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2021 Summary

2021 events By Month

5 events related to serial killers occurred in 2021.

3 events in February
2 events in March

2021 Summary

3 serial killers died: Anthony Sowell, Roger Kibbe, and Joseph Edward Duncan.
2 other events

2021 March Summary

March 2021 Summary

1 serial killer died: Joseph Edward Duncan.
1 other event

2021 March 28

deaths

Joseph Edward Duncan (Age 58) cause of death: stage IV brain cancer, glioblastoma at United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana, US.

2021 March 18

Events

Herbert Mullin (Age 73) denied parole
Location: Parole Board, Santa Cruz District Attorney, Santa Cruz, CA, US

Herbert Mullin was denied parole for the 11th time at a parole hearing at the Mule Creek Prison in Ione, California.

2021 February Summary

February 2021 Summary

2 serial killers died: Anthony Sowell, and Roger Kibbe.
1 other event

2021 February 28

Events

Roger Kibbe (Age 81) Jason Budrow confessed to murdering Roger Kibbe
Location: Mule Creek State Prison, Ione, California, US

Jason Budrow confessed to murdering Roger Kibbe in a five page letter. Budrow strangled Roger Kibbe to death “with a triangle choke hold” the same day they became cellmates at Mule Creek State Prison.

deaths

Roger Kibbe (Age 81) cause of death: homicide by strangulation at Mule Creek State Prison, Ione, California, US.

2021 February 08

deaths

Anthony Sowell (Age 61) cause of death: terminal illness at Franklin Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, US.

2020 Summary

2020 events By Month

16 events related to serial killers occurred in 2020.

6 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in August
1 events in October
2 events in November
3 events in December

2020 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Apichai Ongwisit.
1 serial killer was arrested: Apichai Ongwisit.
2 serial killers were convicted: Joseph James DeAngelo, and Takahiro Shiraishi.
3 serial killers died: Lonnie David Franklin, Peter Sutcliffe, and Samuel Little.
9 other events

2020 December Summary

December 2020 Summary

1 serial killer died: Samuel Little.
1 serial killer was convicted: Takahiro Shiraishi.
1 other event

2020 December 30

deaths

Samuel Little (Age 80) cause of death: natural causes at a Los Angeles County area hospital in Los Angeles, California, US.

2020 December 29

Events

Billy Chemirmir (Age 48) 18th capital murder charge
Location: Dallas County grand jury, Dallas, Texas, US

A Dallas County grand jury indicted Chemirmir on his 18th capital murder charge.

2020 December 15

Convictions

Takahiro Shiraishi sentenced to death by hanging at a prison in Tokyo, Japan.

2020 November Summary

November 2020 Summary

1 serial killer died: Peter Sutcliffe.
1 other event

2020 November 13

deaths

Peter Sutcliffe (Age 74) cause of death: natural causes, COVID-19 at University Hospital of North Durham, England, UK.

2020 November 03

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 74) prison admission date
Location: North Kern State Prison (NKSP), Delano, California, US

Inmate BM4015, Joseph James DeAngelo, arrived at North Kern State Prison (NKSP), Delano, California, US

2020 October Summary

October 2020 Summary

1 other event

2020 October 01

Events

Takahiro Shiraishi pled guilty to 9 murders
Location: Tokyo District Court Tachikawa branch Tokyo, Japan

Takahiro Shiraishi pled guilty to 9 murders at a court appearance at the Tokyo District Court Tachikawa branch in Tokyo, Japan

2020 August Summary

August 2020 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Joseph James DeAngelo.

2020 August 21

Convictions

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 74) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at North Kern State Prison (NKSP), Delano, California, US.

2020 March Summary

March 2020 Summary

1 serial killer died: Lonnie David Franklin.

2020 March 28

deaths

Lonnie David Franklin (Age 67) cause of death: pending the results of an autopsy, but there were no signs of trauma at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

2020 February Summary

February 2020 Summary

1 other event

2020 February 19

Events

Faryion Wardrip (Age 60) appeal hearing
Location: Courtroom 1546, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Dallas, Texas, US

Docket No. 18-70016, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Faryion Wardrip v. Lorie Davis, Director

2020 January Summary

January 2020 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Apichai Ongwisit.
5 other events

2020 January 23

Events

Apichai Ongwisit Authorities search property
Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Divers retrieved 30 additional pieces of human bones from a pond on Apichai Ongwisit's property.

2020 January 17

Events

Apichai Ongwisit Authorities search property
Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Divers retrieved 288 additional pieces of human bones from a pond on Apichai Ongwisit's property.

2020 January 16

Events

Apichai Ongwisit Authorities search property
Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Divers retrieved 28 pieces of human ribs and hair from a pond on Apichai Ongwisit's property. The victim is believed to belong to a girl aged between 17 and 18.
Genene Jones (Age 69) sentenced date
Location: Bexar County, Texas, US

Offense: MURDER-NON FAMILY, BEXAR, Case No. 2017CR5730

2020 January 09

Events

Apichai Ongwisit arrested
Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Warinthorn Chaiyachet's body found wrapped in a plastic bag, buried in a garden on Apichai Ongwisit's property.

Arrests

Apichai Ongwisit

2019 Summary

2019 events By Month

25 events related to serial killers occurred in 2019.

5 events in January
1 events in February
4 events in March
2 events in April
2 events in May
6 events in June
1 events in July
1 events in October

2019 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Apichai Ongwisit.
2 serial killers ended their killing spree: DeAngelo Martin, and Kaluwa Patel.
2 serial killers were executed: Gao Chengyong, and Bobby Joe Long.
3 serial killers were convicted: Bruce McArthur, Johnny Avalos, and Nikos Metaxas.
3 serial killers were arrested: Kaluwa Patel, Nikos Metaxas, and DeAngelo Martin.
6 serial killers died: Gao Chengyong, Duke Pierson, Juan Vallejo Corona, Angus Sinclair, Bobby Joe Long, and Ivan Milat.
8 other events

2019 October Summary

October 2019 Summary

1 serial killer died: Ivan Milat.

2019 October 27

deaths

Ivan Milat (Age 74) cause of death: natural causes, esophageal cancer at Long Bay Correctional Centre, prison in New South Wales, Australia.

2019 July Summary

July 2019 Summary

1 other event

2019 July 16

Events

DeAngelo Martin (Age 34) preliminary hearing
Location: a Wayne County courtroom in Detroit, Michigan, US

DeAngelo Martin appeared at a preliminary hearing in connection with rape and attempted murder charges that allegedly took place on May 7, 2019.

2019 June Summary

June 2019 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: DeAngelo Martin.
1 serial killer was convicted: Nikos Metaxas.
4 other events

2019 June 24

Convictions

Nikos Metaxas sentenced to life imprisonment, seven terms at the Central Jail of Nicosia in the Republic of Cyprus.

2019 June 22

Events

Michael Madison (Age 41) Madison's mother, Diane Madison, murdered
Location: Diane Madison's home in East Cleveland, Ohio, US

Diane Madison, mother of serial killer Michael Madison, was murdered by her grandson, Jaylen Latrell Plummer. Plummer is charged with murder after stabbing to death his 62-year-old grandmother, Diane Madison. Plummer is also charged with felonious assault for stabbing his 10-year-old sister, 12-year-old brother and 10-year-old cousin as they slept at Diane Madison's home in East Cleveland, Ohio.

2019 June 20

Events

DeAngelo Martin (Age 34) probable cause conference
Location: the 36th District Court in Detroit, Michigan, US

Deangelo Martin attended a probable cause conference in connection with four counts of criminal sexual conduct and assault with intent to murder in a case not connected to the killings of at least three women whose bodies were found in vacant houses on Detroit's east side.

2019 June 10

Events

DeAngelo Martin (Age 34) arraignment
Location: the 36th District Court in Detroit, Michigan, US

Deangelo Kenneth Martin, 34, was arraigned in 36th District Court on four counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of assault with intent to murder. He was denied bond and remanded into custody in the Wayne County Jail.

2019 June 07

Arrests

DeAngelo Martin (Age 34)

2019 June 06

Events

Terry Rasmussen (Age 75) identities of three of the four barrel victims revealed
Location: New Hampshire DMV, Concord, New Hampshire, US

Authorities reveal the identities of three of the victims found in barrels in 1985 and 2000. The oldest victim, a woman, was identified as Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch. Her children, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn and Sarah Lynn McWaters were identified as the oldest and youngest of the three children found. The identity of the four victim, a child, "the middle aged child", remains unknown.

2019 May Summary

May 2019 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Bobby Joe Long.
1 serial killer died: Bobby Joe Long.

2019 May 23

Executions

Bobby Joe Long (Age 65) executed by lethal injection at Union Correctional Institution, Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

deaths

Bobby Joe Long (Age 65) cause of death: executed by lethal injection at Union Correctional Institution, Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

2019 April Summary

April 2019 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Nikos Metaxas.
1 other event

2019 April 18

Arrests

Nikos Metaxas

2019 April 10

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 73) court proceeding
Location: Sacramento Superior Court, Sacramento, California, US

Six district attorneys agreed to consolidate the case to Sacramento. Prosecutors announced they will be seeking the death penalty against the Golden State Killer suspect Joseph DeAngelo.

2019 March Summary

March 2019 Summary

2 serial killers died: Juan Vallejo Corona, and Angus Sinclair.
2 other events

2019 March 23

Events

Billy Chemirmir (Age 46) immigration detainer
Location: Dallas County Jail, Dallas County, Texas, US

Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed an immigration detainer with the Dallas County (Texas) Jail on Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir, 45, a citizen of Kenya and a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., after he was charged with capital murder.

2019 March 21

Events

Jack Harold Jones (Age 54) DNA match in Harrison case
Location: a Broward County Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

Broward County prosecutors asked a judge Thursday, March 21, 2019, to dismiss the 1985 conviction of Ronald Stewart for the murder of 20-year-old Regina Harrison. They say the real killer was Jack Jones, who was executed in 2017 for a 1995 Arkansas murder.

2019 March 11

deaths

Angus Sinclair cause of death: bronchopneumonia, ischaemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease at HM Prison Glenochil near Tullibody, Scotland, United Kingdom.

2019 March 04

deaths

Juan Vallejo Corona (Age 85) cause of death: natural causes at a unnamed hospital in California, US.

2019 February Summary

February 2019 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Johnny Avalos.

2019 February 19

Convictions

Johnny Avalos (Age 32) sentenced to life imprisonment, two terms at the James H. Byrd Jr. Unit in Huntsville, Texas, US.

2019 January Summary

January 2019 Summary

2 serial killers died: Gao Chengyong, and Duke Pierson.
1 serial killer was arrested: Kaluwa Patel.
1 serial killer was executed: Gao Chengyong.
1 serial killer was convicted: Bruce McArthur.

2019 January 29

Convictions

Bruce McArthur (Age 67) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for twenty-five years at Toronto South Detention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2019 January 25

Arrests

Kaluwa Patel

2019 January 22

deaths

Duke Pierson (Age 85) cause of death: natural causes at his home in Straughn, Alabama, US.

2019 January 03

Executions

Gao Chengyong (Age 54) executed at Baiyin, prefecture-level city in Gansu, China.

deaths

Gao Chengyong (Age 54) cause of death: capital punishment, executed at Baiyin, prefecture-level city in Gansu, China.

2018 Summary

2018 events By Month

46 events related to serial killers occurred in 2018.

2 events in January
1 events in February
4 events in March
4 events in April
3 events in May
1 events in July
2 events in August
5 events in September
4 events in November
3 events in December

2018 Summary

6 serial killers started their killing spree: Juan David Ortiz, Kaluwa Patel, DeAngelo Martin, Jose Rodriguez, Ramon Escobar, and The Transgender Killer.
11 serial killers ended their killing spree: Juan David Ortiz, The Transgender Killer, Bruce McArthur, Aadesh Khamra, Delano Forbes, Hamdi Kayapinar, Billy Chemirmir, Nikos Metaxas, Sunil Kumar, Jose Rodriguez, and Ramon Escobar.
1 serial killer was executed: Carlton Gary.
6 serial killers were convicted: Gao Chengyong, Darren Deon Vann, Shawn Grate, Mikhail Popkov, Kwauhuru Govan, and Rodney Halbower.
7 serial killers died: Anthony Allen Shore, Serhiy Tkach, Andrew Urdiales, Dennis Nilsen, Gong Runbo, Carlton Gary, and M. Jaishankar.
10 serial killers were arrested: Howell Donaldson, Sunil Kumar, Bruce McArthur, Ramon Escobar, Aadesh Khamra, Billy Chemirmir, Hamdi Kayapinar, Joseph James DeAngelo, Juan David Ortiz, and Jose Rodriguez.
5 other events

2018 December Summary

December 2018 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Mikhail Popkov.
1 serial killer died: Gong Runbo.
1 other event

2018 December 31

deaths

Gong Runbo cause of death: capital punishment, executed by gunshot to the head at a prison in Heilongjiang Province, China.

2018 December 10

Convictions

Mikhail Popkov (Age 54) sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison in Russia.

2018 December 06

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 73) court proceeding
Location: Sacramento Superior Court, Sacramento, California, US

Joseph James DeAngelo appeared in Sacramento Superior Court before Judge Michael Sweet.

2018 November Summary

November 2018 Summary

2 serial killers died: Andrew Urdiales, and Serhiy Tkach.
2 serial killers were arrested: Sunil Kumar, and Howell Donaldson.

2018 November 28

Arrests

Howell Donaldson (Age 25)

2018 November 19

Arrests

Sunil Kumar

2018 November 04

deaths

Serhiy Tkach (Age 66) cause of death: natural causes, heart attack at Prison No. 8 of Zhytomyr in the Ukraine.

2018 November 02

deaths

Andrew Urdiales (Age 54) cause of death: suicide, hanging in prison cell at San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, US.

2018 September Summary

September 2018 Summary

3 serial killers were arrested: Aadesh Khamra, Juan David Ortiz, and Ramon Escobar.
2 serial killers were convicted: Kwauhuru Govan, and Rodney Halbower.

2018 September 24

Arrests

Ramon Escobar (Age 47)

2018 September 19

Convictions

Rodney Halbower (Age 70) sentenced to life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole at the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City, California, US.

2018 September 15

Arrests

Juan David Ortiz

2018 September 07

Arrests

Aadesh Khamra

Convictions

Kwauhuru Govan (Age 40) sentenced to twenty-five years to life in prison, awaiting one sentencing and one trial for a murder from 2005 at Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, US.

2018 August Summary

August 2018 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Hamdi Kayapinar.
1 other event

2018 August 23

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 72) arraignment
Location: Sacramento Superior Court, Sacramento, California, US

Joseph James DeAngelo appeared in Sacramento Superior Court before Judge Michael Sweet. DeAngelo’s was arraigned on a total of thirteen counts of murder and thirteen sexual assaults.

2018 August 07

Arrests

Hamdi Kayapinar

2018 July Summary

July 2018 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Jose Rodriguez.

2018 July 17

Arrests

Jose Rodriguez (Age 46)

2018 May Summary

May 2018 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Shawn Grate, and Darren Deon Vann.
1 serial killer died: Dennis Nilsen.

2018 May 12

deaths

Dennis Nilsen (Age 72) cause of death: natural causes, taken to the hospital after complaining of stomach pains, suffered a blood clot as a result of surgery complications at York Hospital in York, England.

2018 May 07

Convictions

Shawn Grate (Age 41) sentenced to death at Chillicothe Correctional Institution in Ross County, Ohio, US.

2018 May 04

Convictions

Darren Deon Vann (Age 47) sentenced to life imprisonment, seven concurrent terms at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Sullivan County, Indiana, US.

2018 April Summary

April 2018 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Joseph James DeAngelo.
3 other events

2018 April 25

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 72) arraignment
Location: Sacramento County, California, US

2018 April 24

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 72) DNA ran through the crime lab
Location: Sacramento County, California, US

Sacramento County Sheriff detectives picked up an item DeAngelo discarded in public and ran the DNA through the crime lab.

Arrests

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 72)

2018 April 20

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 72) DNA ran through the crime lab
Location: Sacramento County, California, US

Sacramento County Sheriff detectives picked up an item DeAngelo discarded in public and ran the DNA through the crime lab.

2018 March Summary

March 2018 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Billy Chemirmir.
1 serial killer was convicted: Gao Chengyong.
1 serial killer was executed: Carlton Gary.
1 serial killer died: Carlton Gary.

2018 March 30

Convictions

Gao Chengyong (Age 53) sentenced to death at a prison in Baiyin, Gansu, China.

2018 March 20

Arrests

Billy Chemirmir (Age 45)

2018 March 15

Executions

Carlton Gary (Age 67) executed by lethal injection at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison in Jackson, Butts County, Georgia, US.

deaths

Carlton Gary (Age 67) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by lethal injection at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison in Jackson, Butts County, Georgia, US.

2018 February Summary

February 2018 Summary

1 serial killer died: M. Jaishankar.

2018 February 27

deaths

M. Jaishankar at Bangalore, city in Karnataka, India.

2018 January Summary

January 2018 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Bruce McArthur.
1 serial killer died: Anthony Allen Shore.

2018 January 18

Arrests

Bruce McArthur (Age 66)

deaths

Anthony Allen Shore (Age 55) cause of death: executed by lethal injection at Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, US.

2017 Summary

2017 events By Month

32 events related to serial killers occurred in 2017.

1 events in March
2 events in April
3 events in May
3 events in June
1 events in July
2 events in September
3 events in October
3 events in November
2 events in December

2017 Summary

4 serial killers started their killing spree: Ryan Sharpe, Mario Normore, Howell Donaldson, and Takahiro Shiraishi.
8 serial killers ended their killing spree: Takahiro Shiraishi, Ryan Sharpe, Natalia Baksheev, Fredrick Demond Scott, Kwauhuru Govan, Dmitry Baksheev, Howell Donaldson, and Mario Normore.
1 serial killer was executed: Jack Harold Jones.
4 serial killers died: Donald Harvey, Jack Harold Jones, Ian Brady, and Mohan Kumar.
4 serial killers were convicted: Todd Kohlhepp, Elizabeth Wettlaufer, John Bittrolff, and William Devin Howell.
4 serial killers were arrested: Mario Normore, Takahiro Shiraishi, Rodney Halbower, and Delano Forbes.
7 other events

2017 December Summary

December 2017 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Delano Forbes.
1 other event

2017 December 18

Arrests

Delano Forbes

2017 December 07

Events

Genene Jones (Age 67) arraignment date
Location: Bexar County, Texas, US

Genene Jones pleaded not guilty to five murder charges during her arraignment in Bexar County court.

2017 November Summary

November 2017 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Rodney Halbower.
1 serial killer was convicted: William Devin Howell.
1 serial killer died: Mohan Kumar.

2017 November 20

Arrests

Rodney Halbower (Age 69)

2017 November 17

Convictions

William Devin Howell (Age 47) sentenced to life imprisonment, six consecutive terms at the Cheshire Correctional Institution in Cheshire, Connecticut, US.

2017 November 10

deaths

Mohan Kumar (Age 83)

2017 October Summary

October 2017 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Mario Normore, and Takahiro Shiraishi.
1 other event

2017 October 31

Arrests

Takahiro Shiraishi

2017 October 27

Arrests

Mario Normore (Age 26)

2017 October 25

Events

Genene Jones (Age 67) indicted on murder charge
Location: Bexar County, Texas, US

Offense: MURDER-NON FAMILY, BEXAR, Case No. 2017CR11745

2017 September Summary

September 2017 Summary

2 other events

2017 September 22

Events

John Bittrolff (Age 51) prison intake date
Location: Clinton Correctional Facility, Dannemora, New York, US

John Bittrolff was received as inmate at the Clinton Correctional Facility, in Dannemora, New York. See: NYS DOC DIN: 17A3925

2017 September 12

Events

John Bittrolff (Age 51) sentenced date
Location: Suffolk County, New York, US

John Bittrolff sentenced to two consecutive 25-years-to-life sentences for the murders of Rita Tangredi and Colleen McNamee.

2017 July Summary

July 2017 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: John Bittrolff.

2017 July 05

Convictions

John Bittrolff (Age 51) sentenced to twenty-five years to life in prison, two consecutive terms at Clinton Correctional Facility, Dannemora, New York, US.

2017 June Summary

June 2017 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Elizabeth Wettlaufer.
2 other events

2017 June 29

Events

Genene Jones (Age 66) indicted on two murder charges
Location: Bexar County, Texas, US

A Bexar County grand Jury indicted Genene Jones in the deaths of 8-month-old Richard Nelson and 4-month-old Patrick Zavala.

2017 June 26

Convictions

Elizabeth Wettlaufer (Age 50) sentenced to life imprisonment at Grand Valley Institution for Women, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

2017 June 21

Events

Genene Jones (Age 66) indicted on murder charge
Location: Bexar County, Texas, US

Jones was indicted and charged with murder in connection with 2-year-old Rosemary Vega's death.

2017 May Summary

May 2017 Summary

1 serial killer died: Ian Brady.
1 serial killer was convicted: Todd Kohlhepp.
1 other event

2017 May 26

Convictions

Todd Kohlhepp (Age 46) sentenced to life imprisonment, seven life terms, without the possibility of parole at Broad River Correctional Institute in Columbia, South Carolina, US.

2017 May 25

Events

Genene Jones (Age 66) indicted on murder charge
Location: Bexar County, Texas, US

A Bexar County grand jury indicted Genene Jones in the 1981 death of 11-month-old Joshua Sawyer.

2017 May 15

deaths

Ian Brady (Age 79) cause of death: natural causes, restrictive pulmonary disease at Ashworth Hospital, a high-security psychiatric hospital at Maghull in Merseyside, England.

2017 April Summary

April 2017 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Jack Harold Jones.
1 serial killer died: Jack Harold Jones.

2017 April 24

Executions

Jack Harold Jones (Age 52) executed by lethal injection at The Cummins Unit in Lincoln County, Arkansas, US.

deaths

Jack Harold Jones (Age 52) cause of death: executed by lethal injection at The Cummins Unit in Lincoln County, Arkansas, US.

2017 March Summary

March 2017 Summary

1 serial killer died: Donald Harvey.

2017 March 30

deaths

Donald Harvey (Age 64) cause of death: homicide, Beaten to death in prison at Toledo Correctional Institution, Toledo, Ohio, US.

2016 Summary

2016 events By Month

32 events related to serial killers occurred in 2016.

2 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in March
4 events in May
4 events in June
2 events in August
2 events in September
1 events in October
4 events in November
1 events in December

2016 Summary

4 serial killers started their killing spree: Fredrick Demond Scott, Billy Chemirmir, Nikos Metaxas, and James Dale Ritchie.
6 serial killers ended their killing spree: James Dale Ritchie, Elizabeth Wettlaufer, Shawn Grate, Todd Kohlhepp, Kelly Cochran, and Long Island Serial Killer.
3 serial killers died: Robert Black, Derrick Todd Lee, and James Dale Ritchie.
6 serial killers were arrested: Gao Chengyong, Shawn Grate, Elizabeth Wettlaufer, Todd Kohlhepp, Kwauhuru Govan, and Bradley Robert Edwards.
7 serial killers were convicted: Salvatore Perrone, Michael Madison, Tiago Gomes da Rocha, Khangayi Sedumedi, Dellen Millard, Lonnie David Franklin, and Stephen John Port.
6 other events

2016 December Summary

December 2016 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Bradley Robert Edwards.

2016 December 22

Arrests

Bradley Robert Edwards

2016 November Summary

November 2016 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Todd Kohlhepp, and Kwauhuru Govan.
1 serial killer died: James Dale Ritchie.
1 serial killer was convicted: Stephen John Port.

2016 November 25

Convictions

Stephen John Port (Age 41) sentenced to life imprisonment at HM Prison Belmarsh in Thamesmead, London, England.

2016 November 14

Arrests

Kwauhuru Govan (Age 38)

2016 November 12

deaths

James Dale Ritchie (Age 40) cause of death: shot during a gunfight with Anchorage Police Department at the corner of 5th Avenue and Cordova Street in Anchorage, Alaska, US.

2016 November 03

Arrests

Todd Kohlhepp (Age 45)

2016 October Summary

October 2016 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Elizabeth Wettlaufer.

2016 October 25

Arrests

Elizabeth Wettlaufer (Age 49)

2016 September Summary

September 2016 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Shawn Grate.
1 other event

2016 September 20

Events

Rodney Alcala (Age 73) charged with murder in Thornton case
Location: Wyoming, US

Rodney Alcala charged in slaying of pregnant woman in Wyoming, Christine Ruth Thornton, 28, of San Antonio. Alcala is suspected to have met Thornton and killed her while on a road trip, then buried her on a ranch in Granger, Wyoming.

2016 September 13

Arrests

Shawn Grate (Age 40)

2016 August Summary

August 2016 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Gao Chengyong.
1 serial killer was convicted: Lonnie David Franklin.

2016 August 26

Arrests

Gao Chengyong (Age 51)

2016 August 10

Convictions

Lonnie David Franklin (Age 63) sentenced to death at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

2016 June Summary

June 2016 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Khangayi Sedumedi, and Dellen Millard.
2 other events

2016 June 28

Events

Billy Chemirmir (Age 43) court appearance
Location: a court in Dallas, Texas, US

Chemirmir pleaded no contest on his 2012 assault charge, a criminal trespassing and failing to identify himself. Chemirmir was sentenced to 70 days in jail and fined $2,000.

2016 June 17

Convictions

Dellen Millard (Age 30) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 75 years at Toronto East Detention Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2016 June 09

Convictions

Khangayi Sedumedi sentenced to life imprisonment, seven terms plus forty years imprisonment at a prison in Cape Town, South Africa.

2016 June 06

Events

Lonnie David Franklin (Age 63) jury recommends death sentence
Location: a court in Los Angeles, California, US

A jury recommends the death sentence for Lonnie David Franklin.

2016 May Summary

May 2016 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Michael Madison, and Tiago Gomes da Rocha.
2 other events

2016 May 22

Events

Salvatore Perrone (Age 67) received date, prison
Location: Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, US

Salvatore Perrone, inmate number: 16A1129, was received at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York.

2016 May 18

Convictions

Tiago Gomes da Rocha (Age 28) sentenced to life imprisonment, 343 years and 10 months at a prison in Goiânia, state of Goiás, Brazil.

2016 May 05

Events

Lonnie David Franklin (Age 63) convicted of 10 counts of murder
Location: a court in Los Angeles, California, US

A jury convicted Lonnie David Franklin of killing nine women and one teenage girl.

Convictions

Michael Madison (Age 38) sentenced to death at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution in Ross County, Ohio, US.

2016 March Summary

March 2016 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Salvatore Perrone.

2016 March 04

Convictions

Salvatore Perrone (Age 67) sentenced to seventy-five years to life in prison at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, US.

2016 February Summary

February 2016 Summary

1 other event

2016 February 16

Events

Lonnie David Franklin (Age 63) trial started
Location: a court in Los Angeles, California, US

Lonnie David Franklin trail starts, prosecution opens its case, noting pattern in slayings. Franklin was represented by Seymour Amster and the lead prosecutor was Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman.

2016 January Summary

January 2016 Summary

2 serial killers died: Robert Black, and Derrick Todd Lee.

2016 January 21

deaths

Derrick Todd Lee (Age 47) cause of death: heart disease at Lane Regional Medical Center, Zachary, Louisiana, US.

2016 January 12

deaths

Robert Black (Age 68) cause of death: heart attack at HM Prison Maghaberry in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

2015 Summary

2015 events By Month

18 events related to serial killers occurred in 2015.

1 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in April
1 events in May
2 events in July
1 events in September
3 events in October
1 events in December

2015 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Bakhtiyor Matyakubov, and Delano Forbes.
5 serial killers ended their killing spree: Bakhtiyor Matyakubov, Stephen John Port, Tamara Samsonova, Johnny Avalos, and Khangayi Sedumedi.
1 serial killer was executed: Alfredo Prieto.
1 serial killer was convicted: Niels Högel.
4 serial killers died: William MacDonald, Jacobus Dirk Hertogs, Alfredo Prieto, and Billy Glaze.
4 serial killers were arrested: Khangayi Sedumedi, Johnny Avalos, Tamara Samsonova, and Stephen John Port.
1 other events

2015 December Summary

December 2015 Summary

1 serial killer died: Billy Glaze.

2015 December 22

deaths

Billy Glaze (Age 71) cause of death: natural causes, stage four lung cancer at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware, US.

2015 October Summary

October 2015 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Alfredo Prieto.
1 serial killer died: Alfredo Prieto.
1 serial killer was arrested: Stephen John Port.

2015 October 15

Arrests

Stephen John Port (Age 40)

2015 October 01

Executions

Alfredo Prieto (Age 49) executed by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, US.

deaths

Alfredo Prieto (Age 49) cause of death: executed by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, US.

2015 September Summary

September 2015 Summary

1 other event

2015 September 18

Events

Khangayi Sedumedi court appearance
Location: the Goodwood Magistrates Court in Cape Town, South Africa

Prosecutors requested a postponement until November 30 to allow them time to prepare documents and set a date for the matter to be transferred to the Western Cape High Court.

2015 July Summary

July 2015 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Tamara Samsonova.
1 serial killer died: Jacobus Dirk Hertogs.

2015 July 29

Arrests

Tamara Samsonova (Age 68)

2015 July 19

deaths

Jacobus Dirk Hertogs (Age 65) cause of death: natural causes at a hospital in Den Bosch, Southern Netherlands.

2015 May Summary

May 2015 Summary

1 serial killer died: William MacDonald.

2015 May 12

deaths

William MacDonald (Age 90) cause of death: abdominal perforation at Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.

2015 April Summary

April 2015 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Johnny Avalos.

2015 April 22

Arrests

Johnny Avalos (Age 28)

2015 February Summary

February 2015 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Niels Högel.

2015 February 28

Convictions

Niels Högel (Age 38) sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison in Germany.

2015 January Summary

January 2015 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Khangayi Sedumedi.

2015 January 07

Arrests

Khangayi Sedumedi

2014 Summary

2014 events By Month

21 events related to serial killers occurred in 2014.

1 events in January
3 events in February
2 events in April
1 events in May
2 events in July
2 events in August
3 events in September
2 events in October

2014 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Kelly Cochran, and Stephen John Port.
3 serial killers ended their killing spree: Tiago Gomes da Rocha, Ali Kaya, and Darren Deon Vann.
1 serial killer was executed: Tommy Lynn Sells.
3 serial killers were arrested: John Bittrolff, Tiago Gomes da Rocha, and Darren Deon Vann.
4 serial killers died: Tommy Lynn Sells, Francisco Garcia Escalero, Robert Christian Hansen, and Kendall Francois.
4 serial killers were convicted: Joanna Dennehy, Anthony Kirkland, Cody Legebokoff, and Samuel Little.
4 other events

2014 October Summary

October 2014 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Tiago Gomes da Rocha, and Darren Deon Vann.

2014 October 18

Arrests

Darren Deon Vann (Age 43)

2014 October 14

Arrests

Tiago Gomes da Rocha (Age 26)

2014 September Summary

September 2014 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Cody Legebokoff, and Samuel Little.
1 serial killer died: Kendall Francois.

2014 September 25

Convictions

Samuel Little (Age 74) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at California State Prison in Los Angeles County, Lancaster, California, US.

2014 September 11

Convictions

Cody Legebokoff (Age 24) sentenced to sentenced to life in prison with no parole for twenty-five years at the Warkworth Institution in Ontario, Canada.

deaths

Kendall Francois (Age 43) cause of death: natural causes, reports of AIDS and cancer at Wende Correctional Facility in Erie County, New York, US.

2014 August Summary

August 2014 Summary

2 serial killers died: Francisco Garcia Escalero, and Robert Christian Hansen.

2014 August 21

deaths

Robert Christian Hansen (Age 75) cause of death: natural causes at the Anchorage Correctional Complex in Anchorage, Alaska, US.

2014 August 19

deaths

Francisco Garcia Escalero (Age 60) cause of death: unknown at the Fontcalent Prison Psychiatric Hospital in Alacant, Spain.

2014 July Summary

July 2014 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: John Bittrolff.
1 other event

2014 July 31

Events

John Bittrolff (Age 48) arraignment date
Location: Suffolk County, New York, US

John Bittrolff arraigned on two counts of second-degree murder. Judge James Hurson reviewed Mr. Bittrolff’s bail and ordered him to continue to be held without bail in the Suffolk County Jail in Riverhead, New York.

2014 July 21

Arrests

John Bittrolff (Age 48)

2014 May Summary

May 2014 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Anthony Kirkland.

2014 May 13

Convictions

Anthony Kirkland (Age 45) sentenced to death by execution at Chillicothe Correctional Institution in Ohio, US.

2014 April Summary

April 2014 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Tommy Lynn Sells.
1 serial killer died: Tommy Lynn Sells.

2014 April 03

Executions

Tommy Lynn Sells (Age 49) executed by lethal injection at Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, US.

deaths

Tommy Lynn Sells (Age 49) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by lethal injection at Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, US.

2014 February Summary

February 2014 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Joanna Dennehy.
2 other events

2014 February 28

Convictions

Joanna Dennehy sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole-life tariff at Bronzefield Prison, Surrey, England.

2014 February 19

Events

John Bittrolff (Age 47) evidence collected
Location: Manorville, New York, US

Authorities collected a cigarette butt that John Bittrolff's wife, Patricia Asero, threw out the window of her white GMC Yukon as she drove to work.

2014 February 11

Events

John Bittrolff (Age 47) evidence collected
Location: Yaphank, New York, US

Authorities collected a cigarette butt Kevin Bittrolff flicked out the window of his silver Mazda as he left his Yaphank home. Kevin is one of John Bittrolff's younger brothers.

2014 January Summary

January 2014 Summary

1 other event

2014 January 31

Events

John Bittrolff (Age 47) evidence collected
Location: Silas Carter Road, Manorville, New York, US

Authorities took bags of garbage put at the curb in front of John Bittrolff's house on Silas Carter Road in Manorville.

2013 Summary

2013 events By Month

27 events related to serial killers occurred in 2013.

2 events in January
1 events in March
2 events in April
1 events in May
3 events in June
1 events in July
3 events in August
1 events in September
1 events in October
4 events in November
2 events in December

2013 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Darren Deon Vann, and Joanna Dennehy.
4 serial killers ended their killing spree: Joanna Dennehy, Michael Madison, Dellen Millard, and Filiberto Hernández Martínez.
2 serial killers were executed: Zhang Yongming, and Joseph Paul Franklin.
3 serial killers were arrested: Dellen Millard, Joanna Dennehy, and Michael Madison.
6 serial killers were convicted: Joseph Naso, Bulelani Mabhayi, M. Jaishankar, Alexander Bychkov, William Clyde Gibson, and Dale Cregan.
9 serial killers died: Zhang Yongming, Joseph Paul Franklin, Paul Dennis Reid, Emile Louis, Anatoly Onoprienko, Walter E. Ellis, Dale Hausner, András Pándy, and Richard Ramirez.
1 other events

2013 December Summary

December 2013 Summary

2 serial killers died: Walter E. Ellis, and András Pándy.

2013 December 23

deaths

András Pándy (Age 86) cause of death: natural causes at the Bruges prison infirmary in Bruges, West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

2013 December 01

deaths

Walter E. Ellis (Age 53) cause of death: natural causes, apparent natural causes at a hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US.

2013 November Summary

November 2013 Summary

2 serial killers died: Paul Dennis Reid, and Joseph Paul Franklin.
1 serial killer was convicted: William Clyde Gibson.
1 serial killer was executed: Joseph Paul Franklin.

2013 November 26

Convictions

William Clyde Gibson (Age 56) sentenced to death at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, US.

2013 November 20

Executions

Joseph Paul Franklin (Age 63) executed by lethal injection at Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri, US.

deaths

Joseph Paul Franklin (Age 63) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by lethal injection at Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri, US.

2013 November 01

deaths

Paul Dennis Reid (Age 55) cause of death: natural causes, pneumonia, heart failure at Nashville General Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, US.

2013 October Summary

October 2013 Summary

1 serial killer died: Emile Louis.

2013 October 20

deaths

Emile Louis (Age 79) at a secure hospital in Yonne, Burgundy, France.

2013 September Summary

September 2013 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Bulelani Mabhayi.

2013 September 03

Convictions

Bulelani Mabhayi sentenced to life imprisonment, twenty-five life terms at a prison in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

2013 August Summary

August 2013 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Joseph Naso.
1 serial killer died: Anatoly Onoprienko.
1 other event

2013 August 27

deaths

Anatoly Onoprienko (Age 54) cause of death: natural causes, cardiac arrest at Zhytomyr, city in Ukraine.

2013 August 20

Convictions

Joseph Naso (Age 79) sentenced to death at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

2013 August 16

Events

John Bittrolff (Age 47) DNA from Timothy Bittrolff partially matches murder victim case
Location: Suffolk Crime Laboratory, Suffolk County, New York, US

The Suffolk Crime Laboratory was notified that the DNA from a murder case could belong to a relative of Timothy Bittrolff, Timothy is one of John Bittrolff's two younger brothers.

2013 July Summary

July 2013 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Michael Madison.

2013 July 19

Arrests

Michael Madison (Age 35)

2013 June Summary

June 2013 Summary

2 serial killers died: Richard Ramirez, and Dale Hausner.
1 serial killer was convicted: Dale Cregan.

2013 June 19

deaths

Dale Hausner (Age 40) cause of death: overdosing on amitriptyline, a type of anti-depressant medication. at Eyman state prison in Florence AZ.

2013 June 13

Convictions

Dale Cregan (Age 30) sentenced to life imprisonment with a whole life order at HM Prison Full Sutton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

2013 June 07

deaths

Richard Ramirez (Age 53) cause of death: natural causes, B-cell lymphoma at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, California, US.

2013 May Summary

May 2013 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Dellen Millard.

2013 May 11

Arrests

Dellen Millard (Age 27)

2013 April Summary

April 2013 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Joanna Dennehy.
1 serial killer was convicted: M. Jaishankar.

2013 April 24

Convictions

M. Jaishankar sentenced to ten years in prison at a prison in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

2013 April 02

Arrests

Joanna Dennehy

2013 March Summary

March 2013 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Alexander Bychkov.

2013 March 22

Convictions

Alexander Bychkov (Age 24) sentenced to life imprisonment at Ognenny Ostrov (FKU IK-5) Belozersk, Vologda, Russia.

2013 January Summary

January 2013 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Zhang Yongming.
1 serial killer died: Zhang Yongming.

2013 January 10

Executions

Zhang Yongming (Age 57) executed by gunshot to the head at a prison in the Yunnan province of China.

deaths

Zhang Yongming (Age 57) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by gunshot to the head at a prison in the Yunnan province of China.

2012 Summary

2012 events By Month

41 events related to serial killers occurred in 2012.

1 events in January
1 events in February
2 events in March
5 events in April
2 events in May
3 events in June
2 events in July
2 events in August
3 events in September
2 events in November
2 events in December

2012 Summary

6 serial killers started their killing spree: Filiberto Hernández Martínez, Dellen Millard, Salvatore Perrone, Dale Cregan, Johnny Avalos, and Michael Madison.
10 serial killers ended their killing spree: Dale Cregan, Salvatore Perrone, Zhou Kehua, Bulelani Mabhayi, Alexander Bychkov, Israel Keyes, William Clyde Gibson, Motta Navas, Luis Gregorio Ramirez, and Zhang Yongming.
1 serial killer was executed: David Alan Gore.
6 serial killers were convicted: Irina Gaidamachuk, KD Kempamma, Kimberly Saenz, Sergei Martynov, Elias Abuelazam, and Zhang Yongming.
6 serial killers died: Colin Ireland, William Heirens, David Alan Gore, Trevor Hardy, Israel Keyes, and Zhou Kehua.
10 serial killers were arrested: Salvatore Perrone, Dale Cregan, Samuel Little, Alexander Bychkov, Mikhail Popkov, Zhang Yongming, William Clyde Gibson, Israel Keyes, Bulelani Mabhayi, and Luis Gregorio Ramirez.
2 other events

2012 December Summary

December 2012 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Luis Gregorio Ramirez.
1 serial killer died: Israel Keyes.

2012 December 12

Arrests

Luis Gregorio Ramirez (Age 32)

2012 December 02

deaths

Israel Keyes (Age 34) cause of death: committed suicide via self-inflicted wrist cuts and strangulation at Anchorage Correctional Complex in Anchorage, Alaska.

2012 November Summary

November 2012 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Salvatore Perrone.
1 serial killer was convicted: Sergei Martynov.

2012 November 20

Arrests

Salvatore Perrone (Age 63)

2012 November 10

Convictions

Sergei Martynov (Age 50) sentenced to life imprisonment at the White Swan Colony in Solikamsk, Russia.

2012 September Summary

September 2012 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Dale Cregan, and Samuel Little.
1 serial killer died: Trevor Hardy.

2012 September 25

deaths

Trevor Hardy (Age 67) cause of death: natural causes, myocardial infarction, collapsed from heart attack in his prison cell at HM Prison Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.

2012 September 18

Arrests

Dale Cregan (Age 29)

2012 September 05

Arrests

Samuel Little (Age 72)

2012 August Summary

August 2012 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Bulelani Mabhayi.
1 serial killer died: Zhou Kehua.

2012 August 14

deaths

Zhou Kehua (Age 42) cause of death: ballistic trauma, shot dead by police at Chongqing, municipality in China.

2012 August 12

Arrests

Bulelani Mabhayi

2012 July Summary

July 2012 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Zhang Yongming.
1 other event

2012 July 29

Events

Billy Chemirmir (Age 39) arrest, assault
Location: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, US

Billy Chemirmir was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend.

2012 July 28

Convictions

Zhang Yongming (Age 56) sentenced to death at a prison in the Yunnan province of China.

2012 June Summary

June 2012 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Mikhail Popkov.
1 serial killer was convicted: Irina Gaidamachuk.
1 other event

2012 June 23

Arrests

Mikhail Popkov (Age 48)

2012 June 22

Events

Michael Hughes sentenced date
Location: Los Angeles County, California, US

Michael Hughes was sentenced to death for killing Yvonne Coleman, 15, Verna Patricia Williams, 36, and Deborah Jackson, aka Harriet McKinley, 32.

2012 June 04

Convictions

Irina Gaidamachuk (Age 39) sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at Krasnoufimsk, Russia.

2012 May Summary

May 2012 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Elias Abuelazam.
1 serial killer was arrested: Zhang Yongming.

2012 May 22

Convictions

Elias Abuelazam (Age 35) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at Michigan Reformatory, Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan, US.

2012 May 09

Arrests

Zhang Yongming (Age 56)

2012 April Summary

April 2012 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: KD Kempamma, and Kimberly Saenz.
1 serial killer was arrested: William Clyde Gibson.
1 serial killer was executed: David Alan Gore.
1 serial killer died: David Alan Gore.

2012 April 19

Arrests

William Clyde Gibson (Age 54)

2012 April 12

Executions

David Alan Gore (Age 58) executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

deaths

David Alan Gore (Age 58) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

2012 April 02

Convictions

Kimberly Saenz (Age 38) sentenced to life imprisonment at Dr. Lane Murray Unit in Gatesville, Texas, US.

2012 April 01

Convictions

KD Kempamma sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment .

2012 March Summary

March 2012 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Israel Keyes.
1 serial killer died: William Heirens.

2012 March 13

Arrests

Israel Keyes (Age 34)

2012 March 05

deaths

William Heirens (Age 83) cause of death: natural causes, diabetes mellitus at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, US.

2012 February Summary

February 2012 Summary

1 serial killer died: Colin Ireland.

2012 February 21

deaths

Colin Ireland (Age 57) cause of death: Pulmonary fibrosis at HM Prison Wakefield, Wakefield, United Kingdom.

2012 January Summary

January 2012 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Alexander Bychkov.

2012 January 23

Arrests

Alexander Bychkov (Age 23)

2011 Summary

2011 events By Month

20 events related to serial killers occurred in 2011.

1 events in January
3 events in February
2 events in March
3 events in April
1 events in May
1 events in July
1 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November
1 events in December

2011 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Matej Curko, and M. Jaishankar.
3 serial killers started their killing spree: Tiago Gomes da Rocha, Sunil Kumar, and Khangayi Sedumedi.
1 serial killer was arrested: Joseph Naso.
7 serial killers were convicted: Jack Mogale, Walter E. Ellis, Edward Edwards, John Floyd Thomas, John Cooper, Anthony Sowell, and Michael Hughes.
7 serial killers died: Mike DeBardeleben, Robert Joseph Zani, Dorothea Helen Puente, Edward Edwards, Clifford Olson, Thomas Dillon, and Donald Neilson.

2011 December Summary

December 2011 Summary

1 serial killer died: Donald Neilson.

2011 December 18

deaths

Donald Neilson (Age 75) cause of death: natural causes, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at Norwich, city in Norfolk, England.

2011 November Summary

November 2011 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Michael Hughes.

2011 November 03

Convictions

Michael Hughes sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1998 and to death in 2012 at San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, US.

2011 October Summary

October 2011 Summary

1 serial killer died: Thomas Dillon.

2011 October 21

deaths

Thomas Dillon (Age 61) cause of death: natural causes, unspecified illness at prison wing at Corrections Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, US.

2011 September Summary

September 2011 Summary

1 serial killer died: Clifford Olson.

2011 September 30

deaths

Clifford Olson (Age 71) cause of death: natural causes, terminal cancer at a hospital in Laval, city & region in Québec, Canada.

2011 July Summary

July 2011 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Anthony Sowell.

2011 July 22

Convictions

Anthony Sowell (Age 51) sentenced to death at Chillicothe Correctional Institution in Union Township, Ross County, near Chillicothe, Ohio, US.

2011 May Summary

May 2011 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: John Cooper.

2011 May 26

Convictions

John Cooper (Age 66) sentenced to life imprisonment at an undisclosed prison in Wales, United Kingdom.

2011 April Summary

April 2011 Summary

1 serial killer died: Edward Edwards.
1 serial killer was convicted: John Floyd Thomas.
1 serial killer was arrested: Joseph Naso.

2011 April 11

Arrests

Joseph Naso (Age 77)

2011 April 07

deaths

Edward Edwards (Age 77) cause of death: natural causes at the Corrections Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, US.

2011 April 01

Convictions

John Floyd Thomas (Age 74) sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California, US.

2011 March Summary

March 2011 Summary

1 serial killer died: Dorothea Helen Puente.
1 serial killer was convicted: Edward Edwards.

2011 March 27

deaths

Dorothea Helen Puente (Age 82) cause of death: disease at Chowchilla, city.

2011 March 11

Convictions

Edward Edwards (Age 77) sentenced to death by lethal injection at a prison in Columbus, Ohio, US.

2011 February Summary

February 2011 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Walter E. Ellis, and Jack Mogale.
1 serial killer died: Robert Joseph Zani.

2011 February 22

deaths

Robert Joseph Zani (Age 66) cause of death: natural causes at an unknown location in Huntsville, Texas, US.

2011 February 18

Convictions

Walter E. Ellis (Age 50) sentenced to life imprisonment, seven life terms, without the possibility of parole at South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US.

2011 February 17

Convictions

Jack Mogale sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at a prison in Westonaria, Gauteng, South Africa.

2011 January Summary

January 2011 Summary

1 serial killer died: Mike DeBardeleben.

2011 January 26

deaths

Mike DeBardeleben (Age 70) cause of death: natural causes, pneumonia at Federal Medical Center, Butner in Durham County, North Carolina, US.

2010 Summary

2010 events By Month

27 events related to serial killers occurred in 2010.

1 events in January
1 events in February
2 events in March
2 events in May
2 events in June
1 events in July
2 events in August
3 events in November
4 events in December

2010 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: William Dathan Holbert, and Bruce McArthur.
7 serial killers ended their killing spree: William Dathan Holbert, Sergei Martynov, Stephen Griffiths, Mikhail Popkov, Irina Gaidamachuk, Cody Legebokoff, and Elias Abuelazam.
3 serial killers died: Janie Lou Gibbs, Peter Woodcock, and Terry Rasmussen.
3 serial killers were convicted: Adam Leroy Lane, Stephen Griffiths, and Thozamile Taki.
6 serial killers were arrested: Stephen Griffiths, Irina Gaidamachuk, Lonnie David Franklin, Elias Abuelazam, Sergei Martynov, and Cody Legebokoff.
6 other events

2010 December Summary

December 2010 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Thozamile Taki, and Stephen Griffiths.
1 serial killer died: Terry Rasmussen.
1 other event

2010 December 28

deaths

Terry Rasmussen (Age 67) cause of death: natural causes, pneumonia, lung cancer at High Desert State Prison, Susanville, California, US.

2010 December 23

Convictions

Thozamile Taki sentenced to life imprisonment, thirteen life terms plus 208 years at Westville Prison in Westville, South Africa.

2010 December 21

Convictions

Stephen Griffiths (Age 40) sentenced to life imprisonment at HM Prison Wakefield in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

2010 December 16

Events

Lonnie David Franklin (Age 58) photos of possible additional victims released
Location: Los Angeles, California, US

The Los Angeles Police Department released 180 photos of women found in Lonnie David Franklin's home stating they may be possible additional victims. In all, investigators found over 1,000 photos and several hundred hours of video in the home.

2010 November Summary

November 2010 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Sergei Martynov, and Cody Legebokoff.
1 other event

2010 November 28

Arrests

Cody Legebokoff (Age 20)

2010 November 18

Arrests

Sergei Martynov (Age 48)

2010 November 06

Events

Alfredo Prieto (Age 44) second death sentence
Location: Virginia, US

2010 August Summary

August 2010 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Elias Abuelazam.
1 other event

2010 August 21

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 64) DeAngelo's mother Kathleen Louise Bosanko died
Location: Exeter, California, US

Joseph James DeAngelo's mother Kathleen Louise Bosanko passed away, a private Funeral Service were held at the Exeter District Cemetery in Exeter, California.

2010 August 11

Arrests

Elias Abuelazam (Age 33)

2010 July Summary

July 2010 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Lonnie David Franklin.

2010 July 07

Arrests

Lonnie David Franklin (Age 57)

2010 June Summary

June 2010 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Adam Leroy Lane.
1 serial killer was arrested: Irina Gaidamachuk.

2010 June 28

Convictions

Adam Leroy Lane (Age 45) sentenced to life imprisonment at Fayette State Correctional Institution in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, US.

2010 June 07

Arrests

Irina Gaidamachuk (Age 37)

2010 May Summary

May 2010 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Stephen Griffiths.
1 other event

2010 May 24

Arrests

Stephen Griffiths (Age 40)

2010 May 04

Events

Lonnie David Franklin (Age 57) billboard composite sketches unveiled
Location: South Los Angeles, California, US

Los Angeles Councilman Bernard Parks unveiled six billboards in the South Los Angeles area featuring three composite sketches of the unidentified serial killer budded, the Grim Sleeper.

2010 March Summary

March 2010 Summary

1 serial killer died: Peter Woodcock.
1 other event

2010 March 09

Events

Rodney Alcala (Age 66) sentenced to death
Location: Orange County, California, US

Judge Francisco Briseno sentenced Rodney Alcala to death for murders of Samsoe, Parenteau, Lamb, Wixted, and Barcomb.

2010 March 05

deaths

Peter Woodcock (Age 71) cause of death: natural causes, on his 71st birthday, Krueger died of natural causes. at Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada.

2010 February Summary

February 2010 Summary

1 serial killer died: Janie Lou Gibbs.

2010 February 07

deaths

Janie Lou Gibbs (Age 77) cause of death: natural causes at a nursing home in Douglasville, city in georgia.

2010 January Summary

January 2010 Summary

1 other event

2010 January 11

Events

Rodney Alcala (Age 66) trail began
Location: Orange County, California, US

2009 Summary

2009 events By Month

35 events related to serial killers occurred in 2009.

1 events in January
1 events in February
4 events in March
3 events in April
1 events in May
5 events in July
2 events in August
1 events in September
4 events in October
1 events in November
2 events in December

2009 Summary

5 serial killers ended their killing spree: Anthony Sowell, Jack Mogale, Anthony Kirkland, Mohan Kumar, and John Floyd Thomas.
5 serial killers started their killing spree: Matej Curko, Elias Abuelazam, Alexander Bychkov, Cody Legebokoff, and Stephen Griffiths.
2 serial killers were executed: Yukio Yamaji, and Hiroshi Maeue.
5 serial killers died: Charles Albright, David Randitsheni, Yukio Yamaji, Hiroshi Maeue, and Cesar Barone.
7 serial killers were convicted: Very Idham Henyansyah, Surinder Koli, Scott Lee Kimball, Andre Crawford, Dale Hausner, David Randitsheni, and Kang Ho-Sun.
11 serial killers were arrested: Jack Mogale, Edward Edwards, Kimberly Saenz, Anthony Kirkland, Walter E. Ellis, John Cooper, M. Jaishankar, Mohan Kumar, Anthony Sowell, John Floyd Thomas, and Kang Ho-Sun.

2009 December Summary

December 2009 Summary

1 serial killer died: Cesar Barone.
1 serial killer was convicted: Andre Crawford.

2009 December 24

deaths

Cesar Barone (Age 49) cause of death: natural causes at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon, US.

2009 December 17

Convictions

Andre Crawford (Age 47) sentenced to life imprisonment at Menard Correctional Center in Randolph County, Illinois.

2009 November Summary

November 2009 Summary

1 serial killer died: Charles Albright.

2009 November 10

deaths

Charles Albright (Age 76) cause of death: Natural Causes at Amarillo, Texas.

2009 October Summary

October 2009 Summary

3 serial killers were arrested: M. Jaishankar, Mohan Kumar, and Anthony Sowell.
1 serial killer was convicted: Scott Lee Kimball.

2009 October 31

Arrests

Anthony Sowell (Age 50)

2009 October 21

Arrests

Mohan Kumar (Age 75)

2009 October 19

Arrests

M. Jaishankar

2009 October 08

Convictions

Scott Lee Kimball (Age 43) sentenced to seventy years in prison at Sterling Correctional Facility, Sterling, Colorado, US.

2009 September Summary

September 2009 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Walter E. Ellis.

2009 September 07

Arrests

Walter E. Ellis (Age 49)

2009 August Summary

August 2009 Summary

1 serial killer died: David Randitsheni.
1 serial killer was convicted: David Randitsheni.

2009 August 30

deaths

David Randitsheni cause of death: committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell at Thohoyandou prison, Modimolle, Limpopo South African.

2009 August 18

Convictions

David Randitsheni sentenced to sixteen life sentences plus 220 years imprisonment thirty-five years till parole at Thohoyandou prison, Modimolle, Limpopo South African.

2009 July Summary

July 2009 Summary

2 serial killers were executed: Hiroshi Maeue, and Yukio Yamaji.
2 serial killers died: Hiroshi Maeue, and Yukio Yamaji.
1 serial killer was arrested: Edward Edwards.

2009 July 30

Arrests

Edward Edwards (Age 76)

2009 July 28

Executions

Yukio Yamaji (Age 25) executed by hanging at the Osaka Detention House in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, Japan.
Hiroshi Maeue (Age 40) executed by hanging at a prison in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

deaths

Yukio Yamaji (Age 25) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at the Osaka Detention House in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, Japan.
Hiroshi Maeue (Age 40) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at a prison in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

2009 May Summary

May 2009 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: John Cooper.

2009 May 13

Arrests

John Cooper (Age 64)

2009 April Summary

April 2009 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Very Idham Henyansyah, and Kang Ho-Sun.
1 serial killer was arrested: Kimberly Saenz.

2009 April 22

Convictions

Kang Ho-Sun (Age 39) sentenced to death by hanging at Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

2009 April 06

Convictions

Very Idham Henyansyah (Age 31) sentenced to death by firing squad at Kesambi Penitentiary, Cirebon, Indonesia.

2009 April 01

Arrests

Kimberly Saenz (Age 35)

2009 March Summary

March 2009 Summary

3 serial killers were arrested: Anthony Kirkland, Jack Mogale, and John Floyd Thomas.
1 serial killer was convicted: Dale Hausner.

2009 March 31

Arrests

John Floyd Thomas (Age 72)

2009 March 27

Convictions

Dale Hausner (Age 36) sentenced to 6 death penalties at Eyman state prison in Florence AZ.

Arrests

Jack Mogale

2009 March 08

Arrests

Anthony Kirkland (Age 40)

2009 February Summary

February 2009 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Surinder Koli.

2009 February 12

Convictions

Surinder Koli sentenced to death commuted to life in prison at a prison in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.

2009 January Summary

January 2009 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Kang Ho-Sun.

2009 January 27

Arrests

Kang Ho-Sun (Age 39)

2008 Summary

2008 events By Month

46 events related to serial killers occurred in 2008.

2 events in January
2 events in February
3 events in March
1 events in April
2 events in May
6 events in June
5 events in July
2 events in August
2 events in September
2 events in November
4 events in December

2008 Summary

4 serial killers started their killing spree: Kimberly Saenz, Zhang Yongming, Jack Mogale, and M. Jaishankar.
11 serial killers ended their killing spree: Mario Alberto Sulu Canche, Daniel Audiel López Martínez, Gary Hilton, Vlado Taneski, Michael Gargiulo, Very Idham Henyansyah, Rainbow Maniac, February 9 Killer, Kimberly Saenz, Kang Ho-Sun, and David Randitsheni.
2 serial killers were executed: Ahmad Suradji, and Tsutomu Miyazaki.
7 serial killers were arrested: Gary Hilton, Very Idham Henyansyah, Vlado Taneski, Michael Gargiulo, David Randitsheni, Mario Alberto Sulu Canche, and KD Kempamma.
9 serial killers died: Vlado Taneski, Arthur Shawcross, Ahmad Suradji, Heinrich Pommerenke, Robert Zarinsky, Mario Alberto Sulu Canche, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Daniel Lee Siebert, and Richard Biegenwald.
12 serial killers were convicted: Michel Fourniret, Robert Napper, Juana Barraza, Terry Blair, Levi Bellfield, Steve Wright, Gary Hilton, Scott Williams, Sean Vincent Gillis, Ronald Dominique, Serhiy Tkach, and Raúl Osiel Marroquín.
1 other events

2008 December Summary

December 2008 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Robert Napper, and Serhiy Tkach.
1 serial killer was arrested: KD Kempamma.
1 serial killer died: Heinrich Pommerenke.

2008 December 31

Arrests

KD Kempamma

2008 December 27

deaths

Heinrich Pommerenke (Age 71) cause of death: natural causes, leukemia at Hohenasperg Prison in Asperg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany..

2008 December 23

Convictions

Serhiy Tkach (Age 56) sentenced to life imprisonment at Prison No. 8 of Zhytomyr in the Ukraine.

2008 December 18

Convictions

Robert Napper (Age 42) sentenced to preventively detained at the Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire, England.

2008 November Summary

November 2008 Summary

2 serial killers died: Arthur Shawcross, and Robert Zarinsky.

2008 November 28

deaths

Robert Zarinsky (Age 68) cause of death: pulmonary fibrosis at South Woods State Prison, Bridgeton, New Jersey, US.

2008 November 10

deaths

Arthur Shawcross (Age 63) cause of death: natural causes, cardiac arrest, heart failure at Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, US.

2008 September Summary

September 2008 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Raúl Osiel Marroquín, and Ronald Dominique.

2008 September 23

Convictions

Ronald Dominique (Age 44) sentenced to life imprisonment at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, West Feliciana, Louisiana, US.

2008 September 04

Convictions

Raúl Osiel Marroquín (Age 28) sentenced to 300 years in prison at Santa Martha Acatitla Penitentiary in Iztapalapa, CDMX, Mexico.

2008 August Summary

August 2008 Summary

1 serial killer died: Mario Alberto Sulu Canche.
1 serial killer was arrested: Mario Alberto Sulu Canche.

2008 August 28

deaths

Mario Alberto Sulu Canche cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself at the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1, Altiplano in Mexico.

2008 August 04

Arrests

Mario Alberto Sulu Canche

2008 July Summary

July 2008 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Scott Williams, and Sean Vincent Gillis.
1 serial killer was arrested: Very Idham Henyansyah.
1 serial killer was executed: Ahmad Suradji.
1 serial killer died: Ahmad Suradji.

2008 July 31

Convictions

Sean Vincent Gillis (Age 46) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, West Feliciana, Louisiana, US.

2008 July 18

Convictions

Scott Williams (Age 44) sentenced to life imprisonment, three life terms at the Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville, North Carolina, US.

2008 July 15

Arrests

Very Idham Henyansyah (Age 30)

2008 July 10

Executions

Ahmad Suradji (Age 59) executed by firing squad at a prison in Medan, Indonesia.

deaths

Ahmad Suradji (Age 59) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by firing squad at a prison in Medan, Indonesia.

2008 June Summary

June 2008 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Michael Gargiulo, and Vlado Taneski.
2 serial killers died: Tsutomu Miyazaki, and Vlado Taneski.
1 serial killer was executed: Tsutomu Miyazaki.
1 other event

2008 June 27

Events

Michael Hughes four additional murder charges filled
Location: Los Angeles County, California, US

Los Angeles County prosecutors filed murder charges today against currently incarcerated serial killer Michael Hughes, alleging he killed four Los Angeles women between 1986 and 1993.

2008 June 23

deaths

Vlado Taneski cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by drowning himself by dunking his head in a bucket of water at a prison in the town of Tetovo, Polog, Macedonia.

2008 June 22

Arrests

Vlado Taneski

2008 June 17

Executions

Tsutomu Miyazaki (Age 45) executed by hanging at a prison in Tokyo, Japan.

deaths

Tsutomu Miyazaki (Age 45) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at a prison in Tokyo, Japan.

2008 June 06

Arrests

Michael Gargiulo (Age 48)

2008 May Summary

May 2008 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: David Randitsheni.
1 serial killer was convicted: Michel Fourniret.

2008 May 28

Convictions

Michel Fourniret (Age 66) sentenced to life imprisonment at Ensisheim, a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

2008 May 16

Arrests

David Randitsheni

2008 April Summary

April 2008 Summary

1 serial killer died: Daniel Lee Siebert.

2008 April 22

deaths

Daniel Lee Siebert (Age 53) cause of death: natural causes, pancreatic cancer at the Holman Correctional Facility in Escambia County, Alabama, US.

2008 March Summary

March 2008 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Terry Blair, and Juana Barraza.
1 serial killer died: Richard Biegenwald.

2008 March 31

Convictions

Juana Barraza (Age 50) sentenced to life imprisonment, 759 years at a prison in Mexico City, Mexico.

2008 March 27

Convictions

Terry Blair (Age 46) sentenced to life imprisonment, six life terms at the Potosi Correctional Center in Potosi, Missouri, US.

2008 March 10

deaths

Richard Biegenwald (Age 67) cause of death: natural causes, kidney failure at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, New Jersey, US.

2008 February Summary

February 2008 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Steve Wright, and Levi Bellfield.

2008 February 26

Convictions

Levi Bellfield (Age 39) sentenced to life imprisonment at HM Prison Frankland in Durham, England.

2008 February 22

Convictions

Steve Wright (Age 49) sentenced to life imprisonment at HM Prison Belmarsh in southeast London, England.

2008 January Summary

January 2008 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Gary Hilton.
1 serial killer was arrested: Gary Hilton.

2008 January 31

Convictions

Gary Hilton (Age 61) sentenced to death plus five terms of life imprisonment at the Union Correctional Institution formerly Flordia State Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

2008 January 04

Arrests

Gary Hilton (Age 61)

2007 Summary

2007 events By Month

56 events related to serial killers occurred in 2007.

2 events in January
1 events in March
2 events in April
5 events in May
1 events in June
4 events in July
3 events in August
3 events in September
2 events in October
3 events in November
5 events in December

2007 Summary

12 serial killers ended their killing spree: Thozamile Taki, Lonnie David Franklin, Walter E. Ellis, José Luis Calva, KD Kempamma, Ozgur Dengiz, B1 Butcher, Celine Lesage, Daytona Beach killer, Adam Leroy Lane, Sibusiso Duma, and Bruce Mendenhall.
13 serial killers started their killing spree: Bulelani Mabhayi, Luis Gregorio Ramirez, Adam Leroy Lane, Thozamile Taki, Rainbow Maniac, Aadesh Khamra, Anthony Sowell, Sibusiso Duma, Ozgur Dengiz, Elizabeth Wettlaufer, Bruce Mendenhall, Very Idham Henyansyah, and Mario Alberto Sulu Canche.
7 serial killers died: Leonard Fraser, Silvo Plut, John Straffen, Carl Eugene Watts, Cincinnati Strangler, Volker Eckert, and José Luis Calva.
7 serial killers were arrested: Bruce Mendenhall, Timothy Krajcir, Thozamile Taki, José Luis Calva, Sibusiso Duma, Altemio Sanchez, and Adam Leroy Lane.
17 serial killers were convicted: Timothy Krajcir, Robert Pickton, Joseph Edward Duncan, Sibusiso Duma, Alexander Pichushkin, Mark Goudeau, Bruce Mendenhall, Antonio Luis Costa, Altemio Sanchez, Chester Turner, Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour, Nicolai Bonner, Peter Tobin, Jimmy Maketta, Lorenzo Gilyard, Hiroshi Maeue, and Paul Durousseau.

2007 December Summary

December 2007 Summary

4 serial killers were convicted: Joseph Edward Duncan, Robert Pickton, Timothy Krajcir, and Paul Durousseau.
1 serial killer died: José Luis Calva.

2007 December 13

Convictions

Paul Durousseau (Age 37) sentenced to death by lethal injection at Union Correctional Institution, Florida State Prison, Raiford Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

2007 December 11

deaths

José Luis Calva (Age 38) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself with a belt in his cell at a jail in Mexico City, Mexico.

2007 December 10

Convictions

Timothy Krajcir (Age 63) sentenced to life imprisonment, thirteen terms at Pontiac Correctional Center in Pontiac, Illinois, US.

2007 December 09

Convictions

Robert Pickton (Age 58) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for twenty-five years at North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.

2007 December 03

Convictions

Joseph Edward Duncan (Age 44) sentenced to death at United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana, US.

2007 November Summary

November 2007 Summary

1 serial killer died: John Straffen.
1 serial killer was convicted: Sibusiso Duma.
1 serial killer was arrested: Sibusiso Duma.

2007 November 19

deaths

John Straffen (Age 77) cause of death: natural causes at Frankland Prison in County Durham, England.

2007 November 14

Convictions

Sibusiso Duma (Age 23) sentenced to life imprisonment, eight life terms plus 139 years .

Arrests

Sibusiso Duma (Age 23)

2007 October Summary

October 2007 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: José Luis Calva.
1 serial killer was convicted: Alexander Pichushkin.

2007 October 29

Convictions

Alexander Pichushkin (Age 33) sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison in Moscow, Russia.

2007 October 08

Arrests

José Luis Calva (Age 38)

2007 September Summary

September 2007 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Mark Goudeau.
1 serial killer was arrested: Thozamile Taki.
1 serial killer died: Carl Eugene Watts.

2007 September 24

Arrests

Thozamile Taki

2007 September 21

deaths

Carl Eugene Watts (Age 53) cause of death: natural causes, prostate cancer at a maximum security prison in Ionia, Michigan, US.

2007 September 07

Convictions

Mark Goudeau (Age 43) sentenced to death at Arizona State Prison Complex, Florence State Prison, Florence, Arizona, US.

2007 August Summary

August 2007 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Altemio Sanchez, and Bruce Mendenhall.
1 serial killer was arrested: Timothy Krajcir.

2007 August 29

Arrests

Timothy Krajcir (Age 62)

2007 August 17

Convictions

Bruce Mendenhall (Age 56) sentenced to life imprisonment at Turney Center Industrial Complex in Hickman County, Tennessee, US.

2007 August 15

Convictions

Altemio Sanchez (Age 49) sentenced to seventy-five years in prison at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, US.

2007 July Summary

July 2007 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Adam Leroy Lane, and Bruce Mendenhall.
1 serial killer was convicted: Antonio Luis Costa.
1 serial killer died: Volker Eckert.

2007 July 31

Convictions

Antonio Luis Costa sentenced to twenty-five years in prison at the Évora prison in Évora, Portugal.

2007 July 30

Arrests

Adam Leroy Lane (Age 42)

2007 July 12

Arrests

Bruce Mendenhall (Age 56)

2007 July 02

deaths

Volker Eckert (Age 48) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell at a prison in Bayreuth, Germany.

2007 June Summary

June 2007 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Chester Turner.

2007 June 10

Convictions

Chester Turner (Age 40) sentenced to death, execution by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

2007 May Summary

May 2007 Summary

4 serial killers were convicted: Jimmy Maketta, Peter Tobin, Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour, and Nicolai Bonner.
1 serial killer died: Cincinnati Strangler.

2007 May 29

deaths

Cincinnati Strangler at Pickaway Correctional Institution, .

2007 May 23

Convictions

Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour sentenced to death at a prison in Tanta, Cairo, Egypt.

2007 May 06

Convictions

Nicolai Bonner sentenced to life imprisonment, four consecutive life terms at a prison in Israel.

2007 May 04

Convictions

Peter Tobin (Age 58) sentenced to life imprisonment at the HM Prison Edinburgh in Stenhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.

2007 May 03

Convictions

Jimmy Maketta sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison in Cape Town, South Africa.

2007 April Summary

April 2007 Summary

1 serial killer died: Silvo Plut.
1 serial killer was convicted: Lorenzo Gilyard.

2007 April 28

deaths

Silvo Plut (Age 38) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills at Ljubljana Prison in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2007 April 13

Convictions

Lorenzo Gilyard (Age 56) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron, DeKalb County, Missouri, US.

2007 March Summary

March 2007 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Hiroshi Maeue.

2007 March 28

Convictions

Hiroshi Maeue (Age 38) sentenced to death by hanging at a prison in Osaka, Japan.

2007 January Summary

January 2007 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Altemio Sanchez.
1 serial killer died: Leonard Fraser.

2007 January 15

Arrests

Altemio Sanchez (Age 48)

2007 January 01

deaths

Leonard Fraser (Age 55) cause of death: natural causes, heart attack, myocardial infarction at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, capital city of Queensland, Australia.

2006 Summary

2006 events By Month

65 events related to serial killers occurred in 2006.

3 events in January
3 events in February
6 events in March
1 events in April
3 events in May
5 events in June
1 events in July
1 events in August
1 events in September
5 events in October
3 events in November
9 events in December

2006 Summary

4 serial killers started their killing spree: The Eastbound Strangler, February 9 Killer, Steve Wright, and Kang Ho-Sun.
20 serial killers ended their killing spree: Steve Wright, The Eastbound Strangler, Scott Williams, Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña, Altemio Sanchez, Alexander Pichushkin, Samuel Dieteman, Antonio Luis Costa, Mark Goudeau, Yevgeny Chuplinsky, Juana Barraza, Volker Eckert, Surinder Koli, Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour, Ronald Dominique, Ripper Jayanandan, Gong Runbo, Peter Tobin, Silvo Plut, and Dale Hausner.
4 serial killers were executed: Gong Runbo, Hiroaki Hidaka, Danny Rolling, and Angel Maturino Resendiz.
8 serial killers were convicted: Amir Qayyum, Gong Runbo, Yukio Yamaji, Gilberto Chamba, Umesh Reddy, Silvo Plut, Wayne Adam Ford, and Charles Edmund Cullen.
11 serial killers died: Hiroaki Hidaka, Danny Rolling, Gilbert Paul Jordan, Angel Maturino Resendiz, Metod Trobec, Bobby Jack Fowler, Robert Shulman, David Edward Maust, Wayne Boden, Richard Kuklinski, and Jerome Jerry Brudos.
17 serial killers were arrested: Mark Goudeau, Surinder Koli, Raúl Osiel Marroquín, Juana Barraza, Scott Lee Kimball, Steve Wright, Alexander Pichushkin, Ronald Dominique, Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour, Volker Eckert, Antonio Luis Costa, Scott Williams, Silvo Plut, Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña, Peter Tobin, Dale Hausner, and Gong Runbo.
1 other events

2006 December Summary

December 2006 Summary

4 serial killers were arrested: Ronald Dominique, Steve Wright, Surinder Koli, and Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña.
2 serial killers were convicted: Yukio Yamaji, and Gong Runbo.
2 serial killers were executed: Hiroaki Hidaka, and Gong Runbo.
1 serial killer died: Hiroaki Hidaka.

2006 December 31

Executions

Gong Runbo executed by gunshot to the head at a prison in Heilongjiang Province, China.

2006 December 28

Arrests

Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña (Age 33)

2006 December 27

Arrests

Surinder Koli

2006 December 25

Executions

Hiroaki Hidaka (Age 44) executed by hanging at Hiroshima Detention Center in Hiroshima, Japan.

deaths

Hiroaki Hidaka (Age 44) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Hiroshima Detention Center in Hiroshima, Japan.

2006 December 20

Convictions

Gong Runbo sentenced to death by gunshot to the head at a prison in Heilongjiang Province, China.

2006 December 19

Arrests

Steve Wright (Age 48)

2006 December 13

Convictions

Yukio Yamaji (Age 23) sentenced to death by hanging at the Osaka Detention House in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, Japan.

2006 December 01

Arrests

Ronald Dominique (Age 42)

2006 November Summary

November 2006 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Volker Eckert, and Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour.
1 serial killer was convicted: Gilberto Chamba.

2006 November 29

Arrests

Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour

2006 November 17

Arrests

Volker Eckert (Age 47)

2006 November 05

Convictions

Gilberto Chamba sentenced to forty-five years in prison at Module 6, Center Penitenciari de Quatre Camins in Spain.

2006 October Summary

October 2006 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Silvo Plut, and Umesh Reddy.
1 serial killer was arrested: Peter Tobin.
1 serial killer was executed: Danny Rolling.
1 serial killer died: Danny Rolling.

2006 October 26

Convictions

Umesh Reddy sentenced to death at a prison in India.

2006 October 25

Executions

Danny Rolling (Age 52) executed by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

deaths

Danny Rolling (Age 52) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

2006 October 03

Arrests

Peter Tobin (Age 58)

2006 October 02

Convictions

Silvo Plut (Age 38) sentenced to thirty years in prison at Ljubljana Prison in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

2006 September Summary

September 2006 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Mark Goudeau.

2006 September 04

Arrests

Mark Goudeau (Age 41)

2006 August Summary

August 2006 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Dale Hausner.

2006 August 03

Arrests

Dale Hausner (Age 33)

2006 July Summary

July 2006 Summary

1 serial killer died: Gilbert Paul Jordan.

2006 July 07

deaths

Gilbert Paul Jordan (Age 74) cause of death: natural causes at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

2006 June Summary

June 2006 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Alexander Pichushkin, and Antonio Luis Costa.
1 serial killer was convicted: Wayne Adam Ford.
1 serial killer was executed: Angel Maturino Resendiz.
1 serial killer died: Angel Maturino Resendiz.

2006 June 27

Convictions

Wayne Adam Ford (Age 44) sentenced to capital punishment at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

Executions

Angel Maturino Resendiz (Age 46) executed by lethal injection at Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, US.

deaths

Angel Maturino Resendiz (Age 46) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by lethal injection at Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, US.

2006 June 24

Arrests

Antonio Luis Costa

2006 June 16

Arrests

Alexander Pichushkin (Age 32)

2006 May Summary

May 2006 Summary

2 serial killers died: Bobby Jack Fowler, and Metod Trobec.
1 serial killer was convicted: Amir Qayyum.

2006 May 30

deaths

Metod Trobec (Age 57) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell at the Dob pri Mirni Prison in Slovenska Vas, Slovenia.

2006 May 15

deaths

Bobby Jack Fowler (Age 66) cause of death: natural causes, lung cancer at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon, US.

2006 May 10

Convictions

Amir Qayyum sentenced to death at a prison in Lahore, Pakistan.

2006 April Summary

April 2006 Summary

1 serial killer died: Robert Shulman.

2006 April 13

deaths

Robert Shulman (Age 52) cause of death: undisclosed causes at Albany, New York, US.

2006 March Summary

March 2006 Summary

3 serial killers died: Richard Kuklinski, Wayne Boden, and Jerome Jerry Brudos.
2 serial killers were arrested: Scott Williams, and Scott Lee Kimball.
1 serial killer was convicted: Charles Edmund Cullen.

2006 March 28

deaths

Jerome Jerry Brudos (Age 67) cause of death: natural causes, liver cancer at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon, US.

2006 March 27

deaths

Wayne Boden (Age 58) cause of death: natural causes, cancer, skin cancer at Kingston General Hospital in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

2006 March 14

Arrests

Scott Lee Kimball (Age 39)

2006 March 06

Arrests

Scott Williams (Age 42)

2006 March 05

deaths

Richard Kuklinski (Age 70) cause of death: natural causes at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, New Jersey, US.

2006 March 02

Convictions

Charles Edmund Cullen (Age 46) sentenced to 18 consecutive life sentences at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, New Jersey, US.

2006 February Summary

February 2006 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Silvo Plut, and Gong Runbo.
1 other event

2006 February 28

Arrests

Gong Runbo

2006 February 25

Arrests

Silvo Plut (Age 37)

2006 February 16

Events

Thomas Huskey (Age 45) Huskey's mother, Jessie Helen Quarrells, died
Location: Sevierville, Tennessee

Thomas Huskey's mother, Jessie Helen Quarrells, died in Sevierville, Tennessee. She was buried at the Little Cove Baptist Cemetery in Sevier County, Tennessee.

2006 January Summary

January 2006 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Raúl Osiel Marroquín, and Juana Barraza.
1 serial killer died: David Edward Maust.

2006 January 24

Arrests

Juana Barraza (Age 48)

2006 January 23

Arrests

Raúl Osiel Marroquín (Age 25)

2006 January 20

deaths

David Edward Maust (Age 51) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell at St. Anthony Medical Center in Crown Point, Indiana, US.

2005 Summary

2005 events By Month

58 events related to serial killers occurred in 2005.

1 events in January
1 events in February
4 events in March
1 events in April
5 events in May
1 events in June
3 events in July
3 events in August
2 events in September
2 events in October
2 events in November
3 events in December

2005 Summary

12 serial killers ended their killing spree: Raúl Osiel Marroquín, West Mesa Killer, Niels Högel, Samuel Little, Serhiy Tkach, Nicolai Bonner, Yukio Yamaji, Joseph Edward Duncan, Jimmy Maketta, Amir Qayyum, Juan Covington, and Hiroshi Maeue.
18 serial killers started their killing spree: Amir Qayyum, Daytona Beach killer, B1 Butcher, Antonio Luis Costa, Samuel Dieteman, Raúl Osiel Marroquín, Surinder Koli, Vlado Taneski, Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña, Mohan Kumar, Shawn Grate, Hiroshi Maeue, Gong Runbo, Mark Goudeau, Jimmy Maketta, Dale Hausner, Gary Hilton, and Nicolai Bonner.
3 serial killers were executed: Michael Bruce Ross, Wang Qiang, and Mohammed Bijeh.
5 serial killers died: Wang Qiang, John Wayne Glover, Michael Bruce Ross, Sergei Ryakhovsky, and Mohammed Bijeh.
10 serial killers were convicted: Kaspars Petrovs, Wang Qiang, Peter Bryan, David Edward Maust, Yoo Young-chul, Vickie Dawn Jackson, Cory Deonn Morris, Francisca Ballesteros, Gustavo Romero Tercero, and Dennis Rader.
10 serial killers were arrested: Yukio Yamaji, Joseph Edward Duncan, Serhiy Tkach, Amir Qayyum, Niels Högel, Nicolai Bonner, William Devin Howell, Dennis Rader, Hiroshi Maeue, and Jimmy Maketta.

2005 December Summary

December 2005 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Yukio Yamaji, and Jimmy Maketta.
1 serial killer was convicted: Yoo Young-chul.

2005 December 20

Arrests

Jimmy Maketta

2005 December 13

Convictions

Yoo Young-chul (Age 35) sentenced to death at Seoul Detention Center, Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

2005 December 05

Arrests

Yukio Yamaji (Age 22)

2005 November Summary

November 2005 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Wang Qiang.
1 serial killer died: Wang Qiang.

2005 November 17

Executions

Wang Qiang (Age 30) executed by gunshot to the head at China.

deaths

Wang Qiang (Age 30) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by gunshot to the head at China.

2005 October Summary

October 2005 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Vickie Dawn Jackson, and David Edward Maust.

2005 October 31

Convictions

David Edward Maust (Age 51) sentenced to life imprisonment, three terms at Illinois state prison in Illinois, US.

2005 October 05

Convictions

Vickie Dawn Jackson (Age 39) sentenced to life imprisonment at Christina Melton Crain Unit, Gatesville, Texas, US.

2005 September Summary

September 2005 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Francisca Ballesteros.
1 serial killer died: John Wayne Glover.

2005 September 26

Convictions

Francisca Ballesteros (Age 36) sentenced to life imprisonment, 84 years at Spain.

2005 September 09

deaths

John Wayne Glover (Age 72) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself in his prison cell at a prison in Sydney, Australia.

2005 August Summary

August 2005 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Hiroshi Maeue, and Serhiy Tkach.
1 serial killer was convicted: Dennis Rader.

2005 August 18

Convictions

Dennis Rader (Age 60) sentenced to life imprisonment at El Dorado Correctional Facility in El Dorado, Kansas, US.

2005 August 05

Arrests

Hiroshi Maeue (Age 36)

2005 August 01

Arrests

Serhiy Tkach (Age 52)

2005 July Summary

July 2005 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Amir Qayyum, and Joseph Edward Duncan.
1 serial killer was convicted: Cory Deonn Morris.

2005 July 19

Convictions

Cory Deonn Morris (Age 27) sentenced to death at Arizona State Prison Complex, Florence State Prison (FSP) in Florence, Arizona, US.

2005 July 18

Arrests

Amir Qayyum

2005 July 02

Arrests

Joseph Edward Duncan (Age 42)

2005 June Summary

June 2005 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Niels Högel.

2005 June 22

Arrests

Niels Högel (Age 28)

2005 May Summary

May 2005 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: William Devin Howell, and Nicolai Bonner.
1 serial killer was executed: Michael Bruce Ross.
1 serial killer died: Michael Bruce Ross.
1 serial killer was convicted: Kaspars Petrovs.

2005 May 29

Arrests

Nicolai Bonner

2005 May 13

Arrests

William Devin Howell (Age 35)

Executions

Michael Bruce Ross (Age 45) executed by lethal injection at Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers, Connecticut, US.

deaths

Michael Bruce Ross (Age 45) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by lethal injection at Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers, Connecticut, US.

2005 May 12

Convictions

Kaspars Petrovs sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison in Riga, Latvia.

2005 April Summary

April 2005 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Gustavo Romero Tercero.

2005 April 22

Convictions

Gustavo Romero Tercero sentenced to 103 years imprisonment at a prison in Spain.

2005 March Summary

March 2005 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Peter Bryan, and Wang Qiang.
1 serial killer was executed: Mohammed Bijeh.
1 serial killer died: Mohammed Bijeh.

2005 March 23

Convictions

Wang Qiang (Age 30) sentenced to death by gunshot to the head at Shenyang China.

2005 March 16

Executions

Mohammed Bijeh (Age 30) executed by hanging after being publicly flogged a hundred times at a prison in Pakdasht, Iran.

deaths

Mohammed Bijeh (Age 30) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging after being publicly flogged a hundred times at a prison in Pakdasht, Iran.

2005 March 15

Convictions

Peter Bryan (Age 35) sentenced to life imprisonment at the Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire, England.

2005 February Summary

February 2005 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Dennis Rader.

2005 February 25

Arrests

Dennis Rader (Age 59)

2005 January Summary

January 2005 Summary

1 serial killer died: Sergei Ryakhovsky.

2005 January 21

deaths

Sergei Ryakhovsky (Age 42) cause of death: natural causes, untreated tuberculosis at a maximum-security penal colony in Solikamsk, Perm Oblast, Russia.

2004 Summary

2004 events By Month

41 events related to serial killers occurred in 2004.

2 events in January
5 events in February
1 events in March
4 events in April
2 events in June
1 events in July
1 events in August
3 events in September
3 events in October
1 events in November
1 events in December

2004 Summary

6 serial killers started their killing spree: Mohammed Bijeh, José Luis Calva, David Randitsheni, Akku Yadav, Kwauhuru Govan, and Zhou Kehua.
11 serial killers ended their killing spree: Mohammed Bijeh, Akku Yadav, Gilberto Chamba, Dennis Rader, Yoo Young-chul, Peter Bryan, Scott Lee Kimball, Francisca Ballesteros, Levi Bellfield, Martin Ney, and Terry Blair.
2 serial killers were executed: Yang Xinhai, and Abdullah Shah.
5 serial killers died: Harold Shipman, James Edward Wood, Yang Xinhai, Abdullah Shah, and Akku Yadav.
7 serial killers were convicted: Yang Xinhai, Manuel Octavio Bermudez, Anthony Allen Shore, Mohammed Bijeh, Derrick Todd Lee, Marc Dutroux, and Scott Erskine.
8 serial killers were arrested: Terry Blair, Mohammed Bijeh, Francisca Ballesteros, Levi Bellfield, Sean Vincent Gillis, Lorenzo Gilyard, Yoo Young-chul, and Gilberto Chamba.
2 other events

2004 December Summary

December 2004 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Gilberto Chamba.

2004 December 01

Arrests

Gilberto Chamba

2004 November Summary

November 2004 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Levi Bellfield.

2004 November 22

Arrests

Levi Bellfield (Age 36)

2004 October Summary

October 2004 Summary

3 serial killers were convicted: Derrick Todd Lee, Mohammed Bijeh, and Anthony Allen Shore.

2004 October 29

Convictions

Anthony Allen Shore (Age 42) sentenced to death penalty at Terrell Unit, Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, US.

2004 October 14

Convictions

Mohammed Bijeh (Age 29) sentenced to death by hanging at a prison in Pakdasht, Iran.
Derrick Todd Lee (Age 35) sentenced to death by lethal injection at Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, US.

2004 September Summary

September 2004 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Mohammed Bijeh, and Terry Blair.
1 serial killer was convicted: Scott Erskine.

2004 September 14

Arrests

Terry Blair (Age 42)

2004 September 01

Convictions

Scott Erskine (Age 41) sentenced to death at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

Arrests

Mohammed Bijeh (Age 29)

2004 August Summary

August 2004 Summary

1 serial killer died: Akku Yadav.

2004 August 13

deaths

Akku Yadav cause of death: homicide, lynching, lynched by a mob of around two-hundred women at the Nagpur district court room in Nagpur, India.

2004 July Summary

July 2004 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Yoo Young-chul.

2004 July 15

Arrests

Yoo Young-chul (Age 34)

2004 June Summary

June 2004 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Francisca Ballesteros.
1 serial killer was convicted: Marc Dutroux.

2004 June 22

Convictions

Marc Dutroux (Age 47) sentenced to life imprisonment at Jamioulx prison, Nivelles prison in Nivelles, Belgium.

2004 June 07

Arrests

Francisca Ballesteros (Age 35)

2004 April Summary

April 2004 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Lorenzo Gilyard, and Sean Vincent Gillis.
1 serial killer was executed: Abdullah Shah.
1 serial killer died: Abdullah Shah.

2004 April 29

Arrests

Sean Vincent Gillis (Age 41)

2004 April 20

Executions

Abdullah Shah executed by gunshot to the head at the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan.

deaths

Abdullah Shah cause of death: executed by gunshot to the head at the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan.

2004 April 18

Arrests

Lorenzo Gilyard (Age 53)

2004 March Summary

March 2004 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Manuel Octavio Bermudez.

2004 March 20

Convictions

Manuel Octavio Bermudez (Age 42) sentenced to forty years imprisonment at a prison in Colombia.

2004 February Summary

February 2004 Summary

2 serial killers died: James Edward Wood, and Yang Xinhai.
1 serial killer was executed: Yang Xinhai.
1 serial killer was convicted: Yang Xinhai.
1 other event

2004 February 14

Executions

Yang Xinhai (Age 35) executed by gunshot to the head on Valentines Day at a prison in Luohe central province of Henan, China.

deaths

Yang Xinhai (Age 35) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by gunshot to the head on Valentines Day at a prison in Luohe central province of Henan, China.

2004 February 04

Events

Diane Odell (Age 50) prison admission date
Location: Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in Bedford Hills, New York, US.

Inmate Number 04G0095, Diane Odell, was admitted to the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in Bedford Hills, New York.

2004 February 01

deaths

James Edward Wood (Age 56) cause of death: natural causes at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna, Idaho, US.

Convictions

Yang Xinhai (Age 35) sentenced to death by firing squad at a prison in Luohe central province of Henan, China.

2004 January Summary

January 2004 Summary

1 serial killer died: Harold Shipman.
1 other event

2004 January 30

Events

Diane Odell (Age 50) sentenced to life imprisonment
Location: Sullivan County Court in Callicoon, New York, US

2004 January 13

deaths

Harold Shipman (Age 57) cause of death: suicide, hanging at HM Prison Wakefield, .

2003 Summary

2003 events By Month

52 events related to serial killers occurred in 2003.

4 events in January
1 events in February
2 events in March
1 events in April
2 events in May
3 events in June
2 events in July
2 events in September
4 events in October
4 events in November
8 events in December

2003 Summary

7 serial killers started their killing spree: Ripper Jayanandan, Todd Kohlhepp, William Devin Howell, Yoo Young-chul, Kaspars Petrovs, Scott Lee Kimball, and West Mesa Killer.
12 serial killers ended their killing spree: William Devin Howell, Kaspars Petrovs, Pedro Rodrigues Filho, Huang Yong, Charles Edmund Cullen, Yang Xinhai, David Edward Maust, Paul Durousseau, Cory Deonn Morris, Manuel Octavio Bermudez, Sean Vincent Gillis, and Wang Qiang.
1 serial killer was executed: Huang Yong.
5 serial killers died: Huang Yong, Pierre Chanal, Elfriede Blauensteiner, Carol M. Bundy, and Faye Copeland.
9 serial killers were convicted: Leonard Fraser, Huang Yong, Kathleen Folbigg, Anthony Hardy, John Justin Bunting, Robert Joe Wagner, John Edward Robinson, Gary Ridgway, and Diane Odell.
15 serial killers were arrested: Charles Edmund Cullen, David Edward Maust, Huang Yong, Yang Xinhai, Gustavo Romero Tercero, Manuel Octavio Bermudez, Wang Qiang, Michel Fourniret, Paul Durousseau, Derrick Todd Lee, Diane Odell, Cory Deonn Morris, Kaspars Petrovs, Anthony Allen Shore, and Anthony Hardy.
3 other events

2003 December Summary

December 2003 Summary

3 serial killers died: Carol M. Bundy, Faye Copeland, and Huang Yong.
2 serial killers were arrested: David Edward Maust, and Charles Edmund Cullen.
2 serial killers were convicted: Huang Yong, and Diane Odell.
1 serial killer was executed: Huang Yong.

2003 December 26

Executions

Huang Yong (Age 29) executed by firing squad at a prison in Beijing, Henan, China.

deaths

Huang Yong (Age 29) cause of death: executed by firing squad at a prison in Beijing, Henan, China.

2003 December 23

deaths

Faye Copeland (Age 82)

2003 December 16

Convictions

Diane Odell (Age 50) sentenced to life imprisonment at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in Bedford Hills, New York, US.

2003 December 15

Arrests

Charles Edmund Cullen (Age 43)

2003 December 10

Arrests

David Edward Maust (Age 49)

2003 December 09

deaths

Carol M. Bundy (Age 61) cause of death: natural causes, myocardial infarction at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, California, US.

Convictions

Huang Yong (Age 29) sentenced to death by firing squad at a prison in Beijing, Henan, China.

2003 November Summary

November 2003 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Gary Ridgway, and Anthony Hardy.
2 serial killers were arrested: Yang Xinhai, and Huang Yong.

2003 November 25

Convictions

Anthony Hardy (Age 52) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at a prison in London, England.

2003 November 12

Arrests

Huang Yong (Age 28)

2003 November 05

Convictions

Gary Ridgway (Age 54) sentenced to life imprisonment, forty-eight life terms plus 480 years at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington.

2003 November 03

Arrests

Yang Xinhai (Age 35)

2003 October Summary

October 2003 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Gustavo Romero Tercero, and Anthony Allen Shore.
1 serial killer died: Pierre Chanal.
1 serial killer was convicted: Kathleen Folbigg.

2003 October 24

Convictions

Kathleen Folbigg (Age 36) sentenced to forty years imprisonment with a non-parole period of thirty years at Silverwater Correctional Complex in Silverwater, New South Wales, Australia.

Arrests

Anthony Allen Shore (Age 41)

2003 October 15

deaths

Pierre Chanal (Age 56) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by severing his femoral artery with a razor at a prison in Reims, Marne, France.

2003 October 09

Arrests

Gustavo Romero Tercero

2003 September Summary

September 2003 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: John Justin Bunting, and Robert Joe Wagner.

2003 September 08

Convictions

Robert Joe Wagner (Age 31) sentenced to life imprisonment, ten life terms, without the possibility of parole at a prison in Australia.
John Justin Bunting (Age 37) sentenced to life imprisonment, eleven consecutive terms with out the possibility of parole at a prison in Australia.

2003 July Summary

July 2003 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Wang Qiang, and Manuel Octavio Bermudez.

2003 July 18

Arrests

Manuel Octavio Bermudez (Age 41)

2003 July 14

Arrests

Wang Qiang (Age 28)

2003 June Summary

June 2003 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Paul Durousseau, and Michel Fourniret.
1 serial killer was convicted: Leonard Fraser.

2003 June 26

Arrests

Michel Fourniret (Age 61)

2003 June 17

Arrests

Paul Durousseau (Age 32)

2003 June 13

Convictions

Leonard Fraser (Age 51) sentenced to life imprisonment at Wolston Correctional Centre high security prison facility in Wacol, Queensland, Australia..

2003 May Summary

May 2003 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Diane Odell, and Derrick Todd Lee.

2003 May 27

Arrests

Derrick Todd Lee (Age 34)

2003 May 17

Arrests

Diane Odell (Age 50)

2003 April Summary

April 2003 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Cory Deonn Morris.

2003 April 12

Arrests

Cory Deonn Morris (Age 24)

2003 March Summary

March 2003 Summary

1 serial killer died: Elfriede Blauensteiner.
1 other event

2003 March 21

Events

Jack Harold Jones (Age 38) DNA match in Barrett case
Location: Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

Detective John Curcio of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department learned that a national DNA database came up with a match to a sample in the Barrett case which he had submitted in 2002. The sample matched the DNA of Jack H. Jones Jr., a convicted murderer on Arkansas' death row. Police held off a public announcement of the DNA match until Monday to give the Barrett family a chance over the weekend to deal with the information.

2003 March 18

deaths

Elfriede Blauensteiner (Age 72) cause of death: natural causes, brain cancer at a Vienna hospital in Neunkirchen, town in Lower Austria. She is buried at Feuerhalle Simmering, cemetery.

2003 February Summary

February 2003 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Kaspars Petrovs.

2003 February 03

Arrests

Kaspars Petrovs

2003 January Summary

January 2003 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Anthony Hardy.
1 serial killer was convicted: John Edward Robinson.
2 other events

2003 January 21

Convictions

John Edward Robinson (Age 59) sentenced to death at El Dorado Correctional Facility, El Dorado, Kansas, US.

2003 January 11

Events

Hubert Geralds (Age 38) death sentence commuted to life imprisonment
Location: a court in Chicago, Illinois, US

Governor George H. Ryan commuted his sentence, and those of more than 150 other death row prisoners, to life in prison without parole.
Lorenzo Fayne (Age 31) death sentence commuted to life imprisonment
Location: a court in Chicago, Illinois, US

Governor George H. Ryan commuted his sentence, and those of more than 150 other death row prisoners, to life in prison without parole.

2003 January 02

Arrests

Anthony Hardy (Age 51)

2002 Summary

2002 events By Month

43 events related to serial killers occurred in 2002.

2 events in February
1 events in March
3 events in April
3 events in May
4 events in June
2 events in July
1 events in August
2 events in September
6 events in October
2 events in November
2 events in December

2002 Summary

4 serial killers started their killing spree: William Clyde Gibson, Levi Bellfield, Irina Gaidamachuk, and Cory Deonn Morris.
11 serial killers ended their killing spree: Abdullah Shah, Yavuz Yapicioglu, Terry Rasmussen, Anthony Hardy, Pedro Lopez, Sergei Dovzhenko, Maury Travis, Derrick Todd Lee, Gao Chengyong, Umesh Reddy, and Colin Norris.
2 serial killers were executed: Alton Coleman, and Aileen Carol Wuornos.
7 serial killers were arrested: Yavuz Yapicioglu, Chester Turner, Abdullah Shah, Maury Travis, Umesh Reddy, Robert Pickton, and Vickie Dawn Jackson.
7 serial killers were convicted: Willem van Eijk, Abdullah Shah, Yavuz Yapicioglu, Lucious Boyd, Andrew Urdiales, András Pándy, and Cary Stayner.
12 serial killers died: John Ingvar Lovgren, Myra Hindley, Saeed Hanaei, Alton Coleman, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega, Aileen Carol Wuornos, David Parker Ray, Maury Travis, Richard Evonitz, Angelo Buono, Gerald Gallego, and Archibald Hall.

2002 December Summary

December 2002 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Yavuz Yapicioglu.
1 serial killer was arrested: Yavuz Yapicioglu.

2002 December 25

Convictions

Yavuz Yapicioglu sentenced to preventively detained at Tekirdag Prison in Tekirdag, Turkey.

2002 December 24

Arrests

Yavuz Yapicioglu

2002 November Summary

November 2002 Summary

1 serial killer died: Myra Hindley.
1 serial killer was convicted: Willem van Eijk.

2002 November 15

deaths

Myra Hindley (Age 60) cause of death: natural causes, cardiovascular disease at West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.

2002 November 05

Convictions

Willem van Eijk (Age 61) sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison in the Netherlands.

2002 October Summary

October 2002 Summary

2 serial killers died: Aileen Carol Wuornos, and Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega.
2 serial killers were arrested: Chester Turner, and Abdullah Shah.
1 serial killer was executed: Aileen Carol Wuornos.
1 serial killer was convicted: Abdullah Shah.

2002 October 24

deaths

Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega (Age 44) cause of death: homicide, stabbed by two fellow inmates at a prison in Topas, municipality of Spain.

2002 October 09

Executions

Aileen Carol Wuornos (Age 46) executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison, Bradford County, Florida, US.

deaths

Aileen Carol Wuornos (Age 46) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison, Bradford County, Florida, US.

2002 October 01

Arrests

Abdullah Shah
Chester Turner (Age 35)

Convictions

Abdullah Shah sentenced to death by gunshot to the head at the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul, Afghanistan.

2002 September Summary

September 2002 Summary

2 serial killers died: Archibald Hall, and Angelo Buono.

2002 September 21

deaths

Angelo Buono (Age 67) cause of death: natural causes, myocardial infarction at Calipatria State Prison in Calipatria, California, US.

2002 September 16

deaths

Archibald Hall (Age 78) cause of death: natural causes, storke at HM Prison Kingston in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

2002 August Summary

August 2002 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Cary Stayner.

2002 August 27

Convictions

Cary Stayner (Age 41) sentenced to death at San Quentin Penitentiary in San Quentin, California, US.

2002 July Summary

July 2002 Summary

1 serial killer died: Gerald Gallego.
1 serial killer was arrested: Vickie Dawn Jackson.

2002 July 18

deaths

Gerald Gallego (Age 56) cause of death: cancer at the prison medical center inside Ely State Prison in Ely, White Pine County, Nevada, US.

2002 July 16

Arrests

Vickie Dawn Jackson (Age 36)

2002 June Summary

June 2002 Summary

2 serial killers died: Maury Travis, and Richard Evonitz.
1 serial killer was convicted: Lucious Boyd.
1 serial killer was arrested: Maury Travis.

2002 June 27

deaths

Richard Evonitz (Age 38) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by shooting himself while surrounded by police at near the waterfront in Sarasota, Florida, US.

2002 June 21

Convictions

Lucious Boyd (Age 43) sentenced to death at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida, US.

2002 June 10

deaths

Maury Travis (Age 36) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell at St. Louis County Justice Center in Clayton, Missouri, US.

2002 June 07

Arrests

Maury Travis (Age 36)

2002 May Summary

May 2002 Summary

1 serial killer died: David Parker Ray.
1 serial killer was convicted: Andrew Urdiales.
1 serial killer was arrested: Umesh Reddy.

2002 May 28

deaths

David Parker Ray (Age 62) cause of death: natural causes, myocardial infarction at Lea County Correctional Center in Hobbs, New Mexico, US.

2002 May 23

Convictions

Andrew Urdiales (Age 37) sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment at San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, US.

2002 May 17

Arrests

Umesh Reddy

2002 April Summary

April 2002 Summary

2 serial killers died: Alton Coleman, and Saeed Hanaei.
1 serial killer was executed: Alton Coleman.

2002 April 26

Executions

Alton Coleman (Age 46) executed by electrocution via electric chair at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, US.

deaths

Alton Coleman (Age 46) cause of death: executed by electrocution via electric chair at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, US.

2002 April 08

deaths

Saeed Hanaei cause of death: capital punishment, hanging at Mashhad, Capital city of Razavi Khorasan province, and second largest city in Iran.

2002 March Summary

March 2002 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: András Pándy.

2002 March 08

Convictions

András Pándy (Age 74) sentenced to life imprisonment at the Bruges prison in Bruges, West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium.

2002 February Summary

February 2002 Summary

1 serial killer died: John Ingvar Lovgren.
1 serial killer was arrested: Robert Pickton.

2002 February 22

Arrests

Robert Pickton (Age 52)

2002 February 09

deaths

John Ingvar Lovgren (Age 71) cause of death: cancer at an unknown location in Sweden.

2001 Summary

2001 events By Month

31 events related to serial killers occurred in 2001.

1 events in February
4 events in March
4 events in April
2 events in May
1 events in June
1 events in September
1 events in October
4 events in November

2001 Summary

4 serial killers started their killing spree: Colin Norris, Marc Sappington, Huang Yong, and Asande Baninzi.
9 serial killers ended their killing spree: Marc Sappington, Asande Baninzi, Saeed Hanaei, Julio Pérez Silva, Vickie Dawn Jackson, Willem van Eijk, Patrick McCullough, Robert Pickton, and Michel Fourniret.
1 serial killer was executed: Zhang Jun.
3 serial killers were arrested: Kathleen Folbigg, Willem van Eijk, and Gary Ridgway.
4 serial killers died: Henry Lee Lucas, Zhang Jun, Javed Iqbal, and Patrick McCullough.
8 serial killers were convicted: David Mulcahy, Vincent Johnson, Peter Lundin, Kristen Gilbert, Guy Georges, Zhang Jun, John Eric Armstrong, and William Patrick Fyfe.
2 other events

2001 November Summary

November 2001 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Gary Ridgway, and Willem van Eijk.
1 serial killer died: Patrick McCullough.
1 other event

2001 November 30

deaths

Patrick McCullough (Age 41) cause of death: suicide, self inflicted gunshot wound

Arrests

Gary Ridgway (Age 52)

2001 November 13

Events

Daniel Blank (Age 39) sentenced to life imprisonment
Location: Texas, US

Daniel Blank's death sentence was changed to life sentences. He was sentenced to two irrevocable life sentences for the murder of Sam and Louella Arcuri.

2001 November 12

Arrests

Willem van Eijk (Age 60)

2001 October Summary

October 2001 Summary

1 serial killer died: Javed Iqbal.

2001 October 08

deaths

Javed Iqbal cause of death: found dead in his cell, apparent suicide by hanging, later autopsies revealed that they had been beaten prior to death at Central Jail Lahore, Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, Pakistan.

2001 September Summary

September 2001 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: William Patrick Fyfe.

2001 September 21

Convictions

William Patrick Fyfe (Age 46) sentenced to life imprisonment at the Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary in Saskatchewan, Canada.

2001 June Summary

June 2001 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: John Eric Armstrong.

2001 June 18

Convictions

John Eric Armstrong (Age 27) sentenced to life imprisonment at Earnest C. Brooks Correctional Facility, West Shoreline Correctional Facility in Muskegon Heights, Michigan, US.

2001 May Summary

May 2001 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Zhang Jun.
1 serial killer died: Zhang Jun.

2001 May 20

Executions

Zhang Jun (Age 34) executed at a prison in Chongqing, China.

deaths

Zhang Jun (Age 34) cause of death: capital punishment, executed at a prison in Chongqing, China.

2001 April Summary

April 2001 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Guy Georges, and Zhang Jun.
1 serial killer was arrested: Kathleen Folbigg.
1 other event

2001 April 19

Arrests

Kathleen Folbigg (Age 33)

2001 April 14

Convictions

Zhang Jun (Age 34) sentenced to death at a prison in Chongqing, China.

2001 April 05

Convictions

Guy Georges (Age 38) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for twenty-two years at central house of Ensisheim a prison in Ensisheim, France.

2001 April 02

Events

Rodney Alcala (Age 57) Samsoe death sentence overturned
Location: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California, US

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturns Alcala’s death sentence in the Samsoe case, ruling that the Superior Court judge precluded the defense from presenting evidence “material to significant issues.”

2001 March Summary

March 2001 Summary

3 serial killers were convicted: Vincent Johnson, Peter Lundin, and Kristen Gilbert.
1 serial killer died: Henry Lee Lucas.

2001 March 27

Convictions

Kristen Gilbert (Age 33) sentenced to life imprisonment at Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, US.

2001 March 15

Convictions

Peter Lundin (Age 29) sentenced to life imprisonment at the Institution of Herstedvester in Herstedvester, Denmark.

2001 March 12

deaths

Henry Lee Lucas (Age 64) cause of death: natural causes, heart failure at an unnamed prison in Huntsville, Texas, US.

2001 March 10

Convictions

Vincent Johnson (Age 32) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, US.

2001 February Summary

February 2001 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: David Mulcahy.

2001 February 01

Convictions

David Mulcahy sentenced to life imprisonment, three life terms at HM Prison Full Sutton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

2000 Summary

2000 events By Month

46 events related to serial killers occurred in 2000.

2 events in January
2 events in February
3 events in March
5 events in April
3 events in May
2 events in June
1 events in July
5 events in August
4 events in September
2 events in October
2 events in November

2000 Summary

7 serial killers ended their killing spree: David Thabo Simelane, Edgecombe County Serial Killer, Vincent Johnson, John Edward Robinson, Zhang Jun, Peter Lundin, and Gary Ridgway.
8 serial killers started their killing spree: Maury Travis, Edgecombe County Serial Killer, Celine Lesage, Vickie Dawn Jackson, David Thabo Simelane, Anthony Hardy, Yukio Yamaji, and Saeed Hanaei.
1 serial killer died: Kiyotaka Katsuta.
1 serial killer was executed: Kiyotaka Katsuta.
8 serial killers were arrested: Peter Lundin, Vincent Johnson, Robert Lee Yates, John Eric Armstrong, Zhang Jun, Andre Crawford, John Edward Robinson, and Tommy Lynn Sells.
18 serial killers were convicted: Gabriel Garza Hoth, Robert Lee Yates, Frank Gust, Tommy Lynn Sells, Maoupa Cedric Maake, Samuel Sidyno, Peter Dupas, Gregory Brazel, Kendall Francois, Luis Garavito, Adnan Colak, Angel Maturino Resendiz, Donato Bilancia, Matthew James Harris, Michael Wayne McGray, Javed Iqbal, Rory Enrique Conde, and Hiroaki Hidaka.
3 other events

2000 November Summary

November 2000 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Kiyotaka Katsuta.
1 serial killer died: Kiyotaka Katsuta.

2000 November 30

Executions

Kiyotaka Katsuta (Age 52) executed by hanging at a prison in Nagoya, Japan.

deaths

Kiyotaka Katsuta (Age 52) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at a prison in Nagoya, Japan.

2000 October Summary

October 2000 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Robert Lee Yates, and Gabriel Garza Hoth.

2000 October 27

Convictions

Gabriel Garza Hoth sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison in Mexico.

2000 October 26

Convictions

Robert Lee Yates (Age 48) sentenced to death commuted to life without parole at Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, Washington, US.

2000 September Summary

September 2000 Summary

3 serial killers were convicted: Maoupa Cedric Maake, Tommy Lynn Sells, and Frank Gust.
1 serial killer was arrested: Zhang Jun.

2000 September 21

Convictions

Frank Gust (Age 31) sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany.

2000 September 19

Arrests

Zhang Jun (Age 34)

2000 September 18

Convictions

Tommy Lynn Sells (Age 36) sentenced to death lethal injection at Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, US.

2000 September 06

Convictions

Maoupa Cedric Maake sentenced to 27 life sentences + 1159 years and 3 months imprisonment at Johannesburg, South Africa.

2000 August Summary

August 2000 Summary

4 serial killers were convicted: Kendall Francois, Gregory Brazel, Peter Dupas, and Samuel Sidyno.
1 serial killer was arrested: Vincent Johnson.

2000 August 30

Convictions

Samuel Sidyno sentenced to seven life terms with a recommended 40 years in jail before he could be paroled .

2000 August 22

Convictions

Peter Dupas (Age 47) sentenced to life imprisonment, three terms at the Port Phillip Prison in Truganina, Victoria, Australia.

2000 August 18

Convictions

Gregory Brazel (Age 45) sentenced to life imprisonment with out the possibility of parole for thirty years at HM Prison Barwon in Lara, Victoria, Australia.

2000 August 11

Convictions

Kendall Francois (Age 29) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at Attica prison in Attica, New York, US.

2000 August 05

Arrests

Vincent Johnson (Age 31)

2000 July Summary

July 2000 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Peter Lundin.

2000 July 05

Arrests

Peter Lundin (Age 28)

2000 June Summary

June 2000 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: John Edward Robinson.
1 serial killer was convicted: Adnan Colak.

2000 June 23

Convictions

Adnan Colak (Age 47) sentenced to six death sentences plus forty years commuted to life imprisonment at a prison in Artvin, Turkey.

2000 June 02

Arrests

John Edward Robinson (Age 56)

2000 May Summary

May 2000 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Angel Maturino Resendiz, and Luis Garavito.
1 other event

2000 May 27

Convictions

Luis Garavito (Age 43) sentenced to 1853 years and nine days imprisonment, reduced to twenty-two years at a Colombian prison, the exact location is unavailable to the public.

2000 May 18

Convictions

Angel Maturino Resendiz (Age 40) sentenced to execution by lethal injection at Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, US.

2000 May 09

Events

Terry Rasmussen (Age 56) two victims remains discovered
Location: Bear Brook State Park, Allenstown, New Hampshire, US

Second barrel found adjacent to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, NH containing two unidentified female children (2-4 yoa) and (1-3 yoa).

2000 April Summary

April 2000 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: John Eric Armstrong, and Robert Lee Yates.
2 serial killers were convicted: Matthew James Harris, and Donato Bilancia.
1 other event

2000 April 18

Arrests

Robert Lee Yates (Age 47)

2000 April 12

Arrests

John Eric Armstrong (Age 26)

Convictions

Donato Bilancia (Age 48) sentenced to life imprisonment, thirteen terms plus an additional twenty years at a prison in Italy.

2000 April 11

Events

Daniel Blank (Age 37) sentenced to death by lethal injection
Location: Texas, US

Daniel Blank was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the killing of Joan Brock.

2000 April 07

Convictions

Matthew James Harris (Age 31) sentenced to life imprisonment, two terms plus forty years at a prison in New South Wales, Australia.

2000 March Summary

March 2000 Summary

3 serial killers were convicted: Rory Enrique Conde, Javed Iqbal, and Michael Wayne McGray.

2000 March 20

Convictions

Michael Wayne McGray (Age 34) sentenced to life imprisonment at Mountain Institution, Canada .

2000 March 16

Convictions

Javed Iqbal sentenced to death by public strangulation at Central Jail Lahore, Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, Capital of the Punjab Province, Pakistan.

2000 March 07

Convictions

Rory Enrique Conde (Age 34) sentenced to death at Union Correctional Institution, Florida State Prison, Raiford Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

2000 February Summary

February 2000 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Hiroaki Hidaka.
1 other event

2000 February 10

Events

Hubert Geralds (Age 35) King murder conviction vacated
Location: a court in Chicago, Illinois, US

Prosecutors moved to vacate the conviction for the Rhonda King murder after a different serial killer, Andre Crawford, gave a credible confession to killing King.

2000 February 09

Convictions

Hiroaki Hidaka (Age 38) sentenced to death by hanging at Hiroshima Detention Center in Hiroshima, Japan.

2000 January Summary

January 2000 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Tommy Lynn Sells, and Andre Crawford.

2000 January 28

Arrests

Andre Crawford (Age 37)

2000 January 02

Arrests

Tommy Lynn Sells (Age 35)

1999 Summary

1999 events By Month

60 events related to serial killers occurred in 1999.

3 events in January
5 events in February
3 events in March
3 events in April
3 events in May
1 events in July
2 events in August
4 events in September
7 events in December

1999 Summary

10 serial killers started their killing spree: Yang Xinhai, Dmitry Baksheev, Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour, Natalia Baksheev, Vincent Johnson, Niels Högel, Dallen Bounds, Cary Stayner, Manuel Octavio Bermudez, and KD Kempamma.
19 serial killers ended their killing spree: Dallen Bounds, David Parker Ray, Lucious Boyd, Dorángel Vargas, Luis Garavito, Samuel Sidyno, Andre Crawford, James Vlassakis, Kathleen Folbigg, Cary Stayner, Peter Dupas, Leonard Fraser, John Eric Armstrong, William Patrick Fyfe, John Justin Bunting, Tommy Lynn Sells, Robert Joe Wagner, Javed Iqbal, and Angel Maturino Resendiz.
3 serial killers died: Donald Leroy Evans, Dallen Bounds, and Stephen Akinmurele.
7 serial killers were convicted: William Neal, Paul Dennis Reid, Gerald Parker, Daniel Blank, Sipho Agmatir Thwala, Daniel Conahan, and Faryion Wardrip.
14 serial killers were arrested: William Patrick Fyfe, Cary Stayner, Robert Joe Wagner, Luis Garavito, Peter Dupas, Leonard Fraser, Lucious Boyd, David Parker Ray, Faryion Wardrip, Dorángel Vargas, David Mulcahy, Samuel Sidyno, John Justin Bunting, and Javed Iqbal.
7 other events

1999 December Summary

December 1999 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: William Patrick Fyfe, and Javed Iqbal.
1 serial killer died: Dallen Bounds.
1 serial killer was convicted: Faryion Wardrip.
3 other events

1999 December 30

Arrests

Javed Iqbal

Convictions

Faryion Wardrip (Age 40) sentenced to death by lethal injection plus three life terms at Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, US.

1999 December 23

deaths

Dallen Bounds (Age 28) cause of death: self-inflicted gunshot to the head at Easley, South Carolina, US.

1999 December 22

Arrests

William Patrick Fyfe (Age 44)

1999 December 10

Events

Daniel Conahan (Age 45) sentenced date
Location: a court in Charlotte County, Florida, US

DEATH SENTENCE for 1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT. Case: 9700166 CHARLOTTE, FL
Daniel Conahan (Age 45) sentenced date
Location: a court in Charlotte County, Florida, US

6Y 8M 0D KIDNAP;COMM.OR FAC.FELONY Case: 9700166 CHARLOTTE, FL, US
Thomas Huskey (Age 39) Huskey's father, Frank Dee Huskey, died
Location: Sevierville, Tennessee

Thomas Huskey's father, Frank Dee Huskey, died in Sevierville, Tennessee. He was buried at the Little Cove Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

1999 September Summary

September 1999 Summary

3 serial killers were convicted: Daniel Blank, Paul Dennis Reid, and William Neal.
1 other event

1999 September 29

Convictions

William Neal (Age 43) sentenced to death sentence changed to life in prison. at Jefferson County Detention Center.

1999 September 22

Convictions

Paul Dennis Reid (Age 41) sentenced to capital punishment at Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg, Tennessee, US.

1999 September 02

Convictions

Daniel Blank (Age 37) sentenced to death by lethal injection, overturned to life in prison without parole in 2001 .

1999 September 01

Events

Daniel Blank (Age 37) conviction
Location: Texas, US

Daniel Blank was convicted of killing Lillian Philippe and was sentenced to death by lethal injection.

1999 August Summary

August 1999 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Daniel Conahan.
1 serial killer died: Stephen Akinmurele.

1999 August 28

deaths

Stephen Akinmurele (Age 21) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell at a segregated wing at Manchester Prison in Manchester, England.

1999 August 17

Convictions

Daniel Conahan (Age 45) sentenced to death at Union Correctional Institution, Florida State Prison, Raiford Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

1999 July Summary

July 1999 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Cary Stayner.

1999 July 24

Arrests

Cary Stayner (Age 37)

1999 May Summary

May 1999 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: John Justin Bunting, and Robert Joe Wagner.
1 other event

1999 May 20

Arrests

Robert Joe Wagner (Age 27)

1999 May 19

Arrests

John Justin Bunting (Age 32)

1999 May 16

Events

James Edward Wood (Age 51) appeal rejected
Location: U.S. Supreme Court, US

U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Wood’s appeal.

1999 April Summary

April 1999 Summary

3 serial killers were arrested: Leonard Fraser, Peter Dupas, and Luis Garavito.

1999 April 22

Arrests

Luis Garavito (Age 42)
Peter Dupas (Age 45)
Leonard Fraser (Age 47)

1999 March Summary

March 1999 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Lucious Boyd, and David Parker Ray.
1 serial killer was convicted: Sipho Agmatir Thwala.

1999 March 31

Convictions

Sipho Agmatir Thwala sentenced to life imprisonment a total of 506 years at C Max Penitentiary in Pretoria, South Africa.

1999 March 26

Arrests

Lucious Boyd (Age 40)

1999 March 22

Arrests

David Parker Ray (Age 59)

1999 February Summary

February 1999 Summary

3 serial killers were arrested: David Mulcahy, Faryion Wardrip, and Dorángel Vargas.
1 serial killer was convicted: Gerald Parker.
1 other event

1999 February 22

Convictions

Gerald Parker sentenced to death by by lethal injection at the San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

1999 February 14

Arrests

Faryion Wardrip (Age 39)

1999 February 13

Events

Thomas Huskey (Age 38) mistrial declared
Location: Knox County Criminal Court, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

Judge Richard Baumgartner declared a mistrial in Huskey's quadruple murder case. The case lasted from the fall of 1992 until late 2005. Ultimately, appellate courts ruled that authorities had used a flawed warrant to seize items from Huskey's parents' trailer. They also found that his confession had been coerced.

1999 February 12

Arrests

Dorángel Vargas (Age 42)

1999 February 03

Arrests

David Mulcahy

1999 January Summary

January 1999 Summary

1 serial killer died: Donald Leroy Evans.
1 serial killer was arrested: Samuel Sidyno.
1 other event

1999 January 11

Events

Michael Hughes prison intake date
Location: San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, US

Michael Hughes, inmate P25039, was received as an inmate at the San Quentin State Prison.

1999 January 06

Arrests

Samuel Sidyno

1999 January 05

deaths

Donald Leroy Evans (Age 41) cause of death: homicide, stabbed in shower by fellow death row inmate Jimmie Mack at Mississippi State Penitentiary.

1998 Summary

1998 events By Month

66 events related to serial killers occurred in 1998.

3 events in January
3 events in February
4 events in March
1 events in April
5 events in May
4 events in June
1 events in July
3 events in August
1 events in September
3 events in October
5 events in November
4 events in December

1998 Summary

11 serial killers started their killing spree: Javed Iqbal, Juan Covington, Julio Pérez Silva, Leonard Fraser, Samuel Sidyno, Daniel Audiel López Martínez, Israel Keyes, Juana Barraza, Matthew James Harris, Yevgeny Chuplinsky, and William Neal.
18 serial killers ended their killing spree: William Neal, Chester Turner, Frank Gust, Bandali Debs, Harold Shipman, Efren Saldivar, Michael Wayne McGray, Wayne Adam Ford, Matthew James Harris, Francisco de Assis Pereira, Satish, Donato Bilancia, Kendall Francois, Gustavo Romero Tercero, Gabriel Garza Hoth, Aleksandr Rubel, Robert Lee Yates, and Stephen Akinmurele.
3 serial killers were executed: Kenneth McDuff, Gerald Stano, and Bai Baoshan.
6 serial killers were convicted: Dana Sue Gray, Robert Joseph Silveria, Keith Hunter Jesperson, Ahmad Suradji, Stewart Wilken, and Satish.
11 serial killers were arrested: Aleksandr Rubel, William Neal, Francisco de Assis Pereira, Gary Charles Evans, Kendall Francois, Donato Bilancia, Stephen Akinmurele, Wayne Adam Ford, Guy Georges, Satish, and Matthew James Harris.
11 serial killers died: Paul Michael Stephani, Manuel Delgado Villegas, Pietro Pacciani, Gerald Stano, Kenneth McDuff, Judias Judy Buenoano, Fritz Honka, Bai Baoshan, Gary Charles Evans, Waneta Hoyt, and Walter De Giusti.
6 other events

1998 December Summary

December 1998 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Matthew James Harris.
1 serial killer was convicted: Satish.
2 other events

1998 December 22

Events

James Edward Wood (Age 51) stay of execution
Location: Idaho, US

Supreme Court justice O’Connor signed a stay of execution until Wood’s death sentence appeal could be heard by the entire U.S Supreme Court.

Convictions

Satish sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison in Haryana, India.

1998 December 10

Events

Daniel Blank (Age 36) attempted escape
Location: Texas, US

Daniel Blank escaped during a pause in the hearing through a second-floor bathroom window. He was caught after a short chase.

1998 December 01

Arrests

Matthew James Harris (Age 30)

1998 November Summary

November 1998 Summary

3 serial killers were arrested: Stephen Akinmurele, Wayne Adam Ford, and Satish.
1 serial killer was executed: Kenneth McDuff.
1 serial killer died: Kenneth McDuff.

1998 November 20

Arrests

Satish

1998 November 17

Executions

Kenneth McDuff (Age 52) Executed by lethal injection at Texas.

deaths

Kenneth McDuff (Age 52) cause of death: capital punishment, Executed by lethal injection at Texas.

1998 November 03

Arrests

Wayne Adam Ford (Age 36)

1998 November 01

Arrests

Stephen Akinmurele (Age 20)

1998 October Summary

October 1998 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Dana Sue Gray.
1 serial killer died: Fritz Honka.
1 other event

1998 October 19

deaths

Fritz Honka (Age 63) cause of death: natural causes at a hospital in Langenhorn, Hamburg, Germany.

1998 October 16

Convictions

Dana Sue Gray (Age 40) sentenced to life imprisonment at the California Women's Prison in Chowchilla, California, US.

1998 October 09

Events

James Edward Wood (Age 50) appeal rejected
Location: Idaho State Supreme Court, Idaho, US

Idaho State Supreme Court rejects Wood’s appeal

1998 September Summary

September 1998 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Kendall Francois.

1998 September 02

Arrests

Kendall Francois (Age 27)

1998 August Summary

August 1998 Summary

2 serial killers died: Waneta Hoyt, and Gary Charles Evans.
1 serial killer was arrested: Francisco de Assis Pereira.

1998 August 14

deaths

Gary Charles Evans (Age 43) cause of death: suicide, escaped handcuffs and prisoner transportation van, surrounded, he committed suicide by jumping off the bridge (61ft) to his death at Troy-Menands Bridge, Menands, New York, US.

1998 August 13

deaths

Waneta Hoyt (Age 52) cause of death: natural causes, pancreatic cancer at Bedford Hills, NY.

1998 August 04

Arrests

Francisco de Assis Pereira (Age 30)

1998 July Summary

July 1998 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: William Neal.

1998 July 09

Arrests

William Neal (Age 42)

1998 June Summary

June 1998 Summary

2 serial killers died: Paul Michael Stephani, and Walter De Giusti.
1 serial killer was arrested: Aleksandr Rubel.
1 serial killer was convicted: Keith Hunter Jesperson.

1998 June 12

deaths

Walter De Giusti cause of death: HIV/AIDS at Sanatorio Americano, Hospital in Rosario, Argentina.
Paul Michael Stephani (Age 53) cause of death: natural causes, skin cancer at Oak Park Heights prison in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, US.

1998 June 08

Arrests

Aleksandr Rubel (Age 17)

1998 June 03

Convictions

Keith Hunter Jesperson (Age 43) sentenced to life imprisonment, four life terms at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon, US.

1998 May Summary

May 1998 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Donato Bilancia, and Gary Charles Evans.
1 serial killer was executed: Bai Baoshan.
1 serial killer died: Bai Baoshan.
1 other event

1998 May 27

Arrests

Gary Charles Evans (Age 43)

1998 May 15

Events

Daniel Blank (Age 35) conviction
Location: Texas, US

Daniel Blank was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Joan Brock.

1998 May 06

Executions

Bai Baoshan executed by gunshot to the head at a prison in the Xinjiang region of China.

deaths

Bai Baoshan cause of death: capital punishment, executed by gunshot to the head at a prison in the Xinjiang region of China.

Arrests

Donato Bilancia (Age 46)

1998 April Summary

April 1998 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Ahmad Suradji.

1998 April 27

Convictions

Ahmad Suradji (Age 49) sentenced to death by firing squad at a prison in Medan, Indonesia.

1998 March Summary

March 1998 Summary

2 serial killers died: Gerald Stano, and Judias Judy Buenoano.
1 serial killer was executed: Gerald Stano.
1 serial killer was arrested: Guy Georges.

1998 March 30

deaths

Judias Judy Buenoano (Age 54) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by electrocution via electric chair at Starke, town in Florida.

1998 March 26

Arrests

Guy Georges (Age 35)

1998 March 23

Executions

Gerald Stano (Age 46) executed by electrocution via electric chair at Florida State Prison, prison.

deaths

Gerald Stano (Age 46) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by electrocution via electric chair at Florida State Prison, prison.

1998 February Summary

February 1998 Summary

2 serial killers died: Manuel Delgado Villegas, and Pietro Pacciani.
1 serial killer was convicted: Stewart Wilken.

1998 February 23

Convictions

Stewart Wilken (Age 31) sentenced to life imprisonment, seven terms at St Albans Correctional Facility, Uitenhage Farms in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

1998 February 22

deaths

Pietro Pacciani (Age 73) at Italy, republic in Southern Europe, member of the European Union.

1998 February 02

deaths

Manuel Delgado Villegas (Age 55) cause of death: natural causes, lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Hospital Can Ruti, a psychiatric hospital located in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain.

1998 January Summary

January 1998 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Robert Joseph Silveria.
2 other events

1998 January 30

Convictions

Robert Joseph Silveria (Age 38) sentenced to life imprisonment at Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington, Wyoming, US.

1998 January 16

Events

Hubert Geralds (Age 33) prison admission date
Location: Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois, US

Inmate B39967, Hubert Geralds Jr., was admitted in to the Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois.

1998 January 09

Events

Hubert Geralds (Age 33) sentenced to death
Location: Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Illinois, US

Hubert Geralds was sentenced to death at the Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, Illinois by Judge Michael P. Toomin.

1997 Summary

1997 events By Month

48 events related to serial killers occurred in 1997.

4 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in March
2 events in April
1 events in May
1 events in June
1 events in July
2 events in August
1 events in September
2 events in October
3 events in November
3 events in December

1997 Summary

12 serial killers ended their killing spree: Paul Dennis Reid, Daniel Blank, Ahmad Suradji, Gary Charles Evans, Stewart Wilken, Maoupa Cedric Maake, Nicholas Lungisa Ncama, Guy Georges, Bai Baoshan, Bradley Robert Edwards, Richard Evonitz, and Sipho Agmatir Thwala.
14 serial killers started their killing spree: Peter Dupas, Paul Durousseau, Aleksandr Rubel, James Vlassakis, Ali Kaya, Wayne Adam Ford, Donato Bilancia, Dorángel Vargas, Bandali Debs, Scott Williams, Ronald Dominique, Paul Dennis Reid, Francisco de Assis Pereira, and Nicholas Lungisa Ncama.
1 serial killer was executed: Michael Lee Lockhart.
3 serial killers died: Benjamin Atkins, Antonis Daglis, and Michael Lee Lockhart.
8 serial killers were convicted: Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode, Hubert Geralds, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Glen Edward Rogers, Elfriede Blauensteiner, Joseph Paul Franklin, Antonis Daglis, and Henry Louis Wallace.
9 serial killers were arrested: Ahmad Suradji, Paul Dennis Reid, Sipho Agmatir Thwala, Stewart Wilken, Bai Baoshan, András Pándy, Daniel Blank, Andrew Urdiales, and Maoupa Cedric Maake.
1 other events

1997 December Summary

December 1997 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Michael Lee Lockhart.
1 serial killer died: Michael Lee Lockhart.
1 serial killer was arrested: Maoupa Cedric Maake.

1997 December 23

Arrests

Maoupa Cedric Maake

1997 December 09

Executions

Michael Lee Lockhart (Age 37) executed by lethal injection at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, US.

deaths

Michael Lee Lockhart (Age 37) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by lethal injection at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, US.

1997 November Summary

November 1997 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Hubert Geralds.
1 serial killer was arrested: Daniel Blank.
1 other event

1997 November 14

Arrests

Daniel Blank (Age 35)

1997 November 13

Events

Hubert Geralds (Age 33) 33rd Birthday

Convictions

Hubert Geralds (Age 33) sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment at the Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois, US.

1997 October Summary

October 1997 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Bai Baoshan, and András Pándy.

1997 October 20

Arrests

András Pándy (Age 70)

1997 October 16

Arrests

Bai Baoshan

1997 September Summary

September 1997 Summary

1 serial killer died: Benjamin Atkins.

1997 September 17

deaths

Benjamin Atkins (Age 29) cause of death: natural causes, AIDS at Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center in Jackson, Michigan, US.

1997 August Summary

August 1997 Summary

1 serial killer died: Antonis Daglis.
1 serial killer was arrested: Sipho Agmatir Thwala.

1997 August 14

Arrests

Sipho Agmatir Thwala

1997 August 02

deaths

Antonis Daglis cause of death: suicide at an unnamed prison in Athens, Greece, republic in Southeast Europe.

1997 July Summary

July 1997 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Glen Edward Rogers.

1997 July 11

Convictions

Glen Edward Rogers (Age 34) sentenced to death at The Union Correctional Institution, Florida State Prison, Raiford Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

1997 June Summary

June 1997 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Paul Dennis Reid.

1997 June 25

Arrests

Paul Dennis Reid (Age 39)

1997 May Summary

May 1997 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Ahmad Suradji.

1997 May 02

Arrests

Ahmad Suradji (Age 48)

1997 April Summary

April 1997 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Andrew Urdiales.
1 serial killer was convicted: Tsutomu Miyazaki.

1997 April 23

Arrests

Andrew Urdiales (Age 32)

1997 April 14

Convictions

Tsutomu Miyazaki (Age 34) sentenced to death by hanging at a prison in Tokyo, Japan.

1997 March Summary

March 1997 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Elfriede Blauensteiner.

1997 March 07

Convictions

Elfriede Blauensteiner (Age 66) sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison in Austria.

1997 February Summary

February 1997 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Joseph Paul Franklin.

1997 February 27

Convictions

Joseph Paul Franklin (Age 46) sentenced to death by lethal injection at Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri, US.

1997 January Summary

January 1997 Summary

3 serial killers were convicted: Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode, Henry Louis Wallace, and Antonis Daglis.
1 serial killer was arrested: Stewart Wilken.

1997 January 31

Arrests

Stewart Wilken (Age 30)

1997 January 23

Convictions

Antonis Daglis sentenced to life imprisonment, thirteen life terms plus twenty-five years at an unnamed prison in Athens, Greece.

1997 January 07

Convictions

Henry Louis Wallace (Age 31) sentenced to death at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, US.
Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode sentenced to prison term of 140 years at KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

1996 Summary

1996 events By Month

43 events related to serial killers occurred in 1996.

1 events in January
2 events in February
2 events in March
4 events in April
5 events in July
3 events in August
3 events in September
1 events in October

1996 Summary

11 serial killers started their killing spree: Sipho Agmatir Thwala, Kendall Francois, Richard Evonitz, Maoupa Cedric Maake, Hiroaki Hidaka, Joseph Edward Duncan, Motta Navas, Umesh Reddy, Bradley Robert Edwards, Long Island Serial Killer, and Daniel Blank.
11 serial killers ended their killing spree: Hiroaki Hidaka, Herb Baumeister, Alexander Spesivtsev, Andrew Urdiales, Marc Dutroux, Robert Shulman, Bobby Jack Fowler, Robert Joseph Silveria, Edward Edwards, Anatoly Onoprienko, and Daniel Conahan.
2 serial killers were executed: John Joubert, and Sergey Golovkin.
5 serial killers were convicted: Bobby Jack Fowler, Steven Grieveson, Gary Ray Bowles, Jack Harold Jones, and Jack Spillman.
6 serial killers died: William Bonin, Ottis Toole, Joseph Kallinger, Herb Baumeister, Sergey Golovkin, and John Joubert.
7 serial killers were arrested: Marc Dutroux, Daniel Conahan, Hiroaki Hidaka, Robert Shulman, Robert Joseph Silveria, Kristen Gilbert, and Alexander Spesivtsev.
1 other events

1996 October Summary

October 1996 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Alexander Spesivtsev.

1996 October 26

Arrests

Alexander Spesivtsev (Age 26)

1996 September Summary

September 1996 Summary

1 serial killer died: Ottis Toole.
1 serial killer was arrested: Hiroaki Hidaka.
1 serial killer was convicted: Gary Ray Bowles.

1996 September 21

Arrests

Hiroaki Hidaka (Age 34)

1996 September 15

deaths

Ottis Toole (Age 49) cause of death: natural causes, liver cirrhosis at Raiford, . He is buried at Florida, state of the United States of America.

1996 September 06

Convictions

Gary Ray Bowles (Age 34) sentenced to death by electrocution at Union Correctional Institution, Florida State Prison, Raiford Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

1996 August Summary

August 1996 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Marc Dutroux.
1 serial killer was executed: Sergey Golovkin.
1 serial killer died: Sergey Golovkin.

1996 August 13

Arrests

Marc Dutroux (Age 39)

1996 August 02

Executions

Sergey Golovkin (Age 36) execution by gunshot to the head at a prison in Soviet Union, Russia.

deaths

Sergey Golovkin (Age 36) cause of death: capital punishment, execution by gunshot to the head at a prison in Soviet Union, Russia.

1996 July Summary

July 1996 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Daniel Conahan, and Kristen Gilbert.
2 serial killers died: Herb Baumeister, and John Joubert.
1 serial killer was executed: John Joubert.

1996 July 17

Executions

John Joubert (Age 33) executed by electrocution via electric chair at Nebraska State Prison in Lincoln, Nebraska, US.

deaths

John Joubert (Age 33) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by electrocution via electric chair at Nebraska State Prison in Lincoln, Nebraska, US.

1996 July 11

Arrests

Kristen Gilbert (Age 28)

1996 July 03

Arrests

Daniel Conahan (Age 42)

deaths

Herb Baumeister (Age 49) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide before he could be arrested at the Pinery Provincial Park in Lambton Shores, Canada.

1996 April Summary

April 1996 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Jack Harold Jones, and Jack Spillman.
1 serial killer was arrested: Robert Shulman.
1 other event

1996 April 30

Convictions

Jack Spillman (Age 26) sentenced to life imprisonment at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, US.

1996 April 17

Convictions

Jack Harold Jones (Age 31) sentenced to death by lethal injection at The Cummins Unit in Lincoln County, Arkansas, US.

1996 April 16

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 50) arrested on allegations of holding up a gas station
Location: Sacramento County Jail, Sacramento County, California, US

Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested and held at the Sacramento County Jail for three and a half hours before being released. DeAngelo filed a $1 million civil suit against the owner of the Sacramento-area gas station. Court files indicate the case was settled and dismissed in March 1998.

1996 April 06

Arrests

Robert Shulman (Age 42)

1996 March Summary

March 1996 Summary

1 serial killer died: Joseph Kallinger.
1 serial killer was arrested: Robert Joseph Silveria.

1996 March 26

deaths

Joseph Kallinger (Age 60) cause of death: epilepsy, seizure resulting heart failure at State Correctional Institution, Cresson, Pennsylvania, US.

1996 March 02

Arrests

Robert Joseph Silveria (Age 36)

1996 February Summary

February 1996 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Steven Grieveson.
1 serial killer died: William Bonin.

1996 February 28

Convictions

Steven Grieveson (Age 25) sentenced to life imprisonment at HM Prison Full Sutton in the village of Full Sutton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

1996 February 23

deaths

William Bonin (Age 49) cause of death: capital punishment, lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison, prison.

1996 January Summary

January 1996 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Bobby Jack Fowler.

1996 January 08

Convictions

Bobby Jack Fowler (Age 56) sentenced to sixteen years and three months imprisonment with the possibility of parole at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon, US.

1995 Summary

1995 events By Month

55 events related to serial killers occurred in 1995.

1 events in January
2 events in February
1 events in March
3 events in April
2 events in May
4 events in June
3 events in July
1 events in August
2 events in September
2 events in October
3 events in November
3 events in December

1995 Summary

9 serial killers started their killing spree: Robert Pickton, Sean Patrick Goble, Satish, Peter Moore, Wang Qiang, Stephen Akinmurele, Tamara Samsonova, Vladimir Mukhankin, and Marc Dutroux.
19 serial killers ended their killing spree: Peter Moore, Hubert Geralds, Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode, Robert Browne, Orville Lynn Majors, Jack Harold Jones, Vadim Ershov, Kristen Gilbert, Keith Hunter Jesperson, Sean Patrick Goble, Adnan Colak, Glen Edward Rogers, Anthony Allen Shore, Jack Spillman, Moses Sithole, Rory Enrique Conde, Antonis Daglis, Elfriede Blauensteiner, and Vladimir Mukhankin.
4 serial killers died: Fred West, Michael Lupo, Gerard John Schaefer, and Melvin Rees.
8 serial killers were convicted: Rosemary West, Moses Sithole, Thomas Huskey, Paul Kenneth Bernardo, William Suff, Cesar Barone, Sean Patrick Goble, and Waneta Hoyt.
12 serial killers were arrested: Rory Enrique Conde, Hubert Geralds, Jack Harold Jones, Vladimir Mukhankin, Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode, Moses Sithole, Jack Spillman, Glen Edward Rogers, Sean Patrick Goble, Keith Hunter Jesperson, Bobby Jack Fowler, and Adnan Colak.
3 other events

1995 December Summary

December 1995 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Cesar Barone, and Sean Patrick Goble.
1 serial killer died: Gerard John Schaefer.

1995 December 15

Convictions

Sean Patrick Goble (Age 29) sentenced to life imprisonment, two consecutive terms at the Northeast Correctional Complex in Mountain City, Tennessee, US.

1995 December 06

Convictions

Cesar Barone (Age 35) sentenced to death at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon, US.

1995 December 03

deaths

Gerard John Schaefer (Age 49) cause of death: homicide, stab wound, stabbed to death in his prison cell by a fellow inmate at Florida State Prison, Raiford, Florida, US.

1995 November Summary

November 1995 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Moses Sithole, and Rosemary West.
1 serial killer was arrested: Glen Edward Rogers.

1995 November 22

Convictions

Rosemary West (Age 41) sentenced to life imprisonment at HMP Low Newton in Brasside, Durham, England.

1995 November 13

Arrests

Glen Edward Rogers (Age 33)

1995 November 03

Convictions

Moses Sithole (Age 30) sentenced to life imprisonment, 2410 years at Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

1995 October Summary

October 1995 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Thomas Huskey.
1 serial killer was arrested: Moses Sithole.

1995 October 20

Convictions

Thomas Huskey (Age 35) sentenced to sixty-six years in prison at the South Central Correctional Facility in Clifton, Tennessee, US.

1995 October 18

Arrests

Moses Sithole (Age 30)

1995 September Summary

September 1995 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Paul Kenneth Bernardo.
1 serial killer was arrested: Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode.

1995 September 29

Arrests

Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode

1995 September 01

Convictions

Paul Kenneth Bernardo (Age 31) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for twenty-five years at Kingston Penitentiary in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

1995 August Summary

August 1995 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: William Suff.

1995 August 17

Convictions

William Suff (Age 44) sentenced to death by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

1995 July Summary

July 1995 Summary

1 serial killer died: Melvin Rees.
1 serial killer was arrested: Adnan Colak.
1 other event

1995 July 25

Events

James Edward Wood (Age 47) appeal rejected
Location: Idaho, US

Sixth district judge rejects Wood’s appeal.

1995 July 10

deaths

Melvin Rees cause of death: heart attack at a federal facility in Missouri, US.

1995 July 01

Arrests

Adnan Colak (Age 42)

1995 June Summary

June 1995 Summary

4 serial killers were arrested: Jack Harold Jones, Hubert Geralds, Rory Enrique Conde, and Bobby Jack Fowler.

1995 June 28

Arrests

Bobby Jack Fowler (Age 56)

1995 June 26

Arrests

Rory Enrique Conde (Age 30)

1995 June 18

Arrests

Hubert Geralds (Age 30)

1995 June 06

Arrests

Jack Harold Jones (Age 30)

1995 May Summary

May 1995 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Vladimir Mukhankin.
1 other event

1995 May 15

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 34) Scarver convicted for murdering Dahmer
Location: Columbia Correctional Institution, Portage, Wisconsin, US

Christopher Scarver was convicted of murdering Jeffrey Dahmer.

1995 May 01

Arrests

Vladimir Mukhankin (Age 35)

1995 April Summary

April 1995 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Jack Spillman, and Sean Patrick Goble.
1 serial killer was convicted: Waneta Hoyt.

1995 April 22

Convictions

Waneta Hoyt (Age 48) sentenced to life imprisonment at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, Bedford Hills, New York, US.

1995 April 19

Arrests

Jack Spillman (Age 25)

1995 April 13

Arrests

Sean Patrick Goble (Age 28)

1995 March Summary

March 1995 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Keith Hunter Jesperson.

1995 March 30

Arrests

Keith Hunter Jesperson (Age 39)

1995 February Summary

February 1995 Summary

1 serial killer died: Michael Lupo.
1 other event

1995 February 15

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 49) DeAngelo’s father Joseph James DeAngelo Sr. died
Location: Apo, Armed Forces – Pacific, South Korea

1995 February 12

deaths

Michael Lupo cause of death: AIDS at HM Frankland Prison in Durham, England.

1995 January Summary

January 1995 Summary

1 serial killer died: Fred West.

1995 January 01

deaths

Fred West (Age 53) cause of death: suicide, asphyxiated himself by hanging in prison cell with a blanket and tags from a prison laundry bag at HM Prison Birmingham in Winson Green, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. He is buried at Coventry, city in the West Midlands in England.

1994 Summary

1994 events By Month

62 events related to serial killers occurred in 1994.

2 events in January
4 events in February
7 events in March
3 events in April
5 events in May
2 events in June
2 events in July
3 events in August
1 events in October
5 events in November
1 events in December

1994 Summary

13 serial killers ended their killing spree: Gary Ray Bowles, Dana Sue Gray, Francisco Garcia Escalero, Claude Lastennet, Süleyman Aktaş, John Bittrolff, Henry Louis Wallace, Norman Afzal Simons, Larry DeWayne Hall, Joseph Naso, Alexander Tchayka, Robin Ligus, and Steven Grieveson.
14 serial killers started their killing spree: Alexander Tchayka, Jack Spillman, Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode, Rory Enrique Conde, Dana Sue Gray, Gary Ray Bowles, Hamdi Kayapinar, Frank Gust, Hubert Geralds, Yavuz Yapicioglu, Robin Ligus, Sean Vincent Gillis, Daniel Conahan, and Moses Sithole.
4 serial killers were executed: Andrei Chikatilo, John Wayne Gacy, Timothy Wilson Spencer, and William Henry Hance.
8 serial killers died: Daniel Camargo, Andrei Chikatilo, Jeffrey Dahmer, Larry Eyler, Timothy Wilson Spencer, John Wayne Gacy, Jack Unterweger, and William Henry Hance.
8 serial killers were arrested: Waneta Hoyt, Dana Sue Gray, Henry Louis Wallace, Steven Grieveson, Rosemary West, Fred West, Larry DeWayne Hall, and Gary Ray Bowles.
13 serial killers were convicted: James Edward Wood, Jack Unterweger, Paul Rowles, Lorenzo Fayne, Sergey Golovkin, Harvey Miguel Robinson, Alton Coleman, Robert Black, Joel Rifkin, Danny Rolling, Kiyotaka Katsuta, Benjamin Atkins, and Larry DeWayne Hall.
2 other events

1994 December Summary

December 1994 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Larry DeWayne Hall.

1994 December 21

Convictions

Larry DeWayne Hall (Age 32) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at United States Penitentiary (USP Marion) in Williamson County, Illinois, US.

1994 November Summary

November 1994 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Gary Ray Bowles, and Larry DeWayne Hall.
2 serial killers died: Daniel Camargo, and Jeffrey Dahmer.
1 serial killer was convicted: Harvey Miguel Robinson.

1994 November 28

deaths

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 34) cause of death: homicide, murdered in prison by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver at Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin, US.

1994 November 22

Arrests

Gary Ray Bowles (Age 32)

1994 November 15

Arrests

Larry DeWayne Hall (Age 31)

1994 November 13

deaths

Daniel Camargo (Age 64) cause of death: homicide, murdered in prison by Geovanny Noguera at Garcia Moreno prison in Quito, Ecuador. He is buried at , .

1994 November 10

Convictions

Harvey Miguel Robinson (Age 19) sentenced to one death sentence, two terms of life imprisonment at State Correctional Institution, SCI Phoenix in Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

1994 October Summary

October 1994 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Sergey Golovkin.

1994 October 19

Convictions

Sergey Golovkin (Age 34) sentenced to death by gunshot to the head at a prison in Soviet Union, Russia.

1994 August Summary

August 1994 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Alton Coleman, and Lorenzo Fayne.
1 other event

1994 August 31

Events

Lorenzo Fayne (Age 23) prison admission date
Location: Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois, US

1994 August 18

Convictions

Lorenzo Fayne (Age 23) sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment at the Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois, US.

1994 August 03

Convictions

Alton Coleman (Age 38) sentenced to death by electrocution at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, US.

1994 July Summary

July 1994 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Paul Rowles.
1 other event

1994 July 13

Convictions

Paul Rowles (Age 46) sentenced to nineteen years in prison at the Dade Correctional Institution in Florida City, Florida, US.

1994 July 08

Events

John Joubert (Age 31) appeal denied
Location: Supreme Court of Nebraska, Nebraska, US

518 N.W.2d 887 (1994), 246 Neb. 287, STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. John J. JOUBERT, Appellant. No. S-84-842. Supreme Court of Nebraska.

1994 June Summary

June 1994 Summary

1 serial killer died: Jack Unterweger.
1 serial killer was convicted: Jack Unterweger.

1994 June 29

deaths

Jack Unterweger (Age 43) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell at Graz-Karlau Prison in Gries, Graz, Styria, Austrian.

Convictions

Jack Unterweger (Age 43) sentenced to life imprisonment with possibility of parole at Graz-Karlau Prison in Gries, Graz, Styria, Austrian.

1994 May Summary

May 1994 Summary

3 serial killers were convicted: Joel Rifkin, Benjamin Atkins, and Robert Black.
1 serial killer was executed: John Wayne Gacy.
1 serial killer died: John Wayne Gacy.

1994 May 19

Convictions

Robert Black (Age 47) sentenced to life imprisonment with out the possibility of parole for thirty-five years at HM Prison Maghaberry in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

1994 May 11

Convictions

Benjamin Atkins (Age 25) sentenced to life imprisonment, eleven life terms at Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center in Jackson, Michigan, US.

1994 May 10

Executions

John Wayne Gacy (Age 52) executed by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois, US.

deaths

John Wayne Gacy (Age 52) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois, US.

1994 May 09

Convictions

Joel Rifkin (Age 35) sentenced to 203 years to life in prison at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, US.

1994 April Summary

April 1994 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Timothy Wilson Spencer.
1 serial killer died: Timothy Wilson Spencer.
1 serial killer was convicted: Danny Rolling.

1994 April 27

Executions

Timothy Wilson Spencer (Age 32) executed by electrocution via electric chair at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, US.

deaths

Timothy Wilson Spencer (Age 32) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by electrocution via electric chair at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, US.

1994 April 20

Convictions

Danny Rolling (Age 39) sentenced to death by by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

1994 March Summary

March 1994 Summary

4 serial killers were arrested: Steven Grieveson, Henry Louis Wallace, Dana Sue Gray, and Waneta Hoyt.
2 serial killers died: Larry Eyler, and William Henry Hance.
1 serial killer was executed: William Henry Hance.

1994 March 31

Executions

William Henry Hance (Age 42) executed by electrocution via electric chair at a prison in Muscogee County, Georgia, US.

deaths

William Henry Hance (Age 42) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by electrocution via electric chair at a prison in Muscogee County, Georgia, US.

1994 March 23

Arrests

Waneta Hoyt (Age 47)

1994 March 16

Arrests

Dana Sue Gray (Age 36)

1994 March 13

Arrests

Henry Louis Wallace (Age 28)

1994 March 11

Arrests

Steven Grieveson (Age 23)

1994 March 06

deaths

Larry Eyler (Age 41) at Illinois, state of the United States of America.

1994 February Summary

February 1994 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Fred West, and Rosemary West.
1 serial killer was executed: Andrei Chikatilo.
1 serial killer died: Andrei Chikatilo.

1994 February 25

Arrests

Rosemary West (Age 40)

1994 February 24

Arrests

Fred West (Age 52)

1994 February 14

Executions

Andrei Chikatilo (Age 57) executed by single gunshot behind the right ear at Novocherkassk prison in Novocherkassk, Rostov oblast, Russia.

deaths

Andrei Chikatilo (Age 57) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by single gunshot behind the right ear at Novocherkassk prison in Novocherkassk, Rostov oblast, Russia.

1994 January Summary

January 1994 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: James Edward Wood, and Kiyotaka Katsuta.

1994 January 17

Convictions

Kiyotaka Katsuta (Age 45) sentenced to death by hanging at a prison in Nagoya, Japan.

1994 January 14

Convictions

James Edward Wood (Age 46) sentenced to death at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna, Idaho, US.

1993 Summary

1993 events By Month

57 events related to serial killers occurred in 1993.

3 events in January
2 events in February
1 events in March
3 events in April
1 events in June
7 events in July
5 events in August
1 events in September
1 events in October
3 events in December

1993 Summary

15 serial killers started their killing spree: Gustavo Romero Tercero, Zhang Jun, Colin Ireland, Lam Kwok-wai, Orville Lynn Majors, Glen Edward Rogers, Lucious Boyd, John Bittrolff, Claude Lastennet, James Swann, Peter Bryan, Michael Gargiulo, Paul Denyer, Steven Grieveson, and Andre Crawford.
15 serial killers ended their killing spree: Lam Kwok-wai, Joel Rifkin, Lorenzo Gilyard, Scott Erskine, Sergei Ryakhovsky, Heriberto Seda, James Edward Wood, Robert Napper, Harvey Miguel Robinson, Colin Ireland, Michael Hughes, Cesar Barone, Lorenzo Fayne, James Swann, and Paul Denyer.
1 serial killer was born: Howell Donaldson.
2 serial killers were executed: Westley Allan Dodd, and David Mason.
5 serial killers died: Westley Allan Dodd, Romulus Veres, Ray Copeland, Joseph Christopher, and David Mason.
9 serial killers were convicted: Lesley Warren, Jozef Slovak, Donald Leroy Evans, Paul Denyer, Cleophus Prince, Colin Ireland, Marcelo Costa de Andrade, Nathaniel White, and Thomas Dillon.
10 serial killers were arrested: James Edward Wood, Lorenzo Fayne, Harvey Miguel Robinson, Paul Denyer, Lam Kwok-wai, Joel Rifkin, Sergei Ryakhovsky, Cesar Barone, Paul Kenneth Bernardo, and Colin Ireland.

1993 December Summary

December 1993 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Paul Denyer, and Colin Ireland.
1 serial killer died: Romulus Veres.

1993 December 20

Convictions

Colin Ireland (Age 39) sentenced to life imprisonment, five terms at HM Prison Wakefield in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
Paul Denyer (Age 21) sentenced to life imprisonment at the Port Phillip Prison in Truganina, Victoria, Australia.

1993 December 13

deaths

Romulus Veres (Age 64) cause of death: natural causes, liver disease at the Stei Psychiatric Hospital in Romania.

1993 October Summary

October 1993 Summary

1 serial killer died: Ray Copeland.

1993 October 19

deaths

Ray Copeland (Age 78) at Massachusetts, state of the United States of America.

1993 September Summary

September 1993 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Lesley Warren.

1993 September 15

Convictions

Lesley Warren (Age 25) sentenced to death by lethal injection at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, US.

1993 August Summary

August 1993 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Donald Leroy Evans, and Jozef Slovak.
1 serial killer was arrested: Lam Kwok-wai.
1 serial killer was executed: David Mason.
1 serial killer died: David Mason.

1993 August 24

Executions

David Mason (Age 36) executed by gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

deaths

David Mason (Age 36) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

1993 August 20

Convictions

Jozef Slovak (Age 42) sentenced to life imprisonment at Ilavská prison in Ilava, Slowakei.

1993 August 16

Convictions

Donald Leroy Evans (Age 36) sentenced to death at Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman Farm) in Parchman, Mississippi, US.

1993 August 09

Arrests

Lam Kwok-wai (Age 22)

1993 July Summary

July 1993 Summary

5 serial killers were arrested: James Edward Wood, Colin Ireland, Lorenzo Fayne, Harvey Miguel Robinson, and Paul Denyer.
2 serial killers were convicted: Thomas Dillon, and Cleophus Prince.

1993 July 31

Arrests

Paul Denyer (Age 21)
Harvey Miguel Robinson (Age 18)

1993 July 24

Arrests

Lorenzo Fayne (Age 22)

1993 July 21

Arrests

Colin Ireland (Age 39)

1993 July 15

Convictions

Cleophus Prince (Age 25) sentenced to death at the San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

1993 July 12

Convictions

Thomas Dillon (Age 43) sentenced to 5 terms of 30 years to life for aggravated murder 15 years additional for gun specification at Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Scioto County, Ohio, US.

1993 July 06

Arrests

James Edward Wood (Age 45)

1993 June Summary

June 1993 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Joel Rifkin.

1993 June 28

Arrests

Joel Rifkin (Age 34)

1993 April Summary

April 1993 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Nathaniel White, and Marcelo Costa de Andrade.
1 serial killer was arrested: Sergei Ryakhovsky.

1993 April 26

Convictions

Marcelo Costa de Andrade (Age 26) sentenced to preventively detained at the Heitor Carrilho Psychiatric Hospital in Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

1993 April 14

Convictions

Nathaniel White (Age 32) sentenced to 150 years to life in prison at Elmira Correctional Facility, The Hill, Elmira, New York, US.

1993 April 13

Arrests

Sergei Ryakhovsky (Age 30)

1993 March Summary

March 1993 Summary

1 serial killer died: Joseph Christopher.

1993 March 01

deaths

Joseph Christopher (Age 37) cause of death: natural causes, a rare form of male breast cancer at Attica Correctional Facility, Attica, New York, US.

1993 February Summary

February 1993 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Paul Kenneth Bernardo, and Cesar Barone.

1993 February 27

Arrests

Cesar Barone (Age 32)

1993 February 17

Arrests

Paul Kenneth Bernardo (Age 28)

1993 January Summary

January 1993 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Howell Donaldson.
1 serial killer was executed: Westley Allan Dodd.
1 serial killer died: Westley Allan Dodd.

1993 January 26

births

Howell Donaldson was born in North Carolina.

1993 January 05

Executions

Westley Allan Dodd (Age 31) executed by hanging at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, US.

deaths

Westley Allan Dodd (Age 31) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, US.

1992 Summary

1992 events By Month

48 events related to serial killers occurred in 1992.

3 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in May
3 events in June
1 events in August
1 events in September
5 events in October
2 events in November
1 events in December

1992 Summary

14 serial killers ended their killing spree: Paul Kenneth Bernardo, Paul Rowles, Benjamin Atkins, Karla Homolka, William Suff, Jack Unterweger, Ondrej Rigo, Nathaniel White, Thomas Huskey, Kenneth McDuff, John Martin Crawford, Sergey Golovkin, Hadden Clark, and Francis Heaulme.
15 serial killers started their killing spree: John Eric Armstrong, Harvey Miguel Robinson, Derrick Todd Lee, Sergei Dovzhenko, Vadim Ershov, Robert Napper, Luis Garavito, Sergei Martynov, Robert Joe Wagner, Alexander Pichushkin, Martin Ney, Mikhail Popkov, Antonis Daglis, Adnan Colak, and John Justin Bunting.
1 serial killer died: Robert Berdella.
7 serial killers were arrested: Francis Heaulme, William Suff, Jack Unterweger, Nathaniel White, Sergey Golovkin, Thomas Huskey, and Thomas Dillon.
7 serial killers were convicted: Aileen Carol Wuornos, Jeffrey Dahmer, Valery Asratyan, Alfredo Prieto, Robert Ben Rhoades, Andrei Chikatilo, and Wolfgang Schmidt.
4 other events

1992 December Summary

December 1992 Summary

1 other event

1992 December 31

Events

Rodney Alcala (Age 49) Supreme Court upholds death sentence
Location: The California Supreme Court in California, US

1992 November Summary

November 1992 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Thomas Dillon.
1 serial killer was convicted: Wolfgang Schmidt.

1992 November 30

Convictions

Wolfgang Schmidt (Age 26) sentenced to fifteen years preventative detention at a psychiatric hospital in Brandenburg an der Havel, a town in Brandenburg, Germany.

1992 November 27

Arrests

Thomas Dillon (Age 42)

1992 October Summary

October 1992 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Sergey Golovkin, and Thomas Huskey.
1 serial killer died: Robert Berdella.
1 serial killer was convicted: Andrei Chikatilo.
1 other event

1992 October 31

Events

James Edward Wood (Age 44) moves to Pocatello, Idaho
Location: Pocatello, Idaho, US

James arrives at his cousin’s, Dave Haggard, and asks for a place to live. Haggard agrees to let him stay until he could get back on his feet.

1992 October 21

Arrests

Thomas Huskey (Age 32)

1992 October 19

Arrests

Sergey Golovkin (Age 32)

1992 October 14

Convictions

Andrei Chikatilo (Age 55) sentenced to death by gunshot to the head at Novocherkassk prison in Novocherkassk, Rostov oblast, Russia.

1992 October 08

deaths

Robert Berdella (Age 43) cause of death: natural causes, heart attack, myocardial infarction at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri, US.

1992 September Summary

September 1992 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Robert Ben Rhoades.

1992 September 11

Convictions

Robert Ben Rhoades (Age 46) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at the Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois, US.

1992 August Summary

August 1992 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Nathaniel White.

1992 August 26

Arrests

Nathaniel White (Age 32)

1992 June Summary

June 1992 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Valery Asratyan, and Alfredo Prieto.
1 other event

1992 June 18

Convictions

Alfredo Prieto (Age 26) sentenced to death by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, US.
Valery Asratyan sentenced to death by firing squad in 1992 at a prison location in Moscow, Russia.

Events

Alfredo Prieto (Age 26) sentenced to death
Location: California, US

1992 May Summary

May 1992 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Jeffrey Dahmer.

1992 May 01

Convictions

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 31) sentenced to life imprisonment, fifteen life terms, a total of 957 years at Columbia Correctional Institution, Portage, Wisconsin, US.

1992 March Summary

March 1992 Summary

1 other event

1992 March 05

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 31) Sinthasomphone v. Milwaukee
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

Estate of Sinthasomphone v. City of Milwaukee, 785 F. Supp. 1343 - Dist. Court, ED Wisconsin 1992

1992 February Summary

February 1992 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Jack Unterweger.

1992 February 27

Arrests

Jack Unterweger (Age 41)

1992 January Summary

January 1992 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: William Suff, and Francis Heaulme.
1 serial killer was convicted: Aileen Carol Wuornos.

1992 January 27

Convictions

Aileen Carol Wuornos (Age 35) sentenced to death by lethal injection at Florida State Prison, Bradford County, Florida, US.

1992 January 09

Arrests

William Suff (Age 41)

1992 January 07

Arrests

Francis Heaulme (Age 32)

1991 Summary

1991 events By Month

43 events related to serial killers occurred in 1991.

1 events in January
1 events in February
3 events in March
1 events in April
1 events in May
3 events in July
3 events in August
1 events in September
4 events in December

1991 Summary

12 serial killers started their killing spree: Beverley Allitt, Robert Shulman, Alexander Spesivtsev, Peter Tobin, Cesar Barone, Peter Lundin, Thomas Huskey, Marcelo Costa de Andrade, Nathaniel White, Benjamin Atkins, Gabriel Garza Hoth, and Guy Georges.
13 serial killers ended their killing spree: Beverley Allitt, Marcelo Costa de Andrade, Damaso Rodriguez Martin, Charles Albright, Donald Leroy Evans, Paul Steven Haigh, Jozef Slovak, Wolfgang Schmidt, Jeffrey Dahmer, Patricia Allanson, Peter Woodcock, Hwaseong killer, and Phillip Carl Jablonski.
1 serial killer was born: Mario Normore.
4 serial killers were convicted: Charles Albright, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega, Roger Kibbe, and Morris Solomon.
4 serial killers died: Damaso Rodriguez Martin, Donald Henry Gaskins, Vinko Pintarić, and Joachim Georg Kroll.
8 serial killers were arrested: Donald Leroy Evans, Wolfgang Schmidt, Jozef Slovak, Marcelo Costa de Andrade, Charles Albright, Cleophus Prince, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Aileen Carol Wuornos.
1 other events

1991 December Summary

December 1991 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega, and Charles Albright.
1 serial killer was arrested: Marcelo Costa de Andrade.
1 other event

1991 December 18

Convictions

Charles Albright (Age 58) sentenced to Life in prison at John Montford Psychiatric Unit, Lubbock, Texas.

Arrests

Marcelo Costa de Andrade (Age 24)

1991 December 13

Events

Charles Albright (Age 58) trail began
Location: Texas, US

1991 December 05

Convictions

Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega (Age 34) sentenced to 440 years in prison at a prison in Topas, Spain.

1991 September Summary

September 1991 Summary

1 serial killer died: Donald Henry Gaskins.

1991 September 06

deaths

Donald Henry Gaskins (Age 58) cause of death: capital punishment, electrocution at Columbia, capital of South Carolina, United States.

1991 August Summary

August 1991 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Donald Leroy Evans, and Wolfgang Schmidt.
1 serial killer was convicted: Morris Solomon.

1991 August 29

Convictions

Morris Solomon (Age 47) sentenced to death at the San Quentin Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

1991 August 05

Arrests

Donald Leroy Evans (Age 34)

1991 August 01

Arrests

Wolfgang Schmidt (Age 24)

1991 July Summary

July 1991 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Jozef Slovak, and Jeffrey Dahmer.
1 serial killer died: Joachim Georg Kroll.

1991 July 22

Arrests

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 31)

1991 July 18

Arrests

Jozef Slovak (Age 40)

1991 July 01

deaths

Joachim Georg Kroll (Age 58) cause of death: natural causes, heart attack at the Prison of Rheinbach in Rheinbach, Germany.

1991 May Summary

May 1991 Summary

1 serial killer died: Vinko Pintarić.

1991 May 25

deaths

Vinko Pintarić (Age 50) cause of death: ballistic trauma at Veliko Trgovišće, Croatia.

1991 April Summary

April 1991 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Mario Normore.

1991 April 23

births

Mario Normore

1991 March Summary

March 1991 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Cleophus Prince, and Charles Albright.
1 serial killer was convicted: Roger Kibbe.

1991 March 22

Arrests

Charles Albright (Age 57)

1991 March 18

Convictions

Roger Kibbe (Age 51) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at Mule Creek State Prison, Ione, California, US.

1991 March 03

Arrests

Cleophus Prince (Age 23)

1991 February Summary

February 1991 Summary

1 serial killer died: Damaso Rodriguez Martin.

1991 February 19

deaths

Damaso Rodriguez Martin (Age 46) cause of death: homicide, ballistic trauma, shot during a shootout with police at Macizo de Anaga, a mountain range on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

1991 January Summary

January 1991 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Aileen Carol Wuornos.

1991 January 09

Arrests

Aileen Carol Wuornos (Age 34)

1990 Summary

1990 events By Month

50 events related to serial killers occurred in 1990.

2 events in January
1 events in March
2 events in April
2 events in May
3 events in July
1 events in August
3 events in September
2 events in October
1 events in November
3 events in December

1990 Summary

14 serial killers started their killing spree: Karla Homolka, Keith Hunter Jesperson, Stewart Wilken, Heriberto Seda, Charles Albright, Francisca Ballesteros, Henry Louis Wallace, Silvo Plut, Ondrej Rigo, Christopher Peterson, Paul Kenneth Bernardo, Herb Baumeister, Abdullah Shah, and Cleophus Prince.
16 serial killers ended their killing spree: Christopher Peterson, Cleophus Prince, Frankford Slasher, András Pándy, John Wayne Glover, Valery Asratyan, Alfredo Prieto, Aileen Carol Wuornos, Robert Ben Rhoades, Danny Rolling, Lesley Warren, Thomas Dillon, Gregory Brazel, Vinko Pintarić, Alex Henriquez, and Andrei Chikatilo.
1 serial killer was born: Cody Legebokoff.
1 serial killer was executed: Buddy Earl Justus.
2 serial killers died: Buddy Earl Justus, and Graham Young.
5 serial killers were convicted: Arthur Shawcross, Dale Anderson, Martha Ann Johnson, Pierre Chanal, and Westley Allan Dodd.
9 serial killers were arrested: Andrei Chikatilo, Gregory Brazel, Danny Rolling, Lesley Warren, Robert Black, Robert Ben Rhoades, John Wayne Glover, Alfredo Prieto, and Arthur Shawcross.
2 other events

1990 December Summary

December 1990 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Buddy Earl Justus.
1 serial killer died: Buddy Earl Justus.
1 serial killer was convicted: Arthur Shawcross.

1990 December 13

Executions

Buddy Earl Justus (Age 37) executed by electrocution via electric chair at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia, US.

deaths

Buddy Earl Justus (Age 37) cause of death: executed by electrocution via electric chair at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia, US.

Convictions

Arthur Shawcross (Age 45) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, New York, US.

1990 November Summary

November 1990 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Andrei Chikatilo.

1990 November 20

Arrests

Andrei Chikatilo (Age 54)

1990 October Summary

October 1990 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Pierre Chanal.
1 other event

1990 October 23

Convictions

Pierre Chanal (Age 43) sentenced to ten years imprisonment, released in 1995, awaiting trial at a prison in Reims, Marne, France.

1990 October 15

Events

John Joubert (Age 27) additional murder conviction
Location: a court in Maine, US

John Joubert was convicted in Maine of the murder of Richard Stetson, his first victim.

1990 September Summary

September 1990 Summary

3 serial killers were arrested: Alfredo Prieto, Danny Rolling, and Gregory Brazel.

1990 September 26

Arrests

Gregory Brazel (Age 35)

1990 September 08

Arrests

Danny Rolling (Age 36)

1990 September 06

Arrests

Alfredo Prieto (Age 24)

1990 August Summary

August 1990 Summary

1 serial killer died: Graham Young.

1990 August 01

deaths

Graham Young (Age 42) cause of death: natural causes, Myocardial infarction at HM Prison Parkhurst, Newport, United Kingdom.

1990 July Summary

July 1990 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Robert Black, and Lesley Warren.
1 serial killer was convicted: Westley Allan Dodd.

1990 July 21

Arrests

Lesley Warren (Age 22)

1990 July 15

Convictions

Westley Allan Dodd (Age 29) sentenced to death by hanging at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, US.

1990 July 14

Arrests

Robert Black (Age 43)

1990 May Summary

May 1990 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Martha Ann Johnson.
1 other event

1990 May 05

Convictions

Martha Ann Johnson sentenced to life imprisonment at the Pulaski State Prison in Hawkinsville, Georgia, US.

1990 May 04

Events

John Joubert (Age 26) appeal denied
Location: Supreme Court of Nebraska, Nebraska, US

455 N.W.2d 117 (1990), 235 Neb. 230, STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. John J. JOUBERT, Appellant. No. 89-224. Supreme Court of Nebraska.

1990 April Summary

April 1990 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Dale Anderson.
1 serial killer was arrested: Robert Ben Rhoades.

1990 April 17

Convictions

Dale Anderson (Age 38) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at Menard Correctional Center, in solitary confinement, near Chester, Illinois, US.

1990 April 01

Arrests

Robert Ben Rhoades (Age 44)

1990 March Summary

March 1990 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: John Wayne Glover.

1990 March 20

Arrests

John Wayne Glover (Age 57)

1990 January Summary

January 1990 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Cody Legebokoff.
1 serial killer was arrested: Arthur Shawcross.

1990 January 21

births

Cody Legebokoff was born in Fort St. James, British Columbia.

1990 January 05

Arrests

Arthur Shawcross (Age 44)

1989 Summary

1989 events By Month

47 events related to serial killers occurred in 1989.

3 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in April
4 events in May
2 events in June
2 events in July
5 events in September
3 events in October
2 events in November

1989 Summary

11 serial killers started their killing spree: Allan Joseph Legere, Anatoly Onoprienko, Aileen Carol Wuornos, Danny Rolling, Wolfgang Schmidt, Westley Allan Dodd, Joel Rifkin, Lorenzo Fayne, Kathleen Folbigg, John Wayne Glover, and Scott Erskine.
13 serial killers ended their killing spree: Allan Joseph Legere, Westley Allan Dodd, Adolfo Constanzo, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Arthur Shawcross, Colonial Parkway Killer, Craig Price, Johannes Mashiane, Faye Copeland, New Bedford Highway Killer, John Cooper, Ray Copeland, and Monster of Udine.
2 serial killers were executed: Ted Bundy, and Anatoly Slivko.
5 serial killers were convicted: Billy Glaze, Randy Steven Kraft, Dayton Leroy Rogers, Cathy Wood, and Richard Ramirez.
6 serial killers died: Ted Bundy, Thierry Paulin, Adolfo Constanzo, Vasiliy Kulik, Anatoly Slivko, and Johannes Mashiane.
7 serial killers were arrested: Ray Copeland, Faye Copeland, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Craig Price, Martha Ann Johnson, Dale Anderson, and Westley Allan Dodd.
3 other events

1989 November Summary

November 1989 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Cathy Wood.
1 serial killer was arrested: Westley Allan Dodd.

1989 November 13

Arrests

Westley Allan Dodd (Age 28)

1989 November 03

Convictions

Cathy Wood (Age 27) sentenced to 20 – 40 years imprisonment at Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee in Florida.

1989 October Summary

October 1989 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Ray Copeland, and Faye Copeland.
1 serial killer died: Johannes Mashiane.

1989 October 17

Arrests

Faye Copeland (Age 68)
Ray Copeland (Age 74)

1989 October 01

deaths

Johannes Mashiane cause of death: suicide, committed suicide when he jumped under a bus in Marabastad while being chased by police in 1989 at the Pretoria suburb of Marabastad in South Africa.

1989 September Summary

September 1989 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Craig Price, and Dale Anderson.
1 serial killer was executed: Anatoly Slivko.
1 serial killer died: Anatoly Slivko.
1 serial killer was convicted: Richard Ramirez.

1989 September 29

Arrests

Dale Anderson (Age 37)

1989 September 20

Convictions

Richard Ramirez (Age 29) sentenced to death by gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

1989 September 17

Arrests

Craig Price (Age 15)

1989 September 16

Executions

Anatoly Slivko (Age 50) executed by firing squad at the Novocherkassk prison in Russia.

deaths

Anatoly Slivko (Age 50) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by firing squad at the Novocherkassk prison in Russia.

1989 July Summary

July 1989 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Martha Ann Johnson, and Tsutomu Miyazaki.

1989 July 23

Arrests

Tsutomu Miyazaki (Age 26)

1989 July 03

Arrests

Martha Ann Johnson

1989 June Summary

June 1989 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Dayton Leroy Rogers.
1 serial killer died: Vasiliy Kulik.

1989 June 26

deaths

Vasiliy Kulik (Age 33) cause of death: execution by firing squad at Irkutsk, city in eastern Russia.

1989 June 09

Convictions

Dayton Leroy Rogers (Age 35) sentenced to death at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon, US.

1989 May Summary

May 1989 Summary

1 serial killer died: Adolfo Constanzo.
1 serial killer was convicted: Randy Steven Kraft.
2 other events

1989 May 24

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 29) sentenced date, sexual exploration of a child
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to three years custody on a charge of sexual exploration of a child involving enticement, the sentence was stayed and Dahmer was placed on five year probation.

1989 May 17

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 28) trail date, sexual exploration of a child
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

Jeffrey Dahmer went to trail on a charge of sexual exploration of a child involving enticement.

1989 May 11

Convictions

Randy Steven Kraft (Age 44) sentenced to death at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California, US.

1989 May 06

deaths

Adolfo Constanzo (Age 26) cause of death: capital punishment, assisted suicide, ordered fellow cult member, El Duby, to shoot him with a machine gun at Mexico City, Mexico.

1989 April Summary

April 1989 Summary

1 serial killer died: Thierry Paulin.

1989 April 16

deaths

Thierry Paulin (Age 25) cause of death: natural causes, AIDS at Fresnes Prison in Fresnes, France.

1989 February Summary

February 1989 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Billy Glaze.

1989 February 14

Convictions

Billy Glaze (Age 45) sentenced to life imprisonment, three terms at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna, Delaware, US.

1989 January Summary

January 1989 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Ted Bundy.
1 serial killer died: Ted Bundy.
1 other event

1989 January 24

Executions

Ted Bundy (Age 42) executed by electrocution via electric chair at Florida State Prison, Raiford Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

deaths

Ted Bundy (Age 42) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by electrocution via electric chair at Florida State Prison, Raiford Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

1989 January 17

Events

Timothy Wilson Spencer (Age 26) convicted of capital murder
Location: Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, Manchester Courthouse, Richmond, Virginia, US

Timothy Wilson Spencer was convicted of the capital murder of Dr. Susan Hellams.

1988 Summary

1988 events By Month

38 events related to serial killers occurred in 1988.

2 events in January
2 events in February
1 events in March
2 events in April
4 events in May
2 events in June
2 events in July
1 events in August
3 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November
2 events in December

1988 Summary

5 serial killers ended their killing spree: Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega, Roberto Succo, Dorothea Helen Puente, Michael Lee Lockhart, and Dale Anderson.
10 serial killers started their killing spree: Efren Saldivar, Kristen Gilbert, Alfredo Prieto, Alex Henriquez, Valery Asratyan, Sergei Ryakhovsky, Gilberto Chamba, Gao Chengyong, New Bedford Highway Killer, and Tsutomu Miyazaki.
2 serial killers were born: Tiago Gomes da Rocha, and Alexander Bychkov.
2 serial killers died: Roberto Succo, and Arthur Gary Bishop.
7 serial killers were convicted: Robert Berdella, Kenneth Erskine, Michael Lee Lockhart, Timothy Wilson Spencer, David Carpenter, Howard Arthur Allen, and Richard Kuklinski.
7 serial killers were arrested: Pierre Chanal, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega, Robert Berdella, Michael Lee Lockhart, Roberto Succo, Cathy Wood, and Timothy Wilson Spencer.
5 other events

1988 December Summary

December 1988 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Cathy Wood.
1 serial killer was convicted: Robert Berdella.

1988 December 19

Convictions

Robert Berdella (Age 39) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri, US.

1988 December 05

Arrests

Cathy Wood (Age 26)

1988 November Summary

November 1988 Summary

1 other event

1988 November 04

Events

Timothy Wilson Spencer (Age 26) sentenced to second death sentence
Location: a court in Richmond, Virginia, US

Timothy Wilson Spencer was sentenced to death by electrocution for the capital murder of Debbie Dudley Davis.

1988 October Summary

October 1988 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Michael Lee Lockhart.

1988 October 22

Convictions

Michael Lee Lockhart (Age 28) sentenced to death, execution by lethal injection at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, US.

1988 September Summary

September 1988 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Timothy Wilson Spencer.
2 other events

1988 September 27

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 28) arrest, sexual exploration of a child
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on a charge of sexual exploration of a child involving enticement.

1988 September 22

Events

Timothy Wilson Spencer (Age 26) found guilty of capital murder
Location: Richmond, Virginia, US

Timothy Wilson Spencer was found guilty of the capital murder of Debbie Dudley Davis.

1988 September 08

Convictions

Timothy Wilson Spencer (Age 26) sentenced to death by electrocution at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, US.

1988 August Summary

August 1988 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Pierre Chanal.

1988 August 09

Arrests

Pierre Chanal (Age 41)

1988 July Summary

July 1988 Summary

2 other events

1988 July 16

Events

Timothy Wilson Spencer (Age 26) found guilty of capital murder
Location: a court in Arlington, Virginia, US

Timothy Wilson Spencer was found guilty of the capital murder of Susan Tucker. This was the first case in the country in which a person was found guilty of a capital murder and received the death penalty… based on DNA evidence.

1988 July 11

Events

Timothy Wilson Spencer (Age 26) murder trial started
Location: a court in Arlington, Virginia, US

Timothy Wilson Spencer went on trial for the rape, burglary and murder of Susan Tucker.

1988 June Summary

June 1988 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Howard Arthur Allen.
1 serial killer died: Arthur Gary Bishop.

1988 June 11

Convictions

Howard Arthur Allen (Age 39) sentenced to death by lethal injection at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Sullivan County, Indiana, US.

1988 June 10

deaths

Arthur Gary Bishop (Age 35) at Utah State Prison, .

1988 May Summary

May 1988 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: David Carpenter, and Richard Kuklinski.
1 serial killer died: Roberto Succo.
1 serial killer was arrested: Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega.

1988 May 25

Convictions

Richard Kuklinski (Age 53) sentenced to life imprisonment, two life terms plus thirty years at New Jersey State Prison, Trenton State Prison in Trenton, New Jersey, US.

1988 May 23

deaths

Roberto Succo (Age 26) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by asphyxia, suffocating himself with a plastic bag in his cell at a prison in Vicenza, Italian comune in Veneto, Italy.

1988 May 19

Arrests

Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega (Age 30)

1988 May 10

Convictions

David Carpenter (Age 58) sentenced to death by gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison, San Francisco, California, US.

1988 April Summary

April 1988 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Robert Berdella.
1 serial killer was born: Alexander Bychkov.

1988 April 02

Arrests

Robert Berdella (Age 39)

1988 April 01

births

Alexander Bychkov was born in RSFSR, Soviet Union.

1988 March Summary

March 1988 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Michael Lee Lockhart.

1988 March 22

Arrests

Michael Lee Lockhart (Age 27)

1988 February Summary

February 1988 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Roberto Succo.
1 serial killer was born: Tiago Gomes da Rocha.

1988 February 28

Arrests

Roberto Succo (Age 25)

1988 February 04

births

Tiago Gomes da Rocha was born in Goiânia, Brazil.

1988 January Summary

January 1988 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Timothy Wilson Spencer.
1 serial killer was convicted: Kenneth Erskine.

1988 January 29

Convictions

Kenneth Erskine (Age 24) sentenced to life imprisonment at Broadmoor Hospital a high-security psychiatric hospital at Crowthorne in Berkshire, England.

1988 January 20

Arrests

Timothy Wilson Spencer (Age 25)

1987 Summary

1987 events By Month

49 events related to serial killers occurred in 1987.

1 events in March
2 events in April
1 events in May
4 events in July
5 events in August
2 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in December

1987 Summary

13 serial killers started their killing spree: Francisco Garcia Escalero, Michael Lee Lockhart, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega, Chester Turner, Anthony Kirkland, Cathy Wood, Gwendolyn Graham, Lesley Warren, Larry DeWayne Hall, Harrison Graham, Craig Price, Michel Fourniret, and Richard Angelo.
19 serial killers ended their killing spree: Gwendolyn Graham, Louis Craine, Harrison Graham, Gilbert Paul Jordan, Dayton Leroy Rogers, Roger Kibbe, Pierre Chanal, Donald Harvey, Morris Solomon, Connecticut River Valley Killer, Billy Glaze, Timothy Wilson Spencer, Howard Arthur Allen, Rosemary West, Fred West, Robert Berdella, Richard Angelo, Cathy Wood, and Thierry Paulin.
2 serial killers died: Gennady Mikhasevich, and Aleksey Sukletin.
2 serial killers were executed: Gennady Mikhasevich, and Aleksey Sukletin.
4 serial killers were convicted: Daniel Lee Siebert, Michael Bruce Ross, Marybeth Tinning, and Walter De Giusti.
9 serial killers were arrested: Walter De Giusti, Billy Glaze, Howard Arthur Allen, Gilbert Paul Jordan, Louis Craine, Morris Solomon, Donald Harvey, Dayton Leroy Rogers, and Thierry Paulin.

1987 December Summary

December 1987 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Thierry Paulin.

1987 December 01

Arrests

Thierry Paulin (Age 24)

1987 October Summary

October 1987 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Gilbert Paul Jordan.

1987 October 23

Arrests

Gilbert Paul Jordan (Age 55)

1987 September Summary

September 1987 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Gennady Mikhasevich.
1 serial killer died: Gennady Mikhasevich.

1987 September 25

Executions

Gennady Mikhasevich (Age 40) executed by firing squad at a prison in the USSR.

deaths

Gennady Mikhasevich (Age 40) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by firing squad at a prison in the USSR.

1987 August Summary

August 1987 Summary

4 serial killers were arrested: Howard Arthur Allen, Dayton Leroy Rogers, Walter De Giusti, and Billy Glaze.
1 serial killer was convicted: Walter De Giusti.

1987 August 31

Arrests

Billy Glaze (Age 43)

1987 August 24

Convictions

Walter De Giusti sentenced to life imprisionment at the Coronda prison in Santa Fe. Rosario, Argentina.

Arrests

Walter De Giusti

1987 August 07

Arrests

Dayton Leroy Rogers (Age 33)

1987 August 04

Arrests

Howard Arthur Allen (Age 38)

1987 July Summary

July 1987 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Michael Bruce Ross, and Marybeth Tinning.
1 serial killer was executed: Aleksey Sukletin.
1 serial killer died: Aleksey Sukletin.

1987 July 29

Executions

Aleksey Sukletin (Age 44) executed by firing squad at a prison in Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union.

deaths

Aleksey Sukletin (Age 44) cause of death: executed by firing squad at a prison in Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union.

1987 July 17

Convictions

Marybeth Tinning (Age 44) sentenced to 20 years to life in prison on October 1, 1987 at Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, NY, US.

1987 July 06

Convictions

Michael Bruce Ross (Age 27) sentenced to death by by lethal injection at Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers, Connecticut, US.

1987 May Summary

May 1987 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Louis Craine.

1987 May 29

Arrests

Louis Craine

1987 April Summary

April 1987 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Donald Harvey, and Morris Solomon.

1987 April 22

Arrests

Morris Solomon (Age 43)

1987 April 06

Arrests

Donald Harvey (Age 34)

1987 March Summary

March 1987 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Daniel Lee Siebert.

1987 March 21

Convictions

Daniel Lee Siebert (Age 32) sentenced to death at the Holman Correctional Facility in Escambia County, Alabama, US.

1986 Summary

1986 events By Month

63 events related to serial killers occurred in 1986.

1 events in January
3 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in April
1 events in May
2 events in June
2 events in July
3 events in August
2 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November
4 events in December

1986 Summary

17 serial killers ended their killing spree: James Gregory Marlow, David Mulcahy, Faryion Wardrip, Daniel Camargo, Daniel Lee Siebert, The Honolulu Strangler, Richard Kuklinski, Vasiliy Kulik, Joseph James DeAngelo, Robert Black, Cynthia Coffman, Honolulu Strangler, John Duffy, Kenneth Erskine, Walter De Giusti, Michael Lupo, and Robert Rozier.
24 serial killers started their killing spree: Cynthia Coffman, Billy Glaze, Faye Copeland, Michael Hughes, Kenneth Erskine, András Pándy, Walter De Giusti, Sergey Golovkin, Walter E. Ellis, Hwaseong killer, Colonial Parkway Killer, James Gregory Marlow, Ray Copeland, Andrew Urdiales, William Suff, Norman Afzal Simons, Hadden Clark, Süleyman Aktaş, Anthony Allen Shore, Angel Maturino Resendiz, Michael Lupo, Morris Solomon, Adolfo Constanzo, and Ahmad Suradji.
1 serial killer was born: Johnny Avalos.
2 serial killers died: Miroslav Stehlik, and Ladislav Hojer.
2 serial killers were executed: Miroslav Stehlik, and Ladislav Hojer.
6 serial killers were convicted: Milton Johnson, Carlton Gary, Debra Brown, Bobby Joe Long, Aleksey Sukletin, and Rodney Alcala.
7 serial killers were arrested: Kenneth Erskine, Michael Lupo, Marybeth Tinning, Daniel Lee Siebert, Robert Rozier, John Duffy, and Richard Kuklinski.
4 other events

1986 December Summary

December 1986 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Richard Kuklinski.
1 serial killer was born: Johnny Avalos.
2 other events

1986 December 29

Events

John Joubert (Age 23) appeal denied
Location: Supreme Court of Nebraska, Nebraska, US

399 N.W.2d 237 (1986), 224 Neb. 411 STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. John J. JOUBERT, Appellant. No. 84-842. Supreme Court of Nebraska.

1986 December 17

Arrests

Richard Kuklinski (Age 51)

1986 December 04

Events

Walter De Giusti joined the police force
Location: Pueblo Esther, Argentina

De Giusti became a police officer for the sub-office of Pueblo Esther, Argentina

1986 December 01

births

Johnny Avalos

1986 November Summary

November 1986 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: John Duffy.

1986 November 23

Arrests

John Duffy (Age 27)

1986 October Summary

October 1986 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Robert Rozier.

1986 October 31

Arrests

Robert Rozier (Age 31)

1986 September Summary

September 1986 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Daniel Lee Siebert.
1 other event

1986 September 08

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 26) arrest, lewd and lascivious behavior
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on a charge of lewd and lascivious behavior. Dahmer was place on probation for one year and fined.

1986 September 04

Arrests

Daniel Lee Siebert (Age 32)

1986 August Summary

August 1986 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Ladislav Hojer.
1 serial killer died: Ladislav Hojer.
1 serial killer was convicted: Carlton Gary.

1986 August 27

Convictions

Carlton Gary (Age 35) sentenced to death by lethal injection at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison in Jackson, Butts County, Georgia, US.

1986 August 07

Executions

Ladislav Hojer (Age 28) executed by hanging at Prague Pankrác Remand Prison in Prague, Czech Republic.

deaths

Ladislav Hojer (Age 28) cause of death: executed by hanging at Prague Pankrác Remand Prison in Prague, Czech Republic.

1986 July Summary

July 1986 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Kenneth Erskine.
1 serial killer was convicted: Bobby Joe Long.

1986 July 28

Arrests

Kenneth Erskine (Age 23)

1986 July 25

Convictions

Bobby Joe Long (Age 32) sentenced to death at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida, US.

1986 June Summary

June 1986 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Rodney Alcala, and Debra Brown.

1986 June 23

Convictions

Debra Brown (Age 23) sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment in 1991 at Dayton Correctional Institution in Dayton, Ohio, US.

1986 June 20

Convictions

Rodney Alcala (Age 42) sentenced to death at California State Prison in Corcoran, California.

1986 May Summary

May 1986 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Michael Lupo.

1986 May 18

Arrests

Michael Lupo

1986 April Summary

April 1986 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Aleksey Sukletin.

1986 April 18

Convictions

Aleksey Sukletin (Age 43) sentenced to death by firing squad at a prison in Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union.

1986 March Summary

March 1986 Summary

1 other event

1986 March 31

Events

Robert Joseph Zani (Age 42) conviction overturned
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, US

Robert Joseph Zani's murder conviction of his mother was overturned

1986 February Summary

February 1986 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Miroslav Stehlik.
1 serial killer died: Miroslav Stehlik.
1 serial killer was arrested: Marybeth Tinning.

1986 February 25

Executions

Miroslav Stehlik (Age 29) executed by hanging at Pankrác Prague Prison in Prague, Czech Republic.

deaths

Miroslav Stehlik (Age 29) cause of death: executed by hanging at Pankrác Prague Prison in Prague, Czech Republic.

1986 February 04

Arrests

Marybeth Tinning (Age 43)

1986 January Summary

January 1986 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Milton Johnson.

1986 January 28

Convictions

Milton Johnson (Age 35) sentenced to death commuted to life in prison at the Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois, US.

1985 Summary

1985 events By Month

42 events related to serial killers occurred in 1985.

2 events in January
2 events in March
2 events in May
2 events in June
2 events in August
2 events in October
2 events in November
4 events in December

1985 Summary

12 serial killers started their killing spree: Jiri Straka, David Mulcahy, Louis Craine, Donald Leroy Evans, Lonnie David Franklin, John Cooper, Paraquat murders killer, Gary Charles Evans, John Duffy, Frankford Slasher, Honolulu Strangler, and The Honolulu Strangler.
12 serial killers ended their killing spree: Jiri Straka, Brian Dugan, Pietro Pacciani, Anatoly Slivko, Richard Ramirez, Norbert Poehlke, Gennady Mikhasevich, Diane Odell, Paraquat murders killer, Jon Scott Dunkle, Jerry Leon Johns, and Aleksey Sukletin.
2 serial killers were born: Dellen Millard, and DeAngelo Martin.
3 serial killers died: Stephen Morin, Carroll Edward Cole, and Joachim Knychala.
3 serial killers were executed: Stephen Morin, Carroll Edward Cole, and Joachim Knychala.
3 serial killers were convicted: David Alan Gore, Fred Waterfield, and Brian Dugan.
6 serial killers were arrested: Gennady Mikhasevich, Aleksey Sukletin, Brian Dugan, Jiri Straka, Richard Ramirez, and Anatoly Slivko.
1 other events

1985 December Summary

December 1985 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Gennady Mikhasevich, and Anatoly Slivko.
1 serial killer was executed: Carroll Edward Cole.
1 serial killer died: Carroll Edward Cole.

1985 December 28

Arrests

Anatoly Slivko (Age 47)

1985 December 09

Arrests

Gennady Mikhasevich (Age 38)

1985 December 06

Executions

Carroll Edward Cole (Age 47) executed by lethal injection at Nevada State Prison in Carson City, Nevada, US.

deaths

Carroll Edward Cole (Age 47) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by lethal injection at Nevada State Prison in Carson City, Nevada, US.

1985 November Summary

November 1985 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Brian Dugan.
1 other event

1985 November 19

Convictions

Brian Dugan (Age 29) sentenced to life sentences, two terms plus 215 years and a pending trial that could lead to the death penalty at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois, US.

1985 November 10

Events

Terry Rasmussen (Age 41) two victims remains discovered
Location: Bear Brook State Park, Allenstown, New Hampshire, US

First barrel found adjacent to Bear Brook State Park, Allenstown, NH containing an unidentified adult female (23-33 yoa) and female child (5-11 yoa).

1985 October Summary

October 1985 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Joachim Knychala.
1 serial killer died: Joachim Knychala.

1985 October 28

Executions

Joachim Knychala (Age 33) execution by hanging at Montelupich Prison, Poland.

deaths

Joachim Knychala (Age 33) cause of death: capital punishment, execution by hanging at Montelupich Prison, Poland.

1985 August Summary

August 1985 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Dellen Millard.
1 serial killer was arrested: Richard Ramirez.

1985 August 31

Arrests

Richard Ramirez (Age 25)

1985 August 30

births

Dellen Millard was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1985 June Summary

June 1985 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Brian Dugan, and Aleksey Sukletin.

1985 June 04

Arrests

Aleksey Sukletin (Age 42)

1985 June 03

Arrests

Brian Dugan (Age 28)

1985 May Summary

May 1985 Summary

1 serial killer was born: DeAngelo Martin.
1 serial killer was arrested: Jiri Straka.

1985 May 30

births

DeAngelo Martin

1985 May 22

Arrests

Jiri Straka (Age 16)

1985 March Summary

March 1985 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Stephen Morin.
1 serial killer died: Stephen Morin.

1985 March 13

Executions

Stephen Morin (Age 34) executed by lethal injection at a prison in Texas, US.

deaths

Stephen Morin (Age 34) cause of death: executed by lethal injection at a prison in Texas, US.

1985 January Summary

January 1985 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: David Alan Gore, and Fred Waterfield.

1985 January 25

Convictions

Fred Waterfield (Age 32) sentenced to life imprisonment, two consecutive terms at the Avon Park Correctional Institution in Avon Park, Florida, US.

1985 January 21

Convictions

David Alan Gore (Age 31) sentenced to death by by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

1984 Summary

1984 events By Month

51 events related to serial killers occurred in 1984.

4 events in January
2 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in April
3 events in May
3 events in June
4 events in July
3 events in October
3 events in November
2 events in December

1984 Summary

8 serial killers ended their killing spree: Alton Coleman, Christopher Wilder, Debra Brown, Bobby Joe Long, Larry Eyler, Michael Bruce Ross, Steven David Catlin, and The Classified Ad Rapist.
17 serial killers started their killing spree: Christopher Wilder, Robert Berdella, John Edward Robinson, Vasiliy Kulik, Michael Wayne McGray, Alton Coleman, Debra Brown, Timothy Wilson Spencer, Norbert Poehlke, The Classified Ad Rapist, Serhiy Tkach, Thierry Paulin, Richard Ramirez, Faryion Wardrip, Bobby Joe Long, Francis Heaulme, and Charles Edmund Cullen.
1 serial killer was executed: Velma Barfield.
2 serial killers were born: Sibusiso Duma, and Ozgur Dengiz.
3 serial killers died: Charles Ray Hatcher, Velma Barfield, and Christopher Wilder.
7 serial killers were arrested: Carlton Gary, Milton Johnson, Michael Bruce Ross, Alton Coleman, Debra Brown, John Joubert, and Bobby Joe Long.
8 serial killers were convicted: John Joubert, Miroslav Stehlik, Charles Ray Hatcher, Suzan Bear Carson, Michael Bear Carson, Robert Christian Hansen, Genene Jones, and David Mason.
5 other events

1984 December Summary

December 1984 Summary

1 serial killer died: Charles Ray Hatcher.
1 serial killer was convicted: Charles Ray Hatcher.

1984 December 07

deaths

Charles Ray Hatcher (Age 55) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself in his prison cell at Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri, US.

1984 December 03

Convictions

Charles Ray Hatcher (Age 55) sentenced to life imprisonment at Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri, US.

1984 November Summary

November 1984 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Velma Barfield.
1 serial killer died: Velma Barfield.
1 serial killer was arrested: Bobby Joe Long.

1984 November 16

Arrests

Bobby Joe Long (Age 31)

1984 November 02

Executions

Velma Barfield (Age 52) executed by lethal injection at Raleigh, capital of North Carolina, United States.

deaths

Velma Barfield (Age 52) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by lethal injection at Raleigh, capital of North Carolina, United States.

1984 October Summary

October 1984 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Miroslav Stehlik, and John Joubert.
1 other event

1984 October 24

Events

Genene Jones (Age 34) sentenced date
Location: Bexar County, Texas, US

Offense: INJURY TO A CHILD, BEXAR, Case No. 84CR-0701

1984 October 09

Convictions

John Joubert (Age 21) sentenced to death by electrocution at Nebraska State Prison in Lincoln, Nebraska, US.

1984 October 08

Convictions

Miroslav Stehlik (Age 28) sentenced to death by hanging at Pankrác Prague Prison in Prague, Czech Republic.

1984 July Summary

July 1984 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Alton Coleman, and Debra Brown.
2 other events

1984 July 25

Events

Fred Waterfield (Age 31) sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment
Location: Charlotte County, Florida, US

Offense: HOMICIDE,MANSL.CUL.NEGLI, Case No. 8400025

1984 July 20

Arrests

Debra Brown (Age 21)
Alton Coleman (Age 28)

1984 July 03

Events

John Joubert (Age 21) pleaded guilty to two murder charges
Location: a district court in Nebraska, US

John Joubert pleaded guilty to first degree murder charges, the murders of Chris Waldren and Danny Joe Eberle.

1984 June Summary

June 1984 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Suzan Bear Carson, and Michael Bear Carson.
1 serial killer was arrested: Michael Bruce Ross.

1984 June 29

Arrests

Michael Bruce Ross (Age 24)

1984 June 12

Convictions

Michael Bear Carson sentenced to 75 years to life in prison at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, California, US.
Suzan Bear Carson (Age 42) sentenced to 75 years to life in prison at California Institution for Women in Corona, California, US.

1984 May Summary

May 1984 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Sibusiso Duma.
1 serial killer was arrested: Carlton Gary.
1 other event

1984 May 14

Events

Genene Jones (Age 33) sentenced date
Location: Williamson County, Texas, US

Offense: MURDER, WILLIAMSON, Case No. 83-297-K

1984 May 06

births

Sibusiso Duma was born in South Africa, republic in Southern Africa.

1984 May 03

Arrests

Carlton Gary (Age 33)

1984 April Summary

April 1984 Summary

1 serial killer died: Christopher Wilder.

1984 April 13

deaths

Christopher Wilder (Age 39) cause of death: suicide, self inflicted gunshots during a struggle while being apprehended by two New Hampshire state troopers at Colebrook, New Hampshire, US.

1984 March Summary

March 1984 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Milton Johnson.

1984 March 09

Arrests

Milton Johnson (Age 33)

1984 February Summary

February 1984 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Genene Jones, and Robert Christian Hansen.

1984 February 18

Convictions

Robert Christian Hansen (Age 45) sentenced to life imprisonment, plus 461 years without the possibility of parole at the Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward, Alaska, US.

1984 February 15

Convictions

Genene Jones (Age 33) sentenced to life imprisonment at Murray Unit, Gatesville Correctional Facility, Gatesville, Texas, US.

1984 January Summary

January 1984 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Ozgur Dengiz.
1 serial killer was arrested: John Joubert.
1 serial killer was convicted: David Mason.
1 other event

1984 January 27

Convictions

David Mason (Age 27) sentenced to death by gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

1984 January 12

Events

John Joubert (Age 20) gives taped confession to two murders
Location: a police department in Sarpy County, Nebraska

John Joubert gave a taped confession for the murders of Chris Waldren and Danny Joe Eberle.

1984 January 11

Arrests

John Joubert (Age 20)

1984 January 01

births

Ozgur Dengiz

1983 Summary

1983 events By Month

47 events related to serial killers occurred in 1983.

3 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in April
3 events in May
5 events in June
2 events in July
1 events in August
1 events in September
1 events in October
4 events in November

1983 Summary

7 serial killers started their killing spree: Jack Harold Jones, Brian Dugan, Milton Johnson, Dayton Leroy Rogers, Bai Baoshan, Jerry Leon Johns, and Miroslav Stehlik.
18 serial killers ended their killing spree: Miroslav Stehlik, John Joubert, Marybeth Tinning, Mike DeBardeleben, Kiyotaka Katsuta, Ricardo Caputo, Suzan Bear Carson, Fred Waterfield, Arthur Gary Bishop, Ottis Toole, Milton Johnson, Michael Bear Carson, David Alan Gore, Richard Biegenwald, Robert Christian Hansen, Randy Steven Kraft, Dennis Nilsen, and Henry Lee Lucas.
1 serial killer died: Leslie Irvin.
2 serial killers were born: Dale Cregan, and Yukio Yamaji.
8 serial killers were convicted: Angelo Buono, Richard Biegenwald, Dennis Nilsen, Lam Kor-wan, Kenneth Alessio Bianchi, Carol M. Bundy, Henry Lee Lucas, and Gerald Gallego.
10 serial killers were arrested: Miroslav Stehlik, David Alan Gore, Robert Christian Hansen, Henry Lee Lucas, Mike DeBardeleben, Randy Steven Kraft, Dennis Nilsen, Kiyotaka Katsuta, Fred Waterfield, and Richard Biegenwald.
1 other events

1983 November Summary

November 1983 Summary

3 serial killers were convicted: Dennis Nilsen, Richard Biegenwald, and Angelo Buono.
1 serial killer died: Leslie Irvin.

1983 November 18

Convictions

Angelo Buono (Age 49) sentenced to life imprisonment at Calipatria State Prison in Calipatria, California, US.

1983 November 09

deaths

Leslie Irvin (Age 59) cause of death: natural causes, lung cancer at Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana, US.

1983 November 08

Convictions

Richard Biegenwald (Age 43) sentenced to death commuted to four terms of life at New Jersey State Prison, Trenton, New Jersey, US.

1983 November 04

Convictions

Dennis Nilsen (Age 37) sentenced to life imprisonment at HMP Full Sutton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

1983 October Summary

October 1983 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Kenneth Alessio Bianchi.

1983 October 21

Convictions

Kenneth Alessio Bianchi (Age 32) sentenced to life imprisonment with possibility of parole at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, US.

1983 September Summary

September 1983 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Miroslav Stehlik.

1983 September 01

Arrests

Miroslav Stehlik (Age 27)

1983 August Summary

August 1983 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Yukio Yamaji.

1983 August 21

births

Yukio Yamaji was born in Japan, constitutional monarchy in East Asia.

1983 July Summary

July 1983 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Fred Waterfield, and David Alan Gore.

1983 July 26

Arrests

David Alan Gore (Age 29)
Fred Waterfield (Age 30)

1983 June Summary

June 1983 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Henry Lee Lucas, and Gerald Gallego.
2 serial killers were arrested: Henry Lee Lucas, and Robert Christian Hansen.
1 serial killer was born: Dale Cregan.

1983 June 21

Convictions

Gerald Gallego (Age 36) sentenced to death by gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

1983 June 13

Arrests

Robert Christian Hansen (Age 44)

1983 June 11

Convictions

Henry Lee Lucas (Age 46) sentenced to death commuted to life in prison in 1998 by Governor George W. Bush at Huntsville, Texas, US.

Arrests

Henry Lee Lucas (Age 46)

1983 June 06

births

Dale Cregan was born in Tameside, metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England.

1983 May Summary

May 1983 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Mike DeBardeleben, and Randy Steven Kraft.
1 serial killer was convicted: Carol M. Bundy.

1983 May 31

Convictions

Carol M. Bundy (Age 40) sentenced to fifty-two years to life in prison at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, California, US.

1983 May 25

Arrests

Mike DeBardeleben (Age 43)

1983 May 14

Arrests

Randy Steven Kraft (Age 38)

1983 April Summary

April 1983 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Lam Kor-wan.

1983 April 08

Convictions

Lam Kor-wan (Age 28) sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment at Shek Pik Prison on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

1983 February Summary

February 1983 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Dennis Nilsen.

1983 February 09

Arrests

Dennis Nilsen (Age 37)

1983 January Summary

January 1983 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Richard Biegenwald, and Kiyotaka Katsuta.
1 other event

1983 January 31

Arrests

Kiyotaka Katsuta (Age 34)

1983 January 24

Events

William Henry Hance (Age 31) Appeal
Location: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Atlanta, Georgia, US

William Henry Hance, Petitioner, v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic Andclassification Center, Respondent, 696 F.2d 940 (11th Cir. 1983)

1983 January 22

Arrests

Richard Biegenwald (Age 42)

1982 Summary

1982 events By Month

38 events related to serial killers occurred in 1982.

1 events in January
2 events in February
1 events in April
1 events in May
1 events in July
4 events in August
1 events in September
1 events in October
3 events in November
1 events in December

1982 Summary

10 serial killers ended their killing spree: Johannes-Andreas Hanni, Genene Jones, Christine Falling, Timothy Krajcir, Joachim Knychala, David Mason, Charles Ray Hatcher, Donald Henry Gaskins, Paul Michael Stephani, and Carl Eugene Watts.
12 serial killers started their killing spree: Michael Bear Carson, Larry Eyler, Diane Odell, Johannes-Andreas Hanni, Suzan Bear Carson, Dorothea Helen Puente, Gary Ridgway, Terry Blair, Johannes Mashiane, Kiyotaka Katsuta, Gregory Brazel, and John Joubert.
1 serial killer died: Johannes-Andreas Hanni.
5 serial killers were convicted: Clifford Olson, Wayne Williams, Joachim Georg Kroll, Angus Sinclair, and Jacobus Dirk Hertogs.
6 serial killers were arrested: Ladislav Hojer, Carl Eugene Watts, Charles Ray Hatcher, Lam Kor-wan, Johannes-Andreas Hanni, and Genene Jones.
4 other events

1982 December Summary

December 1982 Summary

1 other event

1982 December 16

Events

Robert Joseph Zani (Age 38) conviction
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma, US

Robert Joseph Zani was convicted of the second-degree murder of his mother.

1982 November Summary

November 1982 Summary

1 serial killer died: Johannes-Andreas Hanni.
1 serial killer was arrested: Genene Jones.
1 serial killer was convicted: Jacobus Dirk Hertogs.

1982 November 21

Arrests

Genene Jones (Age 32)

1982 November 07

Convictions

Jacobus Dirk Hertogs (Age 32) sentenced to life imprisonment at the Nieuw Vosseveld prison in Vught, Netherlands.

1982 November 06

deaths

Johannes-Andreas Hanni cause of death: committed suicide by hanging himself in his prison cell at a prison in Tallinn, Estonia.

1982 October Summary

October 1982 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Johannes-Andreas Hanni.

1982 October 02

Arrests

Johannes-Andreas Hanni

1982 September Summary

September 1982 Summary

1 other event

1982 September 27

Events

Genene Jones (Age 32) fired from job
Location: Kerrville, Texas, US

Genene Jones is fired from her job at Dr. Kathleen Holland's Kerrville private practice clinic.

1982 August Summary

August 1982 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Lam Kor-wan.
1 serial killer was convicted: Angus Sinclair.
2 other events

1982 August 31

Convictions

Angus Sinclair sentenced to life imprisonment at HM Prison Glenochil near Tullibody, Scotland, United Kingdom.

1982 August 23

Events

Genene Jones (Age 32) starts new job
Location: Kerrville, Texas, US

Genene Jones is hired as an office nurse at Dr. Kathleen Holland's Kerrville private practice clinic.

1982 August 17

Arrests

Lam Kor-wan (Age 27)

1982 August 08

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 22) arrest, disorderly conduct
Location: Wisconsin State Fair Park, West Allis, Wisconsin, US

Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested for disorderly conduct.

1982 July Summary

July 1982 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Charles Ray Hatcher.

1982 July 30

Arrests

Charles Ray Hatcher (Age 53)

1982 May Summary

May 1982 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Carl Eugene Watts.

1982 May 23

Arrests

Carl Eugene Watts (Age 28)

1982 April Summary

April 1982 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Joachim Georg Kroll.

1982 April 08

Convictions

Joachim Georg Kroll (Age 48) sentenced to life imprisonment, nine life terms at the Prison of Rheinbach in Rheinbach, Germany.

1982 February Summary

February 1982 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Ladislav Hojer.
1 serial killer was convicted: Wayne Williams.

1982 February 27

Convictions

Wayne Williams (Age 23) sentenced to life imprisonment at Hancock State Prison in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia, US.

1982 February 11

Arrests

Ladislav Hojer (Age 23)

1982 January Summary

January 1982 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Clifford Olson.

1982 January 14

Convictions

Clifford Olson (Age 42) sentenced to life imprisonment at Kingston Penitentiary, Archambault Institution, a prison in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Québec.

1981 Summary

1981 events By Month

45 events related to serial killers occurred in 1981.

2 events in January
1 events in February
6 events in March
2 events in April
1 events in May
3 events in June
1 events in August
3 events in October
1 events in November
2 events in December

1981 Summary

9 serial killers ended their killing spree: Issei Sagawa, Lemuel Smith, Joseph Christopher, Wayne Williams, Ladislav Hojer, Stephen Morin, David Carpenter, Randall Brent Woodfield, and Clifford Olson.
14 serial killers started their killing spree: John Martin Crawford, Fred Waterfield, Damaso Rodriguez Martin, Robert Joseph Silveria, Robert Black, Stephen Morin, Roberto Succo, Michael Bruce Ross, Altemio Sanchez, Issei Sagawa, Jon Scott Dunkle, David Alan Gore, Elfriede Blauensteiner, and Robert Rozier.
1 serial killer was born: Hubert Pilcik.
1 serial killer died: Thor Nis Christiansen.
6 serial killers were convicted: Pedro Lopez, Robert Joseph Zani, Lawrence Bittaker, Carroll Edward Cole, Randall Brent Woodfield, and Nikolai Dzhumagaliev.
7 serial killers were arrested: Peter Sutcliffe, Randall Brent Woodfield, David Carpenter, Issei Sagawa, Wayne Williams, Clifford Olson, and Stephen Morin.
7 other events

1981 December Summary

December 1981 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Stephen Morin.
1 serial killer was convicted: Nikolai Dzhumagaliev.

1981 December 12

Arrests

Stephen Morin (Age 30)

1981 December 03

Convictions

Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (Age 29) sentenced to not guilty by reason of insanity, involuntary commitment, compulsory treatment at Tashkent mental institution, a closed mental hospital in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

1981 November Summary

November 1981 Summary

1 other event

1981 November 07

Events

Fred Waterfield (Age 29) married Pamela Marie Vards
Location: Vero Beach, Florida, US

1981 October Summary

October 1981 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Hubert Pilcik.
2 other events

1981 October 27

Events

Fred Waterfield (Age 29) marriage license obtained
Location: Vero Beach, Florida, US

Fred Waterfield and Pamela Marie Vards obtain a marriage license

1981 October 14

births

Hubert Pilcik was born in Nový Hrozenkov, Czech Republic.

1981 October 07

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 21) arrest, disorderly conduct
Location: Bath, Ohio, US

Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested at the Ramada Inn in Bath, Ohio. He was charged with disorderly conduct, having an open container, and resisting arrest.

1981 August Summary

August 1981 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Clifford Olson.

1981 August 12

Arrests

Clifford Olson (Age 41)

1981 June Summary

June 1981 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Wayne Williams, and Issei Sagawa.
1 serial killer was convicted: Randall Brent Woodfield.

1981 June 26

Convictions

Randall Brent Woodfield (Age 30) sentenced to life imprisonment plus 165 years at Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP) Salem, Oregon, United States.

1981 June 21

Arrests

Wayne Williams (Age 23)

1981 June 13

Arrests

Issei Sagawa (Age 32)

1981 May Summary

May 1981 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: David Carpenter.

1981 May 14

Arrests

David Carpenter (Age 51)

1981 April Summary

April 1981 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Carroll Edward Cole.
1 other event

1981 April 15

Events

Rodney Alcala (Age 37) Samsoe murder charge reversed
Location: California, US

The state Supreme Court reversed Alcala’s murder conviction in connection with Samsoe, ruling that the jury was improperly told about Alcala’s prior sex crimes.

1981 April 09

Convictions

Carroll Edward Cole (Age 42) sentenced to death by lethal injection at Nevada State Prison in Carson City, Nevada, US.

1981 March Summary

March 1981 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Lawrence Bittaker, and Robert Joseph Zani.
1 serial killer died: Thor Nis Christiansen.
1 serial killer was arrested: Randall Brent Woodfield.
2 other events

1981 March 30

deaths

Thor Nis Christiansen (Age 23) cause of death: homicide, Stabbed to death by unidentified fellow inmate at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, California, U.S.

1981 March 26

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 20) discharged from the US Army
Location: Fort Jackson, South Carolina, US

Jeffrey Dahmer's Military File reflects he received an Honorable Discharge from the Army at Fort Jackson in South Carolina.

1981 March 24

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 20) transferred from Germany to US
Location: Baumholder, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Notations in Jeffrey Dahmer's Military File reflect he was transferred from Germany to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, US.

Convictions

Lawrence Bittaker (Age 40) sentenced to death at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

1981 March 18

Convictions

Robert Joseph Zani (Age 37) sentenced to life imprisonment at an unnamed prison in Texas, US.

1981 March 07

Arrests

Randall Brent Woodfield (Age 30)

1981 February Summary

February 1981 Summary

1 other event

1981 February 05

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 20) enrolled in an Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program
Location: Baumholder, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Notations in Jeffrey Dahmer's Military File reflect that Dahmer enrolled in an Alcoholic Rehabilitation Program.

1981 January Summary

January 1981 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Peter Sutcliffe.
1 serial killer was convicted: Pedro Lopez.

1981 January 25

Convictions

Pedro Lopez (Age 32) sentenced to sixteen years imprisonment, released, fourteen years preventively detained, released at a psychiatric wing of a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia.

1981 January 02

Arrests

Peter Sutcliffe (Age 34)

1980 Summary

1980 events By Month

53 events related to serial killers occurred in 1980.

1 events in February
5 events in March
1 events in May
4 events in June
1 events in July
2 events in August
2 events in September
2 events in October
4 events in November
3 events in December

1980 Summary

13 serial killers started their killing spree: Pierre Chanal, David Mason, Nikolai Dzhumagaliev, Monster of Udine, Doug Clark, Joseph Christopher, Carol M. Bundy, Christine Falling, Lam Kor-wan, Tommy Lynn Sells, Patrick McCullough, Paul Michael Stephani, and Clifford Olson.
15 serial killers ended their killing spree: Nikolai Dzhumagaliev, Gerald Stano, Carroll Edward Cole, Robert Joseph Zani, Richard Cottingham, Jacobus Dirk Hertogs, Peter Sutcliffe, Lam Kor-wan, Charlene Gallego, Doug Clark, Judias Judy Buenoano, Carol M. Bundy, Joseph Paul Franklin, Gerald Gallego, and William Bonin.
1 serial killer died: Richard Trenton Chase.
3 serial killers were born: Luis Gregorio Ramirez, Aleksandr Rubel, and Raúl Osiel Marroquín.
6 serial killers were convicted: William Henry Hance, John Wayne Gacy, Roy Lewis Norris, Paul Steven Haigh, Buddy Earl Justus, and Thor Nis Christiansen.
10 serial killers were arrested: Carol M. Bundy, Jacobus Dirk Hertogs, Joseph Paul Franklin, Richard Cottingham, Robert Joseph Zani, Gerald Gallego, Charlene Gallego, Nikolai Dzhumagaliev, Doug Clark, and Pedro Lopez.
5 other events

1980 December Summary

December 1980 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Aleksandr Rubel.
1 serial killer died: Richard Trenton Chase.
1 serial killer was arrested: Nikolai Dzhumagaliev.

1980 December 26

deaths

Richard Trenton Chase (Age 30) cause of death: suicide, overdose of anti-depressants at San Quentin prison, California, US.

1980 December 25

births

Aleksandr Rubel was born in Ukraine.

1980 December 19

Arrests

Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (Age 28)

1980 November Summary

November 1980 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Buddy Earl Justus, and Paul Steven Haigh.
2 serial killers were arrested: Gerald Gallego, and Charlene Gallego.

1980 November 17

Arrests

Charlene Gallego (Age 24)
Gerald Gallego (Age 34)

1980 November 10

Convictions

Paul Steven Haigh (Age 23) sentenced to life imprisonment, six terms at HM Prison Pentridge, Coburg, Victoria, Australia.

1980 November 05

Convictions

Buddy Earl Justus (Age 27) sentenced to death by electrocution at the Virginia State Penitentiary in Richmond, Virginia, US.

1980 October Summary

October 1980 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Jacobus Dirk Hertogs, and Joseph Paul Franklin.

1980 October 28

Arrests

Joseph Paul Franklin (Age 30)

1980 October 03

Arrests

Jacobus Dirk Hertogs (Age 30)

1980 September Summary

September 1980 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Raúl Osiel Marroquín, and Luis Gregorio Ramirez.

1980 September 30

births

Luis Gregorio Ramirez was born in Valledupar, Colombia.

1980 September 01

births

Raúl Osiel Marroquín was born in Tampico, city and port in Tampico, Tamaulipass, Mexico.

1980 August Summary

August 1980 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Carol M. Bundy, and Doug Clark.

1980 August 12

Arrests

Doug Clark (Age 32)

1980 August 11

Arrests

Carol M. Bundy (Age 37)

1980 July Summary

July 1980 Summary

1 other event

1980 July 11

Events

Rodney Alcala (Age 36) Parenteau murder charge filed
Location: Los Angeles County, California, US

The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office files murder, burglary and sexual assault charges against Alcala in the slaying of Parenteau.

1980 June Summary

June 1980 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Thor Nis Christiansen.
3 other events

1980 June 30

Events

Robert Joseph Zani (Age 36) conviction
Location: Austin, Texas, US

Robert Joseph Zani was convicted of credit card theft.

1980 June 24

Events

William Henry Hance (Age 28) Appeal
Location: Supreme Court of Georgia, Georgia, US

The appellant, William Henry Hance, was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of Muscogee County of the murder of Gail Faison and attempted theft by extortion. He was sentenced to death for the murder and five years imprisonment for the attempted extortion. This is his appeal.

1980 June 20

Events

Rodney Alcala (Age 36) sentenced to death
Location: Orange County Superior Court in Orange County, California, US

Orange County Superior Court Judge Philip E. Schwab sentences Alcala to death after he is convicted of Samsoe's murder.

1980 June 18

Convictions

Thor Nis Christiansen (Age 22) sentenced to life imprisonment at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, California, U.S.

1980 May Summary

May 1980 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Richard Cottingham.

1980 May 22

Arrests

Richard Cottingham (Age 33)

1980 March Summary

March 1980 Summary

3 serial killers were convicted: William Henry Hance, John Wayne Gacy, and Roy Lewis Norris.
2 serial killers were arrested: Pedro Lopez, and Robert Joseph Zani.

1980 March 28

Arrests

Robert Joseph Zani (Age 36)

1980 March 18

Convictions

Roy Lewis Norris (Age 32) sentenced to life imprisonment with out the possibility of parole for thirty years at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County, California, US.

1980 March 13

Convictions

John Wayne Gacy (Age 37) sentenced to execution by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois, US.

1980 March 11

Convictions

William Henry Hance (Age 28) sentenced to death by electrocution at a prison in Muscogee County, Georgia, US.

1980 March 09

Arrests

Pedro Lopez (Age 31)

1980 February Summary

February 1980 Summary

1 other event

1980 February 11

Events

Terry Rasmussen (Age 36) arrested, under the name Robert T. Evans
Location: Manchester, New Hampshire, US

Terry Rasmussen is arrested, as "Robert T. Evans" for issuing a bad check on Dec. 21, 1979 (insufficient funds). "Elizabeth Evans" is listed as his wife on the arrest report.

1979 Summary

1979 events By Month

34 events related to serial killers occurred in 1979.

2 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in May
5 events in July
1 events in August
1 events in September
2 events in October
2 events in November
1 events in December

1979 Summary

7 serial killers ended their killing spree: Lawrence Bittaker, Angelo Buono, Gerald Parker, Bruce George Peter Lee, Thor Nis Christiansen, Rodney Alcala, and Roy Lewis Norris.
11 serial killers started their killing spree: Aleksey Sukletin, Roy Lewis Norris, Jacobus Dirk Hertogs, Randall Brent Woodfield, Lawrence Bittaker, David Carpenter, William Bonin, William Patrick Fyfe, Daniel Lee Siebert, Arthur Gary Bishop, and Wayne Williams.
1 serial killer died: Anatoly Biryukov.
2 serial killers were convicted: Richard Trenton Chase, and Ted Bundy.
2 serial killers were born: William Dathan Holbert, and James Vlassakis.
6 serial killers were arrested: Kenneth Alessio Bianchi, Thor Nis Christiansen, Rodney Alcala, Angelo Buono, Roy Lewis Norris, and Lawrence Bittaker.
5 other events

1979 December Summary

December 1979 Summary

1 serial killer was born: James Vlassakis.

1979 December 24

births

James Vlassakis

1979 November Summary

November 1979 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Roy Lewis Norris, and Lawrence Bittaker.

1979 November 20

Arrests

Lawrence Bittaker (Age 39)
Roy Lewis Norris (Age 31)

1979 October Summary

October 1979 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Angelo Buono.
1 other event

1979 October 26

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 33) conviction, misdemeanor shoplifting
Location: Sacramento County, California, US

Joseph James DeAngelo was convicted of a misdemeanor shoplifting charge and ordered to serve six months probation and pay a $100 fine.

1979 October 22

Arrests

Angelo Buono (Age 45)

1979 September Summary

September 1979 Summary

1 serial killer was born: William Dathan Holbert.

1979 September 12

births

William Dathan Holbert was born in Hendersonville, county seat of Henderson County, North Carolina, United States.

1979 August Summary

August 1979 Summary

1 other event

1979 August 27

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 33) fired from the Auburn Police Department
Location: Auburn Police Department, Auburn, California, US

Joseph James DeAngelo was fired from the Auburn Police Department after DeAngelo was cited for shoplifting.

1979 July Summary

July 1979 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Thor Nis Christiansen, and Rodney Alcala.
1 serial killer was convicted: Ted Bundy.
2 other events

1979 July 24

Arrests

Rodney Alcala (Age 35)

Convictions

Ted Bundy (Age 32) sentenced to death by electrocution at Florida State Prison, Raiford Prison in Raiford, Florida, US.

1979 July 13

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 19) stationed in Germany
Location: Baumholder, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Jeffrey Dahmer stationed in Baumholder, West Germany, to serve as a combat medic in the US Army.

1979 July 07

Arrests

Thor Nis Christiansen (Age 21)

1979 July 02

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 33) caught shoplifting a hammer and dog repellant
Location: a Pay & Save Store off Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights, California, US

Joseph James DeAngelo caught shoplifting a hammer and dog repellant from a Pay & Save Store off Greenback Lane in Citrus Heights, California.

1979 May Summary

May 1979 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Richard Trenton Chase.

1979 May 08

Convictions

Richard Trenton Chase (Age 28) sentenced to death by gas chamber at San Quentin prison, California, US.

1979 February Summary

February 1979 Summary

1 serial killer died: Anatoly Biryukov.

1979 February 24

deaths

Anatoly Biryukov (Age 35) cause of death: executed by firing squad at a prison in the Soviet Union.

1979 January Summary

January 1979 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Kenneth Alessio Bianchi.
1 other event

1979 January 12

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 18) reports for duty in US Army
Location: Fort McClellan, Anniston, Alabama, US

Jeffrey Dahmer reports for duty at Fort McClellan in Anniston, AL, hoping to become a military policeman. He was reassigned to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX, as a medical specialist.

Arrests

Kenneth Alessio Bianchi (Age 27)

1978 Summary

1978 events By Month

44 events related to serial killers occurred in 1978.

3 events in January
2 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in April
3 events in May
2 events in June
2 events in July
1 events in September
1 events in October
3 events in December

1978 Summary

11 serial killers ended their killing spree: Buddy Earl Justus, Metod Trobec, John Wayne Gacy, Velma Barfield, Emile Louis, Kenneth Alessio Bianchi, William Henry Hance, Carlton Gary, Angus Sinclair, Ted Bundy, and Robert Maudsley.
14 serial killers started their killing spree: Jeffrey Dahmer, Andrei Chikatilo, Dennis Nilsen, Phillip Carl Jablonski, Ladislav Hojer, Charlene Gallego, Gerald Gallego, Gerald Parker, Buddy Earl Justus, Dale Anderson, Jozef Slovak, Paul Steven Haigh, Connecticut River Valley Killer, and Terry Rasmussen.
3 serial killers were convicted: Trevor Hardy, David Berkowitz, and Velma Barfield.
6 serial killers were arrested: Archibald Hall, Richard Trenton Chase, William Henry Hance, Velma Barfield, Buddy Earl Justus, and John Wayne Gacy.
6 serial killers were born: Israel Keyes, Very Idham Henyansyah, Marc Sappington, Stephen Akinmurele, Cory Deonn Morris, and Kwauhuru Govan.
4 other events

1978 December Summary

December 1978 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Velma Barfield.
1 serial killer was arrested: John Wayne Gacy.
1 other event

1978 December 29

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 18) enlisted in US Army
Location: Ohio, US

Jeffrey Dahmer enlisted in the United States Army.

1978 December 21

Arrests

John Wayne Gacy (Age 36)

1978 December 02

Convictions

Velma Barfield (Age 46) sentenced to death by by lethal injection at Central Prison, Raleigh, North Carolina, US.

1978 October Summary

October 1978 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Buddy Earl Justus.

1978 October 11

Arrests

Buddy Earl Justus (Age 25)

1978 September Summary

September 1978 Summary

1 other event

1978 September 28

Events

Terry Rasmussen (Age 34) divorced first wife
Location: Houston, Texas, US

Terry Rasmussen's divorce to his first wife is finalized, Terry's whereabouts unknown. He worked for the “Brown & Root” Company in Houston, Texas until June 1978.

1978 July Summary

July 1978 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Kwauhuru Govan.
1 other event

1978 July 24

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 18) parents divorce
Location: Bath Township, Ohio, US

Jeffrey Dahmer's parents, Lionel and Joyce, divorced. Joyce was awarded custody David. Lionel, Joyce and David vacated the family residence.

1978 July 20

births

Kwauhuru Govan

1978 June Summary

June 1978 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: David Berkowitz.
1 other event

1978 June 12

Convictions

David Berkowitz (Age 25) sentenced to life imprisonment - six life terms, for a total of 365 Years at Attica Prison in New York.

1978 June 04

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 18) graduated high school
Location: Revere High School, Richfield, Ohio, US

Jeffrey Dahmer graduated from Revere High School in Richfield, Ohio.

1978 May Summary

May 1978 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Cory Deonn Morris.
1 serial killer was arrested: Velma Barfield.
1 serial killer was convicted: Trevor Hardy.

1978 May 13

Arrests

Velma Barfield (Age 45)

1978 May 10

births

Cory Deonn Morris was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US.

1978 May 02

Convictions

Trevor Hardy (Age 32) sentenced to life imprisonment, three life terms at HM Prison Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.

1978 April Summary

April 1978 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: William Henry Hance.

1978 April 04

Arrests

William Henry Hance (Age 26)

1978 March Summary

March 1978 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Stephen Akinmurele.

1978 March 16

births

Stephen Akinmurele was born in Nigeria.

1978 February Summary

February 1978 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Very Idham Henyansyah, and Marc Sappington.

1978 February 09

births

Marc Sappington

1978 February 01

births

Very Idham Henyansyah was born in Jombang, Jawa Timur, Indonesia.

1978 January Summary

January 1978 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Archibald Hall, and Richard Trenton Chase.
1 serial killer was born: Israel Keyes.

1978 January 27

Arrests

Richard Trenton Chase (Age 27)

1978 January 16

Arrests

Archibald Hall (Age 53)

1978 January 07

births

Israel Keyes was born in Richmond, Utah, U.S..

1977 Summary

1977 events By Month

38 events related to serial killers occurred in 1977.

1 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in April
2 events in May
2 events in July
1 events in August
2 events in October
1 events in December

1977 Summary

13 serial killers ended their killing spree: Lovers Lane Murders, Richard Trenton Chase, Zodiac Killer, James Miller, Martha Ann Johnson, David Berkowitz, Oakland County Child Killer, Montie Rissell, Larry Ralston, Patrick Wayne Kearney, Archibald Hall, Russell Maurice Johnson, and Anatoly Biryukov.
14 serial killers started their killing spree: Joseph Paul Franklin, Angelo Buono, Kenneth Alessio Bianchi, Richard Trenton Chase, Joseph Naso, Roger Kibbe, Lovers Lane Murders, Timothy Krajcir, Anatoly Biryukov, Genene Jones, Edward Edwards, Archibald Hall, William Henry Hance, and Lorenzo Gilyard.
1 serial killer died: Zdzisław Marchwicki.
1 serial killer was born: Michael Madison.
4 serial killers were arrested: Montie Rissell, Patrick Wayne Kearney, David Berkowitz, and Anatoly Biryukov.
5 serial killers were convicted: Vaughn Greenwood, Bernard Giles, Patricia Allanson, Patrick Wayne Kearney, and Daniel Camargo.

1977 December Summary

December 1977 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Daniel Camargo.

1977 December 24

Convictions

Daniel Camargo (Age 47) sentenced to twenty-five years plus sixteen years in prison at Gorgona prison (Colombian Alcatraz) on a Colombian island in the Pacific Ocean.

1977 October Summary

October 1977 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Michael Madison.
1 serial killer was arrested: Anatoly Biryukov.

1977 October 24

Arrests

Anatoly Biryukov (Age 33)

1977 October 15

births

Michael Madison was born in East Cleveland, Ohio, US.

1977 August Summary

August 1977 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: David Berkowitz.

1977 August 10

Arrests

David Berkowitz (Age 24)

1977 July Summary

July 1977 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Patrick Wayne Kearney.
1 serial killer was arrested: Patrick Wayne Kearney.

1977 July 15

Convictions

Patrick Wayne Kearney (Age 37) sentenced to life in prison at Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP), Ione, California.

1977 July 01

Arrests

Patrick Wayne Kearney (Age 37)

1977 May Summary

May 1977 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Montie Rissell.
1 serial killer was convicted: Patricia Allanson.

1977 May 18

Arrests

Montie Rissell

1977 May 06

Convictions

Patricia Allanson (Age 39) sentenced to two 10-year prison sentences at Hardwick Correctional Institute in Milledgeville, Georgia, US.

1977 April Summary

April 1977 Summary

1 serial killer died: Zdzisław Marchwicki.

1977 April 29

deaths

Zdzisław Marchwicki (Age 49) cause of death: hanging at Katowice, city in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. He is buried at Municipal Cemetery on the Panewnicka Street in Katowice, .

1977 February Summary

February 1977 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Bernard Giles.

1977 February 17

Convictions

Bernard Giles (Age 23) sentenced to life imprisonment at the Okeechobee Correctional Institution in Okeechobee, Florida, US.

1977 January Summary

January 1977 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Vaughn Greenwood.

1977 January 19

Convictions

Vaughn Greenwood sentenced to 32 years to life in prison at Ironwood State Prison in Blythe.

1976 Summary

1976 events By Month

29 events related to serial killers occurred in 1976.

2 events in January
2 events in February
1 events in April
1 events in May
1 events in July
3 events in August
1 events in October
1 events in November
2 events in December

1976 Summary

5 serial killers ended their killing spree: San Mateo slasher, Rodney Halbower, Trevor Hardy, Charles Sobhraj, and Joachim Georg Kroll.
10 serial killers started their killing spree: Rodney Halbower, San Mateo slasher, Montie Rissell, Steven David Catlin, Thor Nis Christiansen, James Miller, David Berkowitz, Metod Trobec, James Edward Wood, and Oakland County Child Killer.
1 serial killer was executed: Kiyoshi Okubo.
2 serial killers were arrested: Joachim Georg Kroll, and Patricia Allanson.
2 serial killers died: Kiyoshi Okubo, and Jürgen Bartsch.
4 serial killers were convicted: Romulus Veres, Janie Lou Gibbs, Joseph Kallinger, and Fritz Honka.
5 serial killers were born: Colin Norris, Shawn Grate, Elias Abuelazam, James Dale Ritchie, and Niels Högel.

1976 December Summary

December 1976 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Niels Högel.
1 serial killer was convicted: Fritz Honka.

1976 December 30

births

Niels Högel was born in Wilhelmshaven, city in Lower Saxony, Germany.

1976 December 20

Convictions

Fritz Honka (Age 41) sentenced to fifteen years preventive detention at a psychiatric hospital in Langenhorn, Hamburg, Germany.

1976 November Summary

November 1976 Summary

1 serial killer was born: James Dale Ritchie.

1976 November 04

births

James Dale Ritchie was born in Anchorage, city in Alaska, USA.

1976 October Summary

October 1976 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Joseph Kallinger.

1976 October 14

Convictions

Joseph Kallinger (Age 40) sentenced to life imprisonment at State Correctional Institution, Cresson, Pennsylvania, US.

1976 August Summary

August 1976 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Shawn Grate, and Elias Abuelazam.
1 serial killer was arrested: Patricia Allanson.

1976 August 29

births

Elias Abuelazam was born in Ramla, Israel.

1976 August 22

Arrests

Patricia Allanson (Age 39)

1976 August 08

births

Shawn Grate was born in Marion, Ohio, US.

1976 July Summary

July 1976 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Joachim Georg Kroll.

1976 July 03

Arrests

Joachim Georg Kroll (Age 43)

1976 May Summary

May 1976 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Janie Lou Gibbs.

1976 May 09

Convictions

Janie Lou Gibbs (Age 43) sentenced to life imprisonment at a prison in Georgia.

1976 April Summary

April 1976 Summary

1 serial killer died: Jürgen Bartsch.

1976 April 28

deaths

Jürgen Bartsch (Age 29) cause of death: unnatural death, Halothane overdose at West Germany.

1976 February Summary

February 1976 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Colin Norris.
1 serial killer was convicted: Romulus Veres.

1976 February 12

births

Colin Norris was born in Glasgow, city in Scotland, UK; unitary authority.

1976 February 02

Convictions

Romulus Veres (Age 47) sentenced to preventively detained at the Stei Psychiatric Hospital in Romania.

1976 January Summary

January 1976 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Kiyoshi Okubo.
1 serial killer died: Kiyoshi Okubo.

1976 January 22

Executions

Kiyoshi Okubo (Age 41) executed by hanging at Kosuge Detention Center in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan.

deaths

Kiyoshi Okubo (Age 41) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Kosuge Detention Center in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan.

1975 Summary

1975 events By Month

36 events related to serial killers occurred in 1975.

2 events in January
5 events in February
2 events in March
1 events in May
2 events in June
2 events in July
1 events in August
2 events in September
1 events in October

1975 Summary

8 serial killers ended their killing spree: South Dade Killer, Joseph Kallinger, Donald Neilson, The Doodler, Francisco Antonio Laureana, Vaughn Greenwood, Richard Laurence Marquette, and Patrick Mackay.
10 serial killers started their killing spree: Carlton Gary, Emile Louis, South Dade Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo, Charles Sobhraj, Peter Sutcliffe, Joachim Knychala, Larry Ralston, Robert Lee Yates, and Robert Ben Rhoades.
1 serial killer was executed: Anatoly Utkin.
2 serial killers were convicted: Harvey Carignan, and Richard Laurence Marquette.
3 serial killers died: Francisco Antonio Laureana, Charles Schmid, and Anatoly Utkin.
4 serial killers were born: Wang Qiang, Mohammed Bijeh, Stephen John Port, and Samuel Dieteman.
6 serial killers were arrested: Joseph Kallinger, Vaughn Greenwood, Robert Zarinsky, Patrick Mackay, Fritz Honka, and Ted Bundy.
2 other events

1975 October Summary

October 1975 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Samuel Dieteman.

1975 October 17

births

Samuel Dieteman

1975 September Summary

September 1975 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Anatoly Utkin.
1 serial killer died: Anatoly Utkin.

1975 September 12

Executions

Anatoly Utkin (Age 32) executed by firing squad at a prison in Russia.

deaths

Anatoly Utkin (Age 32) cause of death: executed by firing squad at a prison in Russia.

1975 August Summary

August 1975 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Ted Bundy.

1975 August 16

Arrests

Ted Bundy (Age 28)

1975 July Summary

July 1975 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Fritz Honka.
1 other event

1975 July 24

Events

Lonnie David Franklin (Age 22) discharged from the U.S. Army
Location: Stuttgart, West Germany

Lonnie David Franklin was given a general discharge from the U.S. Army.

1975 July 15

Arrests

Fritz Honka (Age 39)

1975 June Summary

June 1975 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Richard Laurence Marquette.
1 other event

1975 June 11

Events

Terry Rasmussen (Age 31) arrest, aggravated assault
Location: Phoenix Police Department, Phoenix, Arizona, US

Terry Rasmussen was arrested by the Phoenix Arizona Police Department on June 11, 1975 for aggravated assault.

Convictions

Richard Laurence Marquette (Age 40) sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon, US.

1975 May Summary

May 1975 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Harvey Carignan.

1975 May 05

Convictions

Harvey Carignan (Age 47) sentenced to life imprisonment at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Faribault, Minnesota, US.

1975 March Summary

March 1975 Summary

1 serial killer died: Charles Schmid.
1 serial killer was arrested: Patrick Mackay.

1975 March 30

deaths

Charles Schmid (Age 32) cause of death: capital punishment, multiple stab wounds suffered from an attack by two fellow inmates at Maricopa County Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, US.

1975 March 23

Arrests

Patrick Mackay (Age 22)

1975 February Summary

February 1975 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Vaughn Greenwood, and Robert Zarinsky.
2 serial killers were born: Mohammed Bijeh, and Stephen John Port.
1 serial killer died: Francisco Antonio Laureana.

1975 February 27

deaths

Francisco Antonio Laureana cause of death: ballistic trauma, shot during a shootout with police at an undisclosed location inside a chicken coop in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1975 February 22

Arrests

Robert Zarinsky (Age 34)

births

Stephen John Port was born in Southend-on-Sea, town in Essex, United Kingdom.

1975 February 07

births

Mohammed Bijeh was born in Quchan, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran.

1975 February 02

Arrests

Vaughn Greenwood

1975 January Summary

January 1975 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Joseph Kallinger.
1 serial killer was born: Wang Qiang.

1975 January 17

Arrests

Joseph Kallinger (Age 39)

1975 January 16

births

Wang Qiang was born in Budayuan Town, Kuandian Manchu, Liaoning, China.

1974 Summary

1974 events By Month

34 events related to serial killers occurred in 1974.

1 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in April
3 events in May
1 events in June
1 events in July
3 events in September
2 events in November
3 events in December

1974 Summary

4 serial killers ended their killing spree: Paul John Knowles, Fritz Honka, David Meirhofer, and Robert Zarinsky.
14 serial killers started their killing spree: Paul John Knowles, Ted Bundy, Carl Eugene Watts, Volker Eckert, Francisco Antonio Laureana, Dennis Rader, David Edward Maust, The Doodler, Jack Unterweger, Trevor Hardy, Patricia Allanson, Joseph Kallinger, Howard Arthur Allen, and Daniel Camargo.
2 serial killers were convicted: Robert Maudsley, and Anatoly Utkin.
3 serial killers died: Tony Costa, David Meirhofer, and Paul John Knowles.
4 serial killers were born: Alexander Pichushkin, Alexander Tchayka, Huang Yong, and Harvey Miguel Robinson.
7 serial killers were arrested: Romulus Veres, Robert Maudsley, Daniel Camargo, Erno Soto, Harvey Carignan, Paul John Knowles, and David Meirhofer.

1974 December Summary

December 1974 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Harvey Miguel Robinson.
1 serial killer was convicted: Anatoly Utkin.
1 serial killer died: Paul John Knowles.

1974 December 18

deaths

Paul John Knowles (Age 28) cause of death: ballistic trauma, shot three times in the chest by GBI Agent Ronnie Angel while attempting escape at in-custody transport from Jacksonville Jail to Henry County, Georgia.

1974 December 13

Convictions

Anatoly Utkin (Age 31) sentenced to death by firing squad at a prison in Russia.

1974 December 06

births

Harvey Miguel Robinson was born in Allentown, county seat city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA.

1974 November Summary

November 1974 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Huang Yong.
1 serial killer was arrested: Paul John Knowles.

1974 November 21

Arrests

Paul John Knowles (Age 28)

1974 November 18

births

Huang Yong was born in Henan, province of China.

1974 September Summary

September 1974 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: David Meirhofer, and Harvey Carignan.
1 serial killer died: David Meirhofer.

1974 September 29

deaths

David Meirhofer (Age 25) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell at a jail in Gallatin County, Montana, US.

1974 September 27

Arrests

David Meirhofer (Age 25)

1974 September 24

Arrests

Harvey Carignan (Age 47)

1974 July Summary

July 1974 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Alexander Tchayka.

1974 July 23

births

Alexander Tchayka was born in Sumy, city in northern in Ukraine.

1974 June Summary

June 1974 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Robert Maudsley.

1974 June 26

Convictions

Robert Maudsley (Age 21) sentenced to life in imprisonment, solitary confinement at Her Majestys (HM) Wakefield Prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

1974 May Summary

May 1974 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Daniel Camargo, and Erno Soto.
1 serial killer died: Tony Costa.

1974 May 15

Arrests

Erno Soto

1974 May 12

deaths

Tony Costa (Age 29) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself in his prison cell at Massachusetts Correctional Institution in South Walpole, Massachusetts, US.

1974 May 03

Arrests

Daniel Camargo (Age 44)

1974 April Summary

April 1974 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Alexander Pichushkin.

1974 April 09

births

Alexander Pichushkin was born in Mytishchi, city in Mytishchinsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia.

1974 March Summary

March 1974 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Robert Maudsley.

1974 March 14

Arrests

Robert Maudsley (Age 20)

1974 February Summary

February 1974 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Romulus Veres.

1974 February 14

Arrests

Romulus Veres (Age 45)

1973 Summary

1973 events By Month

37 events related to serial killers occurred in 1973.

1 events in January
5 events in February
2 events in April
2 events in May
2 events in August
1 events in October
5 events in November
1 events in December

1973 Summary

8 serial killers started their killing spree: Bruce George Peter Lee, Russell Maurice Johnson, Thomas Dillon, Bobby Jack Fowler, Robert Maudsley, Patrick Mackay, Vinko Pintarić, and Bernard Giles.
10 serial killers ended their killing spree: Bernard Giles, Edmund Kemper, Dean Corll, Erno Soto, Anatoly Utkin, Herbert Mullin, Elmer Wayne Henley, Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Killer, Harvey Carignan, and Gerard John Schaefer.
2 serial killers died: Dean Corll, and Albert DeSalvo.
4 serial killers were convicted: Juan Vallejo Corona, Kiyoshi Okubo, Herbert Mullin, and Edmund Kemper.
5 serial killers were arrested: Anatoly Utkin, Herbert Mullin, Edmund Kemper, Bernard Giles, and Pedro Rodrigues Filho.
5 serial killers were born: Dale Hausner, Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña, Craig Price, Kimberly Saenz, and John Eric Armstrong.
3 other events

1973 December Summary

December 1973 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Bernard Giles.

1973 December 12

Arrests

Bernard Giles (Age 20)

1973 November Summary

November 1973 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Kimberly Saenz, and John Eric Armstrong.
1 serial killer was convicted: Edmund Kemper.
1 serial killer died: Albert DeSalvo.
1 other event

1973 November 25

deaths

Albert DeSalvo (Age 42) cause of death: homicide, multiple stab wounds at Cedar Junction Correctional Institution in Norfolk, Massachusetts, US.

1973 November 23

births

John Eric Armstrong was born in New Bern, North Carolina, US.

1973 November 10

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 28) married Sharon Marie Huddle
Location: First Congregational Church, Auburn, California, US

1973 November 08

Convictions

Edmund Kemper (Age 24) sentenced to life imprisonment at California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California, US.

1973 November 03

births

Kimberly Saenz was born in Fall River, city in Massachusetts.

1973 October Summary

October 1973 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Craig Price.

1973 October 11

births

Craig Price was born in Warwick, city in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States.

1973 August Summary

August 1973 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Herbert Mullin.
1 serial killer died: Dean Corll.

1973 August 19

Convictions

Herbert Mullin (Age 26) sentenced to life imprisonment at Mule Creek State Prison, in Ione, California, US.

1973 August 08

deaths

Dean Corll (Age 33) cause of death: homicide, ballistic trauma, he was murdered by his accomplice, Elmer Wayne Henley at 2020 Lamar Drive in Pasadena, Texas, US. He is buried at Pasadena Cemetery, Cemetery.

1973 May Summary

May 1973 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Pedro Rodrigues Filho.
1 other event

1973 May 24

Arrests

Pedro Rodrigues Filho (Age 18)

1973 May 19

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 27) started a new job at the Exeter Police Department
Location: Exeter Police Department in Exeter, California, US

The Exeter Sun announced Joseph James DeAngelo joined the Exeter Police Force on May 19, the article was published on May 23, 1973.

1973 April Summary

April 1973 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Edmund Kemper.
1 other event

1973 April 30

Events

Terry Rasmussen (Age 29) arrest, fugitive from justice
Location: Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona, US

Terry Rasmussen was arrested on April 30, 1973, by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Phoenix, Arizona as a fugitive from justice (the underlying charge is unclear).

1973 April 24

Arrests

Edmund Kemper (Age 24)

1973 February Summary

February 1973 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Dale Hausner, and Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña.
2 serial killers were arrested: Anatoly Utkin, and Herbert Mullin.
1 serial killer was convicted: Kiyoshi Okubo.

1973 February 28

births

Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña was born in Lima, capital of Peru.

1973 February 22

Convictions

Kiyoshi Okubo (Age 38) sentenced to death by hanging at Kosuge Detention Center in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan.

1973 February 13

Arrests

Herbert Mullin (Age 25)

1973 February 09

Arrests

Anatoly Utkin (Age 30)

1973 February 04

births

Dale Hausner was born in Nebraska.

1973 January Summary

January 1973 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Juan Vallejo Corona.

1973 January 18

Convictions

Juan Vallejo Corona (Age 39) sentenced to life imprisonment, twenty-five terms at California State Prison in Corcoran, California, US.

1972 Summary

1972 events By Month

25 events related to serial killers occurred in 1972.

2 events in January
3 events in February
1 events in April
3 events in May
1 events in June
3 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November
1 events in December

1972 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Freeway Phantom.
8 serial killers started their killing spree: Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Killer, Herbert Mullin, Erno Soto, Marybeth Tinning, Paul Rowles, Arthur Shawcross, Elmer Wayne Henley, and John Wayne Gacy.
1 serial killer was arrested: Robledo Puch.
1 serial killer was executed: Erwin Hagedorn.
3 serial killers were convicted: Wayne Boden, Erwin Hagedorn, and Lee Roy Martin.
3 serial killers died: Lee Roy Martin, Erwin Hagedorn, and Léopold Dion.
6 serial killers were born: Jose Rodriguez, Peter Lundin, Paul Denyer, Sergei Dovzhenko, Irina Gaidamachuk, and Billy Chemirmir.
2 other events

1972 December Summary

December 1972 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Billy Chemirmir.

1972 December 08

births

Billy Chemirmir was born in Kabonyony village, Eldama Ravine, Baringo County, Kenya.

1972 November Summary

November 1972 Summary

1 serial killer died: Léopold Dion.

1972 November 17

deaths

Léopold Dion (Age 52) cause of death: homicide, stabbed to death by a fellow inmate at Canada.

1972 October Summary

October 1972 Summary

1 other event

1972 October 17

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 39) appeared on the TV show, To Tell The Truth
Location: New York, New York, US

Edward Edwards appeared on the TV show, To Tell The Truth, where all three contestants acted like they were the real Ed Edwards.

1972 September Summary

September 1972 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Erwin Hagedorn.
1 serial killer died: Erwin Hagedorn.
1 serial killer was born: Irina Gaidamachuk.

1972 September 26

births

Irina Gaidamachuk was born in Nyagan, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Soviet Union.

1972 September 15

Executions

Erwin Hagedorn (Age 20) execution by shooting at Leipzig Prison in the southern suburbs of Leipzig, Germany.

deaths

Erwin Hagedorn (Age 20) cause of death: execution by shooting at Leipzig Prison in the southern suburbs of Leipzig, Germany.

1972 June Summary

June 1972 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Sergei Dovzhenko.

1972 June 30

births

Sergei Dovzhenko was born in Mariupol, city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

1972 May Summary

May 1972 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Lee Roy Martin, and Erwin Hagedorn.
1 serial killer died: Lee Roy Martin.

1972 May 31

deaths

Lee Roy Martin (Age 35) cause of death: homicide, stabbed to death by a fellow inmate at Central Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina, US.

Convictions

Lee Roy Martin (Age 35) sentenced to life imprisonment at Central Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina, US.

1972 May 15

Convictions

Erwin Hagedorn (Age 20) sentenced to death by gunshot to the head at Leipzig Prison in the southern suburbs of Leipzig, Germany.

1972 April Summary

April 1972 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Paul Denyer.

1972 April 14

births

Paul Denyer was born in Sydney, capital city of New South Wales, Australia.

1972 February Summary

February 1972 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Peter Lundin.
1 serial killer was convicted: Wayne Boden.
1 serial killer was arrested: Robledo Puch.

1972 February 16

Convictions

Wayne Boden (Age 24) sentenced to life imprisonment, four terms at the Kingston Penitentiary in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

1972 February 15

births

Peter Lundin was born in Solrød Strand, place in Zealand, Denmark.

1972 February 04

Arrests

Robledo Puch (Age 20)

1972 January Summary

January 1972 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Jose Rodriguez.
1 other event

1972 January 28

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 38) published his book Metamorphosis of a Criminal
Location: Hart Publishing Company, New York, New York, US

Hart Publishing Company in New York published Edwards' book: Metamorphosis of a Criminal: The True Life Story of Ed Edwards.

1972 January 19

births

Jose Rodriguez was born in Illinois, US.

1971 Summary

1971 events By Month

47 events related to serial killers occurred in 1971.

3 events in January
2 events in March
2 events in April
4 events in May
2 events in June
2 events in July
1 events in August
1 events in September
2 events in October
2 events in November

1971 Summary

11 serial killers ended their killing spree: Kiyoshi Okubo, Robledo Puch, Karl Werner, Juan Vallejo Corona, Graham Young, Wayne Boden, Waneta Hoyt, Manuel Delgado Villegas, Erwin Hagedorn, Graham Young, and Ion Rîmaru.
15 serial killers started their killing spree: Rodney Alcala, Willem van Eijk, Velma Barfield, Kiyoshi Okubo, Ricardo Caputo, Randy Steven Kraft, Robert Christian Hansen, Gennady Mikhasevich, Harold Shipman, Donald Neilson, Fritz Honka, Freeway Phantom, Judias Judy Buenoano, Rosemary West, and Robledo Puch.
1 serial killer was convicted: Karl Werner.
3 serial killers died: Mack Ray Edwards, Ion Rîmaru, and Martha Wise.
7 serial killers were arrested: Wayne Boden, Erwin Hagedorn, Kiyoshi Okubo, Carroll Edward Cole, Karl Werner, Juan Vallejo Corona, and Manuel Delgado Villegas.
9 serial killers were born: Robert Joe Wagner, Claude Lastennet, Lam Kwok-wai, Todd Kohlhepp, Darren Deon Vann, Lorenzo Fayne, Dallen Bounds, Kendall Francois, and Ramon Escobar.
1 other events

1971 November Summary

November 1971 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Erwin Hagedorn.
1 serial killer was born: Robert Joe Wagner.

1971 November 28

births

Robert Joe Wagner was born in Parramatta, New South Wales.

1971 November 12

Arrests

Erwin Hagedorn (Age 19)

1971 October Summary

October 1971 Summary

2 serial killers died: Ion Rîmaru, and Mack Ray Edwards.

1971 October 30

deaths

Mack Ray Edwards (Age 53) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself with a television cord in his prison cell at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California, US.

1971 October 23

deaths

Ion Rîmaru (Age 25) cause of death: execution by firing squad at Jilava, village in Ilfov County, Romania.

1971 September Summary

September 1971 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Karl Werner.

1971 September 02

Convictions

Karl Werner sentenced to life imprisonment at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California, US.

1971 August Summary

August 1971 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Dallen Bounds.

1971 August 09

births

Dallen Bounds was born in Ashland, Oregon, US.

1971 July Summary

July 1971 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Kendall Francois.
1 other event

1971 July 26

Events

Lonnie David Franklin (Age 18) joined the U.S. Army
Location: Los Angeles, California, US

Lonnie David Franklin did his basic training at Fort Ord, in Monterey Bay. In January of 1972 he was deployed overseas and stationed with the 71st Air Defense Artillery at the Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany.

births

Kendall Francois was born in Poughkeepsie, city in New York.

1971 June Summary

June 1971 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Ramon Escobar.
1 serial killer died: Martha Wise.

1971 June 28

deaths

Martha Wise cause of death: natural causes at Ohio, state of the United States of America.

1971 June 05

births

Ramon Escobar was born in El Salvador.

1971 May Summary

May 1971 Summary

4 serial killers were arrested: Carroll Edward Cole, Kiyoshi Okubo, Wayne Boden, and Juan Vallejo Corona.

1971 May 26

Arrests

Juan Vallejo Corona (Age 37)

1971 May 19

Arrests

Wayne Boden (Age 23)

1971 May 14

Arrests

Kiyoshi Okubo (Age 36)

1971 May 07

Arrests

Carroll Edward Cole (Age 32)

1971 April Summary

April 1971 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Lorenzo Fayne.
1 serial killer was arrested: Karl Werner.

1971 April 29

Arrests

Karl Werner

1971 April 02

births

Lorenzo Fayne

1971 March Summary

March 1971 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Todd Kohlhepp, and Darren Deon Vann.

1971 March 21

births

Darren Deon Vann was born in Indiana, state of the United States of America.

1971 March 07

births

Todd Kohlhepp was born in Florida, United States.

1971 January Summary

January 1971 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Claude Lastennet, and Lam Kwok-wai.
1 serial killer was arrested: Manuel Delgado Villegas.

1971 January 27

births

Lam Kwok-wai was born in Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China.

1971 January 19

births

Claude Lastennet was born in Brest, commune in Finistère, France.

1971 January 18

Arrests

Manuel Delgado Villegas (Age 27)

1970 Summary

1970 events By Month

24 events related to serial killers occurred in 1970.

2 events in February
2 events in March
1 events in April
2 events in May
1 events in August
1 events in October
5 events in December

1970 Summary

3 serial killers ended their killing spree: Romulus Veres, Mack Ray Edwards, and Zdzisław Marchwicki.
7 serial killers started their killing spree: Samuel Little, Juan Vallejo Corona, Dean Corll, Romulus Veres, Robert Browne, Ion Rîmaru, and Donald Harvey.
1 serial killer was arrested: Mack Ray Edwards.
1 serial killer was executed: Akira Nishiguchi.
2 serial killers died: Leonarda Cianciulli, and Akira Nishiguchi.
8 serial killers were born: Zhou Kehua, William Devin Howell, Alexander Spesivtsev, Yoo Young-chul, Karla Homolka, Paul Durousseau, Martin Ney, and Steven Grieveson.
2 other events

1970 December Summary

December 1970 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Martin Ney, and Steven Grieveson.
1 serial killer was executed: Akira Nishiguchi.
1 serial killer died: Akira Nishiguchi.
1 other event

1970 December 14

births

Steven Grieveson was born in Sunderland, city in Tyne and Wear, North East England.

1970 December 12

births

Martin Ney was born in Bremen, city in the Bremen federated state, Germany.

1970 December 11

Executions

Akira Nishiguchi (Age 44) executed by hanging at Tokyo, capital of Japan and one of 47 prefectures of Japan.

deaths

Akira Nishiguchi (Age 44) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Tokyo, capital of Japan and one of 47 prefectures of Japan.

1970 December 05

Events

Fred Waterfield (Age 18) married Donna Peterson
Location: New Jersey, US

1970 October Summary

October 1970 Summary

1 serial killer died: Leonarda Cianciulli.

1970 October 15

deaths

Leonarda Cianciulli (Age 76) cause of death: natural causes, cerebral hemorrhage at Pozzuoli, Italian comune.

1970 August Summary

August 1970 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Paul Durousseau.

1970 August 11

births

Paul Durousseau was born in Beaumont, county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States.

1970 May Summary

May 1970 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Karla Homolka.
1 other event

1970 May 14

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 24) engaged to Bonnie Jean Colwell
Location: Auburn, California, US

Joseph James DeAngelo got engaged to Bonnie Jean Colwell. Bonnie ending the engagement in 1971, she married another man in 1972.

1970 May 04

births

Karla Homolka was born in Port Credit, Ontario, human settlement in Canada.

1970 April Summary

April 1970 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Yoo Young-chul.

1970 April 18

births

Yoo Young-chul was born in Gochang, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea.

1970 March Summary

March 1970 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Mack Ray Edwards.
1 serial killer was born: Alexander Spesivtsev.

1970 March 06

Arrests

Mack Ray Edwards (Age 51)

1970 March 01

births

Alexander Spesivtsev was born in Kemerovo Oblast, federal subject of Russia.

1970 February Summary

February 1970 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Zhou Kehua, and William Devin Howell.

1970 February 11

births

William Devin Howell was born in Hampton, Virginia, US.

1970 February 06

births

Zhou Kehua was born in Jinkou Town, Shapingba District, Chongqing, municipality in China.

1969 Summary

1969 events By Month

31 events related to serial killers occurred in 1969.

3 events in January
1 events in February
2 events in March
1 events in April
3 events in May
2 events in June
1 events in August
1 events in September
2 events in October
2 events in November
3 events in December

1969 Summary

4 serial killers ended their killing spree: John Norman Collins, Bible John, Jerome Jerry Brudos, and Tony Costa.
6 serial killers started their killing spree: Gerard John Schaefer, Charles Ray Hatcher, Gerald Stano, Pedro Lopez, Erwin Hagedorn, and Karl Werner.
1 serial killer died: Stanislaw Modzelewski.
1 serial killer was executed: Stanislaw Modzelewski.
2 serial killers were arrested: Tony Costa, and Jerome Jerry Brudos.
3 serial killers were convicted: Tony Costa, Stanislaw Modzelewski, and Jerome Jerry Brudos.
11 serial killers were born: Kang Ho-Sun, Peter Bryan, Efren Saldivar, Jack Spillman, José Luis Calva, Francisca Ballesteros, Frank Gust, Jiri Straka, Christopher Peterson, Vincent Johnson, and Stephen Griffiths.
3 other events

1969 December Summary

December 1969 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Stephen Griffiths.
2 other events

1969 December 25

Events

John Wayne Gacy (Age 27) Gacy's father died
Location: Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, Illinois, US

John Wayne Gacy's father, John Stanley Gacy, died from cirrhosis of the liver.

1969 December 24

births

Stephen Griffiths was born in Dewsbury, town in West Yorkshire, Britain.

1969 December 07

Events

Sharon Kinne (Age 30) escaped from prison
Location: the Iztapalapa prison in Mexico City, Mexico

Sharon Kinne escaped from the Iztapalapa prison in Mexico City, Mexico. Despite extensive manhunts, her whereabouts are unknown.

1969 November Summary

November 1969 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Stanislaw Modzelewski.
1 serial killer died: Stanislaw Modzelewski.

1969 November 13

Executions

Stanislaw Modzelewski (Age 40) executed by hanging at Warsaw-Mokotów Investigation Detention Center in Mokotów, Poland.

deaths

Stanislaw Modzelewski (Age 40) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Warsaw-Mokotów Investigation Detention Center in Mokotów, Poland.

1969 October Summary

October 1969 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Peter Bryan, and Kang Ho-Sun.

1969 October 10

births

Kang Ho-Sun was born in Seocheon County, administrative division of South Korea.

1969 October 04

births

Peter Bryan was born in London, capital and largest city of the United Kingdom.

1969 September Summary

September 1969 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Efren Saldivar.

1969 September 30

births

Efren Saldivar was born in Brownsville, county seat of Cameron County, Texas, United States.

1969 August Summary

August 1969 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Jack Spillman.

1969 August 30

births

Jack Spillman was born in Spokane, Washington, U.S..

1969 June Summary

June 1969 Summary

1 serial killer was born: José Luis Calva.
1 serial killer was convicted: Jerome Jerry Brudos.

1969 June 27

Convictions

Jerome Jerry Brudos (Age 30) sentenced to life imprisonment at Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon, US.

1969 June 20

births

José Luis Calva was born in Mexico City, capital city of Mexico.

1969 May Summary

May 1969 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Frank Gust.
1 serial killer was arrested: Jerome Jerry Brudos.
1 serial killer was convicted: Tony Costa.

1969 May 29

Convictions

Tony Costa (Age 24) sentenced to life imprisonment at Massachusetts Correctional Institution in South Walpole, Massachusetts, US.

1969 May 25

Arrests

Jerome Jerry Brudos (Age 30)

1969 May 24

births

Frank Gust was born in Oberhausen, city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1969 April Summary

April 1969 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Jiri Straka.

1969 April 14

births

Jiri Straka was born in Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic.

1969 March Summary

March 1969 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Tony Costa.
1 other event

1969 March 31

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 35) birth of Edwards' daughter, April Lynn Edwards
Location: Akron, Ohio, US

1969 March 06

Arrests

Tony Costa (Age 24)

1969 February Summary

February 1969 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Stanislaw Modzelewski.

1969 February 05

Convictions

Stanislaw Modzelewski (Age 39) sentenced to death by hanging at Warsaw-Mokotów Investigation Detention Center in Mokotów, Poland.

1969 January Summary

January 1969 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Francisca Ballesteros, Vincent Johnson, and Christopher Peterson.

1969 January 20

births

Christopher Peterson was born in Gary, city in Lake County, Indiana, United States.

1969 January 06

births

Vincent Johnson was born in Brooklyn, borough of New York City, New York, United States.

1969 January 01

births

Francisca Ballesteros was born in Valencia, Spain.

1968 Summary

1968 events By Month

21 events related to serial killers occurred in 1968.

1 events in February
3 events in May
1 events in June
3 events in July
2 events in August
1 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November

1968 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Marie Noe, and Boris Gusakov.
6 serial killers started their killing spree: Anatoly Utkin, Bible John, Tony Costa, Jerome Jerry Brudos, Pietro Pacciani, and Wayne Boden.
2 serial killers were arrested: Boris Gusakov, and Lee Roy Martin.
9 serial killers were born: Levi Bellfield, Silvo Plut, Matthew James Harris, Yang Xinhai, Hiroshi Maeue, Benjamin Atkins, Anthony Kirkland, Beverley Allitt, and Derrick Todd Lee.
2 other events

1968 November Summary

November 1968 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Derrick Todd Lee.

1968 November 05

births

Derrick Todd Lee was born in St. Francisville, Louisiana, US.

1968 October Summary

October 1968 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Beverley Allitt.

1968 October 04

births

Beverley Allitt was born in Nottingham, city in Nottinghamshire, England.

1968 September Summary

September 1968 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Anthony Kirkland.

1968 September 13

births

Anthony Kirkland was born in United States of America, federal republic in North America.

1968 August Summary

August 1968 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Hiroshi Maeue, and Benjamin Atkins.

1968 August 26

births

Benjamin Atkins was born in Detroit, most populous city in Michigan, United States; county seat of Wayne County.

1968 August 08

births

Hiroshi Maeue was born in Ōsaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

1968 July Summary

July 1968 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Yang Xinhai.
2 other events

1968 July 29

births

Yang Xinhai was born in Zhengyang County, Zhumadian, Henan, China.

1968 July 20

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 35) married Kay Hedderley
Location: Akron, Ohio, US
Terry Rasmussen (Age 24) marries first wife
Location: Hawaii, US

Terry Rasmussen marries his first wife in Hawaii.

1968 June Summary

June 1968 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Matthew James Harris.

1968 June 30

births

Matthew James Harris was born in New South Wales, state of Australia.

1968 May Summary

May 1968 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Levi Bellfield, and Silvo Plut.
1 serial killer was arrested: Boris Gusakov.

1968 May 29

births

Silvo Plut was born in Novo Mesto, city in Slovenia.

1968 May 17

births

Levi Bellfield was born in Isleworth, town in west London, England.

1968 May 16

Arrests

Boris Gusakov

1968 February Summary

February 1968 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Lee Roy Martin.

1968 February 15

Arrests

Lee Roy Martin (Age 30)

1967 Summary

1967 events By Month

27 events related to serial killers occurred in 1967.

3 events in January
4 events in June
2 events in July
2 events in September
1 events in October
2 events in November
2 events in December

1967 Summary

4 serial killers ended their killing spree: Duke Pierson, Stanislaw Modzelewski, Lee Roy Martin, and Janie Lou Gibbs.
7 serial killers started their killing spree: Robert Joseph Zani, John Norman Collins, Fred West, Pedro Rodrigues Filho, Richard Cottingham, David Meirhofer, and Duke Pierson.
2 serial killers were convicted: Albert DeSalvo, and Jürgen Bartsch.
2 serial killers were arrested: Stanislaw Modzelewski, and Janie Lou Gibbs.
9 serial killers were born: Marcelo Costa de Andrade, Norman Afzal Simons, Elizabeth Wettlaufer, Kathleen Folbigg, Cleophus Prince, Heriberto Seda, Lesley Warren, Kristen Gilbert, and Francisco de Assis Pereira.
3 other events

1967 December Summary

December 1967 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Jürgen Bartsch.
1 serial killer was arrested: Janie Lou Gibbs.

1967 December 24

Arrests

Janie Lou Gibbs (Age 34)

1967 December 15

Convictions

Jürgen Bartsch (Age 21) sentenced to life imprisonment, reduced to ten years of juvenile detention at Eickelborn State Hospital in Eickelborn, Germany.

1967 November Summary

November 1967 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Kristen Gilbert, and Francisco de Assis Pereira.

1967 November 29

births

Francisco de Assis Pereira was born in São Paulo, Brazil.

1967 November 03

births

Kristen Gilbert was born in Massachusetts, state of the United States of America.

1967 October Summary

October 1967 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Lesley Warren.

1967 October 15

births

Lesley Warren was born in Candler, NC.

1967 September Summary

September 1967 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Stanislaw Modzelewski.
1 other event

1967 September 24

Arrests

Stanislaw Modzelewski (Age 38)

1967 September 20

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 34) release on parole
Location: the Leavenworth United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, US

Edward Edwards was released on early parole for good behavior after serving six years of a sixteen year sentence at the Leavenworth United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas.

1967 July Summary

July 1967 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Cleophus Prince, and Heriberto Seda.

1967 July 31

births

Heriberto Seda was born in New York City, city in state of New York, largest city in the United States by population.

1967 July 24

births

Cleophus Prince was born in Alabama, state of the United States of America.

1967 June Summary

June 1967 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Elizabeth Wettlaufer, and Kathleen Folbigg.
2 other events

1967 June 28

Events

Robert Joseph Zani (Age 23) married Irma Serrano Reyes
Location: Mexico City, Mexico

1967 June 14

births

Kathleen Folbigg

1967 June 10

births

Elizabeth Wettlaufer

1967 June 01

Events

Robert Joseph Zani (Age 23) job promotion
Location: University of Texas in Austin, Texas, US

Robert Joseph Zani was promoted to translator in the archives section of the UT library.

1967 January Summary

January 1967 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Marcelo Costa de Andrade, and Norman Afzal Simons.
1 serial killer was convicted: Albert DeSalvo.

1967 January 12

births

Norman Afzal Simons was born in Cape Town, city in the Western Cape, South Africa.

1967 January 09

Convictions

Albert DeSalvo (Age 35) sentenced to life imprisonment at Bridgewater State Hospital in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, US.

1967 January 02

births

Marcelo Costa de Andrade was born in Rio de Janeiro, city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

1966 Summary

1966 events By Month

19 events related to serial killers occurred in 1966.

2 events in February
1 events in March
2 events in May
1 events in July
1 events in August
2 events in September
1 events in October
3 events in November
1 events in December

1966 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Jürgen Bartsch, and Cincinnati Strangler.
3 serial killers started their killing spree: Lee Roy Martin, Janie Lou Gibbs, and Kenneth McDuff.
3 serial killers were convicted: Charles Schmid, Myra Hindley, and Ian Brady.
10 serial killers were born: Vickie Dawn Jackson, Robert Napper, John Bittrolff, Zhang Jun, John Justin Bunting, Scott Lee Kimball, Wolfgang Schmidt, Sean Patrick Goble, Chester Turner, and Stewart Wilken.
1 other events

1966 December Summary

December 1966 Summary

1 other event

1966 December 18

Events

Jeffrey Dahmer (Age 6) sibling born
Location: Doylestown, Ohio, US

Jeffrey Dahmer's younger brother David Dahmer was born.

1966 November Summary

November 1966 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Sean Patrick Goble, Chester Turner, and Stewart Wilken.

1966 November 11

births

Stewart Wilken was born in Boksburg, city in Gauteng, South Africa.

1966 November 05

births

Chester Turner was born in Warren, city in Arkansas, US.

1966 November 01

births

Sean Patrick Goble

1966 October Summary

October 1966 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Wolfgang Schmidt.

1966 October 05

births

Wolfgang Schmidt was born in Lehnin, Bezirk Potsdam, East Germany.

1966 September Summary

September 1966 Summary

2 serial killers were born: John Justin Bunting, and Scott Lee Kimball.

1966 September 21

births

Scott Lee Kimball was born in Boulder, Colorado, US.

1966 September 04

births

John Justin Bunting was born in Inala, Queensland, Australia.

1966 August Summary

August 1966 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Zhang Jun.

1966 August 05

births

Zhang Jun

1966 July Summary

July 1966 Summary

1 serial killer was born: John Bittrolff.

1966 July 01

births

John Bittrolff was born in New York, state of the United States of America.

1966 May Summary

May 1966 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Myra Hindley, and Ian Brady.

1966 May 06

Convictions

Ian Brady (Age 28) sentenced to life imprisonment, three life terms at HM Prison Durham in the Elvet area of Durham, County Durham, England.
Myra Hindley (Age 23) sentenced to life imprisonment, two concurrent terms at HM Prison Holloway in London, England.

1966 March Summary

March 1966 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Charles Schmid.

1966 March 01

Convictions

Charles Schmid (Age 23) sentenced to death at Arisona State Prison near Florence, Arisona, US.

1966 February Summary

February 1966 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Vickie Dawn Jackson, and Robert Napper.

1966 February 25

births

Robert Napper was born in Erith, district of South East London within the London Borough of Bexley.

1966 February 13

births

Vickie Dawn Jackson was born in Indiana, US.

1965 Summary

1965 events By Month

21 events related to serial killers occurred in 1965.

1 events in March
1 events in May
2 events in June
1 events in July
4 events in October
3 events in November

1965 Summary

4 serial killers ended their killing spree: Jack the Stripper, Ian Brady, Charles Schmid, and Myra Hindley.
5 serial killers started their killing spree: Gilbert Paul Jordan, Mike DeBardeleben, Patrick Wayne Kearney, Cincinnati Strangler, and Waneta Hoyt.
1 serial killer died: Nannie Doss.
1 serial killer was convicted: Sharon Kinne.
3 serial killers were arrested: Ian Brady, Myra Hindley, and Charles Schmid.
6 serial killers were born: Yevgeny Chuplinsky, Rory Enrique Conde, Michael Wayne McGray, Maury Travis, Henry Louis Wallace, and Alfredo Prieto.
1 other events

1965 November Summary

November 1965 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Henry Louis Wallace, and Alfredo Prieto.
1 serial killer was arrested: Charles Schmid.

1965 November 18

births

Alfredo Prieto was born in San Martin, El Salvador.

1965 November 10

Arrests

Charles Schmid (Age 23)

1965 November 04

births

Henry Louis Wallace was born in Barnwell, South Carolina, US.

1965 October Summary

October 1965 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Ian Brady, and Myra Hindley.
1 serial killer was convicted: Sharon Kinne.
1 serial killer was born: Maury Travis.

1965 October 25

births

Maury Travis was born in St. Louis, Missouri, US.

1965 October 18

Convictions

Sharon Kinne (Age 25) sentenced to life imprisonment at Iztapalapa prison, Mexico City, Mexico, escaped in 1969, whereabouts unknown.

1965 October 11

Arrests

Myra Hindley (Age 23)

1965 October 07

Arrests

Ian Brady (Age 27)

1965 July Summary

July 1965 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Michael Wayne McGray.

1965 July 11

births

Michael Wayne McGray was born in Collingwood, Ontario.

1965 June Summary

June 1965 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Rory Enrique Conde.
1 serial killer died: Nannie Doss.

1965 June 14

births

Rory Enrique Conde was born in Barranquilla, Capital of the Colombian department of Atlántico.

1965 June 02

deaths

Nannie Doss (Age 59) cause of death: natural causes, Leukemia at Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma, United States.

1965 May Summary

May 1965 Summary

1 other event

1965 May 26

Events

Robert Joseph Zani (Age 21) started a new job
Location: University of Texas in Austin, Texas, US

Robert Joseph Zani was hired as a clerical assistant in the main library at the University of Texas.

1965 March Summary

March 1965 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Yevgeny Chuplinsky.

1965 March 14

births

Yevgeny Chuplinsky

1964 Summary

1964 events By Month

28 events related to serial killers occurred in 1964.

3 events in January
1 events in March
1 events in April
1 events in May
2 events in June
3 events in August
1 events in September
3 events in October
3 events in November
1 events in December

1964 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Sharon Kinne, and Albert DeSalvo.
7 serial killers started their killing spree: Vaughn Greenwood, Zdzisław Marchwicki, Boris Gusakov, Manuel Delgado Villegas, Jack the Stripper, Edmund Kemper, and Charles Schmid.
1 serial killer died: Eric Edgar Cooke.
1 serial killer was executed: Eric Edgar Cooke.
1 serial killer was convicted: Léopold Dion.
3 serial killers were arrested: Sharon Kinne, Albert DeSalvo, and Akira Nishiguchi.
11 serial killers were born: Jack Harold Jones, Gao Chengyong, Mark Goudeau, Paul Kenneth Bernardo, Hubert Geralds, Moses Sithole, Tommy Lynn Sells, Andrew Urdiales, Mikhail Popkov, Ronald Dominique, and Adam Leroy Lane.
2 other events

1964 December Summary

December 1964 Summary

1 other event

1964 December 17

Events

Joseph James DeAngelo (Age 19) completed basic training
Location: US Naval Training Center, San Diego, California, US

Joseph James DeAngelo completed basic training at the Recruit Training Comman, US Naval Training Center in San Diego, California.

1964 November Summary

November 1964 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Gao Chengyong, Hubert Geralds, and Moses Sithole.

1964 November 17

births

Moses Sithole was born in Vosloorus, South Africa.

1964 November 13

births

Hubert Geralds

1964 November 10

births

Gao Chengyong was born in Chenghe Village, Qingcheng Town, Yuzhong County, county in Lanzhou City, Gansu, China.

1964 October Summary

October 1964 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Eric Edgar Cooke.
1 serial killer died: Eric Edgar Cooke.
1 serial killer was arrested: Albert DeSalvo.

1964 October 27

Arrests

Albert DeSalvo (Age 33)

1964 October 26

Executions

Eric Edgar Cooke (Age 33) executed by hanging at Fremantle Prison in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.

deaths

Eric Edgar Cooke (Age 33) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Fremantle Prison in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia. He is buried at Fremantle Cemetery, .

1964 September Summary

September 1964 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Mark Goudeau.

1964 September 06

births

Mark Goudeau was born in Phoenix, county seat and capital city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, fifth largest city in the United States by population.

1964 August Summary

August 1964 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Adam Leroy Lane, Jack Harold Jones, and Paul Kenneth Bernardo.

1964 August 27

births

Paul Kenneth Bernardo was born in Scarborough, district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1964 August 10

births

Jack Harold Jones

1964 August 07

births

Adam Leroy Lane was born in Jonesville, North Carolina, US.

1964 June Summary

June 1964 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Andrew Urdiales, and Tommy Lynn Sells.

1964 June 28

births

Tommy Lynn Sells was born in Oakland, California, US.

1964 June 04

births

Andrew Urdiales was born in Chicago, Illinois, US.

1964 May Summary

May 1964 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Sharon Kinne.

1964 May 31

Arrests

Sharon Kinne (Age 24)

1964 April Summary

April 1964 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Léopold Dion.

1964 April 10

Convictions

Léopold Dion (Age 44) sentenced to Death Commuted to Life Imprisonment .

1964 March Summary

March 1964 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Mikhail Popkov.

1964 March 07

births

Mikhail Popkov was born in Angarsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.

1964 January Summary

January 1964 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Akira Nishiguchi.
1 serial killer was born: Ronald Dominique.
1 other event

1964 January 11

Events

Waneta Hoyt (Age 17) married Tim Hoy
Location: New York, US

1964 January 09

births

Ronald Dominique was born in Thibodaux, Louisiana, US.

1964 January 03

Arrests

Akira Nishiguchi (Age 38)

1963 Summary

1963 events By Month

19 events related to serial killers occurred in 1963.

1 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in May
4 events in July
1 events in September
2 events in November
1 events in December

1963 Summary

4 serial killers started their killing spree: Akira Nishiguchi, Myra Hindley, Ian Brady, and Léopold Dion.
4 serial killers ended their killing spree: Akira Nishiguchi, Léopold Dion, John Ingvar Lovgren, and Eric Edgar Cooke.
1 serial killer was convicted: Eric Edgar Cooke.
2 serial killers were arrested: Eric Edgar Cooke, and Léopold Dion.
8 serial killers were born: Joseph Edward Duncan, Christine Falling, Kenneth Erskine, John Joubert, Julio Pérez Silva, Richard Evonitz, Thierry Paulin, and Scott Williams.

1963 December Summary

December 1963 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Scott Williams.

1963 December 03

births

Scott Williams was born in Monroe, city in North Carolina, United States.

1963 November Summary

November 1963 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Eric Edgar Cooke.
1 serial killer was born: Thierry Paulin.

1963 November 28

Convictions

Eric Edgar Cooke (Age 32) sentenced to death by hanging at Fremantle Prison in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.

births

Thierry Paulin was born in Fort-de-France, commune in Martinique, France.

1963 September Summary

September 1963 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Eric Edgar Cooke.

1963 September 01

Arrests

Eric Edgar Cooke (Age 32)

1963 July Summary

July 1963 Summary

4 serial killers were born: Kenneth Erskine, John Joubert, Julio Pérez Silva, and Richard Evonitz.

1963 July 29

births

Richard Evonitz was born in Columbia, capital of South Carolina, United States.

1963 July 15

births

Julio Pérez Silva was born in Puchuncaví, commune of Chile.

1963 July 02

births

John Joubert was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, US.

1963 July 01

births

Kenneth Erskine was born in Hammersmith, district in west London, England.

1963 May Summary

May 1963 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Léopold Dion.

1963 May 27

Arrests

Léopold Dion (Age 43)

1963 March Summary

March 1963 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Christine Falling.

1963 March 12

births

Christine Falling was born in Perry, city in Taylor County, Florida, United States.

1963 February Summary

February 1963 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Joseph Edward Duncan.

1963 February 25

births

Joseph Edward Duncan was born in Tacoma, county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.

1962 Summary

1962 events By Month

37 events related to serial killers occurred in 1962.

6 events in January
1 events in February
5 events in March
2 events in April
1 events in May
5 events in June
1 events in July
2 events in August
1 events in September
1 events in October
2 events in November
3 events in December

1962 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: William MacDonald.
6 serial killers started their killing spree: Jürgen Bartsch, Zodiac Killer, Albert DeSalvo, Martha Ann Johnson, Graham Young, and Graham Young.
1 serial killer was convicted: Leslie Irvin.
1 serial killer died: Amy Archer-Gilligan.
22 serial killers were born: Larry DeWayne Hall, Debra Brown, Adolfo Constanzo, Guy Georges, Richard Angelo, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Glen Edward Rogers, Daniel Blank, Anthony Allen Shore, Sean Vincent Gillis, Hiroaki Hidaka, Sergei Martynov, Roberto Succo, John Martin Crawford, Andre Crawford, Timothy Wilson Spencer, Cathy Wood, Juan Covington, Gary Ray Bowles, Cynthia Coffman, Scott Erskine, and Sergei Ryakhovsky.
6 other events

1962 December Summary

December 1962 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Larry DeWayne Hall, Scott Erskine, and Sergei Ryakhovsky.

1962 December 29

births

Sergei Ryakhovsky was born in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union.

1962 December 22

births

Scott Erskine was born in San Diego, city in California, eighth largest city in the United States by population.

1962 December 11

births

Larry DeWayne Hall was born in Wabash, Indiana, US.

1962 November Summary

November 1962 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Adolfo Constanzo, and Debra Brown.

1962 November 11

births

Debra Brown was born in Waukegan, county seat of Lake County, Illinois, United States.

1962 November 01

births

Adolfo Constanzo was born in Miami, Florida, United States.

1962 October Summary

October 1962 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Guy Georges.

1962 October 15

births

Guy Georges was born in Vitry-le-François, commune in Marne, France.

1962 September Summary

September 1962 Summary

1 other event

1962 September 21

Events

Robert Joseph Zani (Age 18) enrolled in college
Location: University of Texas in Austin, Texas, US

1962 August Summary

August 1962 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Tsutomu Miyazaki, and Richard Angelo.

1962 August 29

births

Richard Angelo was born in Long Island, island in New York, United States of America.

1962 August 21

births

Tsutomu Miyazaki was born in Itsukaichi, Tokyo, Japan.

1962 July Summary

July 1962 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Glen Edward Rogers.

1962 July 15

births

Glen Edward Rogers was born in Hamilton, city in Butler County, Ohio, United States.

1962 June Summary

June 1962 Summary

4 serial killers were born: Sergei Martynov, Sean Vincent Gillis, Anthony Allen Shore, and Daniel Blank.
1 serial killer was convicted: Leslie Irvin.

1962 June 28

births

Daniel Blank was born in Paulina, Rural St. James Parish in Louisiana, US.

1962 June 25

births

Anthony Allen Shore was born in Rapid City, South Dakota.

1962 June 24

births

Sean Vincent Gillis was born in Baton Rouge, parish seat city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA and Louisiana federated state capital city.

1962 June 13

Convictions

Leslie Irvin (Age 38) sentenced to death, overturned to life imprisonment at Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, Indiana, US.

1962 June 02

births

Sergei Martynov was born in Nyazepetrovsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Soviet Union.

1962 May Summary

May 1962 Summary

1 other event

1962 May 18

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 28) sentenced to sixteen years in prison
Location: the Leavenworth United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, US

Judge Connell sentenced Edwards to fifteen years for the bank robbery and one year for the attempted escape. Edwards was Prisoner Number 79812 while at Leavenworth United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas.

1962 April Summary

April 1962 Summary

1 serial killer died: Amy Archer-Gilligan.
1 serial killer was born: Roberto Succo.

1962 April 23

deaths

Amy Archer-Gilligan (Age 93) at Middletown, city in Connecticut.

1962 April 03

births

Roberto Succo was born in Venice, city in northeastern Italy, sited on a group of 118 small islands.

1962 March Summary

March 1962 Summary

5 serial killers were born: Juan Covington, Cathy Wood, Timothy Wilson Spencer, Andre Crawford, and John Martin Crawford.

1962 March 29

births

John Martin Crawford was born in Steinbach, city in Manitoba, Canada.

1962 March 20

births

Andre Crawford was born in United States of America, federal republic in North America.

1962 March 17

births

Timothy Wilson Spencer

1962 March 07

births

Cathy Wood

1962 March 03

births

Juan Covington was born in Philadelphia, county seat city in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; sixth largest city in the United States by population.

1962 February Summary

February 1962 Summary

1 other event

1962 February 05

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 28) attempted escape
Location: Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland, Ohio, US

Edward Edwards was caught cutting his cell bars with a hacksaw blade, Edwards had hidden the blade in his shoe and smuggled it into the Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland, Ohio.

1962 January Summary

January 1962 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Hiroaki Hidaka, Cynthia Coffman, and Gary Ray Bowles.
3 other events

1962 January 25

births

Gary Ray Bowles was born in Clifton Forge, town in Virginia.

1962 January 20

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 28) arrested
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, US

Edward Edwards was arrested by Detective Larry Bradley of the Atlanta Police Department along with other officers, Edwards was arrested for being on the FBI's most wanted list for interstate flight from a robbery charge, a bank robbery in Akron, Ohio along with other charges.

1962 January 19

births

Cynthia Coffman was born in St. Louis, city and port in the U.S. state of Missouri.

1962 January 17

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 28) bank robbery
Location: Arlington Plaza branch of the First National Bank in Akron, Ohio, US

Edward Edwards robbed the Arlington Plaza branch of the First National Bank in Akron, Ohio, his wife, Marlene Edwards drove the escape car.

1962 January 08

Events

Rodney Alcala (Age 18) Rodney Alcala's father, Raoul Alcala Buquor, died
Location: Tulare County, California, US

Rodney Alcala's father, Raoul Alcala Buquor, unexpectedly passed away in Tulare County, California.

1962 January 01

births

Hiroaki Hidaka was born in Miyazaki, Japan.

1961 Summary

1961 events By Month

15 events related to serial killers occurred in 1961.

1 events in February
2 events in April
1 events in June
1 events in July
1 events in August
1 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November
1 events in December

1961 Summary

5 serial killers started their killing spree: Richard Laurence Marquette, Angus Sinclair, Anatoly Slivko, William MacDonald, and Ottis Toole.
1 serial killer was convicted: Melvin Rees.
1 serial killer died: Marie Fikackova.
1 serial killer was executed: Marie Fikackova.
5 serial killers were born: Westley Allan Dodd, Cary Stayner, Terry Blair, Manuel Octavio Bermudez, and Wayne Adam Ford.
2 other events

1961 December Summary

December 1961 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Wayne Adam Ford.

1961 December 03

births

Wayne Adam Ford was born in Petaluma, city in Sonoma County, California.

1961 November Summary

November 1961 Summary

1 other event

1961 November 10

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 28) added to the FBI’s Most Wanted List
Location: Portland, Oregon, US

Edwards is added to the FBI’s Most Wanted List for interstate flight and robbery.

1961 October Summary

October 1961 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Manuel Octavio Bermudez.

1961 October 15

births

Manuel Octavio Bermudez was born in Trujillo, municipality in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.

1961 September Summary

September 1961 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Terry Blair.

1961 September 16

births

Terry Blair was born in United States of America, federal republic in North America.

1961 August Summary

August 1961 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Cary Stayner.

1961 August 13

births

Cary Stayner was born in Merced, California, US.

1961 July Summary

July 1961 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Westley Allan Dodd.

1961 July 03

births

Westley Allan Dodd was born in Toppenish, Washington, US.

1961 June Summary

June 1961 Summary

1 other event

1961 June 19

Events

Rodney Alcala (Age 17) enlisted in the U.S. Army
Location: North Carolina, US

Rodney Alcala entered a program in North Carolina to become a paratrooper. He then enlisted in the U.S Army where he served as a clerk for four years.

1961 April Summary

April 1961 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Marie Fikackova.
1 serial killer died: Marie Fikackova.

1961 April 13

Executions

Marie Fikackova (Age 24) executed by hanging at Prague Pankrác Remand Prison in Prague, Czech Republic.

deaths

Marie Fikackova (Age 24) cause of death: executed by hanging at Prague Pankrác Remand Prison in Prague, Czech Republic.

1961 February Summary

February 1961 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Melvin Rees.

1961 February 28

Convictions

Melvin Rees sentenced to death commuted to life in prison at an unnamed prison in Maryland, US.

1960 Summary

1960 events By Month

27 events related to serial killers occurred in 1960.

1 events in January
5 events in February
1 events in April
2 events in May
1 events in June
3 events in July
1 events in August
1 events in September
3 events in October
2 events in November
3 events in December

1960 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Henry Lee Lucas, and Sharon Kinne.
2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Florencio Fernández, and Marie Fikackova.
1 serial killer was executed: Elias Xitavhudzi.
2 serial killers were convicted: Heinrich Pommerenke, and Marie Fikackova.
3 serial killers died: Caroline Grills, Joseph Taborsky, and Elias Xitavhudzi.
3 serial killers were arrested: Marie Fikackova, Florencio Fernández, and Melvin Rees.
11 serial killers were born: Patrick McCullough, Michael Lee Lockhart, Thomas Huskey, Nathaniel White, Walter E. Ellis, Cesar Barone, Vladimir Mukhankin, Richard Ramirez, Charles Edmund Cullen, Michael Gargiulo, and Jeffrey Dahmer.
3 other events

1960 December Summary

December 1960 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Cesar Barone.
2 other events

1960 December 10

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 27) escaped from jail
Location: a jail in Portland, Oregon, US

Edward Edwards had a friend pose as his probation officer, Mr. McQuiggan, call the jail and lift the retainer allowing Edwards to bond out of jail.

1960 December 09

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 27) arrested
Location: Portland, Oregon

Edward Edwards was arrested for turning in false fire alarms and parole violations. He was also questioned in connection with the double murder known as the lover's lane murders.

1960 December 04

births

Cesar Barone was born in Fort Lauderdale, county seat of Broward County, Florida, United States.

1960 November Summary

November 1960 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Elias Xitavhudzi.
1 serial killer died: Elias Xitavhudzi.

1960 November 14

Executions

Elias Xitavhudzi executed by hanging at a prison in Atteridgeville, South Africa.

deaths

Elias Xitavhudzi cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at a prison in Atteridgeville, South Africa.

1960 October Summary

October 1960 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Marie Fikackova, and Heinrich Pommerenke.
1 serial killer died: Caroline Grills.

1960 October 22

Convictions

Heinrich Pommerenke (Age 23) sentenced to life imprisonment at Bruchsal Seilersbahn Prison, in Bruchsal, Deutschland.

1960 October 06

Convictions

Marie Fikackova (Age 24) sentenced to death by hanging at Prague Pankrác Remand Prison in Prague, Czech Republic.

deaths

Caroline Grills cause of death: natural causes, peritonitis at Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

1960 September Summary

September 1960 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Michael Lee Lockhart.

1960 September 30

births

Michael Lee Lockhart was born in Wallbridge, Ohio.

1960 August Summary

August 1960 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Thomas Huskey.

1960 August 20

births

Thomas Huskey

1960 July Summary

July 1960 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Walter E. Ellis, and Nathaniel White.
1 other event

1960 July 28

births

Nathaniel White

1960 July 24

births

Walter E. Ellis was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US.

1960 July 09

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 27) married Marlene Hayworth Harmon
Location: a Catholic Church in Washington, US

1960 June Summary

June 1960 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Melvin Rees.

1960 June 24

Arrests

Melvin Rees

1960 May Summary

May 1960 Summary

1 serial killer died: Joseph Taborsky.
1 serial killer was born: Jeffrey Dahmer.

1960 May 21

births

Jeffrey Dahmer was born in Milwaukee.

1960 May 17

deaths

Joseph Taborsky (Age 36) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by electrocution via electric chair at Wethersfield, town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

1960 April Summary

April 1960 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Vladimir Mukhankin.

1960 April 22

births

Vladimir Mukhankin was born in Zernogradsky District, Rostov Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union.

1960 February Summary

February 1960 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Michael Gargiulo, Charles Edmund Cullen, and Richard Ramirez.
2 serial killers were arrested: Florencio Fernández, and Marie Fikackova.

1960 February 29

births

Richard Ramirez was born in El Paso, Texas, United States.

1960 February 27

Arrests

Marie Fikackova (Age 23)

1960 February 22

births

Charles Edmund Cullen was born in West Orange, New Jersey, US.

1960 February 14

Arrests

Florencio Fernández

1960 February 12

births

Michael Gargiulo was born in Glenview, Illinois, US.

1960 January Summary

January 1960 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Patrick McCullough.

1960 January 20

births

Patrick McCullough was born in Anchorage, Alaska, US.

1959 Summary

1959 events By Month

23 events related to serial killers occurred in 1959.

1 events in January
1 events in February
3 events in March
2 events in June
3 events in July
2 events in August
3 events in September
2 events in October
1 events in November

1959 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Heinrich Pommerenke, and Eric Edgar Cooke.
3 serial killers ended their killing spree: Heinrich Pommerenke, Elias Xitavhudzi, and Melvin Rees.
1 serial killer was arrested: Heinrich Pommerenke.
2 serial killers were executed: Genzo Kurita, and Harvey Glatman.
2 serial killers died: Harvey Glatman, and Genzo Kurita.
12 serial killers were born: Joel Rifkin, Harrison Graham, Anthony Sowell, Angel Maturino Resendiz, Michael Bruce Ross, Volker Eckert, Lucious Boyd, Faryion Wardrip, Robert Joseph Silveria, Francis Heaulme, Anatoly Onoprienko, and Sergey Golovkin.
1 other events

1959 November Summary

November 1959 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Sergey Golovkin.

1959 November 26

births

Sergey Golovkin was born in Moscow, capital city and the largest city of Russia; separate federal subject of Russia.

1959 October Summary

October 1959 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Genzo Kurita.
1 serial killer died: Genzo Kurita.

1959 October 14

Executions

Genzo Kurita (Age 32) executed by hanging at a prison in Japan.

deaths

Genzo Kurita (Age 32) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at a prison in Japan.

1959 September Summary

September 1959 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Harvey Glatman.
1 serial killer died: Harvey Glatman.
1 serial killer was born: Harrison Graham.

1959 September 18

Executions

Harvey Glatman (Age 31) executed by gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

deaths

Harvey Glatman (Age 31) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

1959 September 09

births

Harrison Graham was born in Philadelphia, county seat city in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; sixth largest city in the United States by population.

1959 August Summary

August 1959 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Angel Maturino Resendiz, and Anthony Sowell.

1959 August 19

births

Anthony Sowell was born in Cleveland, city in Ohio, United States.

1959 August 01

births

Angel Maturino Resendiz was born in Izucar de Matomoros, Puebla, Mexico.

1959 July Summary

July 1959 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Volker Eckert, Anatoly Onoprienko, and Michael Bruce Ross.

1959 July 26

births

Michael Bruce Ross was born in Putnam, Connecticut, US.

1959 July 25

births

Anatoly Onoprienko was born in Zhytomyr, city in Ukraine.

1959 July 01

births

Volker Eckert was born in Plauen, East Germany.

1959 June Summary

June 1959 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Heinrich Pommerenke.
1 other event

1959 June 25

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 26) release on probation
Location: Portland, Oregon, US

Edwards was paroled by the Montana Board of Pardons and Parole after serving three years of a ten year sentence for robbery. He was sent to Portland, Oregon on a detainer for a pending armed robbery from 1955. Portland placed him on five years probation and released him.

1959 June 10

Arrests

Heinrich Pommerenke (Age 21)

1959 March Summary

March 1959 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Robert Joseph Silveria, Faryion Wardrip, and Lucious Boyd.

1959 March 22

births

Lucious Boyd was born in Broward County, county in Florida, United States of America.

1959 March 06

births

Faryion Wardrip was born in Salem, Indiana, US.

1959 March 03

births

Robert Joseph Silveria was born in Redwood City, city in California, United States of America.

1959 February Summary

February 1959 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Francis Heaulme.

1959 February 25

births

Francis Heaulme was born in Metz, commune in Moselle, France.

1959 January Summary

January 1959 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Joel Rifkin.

1959 January 20

births

Joel Rifkin was born in Nassau County, county in New York.

1958 Summary

1958 events By Month

19 events related to serial killers occurred in 1958.

2 events in January
2 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in April
2 events in May
2 events in July
1 events in October
1 events in November
1 events in December

1958 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Harvey Glatman, and Peter Manuel.
4 serial killers started their killing spree: Richard Biegenwald, Lemuel Smith, Robert Zarinsky, and John Ingvar Lovgren.
1 serial killer was executed: Peter Manuel.
2 serial killers were convicted: Peter Manuel, and Harvey Glatman.
2 serial killers were arrested: Harvey Glatman, and Peter Manuel.
3 serial killers died: Lyda Southard, Rudolf Pleil, and Peter Manuel.
5 serial killers were born: Altemio Sanchez, Ladislav Hojer, Steve Wright, Wayne Williams, and John Duffy.

1958 December Summary

December 1958 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Harvey Glatman.

1958 December 15

Convictions

Harvey Glatman (Age 31) sentenced to death by gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, US.

1958 November Summary

November 1958 Summary

1 serial killer was born: John Duffy.

1958 November 29

births

John Duffy was born in Northern Ireland.

1958 October Summary

October 1958 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Harvey Glatman.

1958 October 31

Arrests

Harvey Glatman (Age 30)

1958 July Summary

July 1958 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Peter Manuel.
1 serial killer died: Peter Manuel.

1958 July 11

Executions

Peter Manuel (Age 31) executed by hanging at HM Prison Barlinnie, Riddrie, Glasgow, Scotland.

deaths

Peter Manuel (Age 31) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at HM Prison Barlinnie, Riddrie, Glasgow, Scotland.

1958 May Summary

May 1958 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Peter Manuel.
1 serial killer was born: Wayne Williams.

1958 May 29

Convictions

Peter Manuel (Age 31) sentenced to death by hanging at HM Prison Peterhead, HM Prison Barlinnie, Riddrie, Glasgow, Scotland.

1958 May 27

births

Wayne Williams was born in Atlanta, Georgia, US.

1958 April Summary

April 1958 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Steve Wright.

1958 April 24

births

Steve Wright was born in Erpingham, village in the United Kingdom.

1958 March Summary

March 1958 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Ladislav Hojer.

1958 March 15

births

Ladislav Hojer was born in Czechoslovakia.

1958 February Summary

February 1958 Summary

2 serial killers died: Lyda Southard, and Rudolf Pleil.

1958 February 16

deaths

Rudolf Pleil (Age 33) cause of death: suicide, hanging at Celle, town in Lower Saxony, Germany.

1958 February 05

deaths

Lyda Southard (Age 65) cause of death: natural causes, myocardial infarction at Salt Lake City, county seat in Salt Lake County, Utah, USA and Utah federated state capital city.

1958 January Summary

January 1958 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Altemio Sanchez.
1 serial killer was arrested: Peter Manuel.

1958 January 19

births

Altemio Sanchez was born in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.

1958 January 13

Arrests

Peter Manuel (Age 30)

1957 Summary

1957 events By Month

26 events related to serial killers occurred in 1957.

4 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in April
1 events in June
1 events in July
1 events in September
3 events in October
1 events in November
6 events in December

1957 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Joseph Taborsky.
5 serial killers started their killing spree: Harvey Glatman, John Floyd Thomas, David Parker Ray, Melvin Rees, and Marie Fikackova.
2 serial killers were convicted: Peter Woodcock, and Joseph Taborsky.
3 serial killers were arrested: Vaclav Mrazek, Joseph Taborsky, and Peter Woodcock.
3 serial killers were executed: Vaclav Mrazek, Władysław Mazurkiewicz, and Rhonda Belle Martin.
3 serial killers died: Władysław Mazurkiewicz, Vaclav Mrazek, and Rhonda Belle Martin.
9 serial killers were born: Thor Nis Christiansen, Juana Barraza, Dana Sue Gray, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega, Paul Dennis Reid, Paul Steven Haigh, Donald Leroy Evans, Luis Garavito, and William Clyde Gibson.

1957 December Summary

December 1957 Summary

4 serial killers were born: Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega, Dana Sue Gray, Juana Barraza, and Thor Nis Christiansen.
1 serial killer was executed: Vaclav Mrazek.
1 serial killer died: Vaclav Mrazek.

1957 December 29

Executions

Vaclav Mrazek (Age 32) executed at the Prague Pankrác Remand Prison in Prague, Czech Republic.

deaths

Vaclav Mrazek (Age 32) cause of death: executed at the Prague Pankrác Remand Prison in Prague, Czech Republic.

1957 December 28

births

Thor Nis Christiansen was born in Denmark.

1957 December 27

births

Juana Barraza was born in Epazoyucan, Hidalgo.

1957 December 06

births

Dana Sue Gray was born in Southern California, southern portion of US state of California.

1957 December 03

births

Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega was born in Santander, capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain.

1957 November Summary

November 1957 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Paul Dennis Reid.

1957 November 12

births

Paul Dennis Reid was born in Richland Hills, Texas, US.

1957 October Summary

October 1957 Summary

1 serial killer was born: William Clyde Gibson.
1 serial killer was executed: Rhonda Belle Martin.
1 serial killer died: Rhonda Belle Martin.

1957 October 11

Executions

Rhonda Belle Martin (Age 50) executed by electrocution via electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, US.

deaths

Rhonda Belle Martin (Age 50) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by electrocution via electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, US.

1957 October 10

births

William Clyde Gibson

1957 September Summary

September 1957 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Paul Steven Haigh.

1957 September 05

births

Paul Steven Haigh was born in Australia.

1957 July Summary

July 1957 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Donald Leroy Evans.

1957 July 05

births

Donald Leroy Evans was born in Watervliet, Michigan, US.

1957 June Summary

June 1957 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Joseph Taborsky.

1957 June 27

Convictions

Joseph Taborsky (Age 33) sentenced to death by electrocution at Wethersfield, Connecticut, US.

1957 April Summary

April 1957 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Peter Woodcock.

1957 April 11

Convictions

Peter Woodcock (Age 18) sentenced to preventively detained, not guilty by reason of insanity at Penetanguishene Mental Health Centre in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada.

1957 March Summary

March 1957 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Vaclav Mrazek.

1957 March 17

Arrests

Vaclav Mrazek (Age 31)

1957 February Summary

February 1957 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Joseph Taborsky.

1957 February 23

Arrests

Joseph Taborsky (Age 32)

1957 January Summary

January 1957 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Luis Garavito.
1 serial killer was arrested: Peter Woodcock.
1 serial killer died: Władysław Mazurkiewicz.
1 serial killer was executed: Władysław Mazurkiewicz.

1957 January 31

deaths

Władysław Mazurkiewicz (Age 46) cause of death: capital punishment, hanging at Kraków, city in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

1957 January 29

Executions

Władysław Mazurkiewicz (Age 45) hanging at Kraków, city in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

1957 January 25

births

Luis Garavito was born in Génova, Quindío, Colombia.

1957 January 21

Arrests

Peter Woodcock (Age 17)

1956 Summary

1956 events By Month

18 events related to serial killers occurred in 1956.

2 events in January
3 events in February
1 events in March
2 events in May
1 events in June
1 events in August
1 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November
1 events in December

1956 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Elifasi Msomi, and Vaclav Mrazek.
2 serial killers started their killing spree: Peter Woodcock, and Peter Manuel.
1 serial killer died: Elifasi Msomi.
1 serial killer was executed: Elifasi Msomi.
1 serial killer was convicted: Władysław Mazurkiewicz.
10 serial killers were born: Zhang Yongming, Vasiliy Kulik, Aileen Carol Wuornos, Elmer Wayne Henley, Dorángel Vargas, Miroslav Stehlik, Brian Dugan, Charlene Gallego, Marc Dutroux, and David Mason.
1 other events

1956 December Summary

December 1956 Summary

1 serial killer was born: David Mason.

1956 December 02

births

David Mason was born in Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia, US.

1956 November Summary

November 1956 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Marc Dutroux.

1956 November 06

births

Marc Dutroux was born in Ixelles, municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.

1956 October Summary

October 1956 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Charlene Gallego.

1956 October 10

births

Charlene Gallego was born in Stockton, California, US.

1956 September Summary

September 1956 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Brian Dugan.

1956 September 23

births

Brian Dugan was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, US.

1956 August Summary

August 1956 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Władysław Mazurkiewicz.

1956 August 30

Convictions

Władysław Mazurkiewicz (Age 45) sentenced to death by hanging at Kraków, Poland.

1956 June Summary

June 1956 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Miroslav Stehlik.

1956 June 14

births

Miroslav Stehlik was born in Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic.

1956 May Summary

May 1956 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Elmer Wayne Henley, and Dorángel Vargas.

1956 May 14

births

Dorángel Vargas was born in Venezuela, republic in northern South America.

1956 May 09

births

Elmer Wayne Henley was born in Houston, county seat of Harris County, Texas; fourth largest city in the United States by population.

1956 March Summary

March 1956 Summary

1 other event

1956 March 06

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 22) arrested
Location: Billings, Montana, US

Edward Edwards arrested in connection to at least five service station burglaries and the escape from Akron, Ohio.

1956 February Summary

February 1956 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Aileen Carol Wuornos.
1 serial killer was executed: Elifasi Msomi.
1 serial killer died: Elifasi Msomi.

1956 February 29

births

Aileen Carol Wuornos was born in Rochester, city in Oakland County, Michigan, United States.

1956 February 10

Executions

Elifasi Msomi executed by hanging at Pretoria Central Prison in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

deaths

Elifasi Msomi cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Pretoria Central Prison in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

1956 January Summary

January 1956 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Zhang Yongming, and Vasiliy Kulik.

1956 January 17

births

Vasiliy Kulik was born in Irkutsk, city in eastern Russia.

1956 January 01

births

Zhang Yongming was born in China.

1955 Summary

1955 events By Month

14 events related to serial killers occurred in 1955.

1 events in February
2 events in March
3 events in April
1 events in May
1 events in July
1 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November
1 events in December

1955 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Joachim Georg Kroll.
1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Leslie Irvin.
1 serial killer was convicted: Nannie Doss.
1 serial killer was arrested: Leslie Irvin.
8 serial killers were born: William Patrick Fyfe, Lam Kor-wan, Keith Hunter Jesperson, Robert Rozier, Joseph Christopher, William Neal, Alton Coleman, and Ondrej Rigo.
2 other events

1955 December Summary

December 1955 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Ondrej Rigo.

1955 December 17

births

Ondrej Rigo was born in Modra, town in Slovakia.

1955 November Summary

November 1955 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Alton Coleman.

1955 November 06

births

Alton Coleman was born in Waukegan, Illinois, US.

1955 October Summary

October 1955 Summary

1 serial killer was born: William Neal.

1955 October 07

births

William Neal was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

1955 September Summary

September 1955 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Joseph Christopher.

1955 September 22

births

Joseph Christopher was born in Buffalo, county seat city in Erie County, New York, USA.

1955 July Summary

July 1955 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Robert Rozier.

1955 July 28

births

Robert Rozier was born in Anchorage, city in Alaska, US.

1955 May Summary

May 1955 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Nannie Doss.

1955 May 17

Convictions

Nannie Doss (Age 49) sentenced to life imprisonment at Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

1955 April Summary

April 1955 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Leslie Irvin.
1 serial killer was born: Keith Hunter Jesperson.
1 other event

1955 April 08

Arrests

Leslie Irvin (Age 31)

1955 April 06

births

Keith Hunter Jesperson was born in Chilliwack, city in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

1955 April 05

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 21) escaped from jail
Location: Akron jail in Akron, Ohio, US

Edward Edwards escaped from the Akron jail by shoving aside the jailer and running after being let outside of his cell to use the phone. Edwards had been arraigned before Municipal Judge: C B. McRae on a charge of burglary and had been held for Grand Jury action. The escape was reported in the Akron Beacon Journal on April 6,1955 and April 7,1955 but occurred on Tuesday, April 5, 1955.

1955 March Summary

March 1955 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Lam Kor-wan.
1 other event

1955 March 22

births

Lam Kor-wan was born in British Hong Kong, former Crown colony and British dependent territory in East Asia.

1955 March 09

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 21) arrested
Location: Akron, Ohio, US

Edward Edwards was arrested for burglarizing the Glenn Potts home, 742 Coburn st., a clock radio was taken.

1955 February Summary

February 1955 Summary

1 serial killer was born: William Patrick Fyfe.

1955 February 27

births

William Patrick Fyfe was born in Toronto, capital city of province of Ontario, Canada.

1954 Summary

1954 events By Month

14 events related to serial killers occurred in 1954.

2 events in March
1 events in April
3 events in May
2 events in June
2 events in October
1 events in November
1 events in December

1954 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Nannie Doss.
1 serial killer started their killing spree: Leslie Irvin.
1 serial killer was arrested: Nannie Doss.
10 serial killers were born: Colin Ireland, Robert Shulman, David Edward Maust, Daniel Conahan, Francisco Garcia Escalero, Danny Rolling, Daniel Lee Siebert, Pedro Rodrigues Filho, Gary Charles Evans, and Gregory Brazel.
1 other events

1954 December Summary

December 1954 Summary

1 other event

1954 December 27

Events

Charles Albright (Age 21) married Bettye Nestor
Location: Texas, US

1954 November Summary

November 1954 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Gregory Brazel.

1954 November 17

births

Gregory Brazel was born in Blacktown, suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

1954 October Summary

October 1954 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Gary Charles Evans.
1 serial killer was arrested: Nannie Doss.

1954 October 12

Arrests

Nannie Doss (Age 48)

1954 October 07

births

Gary Charles Evans was born in Troy, New York, US.

1954 June Summary

June 1954 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Daniel Lee Siebert, and Pedro Rodrigues Filho.

1954 June 17

births

Pedro Rodrigues Filho was born in a farm in Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Brazil.
Daniel Lee Siebert was born in Mattoon, city in Illinois.

1954 May Summary

May 1954 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Daniel Conahan, Francisco Garcia Escalero, and Danny Rolling.

1954 May 26

births

Danny Rolling was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, US.

1954 May 24

births

Francisco Garcia Escalero was born in Madrid, capital and largest city of Spain.

1954 May 11

births

Daniel Conahan was born in Charlotte, county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States.

1954 April Summary

April 1954 Summary

1 serial killer was born: David Edward Maust.

1954 April 05

births

David Edward Maust was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania.

1954 March Summary

March 1954 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Colin Ireland, and Robert Shulman.

1954 March 28

births

Robert Shulman was born in Hicksville, census-designated place in Nassau County, New York.

1954 March 16

births

Colin Ireland was born in Dartford, town in Kent, England.

1953 Summary

1953 events By Month

21 events related to serial killers occurred in 1953.

1 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in April
1 events in May
2 events in June
5 events in July
1 events in August
1 events in September
2 events in October
2 events in November

1953 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Donald Henry Gaskins, and Mack Ray Edwards.
2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Caroline Grills, and John Christie.
1 serial killer died: John Christie.
1 serial killer was executed: John Christie.
2 serial killers were arrested: Caroline Grills, and John Christie.
2 serial killers were convicted: Caroline Grills, and John Christie.
11 serial killers were born: Bobby Joe Long, Dayton Leroy Rogers, David Alan Gore, Bandali Debs, Carl Eugene Watts, Diane Odell, Robert Maudsley, David Berkowitz, Bernard Giles, Peter Dupas, and Rosemary West.

1953 November Summary

November 1953 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Carl Eugene Watts, and Rosemary West.

1953 November 29

births

Rosemary West was born in Northam, Devon, England.

1953 November 07

births

Carl Eugene Watts was born in Fort Hood, United States military post located in Killeen, Texas.

1953 October Summary

October 1953 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Caroline Grills.
1 serial killer was born: Bobby Joe Long.

1953 October 15

Convictions

Caroline Grills sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment at Long Bay Correctional Centre in Malabar, New South Wales, Australia.

1953 October 14

births

Bobby Joe Long was born in Kenova, city.

1953 September Summary

September 1953 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Dayton Leroy Rogers.

1953 September 30

births

Dayton Leroy Rogers was born in Moscow, city in Idaho, USA.

1953 August Summary

August 1953 Summary

1 serial killer was born: David Alan Gore.

1953 August 21

births

David Alan Gore was born in Florida, state of the United States of America.

1953 July Summary

July 1953 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Peter Dupas, and Bandali Debs.
1 serial killer was executed: John Christie.
1 serial killer died: John Christie.
1 serial killer was convicted: John Christie.

1953 July 18

births

Bandali Debs was born in Narre Warren, suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

1953 July 15

Executions

John Christie (Age 54) executed by hanging at Pentonville Prison in London, England.

deaths

John Christie (Age 54) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Pentonville Prison in London, England.

Convictions

John Christie (Age 54) sentenced to death, execution by hanging at Pentonville Prison in London, England.

1953 July 06

births

Peter Dupas was born in Sydney, capital city of New South Wales, Australia.

1953 June Summary

June 1953 Summary

2 serial killers were born: David Berkowitz, and Robert Maudsley.

1953 June 26

births

Robert Maudsley was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, England.

1953 June 01

births

David Berkowitz was born in Brooklyn, New York, US.

1953 May Summary

May 1953 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Caroline Grills.

1953 May 11

Arrests

Caroline Grills

1953 April Summary

April 1953 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Bernard Giles.

1953 April 09

births

Bernard Giles

1953 March Summary

March 1953 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: John Christie.

1953 March 31

Arrests

John Christie (Age 53)

1953 February Summary

February 1953 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Diane Odell.

1953 February 07

births

Diane Odell

1952 Summary

1952 events By Month

22 events related to serial killers occurred in 1952.

3 events in January
2 events in April
1 events in May
1 events in July
2 events in August
6 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November
2 events in December

1952 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Stanislaw Modzelewski.
2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Genzo Kurita, and John Straffen.
1 serial killer was arrested: Genzo Kurita.
1 serial killer was convicted: Genzo Kurita.
16 serial killers were born: Adnan Colak, Nikolai Dzhumagaliev, Robert Browne, Fred Waterfield, Arthur Gary Bishop, Patrick Mackay, Serhiy Tkach, Joachim Knychala, Buddy Earl Justus, Lonnie David Franklin, Hadden Clark, Robert Lee Yates, Donald Harvey, Erwin Hagedorn, Robledo Puch, and Larry Eyler.
1 other events

1952 December Summary

December 1952 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Larry Eyler, and Buddy Earl Justus.

1952 December 25

births

Buddy Earl Justus was born in Niagara Falls, New York, US.

1952 December 21

births

Larry Eyler was born in Crawfordsville, city in Montgomery County, Indiana.

1952 November Summary

November 1952 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Nikolai Dzhumagaliev.

1952 November 15

births

Nikolai Dzhumagaliev was born in Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, union republic of the Soviet Union.

1952 October Summary

October 1952 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Robert Browne.

1952 October 31

births

Robert Browne was born in Coushatta, parish seat of Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States.

1952 September Summary

September 1952 Summary

6 serial killers were born: Adnan Colak, Joachim Knychala, Serhiy Tkach, Patrick Mackay, Arthur Gary Bishop, and Fred Waterfield.

1952 September 29

births

Fred Waterfield was born in New Jersey, US.
Arthur Gary Bishop was born in Hinckley, Utah.

1952 September 25

births

Patrick Mackay was born in England, country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom.

1952 September 12

births

Serhiy Tkach was born in Kiselyovsk, RSFSR.

1952 September 08

births

Joachim Knychala was born in Bytom, People's Republic of Poland.

1952 September 05

births

Adnan Colak was born in Artvin Province, province of Turkey.

1952 August Summary

August 1952 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Genzo Kurita.
1 serial killer was born: Lonnie David Franklin.

1952 August 30

births

Lonnie David Franklin was born in Los Angeles, county seat of Los Angeles County, California; second largest city in the United States by population.

1952 August 12

Convictions

Genzo Kurita (Age 25) sentenced to death, execution by hanging at a prison in Japan.

1952 July Summary

July 1952 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Hadden Clark.

1952 July 31

births

Hadden Clark was born in Troy, county seat of Rensselaer County, New York, United States.

1952 May Summary

May 1952 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Robert Lee Yates.

1952 May 27

births

Robert Lee Yates was born in Spokane, Washington, US.

1952 April Summary

April 1952 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Donald Harvey.
1 other event

1952 April 25

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 18) arrested
Location: Chillicothe, Ohio, US

Edward Edwards was arrested for impersonating a Marine and interstate transportation of a stolen car. He was sentenced to a federal reformatory in Chillicothe, Ohio, for two years.

1952 April 15

births

Donald Harvey was born in Butler County, county in Ohio, United States of America.

1952 January Summary

January 1952 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Robledo Puch, and Erwin Hagedorn.
1 serial killer was arrested: Genzo Kurita.

1952 January 30

births

Erwin Hagedorn was born in Eberswalde, town in Brandenburg, Germany.

1952 January 19

births

Robledo Puch was born in Buenos Aires, capital city of Argentina.

1952 January 16

Arrests

Genzo Kurita (Age 25)

1951 Summary

1951 events By Month

22 events related to serial killers occurred in 1951.

1 events in February
3 events in April
2 events in May
1 events in June
1 events in July
2 events in August
4 events in September
2 events in October
2 events in November

1951 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Vaclav Mrazek, and John Straffen.
2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Rhonda Belle Martin, and Hubert Pilcik.
1 serial killer was convicted: John Straffen.
2 serial killers were arrested: Hubert Pilcik, and John Straffen.
2 serial killers died: Bertha Gifford, and Hubert Pilcik.
12 serial killers were born: Bruce McArthur, Norbert Poehlke, Gerald Stano, William Henry Hance, Stephen Morin, Donato Bilancia, Leonard Fraser, Anthony Hardy, Kenneth Alessio Bianchi, Bruce Mendenhall, Jozef Slovak, and Dale Anderson.
1 other events

1951 November Summary

November 1951 Summary

2 serial killers were born: William Henry Hance, and Dale Anderson.

1951 November 24

births

Dale Anderson was born in Canton, Ohio, US.

1951 November 10

births

William Henry Hance

1951 October Summary

October 1951 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Bruce McArthur.
1 serial killer was convicted: John Straffen.

1951 October 17

Convictions

John Straffen (Age 21) sentenced to death, commuted to life imprisonment at Frankland Prison in County Durham, England.

1951 October 08

births

Bruce McArthur was born in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada.

1951 September Summary

September 1951 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Gerald Stano, and Norbert Poehlke.
1 serial killer died: Hubert Pilcik.
1 serial killer was arrested: Hubert Pilcik.

1951 September 15

births

Norbert Poehlke was born in Germany, federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe.

1951 September 12

births

Gerald Stano was born in Schenectady, county seat of Schenectady County, New York, United States.

1951 September 09

deaths

Hubert Pilcik (Age 30) cause of death: committed suicide by hanging himself in his prison cell at the Veznice Plzen, Bory Prison in Pilsen, Czech Republic.

1951 September 01

Arrests

Hubert Pilcik (Age 30)

1951 August Summary

August 1951 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: John Straffen.
1 serial killer died: Bertha Gifford.

1951 August 20

deaths

Bertha Gifford

1951 August 09

Arrests

John Straffen (Age 21)

1951 July Summary

July 1951 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Donato Bilancia.

1951 July 10

births

Donato Bilancia was born in Potenza, Italian comune.

1951 June Summary

June 1951 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Leonard Fraser.

1951 June 27

births

Leonard Fraser was born in Ingham, town in Queensland, Australia.

1951 May Summary

May 1951 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Kenneth Alessio Bianchi, and Anthony Hardy.

1951 May 31

births

Anthony Hardy was born in Burton upon Trent, town in East Staffordshire, England.

1951 May 22

births

Kenneth Alessio Bianchi was born in Rochester, county seat of Monroe County, New York, United States.

1951 April Summary

April 1951 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Jozef Slovak, and Bruce Mendenhall.
1 other event

1951 April 21

Events

Charles Albright (Age 17) sentenced to two years in prison
Location: Texas, US

Charles Albright was sentenced to prison for theft and receiving stolen goods. He served six months of a two year term and was released.

1951 April 14

births

Bruce Mendenhall

1951 April 07

births

Jozef Slovak was born in Plavecký Štvrtok, municipality of Slovakia.

1951 February Summary

February 1951 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Stephen Morin.

1951 February 19

births

Stephen Morin was born in Providence, city in and state capital of Rhode Island, United States; county seat of Providence County.

1950 Summary

1950 events By Month

17 events related to serial killers occurred in 1950.

1 events in April
3 events in May
2 events in July
2 events in August
1 events in September
1 events in November
1 events in December

1950 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Władysław Mazurkiewicz.
5 serial killers started their killing spree: Florencio Fernández, Władysław Mazurkiewicz, Elifasi Msomi, Joseph Taborsky, and Elias Xitavhudzi.
1 serial killer was convicted: Rudolf Pleil.
10 serial killers were born: Joseph Paul Franklin, Milton Johnson, Richard Trenton Chase, Lorenzo Gilyard, Thomas Dillon, Genene Jones, Jack Unterweger, William Suff, Carlton Gary, and Randall Brent Woodfield.

1950 December Summary

December 1950 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Randall Brent Woodfield.

1950 December 26

births

Randall Brent Woodfield was born in Salem, Oregon.

1950 November Summary

November 1950 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Rudolf Pleil.

1950 November 17

Convictions

Rudolf Pleil (Age 26) sentenced to life imprisonment at Penitentiary Celle.

1950 September Summary

September 1950 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Carlton Gary.

1950 September 24

births

Carlton Gary was born in Columbus, city in Muscogee County, Georgia, United States.

1950 August Summary

August 1950 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Jack Unterweger, and William Suff.

1950 August 20

births

William Suff was born in Torrance, city in California.

1950 August 16

births

Jack Unterweger was born in Judenburg, municipality in Austria.

1950 July Summary

July 1950 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Thomas Dillon, and Genene Jones.

1950 July 13

births

Genene Jones was born in Texas, US.

1950 July 09

births

Thomas Dillon was born in Canton, Ohio, US.

1950 May Summary

May 1950 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Milton Johnson, Richard Trenton Chase, and Lorenzo Gilyard.

1950 May 24

births

Lorenzo Gilyard was born in Kansas City, Missouri, US.

1950 May 23

births

Richard Trenton Chase was born in Santa Clara, California, US.

1950 May 15

births

Milton Johnson was born in Joliet, city in Illinois, United States.

1950 April Summary

April 1950 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Joseph Paul Franklin.

1950 April 13

births

Joseph Paul Franklin was born in Mobile, county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

1949 Summary

1949 events By Month

17 events related to serial killers occurred in 1949.

2 events in January
2 events in February
1 events in April
1 events in June
2 events in July
1 events in August
3 events in October
1 events in December

1949 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: John George Haigh.
3 serial killers started their killing spree: Harvey Carignan, Richard Kuklinski, and Marie Noe.
2 serial killers were executed: Jake Bird, and Yoshio Kodaira.
3 serial killers died: Jake Bird, John George Haigh, and Yoshio Kodaira.
8 serial killers were born: Ahmad Suradji, Robert Berdella, Howard Arthur Allen, Gary Ridgway, Issei Sagawa, David Meirhofer, Robert Pickton, and Jacobus Dirk Hertogs.

1949 December Summary

December 1949 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Jacobus Dirk Hertogs.

1949 December 16

births

Jacobus Dirk Hertogs was born in The Hague, municipality in the Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government.

1949 October Summary

October 1949 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Robert Pickton.
1 serial killer was executed: Yoshio Kodaira.
1 serial killer died: Yoshio Kodaira.

1949 October 24

births

Robert Pickton was born in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.

1949 October 05

Executions

Yoshio Kodaira (Age 44) executed by hanging at Miyagi Prison in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

deaths

Yoshio Kodaira (Age 44) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Miyagi Prison in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

1949 August Summary

August 1949 Summary

1 serial killer died: John George Haigh.

1949 August 10

deaths

John George Haigh (Age 40) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at London, capital and largest city of the United Kingdom.

1949 July Summary

July 1949 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Jake Bird.
1 serial killer died: Jake Bird.

1949 July 15

Executions

Jake Bird (Age 47) executed by hanging at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, US.

deaths

Jake Bird (Age 47) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, US.

1949 June Summary

June 1949 Summary

1 serial killer was born: David Meirhofer.

1949 June 08

births

David Meirhofer was born in Manhattan, town in Montana.

1949 April Summary

April 1949 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Issei Sagawa.

1949 April 26

births

Issei Sagawa was born in Kōbe, capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Honshū, Japan.

1949 February Summary

February 1949 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Howard Arthur Allen, and Gary Ridgway.

1949 February 18

births

Gary Ridgway was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, US.

1949 February 10

births

Howard Arthur Allen was born in Indianapolis, county seat in Marion County, Indiana, USA and Indiana federated state capital city.

1949 January Summary

January 1949 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Ahmad Suradji, and Robert Berdella.

1949 January 31

births

Robert Berdella was born in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, US.

1949 January 10

births

Ahmad Suradji was born in Medan, Indonesia.

1948 Summary

1948 events By Month

19 events related to serial killers occurred in 1948.

2 events in January
2 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in April
1 events in June
1 events in July
2 events in August
1 events in October
3 events in November
1 events in December

1948 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Miyuki Ishikawa.
3 serial killers started their killing spree: Carroll Edward Cole, Hubert Pilcik, and Genzo Kurita.
1 serial killer was convicted: Yoshio Kodaira.
1 serial killer was arrested: Miyuki Ishikawa.
13 serial killers were born: Wayne Boden, Roy Lewis Norris, Allan Joseph Legere, Doug Clark, Paul Rowles, Rodney Halbower, Metod Trobec, Peter Tobin, Kiyotaka Katsuta, Pedro Lopez, Jerry Leon Johns, Salvatore Perrone, and Edmund Kemper.

1948 December Summary

December 1948 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Edmund Kemper.

1948 December 18

births

Edmund Kemper was born in Burbank, California, US.

1948 November Summary

November 1948 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Jerry Leon Johns, and Salvatore Perrone.
1 serial killer was convicted: Yoshio Kodaira.

1948 November 22

births

Salvatore Perrone

1948 November 16

births

Jerry Leon Johns

Convictions

Yoshio Kodaira (Age 43) sentenced to death by hanging at Miyagi Prison in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

1948 October Summary

October 1948 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Pedro Lopez.

1948 October 08

births

Pedro Lopez was born in Santa Isabel, Colombian municipality of the department of Tolima, Colombia.

1948 August Summary

August 1948 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Peter Tobin, and Kiyotaka Katsuta.

1948 August 29

births

Kiyotaka Katsuta was born in Kizugawa, city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

1948 August 27

births

Peter Tobin was born in Johnstone, town in Renfrewshire, Scotland.

1948 July Summary

July 1948 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Metod Trobec.

1948 July 06

births

Metod Trobec was born in Planina nad Horjulom.

1948 June Summary

June 1948 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Rodney Halbower.

1948 June 27

births

Rodney Halbower was born in Muskegon Heights, Michigan.

1948 April Summary

April 1948 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Paul Rowles.

1948 April 28

births

Paul Rowles

1948 March Summary

March 1948 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Doug Clark.

1948 March 10

births

Doug Clark was born in Pennsylvania, state of the United States.

1948 February Summary

February 1948 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Roy Lewis Norris, and Allan Joseph Legere.

1948 February 13

births

Allan Joseph Legere was born in Chatham, neighbourhood in Miramichi, New Brunswick.

1948 February 02

births

Roy Lewis Norris

1948 January Summary

January 1948 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Miyuki Ishikawa.
1 serial killer was born: Wayne Boden.

1948 January 15

Arrests

Miyuki Ishikawa

1948 January 01

births

Wayne Boden was born in Dundas, Ontario, Hamilton, Canada.

1947 Summary

1947 events By Month

18 events related to serial killers occurred in 1947.

1 events in January
1 events in March
8 events in April
1 events in June
1 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November
1 events in December

1947 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Caroline Grills.
2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Rudolf Pleil, and Jake Bird.
1 serial killer was convicted: Jake Bird.
1 serial killer died: Louise Peete.
1 serial killer was executed: Louise Peete.
2 serial killers were arrested: Jake Bird, and Rudolf Pleil.
10 serial killers were born: William Bonin, Ottis Toole, Gennady Mikhasevich, Herb Baumeister, Herbert Mullin, Robert Black, Tamara Samsonova, John Norman Collins, Graham Young, and James Edward Wood.

1947 December Summary

December 1947 Summary

1 serial killer was born: James Edward Wood.

1947 December 09

births

James Edward Wood was born in Louisiana, US.

1947 November Summary

November 1947 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Jake Bird.

1947 November 26

Convictions

Jake Bird (Age 45) sentenced to death by hanging at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, US.

1947 October Summary

October 1947 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Jake Bird.

1947 October 30

Arrests

Jake Bird (Age 45)

1947 September Summary

September 1947 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Graham Young.

1947 September 07

births

Graham Young was born in London, capital and largest city of the United Kingdom.

1947 June Summary

June 1947 Summary

1 serial killer was born: John Norman Collins.

1947 June 17

births

John Norman Collins

1947 April Summary

April 1947 Summary

5 serial killers were born: Gennady Mikhasevich, Herb Baumeister, Herbert Mullin, Robert Black, and Tamara Samsonova.
1 serial killer was executed: Louise Peete.
1 serial killer died: Louise Peete.
1 serial killer was arrested: Rudolf Pleil.

1947 April 25

births

Tamara Samsonova was born in Uzhur, town in Russia.

1947 April 21

births

Robert Black was born in Grangemouth, town in east Stirlingshire and is part of the Falkirk council area, Scotland.

1947 April 18

Arrests

Rudolf Pleil (Age 22)

births

Herbert Mullin was born in Salinas, California, US.

1947 April 11

Executions

Louise Peete (Age 66) Execution by gas chamber at San Quentin, California, U.S..

deaths

Louise Peete (Age 66) cause of death: capital punishment, Execution by gas chamber at San Quentin, California, U.S.. She is buried at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, .

1947 April 07

births

Herb Baumeister was born in Columbus Ohio.
Gennady Mikhasevich was born in Vitebsk Oblast, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union.

1947 March Summary

March 1947 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Ottis Toole.

1947 March 05

births

Ottis Toole was born in Jacksonville, county seat of Duval County, Florida, United States; consolidated city and county.

1947 January Summary

January 1947 Summary

1 serial killer was born: William Bonin.

1947 January 08

births

William Bonin was born in Willimantic, town in the U.S. state of Connecticut.

1946 Summary

1946 events By Month

26 events related to serial killers occurred in 1946.

4 events in January
1 events in February
2 events in March
1 events in April
2 events in May
2 events in June
1 events in July
1 events in August
1 events in September
1 events in October
5 events in November

1946 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Phantom Killer, and Rudolf Pleil.
3 serial killers ended their killing spree: Phantom Killer, William Heirens, and Yoshio Kodaira.
1 serial killer was convicted: William Heirens.
1 serial killer was executed: James Hall.
2 serial killers were arrested: Yoshio Kodaira, and William Heirens.
2 serial killers died: James Hall, and Marcel Petiot.
14 serial killers were born: Phillip Carl Jablonski, Gary Hilton, Pierre Chanal, Jürgen Bartsch, Ion Rîmaru, Gerald Gallego, Peter Sutcliffe, Ted Bundy, Waneta Hoyt, Paul John Knowles, Gerard John Schaefer, Kenneth McDuff, Harold Shipman, and Richard Cottingham.
1 other events

1946 November Summary

November 1946 Summary

5 serial killers were born: Jürgen Bartsch, Pierre Chanal, Gary Hilton, Ted Bundy, and Richard Cottingham.

1946 November 25

births

Richard Cottingham was born in The Bronx, New York City, NY.

1946 November 24

births

Ted Bundy was born in Burlington, Vermont, U.S..

1946 November 22

births

Gary Hilton

1946 November 18

births

Pierre Chanal was born in Saint-Étienne, commune in Loire, France.

1946 November 06

births

Jürgen Bartsch was born in Essen, city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1946 October Summary

October 1946 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Ion Rîmaru.

1946 October 12

births

Ion Rîmaru was born in Caracal, city in Olt County, Romania.

1946 September Summary

September 1946 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: William Heirens.

1946 September 05

Convictions

William Heirens (Age 17) sentenced to life imprisonment, three life terms at Dixon Correctional Center minimum security prison in Dixon, Illinois, US.

1946 August Summary

August 1946 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Yoshio Kodaira.

1946 August 20

Arrests

Yoshio Kodaira (Age 41)

1946 July Summary

July 1946 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Gerald Gallego.

1946 July 17

births

Gerald Gallego was born in Sacramento, California, US.

1946 June Summary

June 1946 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: William Heirens.
1 serial killer was born: Peter Sutcliffe.

1946 June 26

Arrests

William Heirens (Age 17)

1946 June 02

births

Peter Sutcliffe was born in Bingley, market town in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England..

1946 May Summary

May 1946 Summary

1 serial killer died: Marcel Petiot.
1 serial killer was born: Waneta Hoyt.

1946 May 25

deaths

Marcel Petiot (Age 49) cause of death: capital punishment, guillotine at 14th arrondissement of Paris, one of the arrondissements of the capital city of France. He is buried at Cimetière parisien d'Ivry, cemetery located in Val-de-Marne, in France.

1946 May 13

births

Waneta Hoyt was born in Richford, New York, US.

1946 April Summary

April 1946 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Paul John Knowles.

1946 April 17

births

Paul John Knowles was born in Orlando, Florida.

1946 March Summary

March 1946 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Kenneth McDuff, and Gerard John Schaefer.

1946 March 25

births

Gerard John Schaefer was born in Wisconsin, state of the United States of America.

1946 March 21

births

Kenneth McDuff was born in Rosebud, .

1946 February Summary

February 1946 Summary

1 other event

1946 February 04

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 12) grandmother became legal guardian
Location: Ohio, US

1946 January Summary

January 1946 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Phillip Carl Jablonski, and Harold Shipman.
1 serial killer was executed: James Hall.
1 serial killer died: James Hall.

1946 January 14

births

Harold Shipman was born in Nottingham, city in Nottinghamshire, England.

1946 January 04

Executions

James Hall (Age 24) executed by electrocution via electric chair at Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA.

deaths

James Hall (Age 24) cause of death: executed by electrocution via electric chair at Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA.

1946 January 03

births

Phillip Carl Jablonski

1945 Summary

1945 events By Month

13 events related to serial killers occurred in 1945.

4 events in March
1 events in May
2 events in June
1 events in October
3 events in November

1945 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: William Heirens.
1 serial killer ended their killing spree: James Hall.
1 serial killer was convicted: Louise Peete.
1 serial killer was arrested: James Hall.
8 serial killers were born: Dennis Rader, Christopher Wilder, Randy Steven Kraft, Arthur Shawcross, Trevor Hardy, Joseph James DeAngelo, Robert Ben Rhoades, and Dennis Nilsen.
1 other events

1945 November Summary

November 1945 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Joseph James DeAngelo, Robert Ben Rhoades, and Dennis Nilsen.

1945 November 23

births

Dennis Nilsen was born in Fraserburgh, town in Aberdeenshire, Britain.

1945 November 22

births

Robert Ben Rhoades was born in Council Bluffs, City in Iowa.

1945 November 08

births

Joseph James DeAngelo was born in Bath, Steuben County, New York, United States.

1945 October Summary

October 1945 Summary

1 other event

1945 October 03

Events

Edward Edwards (Age 12) Edwards' foster-mother, Mary Ethel Edward died
Location: Ohio, US

1945 June Summary

June 1945 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Arthur Shawcross, and Trevor Hardy.

1945 June 11

births

Trevor Hardy was born in Moston, district of Manchester, England.

1945 June 06

births

Arthur Shawcross was born in Kittery, town in Maine.

1945 May Summary

May 1945 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Louise Peete.

1945 May 31

Convictions

Louise Peete (Age 64) sentenced to Execution by gas chamber at San Quentin, California, U.S..

1945 March Summary

March 1945 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Dennis Rader, Christopher Wilder, and Randy Steven Kraft.
1 serial killer was arrested: James Hall.

1945 March 19

births

Randy Steven Kraft was born in Long Beach, California, US.

1945 March 15

Arrests

James Hall (Age 24)

1945 March 13

births

Christopher Wilder was born in Sydney, capital city of New South Wales, Australia.

1945 March 09

births

Dennis Rader was born in Pittsburg, city in Crawford County, in southeastern Kansas, United States.

1944 Summary

1944 events By Month

17 events related to serial killers occurred in 1944.

1 events in January
2 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in April
1 events in August
2 events in September
2 events in November
3 events in December

1944 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Marcel Petiot.
3 serial killers started their killing spree: Miyuki Ishikawa, James Hall, and John George Haigh.
1 serial killer died: Cayetano Santos Godino.
1 serial killer was arrested: Louise Peete.
11 serial killers were born: Billy Glaze, Anatoly Biryukov, Robert Joseph Zani, Morris Solomon, Charles Sobhraj, Tony Costa, John Cooper, Paul Michael Stephani, Timothy Krajcir, Damaso Rodriguez Martin, and Ivan Milat.

1944 December Summary

December 1944 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Damaso Rodriguez Martin, and Ivan Milat.
1 serial killer was arrested: Louise Peete.

1944 December 27

births

Ivan Milat was born in Guildford, suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

1944 December 20

Arrests

Louise Peete (Age 64)

1944 December 11

births

Damaso Rodriguez Martin was born in Tenerife, island of the Canary Islands, Spain.

1944 November Summary

November 1944 Summary

1 serial killer died: Cayetano Santos Godino.
1 serial killer was born: Timothy Krajcir.

1944 November 28

births

Timothy Krajcir was born in West Mahanoy Township, township in northern Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

1944 November 15

deaths

Cayetano Santos Godino (Age 48) cause of death: internal bleeding caused by a gastrities outbreak at Ushuaia Penitentiary.

1944 September Summary

September 1944 Summary

2 serial killers were born: John Cooper, and Paul Michael Stephani.

1944 September 08

births

Paul Michael Stephani was born in Austin, Minnesota, US.

1944 September 03

births

John Cooper was born in Milford Haven, town and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

1944 August Summary

August 1944 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Tony Costa.

1944 August 02

births

Tony Costa was born in Provincetown, town on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, US.

1944 April Summary

April 1944 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Charles Sobhraj.

1944 April 06

births

Charles Sobhraj was born in Ho Chi Minh City, city of Vietnam.

1944 March Summary

March 1944 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Morris Solomon.

1944 March 15

births

Morris Solomon was born in Albany, Georgia.

1944 February Summary

February 1944 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Anatoly Biryukov, and Robert Joseph Zani.

1944 February 26

births

Robert Joseph Zani was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US.

1944 February 18

births

Anatoly Biryukov was born in Soviet Union, 1923–1991 country in Europe and Asia.

1944 January Summary

January 1944 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Billy Glaze.

1944 January 01

births

Billy Glaze was born in Georgia, state of the United States of America.

1943 Summary

1943 events By Month

8 events related to serial killers occurred in 1943.

2 events in January
1 events in March
1 events in April
1 events in August
2 events in December

1943 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: John Christie.
7 serial killers were born: Anatoly Utkin, Manuel Delgado Villegas, Aleksey Sukletin, Judias Judy Buenoano, Rodney Alcala, Terry Rasmussen, and John Edward Robinson.

1943 December Summary

December 1943 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Terry Rasmussen, and John Edward Robinson.

1943 December 27

births

John Edward Robinson was born in Cicero, town in Illinois.

1943 December 23

births

Terry Rasmussen was born in Denver, Colorado, US.

1943 August Summary

August 1943 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Rodney Alcala.

1943 August 23

births

Rodney Alcala was born in San Antonio,Texas.

1943 April Summary

April 1943 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Judias Judy Buenoano.

1943 April 04

births

Judias Judy Buenoano was born in Quanah, city.

1943 March Summary

March 1943 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Aleksey Sukletin.

1943 March 23

births

Aleksey Sukletin was born in Kazan, Soviet Union.

1943 January Summary

January 1943 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Anatoly Utkin, and Manuel Delgado Villegas.

1943 January 25

births

Manuel Delgado Villegas was born in Seville, city in the province of Seville, Spain.

1943 January 01

births

Anatoly Utkin was born in Russia.

1942 Summary

1942 events By Month

21 events related to serial killers occurred in 1942.

1 events in February
1 events in March
2 events in April
1 events in May
2 events in June
3 events in July
1 events in August
1 events in September
1 events in October
2 events in November

1942 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Eddie Leonski, and Gordon Cummins.
4 serial killers ended their killing spree: Eddie Leonski, Gordon Cummins, Louise Peete, and Seisaku Nakamura.
2 serial killers were convicted: Gordon Cummins, and Eddie Leonski.
2 serial killers died: Gordon Cummins, and Eddie Leonski.
2 serial killers were executed: Gordon Cummins, and Eddie Leonski.
3 serial killers were arrested: Gordon Cummins, Seisaku Nakamura, and Eddie Leonski.
6 serial killers were born: John Wayne Gacy, Michel Fourniret, Charles Schmid, Myra Hindley, Carol M. Bundy, and Marybeth Tinning.

1942 November Summary

November 1942 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Eddie Leonski.
1 serial killer died: Eddie Leonski.

1942 November 09

Executions

Eddie Leonski (Age 24) executed by hanging at Victoria, state in Australia.

deaths

Eddie Leonski (Age 24) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Victoria, state in Australia.

1942 October Summary

October 1942 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Seisaku Nakamura.

1942 October 12

Arrests

Seisaku Nakamura

1942 September Summary

September 1942 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Marybeth Tinning.

1942 September 11

births

Marybeth Tinning was born in Duanesburg, New York, United States.

1942 August Summary

August 1942 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Carol M. Bundy.

1942 August 26

births

Carol M. Bundy was born in United States of America, federal republic in North America.

1942 July Summary

July 1942 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Charles Schmid, and Myra Hindley.
1 serial killer was convicted: Eddie Leonski.

1942 July 23

births

Myra Hindley was born in Manchester, major city in Greater Manchester, England.

1942 July 17

Convictions

Eddie Leonski (Age 24) sentenced to death by hanging at HM Prison Pentridge in Coburg, Victoria, Australia.

1942 July 08

births

Charles Schmid was born in Tucson, county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States.

1942 June Summary

June 1942 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Gordon Cummins.
1 serial killer died: Gordon Cummins.

1942 June 25

Executions

Gordon Cummins (Age 28) executed by hanging at HM Wandsworth Prison in London, England.

deaths

Gordon Cummins (Age 28) cause of death: executed by hanging at HM Wandsworth Prison in London, England.

1942 May Summary

May 1942 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Eddie Leonski.

1942 May 22

Arrests

Eddie Leonski (Age 24)

1942 April Summary

April 1942 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Gordon Cummins.
1 serial killer was born: Michel Fourniret.

1942 April 27

Convictions

Gordon Cummins (Age 28) sentenced to death by hanging at HM Wandsworth Prison in London, England.

1942 April 04

births

Michel Fourniret was born in Sedan, commune in Ardennes, France.

1942 March Summary

March 1942 Summary

1 serial killer was born: John Wayne Gacy.

1942 March 17

births

John Wayne Gacy was born in Chicago Illinois, US.

1942 February Summary

February 1942 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Gordon Cummins.

1942 February 16

Arrests

Gordon Cummins (Age 27)

1941 Summary

1941 events By Month

10 events related to serial killers occurred in 1941.

1 events in April
5 events in July
1 events in August
2 events in September

1941 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Paul Ogorzow.
1 serial killer was arrested: Paul Ogorzow.
1 serial killer was convicted: Paul Ogorzow.
1 serial killer died: Paul Ogorzow.
1 serial killer was executed: Paul Ogorzow.
5 serial killers were born: Vinko Pintarić, Lemuel Smith, Willem van Eijk, Suzan Bear Carson, and Fred West.

1941 September Summary

September 1941 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Suzan Bear Carson, and Fred West.

1941 September 29

births

Fred West was born in Much Marcle, village in the United Kingdom.

1941 September 14

births

Suzan Bear Carson

1941 August Summary

August 1941 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Willem van Eijk.

1941 August 13

births

Willem van Eijk was born in Korteraar, Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands.

1941 July Summary

July 1941 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Lemuel Smith.
1 serial killer was executed: Paul Ogorzow.
1 serial killer died: Paul Ogorzow.
1 serial killer was convicted: Paul Ogorzow.
1 serial killer was arrested: Paul Ogorzow.

1941 July 26

Executions

Paul Ogorzow (Age 28) executed by beheading via guillotine at Plötzensee Prison, in the Charlottenburg-Nord locality of Berlin, Germany.

deaths

Paul Ogorzow (Age 28) cause of death: executed by beheading via guillotine at Plötzensee Prison, in the Charlottenburg-Nord locality of Berlin, Germany.

1941 July 24

Convictions

Paul Ogorzow (Age 28) sentenced to death by beheading via guillotine at Plötzensee Prison in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany.

1941 July 23

births

Lemuel Smith was born in Amsterdam, city in the state of New York, USA.

1941 July 12

Arrests

Paul Ogorzow (Age 28)

1941 April Summary

April 1941 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Vinko Pintarić.

1941 April 03

births

Vinko Pintarić was born in Zrinski Topolovac, municipality of Croatia.

1940 Summary

1940 events By Month

9 events related to serial killers occurred in 1940.

1 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in June
1 events in August
2 events in September

1940 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Paul Ogorzow.
1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Leonarda Cianciulli.
7 serial killers were born: Clifford Olson, James Miller, Mike DeBardeleben, Samuel Little, Richard Biegenwald, Robert Zarinsky, and Lawrence Bittaker.

1940 September Summary

September 1940 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Robert Zarinsky, and Lawrence Bittaker.

1940 September 27

births

Lawrence Bittaker was born in Pittsburgh, county seat in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.

1940 September 02

births

Robert Zarinsky was born in Linden, city in Union County, New Jersey, USA.

1940 August Summary

August 1940 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Richard Biegenwald.

1940 August 24

births

Richard Biegenwald was born in Rockland County, suburban county in New York, United States.

1940 June Summary

June 1940 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Samuel Little.

1940 June 07

births

Samuel Little was born in Reynolds, Georgia, US.

1940 March Summary

March 1940 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Mike DeBardeleben.

1940 March 20

births

Mike DeBardeleben was born in Little Rock, capital of Arkansas, United States.

1940 February Summary

February 1940 Summary

1 serial killer was born: James Miller.

1940 February 02

births

James Miller

1940 January Summary

January 1940 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Clifford Olson.

1940 January 01

births

Clifford Olson was born in Vancouver, largest city in British Columbia, Canada.

1939 Summary

1939 events By Month

15 events related to serial killers occurred in 1939.

1 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in March
1 events in April
1 events in May
5 events in June
1 events in September
2 events in November
1 events in December

1939 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Leonarda Cianciulli.
1 serial killer was convicted: Eugen Weidmann.
2 serial killers died: Robert Nixon, and Eugen Weidmann.
2 serial killers were executed: Robert Nixon, and Eugen Weidmann.
9 serial killers were born: Jerome Jerry Brudos, Robert Christian Hansen, Peter Woodcock, Roger Kibbe, Bobby Jack Fowler, Patrick Wayne Kearney, David Parker Ray, Sharon Kinne, and Dean Corll.

1939 December Summary

December 1939 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Dean Corll.

1939 December 24

births

Dean Corll was born in Fort Wayne, county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States.

1939 November Summary

November 1939 Summary

2 serial killers were born: David Parker Ray, and Sharon Kinne.

1939 November 30

births

Sharon Kinne was born in Independence, county seat of Jackson County, Missouri, United States.

1939 November 06

births

David Parker Ray was born in Belen, city in New Mexico, United States.

1939 September Summary

September 1939 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Patrick Wayne Kearney.

1939 September 24

births

Patrick Wayne Kearney was born in East Los Angeles.

1939 June Summary

June 1939 Summary

2 serial killers were executed: Robert Nixon, and Eugen Weidmann.
2 serial killers died: Robert Nixon, and Eugen Weidmann.
1 serial killer was born: Bobby Jack Fowler.

1939 June 17

Executions

Eugen Weidmann (Age 31) executed by beheading via guillotine at Saint-Pierre Prison of Versailles, commune in Yvelines, France.

deaths

Eugen Weidmann (Age 31) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by beheading via guillotine at Saint-Pierre Prison of Versailles, commune in Yvelines, France.

1939 June 16

Executions

Robert Nixon executed by electrocution via electric chair at Cook County Jail, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, US.

deaths

Robert Nixon cause of death: capital punishment, executed by electrocution via electric chair at Cook County Jail, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, US.

1939 June 12

births

Bobby Jack Fowler was born in Texas, state of the United States of America.

1939 May Summary

May 1939 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Roger Kibbe.

1939 May 21

births

Roger Kibbe

1939 April Summary

April 1939 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Eugen Weidmann.

1939 April 01

Convictions

Eugen Weidmann (Age 31) sentenced to death by beheading via guillotine at Saint-Pierre Prison of Versailles, commune in Yvelines, France.

1939 March Summary

March 1939 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Peter Woodcock.

1939 March 05

births

Peter Woodcock was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

1939 February Summary

February 1939 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Robert Christian Hansen.

1939 February 15

births

Robert Christian Hansen was born in Esterville, Iowa.

1939 January Summary

January 1939 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Jerome Jerry Brudos.

1939 January 31

births

Jerome Jerry Brudos was born in Webster, city in South Dakota, United States of America.

1938 Summary

1938 events By Month

13 events related to serial killers occurred in 1938.

1 events in January
2 events in May
2 events in September
1 events in October
3 events in December

1938 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Seisaku Nakamura.
3 serial killers ended their killing spree: Robert Nixon, Joe Ball, and Cleveland Torso Murderer.
1 serial killer was executed: Anna Marie Hahn.
2 serial killers were arrested: Joe Ball, and Robert Nixon.
3 serial killers died: Joe Ball, Jane Toppan, and Anna Marie Hahn.
3 serial killers were born: Ian Brady, Carroll Edward Cole, and Anatoly Slivko.

1938 December Summary

December 1938 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Anna Marie Hahn.
1 serial killer died: Anna Marie Hahn.
1 serial killer was born: Anatoly Slivko.

1938 December 28

births

Anatoly Slivko was born in Izerbash, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union.

1938 December 07

Executions

Anna Marie Hahn (Age 32) death by electrocution via electric chair at Ohio State Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio, US.

deaths

Anna Marie Hahn (Age 32) cause of death: capital punishment, death by electrocution via electric chair at Ohio State Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio, US. She is buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery, .

1938 October Summary

October 1938 Summary

1 serial killer died: Jane Toppan.

1938 October 29

deaths

Jane Toppan (Age 84) at Taunton, city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.

1938 September Summary

September 1938 Summary

1 serial killer died: Joe Ball.
1 serial killer was arrested: Joe Ball.

1938 September 24

deaths

Joe Ball (Age 42) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by shooting himself while surrounded by police at a saloon called the Sociable Inn, owned by Ball, in Elmendorf, Texas.

Arrests

Joe Ball (Age 42)

1938 May Summary

May 1938 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Robert Nixon.
1 serial killer was born: Carroll Edward Cole.

1938 May 28

Arrests

Robert Nixon

1938 May 09

births

Carroll Edward Cole was born in Sioux City, Iowa, U.S..

1938 January Summary

January 1938 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Ian Brady.

1938 January 02

births

Ian Brady was born in Glasgow, city in Scotland, United Kingdom.

1937 Summary

1937 events By Month

11 events related to serial killers occurred in 1937.

1 events in April
1 events in July
2 events in August
1 events in October
1 events in December

1937 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Anna Marie Hahn, and Eugen Weidmann.
3 serial killers started their killing spree: Rhonda Belle Martin, Robert Nixon, and Eugen Weidmann.
1 serial killer was convicted: Anna Marie Hahn.
2 serial killers were arrested: Anna Marie Hahn, and Eugen Weidmann.
3 serial killers were born: Lee Roy Martin, Heinrich Pommerenke, and Patricia Allanson.

1937 December Summary

December 1937 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Eugen Weidmann.

1937 December 08

Arrests

Eugen Weidmann (Age 29)

1937 October Summary

October 1937 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Anna Marie Hahn.

1937 October 29

Convictions

Anna Marie Hahn (Age 31) sentenced to death by electrocution at Ohio State Penitentiary, Columbus, Ohio, US.

1937 August Summary

August 1937 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Patricia Allanson.
1 serial killer was arrested: Anna Marie Hahn.

1937 August 22

births

Patricia Allanson was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, US.

1937 August 10

Arrests

Anna Marie Hahn (Age 31)

1937 July Summary

July 1937 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Heinrich Pommerenke.

1937 July 06

births

Heinrich Pommerenke was born in Bentwisch, municipality of Germany.

1937 April Summary

April 1937 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Lee Roy Martin.

1937 April 25

births

Lee Roy Martin was born in Gaffney, city in South Carolina.

1936 Summary

1936 events By Month

11 events related to serial killers occurred in 1936.

2 events in January
2 events in June
1 events in July
2 events in August
1 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November

1936 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Joe Ball.
2 serial killers were executed: Albert Fish, and Arnold Sodeman.
3 serial killers died: Albert Fish, Arnold Sodeman, and Tillie Klimek.
5 serial killers were born: John Floyd Thomas, Donald Neilson, Henry Lee Lucas, Marie Fikackova, and Andrei Chikatilo.

1936 November Summary

November 1936 Summary

1 serial killer died: Tillie Klimek.

1936 November 20

deaths

Tillie Klimek cause of death: natural causes, myocardial infarction at Chicago, county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States; third largest city in the United States by population.

1936 October Summary

October 1936 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Andrei Chikatilo.

1936 October 16

births

Andrei Chikatilo was born in Yabluchne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.

1936 September Summary

September 1936 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Marie Fikackova.

1936 September 09

births

Marie Fikackova was born in Sušice, town in the Pilsen Region of the Czech Republic.

1936 August Summary

August 1936 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Donald Neilson, and Henry Lee Lucas.

1936 August 23

births

Henry Lee Lucas was born in Blacksburg, Virginia, US.

1936 August 01

births

Donald Neilson was born in Dewsbury, town in West Yorkshire, Britain.

1936 July Summary

July 1936 Summary

1 serial killer was born: John Floyd Thomas.

1936 July 26

births

John Floyd Thomas was born in Los Angeles, California, US.

1936 June Summary

June 1936 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Arnold Sodeman.
1 serial killer died: Arnold Sodeman.

1936 June 01

Executions

Arnold Sodeman (Age 36) executed by hanging at HM Prison Pentridge, former maximum-security prison in Victoria, Australia.

deaths

Arnold Sodeman (Age 36) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at HM Prison Pentridge, former maximum-security prison in Victoria, Australia.

1936 January Summary

January 1936 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Albert Fish.
1 serial killer died: Albert Fish.

1936 January 16

Executions

Albert Fish (Age 65) executed by electrocution via electric chair at Sing Sing Correctional Facility Ossining, New York, United States.

deaths

Albert Fish (Age 65) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by electrocution via electric chair at Sing Sing Correctional Facility Ossining, New York, United States.

1935 Summary

1935 events By Month

10 events related to serial killers occurred in 1935.

1 events in January
1 events in March
1 events in April
1 events in July
1 events in September
1 events in October
2 events in December

1935 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Vasile Tcaciuc, and Arnold Sodeman.
1 serial killer died: Vasile Tcaciuc.
1 serial killer was convicted: Albert Fish.
2 serial killers were arrested: Vasile Tcaciuc, and Arnold Sodeman.
4 serial killers were born: Kiyoshi Okubo, Richard Kuklinski, Fritz Honka, and Joseph Kallinger.

1935 December Summary

December 1935 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Joseph Kallinger.
1 serial killer was arrested: Arnold Sodeman.

1935 December 11

births

Joseph Kallinger was born in Philadelphia, county seat city in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; sixth largest city in the United States by population.

1935 December 02

Arrests

Arnold Sodeman (Age 35)

1935 October Summary

October 1935 Summary

1 serial killer died: Vasile Tcaciuc.

1935 October 17

deaths

Vasile Tcaciuc cause of death: shot dead by a policeman while trying to escape during a reconstruction of one of his crimes at in police custody near Iași, Romanian.

1935 September Summary

September 1935 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Vasile Tcaciuc.

1935 September 07

Arrests

Vasile Tcaciuc

1935 July Summary

July 1935 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Fritz Honka.

1935 July 31

births

Fritz Honka was born in Leipzig, city in Saxony, Germany.

1935 April Summary

April 1935 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Richard Kuklinski.

1935 April 11

births

Richard Kuklinski was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, US.

1935 March Summary

March 1935 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Albert Fish.

1935 March 21

Convictions

Albert Fish (Age 65) sentenced to death by electrocution at Sing Sing Correctional Facility Ossining, New York, United States.

1935 January Summary

January 1935 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Kiyoshi Okubo.

1935 January 17

births

Kiyoshi Okubo was born in Takasaki, city in Gunma Prefecture, Japan.

1934 Summary

1934 events By Month

12 events related to serial killers occurred in 1934.

3 events in January
2 events in June
2 events in July
1 events in October
2 events in December

1934 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Ali Asghar Borujerdi.
1 serial killer started their killing spree: Cleveland Torso Murderer.
1 serial killer was convicted: Ali Asghar Borujerdi.
1 serial killer died: Ali Asghar Borujerdi.
1 serial killer was executed: Ali Asghar Borujerdi.
1 serial killer was arrested: Albert Fish.
6 serial killers were born: Juan Vallejo Corona, Joseph Naso, Emile Louis, Mohan Kumar, Angelo Buono, and Richard Laurence Marquette.

1934 December Summary

December 1934 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Richard Laurence Marquette.
1 serial killer was arrested: Albert Fish.

1934 December 13

Arrests

Albert Fish (Age 64)

1934 December 12

births

Richard Laurence Marquette was born in Portland, city in Oregon, United States of America.

1934 October Summary

October 1934 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Angelo Buono.

1934 October 05

births

Angelo Buono was born in Rochester, county seat of Monroe County, New York, United States.

1934 July Summary

July 1934 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Ali Asghar Borujerdi.
1 serial killer died: Ali Asghar Borujerdi.

1934 July 06

Executions

Ali Asghar Borujerdi executed by public hanging at Tehran's Sepah Square in Toopkhaneh, Tehran, Iran.

deaths

Ali Asghar Borujerdi cause of death: capital punishment, executed by public hanging at Tehran's Sepah Square in Toopkhaneh, Tehran, Iran.

1934 June Summary

June 1934 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Mohan Kumar.
1 serial killer was convicted: Ali Asghar Borujerdi.

1934 June 06

Convictions

Ali Asghar Borujerdi sentenced to death by hanging at a prison in Tehran, Iran.

1934 June 01

births

Mohan Kumar

1934 January Summary

January 1934 Summary

3 serial killers were born: Juan Vallejo Corona, Joseph Naso, and Emile Louis.

1934 January 21

births

Emile Louis was born in Pontigny, commune in Yonne, France.

1934 January 07

births

Joseph Naso was born in Rochester, county seat of Monroe County, New York, United States.

1934 January 01

births

Juan Vallejo Corona was born in Autlán, Jalisco, Mexico.

1933 Summary

1933 events By Month

7 events related to serial killers occurred in 1933.

2 events in March
1 events in April
1 events in May
1 events in June
1 events in August

1933 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Anna Marie Hahn.
1 serial killer was arrested: Ali Asghar Borujerdi.
5 serial killers were born: Donald Henry Gaskins, Joachim Georg Kroll, Duke Pierson, Edward Edwards, and Charles Albright.

1933 August Summary

August 1933 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Charles Albright.

1933 August 10

births

Charles Albright was born in Amarillo, Texas, US.

1933 June Summary

June 1933 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Edward Edwards.

1933 June 14

births

Edward Edwards was born in Akron, county seat of Summit County, Ohio, United States.

1933 May Summary

May 1933 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Duke Pierson.

1933 May 21

births

Duke Pierson

1933 April Summary

April 1933 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Joachim Georg Kroll.

1933 April 17

births

Joachim Georg Kroll was born in Hindenburg O.S, Oberschlesien, Nazi Germany.

1933 March Summary

March 1933 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Donald Henry Gaskins.
1 serial killer was arrested: Ali Asghar Borujerdi.

1933 March 13

births

Donald Henry Gaskins was born in Florence County, county in South Carolina, United States.

1933 March 10

Arrests

Ali Asghar Borujerdi

1932 Summary

1932 events By Month

11 events related to serial killers occurred in 1932.

3 events in March
1 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November
3 events in December

1932 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Daisy de Melker, and Albert Fish.
1 serial killer was arrested: Daisy de Melker.
2 serial killers were executed: Harry Powers, and Daisy de Melker.
3 serial killers died: Harry Powers, Jesse Pomeroy, and Daisy de Melker.
3 serial killers were born: Velma Barfield, John Wayne Glover, and Janie Lou Gibbs.

1932 December Summary

December 1932 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Daisy de Melker.
1 serial killer died: Daisy de Melker.
1 serial killer was born: Janie Lou Gibbs.

1932 December 30

Executions

Daisy de Melker (Age 46) executed by hanging at Pretoria Central Prison, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

deaths

Daisy de Melker (Age 46) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Pretoria Central Prison, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

1932 December 25

births

Janie Lou Gibbs was born in Georgia, state of the United States of America.

1932 November Summary

November 1932 Summary

1 serial killer was born: John Wayne Glover.

1932 November 26

births

John Wayne Glover was born in Midlands, area comprising central England.

1932 October Summary

October 1932 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Velma Barfield.

1932 October 29

births

Velma Barfield was born in South Carolina, state of the United States of America.

1932 September Summary

September 1932 Summary

1 serial killer died: Jesse Pomeroy.

1932 September 29

deaths

Jesse Pomeroy (Age 72) cause of death: natural causes at Bridgewater State Hospital in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, US.

1932 March Summary

March 1932 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Daisy de Melker.
1 serial killer was executed: Harry Powers.
1 serial killer died: Harry Powers.

1932 March 18

Executions

Harry Powers executed by hanging at West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia, US.

deaths

Harry Powers cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia, US.

1932 March 03

Arrests

Daisy de Melker (Age 45)

1931 Summary

1931 events By Month

10 events related to serial killers occurred in 1931.

1 events in January
1 events in February
1 events in April
2 events in July
1 events in September
2 events in December

1931 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Harry Powers.
1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Harry Powers.
1 serial killer died: Peter Kurten.
1 serial killer was executed: Peter Kurten.
2 serial killers were convicted: Peter Kurten, and Harry Powers.
4 serial killers were born: Elfriede Blauensteiner, Eric Edgar Cooke, Albert DeSalvo, and Gilbert Paul Jordan.

1931 December Summary

December 1931 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Harry Powers.
1 serial killer was born: Gilbert Paul Jordan.

1931 December 12

Convictions

Harry Powers sentenced to death by hanging at West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia, US.

births

Gilbert Paul Jordan was born in Vancouver, largest city in British Columbia, Canada.

1931 September Summary

September 1931 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Albert DeSalvo.

1931 September 03

births

Albert DeSalvo was born in Chelsea, city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

1931 July Summary

July 1931 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Peter Kurten.
1 serial killer died: Peter Kurten.

1931 July 02

Executions

Peter Kurten (Age 48) executed by beheading via guillotine at Klingelputz Prison in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

deaths

Peter Kurten (Age 48) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by beheading via guillotine at Klingelputz Prison in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1931 April Summary

April 1931 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Peter Kurten.

1931 April 22

Convictions

Peter Kurten (Age 47) sentenced to death by beheading via guillotine at Klingelputz Prison in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

1931 February Summary

February 1931 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Eric Edgar Cooke.

1931 February 25

births

Eric Edgar Cooke was born in Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

1931 January Summary

January 1931 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Elfriede Blauensteiner.

1931 January 22

births

Elfriede Blauensteiner was born in Vienna, capital and one of nine States of Austria.

1930 Summary

1930 events By Month

11 events related to serial killers occurred in 1930.

1 events in January
1 events in February
2 events in May
2 events in September
2 events in October

1930 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Peter Kurten.
2 serial killers started their killing spree: Jake Bird, and Arnold Sodeman.
1 serial killer was arrested: Peter Kurten.
1 serial killer was executed: Carl Panzram.
2 serial killers died: Carl Panzram, and Gordon Northcott.
4 serial killers were born: Daniel Camargo, John Straffen, David Carpenter, and John Ingvar Lovgren.

1930 October Summary

October 1930 Summary

1 serial killer died: Gordon Northcott.
1 serial killer was born: John Ingvar Lovgren.

1930 October 22

births

John Ingvar Lovgren was born in Sweden, constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe.

1930 October 02

deaths

Gordon Northcott (Age 23) cause of death: capital punishment, hanging at San Quentin State Prison, prison.

1930 September Summary

September 1930 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Carl Panzram.
1 serial killer died: Carl Panzram.

1930 September 05

Executions

Carl Panzram (Age 38) executed by hanging at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, US.

deaths

Carl Panzram (Age 38) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, US.

1930 May Summary

May 1930 Summary

1 serial killer was born: David Carpenter.
1 serial killer was arrested: Peter Kurten.

1930 May 24

Arrests

Peter Kurten (Age 46)

1930 May 06

births

David Carpenter was born in San Francisco, California, US.

1930 February Summary

February 1930 Summary

1 serial killer was born: John Straffen.

1930 February 27

births

John Straffen was born in Bordon Camp, Hampshire, England.

1930 January Summary

January 1930 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Daniel Camargo.

1930 January 22

births

Daniel Camargo was born in Colombia, country in South America.

1929 Summary

1929 events By Month

10 events related to serial killers occurred in 1929.

3 events in January
1 events in March
1 events in May
1 events in June
1 events in July
2 events in December

1929 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Carl Panzram.
1 serial killer was executed: Peter Kudzinowski.
2 serial killers died: Dagmar Overbye, and Peter Kudzinowski.
2 serial killers were convicted: Peter Kudzinowski, and Carl Panzram.
4 serial killers were born: Dorothea Helen Puente, Romulus Veres, Stanislaw Modzelewski, and Charles Ray Hatcher.

1929 December Summary

December 1929 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Peter Kudzinowski.
1 serial killer died: Peter Kudzinowski.

1929 December 21

Executions

Peter Kudzinowski (Age 26) executed by electrocution via electric chair at Trenton, county seat in Mercer County, New Jersey, USA and New Jerseys federated state capital city.

deaths

Peter Kudzinowski (Age 26) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by electrocution via electric chair at Trenton, county seat in Mercer County, New Jersey, USA and New Jerseys federated state capital city. He is buried at Hamilton Township, township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.

1929 July Summary

July 1929 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Charles Ray Hatcher.

1929 July 16

births

Charles Ray Hatcher was born in Mound City, Missouri, United States.

1929 June Summary

June 1929 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Carl Panzram.

1929 June 20

Convictions

Carl Panzram (Age 36) sentenced to death by hanging at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, US.

1929 May Summary

May 1929 Summary

1 serial killer died: Dagmar Overbye.

1929 May 06

deaths

Dagmar Overbye (Age 42) cause of death: natural causes at Vestre Fängsel, Vestre Prison in Copenhagen, capital city of Denmark.

1929 March Summary

March 1929 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Stanislaw Modzelewski.

1929 March 15

births

Stanislaw Modzelewski was born in Szczepankowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship, .

1929 January Summary

January 1929 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Dorothea Helen Puente, and Romulus Veres.
1 serial killer was convicted: Peter Kudzinowski.

1929 January 23

births

Romulus Veres was born in Cluj-Napoca, city in Cluj County, Romania.

1929 January 17

Convictions

Peter Kudzinowski (Age 25) sentenced to death by electrocution at the New Jersey State Prison formerly Trenton State Prison in Trenton, New Jersey, US.

1929 January 09

births

Dorothea Helen Puente was born in Redlands, city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

1928 Summary

1928 events By Month

14 events related to serial killers occurred in 1928.

2 events in January
3 events in August
2 events in November
2 events in December

1928 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Gordon Northcott, and Yoshio Kodaira.
3 serial killers ended their killing spree: Peter Kudzinowski, Gordon Northcott, and Bertha Gifford.
1 serial killer died: Earle Leonard Nelson.
1 serial killer was executed: Earle Leonard Nelson.
1 serial killer was convicted: Bertha Gifford.
2 serial killers were born: Marie Noe, and William Heirens.
3 serial killers were arrested: Bertha Gifford, Carl Panzram, and Peter Kudzinowski.
1 other events

1928 December Summary

December 1928 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Peter Kudzinowski.
1 other event

1928 December 20

Events

Peter Kudzinowski (Age 25) arraigned on murder charge
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey, US

Peter Kudzinowski was arraigned before Judge Robert V. Kinkead in Jersey City for the murder of Joseph Storelli, Age 7. Kudzinowski pleaded not guilty.

1928 December 03

Arrests

Peter Kudzinowski (Age 25)

1928 November Summary

November 1928 Summary

1 serial killer was born: William Heirens.
1 serial killer was convicted: Bertha Gifford.

1928 November 21

Convictions

Bertha Gifford sentenced to preventively detained, not guilty by reason of insanity at Missouri State Hospital #4 in Farmington, Missouri, US.

1928 November 15

births

William Heirens was born in Chicago, Illinois, US.

1928 August Summary

August 1928 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Bertha Gifford, and Carl Panzram.
1 serial killer was born: Marie Noe.

1928 August 30

Arrests

Carl Panzram (Age 36)

1928 August 25

Arrests

Bertha Gifford

1928 August 23

births

Marie Noe was born in Philadelphia, county seat city in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; sixth largest city in the United States by population.

1928 January Summary

January 1928 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Earle Leonard Nelson.
1 serial killer died: Earle Leonard Nelson.

1928 January 13

Executions

Earle Leonard Nelson (Age 30) executed by hanging at Vaughan Street Jail in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

deaths

Earle Leonard Nelson (Age 30) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Vaughan Street Jail in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1927 Summary

1927 events By Month

15 events related to serial killers occurred in 1927.

1 events in January
1 events in March
1 events in May
2 events in June
4 events in October
1 events in November
1 events in December

1927 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Nannie Doss, and Martin Lecián.
2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Martin Lecián, and Earle Leonard Nelson.
1 serial killer died: Martin Lecián.
1 serial killer was executed: Martin Lecián.
2 serial killers were arrested: Earle Leonard Nelson, and Martin Lecián.
2 serial killers were convicted: Martin Lecián, and Earle Leonard Nelson.
5 serial killers were born: Peter Manuel, Harvey Carignan, András Pándy, Zdzisław Marchwicki, and Harvey Glatman.

1927 December Summary

December 1927 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Harvey Glatman.

1927 December 10

births

Harvey Glatman was born in The Bronx, New York, US.

1927 November Summary

November 1927 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Earle Leonard Nelson.

1927 November 05

Convictions

Earle Leonard Nelson (Age 30) sentenced to death, execution by hanging at Vaughan Street Jail in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

1927 October Summary

October 1927 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Martin Lecián.
1 serial killer died: Martin Lecián.
1 serial killer was convicted: Martin Lecián.
1 serial killer was born: Zdzisław Marchwicki.

1927 October 18

births

Zdzisław Marchwicki was born in Dąbrowa Górnicza, City with powiat rights of Poland.

1927 October 06

Executions

Martin Lecián (Age 26) executed by hanging at Olomouc military prison, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic.

deaths

Martin Lecián (Age 26) cause of death: executed by hanging at Olomouc military prison, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic.

1927 October 01

Convictions

Martin Lecián (Age 26) sentenced to death by hanging at Olomouc military prison, Olomouc, Moravia, Czech Republic.

1927 June Summary

June 1927 Summary

1 serial killer was born: András Pándy.
1 serial killer was arrested: Earle Leonard Nelson.

1927 June 16

Arrests

Earle Leonard Nelson (Age 30)

1927 June 01

births

András Pándy was born in Chop, city located in Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.

1927 May Summary

May 1927 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Harvey Carignan.

1927 May 18

births

Harvey Carignan was born in Fargo, city in North Dakota, United States of America.

1927 March Summary

March 1927 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Peter Manuel.

1927 March 01

births

Peter Manuel was born in New York City, city in state of New York, largest city in the United States by population.

1927 January Summary

January 1927 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Martin Lecián.

1927 January 23

Arrests

Martin Lecián (Age 26)

1926 Summary

1926 events By Month

5 events related to serial killers occurred in 1926.

2 events in September
1 events in November

1926 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Earle Leonard Nelson, and Marcel Petiot.
1 serial killer was born: Genzo Kurita.
1 serial killer died: Sataro Fukiage.
1 serial killer was executed: Sataro Fukiage.

1926 November Summary

November 1926 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Genzo Kurita.

1926 November 03

births

Genzo Kurita was born in Akita Prefecture, Japan.

1926 September Summary

September 1926 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Sataro Fukiage.
1 serial killer died: Sataro Fukiage.

1926 September 28

Executions

Sataro Fukiage (Age 37) executed by hanging at a prison in Japan.

deaths

Sataro Fukiage (Age 37) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at a prison in Japan.

1925 Summary

1925 events By Month

7 events related to serial killers occurred in 1925.

1 events in January
2 events in April
1 events in May
1 events in October
1 events in December

1925 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Martha Wise.
1 serial killer died: Fritz Haarmann.
1 serial killer was executed: Fritz Haarmann.
1 serial killer was convicted: Sataro Fukiage.
3 serial killers were born: Pietro Pacciani, Vaclav Mrazek, and Akira Nishiguchi.

1925 December Summary

December 1925 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Akira Nishiguchi.

1925 December 14

births

Akira Nishiguchi was born in Ōsaka, city in Japan.

1925 October Summary

October 1925 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Vaclav Mrazek.

1925 October 22

births

Vaclav Mrazek was born in Svinařov, Village in Kladno county of Central Bohemian region.

1925 May Summary

May 1925 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Sataro Fukiage.

1925 May 17

Convictions

Sataro Fukiage (Age 36) sentenced to death by hanging at a prison in Japan.

1925 April Summary

April 1925 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Fritz Haarmann.
1 serial killer died: Fritz Haarmann.

1925 April 15

Executions

Fritz Haarmann (Age 45) executed by beheading via guillotine at Hanover Prison in Hanover, Germany.

deaths

Fritz Haarmann (Age 45) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by beheading via guillotine at Hanover Prison in Hanover, Germany.

1925 January Summary

January 1925 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Pietro Pacciani.

1925 January 07

births

Pietro Pacciani was born in Florence, Italian city, located in Tuscany.

1924 Summary

1924 events By Month

16 events related to serial killers occurred in 1924.

1 events in March
1 events in April
2 events in June
3 events in July
3 events in December

1924 Summary

3 serial killers ended their killing spree: Sataro Fukiage, Fritz Haarmann, and Karl Denke.
3 serial killers started their killing spree: Albert Fish, Peter Kudzinowski, and Martha Wise.
1 serial killer died: Karl Denke.
1 serial killer was convicted: Fritz Haarmann.
3 serial killers were arrested: Fritz Haarmann, Sataro Fukiage, and Karl Denke.
5 serial killers were born: Joseph Taborsky, Leslie Irvin, William MacDonald, Rudolf Pleil, and Archibald Hall.

1924 December Summary

December 1924 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Fritz Haarmann.
1 serial killer died: Karl Denke.
1 serial killer was arrested: Karl Denke.

1924 December 20

deaths

Karl Denke (Age 54) cause of death: suicide, suicide in jail cell (hanging) at Münsterberg, Poland (Breslau, Germany at the time).

Arrests

Karl Denke (Age 54)

1924 December 19

Convictions

Fritz Haarmann (Age 45) sentenced to execution by beheading via guillotine at Hanover Prison in Hanover, Germany.

1924 July Summary

July 1924 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Rudolf Pleil, and Archibald Hall.
1 serial killer was arrested: Sataro Fukiage.

1924 July 28

Arrests

Sataro Fukiage (Age 35)

1924 July 17

births

Archibald Hall was born in Glasgow, city in Scotland, UK; unitary authority.

1924 July 07

births

Rudolf Pleil was born in Bärenstein, municipality of Germany.

1924 June Summary

June 1924 Summary

1 serial killer was born: William MacDonald.
1 serial killer was arrested: Fritz Haarmann.

1924 June 22

Arrests

Fritz Haarmann (Age 44)

1924 June 17

births

William MacDonald was born in Liverpool, city in Merseyside, England, United Kingdom.

1924 April Summary

April 1924 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Leslie Irvin.

1924 April 02

births

Leslie Irvin was born in Indiana, state of the United States of America.

1924 March Summary

March 1924 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Joseph Taborsky.

1924 March 23

births

Joseph Taborsky was born in Hartford, city in and capital of Connecticut, United States.

1923 Summary

1923 events By Month

6 events related to serial killers occurred in 1923.

1 events in March
3 events in June

1923 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Vasili Komaroff.
1 serial killer started their killing spree: Daisy de Melker.
1 serial killer was arrested: Vasili Komaroff.
1 serial killer was convicted: Vasili Komaroff.
1 serial killer died: Vasili Komaroff.
1 serial killer was executed: Vasili Komaroff.

1923 June Summary

June 1923 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Vasili Komaroff.
1 serial killer died: Vasili Komaroff.
1 serial killer was convicted: Vasili Komaroff.

1923 June 18

Executions

Vasili Komaroff (Age 46) executed by firing squad at a prison in Moscow, Soviet Union.

deaths

Vasili Komaroff (Age 46) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by firing squad at a prison in Moscow, Soviet Union.

1923 June 08

Convictions

Vasili Komaroff (Age 46) sentenced to death penalty execution by firing squad at a prison in Moscow, Soviet Union.

1923 March Summary

March 1923 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Vasili Komaroff.

1923 March 18

Arrests

Vasili Komaroff (Age 46)

1922 Summary

1922 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1922.

2 events in February

1922 Summary

1 serial killer died: Henri Désiré Landru.
1 serial killer was executed: Henri Désiré Landru.

1922 February Summary

February 1922 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Henri Désiré Landru.
1 serial killer died: Henri Désiré Landru.

1922 February 25

Executions

Henri Désiré Landru (Age 52) Decapitation by guillotine at Versailles, France.

deaths

Henri Désiré Landru (Age 52) cause of death: capital punishment, Decapitation by guillotine at Versailles, France.

1921 Summary

1921 events By Month

7 events related to serial killers occurred in 1921.

1 events in January
1 events in March
3 events in August

1921 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Vasili Komaroff.
1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Tillie Klimek.
1 serial killer was convicted: Dagmar Overbye.
1 serial killer died: Friedrich Schumann.
1 serial killer was executed: Friedrich Schumann.
2 serial killers were born: James Hall, and Faye Copeland.

1921 August Summary

August 1921 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Faye Copeland.
1 serial killer was executed: Friedrich Schumann.
1 serial killer died: Friedrich Schumann.

1921 August 27

Executions

Friedrich Schumann (Age 28) executed by decapitation with an axe at Plötzensee Prison, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany.

deaths

Friedrich Schumann (Age 28) cause of death: executed by decapitation with an axe at Plötzensee Prison, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany.

1921 August 04

births

Faye Copeland

1921 March Summary

March 1921 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Dagmar Overbye.

1921 March 03

Convictions

Dagmar Overbye (Age 33) sentenced to life imprisonment at the women's prison at Christianshavn in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1921 January Summary

January 1921 Summary

1 serial killer was born: James Hall.

1921 January 28

births

James Hall

1920 Summary

1920 events By Month

7 events related to serial killers occurred in 1920.

1 events in February
1 events in July
1 events in August
1 events in September

1920 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Carl Panzram.
2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Lyda Southard, and Dagmar Overbye.
1 serial killer was convicted: Friedrich Schumann.
1 serial killer was born: Léopold Dion.
2 serial killers were arrested: Friedrich Schumann, and Dagmar Overbye.

1920 September Summary

September 1920 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Dagmar Overbye.

1920 September 12

Arrests

Dagmar Overbye (Age 33)

1920 August Summary

August 1920 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Friedrich Schumann.

1920 August 20

Arrests

Friedrich Schumann (Age 27)

1920 July Summary

July 1920 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Friedrich Schumann.

1920 July 13

Convictions

Friedrich Schumann (Age 27) sentenced to death, decapitation with an axe at Plötzensee Prison, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany.

1920 February Summary

February 1920 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Léopold Dion.

1920 February 25

births

Léopold Dion was born in Quebec, Canada.

1919 Summary

1919 events By Month

5 events related to serial killers occurred in 1919.

1 events in March
1 events in April

1919 Summary

3 serial killers ended their killing spree: Axeman of New Orleans, Henri Désiré Landru, and Friedrich Schumann.
1 serial killer was arrested: Henri Désiré Landru.
1 serial killer died: Aaron Kosminski.

1919 April Summary

April 1919 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Henri Désiré Landru.

1919 April 12

Arrests

Henri Désiré Landru (Age 50)

1919 March Summary

March 1919 Summary

1 serial killer died: Aaron Kosminski.

1919 March 24

deaths

Aaron Kosminski (Age 53) cause of death: gangrene at London, capital and largest city of the United Kingdom.

1918 Summary

1918 events By Month

6 events related to serial killers occurred in 1918.

1 events in June
1 events in July
1 events in October

1918 Summary

3 serial killers started their killing spree: Fritz Haarmann, Axeman of New Orleans, and Friedrich Schumann.
1 serial killer was born: Mack Ray Edwards.
2 serial killers died: Lizzie Halliday, and Jeanne Weber.

1918 October Summary

October 1918 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Mack Ray Edwards.

1918 October 17

births

Mack Ray Edwards was born in Arkansas, US.

1918 July Summary

July 1918 Summary

1 serial killer died: Jeanne Weber.

1918 July 05

deaths

Jeanne Weber (Age 43) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by manually strangling herself at the asylum at Mareville mental hospital in Mareville, Laxou, France.

1918 June Summary

June 1918 Summary

1 serial killer died: Lizzie Halliday.

1918 June 28

deaths

Lizzie Halliday cause of death: natural causes at the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Dutchess County, New York, US.

1917 Summary

1917 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1917.

1 events in December

1917 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Vasile Tcaciuc.
1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Amy Archer-Gilligan.
1 serial killer was born: Eddie Leonski.

1917 December Summary

December 1917 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Eddie Leonski.

1917 December 12

births

Eddie Leonski was born in New Jersey, state of the United States of America.

1915 Summary

1915 events By Month

9 events related to serial killers occurred in 1915.

1 events in January
1 events in March
1 events in April
1 events in July
2 events in August

1915 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Frederick Mors.
2 serial killers started their killing spree: Henri Désiré Landru, and Lyda Southard.
1 serial killer was arrested: George Joseph Smith.
1 serial killer was convicted: George Joseph Smith.
1 serial killer was executed: George Joseph Smith.
2 serial killers died: Maria Swanenburg, and George Joseph Smith.
1 other events

1915 August Summary

August 1915 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: George Joseph Smith.
1 serial killer died: George Joseph Smith.

1915 August 13

Executions

George Joseph Smith (Age 43) executed by hanging at HM Prison Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent, England.

deaths

George Joseph Smith (Age 43) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at HM Prison Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent, England.

1915 July Summary

July 1915 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: George Joseph Smith.

1915 July 01

Convictions

George Joseph Smith (Age 43) sentenced to death, execution by hanging at HM Prison Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent, England.

1915 April Summary

April 1915 Summary

1 serial killer died: Maria Swanenburg.

1915 April 11

deaths

Maria Swanenburg (Age 75) cause of death: natural causes at a correctional facility in Gorinchem, municipality in South Holland, the Netherlands.

1915 March Summary

March 1915 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: George Joseph Smith.

1915 March 23

Arrests

George Joseph Smith (Age 43)

1915 January Summary

January 1915 Summary

1 other event

1915 January 10

Events

Jesse Pomeroy (Age 55) Pomeroy's mother, Ruth Ann Pomeroy, died
Location: Massachusetts, US

1914 Summary

1914 events By Month

6 events related to serial killers occurred in 1914.

1 events in February
1 events in December

1914 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: George Joseph Smith, and Bela Kiss.
2 serial killers started their killing spree: Frederick Mors, and Tillie Klimek.
2 serial killers were born: Gordon Cummins, and Ray Copeland.

1914 December Summary

December 1914 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Ray Copeland.

1914 December 30

births

Ray Copeland was born in Norfolk, independent city in Virginia, United States.

1914 February Summary

February 1914 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Gordon Cummins.

1914 February 18

births

Gordon Cummins was born in York, city in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

1913 Summary

1913 events By Month

4 events related to serial killers occurred in 1913.

1 events in January
1 events in May

1913 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Peter Kurten, and Dagmar Overbye.
1 serial killer died: Enriqueta Martí.
1 serial killer was convicted: Cayetano Santos Godino.

1913 May Summary

May 1913 Summary

1 serial killer died: Enriqueta Martí.

1913 May 12

deaths

Enriqueta Martí (Age 45) cause of death: homicide, Lynched by other inmates in Reina Amàlia jail, Barcelona, Spain at Reina Amàlia jail, Barcelona, Spain. She is buried at Montjuïc Cemetery, cemetery.

1913 January Summary

January 1913 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Cayetano Santos Godino.

1913 January 04

Convictions

Cayetano Santos Godino (Age 16) sentenced to life in reformatory later transferred to penitentiary at Ushuaia Penitentiary.

1912 Summary

1912 events By Month

8 events related to serial killers occurred in 1912.

1 events in February
1 events in September
1 events in December

1912 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Cayetano Santos Godino, and Enriqueta Martí.
3 serial killers started their killing spree: Cayetano Santos Godino, George Joseph Smith, and Louise Peete.
1 serial killer was born: Paul Ogorzow.
2 serial killers were arrested: Enriqueta Martí, and Cayetano Santos Godino.

1912 December Summary

December 1912 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Cayetano Santos Godino.

1912 December 04

Arrests

Cayetano Santos Godino (Age 16)

1912 September Summary

September 1912 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Paul Ogorzow.

1912 September 29

births

Paul Ogorzow was born in Muntowen, East Prussia, German Empire (present-day Muntowo, Poland).

1912 February Summary

February 1912 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Enriqueta Martí.

1912 February 27

Arrests

Enriqueta Martí (Age 44)

1911 Summary

1911 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1911.

1 events in January

1911 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Atlanta Ripper.
1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Atlanta Ripper.
1 serial killer was born: Władysław Mazurkiewicz.

1911 January Summary

January 1911 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Władysław Mazurkiewicz.

1911 January 31

births

Władysław Mazurkiewicz was born in Kraków, Poland.

1910 Summary

1910 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1910.

1910 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Amy Archer-Gilligan.
1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Billy Gohl.

1909 Summary

1909 events By Month

7 events related to serial killers occurred in 1909.

2 events in July
1 events in September
2 events in October

1909 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Bertha Gifford, and Karl Denke.
1 serial killer was born: John George Haigh.
1 serial killer was arrested: Martha Rendell.
1 serial killer was convicted: Martha Rendell.
1 serial killer died: Martha Rendell.
1 serial killer was executed: Martha Rendell.

1909 October Summary

October 1909 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Martha Rendell.
1 serial killer died: Martha Rendell.

1909 October 06

Executions

Martha Rendell (Age 38) executed by hanging at the Fremantle Prison, former prison in Fremantle, Western Australia.

deaths

Martha Rendell (Age 38) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at the Fremantle Prison, former prison in Fremantle, Western Australia. She is buried at Fremantle, port city in Western Australia.

1909 September Summary

September 1909 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Martha Rendell.

1909 September 16

Convictions

Martha Rendell (Age 38) sentenced to death by hanging at the Fremantle Prison, former prison in Fremantle, Western Australia.

1909 July Summary

July 1909 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Martha Rendell.
1 serial killer was born: John George Haigh.

1909 July 24

births

John George Haigh was born in Stamford, town in Lincolnshire, England.

1909 July 03

Arrests

Martha Rendell (Age 37)

1908 Summary

1908 events By Month

9 events related to serial killers occurred in 1908.

1 events in February
1 events in April
1 events in May
1 events in June
1 events in October

1908 Summary

4 serial killers ended their killing spree: Martha Rendell, Jeanne Weber, Francisco Guerrero Pérez, and Belle Gunness.
1 serial killer died: Belle Gunness.
1 serial killer was convicted: Jeanne Weber.
1 serial killer was born: Eugen Weidmann.
2 serial killers were arrested: Francisco Guerrero Pérez, and Jeanne Weber.

1908 October Summary

October 1908 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Jeanne Weber.

1908 October 25

Convictions

Jeanne Weber (Age 34) sentenced to preventively detained, not guilty by reason of insanity at the asylum at Mareville mental hospital in Mareville, Laxou, France.

1908 June Summary

June 1908 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Francisco Guerrero Pérez.

1908 June 13

Arrests

Francisco Guerrero Pérez

1908 May Summary

May 1908 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Jeanne Weber.

1908 May 08

Arrests

Jeanne Weber (Age 33)

1908 April Summary

April 1908 Summary

1 serial killer died: Belle Gunness.

1908 April 28

deaths

Belle Gunness (Age 48) cause of death: burned in fire (unverified) may have faked death at La Porte, Indiana, United States.

1908 February Summary

February 1908 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Eugen Weidmann.

1908 February 05

births

Eugen Weidmann was born in Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, city in Hesse, Germany.

1907 Summary

1907 events By Month

4 events related to serial killers occurred in 1907.

1 events in January
1 events in April

1907 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Martha Rendell, and Ali Asghar Borujerdi.
1 serial killer was born: Rhonda Belle Martin.
1 serial killer died: Alferd Packer.

1907 April Summary

April 1907 Summary

1 serial killer died: Alferd Packer.

1907 April 23

deaths

Alferd Packer (Age 65) at New Mexico, state of the United States of America.

1907 January Summary

January 1907 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Rhonda Belle Martin.

1907 January 01

births

Rhonda Belle Martin

1906 Summary

1906 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1906.

1 events in July
1 events in November

1906 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Sataro Fukiage.
2 serial killers were born: Anna Marie Hahn, and Gordon Northcott.

1906 November Summary

November 1906 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Gordon Northcott.

1906 November 09

births

Gordon Northcott was born in Bladworth, village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

1906 July Summary

July 1906 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Anna Marie Hahn.

1906 July 07

births

Anna Marie Hahn was born in Bavaria, Germany.

1905 Summary

1905 events By Month

5 events related to serial killers occurred in 1905.

1 events in January
2 events in February
1 events in November

1905 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Jeanne Weber.
1 serial killer died: Elisabeth Wiese.
1 serial killer was executed: Elisabeth Wiese.
2 serial killers were born: Yoshio Kodaira, and Nannie Doss.

1905 November Summary

November 1905 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Nannie Doss.

1905 November 04

births

Nannie Doss was born in Blue Mountain, Alabama, United States.

1905 February Summary

February 1905 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Elisabeth Wiese.
1 serial killer died: Elisabeth Wiese.

1905 February 02

Executions

Elisabeth Wiese (Age 51) decapitation by guillotine at Hamburg, Germany .

deaths

Elisabeth Wiese (Age 51) cause of death: capital punishment, decapitation by guillotine at Hamburg, Germany . She is buried at Munich Waldfriedhof, cemetery.

1905 January Summary

January 1905 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Yoshio Kodaira.

1905 January 28

births

Yoshio Kodaira was born in Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

1904 Summary

1904 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1904.

2 events in October

1904 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Elisabeth Wiese.
1 serial killer was convicted: Elisabeth Wiese.

1904 October Summary

October 1904 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Elisabeth Wiese.
1 serial killer was arrested: Elisabeth Wiese.

1904 October 10

Convictions

Elisabeth Wiese (Age 51) sentenced to execution by guillotine at St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany.

Arrests

Elisabeth Wiese (Age 51)

1903 Summary

1903 events By Month

7 events related to serial killers occurred in 1903.

4 events in February
1 events in April
1 events in August

1903 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Elisabeth Wiese.
1 serial killer was born: Peter Kudzinowski.
2 serial killers were executed: Annie Walters, and Amelia Sach.
3 serial killers died: Annie Walters, Amelia Sach, and George Chapman.

1903 August Summary

August 1903 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Peter Kudzinowski.

1903 August 13

births

Peter Kudzinowski was born in Dickson City, borough of Pennsylvania.

1903 April Summary

April 1903 Summary

1 serial killer died: George Chapman.

1903 April 07

deaths

George Chapman (Age 37) cause of death: capital punishment, hanging at HM Prison Wandsworth, prison in Wandsworth, London.

1903 February Summary

February 1903 Summary

2 serial killers were executed: Annie Walters, and Amelia Sach.
2 serial killers died: Annie Walters, and Amelia Sach.

1903 February 03

Executions

Amelia Sach executed by hanging at HM Prison Holloway in Holloway, London, England.
Annie Walters executed by hanging at HM Prison Holloway in Holloway, London, England.

deaths

Amelia Sach cause of death: executed by hanging at HM Prison Holloway in Holloway, London, England.
Annie Walters cause of death: executed by hanging at HM Prison Holloway in Holloway, London, England.

1902 Summary

1902 events By Month

7 events related to serial killers occurred in 1902.

2 events in November

1902 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Billy Gohl, and Elisabeth Wiese.
3 serial killers ended their killing spree: Amelia Sach, George Chapman, and Annie Walters.
2 serial killers were arrested: Amelia Sach, and Annie Walters.

1902 November Summary

November 1902 Summary

2 serial killers were arrested: Amelia Sach, and Annie Walters.

1902 November 18

Arrests

1901 Summary

1901 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1901.

1 events in December

1901 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Jane Toppan.
1 serial killer was born: Jake Bird.

1901 December Summary

December 1901 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Jake Bird.

1901 December 14

births

Jake Bird was born in Louisiana, US.

1900 Summary

1900 events By Month

11 events related to serial killers occurred in 1900.

2 events in April
1 events in October

1900 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Cayetano Grossi, and Ivan Milat.
6 serial killers started their killing spree: Enriqueta Martí, Annie Walters, Amelia Sach, Ivan Milat, Belle Gunness, and Bela Kiss.
1 serial killer was born: Martin Lecián.
1 serial killer died: Cayetano Grossi.
1 serial killer was executed: Cayetano Grossi.

1900 October Summary

October 1900 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Martin Lecián.

1900 October 31

births

Martin Lecián was born in Uherský Ostroh, town in the Czech Republic.

1900 April Summary

April 1900 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Cayetano Grossi.
1 serial killer died: Cayetano Grossi.

1900 April 06

Executions

Cayetano Grossi executed by firing squad at the Penitenciaría Nacional in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

deaths

Cayetano Grossi cause of death: capital punishment, executed by firing squad at the Penitenciaría Nacional in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1899 Summary

1899 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1899.

1 events in April
1 events in December

1899 Summary

2 serial killers were born: John Christie, and Arnold Sodeman.

1899 December Summary

December 1899 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Arnold Sodeman.

1899 December 12

births

Arnold Sodeman was born in Hawthorn, suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

1899 April Summary

April 1899 Summary

1 serial killer was born: John Christie.

1899 April 08

births

John Christie was born in Northowram, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

1898 Summary

1898 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1898.

1 events in October
2 events in December

1898 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Joseph Vacher.
1 serial killer died: Joseph Vacher.
1 serial killer was executed: Joseph Vacher.

1898 December Summary

December 1898 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Joseph Vacher.
1 serial killer died: Joseph Vacher.

1898 December 31

Executions

Joseph Vacher (Age 29) executed by beheading via guillotine at a prison in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France.

deaths

Joseph Vacher (Age 29) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by beheading via guillotine at a prison in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France.

1898 October Summary

October 1898 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Joseph Vacher.

1898 October 28

Convictions

Joseph Vacher (Age 28) sentenced to death by beheading via guillotine at a prison in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France.

1897 Summary

1897 events By Month

5 events related to serial killers occurred in 1897.

1 events in January
1 events in May
1 events in August

1897 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: George Chapman.
1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Joseph Vacher.
1 serial killer was arrested: Joseph Vacher.
2 serial killers were born: Marcel Petiot, and Earle Leonard Nelson.

1897 August Summary

August 1897 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Joseph Vacher.

1897 August 04

Arrests

Joseph Vacher (Age 27)

1897 May Summary

May 1897 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Earle Leonard Nelson.

1897 May 12

births

Earle Leonard Nelson was born in San Francisco, California, US.

1897 January Summary

January 1897 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Marcel Petiot.

1897 January 17

births

Marcel Petiot was born in Auxerre, commune in Yonne, France.

1896 Summary

1896 events By Month

9 events related to serial killers occurred in 1896.

1 events in January
1 events in April
2 events in May
2 events in June
1 events in October

1896 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Amelia Dyer.
1 serial killer started their killing spree: Cayetano Grossi.
1 serial killer was arrested: Amelia Dyer.
1 serial killer was convicted: Amelia Dyer.
1 serial killer was executed: Amelia Dyer.
2 serial killers were born: Joe Ball, and Cayetano Santos Godino.
2 serial killers died: Henry Howard Holmes, and Amelia Dyer.

1896 October Summary

October 1896 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Cayetano Santos Godino.

1896 October 31

births

Cayetano Santos Godino was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

1896 June Summary

June 1896 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Amelia Dyer.
1 serial killer died: Amelia Dyer.

1896 June 10

Executions

Amelia Dyer executed by hanging at Newgate Prison, former prison in London, England.

deaths

Amelia Dyer cause of death: executed by hanging at Newgate Prison, former prison in London, England.

1896 May Summary

May 1896 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Amelia Dyer.
1 serial killer died: Henry Howard Holmes.

1896 May 22

Convictions

Amelia Dyer sentenced to death by hanging at Newgate Prison in London, England.

1896 May 07

deaths

Henry Howard Holmes (Age 34) cause of death: capital punishment, hanging at Philadelphia, county seat city in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; sixth largest city in the United States by population.

1896 April Summary

April 1896 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Amelia Dyer.

1896 April 04

Arrests

Amelia Dyer

1896 January Summary

January 1896 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Joe Ball.

1896 January 07

births

Joe Ball was born in Texas, state of the United States of America.

1895 Summary

1895 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1895.

1 events in January

1895 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Jane Toppan.
1 serial killer died: Matti Haapoja.

1895 January Summary

January 1895 Summary

1 serial killer died: Matti Haapoja.

1895 January 08

deaths

Matti Haapoja (Age 49) cause of death: suicide, committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell at a prison in Turku, Finland. He is buried at Ylistaro, former municipality of Finland, now part of Seinäjoki.

1894 Summary

1894 events By Month

6 events related to serial killers occurred in 1894.

1 events in April
1 events in June

1894 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Joseph Vacher.
3 serial killers ended their killing spree: Lizzie Halliday, Matti Haapoja, and Henry Howard Holmes.
1 serial killer was born: Leonarda Cianciulli.
1 serial killer was convicted: Lizzie Halliday.

1894 June Summary

June 1894 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Lizzie Halliday.

1894 June 21

Convictions

Lizzie Halliday sentenced to preventively detained, institutionalized at the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Dutchess County, New York, US.

1894 April Summary

April 1894 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Leonarda Cianciulli.

1894 April 14

births

Leonarda Cianciulli was born in Montella, Italian comune.

1893 Summary

1893 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1893.

1 events in February

1893 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Lizzie Halliday.
1 serial killer was born: Friedrich Schumann.

1893 February Summary

February 1893 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Friedrich Schumann.

1893 February 01

births

Friedrich Schumann was born in Spandau, locality of the borough Spandau of Berlin, Germany.

1892 Summary

1892 events By Month

7 events related to serial killers occurred in 1892.

2 events in June
2 events in October
2 events in November

1892 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Thomas Neill Cream.
1 serial killer was arrested: Thomas Neill Cream.
1 serial killer was convicted: Thomas Neill Cream.
1 serial killer died: Thomas Neill Cream.
1 serial killer was executed: Thomas Neill Cream.
2 serial killers were born: Carl Panzram, and Lyda Southard.

1892 November Summary

November 1892 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Thomas Neill Cream.
1 serial killer died: Thomas Neill Cream.

1892 November 15

Executions

Thomas Neill Cream (Age 42) executed by hanging at Newgate Prison, London, England.

deaths

Thomas Neill Cream (Age 42) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Newgate Prison, London, England.

1892 October Summary

October 1892 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Thomas Neill Cream.
1 serial killer was born: Lyda Southard.

1892 October 21

Convictions

Thomas Neill Cream (Age 42) sentenced to death by hanging at Joliet Correctional Center, Illinois State Penitentiary in Joliet, Illinois, US and Newgate Prison, London, England.

1892 October 16

births

Lyda Southard was born in Keytesville, city.

1892 June Summary

June 1892 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Thomas Neill Cream.
1 serial killer was born: Carl Panzram.

1892 June 28

births

Carl Panzram was born in East Grand Forks, Minnesota.

1892 June 03

Arrests

Thomas Neill Cream (Age 42)

1891 Summary

1891 events By Month

4 events related to serial killers occurred in 1891.

2 events in February

1891 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Aaron Kosminski, and Jack the Ripper.
1 serial killer was arrested: Aaron Kosminski.
1 serial killer was convicted: Aaron Kosminski.

1891 February Summary

February 1891 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Aaron Kosminski.
1 serial killer was arrested: Aaron Kosminski.

1891 February 04

Convictions

Aaron Kosminski (Age 25) sentenced to preventively detained, institutionalized at Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum, Friern Hospital in London, England in 1891.

Arrests

Aaron Kosminski (Age 25)

1889 Summary

1889 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1889.

1 events in February

1889 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Sataro Fukiage.

1889 February Summary

February 1889 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Sataro Fukiage.

1889 February 25

births

Sataro Fukiage was born in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

1888 Summary

1888 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1888.

1888 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Jack the Ripper, and Aaron Kosminski.

1887 Summary

1887 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1887.

1 events in April

1887 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Dagmar Overbye.

1887 April Summary

April 1887 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Dagmar Overbye.

1887 April 23

births

Dagmar Overbye was born in Denmark, sovereign state and Scandinavian country in northern Europe.

1886 Summary

1886 events By Month

8 events related to serial killers occurred in 1886.

1 events in January
1 events in June
1 events in July
2 events in August

1886 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Mary Ann Britland.
2 serial killers started their killing spree: Henry Howard Holmes, and Mary Ann Britland.
1 serial killer was born: Daisy de Melker.
1 serial killer was convicted: Mary Ann Britland.
1 serial killer died: Mary Ann Britland.
1 serial killer was executed: Mary Ann Britland.
1 other events

1886 August Summary

August 1886 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Mary Ann Britland.
1 serial killer died: Mary Ann Britland.

1886 August 09

Executions

Mary Ann Britland executed by hanging at HM Prison Manchester, grade II listed prison in Manchester, United kingdom.

deaths

Mary Ann Britland cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at HM Prison Manchester, grade II listed prison in Manchester, United kingdom.

1886 July Summary

July 1886 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Mary Ann Britland.

1886 July 23

Convictions

Mary Ann Britland sentenced to death by hanging at HM Prison Manchester, Strangeways Prison in Manchester, England.

1886 June Summary

June 1886 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Daisy de Melker.

1886 June 01

births

Daisy de Melker was born in Seven Fountains, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

1886 January Summary

January 1886 Summary

1 other event

1886 January 29

Events

Maria Swanenburg (Age 46) divorced Johannes van der Linden
Location: Netherlands

1885 Summary

1885 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1885.

1 events in April
1 events in May
1 events in June

1885 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Maria Swanenburg.
2 other events

1885 June Summary

June 1885 Summary

1 other event

1885 June 29

Events

Maria Swanenburg (Age 45) rejection of her appeal in cassation
Location: The Court of Cassation, the highest level of appeal in France.

1885 May Summary

May 1885 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Maria Swanenburg.

1885 May 01

Convictions

Maria Swanenburg (Age 45) sentenced to life imprisonment at a correctional facility in Gorinchem, Netherlands.

1885 April Summary

April 1885 Summary

1 other event

1885 April 23

Events

Maria Swanenburg (Age 45) Swanenburg's trail began
Location: The Hague Court of Appeal in The Hague, Netherlands

1883 Summary

1883 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1883.

1 events in May
1 events in December

1883 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Maria Swanenburg.
1 serial killer was born: Peter Kurten.
1 serial killer was arrested: Maria Swanenburg.

1883 December Summary

December 1883 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Maria Swanenburg.

1883 December 15

Arrests

Maria Swanenburg (Age 44)

1883 May Summary

May 1883 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Peter Kurten.

1883 May 26

births

Peter Kurten was born in Mülheim, city quarter no. 901 of Cologne, Germany, and a subdivision of city district Mülheim.

1881 Summary

1881 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1881.

2 events in May

1881 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Thomas Neill Cream.
1 serial killer died: Juan Díaz de Garayo.
1 serial killer was executed: Juan Díaz de Garayo.

1881 May Summary

May 1881 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Juan Díaz de Garayo.
1 serial killer died: Juan Díaz de Garayo.

1881 May 11

Executions

Juan Díaz de Garayo (Age 59) executed by garrote at Polvorín Viejo prison in Vitoria, Álava, Spain.

deaths

Juan Díaz de Garayo (Age 59) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by garrote at Polvorín Viejo prison in Vitoria, Álava, Spain.

1880 Summary

1880 events By Month

4 events related to serial killers occurred in 1880.

1 events in September

1880 Summary

3 serial killers started their killing spree: Maria Swanenburg, Amelia Dyer, and Francisco Guerrero Pérez.
1 serial killer was born: Louise Peete.

1880 September Summary

September 1880 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Louise Peete.

1880 September 20

births

Louise Peete was born in Bienville, Louisiana.

1879 Summary

1879 events By Month

6 events related to serial killers occurred in 1879.

2 events in April
1 events in September
1 events in October
1 events in November

1879 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Juan Díaz de Garayo.
1 serial killer was born: Fritz Haarmann.
1 serial killer was arrested: Juan Díaz de Garayo.
1 serial killer was convicted: Juan Díaz de Garayo.
1 serial killer died: Stephen Richards.
1 serial killer was executed: Stephen Richards.

1879 November Summary

November 1879 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Juan Díaz de Garayo.

1879 November 11

Convictions

Juan Díaz de Garayo (Age 58) sentenced to death by garrote at Polvorín Viejo prison in Vitoria, Álava, Spain.

1879 October Summary

October 1879 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Fritz Haarmann.

1879 October 25

births

Fritz Haarmann was born in Hanover, German Empire.

1879 September Summary

September 1879 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Juan Díaz de Garayo.

1879 September 09

Arrests

Juan Díaz de Garayo (Age 57)

1879 April Summary

April 1879 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Stephen Richards.
1 serial killer died: Stephen Richards.

1879 April 26

Executions

Stephen Richards (Age 23) executed by hanging at a prison in Minden, Nebraska, US.

deaths

Stephen Richards (Age 23) cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at a prison in Minden, Nebraska, US.

1878 Summary

1878 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1878.

1 events in May

1878 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Stephen Richards.
1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Stephen Richards.
1 serial killer died: Lydia Sherman.

1878 May Summary

May 1878 Summary

1 serial killer died: Lydia Sherman.

1878 May 16

deaths

Lydia Sherman (Age 52) cause of death: cancer at Wethersfield State Prison in Wethersfield, Connecticut, US.

1877 Summary

1877 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1877.

1 events in January
2 events in June

1877 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Vasili Komaroff.
2 other events

1877 June Summary

June 1877 Summary

2 other events

1877 June 06

Events

Lydia Sherman (Age 51) recaptured after escaping prison
Location: Wethersfield State Prison in Wethersfield, Connecticut, US

1877 June 05

Events

Lydia Sherman (Age 51) escaped from prison
Location: Wethersfield State Prison in Wethersfield, Connecticut, US

Sherman escaped from prison after her cell was left unlocked due to health concerns. Mrs. Waterhouse, the matron, who left the cell door unlocked was fired by the warden for her carelessness.

1877 January Summary

January 1877 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Vasili Komaroff.

1877 January 01

births

Vasili Komaroff was born in Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire.

1874 Summary

1874 events By Month

9 events related to serial killers occurred in 1874.

1 events in February
1 events in April
1 events in May
1 events in October
2 events in December

1874 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Jesse Pomeroy.
2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Jesse Pomeroy, and Alferd Packer.
1 serial killer was born: Jeanne Weber.
1 serial killer was arrested: Jesse Pomeroy.
1 serial killer was convicted: Jesse Pomeroy.
3 other events

1874 December Summary

December 1874 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Jesse Pomeroy.
1 other event

1874 December 10

Convictions

Jesse Pomeroy (Age 15) sentenced to death by hanging, commuted to life in solitary confinement in 1876, commuted to life imprisonment in 1917 at Charlestown State Prison, Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, US.

1874 December 08

Events

Jesse Pomeroy (Age 15) trail began
Location: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Boston , Massachusetts, US

1874 October Summary

October 1874 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Jeanne Weber.

1874 October 07

births

Jeanne Weber was born in fishing village in northern France.

1874 May Summary

May 1874 Summary

1 other event

1874 May 01

Events

Jesse Pomeroy (Age 14) arraignment
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, US

Jesse Pomeroy was arraigned before Jude Wheelock and pleaded not guilty.

1874 April Summary

April 1874 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Jesse Pomeroy.

1874 April 24

Arrests

Jesse Pomeroy (Age 14)

1874 February Summary

February 1874 Summary

1 other event

1874 February 06

Events

Jesse Pomeroy (Age 14) released into the care of his mother
Location: the Massachusetts House of Reformation in Westborough, Massachusetts, US

Jesse Pomeroy was released into the care of his mother from the Massachusetts House of Reformation in Westborough.

1873 Summary

1873 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1873.

1 events in January

1873 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Alferd Packer.
1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Catherine Wilson.
1 serial killer was convicted: Lydia Sherman.

1873 January Summary

January 1873 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Lydia Sherman.

1873 January 11

Convictions

Lydia Sherman (Age 47) sentenced to life imprisonment at Wethersfield State Prison in Wethersfield, Connecticut, US.

1872 Summary

1872 events By Month

6 events related to serial killers occurred in 1872.

1 events in January
1 events in July
2 events in September
1 events in December

1872 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Mary Ann Cotton.
1 serial killer was born: George Joseph Smith.
4 other events

1872 December Summary

December 1872 Summary

1 other event

1872 December 28

Events

Lydia Sherman (Age 47) confessed to her crimes
Location: Wethersfield, Connecticut, US

Lyndia Sherman made a full confession of her guilt to jailer, Capt. Webster.

1872 September Summary

September 1872 Summary

2 other events

1872 September 21

Events

Jesse Pomeroy (Age 12) arraignment, detained
Location: the Massachusetts House of Reformation in Westborough, Massachusetts, US

Jesse Pomeroy was arraigned for the attacks on the eight children. He was sentenced to be detained at the Massachusetts House of Reformation in Westborough.

1872 September 20

Events

Jesse Pomeroy (Age 12) arrested
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, US

Jesse Pomeroy was arrested after being identified by Joseph Kennedy.

1872 July Summary

July 1872 Summary

1 other event

1872 July 20

Events

Jesse Pomeroy (Age 12) Pomeroy's father, Thomas J. Pomeroy, separates from the family
Location: Massachusetts, US

1872 January Summary

January 1872 Summary

1 serial killer was born: George Joseph Smith.

1872 January 11

births

George Joseph Smith was born in Bethnal Green, London, capital and largest city of the United Kingdom.

1871 Summary

1871 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1871.

1 events in June
1 events in August

1871 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Lydia Sherman.
1 serial killer was born: Martha Rendell.
1 serial killer was arrested: Lydia Sherman.

1871 August Summary

August 1871 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Martha Rendell.

1871 August 10

births

Martha Rendell

1871 June Summary

June 1871 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Lydia Sherman.

1871 June 30

Arrests

Lydia Sherman (Age 45)

1870 Summary

1870 events By Month

6 events related to serial killers occurred in 1870.

1 events in March
1 events in August
2 events in October

1870 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Margaret Waters.
1 serial killer started their killing spree: Juan Díaz de Garayo.
1 serial killer died: Margaret Waters.
1 serial killer was executed: Margaret Waters.
2 serial killers were born: Albert Fish, and Karl Denke.

1870 October Summary

October 1870 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Margaret Waters.
1 serial killer died: Margaret Waters.

1870 October 11

Executions

Margaret Waters executed by hanging at Horsemonger Lane Gaol in London, England.

deaths

Margaret Waters cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging at Horsemonger Lane Gaol in London, England.

1870 August Summary

August 1870 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Karl Denke.

1870 August 12

births

Karl Denke was born in Oberkunzendorf, Münsterberg, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia.

1870 March Summary

March 1870 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Albert Fish.

1870 March 19

births

Albert Fish was born in Washington, DC.

1869 Summary

1869 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1869.

1 events in April
1 events in November

1869 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Henri Désiré Landru, and Joseph Vacher.

1869 November Summary

November 1869 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Joseph Vacher.

1869 November 16

births

Joseph Vacher was born in Beaufort, commune in Isère, France.

1869 April Summary

April 1869 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Henri Désiré Landru.

1869 April 12

births

Henri Désiré Landru was born in Paris, France.

1868 Summary

1868 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1868.

1 events in February
1 events in May
1 events in October

1868 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Enriqueta Martí, and Amy Archer-Gilligan.
1 other events

1868 October Summary

October 1868 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Amy Archer-Gilligan.

1868 October 01

births

Amy Archer-Gilligan was born in Milton Center Historic District,.

1868 May Summary

May 1868 Summary

1 other event

1868 May 13

Events

Maria Swanenburg (Age 28) married Johannes van der Linden
Location: Netherlands

1868 February Summary

February 1868 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Enriqueta Martí.

1868 February 02

births

Enriqueta Martí was born in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, city and municipality in Catalonia, Spain, in the province of Barcelona.

1867 Summary

1867 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1867.

1867 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Matti Haapoja.

1866 Summary

1866 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1866.

1866 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Margaret Waters.

1865 Summary

1865 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1865.

1 events in September
1 events in December

1865 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Aaron Kosminski, and George Chapman.

1865 December Summary

December 1865 Summary

1 serial killer was born: George Chapman.

1865 December 14

births

George Chapman was born in Poland, republic in Central Europe.

1865 September Summary

September 1865 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Aaron Kosminski.

1865 September 11

births

Aaron Kosminski was born in Kłodawa, city of Poland.

1864 Summary

1864 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1864.

1 events in January

1864 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Boone Helm.
1 serial killer died: Boone Helm.

1864 January Summary

January 1864 Summary

1 serial killer died: Boone Helm.

1864 January 14

deaths

Boone Helm (Age 35) cause of death: capital punishment, hanging at Virginia City, town in and the county seat of Madison County, Montana, United States.

1863 Summary

1863 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1863.

1863 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Felipe Espinosa.
2 serial killers started their killing spree: Lydia Sherman, and Felipe Espinosa.

1862 Summary

1862 events By Month

7 events related to serial killers occurred in 1862.

1 events in January
1 events in February
2 events in March
1 events in September
2 events in October

1862 Summary

2 serial killers were convicted: Martin Dumollard, and Catherine Wilson.
2 serial killers died: Martin Dumollard, and Catherine Wilson.
2 serial killers were executed: Martin Dumollard, and Catherine Wilson.
1 other events

1862 October Summary

October 1862 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Catherine Wilson.
1 serial killer died: Catherine Wilson.

1862 October 20

Executions

Catherine Wilson executed by hanging at Newgate Prison in London, England.

deaths

Catherine Wilson cause of death: executed by hanging at Newgate Prison in London, England.

1862 September Summary

September 1862 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Catherine Wilson.

1862 September 25

Convictions

Catherine Wilson sentenced to death by hanging at Newgate Prison in London, England.

1862 March Summary

March 1862 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Martin Dumollard.
1 serial killer died: Martin Dumollard.

1862 March 08

Executions

Martin Dumollard (Age 51) executed by beheading via guillotine at Bourgeat Square (Place Carnot) in Montluel, commune in Ain, France.

deaths

Martin Dumollard (Age 51) cause of death: executed by beheading via guillotine at Bourgeat Square (Place Carnot) in Montluel, commune in Ain, France.

1862 February Summary

February 1862 Summary

1 serial killer was convicted: Martin Dumollard.

1862 February 01

Convictions

Martin Dumollard (Age 51) sentenced to death by beheading via guillotine at a prison in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France.

1862 January Summary

January 1862 Summary

1 other event

1862 January 29

Events

Martin Dumollard (Age 51) Dumollard's trial began
Location: Bourg-en-Bresse, France

1861 Summary

1861 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1861.

1 events in May
1 events in June

1861 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Martin Dumollard.
1 serial killer was born: Henry Howard Holmes.
1 serial killer was arrested: Martin Dumollard.

1861 June Summary

June 1861 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Martin Dumollard.

1861 June 02

Arrests

Martin Dumollard (Age 51)

1861 May Summary

May 1861 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Henry Howard Holmes.

1861 May 16

births

Henry Howard Holmes was born in Gilmanton, .

1859 Summary

1859 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1859.

2 events in November

1859 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Belle Gunness, and Jesse Pomeroy.

1859 November Summary

November 1859 Summary

2 serial killers were born: Belle Gunness, and Jesse Pomeroy.

1859 November 29

births

Jesse Pomeroy was born in Charlestown in Massachusetts, state of the United States of America.

1859 November 11

births

Belle Gunness was born in Selbu, Norway.

1857 Summary

1857 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1857.

1857 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Mary Ann Cotton.

1856 Summary

1856 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1856.

1 events in March

1856 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Stephen Richards.

1856 March Summary

March 1856 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Stephen Richards.

1856 March 18

births

Stephen Richards was born in Wheeling, city in West Virginia.

1855 Summary

1855 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1855.

1855 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Martin Dumollard.

1854 Summary

1854 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1854.

1 events in March

1854 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Catherine Wilson.
1 serial killer was born: Jane Toppan.

1854 March Summary

March 1854 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Jane Toppan.

1854 March 31

births

Jane Toppan was born in Boston, city in and state capital of Massachusetts, United States.

1853 Summary

1853 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1853.

1 events in July

1853 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Elisabeth Wiese.

1853 July Summary

July 1853 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Elisabeth Wiese.

1853 July 01

births

Elisabeth Wiese was born in Bilshausen, Germany.

1852 Summary

1852 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1852.

2 events in February

1852 Summary

1 serial killer died: Helene Jegado.
1 serial killer was executed: Helene Jegado.

1852 February Summary

February 1852 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Helene Jegado.
1 serial killer died: Helene Jegado.

1852 February 26

Executions

Helene Jegado executed by beheading via guillotine at the Champ-de-Mars in Rennes, commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, France.

deaths

Helene Jegado cause of death: executed by beheading via guillotine at the Champ-de-Mars in Rennes, commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, France.

1851 Summary

1851 events By Month

3 events related to serial killers occurred in 1851.

1 events in July
1 events in December

1851 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Helene Jegado.
1 serial killer was arrested: Helene Jegado.
1 other events

1851 December Summary

December 1851 Summary

1 other event

1851 December 06

Events

Helene Jegado Jégado's trial began
Location: the Assize Court in Rennes, Brittany, France

1851 July Summary

July 1851 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Helene Jegado.

1851 July 01

Arrests

Helene Jegado

1850 Summary

1850 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1850.

1 events in May

1850 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Boone Helm.
1 serial killer was born: Thomas Neill Cream.

1850 May Summary

May 1850 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Thomas Neill Cream.

1850 May 27

births

Thomas Neill Cream was born in Glasgow, city in Scotland, UK; unitary authority.

1845 Summary

1845 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1845.

1 events in September

1845 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Matti Haapoja.

1845 September Summary

September 1845 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Matti Haapoja.

1845 September 16

births

Matti Haapoja was born in Isokyrö, municipality in the region of Ostrobothnia in Finland.

1842 Summary

1842 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1842.

1 events in January
1 events in April

1842 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Alferd Packer.
1 other events

1842 April Summary

April 1842 Summary

1 other event

1842 April 15

Events

Martin Dumollard (Age 31) Martin's mother, Marie-Josephte Dumollard, died
Location: Dagneux, France

1842 January Summary

January 1842 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Alferd Packer.

1842 January 21

births

Alferd Packer was born in Allegheny County, county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

1840 Summary

1840 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1840.

1 events in June

1840 Summary

1 other events

1840 June Summary

June 1840 Summary

1 other event

1840 June 29

Events

Martin Dumollard (Age 30) married Marie-Anne Martinet

1839 Summary

1839 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1839.

1 events in September

1839 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Maria Swanenburg.

1839 September Summary

September 1839 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Maria Swanenburg.

1839 September 09

births

Maria Swanenburg was born in Leiden, municipality in South Holland, Netherlands.

1833 Summary

1833 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1833.

1833 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Helene Jegado.

1828 Summary

1828 events By Month

5 events related to serial killers occurred in 1828.

1 events in January

1828 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: William Burke, and William Hare.
2 serial killers ended their killing spree: William Burke, and William Hare.
1 serial killer was born: Boone Helm.

1828 January Summary

January 1828 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Boone Helm.

1828 January 28

births

Boone Helm was born in Lincoln County, county in Kentucky, United States.

1825 Summary

1825 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1825.

1 events in December

1825 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Lydia Sherman.

1825 December Summary

December 1825 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Lydia Sherman.

1825 December 24

births

Lydia Sherman was born in Brunswick, New Jersey, US.

1821 Summary

1821 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1821.

1 events in October

1821 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Juan Díaz de Garayo.

1821 October Summary

October 1821 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Juan Díaz de Garayo.

1821 October 17

births

Juan Díaz de Garayo was born in San Millán/Donemiliaga, municipality of Spain.

1810 Summary

1810 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1810.

1 events in April

1810 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Martin Dumollard.

1810 April Summary

April 1810 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Martin Dumollard.

1810 April 21

births

Martin Dumollard was born in Tramoyes, commune in Ain, France.

1799 Summary

1799 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1799.

1799 Summary

2 serial killers ended their killing spree: Micajah Harpe, and Wiley Harpe.

1797 Summary

1797 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1797.

1797 Summary

2 serial killers started their killing spree: Micajah Harpe, and Wiley Harpe.

1614 Summary

1614 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1614.

1 events in November

1614 Summary

1 serial killer died: Elizabeth Bathory.

1614 November Summary

November 1614 Summary

1 serial killer died: Elizabeth Bathory.

1614 November 21

deaths

Elizabeth Bathory (Age 54) cause of death: natural causes at imprisoned in Čachtice Castle and placed in solitary confinement..

1610 Summary

1610 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1610.

1 events in December

1610 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Elizabeth Bathory.

1610 December Summary

December 1610 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Elizabeth Bathory.

1610 December 30

Arrests

Elizabeth Bathory (Age 50)

1609 Summary

1609 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1609.

1609 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Elizabeth Bathory.

1604 Summary

1604 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1604.

1 events in January

1604 Summary

1 other events

1604 January Summary

January 1604 Summary

1 other event

1604 January 04

Events

Elizabeth Bathory (Age 43) Elizabeth's husband, Ferenc Nádasdy, died
Location: Sárvár, Hungary

Elizabeth Bathory's husband, Ferenc Nádasdy died at age 48. Ferenc suffered from a disease of the lower limbs that lead to the illness that caused his death, his official cause of death is unknown.

1590 Summary

1590 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1590.

1590 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Elizabeth Bathory.

1575 Summary

1575 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1575.

1 events in May

1575 Summary

1 other events

1575 May Summary

May 1575 Summary

1 other event

1575 May 08

Events

Elizabeth Bathory (Age 14) married Ferenc Nádasdy
Location: Vranov nad Topľou, Slovakia

Elizabeth Bathory married Ferenc Nádasdy a Hungarian nobleman

1560 Summary

1560 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1560.

1 events in August

1560 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Elizabeth Bathory.

1560 August Summary

August 1560 Summary

1 serial killer was born: Elizabeth Bathory.

1560 August 07

births

Elizabeth Bathory was born in Nyírbátor, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg monarchy (Slovakia).

1440 Summary

1440 events By Month

4 events related to serial killers occurred in 1440.

1 events in September
3 events in October

1440 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Gilles de Rais.
1 serial killer was convicted: Gilles de Rais.
1 serial killer died: Gilles de Rais.
1 serial killer was executed: Gilles de Rais.

1440 October Summary

October 1440 Summary

1 serial killer was executed: Gilles de Rais.
1 serial killer died: Gilles de Rais.
1 serial killer was convicted: Gilles de Rais.

1440 October 26

Executions

Gilles de Rais executed by hanging while being burnt alive at a prison on the Island of Nantes in Nantes, France.

deaths

Gilles de Rais cause of death: capital punishment, executed by hanging while being burnt alive at a prison on the Island of Nantes in Nantes, France.

1440 October 25

Convictions

Gilles de Rais sentenced to death by hanging while being burnt alive at a prison on the Island of Nantes in Nantes, France.

1440 September Summary

September 1440 Summary

1 serial killer was arrested: Gilles de Rais.

1440 September 15

Arrests

Gilles de Rais

1435 Summary

1435 events By Month

1 events related to serial killers occurred in 1435.

1435 Summary

1 serial killer ended their killing spree: Gilles de Rais.

1420 Summary

1420 events By Month

2 events related to serial killers occurred in 1420.

1 events in November

1420 Summary

1 serial killer started their killing spree: Gilles de Rais.
1 other events

1420 November Summary

November 1420 Summary

1 other event

1420 November 30

Events

Gilles de Rais married Catherine de Thouars
Location: Duchy of Brittany, France

Gilles de Rais married Catherine de Thouars, a rich heiress of La Vendée and Poitou. The marriage was arranged by his maternal grandfather Jean de Craon.

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2021 March 28

deaths

2021 March 18

Events

Location: Parole Board, Santa Cruz District Attorney, Santa Cruz, CA, US

2021 February Summary

February 2021 Summary

2021 February 28

Events

Location: Mule Creek State Prison, Ione, California, US

deaths

2021 February 08

deaths

2020 Summary

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2020 December 30

deaths

2020 December 29

Events

Location: Dallas County grand jury, Dallas, Texas, US

2020 December 15

Convictions

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2020 November 13

deaths

2020 November 03

Events

Location: North Kern State Prison (NKSP), Delano, California, US

2020 October Summary

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2020 October 01

Events

Location: Tokyo District Court Tachikawa branch Tokyo, Japan

2020 August Summary

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2020 August 21

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2020 March 28

deaths

2020 February Summary

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2020 February 19

Events

Location: Courtroom 1546, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Dallas, Texas, US

2020 January Summary

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2020 January 23

Events

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

2020 January 17

Events

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

2020 January 16

Events

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Location: Bexar County, Texas, US

2020 January 09

Events

Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Arrests

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2019 October 27

deaths

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