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

DATE(S): 1923–54 VENUE: N.C./Ala./Okla. VIC-

Duan Guocheng
(1973– ) AKA: Red Dress Killer; TIMS: 10 confessed

Psycho Killer

MO: “Black widow” slayer of four husbands, four SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

children, and two sisters; small insurance payments DATE(S): 1999–2001 VENUE: China VICTIMS: 19

received in some cases; husbands killed in quest for suspected

“romance”

DISPOSITION: Received life prison term in 1955; died MO: Mutilation-slayer of women in Hubei and Hunan in custody, 1965

Provinces; most victims wore red dresses when

attacked

Dowler, David A.
(1967– )

DISPOSITION: Sentenced to seven years detention as a SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-juvenile at age 13; served five years for robbery, mid-specific

1990s; convicted of multiple murders, Jan. 30, DATE(S): 1983–87 VENUE: Odessa, Tex. VIC-2003; sentence unknown

TIMS: Three

MO: Killed three acquaintances with cyanide/chloro-Dufour, Donald William (1956– )

form after having “premonitions” of their deaths SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sex.

DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1988

DATE(S): 1982 VENUE: Miss./Fla. VICTIMS: Five

to 12

Downing, William
(d. 1900/08)

MO: Robbed and murdered gay men in their homes SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

DISPOSITION: Condemned in Miss., 1983; con-

DATE(S): 1890s VENUE: Ariz. Territory VICTIMS: demned in Fla., 1984

30+

MO: Old West lawman/outlaw

Dugan, Brian
(1957– )

DISPOSITION: Killed resisting arrest, 1900 or 1908

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

(reports vary)

DATE(S): 1983–84 VENUE: Ill. VICTIMS: Three

confessed

Doyle, Daniel Lee
(1959– )

MO: Rape-slayer of female victims age seven to 27

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

DISPOSITION: Life term on two counts, 1985

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Dumollard, Martin
(d. 1862) AKA: Monster of DATE(S): 1939 VENUE: Park County, Wyo. VIC-Montluel

TIMS: Five

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

MO: Poacher; killed two officers in jailbreak, two more DATE(S): 1855–61 VENUE: Lyons, France VICin ambush of posse, and one bank teller in abortive TIMS: 30–40 estimated

robbery

MO: Killed/robbed young women; one victim buried DISPOSITION: Killed in shoot-out during bank rob-alive; later reports of cannibalism/vampirism unsub-bery

stantiated

DISPOSITION: Guillotined, 1862; wife Marie sen-Durkin, Martin James (1900–?)

tenced to 20 years as accomplice

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

DATE(S): 1925 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VICTIMS:

Dunbar, Jerry Lee
(1961– )

Two

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

MO: Career criminal; killed two lawmen in separate DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Fairfax/Alexandria, Va.

incidents

VICTIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: 35 years for murder + 15 years on fed-MO: Strangled women after sex; kept decomposing eral charges, 1926 (paroled 1954)

bodies in his motel rooms

DISPOSITION: Convicted on two counts, 1990

Durocher, Michael A.
(1960–93)

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

Dunkle, Jon Scott
(1961– )

specific

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

DATE(S): 1983–88 VENUE: Jacksonville, Fla. VIC-specific

TIMS: Five

DATE(S): 1981–85 VENUE: Calif. VICTIMS:

MO: Killed his lover, her two children, and two men Three

DISPOSITION: Executed Aug. 25, 1993

MO: “Thrill killer” of adolescent boys

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1990

Dyer, Albert
(d. 1938)

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

Dunlap, Timothy
(1969)

DATE(S): 1937 VENUE: Los Angeles, Calif. VIC-

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

TIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1991 VENUE: Ohio/Idaho VICTIMS: Two

MO: Pedophile slayer who prayed over bodies of his MO: Killed girlfriend with crossbow; shot bank teller in robbery

victims

DISPOSITION: Condemned in Idaho (1992) and Ohio DISPOSITION: Hanged at San Quentin, 1938

(1993)

Dyer, Amelia
(1839–96)

Dupas, Peter Norris
(1953– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1880–96 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1985–99 VENUE: Victoria, Australia

Six in 1896 alone

VICTIMS: Four suspected

MO: “Baby farmer” who killed infants of unwed

MO: Sex offender with convictions dating from 1972, mothers

who stabbed female victims

DISPOSITION: Hanged June 10, 1896

DISPOSITION: Life term on one count, Aug. 16, 2000; life term on second count, Aug. 15, 2004

Dzhumagliev, Nikolai
(?– ) AKA: Metal Fang SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/Sex.

Duquette, James
(1959– )

DATE(S): 1970s–91 VENUE: Russia VICTIMS:

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

Seven to 100 (reports vary)

DATE(S): 1987–87 VENUE: Wis./Ill. VICTIMS:

MO: Cannibal “ripper” of women; fed human flesh to Four+ suspected

friends at dinner parties

MO: Rape-slayer of teenage girls

DISPOSITION: Served time for manslaughter in 1970s; DISPOSITION: Multiple life terms in Wis. and Mass.

ruled insane 1980; escaped from asylum, 1989;

(for rape)

recaptured 1991

Durand, Earl
(1913–39)

Earp, Wyatt Berry Stapp
(1848–1929)

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

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

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DATE(S): 1878–82 VENUE: Kans./Ariz. VICTIMS:

MO: Sadistic Jamaican drug dealer; alleged to be first Seven+

dealer of “crack” cocaine in USA

MO: Old West gambler/pimp and occasional lawman; DISPOSITION: seven consecutive life terms + 15 years, killed personal enemies for various reasons, includ-1989, on 42 counts including six murders

ing revenge

DISPOSITION: Died of natural causes, Jan. 13, 1929

Edwards, Robert Mark
(1952– )

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

Eastman, Edward
(1873–1920) AKA: Monk

DATE(S): 1986/93 VENUE: Calif./Hawaii VIC-

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

TIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1890s–1920 VENUE: New York City

MO: Torture-slayer of women age 55 and 67

VICTIMS: 50+

DISPOSITION: Life term in Hawaii, 1995; condemned MO: Career criminal and street gang leader

in Calif., 1998

DISPOSITION: Murdered Dec. 26, 1920

Edwards, Vernon David, Jr.
(1938– )

Eaton, Dennis Wayne
(1957– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1954–59 VENUE: Miami, Fla. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Shenandoah County, Va.

Two

VICTIMS: Four

MO: Rape-slayer of seven-year-old girl and 55-year-old MO: Shot victims, including girlfriend and a policeman woman

DISPOSITION: Life without parole on three counts; DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1972

condemned on one count; executed June 18, 1998

Elledge, James Homer
(1943–2001)

Eberling, Richard George
(1930–98)

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

DATE(S): 1975/1998 VENUE: Seattle, Wash. VIC-

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

TIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1956–83 VENUE: Ohio/Mich. VICTIMS:

MO: While on parole from a 1975 bludgeon-murder Five suspected

conviction, Elledge attacked at least four women, MO: Female victims bludgeoned; some raped

strangling one in the church where he served as janitor DISPOSITION: Life term on one count in Ohio, 1989; DISPOSITION: Life sentence for first murder; paroled died in prison July 25, 1998

1995; executed for second killing, Aug. 28, 2001

Edel, Frederick W.
(?– )

Elledge, William Duane
(1950– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1926–27 VENUE: Conn./N.Y. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1974 VENUE: Broward/Duval Counties,

Three alleged

Fla. VICTIMS: Three

MO: Petty criminal; shot an innkeeper and a male MO: Raped/strangled woman; shot two robbery vic-acquaintance; bludgeoned/robbed a wealthy divortims

cée

DISPOSITION: Life term on one count, 1974; con-DISPOSITION: Acquitted on one count, 1926; condemned on second count, 1977; life term on third demned 1930 (commuted to life, 1931); deported to count + 50 years for sexual assault, 1977

Germany on parole; died there at age 72

Elton, Dwayne
(?– )

Edelin, Thomas
(1968– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1984 VENUE: Fort Lewis, Wash. VIC-

DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: Washington, D.C. VIC-

TIMS: Two

TIMS: 11

MO: Shot one female prostitute, strangled and slashed MO: Drug dealer who murdered and ordered slayings another, dumping their bodies near Madigan Army of various rivals

Hospital

DISPOSITION: Life prison term

DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty at court-martial to avoid execution; received a life term in military
Edwards, Delory
(1959– ) AKA: Uzi

prison

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

DATE(S): 1985–88 VENUE: N.Y./D.C./Md./Pa.

E., Nandor
(?– )

VICTIMS: Six+

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

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DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Budapest, Hungary VIC-

reports mention a fourth woman’s body recovered TIMS: Three

by police

MO: Yugoslavian soldier who deserted to Hungary in DISPOSITION: Convicted of murder in Mexico, 1987; 1991; shot store clerks

subsequently released and moved to Austin, Texas; DISPOSITION: 35-year sentence for desertion, in convicted on three counts of murder in Texas and absentia; confessed three murders in March 1998; sentenced to life imprisonment, Sept. 8, 2000

disposition unknown

Estrada, Enrique
(1941– )

Engelenhoven, Kely Van
(1963– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1976 VENUE: Los Angeles, Calif. VIC-

DATE(S): 1990–91 VENUE: Sioux Falls, S. Dak

TIMS: Two

VICTIMS: Two suspected

MO: Residential burglar; bound/bludgeoned elderly MO: Pedophile slayer of girls age nine and 11

women

DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1991

DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1978

Engelman, Dr. Glennon E.
(1927– ) AKA: Killing
Etheridge, Ellen
(1938– )

Dentist

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

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

tic

revenge

DATE(S): 1913 VENUE: Bosque County, Tex. VIC-

DATE(S): 1954–80 VENUE: St. Louis, Mo. VIC-

TIMS: Four

TIMS: Seven

MO: “Black widow” poisoner of stepchildren

MO: Seduced female patients, then murdered their hus-DISPOSITION: Life sentence after guilty plea

bands for insurance; killed female plaintiff in a civil lawsuit filed against him with car bomb

Evans, David
(1957– )

DISPOSITION: Five life terms + 60 years

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

DATE(S): 1977–88 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

Entratta, Charles
(d. 1931)

Two suspected

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

MO: Rape-slayer of teenage girls

DATE(S): 1920s–31 VENUE: New York City VIC-

DISPOSITION: 30 years on plea bargain to

TIMS: Five+

manslaughter, 1989

MO: Contract killer for JOHN DIAMOND in various gang wars

Evans, Donald Leroy
(1957–99)

DISPOSITION: Murdered by rival gangsters, 1931

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

DATE(S): 1975–91 VENUE: USA VICTIMS: 60+

Erskine, Scott
(1963– )

confessed

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

MO: Rape-slayer of females, age 10 and up

DATE(S): 1989–93 VENUE: Fla./Calif. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Condemned in Miss. on one count,

Three confessed

1993; murdered in prison, Jan. 5, 1999

MO: Torture-slayer of two San Diego boys aged nine and 13; confessed the murder of a woman at Palm
Evans, Gary
(1955–98)

Beach, Florida, while imprisoned for those crimes SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

DISPOSITION: Serving a 70-year term for rape in Cal-DATE(S): 1985–97 VENUE: N.Y. VICTIMS: Five

ifornia when DNA linked him to child murders;

MO: Jewel thief; killed three accomplices and two rob-condemned on two counts, June 2, 2002; confessed bery victims

Florida slaying, August 2002

DISPOSITION: Died in leap from police van, attempting escape en route to trial, Aug. 14, 1998

Escamilla Gonzalez, Martin
(?– )

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

Evonitz, Richard Marc
(1963–2002)

DATE(S): 1987–98 VENUE: Mexico/Tex. VIC-

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

TIMS: More than four

DATE(S): 1996–97 VENUE: Md./Va. VICTIMS:

MO: Mexican national, convicted of murder in his Four confirmed