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same holdup (paroled 1907); William killed by

posse, Sept. 25, 1893

Cooper, Robert W.
(1979– );
MacKay, Charles
(1973– )

Daniels, Murl
(1924–49);
West, John Coulter
(d. 1948) SEX: 2 M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

SEX: 2 M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Ohio/Mich. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1948 VENUE: Ohio VICTIMS: Six

Four

MO: Escaped convicts; killed various victims while at MO: Rape-slayers of female prostitutes aged 36–43; large

survivors also raped

DISPOSITION: West killed by posse, July 1948;

DISPOSITION: MacKay pleaded guilty on one count Daniels executed, Jan. 3, 1949

in Toledo, Ohio, February 2000; Cooper pleaded guilty to one murder and a separate rape in Monroe
Daveggio, James
(1961–

);
Michaud, Michelle

County, Mich., March 2000; received life term plus (1959–

)

seven years (27 years minimum); Cooper received SEX: M/F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE:

10–15 years for rape-murders of two Toledo victims, Sex./Sad.

September 2000; MacKay received life plus eight DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: Calif./Nev. VICTIMS: Six years for murder and a separate rape in Michigan, suspected

October 2000

MO: Kidnapped, tortured, and raped female victims of various ages; Daveggio also molested and tortured
Copeland, Ray
(1913–93);
Copeland, Faye
various members of his family

(1920–2003)

DISPOSITION: Both condemned on Sept. 25, 2002, SEX: M/F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: CE

for the 1997 torture-slaying of a 22-year-old

DATE(S): 1986–89 VENUE: Mooresville, Mo. VIC-

woman; in August 1999 Daveggio received a 24-

TIMS: Five

year prison term and $500,000 fine for kidnapping MO: Married couple who killed hired hands on their and raping a victim in Reno; Michaud also received farm

a 12-year sentence and $175,000 fine in that case; DISPOSITION: Both condemned, 1991; Ray died in Daveggio received additional prison time for molest-prison, October 1993; Faye’s sentence commuted to ing his daughter; he remains suspect in the Califor-life, August 1999; died in prison Dec. 18, 2003

nia murders of a woman and four young girls

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DeMeo, Roy Albert
(1941–83);
Borelli, Henry
DATE(S): 2000 VENUE: Watsonville, Calif. VIC-

(1948–

);
Gaggi, Anthony Frank
(1926–

);
Testa,

TIMS: Two

Joseph, Jr.
(1955–

)

AKA: The Murder Machine

MO: Beat and slashed a male drifter and the owner of SEX: 4 M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC

a rest home

DATE(S): 1975–82 VENUE: N.Y. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Dotson received two terms of life with-75–100

out parole, January 2001; Labore received a term of MO: Contract killers for Gambino Mafia “family”

60 years to life, April 2001

DISPOSITION: DeMeo murdered, Jan. 10, 1983; life term + 160 years for Borelli, 1986; multiple life
Dudley, Kenneth Edwin
(?– ),
Irene Gwyn
(?– ) terms for Gaggi and Testa, 1989

SEX: M/F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/Sad.

DATE(S): 1946/1958–61 VENUE:

Dingum
(?–?);
Cornerford
(d. 1837) N.Y./Fla./Ariz./Ky./Va. VICTIMS: Six

SEX: 2 M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC

MO: Brutal parents whose children died from abuse DATE(S): 1837 VENUE: Port Phillip, Australia

and hunger on a rambling cross-country trek

VICTIMS: Seven+

DISPOSITION: Kenneth served one year in N.Y. for MO: “Bush rangers” who cannibalized fellow outlaws

“improper burial” of first child

DISPOSITION: Cornerford lynched; life term for Dingum

Duffy, John Francis
(1956–

);
Mulcahy, David

(1959–

)

AKA: Railway Murderers

Dirlewanger, Oskar-Paul
(1895–1945) et al. AKA: SEX; 2 M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

Sonderkommando Dirlewanger

DATE(S): 1985–86 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

SEX: 854 M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: GC-

Three

extremist

MO: Serial rapists who attacked female victims in or DATE(S): 1940–45 VENUE: East Europe/Russia

near British railway stations, 1982–86, killing three VICTIMS: Thousands

of an estimated 15 victims

MO: Nazi mobile death squad led by convicted sex DISPOSITION: Duffy received three life terms plus 30

offender, composed entirely of ex-convicts; killed years for multiple rapes, 1988; named Mulcahy as Jews and other civilians, including participation in his accomplice in October 2000; Mulcahy received suppression of Warsaw Ghetto revolt

three life terms for murder on Feb. 2, 2001; also DISPOSITION: Dirlewanger died in Allied detention received concurrent 24-year terms for each of seven camp, June 7, 1945; no postwar charges were filed rapes and 18-year terms on each of five conspiracy on assumption that all active members died in action charges

Dohmeyer, Juergen
(1948–

);
Leuking, Kurt

Dvoracek, Mrs., and unnamed male accomplices
(1953–

)

AKA: The Mad Dogs

SEX: 1 F/7 M RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: CE

SEX: 2 M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

DATE(S): 1918–25 VENUE: Iglau, Czechoslovakia

DATE(S): 1983 VENUE: Hannover, Germay VIC-

VICTIMS: Four+

TIMS: Three

MO: Robbed/murdered Polish refugees at Mrs. Dvo-MO: Shot robbery victims, one male and two female racek’s home

DISPOSITION: Life terms for both, 1988

DISPOSITION: All condemned, 1925

Doorbal, Noel Alexander
(1971– );
Lugo, Danial
Einsatzgruppen

(1963– )

SEX: Approximately 3,000 M RACE: W TYPE: N

SEX: 2 M RACE: H TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

MOTIVE: GC-extremist

DATE(S): 1995 VENUE: Miami, Fla. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1941–45 VENUE: USSR VICTIMS: Two

Two

million est.

MO: Career criminals, killed victims during robberies MO: Mobile Nazi murder squads in occupied Russia; DISPOSITION: Both condemned July 17, 1998

killed an estimated 1.5 million Jews and 500,000

Russian civilians

Dotson, James Erwin
(1975– );
Labore, Kimberly Lee
DISPOSITION: 24 senior officers tried at Nuremburg, (1971– )

July 1947 to Apr. 1948; one suicide; 14 condemned SEX: M/F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-

(four executed, 10 commuted); eight imprisoned; specific

one convicted but not sentenced due to poor health
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Ellebracht, Walter Wesley, Sr.
(?– );
Walter Wesley, Jr.

Fernandez, Raymond Martinez
(1914–51);
Beck,
(?– );
Caldwell, Robert, Carlton
(?– )

Martha Julie
(1920–51) AKA: Lonely Hearts SEX: 3 M RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: CE/Sad.

Killers

DATE(S): 1980s VENUE: Kerr County, Tex. VIC-

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

TIMS: “Several” suspected

DATE(S): 1948–49 VENUE: Ill./N.Y./Mich. VIC-

MO: Father-son ranchers and their foreman;

TIMS: Five+

enslaved/tortured male drifters; tape-recorded tor-MO: Homicidal swindlers of women seduced by Ferture sessions and boasted to captives of multiple nandez

murders

DISPOSITION: Both executed in N.Y., Mar. 8, 1951

DISPOSITION: All three convinced on one count, 1986; 15 years for William Jr.; 14 years for Caldwel;
Freight Train Riders of America

seven years probation for William Sr.

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

DATE(S): 1970s–90s VENUE: Western USA VIC-

Elliott, Eric
(1978– );
Gilbert, Lewis Eugene, III
TIMS: “Hundreds”

(1971– )

MO: “Hobo” fraternity blamed by law enforcement SEX: 2 M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

for scores of random murders spanning two decades DATE(S): 1994 VENUE: Ohio/MO/Okla. VIC-DISPOSITION: Several professed members convicted TIMS: Four

of individual murders; ROBERT SILVERIA convicted MO: Shot robbery victims including an 86-year-old on multiple counts

man and three women aged 37–79

DISPOSITION: Elliott pleaded guilty on one count and
French, Anne
(?–?) AKA: Shoebox Annie Mayer; received a life prison term without parole in Ohio;
William Donald
(?–?)

Gilbert was executed on one count in Oklahoma, SEX: F/M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

July 2, 2003

DATE(S): 1920s VENUE: Mont./Wash. VICTIMS:

Seven suspected

Espinosa, Felipe
(d. 1863),
Julian
(d. 1863),
Victorio
MO: Mother-son career criminals; killed robbery vic-

(d. 1863)

tims

SEX: 3 M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-

DISPOSITION: Life for Mayer in Wash. as habitual extremist

criminal, 1928; five to 10 years for French in Wash., DATE(S): 1861–63 VENUE: Colo. VICTIMS: 26

1928; both died in prison

MO: Mexican brothers; sought to kill 100 Anglos in revenge for the earlier U.S. war with Mexico

Genna, Angelo
(d. 1925),
James
(d. 1925),
Michael
(d.

DISPOSITION: Victorio lynched by vigilantes; Julian 1925),
Peter
(?–?),
Sam
(?–?),
Tony
(?–?) AKA: and Victorio killed by U.S. Army scout Tom Tobin The Terrible Gennas

SEX: 6M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

Esposito, John
(1971– );
Woodward, Alicia
(1978– ) DATE(S): c. 1910–25 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-SEX: M/F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

TIMS: Dozens

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Ga./Okla. VICTIMS:

MO: Sicilian immigrants; “Black Hand” extortionists Three confessed

and bootleggers; killed extortion victims, rival gang-MO: “Thrill killers” of robbery victims

sters, and lawmen

DISPOSITION: Esposito condemned on one count in DISPOSITION: Angelo murdered by rival thugs, May Ga., 1998; trial pending for Woodward

25, 1925; Mike killed in shoot-out with police, June 13, 1925; James murdered by rivals, July 8, 1925;
Evans, Paul, Jr.
(1980– );
Townsend, Nathan
(1980– ) surviving brothers fled to Sicily, 1925; returned to SEX: 2 M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-Chicago after repeal of Prohibition as “legitimate”

specific

businessmen

DATE(S): 1999–2000 VENUE: Ala./Miss. VIC-

TIMS: Four suspected

Ghira, Andrea
(?– );
Guido, Giovanni
(?– );
Izzo,
MO: Thrill killers of two teenage girls shot in Jones
Angelo
(?– ) AKA: Monster of Circeo

County, Miss.; prime suspects in a similar murder at SEX: 3 M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

Ozark, Ala.

DATE(S): 1975 VENUE: Circeo, Italy VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Townsend pleaded no contest and tes-Two+ suspected

tified against Evans; Evans received two life terms in MO: Gang rapists who murdered their female victims Mississippi

DISPOSITION: Convicted; sentences unk.

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Gonzales, Delfina
(?– );
Maria de Jesus
(?– ) 1989, although the court cited “reasonable cause ”

SEX: 2 F RACE: H TYPE: S MOTIVE: CE

to believe they were guilty

DATE(S): 1950s–63 VENUE: Guanajuato, Mexico

VICTIMS: 100+

Hale, Steven
(1977– );
Wessell, Chalk
(d. 1998) MO: Sisters and white-slavers; killed prostitutes, their SEX: 2 M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-babies, and male customers (who were also robbed) specific

DISPOSITION: 40 years each, 1964

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Ill./Ind. VICTIMS: Five

MO: Thrill killers who shot victims of both sexes in
Goodman, Keith Eugene
(1959– );
Holland, Tracy
random attacks

Lynn
(1968– );
Mead, Jon Christopher
(1967– ) DISPOSITION: Wessell shot himself prior to arrest, in SEX: 2 M/1 F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

April 1998; Hale received life terms in Illinois (June DATE(S): 1989–90 VENUE: N.Y./Miss. VICTIMS:

1999) and Indiana (March 2000)

Four

MO: Slayers of random holdup victims

Haley, Kevin Bernard
(1964– ),
Reginald
(1960– ) DISPOSITION: Goodman, life + 20 years in N.Y., SEX: 2 M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE:

1990; Mead, life + 20 years in N.Y., 1991; Holland CE/Sex./Sad.

turned state’s evidence; Goodman and Mead con-

victed on one count of homicide Mass., 1992

DATE(S): 1983–84 VENUE: Los Angeles, Calif.

VICTIMS: Seven

Gray, Kevin L.
(1971– );
Moore, Rodney L.
(1965– ) MO: Career criminals, serial rapists, and random slaySEX: 2 M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-

ers of females age 15 to 89

felony

DISPOSITION: Life + 60 years for Reginald, 1987; DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: Washington, D.C. VIC-Kevin condemned, 1988

TIMS: 29

MO: Drug dealers who murdered competitors and per-Halstead, Dennis (1955– );
Kogut, John
(1964– ); sonal enemies

Restivo, John
(1959– )

DISPOSITION: Both convicted in January 2003, Gray SEX: 3 M

RACE: W

TYPE: T

MOTIVE:

on 19 counts of murder, Moore on 10; both con-

Sex./CE

demned

DATE(S): 1984–85 VENUE: Long Island, N.Y.