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Authors: Michael Newton
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homeland; later killed his wife and two girlfriends in MO: Rape slayer of a 25-year-old woman in Baltimore Texas, dumping remains near his home; some
and three girls aged 12–16 at Spotsylvania, Va.; also
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raped a 15-year-old girl in Columbia, South Carolina; DISPOSITION: 99-year term on one count in Ark., other rapes and murders suspected in several states 1991; condemned on one count in Ohio, 1992;
DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot following police charges filed on four counts in N.J. and Ore.
pursuit in Sarasota, Florida, on June 27, 2002; DNA and other evidence closed four murder cases
Fayne, Lorenzo
(1971– )
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
Ewen, Gunter Hermann
(1962–1999)
DATE(S): 1989–93 VENUE: East St. Louis, Ill.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-
VICTIMS: Five
specific
MO: Rape slayer of a six-year-old boy and four girls DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Germany/France VIC-aged 9–17; victims beaten, strangled, and stabbed, TIMS: Five
with evidence of necrophilia
MO: Shot five victims in Dillingen, Germany, and three DISPOSITION: Received life prison term for boy’s in Sierck-les-Bains, France, killing 5; police blamed murder; condemned for killings of four girls, Nov.
the rampage on attempts to kill a prosecution wit-15, 2001
ness in a theft case
DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot as police stormed
Feldman, Douglas Alan
(1958– )
his hotel room in Luxembourg on May 16, 1999
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Dallas, Tex. VICTIMS:
Ezerski, Adam Joseph
(1982– )
Two
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE
MO: Motorcyclist who shot three truck drivers, killing DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. VIC-two, in “road rage” incidents
TIMS: Two alleged
DISPOSITION: Condemned, Sept. 1, 1999
MO: Drifter linked to assaults on gay men, including
Feltner, Jeffrey Lynn
(1962–93)
two victims murdered in Florida and another who SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-“mercy”
survived in San Francisco
DATE(S): 1988–89 VENUE: Melrose, Fla. VIC-
DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty in one case, receiving 25
TIMS: Eight confessed
years for second-degree murder and 15 years for MO: Hospital nurse who smothered patients
robbery
DISPOSITION: Pled guilty on two counts, receiving life term + 17 years, 1991; died of AIDS in prison,
Fain, Roger Eugene
(1954– )
Mar. 17, 1993
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1994 VENUE: Austin, Tex. VICTIMS:
Ferguson, Darrell Wayne
(1978– ) AKA: Gator Two
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-cult
MO: Rape-slayer of women
DATE(S): 2000–01 VENUE: East Dayton, Ohio
DISPOSITION: Life term on one count, 1995
VICTIMS: 11
MO: Satanist who robbed and murdered three victims
Faludi, Timea
(1977– ) AKA: Black Angel aged 61–69; in custody, confessed eight more slayings SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-“mercy”
DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on three counts; con-DATE(S): 2000–01 VENUE: Budapest, Hungary
demned Sept. 12, 2003
VICTIMS: 30–35 confessed
MO: Nurse who admitted killing patients at Gyula
Ferguson, John Errol
(1948– )
Nyiro Hospital; charged with eight murders but SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC
boasted of 30–35 at trial
DATE(S): 1977 VENUE: Dade County, Fla. VIC-
DISPOSITION: Despite murder confession in court, TIMS: Eight
received a nine-year sentence on reduced charges of MO: Massacred six victims (with two accomplices) in attempted murder, Dec. 1, 2002; also banned from home invasion; kidnapped/killed two teenagers
nursing for life
DISPOSITION: Condemned on eight counts, 1978
ACCOMPLICES: Marvin Francois executed May 29,
Fautenberry, John Joseph
(1965– )
1995; Beauford J. White executed Aug. 28, 1987
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
DATE(S): 1982–91 VENUE: USA nationwide VIC-
Ferrell, Jack Dempsey
(1940– )
TIMS: Six+
SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-argu-
MO: Cross-country trucker; killed robbery victims ment
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DATE(S): 1981/92 VENUE: Orange County, Fla.
DATE(S): 1970s–1985 VENUE: Australia VIC-
VICTIMS: Two
TIMS: “Numerous”
MO: Shot women during arguments
MO: Freelance gangland contract killer active in Mel-DISPOSITION: 15 years to life, 1982 (paroled 1987); bourne and Sydney
condemned, 1993
DISPOSITION: Vanished on May 9, 1985; presumed murder victim
Field, Frederick Herbert Charles
(1905–36) SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-Flegenheimer, Arthur (1902–35) AKA: Dutch Schultz specific
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC
DATE(S): 1931/36 VENUE: London, England VIC-
DATE(S): 1921–35 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS:
TIMS: Two
“Numerous”
MO: Strangled women in their homes “because I
MO: Psychopathic racketeer; often killed in a rage; wanted to murder someone”
ordered more homicides during gang wars and
DISPOSITION: Hanged May 11, 1936
extortion campaigns
DISPOSITION: Murdered by rival mobsters, Oct. 29,
Figueroa, Danny
(1960– )
1935
SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
specific
Fletcher, John Bill, Jr.
(?– )
DATE(S): 1986 VENUE: Riveriside County, Calif.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
VICTIMS: Four
DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: Yakima, Wash. VICTIMS:
MO: Retarded “thrill killer” of victims shot in random Two
snipings
MO: Serial rapist who fatally stabbed at least two vic-DISPOSITION: 66 years to life, 1987
tims
DISPOSITION: Serving a 46-year term for a rape in
Fisher, John King
(1854–84)
1986, when he confessed two slayings from 1987; SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC
received a new life prison term
DATE(S): 1871–84 VENUE: Tex. VICTIMS: Four+
MO: Outlaw-turned-lawman on Tex-Mex border
Flowers, John
(1970– )
DISPOSITION: Killed in saloon ambush, March 1884
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
specific
Fitzsimmons, George Kearon Joseph
(1937– ) AKA: DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Las Vegas, Nev. VIC-Buffalo Ripper; Karate Chop Killer
TIMS: Two
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-
MO: Kidnap-slayer of women picked at random
specific
DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty but mentally ill on one DATE(S): 1969/73 VENUE: N.Y./Pa. VICTIMS:
count, receiving a life prison term on May 17, 2003; Four
police “misplaced” second victim’s body, resulting in MO: Killed parents (1969) and elderly caretakers dismissal of that case
(1973)
DISPOSITION: Ruled insane, 1969; released from asy-Floyd, Cecil Henry (?– )
lum 1973; two concurrent life terms, 1976
SEX: M RACE: ? TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
DATE(S): 1973–74 VENUE: Kans./Nev./Ind./Fla.
Flanagan, Sean
(1961–89)
VICTIMS: Six
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
MO: Shot robbery victims
specific
DISPOSITION: Life terms in Ind. and Nev. (one count DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: Las Vegas, Nev. VIC-each); pled guilty on third count in Kans.
TIMS: Two
MO: Gay hustler; killed other gay men to “help soci-Floyd, Charles (?– )
ety”
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DISPOSITION: Executed June 23, 1989
DATE(S): 1942–48 VENUE: Tulsa, Okla. VIC-
TIMS: Five to six
Flannery, Christopher
(d. 1985) AKA: Mr. Rent-a-MO: Voyeur rape-slayer of redhaired females attacked Kill
in homes; authorities counted death of a nine-month SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE-felony
pregnant victim as a double murder
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DISPOSITION: Declared insane; committed to asylum, MO:Abortionist and murderer; three corpses and 1949
“dozens” of bones found in her home
DISPOSITION: five years for manslaughter, 1875
Floyd, Charles Arthur
(1904–34) AKA: Pretty Boy SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/PC
Fotopolous, Konstantino X.
(1959– )
DATE(S): 1926–34 VENUE: Okla./Mo./Ohio VIC-
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
TIMS: Seven+
DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Volusia County, Fla. VIC-
MO: Career criminal; shot lawmen to avoid arrest; TIMS: Two
allegedly killed at least three men from personal MO: Greek national; killed burglary victims
spite
DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts + life terms DISPOSITION: Killed by FBI agents in Ohio, Oct. 22, on five related felonies
1934
Fox, Richard E.
(1956– )
Floyd, John
(1949– ) AKA: Crazy Johnny
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/Sex.
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
DATE(S): 1983/89 VENUE: Bowling Green, Ohio
DATE(S): 1980 VENUE: New Orleans, La. VIC-
VICTIMS: Two suspected
TIMS: Two
MO: Wife smothered: teenage girl kidnapped/murdered MO: Violent alcoholic/addict; stabbed men in fits of DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1990
rage
DISPOSITION: Life term with 40-year minimum on
Frampton, Morris John
(?– )
one count, 1982
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: 2 MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
DATE(S): 1977 VENUE: Seattle, Wash. VICTIMS:
Folbigg, Kathleen
(1967– )
Two alleged
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-
MO: Beat female prostitutes
cific
DISPOSITION: Condemned on one murder count,
DATE(S): 1989–99 VENUE: Newcastle, Australia
with prison time for two nonlethal assaults; death VICTIMS: Four
sentence commuted on appeal, 1981
MO: Mother who suffocated her young children at her home
Francois, Kendall
(1971– )
DISPOSITION: Convicted on three murder counts and SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
one count manslaughter; received a 40-year prison DATE(S): 1996–98 VENUE: Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
term with 30 years minimum, Oct. 24, 2003
VICTIMS: Eight
Fornuto, Debbie
(d. 2002)
MO: HIV-positive slayer who murdered drug-addicted SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
female prostitutes and hid their bodies at the home DATE(S): 1972–87 VENUE: Cook County, Ill. VIC-he shared with his parents and sister
TIMS: Seven suspected
DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on 17 felony counts, MO: Accused of killing her ex-husband and six of her June 21, 2000; received eight consecutive terms of children, the latter deaths staged as SIDS
25 years to life, plus 18 months for assault on a sur-DISPOSITION: Died in a car crash on July 11, 2002, viving victim, Aug. 9, 2000
in Las Vegas, Nev.
Franqui, Leonardo
(1970– )
Forrest, Warren
(?– )
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1991–92 VENUE: Dade Company, Fla.
DATE(S): 1972–75 VENUE: Vancouver, Wash.
VICTIMS: Two
VICTIMS: Seven suspected
MO: Italian national; killed robbery victims
MO: Rape-slayer of women
DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1993; con-DISPOSITION: Found guilty but mentally ill on one demned on second count with three life terms + 80
count; confined to mental institution
years on lesser charges, 1994
Fortmeyer, Julia
(?–?)
Fraser, Leonard John
(1952– )
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1870s VENUE: St. Louis, Mo. VICTIMS:
DATE(S): 2000 VENUE: Rockhampton, Australia
Four+
VICTIMS: Five
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MO: Rape-slayer of three women and a nine-year-old
French, James
(d. 1966)
girl
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-
DISPOSITION: Served 19 years on two convictions for specific
rape and attempted rape; received indefinite term for DATE(S): 1958 VENUE: Stroud, Okla. VICTIMS:
murder of nine-year-old girl; life term with 30-year Two
minimum imposed for three murders of women,
MO: Violent drifter who killed a motorist he met while June 12, 2000; life term for a fourth woman’s mur-hitchhiking; later killed cellmate while awaiting trial der, Sept. 7, 2000
for first slaying
DISPOSITION: Executed on Aug. 10, 1966
Frasson, Renato
(?– ) AKA: Caretaker of Vincenza SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
Frost, Samuel
(d. 1793)
DATE(S): 1991–92 VENUE: Vincenza, Italy VIC-
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-
TIMS: Two
specific
MO: “Ripper” of women; victims sexually mutilated DATE(S): 1783/93 VENUE: Princeton, Mass. VIC-DISPOSITION: Convicted; sentence unknown
TIMS: Two
MO: Drove stake through father’s head; killed landlord
Fratianno, Aladena
(1913– ) AKA: Jimmy the with hoe
Weasel
DISPOSITION: Hanged, Oct. 1793
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE
DATE(S): 1930s–50s VENUE: Ohio/Calif./Nev.
F., Timea
(1977– ) AKA: Black Angel
VICTIMS: 11+ suspected
SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC