List of serial killers in the United States

This is a list of serial killers in the United States. The list is by no means complete.

Convicted serial killers

Unidentified or unconvicted serial killers

This is a list of unidentified serial killers. It includes suspects who have been charged but not convicted.

NameYears active Proven victims Possible victims Notes
Alphabet murders 1971 to 1973 3 3 Also known as "The Double Initial Murders"; murders of three young girls in the Rochester, New York area during the early 1970s
Ann Arbor Hospital Murders 1975 10 10 Poisonings of ten patients at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in 1975
Atlanta Ripper 1911 15 15-21 Mystery murderer(s) of fifteen Atlanta women in 1911
Bloody Benders 1869 to 1873 11 12+ Family who killed guests at their inn in Labette County, Kansas in 1872
Boston Strangler 1962 to 1964 13 13 1960s deaths of 13 women (five young, eight older), mostly with their own stockings as ligature. Albert DeSalvo confessed to the murders, but was never indicted; DNA evidence has recently suggested his guilt in one of the cases
Charlie Chop-off 1972 to 1974 6 6 Murders of five boys in Manhattan in 1972 and 1973. A mental patient confessed to one slashing death. Four stabbings also involving mutilation remain unsolved
Cincinnati Strangler 1965 to 1966 7 7 Raped and strangled seven mostly elderly women in Cincinnati, Ohio between 1965 and 1966
Cleveland Torso Murderer 1934 13 40+ Also known as "The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run"; responsible for 12–13 murders in the Cleveland, Ohio area in the 1930s
Colonial Parkway Killer 1986 to 1989 8 0 Believed to have murdered at least eight people in Virginia between 1986 and 1989; left three couples dead and one couple missing and presumed dead
Connecticut River Valley Killer 1978 to 1987 7 7+ Stabbed at least six women to death in New England in the 1980s, severely injured one[1]
Daytona Beach killer 2005 to 2007 4 5 Murdered four, possibly five, women in Daytona Beach, Florida between 2005 and 2007
The Doodler 1974 to 1975 14 0 Sketched then stabbed to death 14 gay men in San Francisco in the 1970s
Eastbound Strangler 2006 4 0 Killed at least four victims in October and November 2006 in Atlantic City, NJ. Each was placed about sixty feet apart in a ditch filled with shallow water. They were facing east and missing their socks[2]
Edgecombe County Serial Killer 2000s 9 10 Murders of nine women and disappearance of another since 2005 around Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Antwan Pittman has been convicted in one case
Neal Falls ?–2015? 0 10+ Killed up to 10 women before being killed in self defense.
Flat-Tire murders 1975 5 5+ Killed 5 women in 1975
Frankford Slasher 1985 to 1990 8 9 Allegedly responsible for nine murders in the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Leonard Christopher was convicted of one murder; another murder was committed in same style while he was incarcerated; believed to still be at large
Freeway Phantom 1971 to 1972 6 7 Raped and strangled six young women and girls in Washington, D.C. in the early 1970s, dumping their bodies by freeways
Gypsy Hill killings 1976 5 0 Known as the "San Mateo slasher"; five unsolved killings, of young women in San Mateo County, California during early 1976
Honolulu Strangler 1985 to 1986 5 0 Raped and strangled five young women in Hawaii in 1985 and 1986
Jeff Davis 8 2005 to 2009 8 0 The bodies of eight women were found in swamps and canals surrounding Jennings, Louisiana. Originally thought to be a serial killer, but multiple suspects may be involved
Long Island serial killer 1996-2010 10 17 Suspected of killing eight women, a man and a child since 1996 and dumping their bodies along remote beaches in Suffolk and Nassau County, New York. The killer has been referred to as the Gilgo Beach killer because of the location where the first bodies were found
Michael Gargiulo 1993 to 2008 3 6 Also known as the "Hollywood Ripper"; murdered at least 3 people including Ashton Kutcher's former girlfriend Ashley Ellerin
Michael Madison 2012 to 2013 3 0 Suspected American serial killer from East Cleveland, Ohio who is currently being held in custody as a suspect in at least three murders
New Bedford Highway Killer 1988 to 1989 9 11 Murders of nine women and disappearance of two others between 1988 and 1989
Oakland County Child Killer 1976 to 1977 4 4+ Also known as "The Babysitter"; responsible for the murders of four or more children in Oakland County, Michigan in 1976 and 1977
Original Night Stalker 1979 to 1986 10 13 Also known as "The East Area Rapist"; killer and rapist who murdered ten people in Southern California from 1979 through 1986
Phantom Killer 1946 5 0 Believed to have committed the Texarkana Moonlight Murders in Texas between February 23 and May 4, 1946
Redhead murders 1978 to 1992 8 8+ Series of unsolved homicides believed to have been committed by an unidentified serial killer in Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and Pennsylvania
Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders 1972 to 1973 7 7+ A series of at least seven unsolved homicides involving female hitchhikers that took place in Sonoma County and Santa Rosa of the North Bay area of California in 1972 and 1973
Servant Girl Annihilator 1884–1885 8 8 Also known as "The Austin Axe Murderer"; responsible for at least seven murders in Austin, Texas between 1884 and 1885
Smiley face murder theory 1990s to 2000s 0 40+ Theoretical serial killer(s) thought by some sources[4] to have drowned college-aged young men across the northern part of the country since 1997; most experts suggest that the deaths were accidental
Texas Killing Fields 1970s to 2000s 1 30+ Since the early 1970s roughly 30 bodies have been extracted from the fields, mainly consisting of young girls. May have been the work of multiple killers. Convicted murderer Edward Harold Bell, 72 years old in November 2011, claimed in a letter to police in 1998 to have murdered 11 girls in Galveston County. Kevin Edison Smith was sentenced to life imprisonment for one of the murders in 2012
Darren Deon Vann 2014 and earlier 7 7+ Confessed to the murders of at least seven women.
West Mesa murders 2003-2009 11 11+ Remains of 11 women, who disappeared between 2003 and 2005, found buried in desert in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2009 and attributed to a bone collector
Zodiac Killer 1968 to 1974 5 37 Targeted young couples. Remains unsolved but open in the California jurisdictions the 5 certain Zodiac murders occurred. Potentially 37 total victims claimed but unverified.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Joseph Naso sentenced to death for California's 'Alphabet Murders'
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