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

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

DATE(S): 1979–82

VENUE: Ohio

VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1980 VENUE: Buffalo, N.Y. VICTIMS:

Eight

Two

MO: Four young couples killed while out on dates MO: Black taxi drivers found with hearts excised DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER sus-

pected

Unknown
AKA: Original Nightstalker

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

Unknown

Sex./Sad.

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

DATE(S): 1979–84 VENUE: Orange and Ventura

DATE(S): 1980–81 VENUE: Jesup, Ga. VICTIMS:

Counties, Calif. VICTIMS: 10

Four

MO: Victims, usually couples, bludgeoned during MO: Unexplained deaths of half-siblings with same home invasions; female victims raped; crimes linked father

by DNA evidence

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1980–82 VENUE: Atlanta, Ga. VIC-

cult

TIMS: Seven+

DATE(S): 1980s VENUE: Yunguyo, Peru VIC-

MO: Black women stabbed repeatedly after sex

TIMS: “Numerous”

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Seasonal human sacrifices; victims painted/mutilated

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

Sex./Sad.

Unknown

DATE(S): 1980–83 VENUE: Adelaide, Australia

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

VICTIMS: Six

Sex./Sad.

MO: Sex slayer of teenage males; two victims dismem-DATE(S): 1980 VENUE: Detroit, Mich. VICTIMS:

bered

18

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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Unknown
AKA: I-10 Killer

DATE(S): early 1980s VENUE: Lahore, Pakistan

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

VICTIMS: 10

DATE(S): 1980–90 VENUE: United States VICTIMS: MO: Night watchmen killed with lethal injections 20

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Female prostitutes and hitchhikers buried in shallow graves along Interstate Highway 10, between
Unknown

California and Florida

SEX: Unk.

RACE: Unk.

TYPE: N

MOTIVE: Unk.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police suspect long-haul DATE(S): 1981–86 VENUE: Utah/Pa./Conn. VIC-trucker

TIMS: Three

MO: Young men shot; genitals severed and missing
Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1980–98 VENUE: County Wicklow, Ire-

Unknown

land VICTIMS: Six to nine

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

MO: Six women aged 17–26 missing within a 30-mile DATE(S): 1981–1999 VENUE: Ohio/Pa. VICTIMS:

area, 1995–98; police theorize links to three rape-27

murders of women aged 23–30 in same region

MO: Female prostitutes, 21 black and six white, killed between 1980 and 1992.

and dumped nude along isolated roads between

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Geauga County, Ohio, and Crawford County, Pa.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

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

DATE(S): 1981 VENUE: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. VIC-

DATE(S): 1982 VENUE: Hollywood, Calif. VIC-

TIMS: Three

TIMS: Two

MO: Murder of black females, age 13–30; at least one MO: Teenage boys strangled, dumped beside Holly-bludgeoned

wood Freeway

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1981 VENUE: Oklahoma City, Ok. VIC-

DATE(S): 1980s–2002 VENUE: Northwest Territo-

TIMS: Four

ries, Canada VICTIMS: 78

MO: Girls age 13–16 vanished from Okla. State Fair MO: Murdered and missing women, cases jointly

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

investigated by Project Kare

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1981–82 VENUE: Richland, Ga. VIC-

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

TIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1982 VENUE: Toronto, Canada VIC-

MO: Teenage girls abducted/killed by nocturnal home TIMS: Four

invader

MO: Rape-slayer of women age 19–38

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1981–83 VENUE: Salem, Ore. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1982 VENUE: New York City VICTIMS:

Six

Five

MO: Random murders of females age nine to 32; at MO: Women age 21–41 strangled; at least one raped least three shot

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

SEX: M RACE: Undisclosed TYPE: T MOTIVE:

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

Unk.

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DATE(S): 1982 VENUE: Los Angeles, Calif. VIC-

DATE(S): 1983–84 VENUE: New York City VIC-

TIMS: Two killed

TIMS: Seven

MO: Random street shootings

MO: Adult males shot with same weapon in/around DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Pennsylvania Railroad Station in apparently random attacks

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1982–83 VENUE: Battle Creek, Mich.

Unknown

VICTIMS: Three

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

MO: Young women murdered; police suspect Satanists DATE(S): 1983–84 VENUE: Portland, Ore. VIC-DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Four

MO: Stalker of black prostitutes

Unknown
AKA: Prostitute Hunter

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

Sex./Sad.

Unknown

DATE(S): 1982–83 VENUE: Lisbon, Portugal VIC-

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

TIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1983–91 VENUE: San Francisco area

MO: Torture-slayer of young female prostitutes VICTIMS: Five

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Girls age four to 13 abducted and murdered DISPOSITION: Unsolved (suspect named, but not

Unknown
AKA: Mad Killers of Brabant

charged)

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

Unknown
AKA: Great Basin Killer

felony

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

DATE(S): 1982–85 VENUE: Brabant, Belgium VIC-

Sex./Sad.

TIMS: 28

DATE(S): 1983–97 VENUE: Idaho/Nev./Utah/Wyo.

MO: Holdup gang; victims killed in supermarket rob-VICTIMS: “At least nine”

beries

MO: Female motorists and hitchhikers stripped, raped, DISPOSITION: Unsolved

and murdered in patterns of “overkill”; several shot repeatedly with small-caliber firearms; many corpses
Unknown

ritually posed near highways

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1982–89 VENUE: N.Mex./Mnt./Okla./Ala.

VICTIMS: Four

Unknown

MO: Roman Catholic priests abducted and murdered SEX: Unk.

RACE: Unk.

TYPE: T

MOTIVE:

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unk.

DATE(S): 1983–2004 VENUE: Edmonton, Canada

Unknown

VICTIMS: 18+

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

MO: Female prostitutes murdered and missing

DATE(S): 1982–92 VENUE: Ontario, Canada VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Six

MO: Women killed, dumped in rural lover’s lanes
Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1984–85 VENUE: Ft. Worth, Tex. VIC-

Unknown

TIMS: Five

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

MO: Females age 15–23 abducted/killed; at least one DATE(S): 1983–84 VENUE: Alameda County, Calif.

shot

VICTIMS: Four

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Teenage girls murdered

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown
(Prince Georges Hospital)

SEX: Unk.

RACE: Unk.

TYPE: S

MOTIVE:

Unknown
AKA: .25-caliber Killer; Penn Station Unk.

Sniper

DATE(S): 1984–85 VENUE: Prince Georges County, SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

Md. VICTIMS: 22–50+

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MO: Patients killed with potassium injections

DATE(S): 1985 VENUE: New York City VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; nurse Jane Bolding con-

Two

fessed one murder, then recanted; charges dismissed MO: Older women killed with ax in hotel rooms

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

SEX: Unk.

RACE: Unk.

TYPE: T

MOTIVE:

Unknown

Unk.

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

DATE(S): 1984–85 VENUE: El Paso, Tex. VIC-

DATE(S): 1985–86 VENUE: Queens, N.Y. VIC-

TIMS: Three

TIMS: Three

MO: Taxi drivers killed (one) or missing (two) MO: Hispanic gay males robbed/beaten/strangled in DISPOSITION: Unsolved

their homes

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1984–85 VENUE: Montreal, Canada

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

VICTIMS: Four

DATE(S): 1985–86 VENUE: Salt Lake City, Utah

MO: Boys age four to 12 molested, then stabbed, VICTIMS: Three

beaten, or drowned

MO: Women in their 20s killed stabbed and shot DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown
(Gilmore Lane Convalescent Hospital)
Unknown

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: S MOTIVE: Unk.

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

DATE(S): 1984–85 VENUE: Oroville, Calif. VIC-

DATE(S): 1985–86 VENUE: Honolulu, Hawaii

TIMS: 49 suspected

VICTIMS: 5

MO: “Suspicious” deaths of elderly patients

MO: Rape-strangler of women

DISPOSITION: Results of investigation unpublished; DISPOSITION: Unsolved

no charges

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1985–87 VENUE: British

DATE(S): 1984–91 VENUE: Galveston County, Tex.

Columbia/Alberta, Canada VICTIMS: Five

VICTIMS: Six

MO: Murders of female prostitutes and strippers MO: Females aged 16–23 beaten, strangled, and

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

dumped within a one-mile radius

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1985–88 VENUE: San Diego, Calif. VIC-

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

TIMS: 10+

DATE(S): 1984–92 VENUE: Ark./Pa./Tenn./Miss./Ky.

MO: Slayer of females age 19–36, mostly strangled VICTIMS: Six to 12

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; speculative link to “GREEN

MO: Redheaded women strangled/suffocated, dumped RIVER KILLER”

along highways

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown
AKA: Bergie Killings

DATE(S): 1985–90 VENUE: Inkster, Mich. VIC-

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

TIMS: Six

DATE(S): Mid-1980s VENUE: Cape Town, South

MO: Black female prostitutes murdered

Africa VICTIMS: Three+

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Male vagrants shot in alleys with same pistol DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown
AKA: Snohomish Valley Killer

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1985–93 VENUE: Snohomish County,

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

Wash. VICTIMS: 41 suspected

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MO: Young women dead and missing, including many
Unknown
AKA: Twin Cities Killer

prostitutes

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; link to “GREEN RIVER” case Sex./Sad.

possible

DATE(S): 1986–94 VENUE: Minneapolis/St. Paul,

Minn. VICTIMS: 34

Unknown

MO: Murders of women, mostly prostitutes; some SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

mutilated

DATE(S): 1985–96 VENUE: Atlanta, Ga. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: 10

MO: Female prostitutes murdered

Unknown
AKA: Last Call Killer

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1986–94 VENUE: New York City VIC-

Unknown
AKA: Negev Desert Psychopath

TIMS: Six

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

MO: Gay men aged 26–57 lured from New York City DATE(S): 1985–97 VENUE: Negev Desert, Israel