drive-by shootings; shot 10 victims, TIMS: Two

killing two

MO: Stabbed/suffocated teenage female hitchhikers DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot during police pur-DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, pled guilty suit near Salem, Ill., on July 3, 1999

on second, 1977

Smith, Charles
(?– )

Smith, Lemuel Warren
(?– )

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-

SEX: M RACE: ? TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE-felony

specific

DATE(S): 1976–81 VENUE: N.Y. VICTIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1958 VENUE: Miami, Fla. VICTIMS:

MO: Shot two holdup victims; beat/strangled female Two

prison guard

MO: Shot male victims without apparent motive

DISPOSITION: three life terms, 1977; condemned DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1958

1983; sentence commuted

Smith, Frank Lee
(1947– )

Smith, Mark Alan
(1949– )

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE/Sex.

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

DATE(S): 1960/65/85 VENUE: Broward County, Fla.

DATE(S): 1966–70 VENUE: South

VICTIMS: Three

Korea/Germany/U.S. VICTIMS: 15–20

MO: Stabbed boy in argument; shot holdup victim; MO: Rape-slayer of young women on three continents raped/killed eight-year-old girl

DISPOSITION: 11 months juvenile detention,

DISPOSITION: 500 years for three counts in Ill., 1971

1960–61; life term, 1966; condemned, 1985

Smith, Ned
(?– )

Smith, George Joseph
(1872–1915) AKA: Brides-inSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE

the-bath Murderer

DATE(S): 1981–1990 VENUE: Sydney, Australia

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

VICTIMS: More than seven

DATE(S): 1912–14 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

MO: Syndicate mobster who killed a trucker in a road-Three

rage incident; later confessed six other slayings to a MO:“Bluebeard” slayer of wives for profit, drowning prison cellmate

each in the bathtub as staged “accidents”

DISPOSITION: Life sentence for the trucker’s murder, DISPOSITION: Hanged Aug. 13, 1915

1990; turned state’s evidence against fellow gangsters, 1993; indicted on four additional murder
Smith, Gerald
(d. 1990)

counts, 1995; received another life prison term, Sep-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

tember 1998

DATE(S): 1980s VENUE: Mo. VICTIMS: Two

MO: Beat ex-girlfriend to death, 1980; stabbed prison
Smith, Philip John
(1966– ) AKA: Big Foot inmate

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

DISPOSITION: Condemned on both counts; executed DATE(S): 1985–2000 VENUE: U.K./Ireland VIC-Jan. 18, 1990