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in 1929 St. Valentine’s Day massacre

DISPOSITION: Unknown

DISPOSITION: Life term in Mich. on one count, 1931; died in prison of heart attack, July 10, 1940

Buss, Timothy
(1969– )

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

Burke, James
(1931– ) AKA: Jimmy the Gent DATE(S): 1981/95 VENUE: Kankakee County, Ill.

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

VICTIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1949–80 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS:

MO: Killed five-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy

“Numerous”

DISPOSITION: 25-year term, 1981 (paroled 1993); MO: Syndicate mobster and hit man

condemned, 1996

DISPOSITION: Life term on one count in N.Y., 1985

Butler, Eugene
(d. 1913)

Burrows, Albert Edward
(1861–1923)

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

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

DATE(S): 1900s VENUE: Niagara, N. Dak. VIC-

DATE(S): 1920/23 VENUE: Cheshire, England

TIMS: Six

VICTIMS: Four

MO: Male skeletons found buried under home

MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of wife and two children DISPOSITION: Died in asylum before crimes were dis-

(1920); molested and killed a four-year-old boy covered

(1923); bodies dumped in mine shaft

DISPOSITION: Hanged, Aug. 1923

Caifano, John Michael
(1911– ) AKA: Marshall Caifano

Burtsev, Roman
(1971– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1929–64 VENUE: Ill./Nev. VICTIMS: 10+

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MO: Syndicate enforcer and hit man

DATE(S): 1969 VENUE: Seattle, Wash. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Various federal prison terms since Two

1964

MO: Serial rapist who killed two of four known victims

Calo, Giuseppe
(1955– )

DISPOSITION: Life prison term

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

DATE(S): 1988–89 VENUE: Ariz. VICTIMS: Seven

Candle, Arrigo
(?– ) AKA: Monster of the Wedge confessed

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

MO: Killed business associates in drug deals and con-DATE(S): 1991–93 VENUE: Italy VICTIMS: “Sev-

tract hits

eral”

DISPOSITION: 10 life terms + 140 years, 1993

MO: Shot female prostitutes with .357 Magnum

DISPOSITION: Convicted; sentence unknown

Camacho, Genaro Ruiz
(1955– )

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

Cannan, John
(1953– )

DATE(S): 1987–89 VENUE: Dallas, Tex. VIC-

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

TIMS: Five

DATE(S): 1978–87 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

MO: Drug dealer whose victims included his own girl-Three suspected

friend

MO: Rape-slayer of young women

DISPOSITION: Condemned

DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one count, 1988

Campagna, Louis
(1900–55) AKA: Little New York
Cannon, Lucretia Patricia
(1783–1829)

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

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

DATE(S): c. 1917–41 VENUE: N.Y./Ill. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1802–29 VENUE: Reliance, Del. VIC-

“Numerous”

TIMS: 24 confessed

MO: Syndicate enforcer and hit man

MO: Killed husband and child prior to entering slave DISPOSITION: 10 years for extortion, 1943 (paroled trade and operating a tavern where patrons were 1946); died of heart attack, 1955

robbed and killed; slaves and servants

tortured/killed for amusement

Campanella, Vincenzo
(1973– ) AKA: Monster of DISPOSITION: Condemned, Apr. 1829; suicide by poi-Palermo

son in jail

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

specific

Canonico, Frank Anthony
(1938– )

DATE(S): 1990 VENUE: Palermo, Italy VICTIMS:

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

Two

DATE(S): 1970s–80s VENUE: Eastern USA VIC-

MO: Slayer of victims in random attacks

TIMS: 25 confessed

DISPOSITION: Confined as juvenile offender

MO: Shot “loose women” met in bars while traveling DISPOSITION: Two life terms in Fla., May 1982

Campbell, Henry Colin
(1896–1930)

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

Capone, Alphonse
(1899–1947) AKA: Scarface tance

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

DATE(S): 1928–29 VENUE: N.J. VICTIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1919–29 VENUE: N.Y./Ill. VICTIMS:

MO: “Bluebeard” bigamist, shot two wives

Five+ personal

DISPOSITION: Executed Apr. 17, 1930

MO: Prohibition mobster; ordered hundreds of murders besides those committed personally

Campbell, James
(1969– )

DISPOSITION: 11 years for tax evasion, 1932; died SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

from tertiary syphilis, Jan. 25, 1947

DATE(S): 1987–88 VENUE: Beenham, England

VICTIMS: Two

Caputo, Ricardo
(1950– )

MO: Rape-slayer of young women

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

DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one count, 1988

DATE(S): 1971–83 VENUE: USA/Mexico VIC-

TIMS: Five

Canady, James Dwight
(?– )

MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of lovers

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

DISPOSITION: 25 years to life in N.Y., 1995

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Carawan, George Washington
(d. 1852)

Carr, Thomas
(d. 1870)

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

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

DATE(S): 1840s–52 VENUE: Goose Creek, N.C.

DATE(S): 1869–70 VENUE: Ohio VICTIMS: 14

VICTIMS: Three

suspected

MO: Killed first wife, second wife’s suspected lover, MO: Lust killer of women

and a male neighbor

DISPOSITION: Hanged on one count, 1870

DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot during murder

trial, 1852

Carraher, Patrick
(d. 1946)

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

Cardinella, Salvatore
(1880–1921) AKA: The Devil ment

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

DATE(S): 1934/45 VENUE: Glasgow, Scotland

DATE(S): c. 1910–21 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

VICTIMS: Two

TIMS: 20+

MO: Killed soldiers in drunken brawls

MO: “Black Hand” extortionist and killer

DISPOSITION: three years for manslaughter (1934); DISPOSITION: Hanged on one count, 1921

hanged Apr. 4, 1946

Carpenter, David Joseph
(1930– ) AKA: Trailside
Carrington, Celeste Simone
(1961– )

Killer

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

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

DATE(S): 1991–92 VENUE: San Carlos and Palo

DATE(S): 1979–80 VENUE: San Francisco, Calif.

Alto, Calif. VICTIMS: Two

VICTIMS: 10

MO: Killed two men during burglaries

MO: Shot/stabbed hikers in local parks

DISPOSITION: Condemned on Nov. 23, 1994

DISPOSITION: Condemned

Carroll, Robert Lee
(?– )

Carpenter, Joseph
(1933– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1970/89 VENUE: Ohio/Ala. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1963/86 VENUE: France VICTIMS:Two

Two

MO: Killed wife, 1965; raped/killed woman in 1986

MO: Drug-related murder in Ohio; stabbed Ala. jail DISPOSITION: 1965 life sentence (paroled 1980); life inmate

term, 1987

DISPOSITION: Convicted in Ohio (sentence

unknown); condemned in Ala.

Carr, Hank Earl
(d. 1998)

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

Carter, Dean Phillip
(1957– )

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Four+

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

suspected

DATE(S): 1984 VENUE: Calif. VICTIMS: Five

MO: Shot three lawmen in May 1998; previously

MO: Strangled women in three cities

boasted of beating an unknown man to death

DISPOSITION: Condemned

DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot, May 19, 1998

Carter, Jonathan Erik
(1980–99)

Carr, John Dell
(1962– )

SEX: M

RACE: W

TYPE: T

MOTIVE:

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1990–91 VENUE: Shelby/Hamilton coun-

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Miami, Fla. VICTIMS:

ties, Ind. VICTIMS: Two

Five alleged

MO: Killed mother-in-law and a female acquaintance MO: Career thief who shot four victims, killing three, DISPOSITION: 80 years on one count, 1992; 60 years in a December shooting spree; posthumously named concurrent on second count, 1997

as the killer of two other victims

DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot prior to capture,
Carr, Robert Frederick, III
(1943– )

Dec. 28, 1999

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

DATE(S): 1972–76 VENUE: Fla./Conn. VICTIMS:

Carter, Frank
(1881–1926) AKA: Phantom Sniper Four

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

MO: Rapist who killed one woman and three children specific

DISPOSITION: Three life terms + 360 years in Fla., DATE(S): 1926 VENUE: Omaha, Nebr./Council

Sept. 1976

Bluffs, Iowa VICTIMS: Three

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MO: Random shootings of three men and a girl

Catlin, Steven David
(1944– )

DISPOSITION: Hanged

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

tance

Carter, Horace
(1918– )

DATE(S): 1976–84 VENUE: Calif./Nev. VICTIMS:

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

Four

specific

MO: Poisoned parents and two wives with herbicide DATE(S): 1951

VENUE: England

VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Condemned

Three

MO: Strangler of young girls; no sexual assault
Cavaness, Dr. John Dale
(1925–86)

DISPOSITION: Declared legally insane; confined to SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

asylum

DATE(S): 1977/84 VENUE: Ill./Mo. VICTIMS: Two

MO: Shot his own sons for life insurance

Carter, Robert Anthony
(1964–98)

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1985; suicide in prison, SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

Nov. 17, 1986

DATE(S): 1981 VENUE: Houston, Tex. VICTIMS:

Two

Chabakwenzi, Chamwinu
(?– )

MO: Killed robbery victims

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

DISPOSITION: Executed May 18, 1998

DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: Zambia VICTIMS: “Sev-

eral”

Casablanca, John
(1943– )

MO: Hired killer of elderly suspected “witches” in two SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC

provinces, whose employers included several chil-DATE(S): 1965/81 VENUE: New York City VIC-

dren; self-styled “savior of the young ones”

TIMS: Five

DISPOSITION: Unknown

MO: Three contract murders; two killings in personal
Chacon, Augustin
(d. 1902) AKA: The Hairy One disputes

SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sad.

DISPOSITION: Plea bargain to three counts of

DATE(S): 1895–1901 VENUE: Ariz. Territory VIC-

manslaughter, 1965 (paroled 1982); ruled insane on TIMS: Eight+

two counts, 1981

MO: Sadistic outlaw; slayer of holdup victims and lawmen

Cassandra, Simone
(?– ) AKA: Monster of Norma DISPOSITION: Hanged, Nov. 1902

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

DATE(S): 1992–95 VENUE: Norma, Italy VIC-

Chadd, Billy
(1954– )

TIMS: “Several”

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

MO: Confessed 11 rapes, with “several” victims stran-DATE(S): 1974–78 VENUE: Calif./Nev. VICTIMS:

gled

Three confessed

DISPOSITION: Pled guilty; sentence unknown

MO: Stabbed two women and one man in sexual assaults DISPOSITION: Nev. life sentence; 13 years for rape in
Cassimiro, Andre Luiz
(1965– )

Calif.

SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE:

Sex./Sad./CE

Chanal, Pierre
(1946–2003)

DATE(S): 1995–96 VENUE: Juiz de Fora, Brazil

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

VICTIMS: Five

DATE(S): 1980–88 VENUE: Marne region, France

MO: Burglar who raped/tortured/strangled women age VICTIMS: Eight

58–77

MO: Sadistic rape-slayer of young men

DISPOSITION: Confessed 1996; sentence unknown

DISPOSITION: Served seven years for torture-rape of a surviving victim, 1988–95; committed suicide by
Castro, Edward
(1950– )

slashing an artery in his left leg on eve of trial on SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

three murder counts, Oct. 14, 2003

DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Two

MO: Robbed/stabbed men met in Pinellas and Marion
Chapman, George
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county bars

DISPOSITION: Condemned 1988 + five years for rob-Chapman, Glenn Edward (1967– )

bery; life on second count, 1991

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

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DATE(S): 1992 VENUE: Hickory, N.C. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Received 15-year sentence for murder Two

in 1987; paroled 1994; executed on one count, April MO: Rape-slayer of female addicts