The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (112 page)

22, 2003

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1994

Chermukhin, Konstantin
(?– ) AKA: The Barbarian
Charleston, Shavonda
(1979– )

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

SEX: F RACE: B TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-

DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: Rostov-on-Don, Russia

cific

VICTIMS: Four confessed

DATE(S): 1999–2000 VENUE: Louisville, Ky. VIC-

MO: Killed three young children and one child’s TIMS: Four

mother

MO: Mother who murdered her own children, aged DISPOSITION: Unknown

two weeks, 17 months, two years, and five years, staging the deaths as SIDS

Chiatti, Luigi
(?– ) AKA: Monster of Foligno DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on four counts and SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

received a life term without parole, June 19, 2001

DATE(S): 1992–93 VENUE: Foligno, Italy VIC-

TIMS: Two

Chase, Richard Trenton
(1950– ) AKA: Sacramento MO: Pedophile slayer of children

Vampire

DISPOSITION: Life sentence

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

specific

Chilala, Bernard Gilbert
(?– )

DATE(S): 1977–78 VENUE: Sacramento, Calif.

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

VICTIMS: Six

cific

MO: Killed random victims to drink their blood DATE(S): 1989–99 VENUE: Lusaka, Zambia VIC-DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1979; prison suicide,

TIMS: 30–70

Dec. 26, 1980

MO: Ex-soldier who killed random victims with axes and hoes

Chavez, Francisco de
(d. 1541)

DISPOSITION: Condemned on four counts, Dec. 1, SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-2000

extremist

DATE(S): 1532–33 VENUE: Peru VICTIMS: 600+

Choate, Pearl
(1907– )

MO: Spanish conquistador and associate of Hernando SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE-inheri-Pizarro; killed at least 600 young Inca children, with tance

an uncertain number of adults

DATE(S): 1930s–65 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Killed by a mob in Spain, 1541

Seven suspected

MO: “Black widow” slayer of elderly millionaire hus-Chavez, Juan (1964– )

bands

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

DISPOSITION: Served 12 years on one murder count DATE(S): 1986–89 VENUE: Los Angeles, Calif.

VICTIMS: Five

Christenson, William Dean
(1945– )

MO: Killed gay men aged 46–57 in “effort to stop the SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./PC-spread of AIDS”

argument

DISPOSITION: Confessed murders while imprisoned DATE(S): 1981–82 VENUE: Canada/Eastern U.S.

for a 1996 kidnapping; received five consecutive life VICTIMS: Five to 30

terms without parole, June 21, 1999

MO: At least four women stabbed/dismembered; one man shot

Chavez, Juan Rodriguez
(1968–2003) AKA: Thrill DISPOSITION: Life + 20 years for two Pa. murders Killer

SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE-

Christian, James Edward
(1944– ) AKA: Black Satin felony

Killer

DATE(S): 1985/1995 VENUE: Dallas, Tex. VIC-

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

TIMS: 11 confessed

DATE(S): 1970 VENUE: Canada/eastern U.S. VIC-

MO: Shot male victim in 1985; shot others during a TIMS: Three

three-month crime spree, during robberies and for MO: Mutilation-slayer of young women

the “thrill of killing”

DISPOSITION: Plea bargain for two life terms

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Christiansen, Thor Nis
(1945– )

Clark, Hadden
(1952– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1976–77 VENUE: Santa Barbara, Calif.

specific

VICTIMS: Four

DATE(S): 1980s–1990s VENUE:

MO: Execution-style shootings of young women

Md./Mass./Conn./R.I./Vt. VICTIMS: 11 confessed DISPOSITION: Life term, 1980; murdered in prison MO: Discharged from U.S. Navy as a paranoid schizo-Mar. 30, 1981

phrenic, 1984; killed women and girls and cannibalized them in an effort to “become” his victims
Christofi, Styllou
(1900–54)

DISPOSITION: Serving 70 years in Maryland for mur-SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-conflict

ders of a 23-year-old woman (1992) and a six-year-DATE(S): 1925/53 VENUE: Cyprus/England VIC-

old girl (1996); confessed other slayings in four New TIMS: Two

England states but failed to locate graves

MO: Killed mother and daughter-in-law

DISPOSITION: Hanged in England

Clark, Dr. Roland E.
(d. 1972)

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

Christopher, Joseph G.
(1955– )

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

specific

extremist

DATE(S): 1954–67 VENUE: Detroit, Mich. VIC-

DATE(S): 1980 VENUE: N.Y. VICTIMS: 13 admit-

TIMS: Five

ted

MO: Physician linked to deaths of three patients and MO: Racist who shot/stabbed black and Hispanic men two employees

DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1985

DISPOSITION: Three to 15 years for manslaughter; died in prison, 1972

Chung Doo-Young
(1967– )

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

Clark, Ronald Wayne, Jr.
(1968– )

DATE(S): 1985–2000 VENUE: Pusan, South Korea

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

VICTIMS: Ten

DATE(S): 1989–90 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Two

MO: Killed a security guard in 1985; killed nine more MO: Holdup-murders in Nassau and Duval counties victims in 13 robberies between June 1999 and April DISPOSITION: Life terms for murder and robbery, 2000

1990; condemned on second count, 1991

DISPOSITION: Served 12 years (1985–97) for first murder; paroled from a theft conviction, March
Clements, Archie
(1843–66)

1999; confessed nine murders, April 2000; final disSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/PC

position unknown

DATE(S): 1861–66 VENUE: Kans./Mo. VICTIMS:

“Numerous”

Cianculli, Leonarda
(d. 1970) AKA: Witch of Corregio MO: Notorious member of “QUANTRILL’S RAIDERS”

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

DISPOSITION: Killed by Union troops, Dec. 13, 1866

cific

DATE(S): 1939–40 VENUE: Corregio, Italy VIC-

Clements, Dr. Robert George
(1890–1947) TIMS: Three

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

MO: Killed female acquaintances, cooking their bodies tance

to produce “magic” potions and candles to defeat a DATE(S): 1920-47 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

“family curse”

DISPOSITION: Committed to asylum for 30 years, Four

1946; died of stroke in custody, Oct. 15, 1970

MO: Medical “Bluebeard,” killed wives with morphine injections

Clarey, Richard N., Jr.
(1961– )

DISPOSITION: Suicide to avoid arrest

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

specific

Clepper, Gregory
(1967– )

DATE(S): 1970s–84 VENUE: Germany/Mich. VIC-

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

TIMS: Three confirmed

DATE(S): 1995–96 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

MO: Confessed random murders of “more than 100, TIMS: 40 confessed

less than 150”

MO: Rape-strangler of female prostitutes who insisted DISPOSITION: Two Mich. terms of life without parole that he pay for sex

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DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on one count and

DATE(S): 1975–86 VENUE: Md./N.C./Va. VIC-

received an 80-year prison term, March 20, 2001; TIMS: Five+ suspected

12 other counts dismissed in plea bargain

MO: Pedophile slayer of children aged 8–12

DISPOSITION: 50 years for molestation in North Car-Click, Franklin (1919–50)

olina, 1986; condemned on one count, 1987 (comSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE:

muted to life on appeal, 1995)

Sex./Sad./PC-extremist

DATE(S): 1944 VENUE: Fort Wayne, Ind. VIC-

Cohen, Charles Mark
(1954– )

TIMS: Three

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

MO: Rape-slayer of women age 17–38

DATE(S): 1988–89 VENUE: Del./Calif. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Executed, Dec. 1950

Three

MO: Stabbed/bludgeoned parents; stabbed/robbed gay
Cline, Alfred L.
(1888–1948)

man

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

DISPOSITION: Life term for killing parents in Del., tance

1992

DATE(S): 1930–45 VENUE: Western U.S. VIC-

TIMS: Nine

Coit, Jill
(c. 1943– )

MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of eight wives and one male SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

friend

DATE(S): 1969–76 VENUE: Tex./Colo. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: 126-year sentence in Calif.; died in Two

prison, Aug. 1948

MO: “Black widow” slayer of husbands for profit DISPOSITION: Life without parole + 48 years on one
Cloutier, Robert
(1964– )

count in Colo., 1996

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

DATE(S): 1990 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VICTIMS: Two
Coleman, Charles Troy
(1947–90)

MO: Rape-slayer of women

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

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1991; life +

DATE(S): 1976–79 VENUE: Calif./Okla. VICTIMS:

146 years on second count, 1991

Four

MO: Bludgeoned an acquaintance; shot three robbery
Cobb, Hoyt Budd
(1931– )

victims

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

DISPOSITION: Executed in Okla., Sept. 10, 1990

DATE(S): 1960s VENUE: Ga./Fla. VICTIMS: Two

MO: Bludgeoned two victims in robberies

Coll, Vincent
(1909–32) AKA: “Mad Mick”; Mad DISPOSITION: Concurrent life terms in Ga. and Fla.

Dog

(paroled 1989)

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

DATE(S): 1920s–32 VENUE: New York City VIC-

Coddington, Herbert James
(1959– )

TIMS: Seven+

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

MO: Psychopathic racketeer involved in Prohibition DATE(S): 1981–87 VENUE: Nev/Calif. VICTIMS:

gang wars

Three

DISPOSITION: Murdered by rival gangster, Feb. 9, MO: Rape-slayer of female victims

1932

DISPOSITION: Condemned in Calif., 1987

Collins, Darnell
(d. 1995)

Code, Nathaniel Robert, Jr.
(1956– )

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

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE:

DATE(S): 1995 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS: Five

Sex./Sad./PC-domestic

MO: Shot victims during two-state crime spree

DATE(S): 1984–86 VENUE: Shreveport, La. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Killed while resisting arrest, June 21, TIMS: 13

1995

MO: Bisexual home invader, killed six men, three women, and four children

Collins, John Norman
(1947– ) AKA: Ypsilanti Rip-DISPOSITION: Condemned

per

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

Coffey, Fred Howard, Jr.
(1945– )

DATE(S): 1967–69 VENUE: Mich./Calif. VIC-

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

TIMS: Eight

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MO: Mutilation-slayer of young women

Conz, Gianni
(?– ) AKA: Strangler of the Hills DISPOSITION: Mich. life sentence on one murder SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

count

DATE(S): 1975 VENUE: Veronisi Hills, Italy VICTIMS: Three

Colwell, Lawrence
(1969– )

MO: Lust killer of women

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE:

DISPOSITION: Died of natural causes, 1980

Sex./Sad./CE

DATE(S): 1994 VENUE: Nev./Calif. VICTIMS:

Cook, William
(1929–52)

Three

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

MO: Beat/strangled one woman and two men “for

specific

fun”; one victim robbed

DATE(S): 1950–51 VENUE: Mo./Calif. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Condemned in Nev.

Six

MO: Shot two men one woman and three children kid-Comer, Chester (d. 1935)

napped while traveling

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

DISPOSITION: Executed in Calif., Dec. 12, 1952

specific

DATE(S): 1934–35 VENUE: Kans./Okla. VIC-

Cooke, Eric Edgar
(1929–64)

TIMS: Five

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

MO: Shot wife, ex-wife, three male strangers in unex-specific

plained rampage

DATE(S): 1959–61 VENUE: Perth, Australia VIC-

DISPOSITION: Died Nov. 27, 1935, after shoot-out TIMS: Six

with police

MO: Stabbed/shot two men and three women in random attacks

Commander, Charles J., IV
(1968– )

DISPOSITION: Hanged Oct. 24, 1964

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

specific

Cooke Sidney
(1928– )

DATE(S): 1989–90 VENUE: Fla./N.J. VICTIMS:

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

Two suspected

DATE(S): 1970s–80s VENUE: England VICTIMS:

MO: Shot/dismembered women, one of them his room-

“Several” suspected

mate

MO: Fairgrounds worker and pedophile child-slayer DISPOSITION: 22 years on one count, second degree +

DISPOSITION: 16 years on one count, 1988 (paroled five years for possession of concealed firearm in Fla.

1998)

Conahan, Daniel Owen, Jr.
(1954– ) AKA: Hog Trail Killer