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Authors: Michael Newton
Tags: #True Crime, #Murder, #General, #Serial Killers
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dumped in public places
MO: Six+ victims shoved onto subway tracks; at least DISPOSITION: Unsolved
one survived
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
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SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
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DATE(S): 1997–99 VENUE: Yorkshire, England
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
VICTIMS: Two
DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Humberside, England
MO: Two women fatally stabbed; two others abducted VICTIMS: Three
while walking a dog, escaped with minor knife
MO: Female prostitutes killed; one dismembered wounds
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DISPOSITION: Unsolved; supporters of defendant Derek Christian, convicted on thin evidence of a
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similar murder from February 1995, blame one
SEX: 2 M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
killer for all three slayings
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SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Cult?
DATE(S): 1997–99 VENUE: San Luis Obispo, Calif.
DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Johannesburg, South
VICTIMS: Three
Africa VICTIMS: 16
MO: College co-eds missing, presumed murdered
MO: Children dead/missing in apparent ritual murders DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
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SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1997–2001 VENUE: Erie, Pa. VICTIMS:
DATE(S): 1997–2001 VENUE: West Country, Scot-
Eight
land VICTIMS: Three
MO: Women aged 18–35 strangled with their own
MO: Police blame one offender for stabbing deaths of underwear and dumped at isolated sites
female victims aged 14–41, killed at Exeter (1997), DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Falmouth (1998), and Dundee (2001)
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
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SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
Unknown
DATE(S): 1997–99 VENUE: Pittsburg, Calif. VIC-
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Unk.
TIMS: Four
DATE(S): 1997/2003 VENUE: Penn. VICTIMS:
MO: Female prostitutes killed, dumped beside major Three
highways
MO: 76-year-old woman found in basement of her DISPOSITION: Unsolved
home at Meadville, missing cervical vertebrae and internal organs; six years later, Philadelphia police
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find woman and man, aged 64 and 60, with throats SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-cut in separate incidents; male victim’s heart, lung extremist
and liver missing
DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Jerusalem, Israel VIC-
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
TIMS: Two
MO: Seven Arabs stabbed, two fatally; Jewish nation-Unknown
alist suspected
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1997–2003 VENUE: Long Island, N.Y.
Unknown
VICTIMS: Four
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.?
MO: Women left nude, with heads and hands severed; DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Irving/East Orange, N.J.
three victims found near Long Island Expressway, VICTIMS: Five
one in Hempstead Lake State Park
MO: Slayer of black women, mostly prostitutes; offi-DISPOSITION: Unsolved
cially unrelated to similar murders in Newark
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
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SEX: Unk.
RACE: Unk.
TYPE: T
MOTIVE:
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Unk.
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DATE(S): 1997–2004 VENUE: La Crosse, Wis.
DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Glasgow, Scotland
VICTIMS: Seven
VICTIMS: Seven
MO: White males aged 19–28 drowned in local rivers; MO: Slayer of female prostitutes; at least one bludgeoned one victim found with fractured skull
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
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AKA: River Monster
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SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: GC
DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Transkei, South Africa DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Delmas, South Africa
VICTIMS: Seven
VICTIMS: Four
MO: Mutilation-murders; victims found in/near Mzint-MO: Children beheaded, various organs missing
lava River
DISPOSITION: Unsolved; Dr. MICKI PISTORIUS blames DISPOSITION: Unsolved
muti
—magic trade in human organs
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DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Albuquerque, N. Mex.
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: GC
VICTIMS: Five
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Banyuwangi, Java, Indone-
MO: Gay men murdered; speculative link to sixth case sia VICTIMS: 153
in Santa Fe
MO: Nocturnal home invaders target suspected witch-DISPOSITION: Unsolved
craft practitioners, slashing their throats and mutilating corpses
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DISPOSITION: Unsolved
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Anchorage, Ark. VIC-
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TIMS: Six
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
MO: Slayer of women; one dead and five missing DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Philippines VICTIMS:
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Seven
MO: Men beheaded and dumped in rural locations
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DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police suggest revenge
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
against alleged rapists
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Woolongong, Australia
VICTIMS: Two
Unknown
MO: Vigilante killer of convicted pedophiles; victims SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: S MOTIVE: Sex.
mutilated
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: São Paulo, Brazil VIC-
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
TIMS: Six
MO: Rape-murders of young women in the Heavenly
Unknown
SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
Garden, near São Paulo’s zoo; a seventh victim who DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Budapest, Hungary VIC-survived was lured to the park by a man posing as a TIMS: Three
professional photographer
MO: Men shot at close range in random street attacks DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Unknown
Unknown
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Nmadolo, South Africa
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: London, England VIC-
VICTIMS: Three
TIMS: Two
MO: Elderly women suspected of witchcraft, shot in MO: Women age 30 and 35 bound, shot execution-their homes
style
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Unknown
Unknown
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Los Angeles County, Calif.
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Dallas, Tex. VICTIMS: Two VICTIMS: Three
MO: Truckers shot; attacks linked by police
MO: Freeway motorists shot in random attacks, two DISPOSITION: Unsolved
with same gun
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Unknown
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE
Unknown
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Moscow, Russia VIC-
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
TIMS: 10
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Indianapolis, Ind. VIC-
MO: Victims killed in carjackings; bodies found buried TIMS: Four
at a commercial garage
MO: Women age 29–40 found killed in same neighbor-DISPOSITION: Unsolved
hood
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
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AKA: Devon Slasher
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
Unknown
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Devon, England VIC-
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
TIMS: Two
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MO: “Ripper” of female victims killed while walking
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dogs
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Sydney, Australia VIC-
TIMS: Four
Unknown
MO: Homeless transients bludgeoned while sleeping SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Miami, Fla. VICTIMS:
Two
Unknown
MO: Gay men shot in their homes
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1998–2000 VENUE: Boise, Idaho VIC-
TIMS: Three
Unknown
MO: Rape-murders of Caucasian women in their 20s SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Charlotte, N.C. VIC-
TIMS: Five
Unknown
MO: Black women aged 24–39 murdered and missing SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1998–2000 VENUE: Barnaul, Siberia
VICTIMS: 10+
Unknown
MO: “Several” bodies of female victims discarded in SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
rural areas outside town; at least five college-age vic-DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Campbell County, Tenn.
tims remain missing; police blame a “maniac” active VICTIMS: Two
in the area “for several years”
MO: Female victims stabbed repeatedly, one also shot; DISPOSITION: Unsolved
bodies dumped along Stinking Creek Road
DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police blame serial killer
Unknown
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
Unknown
DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Perth, Australia VIC-
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
TIMS: Two
DATE(S); 1998–99 VENUE: Norfolk County, Mass.
MO: Female prostitutes missing, presumed dead
VICTIMS: Three
DISPOSITION: Unsolved; task force officers deny any MO: Two women and one man aged 58–82 beaten and link to the murders of four prostitutes in suburban stabbed in separate attacks, in parks and wooded Claremont during the period 1996–98
areas of Walpole, Wellesley, and Westwood; all attacked in morning hours
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DISPOSITION: Unsolved; suspect in one case released SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
when DNA failed to match saliva from bite mark on DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: New Orleans, La.
a female victim’s breast
VICTIMS: Eight
MO: Black males in teens and 20s strangled and left
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barefoot in garbage bins or beside roads; two vic-SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
tims were neighbors; all were involved with drugs DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Lusaka, Zambia VIC-DISPOSITION: Unsolved
TIMS: 30–70
MO: Farm residents hacked to death with axes and
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hoes; victims include the deputy speaker of the SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
National Assembly and his wife
DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Pietermaritzburg, South DISPOSITION: Unsolved
Africa VICTIMS: Six
MO: Police blame one man for rape-murders of local
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women
SEX: Unk. RACE; Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Rapid City, S. Dak.
VICTIMS: Eight
Unknown
MO: Homeless men drowned
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: GC
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
alleged
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DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Sundra, South Africa
MO: Women raped, bound, stabbed, and dumped
VICTIMS: Four
beside highways
MO: Children decapitated over seven months; four DISPOSITION: Unsolved
skulls, and three bodies found
DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police blame
muti
practi-Unknown
tioners
SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Los Angeles, Calif. VIC-
Unknown
AKA: “Jack the Butcher”
TIMS: Three
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.
MO: Asian male in early 20s shot eight victims, killing DATE(S): 1998–2000 VENUE: Belize VICTIMS:
three, in two different auto accessory stores, in June Eight
and August 1999; nothing stolen in either case MO: Rape-mutilation murders of girls aged 9–15; a DISPOSITION: Unsolved
ninth victim survived in 1999; arrest of a suspect in the third case failed to stop the killings
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DISPOSITION: Unsolved
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Flint, Mich. VICTIMS:
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Seven
SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
MO: Rape-murders of black female prostitutes
DATE(S): 1998–2000 VENUE: Accra, Ghana VIC-
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
TIMS: 25
MO: Rape-murders of women; bodies left nude and
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supine
SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.
DISPOSITION: Unsolved
DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Anniston, Ala. VICTIMS:
Five
Unknown
MO: Three women and two men killed; three victims SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.
shot by home invaders; two dumped outdoors (one DATE(S): 1998/2003 VENUE: Anne Arundel County, shot, one bludgeoned)