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

Nassar, George
(1932– )

DATE(S): 1976–96 VENUE: Kans./Okla. VIC-

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

TIMS: Five suspected

DATE(S): 1948/1964 VENUE: Mass. VICTIMS:

MO: Rape-slayer of women; self-described contract Two

killer

MO: Shot a Lawrence store clerk at age 15; later shot a DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1998

gas station attendant and attempted to kill two female bystanders, age 32; also considered a prime
Myrtel, Hera
[
See
BESSARABO, MARIE-LOUISE]

suspect in the “Boston Strangler” murders

DISPOSITION: Confined as a juvenile for first murder,
Najma

1948–61; admitted to state hospital for the crimi-SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

nally insane in October 1964

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Natale, Ralph
(1934– )

MO: Armed robber and kidnappers; shot three postal SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony

employees and “accidentally” killed teenage kidnap DATE(S): 1970s–1990s VENUE: Philadelphia, Pa.

victim

VICTIMS: Seven confessed

DISPOSITION: Five life terms, 1976

MO: Mafia soldier and later boss who killed criminal rivals

Nelson, George
[
See
GILLIS, LESTER]

DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on seven murder counts and other felonies, May 5, 2000; received life term
Nemechek, Francis
(1951– )

and a $250,000 fine

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

DATE(S): 1974–76 VENUE: Graham/Trego coun-

Ncama, Nicholas Lungisa
(1968– )

ties., Kans. VICTIMS: Five

MO: Rape-slayer of females age 16–21; also killed SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./CE-three-year-old boy

felony

DISPOSITION: Five consecutive life terms, 1977

DATE(S): 1996–97 VENUE: Port Elizabeth, South

Africa VICTIMS: Four alleged

Neu, Kenneth
(1910–35)

MO: Serial rapist of females, including his teenage SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

stepdaughter, and murderer of victims aged 15–26

DATE(S): 1933 VENUE: N.Y./La. VICTIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: Convicted on three of four murder MO: Gay drifter; robbed/killed two male sex partners charges, plus one rape, one attempted rape, and one DISPOSITION: Hanged in N.Y., Feb. 1, 1935

indecent assault; received three life terms plus 42

years on Dec. 18, 1998

Neumann, Alwin
(?– )

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

Ndlangamandla, Velaphi
(1966– ) AKA: Saloon argument

Killer

DATE(S): 1983–87 VENUE: Kiel, Germany VIC-

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

TIMS: Four

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Piet Retief, South Africa MO: Strangled women age 19–40, including three VICTIMS: 19

prostitutes at the same brothel (1983–86), after they MO: Armed robber who killed victims and raped at least

“insulted” him

one, during a five-month series of home invasions DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1998

DISPOSITION: Received a 137-year prison term on Sept. 18, 2002, on charges including 19 murder
Neuschafer, Jimmy
(1953–98)

counts, nine attempted murders, six robberies, five SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./PC

housebreakings, two firearms violations, one

DATE(S): 1976/? VENUE: Carson City, Nev. VIC-

attempted robbery, and one indecent assault

TIMS: Three

MO: Rape-slayer of teenage girls; strangled prison
Neal, William Lee “Cody”
(1956– )

inmate

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

DISPOSITION: Two consecutive life terms for rape-murders; condemned for murder in prison; executed DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Denver, Colo. VICTIMS:

July 26, 1998

Three

MO: Rape-slayer of three women tortured and killed
Newman, Sarah Jane
(1813–?) AKA: Sally Skull with an ax, while a fourth victim was forced to SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-domestic

watch

DATE(S): c. 1830–64 VENUE: Tex. VICTIMS: Five

DISPOSITION: Condemned in 1999, after pleading MO: “Black widow” slayer of husbands

guilty to three counts of murder, three sexual DISPOSITION: Disappeared with latest husband, 1867

assaults, and seven other counts, including kidnapping and felony menacing; sentence commuted to
Nickell, Stella Maudine
(1944– )

life on appeal, Dec. 2003

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

DATE(S): 1986 VENUE: King County, Wash. VIC-

Neilson, Donald
(1937– ) AKA: Black Panther TIMS: Two

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

MO: Inspired by Ill. “TYLENOL MURDERS,” poisoned DATE(S): 1974–75 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

husband for insurance, also total stranger to divert Four

police suspicion

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DISPOSITION: 90-year terms on each of two murder MO: Mother whose 10 children died sequentially counts; concurrent 10-year terms on three counts of before attaining 15 months of age; eight cases subse-product tampering

quently blamed on suffocation; two cases remain uncertain

Nicolai, Anne M.
(1963– )

DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on eight counts, June SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-28, 1999; received 20 years probation beginning cific

with five years house arrest; violated probation in DATE(S): 1999–2000 VENUE: Saginaw, Mich.

November 2000; close supervision extended indefi-MO: Nurse, hospitalized five times for psychiatric nitely

treatment, who confessed killing three elderly patients with morphine

Nolan, Dempsey, Jr.
(1967– )

DISPOSITION: Prosecutor waived charges in April SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

2001, despite confession

DATE(S): 1996–97 VENUE: Ind./Calif. VICTIMS:

Five suspected

Nicolaus, Robert Henry
(1933– )

MO: Slayer of male robbery victims

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

DISPOSITION: Life term with 25-year minimum on DATE(S): 1964/85 VENUE: Sacramento, Calif.

one count in Calif., 1997

VICTIMS: Four

MO: Shot his children, age two to seven (1964) and ex-Norio Nagayama (1949–97)

wife (1985)

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

DISPOSITION: Condemned on three counts, 1964

DATE(S): 1968 VENUE: Japan VICTIMS: Four

(reduced to life on appeal, 1967; paroled 1977); MO: Killed robbery victims

condemned 1987

DISPOSITION: Executed Aug. 1997

Nicoletti, Charles
(1916–77)

Norris, Melissa
(?– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1940s–77 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

cific

TIMS: “At least 40”

DATE(S): 197?/86 VENUE: Gaithersburg, Md.

MO: Mafia enforcer and hit man

VICTIMS: Three confessed

DISPOSITION: Fatally wounded by unknown gunmen, MO: Set house fire that killed mother and brother; Mar. 30, 1977

bludgeoned infant son in “exorcism” ritual

Nisby, Marcus
[
See

DISPOSITION: Escaped punishment on grounds of

PLAYER, MICHAEL]

temporary insanity

Nixon, Robert
(1920–39) AKA: Brick Moron SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-Nuss, Ralph (?– )

specific

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

DATE(S): 1936–38 VENUE: Chicago/Los Angeles

DATE(S): 1966 VENUE: Mich./Ohio VICTIMS:

VICTIMS: Five

Two confessed; three suspected

MO: Victims bludgeoned with bricks in their homes or MO: Psychiatric social worker and gay necrophile hotel rooms

slayer of male sex partners

DISPOSITION: Executed in Ill., June 1939

DISPOSITION: Life sentence on two counts, in Mich.

Nobles, Jonathan Wayne
(1962– )

Oates, Reginald Vernon
(1950– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1986 VENUE: Tex. VICTIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1968 VENUE: Baltimore, Md. VICTIMS:

MO: Stabbed women

Four

DISPOSITION: Condemned

MO: Cannibal pedophile, bludgeoned four boys age five to 10, mutilating bodies and drinking their blood
Noe, Marie
(1929– )

DISPOSITION: Declared insane; confined to state hos-SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-

pital

cific

DATE(S): 1946–68 VENUE: Kensington, Pa. VIC-

O’Bannion, Charles Dion
(1892–1924)

TIMS: 8–10

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

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DATE(S): 1920–24 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

DATE(S): 1980–81 VENUE: British Columbia,

TIMS: 25–60

Canada VICTIMS: 11

MO: Sadistic bootlegger and racketeer

MO: Stabbed/bludgeoned victims of both sexes, age DISPOSITION: Murdered by rival mobsters, Nov. 10, nine to 18

1924

DISPOSITION: 11 life terms, 1982

Obremski, Russell Loren
(1945– )

O’Neal, Robert Earl, Jr.
(1961–95)

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

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

DATE(S): 1969 VENUE: Jackson County, Ore.

extremist

VICTIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1978/84 VENUE: Mo. VICTIMS: Two

MO: Killed two women during a violent drug binge MO: Neo-Nazi; killed elderly man in burglary; stabbed DISPOSITION: Received two consecutive life terms, black prison inmate

1969; paroled 1993; parole revoked 1994

DISPOSITION: Life term on first count; condemned, 1983; executed Dec. 6, 1995

O’Connor, Raymond
(1938–67) AKA: Ducky

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

O’Neall, Darren Dee
(1960– )

DATE(S): 1960s VENUE: Sydney, Australia VIC-

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

TIMS: More than six

DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: Wash./Idaho/Utah VIC-

MO: Underworld contract killer

TIMS: Six+ suspected

DISPOSITION: Shot by gangland rivals, May 26, 1967

MO: Transient rape-slayer of young women

DISPOSITION: 27 years with 18.5-year minimum on
Odell, Diane
(1953– )

one count, in Wash., 1989

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

specific

Orpinelli, Larete Patrocinio
(1952– )

DATE(S): 1982–85 VENUE: Kauneonga Lake, N.Y.

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

VICTIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1993–2000 VENUE: Eastern Brazil VIC-

MO: Mother who killed her infant children at home; TIMS: 10

hid mummified remains in a storage shed

MO: Pedophile with long history of psychiatric treat-DISPOSITION: Convicted on three counts of second-ment, 1967–93; slayer of children aged 5–11

degree murder, Dec. 6, 2003; received prison term of DISPOSITION: Confessed 10 murders; disposition 25 years to life, Jan. 27, 2004

unknown

Oken, Steven Howard
(1962– )

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

Outlaw, Bass
(d. 1894)

DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: Md./Maine

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

VICTIMS:Three

DATE(S): 1880s–94 VENUE: Ga./Tex. VICTIMS:

MO: Lust killer of women age 20–43

“Several”

DISPOSITION: Life without parole in Maine, 1988; MO: Alcoholic lawman who became “homicidal

condemned in Md.

maniac” when drunk

DISPOSITION: Killed in shoot-out with JOHN SELMAN,
Okev, Daniel
(?– ) AKA: Negev Desert Psychopath Apr. 5, 1894

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

specific

Owens, John F.
(?– )

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Negev Desert, Israel VIC-

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

TIMS: Several

DATE(S): 1999–2000 VENUE: Rochester, N.Y.

MO: Former Israeli soldier who blamed multiple per-VICTIMS: Two

sonality disorder for his shooting of two foreign MO: Kidnapped and raped four women, killing two tourists (killing one); named as prime suspect in a DISPOSITION: Received life term without parole on series of local rape-murders

two counts of murder and one count of rape, May DISPOSITION: Received a 20-year sentence for one 2001; convicted of another nonfatal rape in Septem-murder and one attempted murder, May 3, 1999

ber 2001

Olson, Clifford Robert
(1940– )

Pace, Lyndon Fitzgerald
(?– )

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

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

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DATE(S): 1988–89 VENUE: Atlanta, Ga. VIC-

DATE(S): 1966/78 VENUE: Fla./D.C. VICTIMS:

TIMS: Four

Three

MO: Rape-slayer of women aged 42–56

MO: Stabbed teenage boy; shot one man in drug rip-DISPOSITION: Condemned on four counts, March

off and another barroom argument

1996

DISPOSITION: Life term in Fla., 1966 (escaped 1978); life on second count in D.C., 1979; condemned on
Padhi, Maheshwar
(1973– ) AKA: Stoneman third count in Fla. + multiple life terms for robbery SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unknown

and rape, 1981

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Berhampur, India VIC-

TIMS: Seven

Parker, Robert Lee
(?– )

MO: Killed seven victims in four months, crushing SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-their skulls with stones

specific