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MO: Paroled pedophile and child killer; murdered DISPOSITION: Received three life prison terms, Feb.

prostitutes after sex and sold their flesh in his 28, 1996

butcher shop

DISPOSITION: Jailhouse suicide by hanging

Grills, Caroline
(1885–?) AKA: Aunt Thally SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE

Groves, Vincent Darrell
(1953– )

DATE(S): 1947–48 VENUE: Sydney, Australia VIC-

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

TIMS: Four

DATE(S): 1973–81/88 VENUE: Denver, Colo. VIC-

MO: “Black widow” poisoner of relatives (with thal-TIMS: 14 suspected

lium)

MO: Rape-slayer of street prostitutes

DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1949

DISPOSITION: 12 years on one count, 1982 (paroled 1987); life term, 1989; 20 years on plea to third
Grimson, Allan
(1958– )

count, 1990; died in prison, Oct. 31, 1996

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

DATE(S): 1980s VENUE: England and at sea VIC-

Guatney, William
(1922– ) AKA: Freight Train TIMS: More than three

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

MO: Royal Navy seaman who killed shipmates and a specific

bartender

DISPOSITION: Once investigated in the disappear-DATE(S): 1975–79 VENUE: Nebr./Kans./Ill. VIC-

ances of 20 sailors worldwide, Grimson confessed TIMS: Five suspected

the murders of one shipmate and a British bartender MO: Transient linked to murder to boys age nine to 13

in 2001, receiving a life prison term; prime suspect DISPOSITION: Ruled incompetent for trial, 1980; in the disappearance of another shipmate at Gibral-murder confessions suppressed; committed to mentar, 1986

tal institution

Grinder, James B.
(1945– )

Guerrero, Francisco
(?–?) AKA: Slitter of Women’s SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

Throats

DATE(S): 1976–84 VENUE: Ark./Mo. VICTIMS:

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

Four

DATE(S): 1880s VENUE: Mexico VICTIMS: “Sev-

MO: Rape-slayer of females in their teens and twenties eral”

DISPOSITION: Life sentence after guilty plea to one MO: Mutilation-slayer of women

count in Missouri, June 1999; admits sexual contact DISPOSITION: Executed, date unknown

with two Arkansas victims

Gufler, Max
(1910– )

Grissom, Richard
(1960– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1946–58 VENUE: Austria VICTIMS: 18

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Kansas City, Mo. VIC-

suspected

TIMS: Three

MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of wives/fiancées

MO: Rape-slayer of young women abducted from homes DISPOSITION: Confessed four murders; life sentence, DISPOSITION: three consecutive life terms

May 1961

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Guimaraes, Edson Isadora
(1957– ) AKA: Angel of DATE(S): 1916–21 VENUE: Okla./Ariz. VICTIMS:

Death

Three

SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-“mercy”

MO: Killed a sheriff (Okla.) and married couple DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Ariz.); several rapes

VICTIMS: 150 suspected

DISPOSITION: 99 years (Okla.), 1916; escaped 1921; MO: Male nurse accused of killing patients in ICU at hanged Apr. 13, 1923

Salgado Filho Hospital by turning off their oxygen supplies; 131 died in his care between Jan. 1 and
Hahn, Anna Marie
(1906–38)

May 4, 1999, with unspecified others during 1998

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

DISPOSITION: Unknown

tance

DATE(S): 1932–37 VENUE: Ohio/Colo. VICTIMS:

Gunning, James D.
(1971– )

Five

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

MO: Self-styled nurse and “black widow” poisoner of DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: Eastern United States

elderly men

VICTIMS: 10 suspected

DISPOSITION: Executed in Ohio June 20, 1938

MO: Jailed for attempted murder of three New Jersey women, suspected of raping and strangling 10

Haigh, Paul Steven
(1957– )

women in three states

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

DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on one murder count DATE(S): 1977–78 VENUE: Victoria, Australia

and received a 17-year sentence with 14 years mini-VICTIMS: Seven

mum, March 28, 2003

MO: Slayer of young women; stabbed one victim 157

times; attended funerals of four victims as a

Gurino, Vito
(1907–?) AKA: Socko; Chicken Head mourner

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

DISPOSITION: Seven consecutive life terms

DATE(S): 1931–40 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS:

Eight+

Halabi, Mohammed
(1957– ) AKA: Tel Aviv Stran-MO:Contract killer for “MURDER, INC.”

gler

DISPOSITION: 80 years to life on three counts, 1940; SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-extremist

died in prison

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Tel Aviv/Jaffa, Israel VICTIMS: Seven

Gurule, Raymond Anthony
(1958)

MO: Palestinian strangler of four Jews and three Israeli SEX: M RACE: NA TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

Arabs

DATE(S): 1982/84 VENUE: Redwood City, Calif.

DISPOSITION: Confessed all counts; sentence

VICTIMS: Two

unknown

MO: Killed 15-year-old boy and 81-year-old woman DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1990

Hall, Archibald Thompson
(1924– ) AKA: Monster Butler

Guy, Martin G.
(1962– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1978 VENUE: Scotland/England VIC-

DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Norfolk County, Mass.

TIMS: Five

VICTIMS: Three suspected

MO: Robbed/murdered employers and a criminal

MO: Prime suspect in stabbings of women aged 25–82

accomplice

DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one murder count DISPOSITION: Two life terms, 1978

Guzman, James
(1964– )

Hall, Dewain
(1964–90)

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

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

DATE(S): 1982/91 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Oakland, Calif. VICTIMS:

MO: Killed robbery/kidnap victims in Dade and Volu-Two

sia counties

MO: Shot female prostitutes

DISPOSITION: 30 years on one count, 1982 (paroled DISPOSITION: Jailhouse suicide by drowning, Nov.

1991); condemned + life term for armed robbery, 1996

23, 1990

Hadley, Paul
(d. 1923) AKA: The Claw

Hall, James Waybern
(1906–46) AKA: Big Jim SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sex.

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

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DATE(S): 1944–45 VENUE: Ark. VICTIMS: Four

Harding, Donald Eugene
(1949–92)

MO: Murdered his wife, followed by three men in SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

apparent robberies

DATE(S): 1882 VENUE: Ark./Tex./Calif./Ariz. VIC-DISPOSITION: Executed Jan. 4, 1946

TIMS: Seven

MO: Robbed/murdered victims in cross-country ram-Hanaei, Saeed (1963–2002)

page

SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-extrem-

DISPOSITION: Condemned on three counts in Ariz.; ist

executed Apr. 6, 1992

DATE(S): 2000–02 VENUE: Mashhad, Iran VIC-

TIMS: 16–19

Hardy, Anthony John
(1949– ) AKA: Camden Rip-MO: Strangled female prostitutes aged 25–50, with per

their own headscarves; killed “for the sake of God”

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

to “purify” Muslim society

specific

DISPOSITION: Hanged on 16 counts, April 17, 2002

DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: London, England VIC-

TIMS: Three

Hand, Gerald
(1949– )

MO: Mental patient who killed a female prostitute in SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony

his apartment, then beheaded two more women in DATE(S): 1976–2002 VENUE: Ohio VICTIMS:

separate attacks; heads still missing

Four

DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on three murder counts; MO: Murdered three wives for insurance money; also received three life prison terms, Nov. 25, 2003

shot his alleged accomplice in the first two slayings DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts, June 4,

Harper, Robert
(?– )

2003, for killing his third wife and a male acquain-SEX: M RACE: ? TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC

tance in 2002

DATE(S): 1931 VENUE: Mich. VICTIMS: Five

MO: Escaped convict (murder); killed two victims
Hankins, Terry Lee
(1975– )

while at large; murdered warden and deputy warden SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

after recapture

DATE(S): 2000 VENUE: Arlington, Tex. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Condemned

Five confessed

MO: Shot his wife and two stepchildren; in custody,
Harrington, Paul L.
(1946– )

confessed the earlier bludgeon murders of his father SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-and half-sister

specific

DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts of killing DATE(S): 1975/1999 VENUE: Detroit, Mich. VIChis stepchildren, May 2002

TIMS: Five

MO: Shot his wife and two daughters, 1975; shot sec-Hanson, William P. (1949– ) AKA: Paper Bag Killer ond wife and his three-month-old son, 1999

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

DISPOSITION: Acquitted on grounds on insanity in revenge

first case, 1977; released from asylum after two DATE(S): 1973 VENUE: San Francisco, Calif. VIC-months’ treatment; received life term without parole TIMS: Two

in second case, Nov. 2, 2000

MO: Shots/stabbed middle-aged men resembling his sister’s rapist

Harris, Dewayne Lee
(1971– ) AKA: Khalil Iman DISPOSITION: Declared insane, 1974; confined to Muhammad

state hospital

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

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Seattle, Wash. VIC-

Hardin, John Wesley
(1853–95)

TIMS: Three

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

MO: Strangler of female prostitutes who were bound, DATE(S): 1868–78 VENUE: Tex./Kans. VICTIMS:

gagged with their own underwear, and dumped in 40+

vacant lots

MO: Racist gunfighter; killed blacks, Mexicans, Indi-DISPOSITION: Life prison term on one count

ans, Union soldiers, and personal enemies

DISPOSITION: 25 years for murder, 1878 (paroled
Harris, Ralph
(1972– )

1894); murdered by JOHN SELMAN, Aug. 19, 1895

SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/Sex.

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DATE(S): 1992–95 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

Hawkins, Thomas W., Jr.
(1964– )

TIMS: Six

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

MO: Drug addict who robbed and killed elderly men, cific

raped women

DATE(S): 1980/89 VENUE: Berks County, Pa. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, March 24, TIMS: Three suspected

1999; also received 75 years in prison for attempted MO: Rape-slayer of girlfriend (1980) and other women murder and robbery of a second victim

(1989)

DISPOSITION: Six to 15 years as juvenile, 1980; con-Harris, Richard Eugene (?– )

demned, 1990

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

DATE(S): 1970s–80s VENUE: Tulsa, Okla. VIC-

Hayes, Daryl
(1960– )

TIMS: Three suspected

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

MO: Gay slayer of men; victims shot/stabbed

DATE(S): 1975–76 VENUE: Bergen County, N.J.

DISPOSITION: Served five years for manslaughter on VICTIMS: Two

first killing; 10 years to life for slaying committed MO: Rape-slayer of women age 36 and 62 in their two years after parole

homes

DISPOSITION: Life on one murder count plus 37

Harris, Robert Alton
(1953– )

years for rape, 1978

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

DATE(S): 1975/78 VENUE: San Diego County, Calif.

Haynes, Jonathan Preston
(1953– )

VICTIMS: Three

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

MO: Killed brother’s teenage roommate; robbed/shot extremist

DATE(S): 1987–93 VENUE: Calif./Ill. VICTIMS:

two teens

Two

DISPOSITION: Five years for manslaughter, 1973

MO: Shot beautician and surgeon for “helping blacks (paroled 1978); executed on two counts, Apr. 21, look white”

1992

DISPOSITION: Condemned in Ill., 1994

Harrison, Lester
(1933– )

Heath, Neville George Clevely
(1917–46) SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

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

DATE(S): 1951/1970–73 VENUE: Menard/Chicago,

DATE(S): 1946 VENUE: London/Bournemouth, Eng-

Ill. VICTIMS: Seven

land VICTIMS: Two

MO: Murdered fellow prison inmate, 1951; killed MO: Torture-slayer of women age 21 and 32

women in/around Grant Park; mutilations included DISPOSITION: Hanged Oct. 16, 1946

cannibalism

DISPOSITION: Incompetent for trial, 1951; acquitted
Heath, Ronald Palmer
(1961– )

as insane in 1978, but confined indefinitely as sexual SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC

predator

DATE(S): 1977/89 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Two

MO: Murdered victims in Duval and Alachua counties
Hatcher, Charles Ray
(1929–84)

DISPOSITION: 30 years, 1977 (paroled 1988); conSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.