William Clyde Gibson III added

Increasing violence and depravity is clear in the story of William Clyde Gibson III. In just 3 murders, he went from what appears to be spur-of-the-moment to necrophilia and mutilation. Read more about the murders committed by William Clyde Gibson III.

BLAIR, Terry

Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Podcasts | Videos Terry Blair grew up in crime and violence.  One of his brothers, Walter Blair Jr., was executed for committing murder. His mother Janice Blair, killed a man but was given probation.  A half-brother, Clifford Miller, is serving two life sentences and 240 years. Miller is in […]

CARPENTER, David Joseph

Serial killer David Carpenter during his second trial

Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Podcasts | Videos On July 12, 1960, Carpenter attacked Lois DeAndrade. The secretary was beaten with a hammer and stabbed during the assault. Carpenter told DeAndrade he had a “sexual quirk”. In fact, he had a record of sexual assaults. Carpenter was arrested at the scene by a military […]

COX, Frederick Pete

Florida Dept of Corrections inmate photo of Frederick Cox

Dispatch | Timeline | Videos Neighbors described Frederick Pete Cox as unfriendly. His victims would have described him as vile. Cox once volunteered helping crack addicts, probably to find victims. He had a long-term partner, 2 sons, 2 German Shepherds and, by the age of 43, a penchant to kill prostitutes. After minor brushes with […]

GREEN, Ricky Lee

Police mugshot of serial killer Ricky Lee Green

Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Videos Ricky Lee Green had an abusive childhood, a heavy alcohol addiction, a sadomasochistic spouse (Sharon) and a desire to gruesomely kill people. Green may even have included his wife in some of the killings. On March 27, 1985, sixteen-year-old Jeffrey Lynn Davis disappeared. In April, his mutilated, castrated […]

LEGERE, Allan Joseph

arrest of serial killer Allan Legere

Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Podcasts | Videos Allan Joseph Legere said he wanted to take revenge against the community he lived in. That’s why he attacked women and a priest. In 1976, he had a run in with the priest. Linda Daughney had once turned him down for a date. Sixty-six-year-old John Glendenning […]

MANSFIELD Jr., William “Billy”

Courtroom photo of William Mansfield from Tampa Bay Times

Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Videos William “Billy” Mansfield Jr. is the eldest son of a convicted child molester. By the 1970s, Mansfield was already sexually assaulting teenagers. He was in and out of prison. Elaine Louise Ziegler and her family were at a KAO campground in Florida. After leaving her family to take […]

TUTTLE, Wesley Allan

Wesley Allan Tuttle Idaho Police mugshot

Dispatch | Timeline | Books It took 25 years, but DNA testing of the remains of a 14-year-old girl allowed investigators to charge Wesley Allan Tuttle with his second murder. Lisa Lynne Chambers was developmentally delayed. On November 10, 1982, the 14-year-old girl was picked up by Tuttle while on her way to school. He […]

WALLACE, Henry Louis

Mug shot of Henry Louis Wallace, WPNFCC4

Over 21 months, four women who worked at Bojangles in Charlotte, North Carolina, were murdered. They were not the only victims of serial killer Henry Louis Wallace. Wallace met Tashanda Bethea in 1989. Their mothers worked together in the same factory. In March, 1990, she went missing. She was his first murder victim. Bethea’s body […]

HILTON, Gary Michael

Associated Press photo of serial killer Gary Michael Hilton

In 1959, Gary Michael Hilton shot his stepfather, wounding him. He hated the man for taking his mother’s affections from him. Forgiven, 13-year-old Hilton spent time in a mental hospital. In 1995, Hilton became a consultant on the film Deadly Run, a straight-to-video film about a serial killer. The character kept women in a cabin […]