MURPHY, Donald

Police photo of Donald Murphy

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 […]

KNOWLES, Paul John

Photo of Paul John Jones, serial killer. Courtesy AP Photo

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, […]