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separate incidents

DATE(S): 2003–04 VENUE: Zhengshou, China

DISPOSITION: 10 years for involuntary manslaughter, VICTIMS: Six

1971 (paroled in 1974); 40 years for murder, July MO: Police officer who raped, robbed, and murdered 1980

women

DISPOSITION: Condemned on six counts, Oct. 1, 2004

Washington, Annette
(1958– )

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

Wardell, Gordon
(1952– )

DATE(S): 1986 VENUE: New York City VICTIMS:

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

Two

tic/Sex.

MO:Health-care worker; robbed/stabbed elderly

DATE(S): 1991–94 VENUE: West Midlands, England women in homes

VICTIMS: Three+ suspect

DISPOSITION: 50 years to life, 1987

MO: Killed wife; prime suspect in deaths of several prostitutes

Waters, David Roland
(1947–2003)

DISPOSITION: Life term for wife’s murder, 1995

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

DATE(S): 1964–95 VENUE: Ill./Tex. VICTIMS: Six
Warder, Dr. Alfred William
(d. 1866)

suspected

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

MO: Killed a teenage acquaintance in 1964; murdered DATE(S) 1820–66 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

another male acquaintance in 1984; participated in Three

a triple kidnap-murder in Texas, 1995; prime sus-MO: Bluebeard physician who poisoned successive pect in a sixth killing, also in Texas

wives

DISPOSITION: Convicted of murder at age 18;

DISPOSITION: Charged with third wife’s death in 1866; committed suicide during trial

received a prison term of 30–60 years; received 20-year term in Texas, April 2, 2001; died in prison,
Wardrip, Faryion Edward
(1959– )

Jan. 31, 2003

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

DATE(S): 1985–86 VENUE: North Texas VIC-

Waters, Margaret
(1835–70)

TIMS: Five

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

MO: Rape-slayer of women in their 20s

DATE(S): 1866–70 VENUE: Brixton, England VIC-

DISPOSITION: Confessed one count in 1986 and

TIMS: 19+

served 11 years in prison, paroled 1997; condemned MO: “Baby farmer”; drugged/starved infants

on second count, November 1999

DISPOSITION: Hanged, Oct. 11, 1870

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Watson, James B.
(1870–1939)

Webster, Robert
(1922– )

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

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

domestic

DATE(S): 1946/63 VENUE: Northern Calif. VIC-

DATE(S): 1918–20 VENUE: Idaho/Wash./Calif.

TIMS: Two

VICTIMS: 25+ alleged

MO: Rape-slayer of women age 19 (1946) and 38

MO: Hermaphrodite “Bluebeard” slayer of wives

(1963)

DISPOSITION: Life term on confession of seven

DISPOSITION: 1946 life term (paroled 1954); second counts, 1920; died in prison Oct. 15, 1939

life term, 1963

Weeks, Robert
(1929– )

Weaver, Steven
(1955– ) AKA: Weed

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

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

domestic

DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: Indianapolis, Ind. VIC-

DATE(S): 1968/80–81 VENUE: Nev./Calif. VIC-

TIMS: Four confessed

TIMS: Three

MO: Outlaw biker, killed fellow gang members

MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of wife and fiancées who left DISPOSITION: 135-year sentence for two murders and him

one attempted

DISPOSITION: Life without parole on two counts in Nev., 1988

Weaver, Ward
(1963– )

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

Weidenbroeker, Helmut
(1965– )

DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: Oregon City, Ore. VIC-

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

TIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1982–86 VENUE: Aachen, Germany

MO: Raped and murdered two female neighbors aged VICTIMS: Three to five

12 and 13 and hid their bodies at his home; also MO: Lust murders of women

raped his son’s girlfriend, who escaped alive

DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one murder count, DISPOSITION: Pled guilty on two murder counts and 1987

five lesser felonies, with a “no contest” plea on 10

additional charges; received two consecutive life
Weidmann, Eugen
(1915–39)

terms without parole, Sept. 23, 2004

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

DATE(S): 1935–37 VENUE: France VICTIMS: Six

Webb, Dennis Duane
(1952– )

confessed

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE:

MO: German immigrant; killed victims in robberies PC/Sex./CE

and ransom kidnappings

DATE(S): 1973–1987 VENUE: Tex./Calif. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Guillotined May 18, 1939

TIMS: Eight+ confessed

MO: Outlaw biker; killed robbery victims, also blacks
Weinberg, Abraham
(d. 1935) AKA: Bo

and gays from personal spite; contract killer; raped SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

DATE(S): 1920s–35 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS:

victims of both sexes

“Numerous”

DISPOSITION: Condemned in Calif., 1988

MO: Chief contract killer of ARTHUR FLEGENHEIMER

gang

Weber, Jeanne
(1875–1910)

DISPOSITION: Murdered by Flegenheimer, Aug. 1935

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sad.

DATE(S): 1905–08 VENUE: Northern France VIC-

Weiss, Emmanuel
(d. 1944)

TIMS: 10

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

MO: Strangled young children for the thrill of killing; DATE(S): 1931–40 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS:

victims included three of her own children, two

“Numerous”

nephews, a niece, and four children left in her care MO: Contract killer for “MURDER, INC.”

by friends of employers

DISPOSITION: Executed at Sing Sing, Mar. 2, 1944

DISPOSITION: Acquitted at first murder trial, Feb. 6, 1906; released in second case for lack of evidence,
Wenzinger, Gerd
(1944–97)

December 1907; ruled insane on third charge and SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sad.

committed to asylum, May 1908; suicide by manual DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: Germany/Brazil VIC-strangulation in 1910

TIMS: 17

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MO: “Torture doctor” who dissected women on two additional felony counts were dismissed in that deal, continents; at least one murder videotaped

with murder charges waived in Costilla and Otero DISPOSITION: Suicide by hanging in Brazil, June 16, Counties; White also directed police to bodies of 1997

three additional victims

West, Ronald Glenn
(1947– )

White, Robert Excell
(1938–99) AKA: Excell the ExeSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

cutioner

DATE(S): 1970 VENUE: Toronto, Canada VIC-

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

TIMS: More than two

DATE(S): 1974 VENUE: Waco, Tex. VICTIMS:

MO: Policeman who raped and shot two nurses in sep-Four

arate attacks; prime suspect in eight robbery-slay-MO: Stabbed gun collector and stole weapons; used ings, including the Ottawa Valley Killer’s crimes stolen guns to kill three men in a commercial robbery (1975–87) and a 1991 double murder near Sault Ste.

DISPOSITION: Condemned on three counts, August Marie

1974; sentence overturned on appeal, 1997; con-DISPOSITION: Pled guilty on two counts and received demned at second trial, June 1997; executed March a life sentence, Aug. 7, 2001

30, 1999

Wheat, Clarence
(d. 1980)

White, Ronald Lee
(1956– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1979–80 VENUE: Miss. VICTIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1987–88 VENUE: Southern Colorado

MO: Killed policeman in domestic dispute; pardoned VICTIMS: Three

eight months later due to terminal cancer; killed MO: Killed two men in personal disputes, at Pueblo wife, son, and self

and Colorado Springs; later shot his roommate, dis-DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot, June 1980

membering the body to delay identification

DISPOSITION: Life sentence imposed on two counts,
Whisenhant, Thomas
(?– )

1990; condemned for roommate’s murder, 1991;

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

death sentence overturned on appeal, 1998; received DATE(S): 1963–76 VENUE: Mobile, Ala. VIC-life term at new trial, Aug. 27, 2001

TIMS: Four

MO: Shot women in robberies; one raped, two muti-White Shirley (1932– )

lated postmortem

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

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1997; life DATE(S): 1971–92 VENUE: Kinston, N.C. VIC-terms on two counts

TIMS: Three suspected

MO: “Black widow” slayer of husbands and stepchild
White, Nathaniel
(1960– )

DISPOSITION: Life term on one count, 1992

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

DATE(S): 1991–92 VENUE: Orange County, N.Y.

Whiteway, Alfred C.
(1931–54)

VICTIMS: Six

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

MO: Women raped/stabbed by paroled rapist

DATE(S): 1953 VENUE: London, England VIC-

DISPOSITION: 150 years in prison on six counts TIMS: Two

MO: Lust killer of teenage girls bludgeoned in parks
White, Richard Paul
(1965– )

DISPOSITION: Hanged, 1954

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

DATE(S): 2002–03 VENUE: Col. VICTIMS: Six

Whitney, Dennis
(1943– )

confessed

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

MO: Kidnapped and raped eight women, killing five, DATE(S): 1960 VENUE: Calif./Ariz./Fla. VICTIMS: in three counties; also murdered a 27-year-old male Seven

coworker in a fourth county

MO: Shot robbery victims; kidnapped and bludgeoned DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty to coworker’s murder in one woman

Arapahoe County and received a life term without DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts in Fla.,

parole, Sept. 7, 2004; pled guilty on two murder 1960; commuted, 1972

counts and charges of using weapons to sexually assault three other women in Jefferson County,
Whitt, Jimmy Earl
(1971–94)

receiving another life term on Sept. 16, 2004; 28

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

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DATE(S): 1994 VENUE: Ala./Miss. VICTIMS: Four

Williams, Henry Robert
(?– )

MO: Killed one holdup victim and three policemen in SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

three-week rampage

DATE(S): 1972–73 VENUE: Mississauga, Ontario

DISPOSITION: Suicide to avoid arrest, June 28, 1994

VICTIMS: Two

MO: Rape-slayer of girls age 16 and 19

Wilcox, Donald
(1968–2003)

DISPOSITION: Life term on one count; chose volun-SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-

tary castration in lieu of additional prison time, felony

upon second conviction

DATE(S): 2003 VENUE: Nueces County, Tex. VIC-

TIMS: Three

Williams, John
(d. 1811) AKA: Ratcliff Highway MO: Killed a married couple, aged 79 and 77, with Demon

their own pistol during a home-invasion robbery; SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

later killed a 61-year-old man with same gun

DATE(S): 1811 VENUE: London, England VIC-

DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot after wounded in a TIMS: Five

shootout with police, Feb. 13, 2003

MO: Home invader who slashed/bludgeoned robbery victims

Wilken, Stewart
(1964– ) AKA: Bootie Boer DISPOSITION: Suicide by hanging prior to trial, 1811

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

DATE(S): 1990–97 VENUE: Port Elizabeth, South

Williams, John, Jr.
(1961– )

Africa VICTIMS: 11+

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

MO: Sex slayer and cannibal; victims included prosti-DATE(S): 1996–97 VENUE: Raleigh, N.C. VIC-

tutes, young boys, and his own daughter

TIMS: Five suspected

DISPOSITION: Seven life terms, 1998

MO: Rape-slayer of black women chosen at random DISPOSITION: Condemned on two murder counts,

Wille, John Francis
(1964– )

March 1998

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE:

PC/Sex./Sad.

Williams, John S.
(1863–1932)

DATE(S): 1980–85 VENUE: La./Fla./Tex./Ala. VICSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

TIMS: Six suspected

DATE(S): c. 1910–21 VENUE: Jasper County, Ga.

MO: Drifter linked to murders of four men (including VICTIMS: 18 suspected

one sexually mutilated) and two females (an elderly MO: Enslaved blacks, killing those who fled or woman burned in her home; an eight-year-old girl raped/strangled)

“caused trouble”

DISPOSITION: Life term with 25-year minimum in DISPOSITION: Life term on one count, 1921; life term Fla., 1985; later condemned in La.

on second count, 1922; killed in prison, Jan. 26, 1932

Williams, Dorothy
(1952– )

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

Williams, Kenneth D.
(1979– )

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VICTIMS:

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

Three confessed

DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Ark. VICTIMS: Two

MO: Strangled/robbed elderly shut-ins to support her MO: Robbed/killed a 19-year-old woman at Pine Bluff; drug habit

later shot a 57-year-old man after a prison break DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, with two

DISPOSITION: Life term for first murder, September life terms for other slayings; death sentence com-1999; escaped from prison in October 1999; recap-muted to life imprisonment, 2003