SHAWCROSS, Arthur John
Arthur John Shawcross earned his serial killer nickname, “The Genesee River Killer”. He murdered 11 women in upstate New York between 1988 and 1989. That’s an average of one victim every 59 days. Like many serial killers, Shawcross says he had a terrible childhood, full of bullying, conflict and sexual abuse. He blames his mother […]
LOCKETT, Will (Petrie KIMBROUGH)
Sometimes, people about to be executed, spontaneously confess to more murders. There is no investigation, as the person is about to die. It is taken as truth, a sign that the killer wanted to “get right with God.” That’s the case with African American Will Lockett (aka Petrie Kimbrough) in 1920. He confessed to three […]
HUNTER, Richard Lewis
Richard Lewis Hunter is a serial killer who targeted elderly women in his neighbourhood. In fact, all his victims lived within 2 miles of each other. This makes him a territorial serial killer. Hunter worked as a furniture mover, among other jobs. This would come in handy for stealing property after raping and killing his […]
OKUBO, Kiyoshi
Kiyoshi Okubo was a Japanese serial killer who murdered women throughout 1971. He had an extensive history of sexual assaults, starting from a young age. At age 11, Okubo attempted to molest neighbourhood girl. As a youngster he was called “Son of Kodaira” (an earlier serial killer). Despite a wealthy family and loving parents, Okubo […]
MURPHY, Donald
Serial killer Donald Murphy murdered his victims in Detroit, Michigan. Most, perhaps all, of the women he killed were prostitutes. Murphy started his criminal career young. On February 10, 1967, he was found guilty of sex assault. At 23, he was sentenced to 6 months in Detroit House of Correction. Two years later, on July […]
McDUFF, Kenneth Allen
Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Podcasts | Videos Kenneth Allen McDuff committed two distinct series of murders. The first, in 1966, involved the slaughter of three teenagers. He saw the young woman so murdered the two boys. He and an accomplice then raped and murdered her by compressing her neck with a broomstick. This […]
KNOWLES, Paul John
Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Podcasts | Videos He was called The Casanova Killer, but Paul John Knowles was by no means a romantic charmer. His victims were not women he swept off their feet. Mostly, they were young pre-teen girls or women nearing or past middle age. There was no romance: just guns, […]
RISSELL, Montie Ralph
Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Videos Between August 1976 and May 1977, Alexandria, Virginia was under the shadow of the West End Murders. Four women had been murdered, many of them associated with the Holmes Run Apartments. It wasn’t until after the killer was arrested that police discovered the fifth body. Montie (that’s the […]
RIVERA, Reinaldo Javier
Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Videos Reinaldo Javier Rivera was born in 1963 in Madrid, Spain. The Latinx serial killer operated in the U. S. He raped and killed women from 1999 to 2000. He was found guilty of only 1 murder, but faced life sentences for his assaults. As of December 2019, he […]
WIMBERLY, Anthony Rene
Dispatch | Timeline Anthony Rene Wimberly was born on October 26, 1962. He was first arrested for assault at the age of 14. It never got any better for Wimberly. He is in and out of jail for the next four years. By 1980, he is robbing homes while children are home. Another four years […]