Serial Killer
Samuel Little’s case demonstrates a commonly voiced complaint of veteran officers: A post-arrest criminal justice system that shows more compassion for criminals than victims
The society, which was founded in 1990, is a members-only club in Philadelphia; the group focuses their efforts on solving cold case homicides
These takeaways from a police PIO can prove beneficial to law enforcement communication pros in future cases
Samuel Little had 60 confirmed victims and confessed to dozens more
Investigators used covert searches of private DNA-tracing companies to track down relatives of the killer
The man is thought to have posed as a maintenance worker to gain access to senior living centers and smother his victims
Samuel Little confessed to 93 homicides, but his choice of victims -- those unlikely to be missed -- meant few paid attention
Police believe the four shootings were random
The former grave digger had been serving concurrent life sentences for his five-year killing spree and 13 murders across northern England in the 70s
Joseph James DeAngelo, 74, will die in prison for his guilty pleas to 13 murders and 13 rape-related charges between 1975 and 1986, said Judge Michael Bowman
As part of a deal to avoid the death penalty, he pleaded guilty Monday to 13 murders and admitted dozens of rapes and crimes too old to be prosecuted
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Detectives across the nation are interviewing Samuel Little with the hopes of identifying more of his victims
Samuel Little, whom the FBI identified this month as the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, produced startlingly detailed likenesses of dozens of women he says he strangled
Samuel Little told investigators last year that he was responsible for about 90 killings nationwide between 1970 and 2005
Authorities are trying to determine if he’s the “serial murderer and rapist” behind the deaths of three women over the past three months
The bodies of three women have been found in separate vacant houses since March, the latest one Wednesday
Officials have set up a central hotline for anyone with information about the “Atlanta Child Murders” cases
Police believe the killer stabbed at least five men to death from early 1974 to late 1975
“With no stab marks or bullet wounds, many of these deaths were not classified as homicides but attributed to drug overdoses, accidents, or natural causes,” the FBI said
Of the 90 slayings inmate Sam Little claimed credit for, at least 30 have already been corroborated by police in about 19 states
Joseph DeAngelo was previously charged in 12 killings throughout the state in the 1970s and 1980s
Jose Gilberto Rodriguez, a felon who spent decades in prison before being released last year, is linked to the deaths of three people
Investigators knew the killer only through a string of DNA recorded at several of the dozen murder scenes
Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested after a DNA sample came back as a match to the Golden State Killer
Manson died of natural causes at Kern County hospital
Three people have been shot in the street after riding the bus in the past two weeks within a 1-mile radius
Ryan Sharpe wasn’t a suspect in the shootings until he called the sheriff’s office and identified himself as the killer
Aaron Saucedo, dubbed the Serial Street Shooter by authorities, has been jailed since he was indicted in April in one of the first killings in the series
Todd Kohlhepp pleaded guilty two weeks ago to avoid the death penalty and was sentenced to life in prison
Police say they don’t know what motivated Aaron Juan Saucedo and that he didn’t have any connection to any of the eight people who were killed
Two bodies found on the property of a man linked to five other deaths were a couple who had a history of panhandling
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