SHAW, Sebastian Alexander

Police photo of murderer Sebastian Alexander Shaw

Dispatch | Timeline | Books Sebastian Alexander Shaw (born Chau Quong Ho) was on police radar for a while before he was arrested. He was a suspected sex offender, and DNA from a sex assault matched the DNA from a double murder. The rape victim ID’d Shaw, and police work finally got him arrested. Years […]

REED, Todd Alan

Photo of serial killer Todd Alan Reed, from Corvallis Gazette-Times

Dispatch | Timeline | Books | Podcasts | Videos By age 14, Todd Alan Reed was already in a residential program after committing a crime, and was a convicted sex offender. Authorities at the time did not consider him dangerous. He never travelled far to commit his crimes, staying in his home town of Portland, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

JACKSON, Vickie Dawn

Photo of Vickie Dawn Jackson in prison

Vickie Dawn Jackson was a vocational nurse at the Nocona General Hospital in Nocona, Texas. A licensed vocational nurse in Texas needs 1-2 years of training. It gave her a chance to learn about paralytic drugs. Her drug of choice was Mivacron, a powerful muscle relaxant normally kept on crash carts. Whenever the drug went […]

PRIEST, Martin Dean

Pool TV court image of Martin Priest

Martin Dean Priest is a convicted murderer, and a really good manipulator. Wives, friends, the courts. He can play them all. On June 12, 1980, Priest was working with a paint crew, painting the Lewis apartment. The next day, Tonya Lee Lewis, 13, disappears after leaving a ball game she played with Priest and some […]

ABLES, Tony Alvin

Florida Department of Corrections photo of Tony Ables

DNA technology is catching up to murderer Tony Alvin Ables. Ables has been convicted of 2 murders, and charges for another are pending. Ables is not being charged with a 4th murder, despite DNA evidence. On December 11, 1970, Ables (sometimes referred to as Abels) killed a man during a robbery. He pled guilty on […]

McDUFF, Kenneth Allen

Mug shot of Kenneth Allen McDuff, Texas Department of Corrections

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 […]