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MO: Gay torturer-slayer of men age 19–23

DISPOSITION:Life term on five counts, 1988; died
Bessarabo, Marie-Louise Victorine
(1868–?) AKA: Oct. 8, 1992

Hera Myrtle

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

Bergamo, Marco
(?– ) AKA: Monster of Bolzano DATE(S): 1892/1914/20 VENUE: Mexico/France

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

VICTIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1985–92 VENUE: Bergamo, Italy VIC-

MO: “Black widow” slayer of husband and lovers TIMS: Five

DISPOSITION: Life term on one count, 1920

MO: Stabbed young women in random attacks

DISPOSITION: Life sentence

Bey, Marko
(1965– )

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

Berk, Lucia Isabella Quirina de
(1961– ) DATE(S): 1983–84 VENUE: Monmouth County, N.J.

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

VICTIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1997–2001 VENUE: The Hague, Nether-

MO: Juvenile rape-slayer of women

lands VICTIMS: More than four

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1989

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Bible, Danny Paul
(1951– )

DATE(S): 1930s–47 VENUE: USA nationwide VIC-

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

TIMS: 44 confessed

DATE(S): 1979/83 VENUE: Tex. VICTIMS: Four

MO: Rape-slayer of females during home invasions, confessed

often used ax

MO: Raped/stabbed woman (1979); killed sister-in-DISPOSITION: Hanged in Wash., July 15, 1949

law, her infant child, and roommate

DISPOSITION: 25 years on one count in Tex. plus 20

Birt, Billy Sunday
(1938– )

years concurrent for kidnapping in Montana, 1984

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

(paroled 1992); confessed three more after arrest for DATE(S): 1960s–1973 VENUE: Georgia VICTIMS:

rape in Louisiana, 1998; convicted and condemned, 56 alleged

June 2003

MO: “Dixie Mafia” member who killed rival gangsters, robbery victims, and personal enemies

Bichel, Andreas
(1770–1808) AKA: Bavarian Ripper DISPOSITION: Condemned on three murder counts, SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/Sex.

May 1975; sentence commuted to life imprisonment DATE(S): 1790s–1808 VENUE: Bavaria VICTIMS:

on appeal, 1988

50+ suspected

MO: Fortune-teller who stabbed/robbed female clients
Bischoff, Charles
(1886–1947)

DISPOSITION: Beheaded for two murders, 1808

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

DATE(S): 1915–31 VENUE: Cincinnati, Ohio VIC-

Biegenwald, Richard
(1940– )

TIMS: Four

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE:

MO: Pedophile slayer of children

CE/PC/Sex.

DISPOSITION: Ruled insane; died in asylum Apr. 10, DATE(S): 1958–82 VENUE: N.J./N.Y. VICTIMS:

1947

Seven

MO: Shot victims during robberies and after rape
Bishop, Arthur Gary
(d. 1988)

DISPOSITION: Jailed 1958–75; 1983 death sentence SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

commuted to life

DATE(S): 1979–83 VENUE: Salt Lake City, Utah

VICTIMS: Five

Bijeh, Mohammed
(1980–2005)

MO: Pedophile slayer of children

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

DISPOSITION: Executed June 9, 1988

DATE(S): 2003–04 VENUE: Pakdasht, Iran VIC-

TIMS: 22+

Bishop, Jesse Walter
(d. 1979)

MO: Lured children to desert with aid from accomplice SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

Ali Baghi, then raped and killed them; confessed 22

DATE(S): 1970s VENUE: Western U.S. VICTIMS:

murders in custody but suspected of more

19 confessed

DISPOSITION: Flogged and hanged on March 16,

MO: Armed robber and confessed hit man

2005; Baghi received 15-year prison term

DISPOSITION: Executed on one count in Nev., Oct.

22, 1979

Bilancia, Donato
(1950– )

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

Black, Robert
(1947– ) AKA: Smelly Bob

specific

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

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Italian Riviera VIC-

DATE(S): 1969–90 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

TIMS: 14–17

Five to eight+

MO: Shot/strangled strangers in fits of blind rage; identi-MO: Pedophile slayer of girls age nine to 16

fied victims include six female prostitutes; a newly-DISPOSITION: 105 years minimum on three counts, wed couple; two jewelers; two security guards; and 1994

two women shot in restrooms aboard trains in transit DISPOSITION: Received 13 life terms “for 17 mur-Bladel, Rudy (1971– )

ders,” April 14, 2000

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

revenge

Billik, Herman
[
See
VAJICEK, HERMAN]

DATE(S): 1963–78 VENUE: Ind./Mich. VICTIMS:

Seven

Bird, Jake
(1901–49)

MO: Shot railroad employees to avenge loss of job SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

DISPOSITION: three consecutive life terms

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Blair, Robert
(?– )

DATE(S): 1968–71 VENUE: Montreal/Calgary,

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

Canada VICTIMS: Five

DATE(S): 1983–95 VENUE: Vt./N.H. VICTIMS:

MO: Rape-murders of women, with gnawing on bodies Four

DISPOSITION: 1972 life sentence

MO: Killed his wife and son with a hammer at Concord, N.H.; later confessed to killing a woman and
Bolder, Martsay L.
(1957–93)

her child at Rutland, Vt., with an accomplice who SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/PC

died in 1987

DATE(S): 1973/79 VENUE: Mo. VICTIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: Life prison term on two counts in New MO: Killed burglary victim; stabbed prison cellmate Hampshire, 1996

DISPOSITION: Life on one count, 1973; condemned, 1980; executed Jan. 27, 1993

Bland, Warren James
(1936– )

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

Bolin, Oscar Ray
(1962– )

DATE(S): 1986 VENUE: Southern Calif. VICTIMS:

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

Three+ suspected

DATE(S): 1986–90 VENUE: USA nationwide VIC-

MO: Career sex offender; torture slayer of girls age TIMS: 30+ suspected

seven to 14

MO: Long-haul trucker; rape-slayer of women

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1993

DISPOSITION: Condemned in three Fla. cases,

1991–92; indicted on one count in Tex. (trial

Blank, Daniel
(1962– )

unlikely)

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

felony

Bolton, Darren Lee
(1967–96)

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Ascension Parish, La.

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

VICTIMS: Six

DATE(S): 1982/86 VENUE: Tucson, Ariz. VIC-

MO: Killed five women and one man during home

TIMS: Two

invasions staged to finance his compulsive gambling MO: Pedophile slayer of girls age two and seven DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, Sept. 1999; DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1993; exe-condemned on second count, Oct. 2000

cuted June 19, 1996

Blaunsteiner, Ilfriede
(1932– ) AKA: Black Widow
Bomar, Arthur
(1959– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1981–95 VENUE: Austria VICTIMS:

Five confessed

DATE(S): 1993–97 VENUE: Philadelphia, Pa. VIC-

MO:Profit-motivated poisoner of husband and others TIMS: Three+

DISPOSITION: Life term on one count, 1997

MO: Rape-slayer of young women

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1998

Bobbitt, Jerry Dale
(1962– ) AKA: Scissors Man SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/Sad.

Bombeek, Cecile
(1933– ) AKA: Sister Godfrida DATE(S): 1994 VENUE: Orlando, Fla. VICTIMS:

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC/Sad.

Two

DATE(S): 1976–77 VENUE: Wetteren, Belgium

MO: Women age 34 and 53 stabbed in their places of VICTIMS: Three to 21

business

MO: Injected rest home patients with insulin

DISPOSITION: Life + 25 years on two counts, 1996

DISPOSITION: Confessed three murders; life term, 1978

Boczkowski, Timothy
(1955– )

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

Bonny, Anne
(1700–?)

DATE(S): 1990/94 VENUE: N.C./Pa. VICTIMS:

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

Two

DATE(S): 1714–20 VENUE: Caribbean VICTIMS:

MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of wives for insurance

“Numerous”

DISPOSITION: Life term in N.C., 1996; condemned in MO: Fatally stabbed family maid; afterward joined Pennsylvania, 1999

pirate crew and “never flinched from murder” during raids

Boden, Wayne Clifford
(?– ) AKA: Vampire Rapist DISPOSITION: Escaped from prison, 1721; never

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

recaptured

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Boost, Werner
(1928– ) AKA: Doubles Killer DISPOSITION: Convicted of murdering two prison SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sad.

guards; received life prison term on May 5, 2002

DATE(S): 1945–56 VENUE: Dusseldorf, Germany

VICTIMS: Five+

Bourassa, Richard A.
(1973– )

MO: Lover’s-lane slayer of couples

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

DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1959

specific

DATE(S): 1986/90 VENUE: Anaheim Hills, Calif.

Borgia, Cesare
(1476–1507)

VICTIMS: Two

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

MO: “Accidentally” shot two male friends at his home DATE(S): c. 1495–1507 VENUE: Italy VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: 18 years to life, 1991, on guilty plea to

“Dozens”

one count

MO: Aristocratic poisoner of relatives and enemies alike; also ordered many slayings by his henchmen
Bowles, Gary Ray
(1962– )

DISPOSITION: Killed in Spain after fleeing an Italian SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

prison

DATE(S): 1994 VENUE: Md./Ga./Fla. VICTIMS:

Six suspected

Bosket, Willie James, Jr.
(1962– )

MO: Robbed/murdered gay men

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

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count + life

DATE(S): 1978 VENUE: New York City VICTIMS:

terms on two more, 1996; two life terms for rob-Three

bery/burglary; five years grand theft; death sen-MO: Killed teenage boy in fight; shot men in petty rob-tence overturned on appeal; condemned again,

beries

May 1999

DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on two counts as juve-Bowlind, Ronnie Lee (?– )

nile, 1978 (released 1983); three to seven years for SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

attempted robbery, 1984; 25 years to life for arson DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: London, Ky. VICTIMS:

and assaults in prison, 1987; 25 years to life for Two

stabbing fellow inmate, 1989

MO: Shot gas station attendants in robberies

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1992

Bottaro, Angelo
(1939–88)

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

Boyd, Lucious
(1958– )

DATE(S): 1970s–80s VENUE: Siracusa, Sicily VICSEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

TIMS: 20+

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. VIC-

MO: Mafia executioner

TIMS: Four alleged

DISPOSITION: Stabbed to death in hospital, Dec. 3, MO: Mortuary employee and rape-slayer of women 1988

aged 19–25

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one murder count,

Bouchana, José Lazaro
(1958– )

June 21, 2002; also received a life term for kidnap-SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: S MOTIVE: Sex.

ping and 15 years for sexual battery in same case DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Mexico City VICTIMS: More than three

Boykin, Clover
(1975– )

MO: Subway driver who raped/murdered women at his SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-home, arrested after one victim escaped; police cific

found “at least three” bodies buried under his patio, DATE(S): 1993/95 VENUE: West Palm Beach, Fla.

plus videotapes of women being tortured

VICTIMS: Two confessed

DISPOSITION: Unknown

MO: Killed her infant children, allegedly inspired by dreams

Boucher, Maurice
(1953– ) AKA: Mom

DISPOSITION: Life term + 40 years on two counts, SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony

1996

DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: Montreal, Quebec VIC-

TIMS: 13

Boyle, Benjamin Herbert
(1943–97)

MO: Local leader of Hells Angels motorcycle gang SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

who killed and ordered slayings of criminal rivals DATE(S): 1979–85 VENUE: Calif./Tex. VICTIMS:

and other victims

Two confirmed

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MO: Trucker who beat/strangled women after rape
Breedlove, McArthur
(1947– )

DISPOSITION: Executed in Tex., Apr. 29, 1997

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

DATE(S): 1974–78 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Two

Brady, Roger Hoan
(1966– )

MO: Murders in Broward and Dale Counties

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

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1979; 25 years on second DATE(S): 1994–95 VENUE: Calif./Ore. VICTIMS:

count, 1982

Two

MO: Armed robber; killed policeman and female

Breslin, Joseph Franklin
(1943–82)