Male Solo Serial Killers Update, 2004-2014
➢ Male solo killers (N=205) account for 76% of all serial killers, 2004-2014 (N=270)
➢ Race/ethnicity of offenders:
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Caucasian: 40%
African American: 52%
Hispanic: 5%
Middle Eastern and East Indian: 2%
Average age of offender at first killing: 29.5
Average age at apprehension: 38
Average span of offender killing: 8 years
Total number of victims: 766-955
Average number of victims per offender: 3.7-4.7
Span of offender killing: 1965-2014
Offenders who killed all their victims in same year: 39%
Offenders who killed in more than one year: 61%
• 1-2 years: 8%
• 2-3 years: 6%
• 4-5 years: 7%
• 6-9 years: 11%
• 10+ years: 29%
➢ Method of killing by male solo offenders:
• Shoot only: 37%
• Strangle only: 21%
• Stab only: 8%
• Beat/blunt force only: 6%
• Combination of strangling, beating, stabbing, and/or shooting: 28%
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Victims of male solo killers:
• Adults only: 94%
• Elderly only: 4%
• Children only: 1%
• Adults and children: 9%
• Adults and elderly: 2%
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Offenders who targeted specific type of victim: 91%
Average number of victims per offender: 3.7-4.7
Strangers only: 61%
Prostitutes: 15%
Males only: 23%
Females only: 42%
Male and female victims: 36%
Involving more than one state: 18%
Monikers Given to Male Serial Killers in the United States (Table 7.1)
Year
Name
Monikers
1846-1871
1874-1909
1879
1890-1905
1892-1896
1895
1910-1920
1910-1934
1911-1919
1921-1931
1926-1927
1933-1935
1942-1947
1945-1946
1949
1957-1960
1958-1983
Edward H Rulloff
James P Miller
Stephen Lee Richards
Johann Otto Hoch
Harry Howard Holmes
William H.T. Durrant
James P. Watson
Albert Fish
Joseph Mumfre
Harry Powers (aka Herman Drenth)
Earle L. Nelson
Major Raymond Lisemba
Jake Bird
William George Heirens
Harvey Louis Carignan
Melvin David Rees
Richard F. Biegenwald
1962-1964
1964-1965
1964-1973
1965
1965
1967-1969
1970
1970-1987
1970-1987
1970-2000
1972-1978
1974-1975
1974-1978
1974-1991
1974-1994
1975-1998
1976-1977
1977-1978
1977-1980
1978
1978-1979
1978-1996
1979-1980
1980's
Albert Henry DeSalvo
Charles H. Schmid
Edmund Emil Kemper
Posteal Laskey
John Floyd Thomas
John N. Collins
Richard Macek
Donald Harvey
Jerry Marcus
Tommy Lynn Sells
John Wayne Gacy
Vaughn Greenwood
Theodore Robert Bundy
Dennis Lynn Rader
Ricardo Caputo
Robert Lee Yates Jr.
David R. Berkowitz
Carlton Gary
Richard Cottingham
Richard T. Chase
Gerald Parker
Theodore Kaczynski
William Bonin
Roger Kibbe
The Educated Murderer
"Deacon" Jim
Nebraska Fiend
Stockyard Bluebeard
The Torture Doctor
Demon of the Belfry
Bluebeard
The Cannibal, The Moon Maniac
New Orleans Axeman
American Bluebeard
The Gorilla Killer
Rattlesnake Lisemba
Tacoma Axe Killer
The Lipstick Murderer
The Want-Ad Killer
Sex Beast
The Trill Killer
The Measuring Man, the Green
Man, the Boston Strangler
Pied Piper of Tucson
Coed Killer
Cincinnati Strangler
West Side Rapist
Coed Murderer
The Mad Biter
Angel of Death
Tuskegee Strangler
Coast to Coast
Killer Clown
Skid Row Slasher
Ted
BTK Strangler
The Lady Killer
The Spokane Serial Killer
Son of Sam, 44-Caliber Killer
Stocking Strangler
The Ripper Jekyll/Hyde
Vampire Killer
Bedroom Basher
The Unabomber
Freeway Killer
1-5 Strangler
1980's
1980's
1980's
1980-1981
1980-1982
1981
1981-1982
1982-1998
1984
1984-2000
1986-2007
1987
1989-1990
1990-1991
1990-1995
1992
1992
1993-1995
1993-1997
1994-1995
1994-1996
1995-1996
1997-1999
1998-2004
2001
2002
2007-2009
2010
Paul M. Stephanie
Craig Price
Randy Kraft
David Carpenter
Randall Woodfield
Marion A. Pruett
Coral Eugene Watts
Gary Leon Ridgway
Cleo Green
John Edward Robinson
Walter Ellis
Richard Angelo
Danny Rolling
Cleophus Prince
Keith Jesperson
David L. Wood
Thomas Juskey
Glenn Rogers
Michael Swango
Roy Enrique Conde
Anthony Balaam
Daniel Conahan
Angel Maturino Resendez
Derick Todd Lee
Marc Sappington
John Allen Muhammad and John Malvo
Anthony Sowell
Elias Abuelazam
Weepy Voiced Killer
Slasher of Warwick
Scorecard Killer
Trailside Killer
The 1-5 Killer
Mad Dog Killer
Sunday Morning Slasher
The Green River Killer
Red Demon
Slavemaster
Milwaukee North Side Strangler
Angel of Death
Campus Killer, Gainsville Ripper
Clairemont Killer
Happy Face Killer
Desert Killer
Zoo Man
Cross Country Killer
Dr. Death
Tamiami Strangler
Trenton Strangler
The Hog Trail Murderer
Railroad Killer
Baton Rouge Killer
The Kansas City Vampire
D.C. Snipers
Cleveland Strangler
Serial Stabber
Percentage of Male Offenders Murdering Family, Acquaintances, and Strangers in the US, 1800-2
Table 7.7
1800-2014
Relationship
Strangers
Acquaintances
Family/Friends
1975-2014
Percentage of
Percentage of
Offenders
Offenders (N=591) (N=404)
79
15
13
84
16
10
* Some killed in combination of family, friends, strangers and/or acquaintances
Percentage of Male Serial Killers Murdering People in Specific Victim Age and Gender Categories
Table 7.9
Age Only
Children
Teens
Adults
Elderly
Gender Only
1
4
62
4
Females
Males
Both
At least One
Child or Teen
Adult
Elderly
At least One
42
89
13
Female
Male
45
21
35
75
59
Rank Order of Type of Victims Selected by Male Serial Killers
Table 7.8
A. Strangers
1.
2.
3.
Young females alone
Prostitues
Hitchhikers
Students
Women at home selected
randomly
4.
Young males alone
Hitchhikers
Skid-row derelicts
Laborers
Military
Women seeking employment
Nurses, models, waitresses
5.
Children alone
Boys
Girls
Employers/business
Gas stations
Fast-food outlets
6.
Elderly alone
Female
Male
Travelers
People in cars
Campers
B. Acquaintances
C. Family
Young women
People in community
People in own
group/coworkers/employers/neig
hbors
Children
Visitors/transients
Schoolmates
Patients
Roommates
Wives
In-laws
Children/mothers/brother
s/ grandparents
7.
Patients
Elderly
Infants
Others
8.
Police
9.
Racial
targets:
Blacks
Whites
10.
Citizens walking in
public
Random
Table 7.4
Offender
Benjamin Atkins
Jake Bird
Eugene Britt
Debra Brown
Jarvis Catoe
Curtis Clinton
Nathaniel R. Code
Alton Coleman
Andre Crawford
Lucius Crawford
Curtis A. Davis Jr.
Chris Jordan Dorner
Paul Durosseau
Walter Ellis
Colin Ferguson
Kendall Francois
Carlton Gary
Lorenzo J. Gilyard
Harrison "Marty" Graham
Vaughn Greenwood
Kevin Haley and Reginald Haley
Clarence Hill
Waneta Hoyt
Curtis T. Horn
Calvin Jackson
Richard Jameswhite
Nikko Jenkins
Milton Johnson
Derrick T. Lee
Devernon LeGrand
Antonio Lewis
Michael Madison
Samuel Little (aka McDowell)
ohn Lee Malvo and John Allen
Muhammad
Bobby Joe Maxwell
Eddie Lee Mosley
Christopher Peterson
Michael Player
James Pough
Craig Price
Cleophus Prince Jr.
A Sampling of African American Serial Killers 1935-2013
Location
Dates
# of victims
MI
WA
IN
OH/MI/IN/IL
Washington, DC/NY
OH
LA
OH/MI/IN/IL
IL
NY
IL
CA
FL/GA
WI
NY
NY
GA
MO
PA
LA
CA
PA
NY
KS, MO
NY
NY/GA
NE
IL
LA
NY
IL
OH
CA/MS/FL
1991-1992
1947
1995
1984
1935-1941
1997-2012
1984-1987
1984
1993-1994
1993-1994
1989-2012
2013
2001-2002
1986-2007
1993
1996-1998
1970-1978
1977-1993
1987-1988
1974-1975
1979-1984
1935-1941
1965-1971
2010-2013
1973-1974
1993-1994
2013
1983
1992-2004
1968-1975
2012-2013
2012-2013
1980's
11
44
11+
8
9
4
8
8
10
3
4
4
6
7
6
8
7+
13
7+
11
8
6
5
3
9+
15
4
5
7
Unknown
3
3
3-6+
2002
1978-1979
1979-2000
Unknown
1986
1990's
1980's
1990
10+
10
20+
Unknown
10
11
3
6
Wash, DC/VA
CA
FL
IN
CA
FL
RI
CA
Robert Rozier
Anthony Sowell
John Floyd Thomas
Chester D. Turner
Henry Louis Wallace
Johnathan "John John" Walker
Coral E. Watts
Wayne Williams
FL
OH
CA
CA
NC
CA
MI/TX
GA
1984
2007-2009
1965-2009
1987-1998
1992-1994
2008-2011
1979-1983
1979-1981
6
11
25-30
10-13
9-20
3
10+
23-28
1935-2013
Albert DeSalvo's Victims
Table 7.10
Date of Murder
Name
Age
Sexual Assault
Method
6/14/1962
6/28/1962
6/30/1962
6/30/1962
Anna Slesers
Mary Mullen
Helen Blake
Nina Nichols
55
85
65
68
Blow to head/strangelation
Strangulation
Strangulation
Strangulation
No
No
Yes
Yes
8/18/1962
Ida Irga
75
Strangulation
Yes
8/20/1962
12/5/1962
12/30/1962
Jane Sullivan
Sophie Clark
Patricia Bissette
67
20
23
Yes
Yes
Yes
3/9/1963
Mary Brown
69
5/6/1963
Beverly Samans
23
Strangulation
Strangulation
Strangulation
Fractured
skull/stabbing/strangulation
Multiple stab wounds to throat
and breast
9/8/1963
11/23/1963
Evelyn Corbin
Joann Graff
58
23
Strangulation
Strangulation
Yes
Yes
1/4/1964
Mary Sullivan
19
Strangulation
Yes
Yes
Yes
Corpse Desecration
Residence Searched by Killer
Bow under chin
No
Bite mark, legs apart, bow under chin
Bottle in vagina, legs apart, bow under chin
Legs apart and propped up on chair, bite marks,
twisted pillowcase around neck
Body left in kneeling position, face down in
bathtub, exposed
Legs apart, gag in mouth, bow under chin
Bow under chin
No
No
Yes
Yes
Table fork embedded in breast
Gagged, legs apart tied to bed posts, bow under
chin
Yes
Underpants stuffed in mouth, bow tied on ankle
Bite marks on breast, bow under chin
Legs apart, broom handle in vagina, bow under
chin, Happy New Year Card
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Carlton Gary's Victims
Date
Name
9/16/1977
9/25/1977
10/21/1977
10/25/1977
12/28/1977
2/12/1978
4/20/1978
Mary F. Jackson
Jean Dimenstein
Florence Scheible*
Martha Thurmond*
Kathleen Woodruff*
Mildred D. Borom
Janet T. Cofer
Age
* Gary officially charged with the murder
59
71
89
69
74
78
61
Marital
Status
Method
Sexual
Assault
Widow
Single
Widow
Widow
Widow
Widow
Widow
Strangled
Strangled
Strangled
Strangled
Strangled
Strangled
Strangled
Possible
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Possible
Possible
Degree of Victims Facilitation in Being Murdered by Male Offenders, 1800-2004
1800-2004
Facilitation
Low
High
Both
1975-2004
Percentage of
Percentage of
Offenders (N=327) Offenders (N=169)
64
16
20
55
21
24
Distribution of Cases involving male offenders across the United States, 1800-2014
State
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Texas
Alabama
Arizona
Indiana
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
Nevada
New Jersey
North Carolina
Oregon
Tennessee
Washington
Wisconsin
# of cases in which one or
more victims were killed
82
25-45
10-24
State
Alaska
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wyoming
# of cases in which one
or more victims were
killed
1-9
1800-2014
Robert Long's Victims
Date Victim Missing
3/28/1984
5/10/1984
5/25/1984
6/8/1984
9/7/1984
9/30/1984
10/1/1984
10/13/1984
10/15/1984
11/9/1984
Date Victim Found
11/22/1984
5/13/1984
5/27/1984
6/24/1984
11/16/1984
10/31/1984
10/7/1984
10/14/1984
10/16/1984
11/12/1984
Name
Artis Wick
Long Nguyen
Michelle Simms
Elizabeth Loundeback
Vicky Elliot
Kimberly Hopps
Chanel Williams
Karen Dinsfriend
Virginia Johnson
Kim Swann
Age
18
20
22
22
21
20s
18
28
18
21
Occupation
Unknown
Exotic Dancer
Prostitute
Factory Worker
Waitress
Prostitute
Prostitute
Prostitute
Waitress/Prostitute
Student/Nude Dancer
Method
Unknown
Strangled
Cut throat
Unknown
Strangled
Unknown
Gunshot to head
Strangled
Strangled
Strangled
Mutilation
Unknown
Bludgeoned
Head Bludgeoned
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Neck Puncture
Head Bludgeoned
Unknown
No
Selected Occupations of Male offenders before or during their career of murder
Table 7.11
Skilled
Semiskilled
Unskilled
Aircraft builder
Shoemaker
Car upholsterer
Electrician/carpenter
TV repairman
Plumber
Electronics technician
Building contractor
Computer operator
Mechanic
Nurse
Truck painter
Woodsman
Truck driver
Warehouse employee
Bartender
Boiler operator
Farmer
Nurse's aide
House painter
Barber
Factory worker
Construction worker
Motel clerk
Store clerk
Laborer
Hotel porter
Gas attendant
Garbage collector
Kitchen worker
Handyman
Criminal
Thief
Con artist
Pimp
Burglar
Robber
Government/professional
Other
Security, auxiliary police officer
Military personnel
Minister
Business owner, hotel, plantation, ranch, bakery
Lecturer
Physician
Clerk
Salesman
Musician
Social worker
Postal worker
Accountant
Photographer
Transient/drifter,vagrant
Cult follower
Student
Former mental patient
Victims of Male Offenders in the US, 1800-2014 One State vs. Multistate Mobility
1800-2014
1975-2014
Mobility
Percentage of
Percentage of
Classification of Victims (N=3,687- Offenders
Killers
5,522)
(N=629)
Total
Multi-State
One State
100
29-31
69-71
100
28
72
Percentage of
Victims
(N=2,0993,038)
100
24-31
69-76
Percentage of
Offenders
(N=448)
100
22
78
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