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(overturned on appeal; remanded to asylum)

Laws, Keith Richard
(?– )

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

DATES(S): 1970/89 VENUE: Va./Netherlands VIC-

Langley, Robert P., Jr.
(1959– )

TIMS: Two

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-

MO: Profit-motivated slayer of wife (1970) and elderly specific

male acquaintance (1989)

DATES(S): 1987–89 VENUE: North Salem, Ore.

DISPOSITION: Imprisoned for wife’s murder,

VICTIMS: Two

1970–87; life term in Amsterdam, 1991

MO: Parolee; killed woman (1987) and fellow ex-convict (1989), planting bodies near his halfway house
Lawson, Bennie L.
(d. 1994)

residence

SEX: M RACE: ? TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

DISPOSITION: Condemned in two separate trials, DATES(S): 1994 VENUE: Washington, D.C. VIC-1989

TIMS: Six suspected

MO: Suspected of a triple murder; opened fire in police
LaPage, Joseph
(d. 1878)

station, killing three lawmen and wounding two SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

more

DATES(S): c. 1870–73 VENUE: Mass./Canada

DISPOSITION: Killed in shoot-out with police, Nov.

VICTIMS: Two

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Lear, Tuhran
(?– )

DATES(S): 1943/50 VENUE: Lawrence, Mass. VIC-

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

TIMS: Two

DATES(S): 1980s VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VICTIMS:

MO: Strangler of women; one victim mutilated

Two

DISPOSITION: Convicted of manslaughter, 1943

MO: Killed teenager as juvenile; shot robbery victim (paroled 1948); suicide after second murder, Nov.

DISPOSITION: Condemned

17, 1950

Leasure, William Ernest
(1946– ) AKA: Mild Bill
Lent, Lewis, Jr.
(1950– )

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

DATES(S): 1977–81 VENUE: Los Angeles County,

DATES(S): 1983–90 VENUE: Eastern U.S. VIC-

Calif. VICTIMS: Three

TIMS: Eight suspected

MO: Corrupt policeman and contract killer

MO: Lust killer of five females (age 10–21) and three DISPOSITION: 15 years to life on two counts, 1991

males (age 12–15)

DISPOSITION: Life without parole in Mass., 1995; 25

Lee, Derrick Todd
(1969– )

years to life in N.Y., 1997

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

DATE(S): 1998–2003 VENUE: Baton Rouge, La.

Leonard, Eric Royce
(1969– ) AKA: Thrill Killer VICTIMS: Seven

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-

MO: Attacked 8 women, killing seven, in four parishes specific

surrounding Baton Rouge

DATES(S): 1991 VENUE: Sacramento, Calif. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Received life term without parole on TIMS: Six

one count of second-degree murder, Aug. 16, 2004; MO: Shot victims/witnesses in petty robberies

convicted on second count, Oct. 12, 2004

DISPOSITION: Condemned

Leger, Antoine
(d. 1824)

Leonski, Edward Joseph
(1917–42) AKA: Singing SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

Strangler

DATES(S): 1820s VENUE: France VICTIMS: “Sev-

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-

eral”

specific

MO: Cannibal “ripper” or young women who also

DATES(S): 1919–42 VENUE: Melbourne, Australia

drank blood of his victims, sometimes removing and VICTIMS: Three

devouring hearts

MO: Alcoholic American soldier, killed women “for DISPOSITION: Guillotined, 1824

their voices”

DISPOSITION: Hanged Nov. 9, 1942

Legere, Allan Joseph
(1948– ) AKA: Madman of Miramichi

Leroy, Francis
(1943– ) AKA: The Werewolf SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sad.

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-

DATES(S): 1986/89 VENUE: New Brunswick,

specific

Canada VICTIMS: Five+

DATES(S): 1961/83 VENUE: Bergerac, France VIC-

MO: Tortured first victim to death; others stabbed, TIMS: Two

bludgeoned, strangled, asphyxiated

MO: Donned costumes to attack victims during full DISPOSITION: Life term, 1986 (escaped 1989); sec-moons

ond life term, 1991

DISPOSITION: 20 years, 1963 (paroled 1972); life without parole, 1989

Lehman, Christa
(1922– )

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC

Leslie, Nashville Franklin
(1842–1925)

DATES(S): 1952–54 VENUE: Worms, Germay VIC-

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

TIMS: Three

DATES(S): 1880s VENUE: Ariz. Territory VIC-

MO: “Black widow” poisoner of husband, father-inTIMS: 13 claimed

law, and a female neighbor

MO: Old West gunman; victims included his live-in lover DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1954

DISPOSITION: 25 years for murder of his girlfriend, 1889; pardoned and released, 1897

Lemieux, Joseph A.
(1908–50)

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-non-

Le Thanh Van
(1956– )

specific

SEX: F RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony

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DATE(S): 1998–2001 VENUE: Ho Chi Minh City,

DATES(S): 1986–91 VENUE: Taiwan VICTIMS: 24

Vietnam VICTIMS: 13

MO: Career criminal; killed victims in gang warfare, MO: Poisoned acquaintances, then stole their cash and kidnappings, and robberies

other valuables; unnamed boyfriend charged as an DISPOSITION: Executed July 25, 1991

accomplice

DISPOSITION: Arrested in August 2004; disposition
Li Pingping
(1960–2004)

unknown

SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/Sex

DATE(S): 1995–2003 VENUE: Beijing, China VIC-

Lewis, Gerald Patrick
(1965– )

TIMS: Six

SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

MO: Taxi driver who killed his ex-employer’s wife and DATE(S): 1980s–1990s VENUE: Ala./Ga./Mass.

12-year-old daughter after being fired; subsequently VICTIMS: Seven confessed

killed and dismembered female prostitutes

MO: Transient rape-slayer of women

DISPOSITION: Executed, June 2004; wife Dong

DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts in

Meirong received 15-year prison term, March 2004, Alabama, Dec. 10, 1999; received life prison term as an accessory to murder and for harboring stolen on one count in Massachusetts, Aug. 8, 2000

money

Libmann, Achim
(1946– )

Lisemba, Raymond
(d. 1942)

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

revenge

DATES(S): 1930s–40s VENUE: Colo./Calif. VIC-

DATES(S): 1986 VENUE: Frankfurt, Germany

TIMS: Three

VICTIMS: Two

MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of wives and a male friend for MO: Strangled prostitutes after his wife became one insurance

DISPOSITION: Pled guilty; life sentence, 1987

DISPOSITION: Hanged in Calif., May 1942

Lightbourne, Wendell
(1940– )

Little, Dwain Lee
(1947– )

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

DATES(S): 1959 VENUE: Bermuda VICTIMS: Two

DATES(S): 1964/75 VENUE: Ore. VICTIMS: Five

MO: Rape-slayer of female tourists; bite marks on bodies MO: Raped/stabbed 16-year-old girl; shot family of DISPOSITION: Death sentence commuted to life

four

imprisonment

DISPOSITION: Life term, 1966 (paroled 1974);

returned as parole violator, 1975 (released 1977);
Lindsey, William Darrell
(1935– )

three consecutive life terms for rape + attempted SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

murder, 1980

DATE(S): 1988–97 VENUE: Fla./N.C. VICTIMS:

More than seven

Liu Jun
(1971– )

MO: Rape-slayer of women; victims beaten and shot; SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/Sex

prime suspect in seven Florida murders and the DATE(S): 1997–99 VENUE: China VICTIMS: 22

death of an Asheville, N.C., prostitute

MO: Posed as repairman to invade and rob homes in DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty to four counts of sec-five Chinese provinces, killing 22 victims, wounding ond-degree murder in Florida, receiving 30-year six others and raping several women

terms for each count, May 21, 1999; pled guilty on DISPOSITION: Unknown

two more counts and received 30-year terms on

both in Florida, July 8, 1999

Liu Mingwu
(1961– )

SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-

Lineveldt, Gamal Salie
(1919–42)

specific

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: Anhui Province, China

DATES(S): 1940–41 VENUE: Cape Town, South

VICTIMS: 29

Africa VICTIMS: Four

MO: Stabbed and bludgeoned homeless victims in sev-MO: Raped/bludgeoned women

eral cities, afterward setting their bodies afire DISPOSITION: Confessed all counts; hanged, 1942

DISPOSITION: Unknown

Lin Lai-Fu
(1960–91)

Li Yuhui
(1970–99)

SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony

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DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Hong Kong, China VIC-

Longley, William P.
(1851–78)

TIMS: Five

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC

MO: Fortune-teller who poisoned three women and DATES(S): 1867–77 VENUE: Tex./Kans. VICTIMS:

two teenage girls, robbing them of $150,000

32 admitted

DISPOSITION: Executed on April 20, 1999

MO: Racist gunfighter; shot blacks, Mexicans, Union soldiers, and personal enemies

Lockett, Will
(d. 1920) AKA: Petrie Kimbrough DISPOSITION: Hanged Oct. 11, 1878

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex.

DATES(S): 1912–15 VENUE: Ill./Ind./Ky. VIC-

Lopes, Edmund
(1935– )

TIMS: Four confessed

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-domes-

MO: Rape-slayer of women and a 10-year-old girl tic

DISPOSITION: Executed in Ky. on one count, Mar.

DATES(S): 1966/70 VENUE: Bloomingdale, Ill.

11, 1920

VICTIMS: Two

MO: Baptist minister; “Bluebeard” slayer of wife and
Lockhart, Michael Lee
(1945–97)

girlfriend

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./CE

DISPOSITION: 20 years for attempted murder, 1971; DATES(S): 1987 VENUE: Ind./Tex./Fla./Tenn. VIC-50–99 years for murder, 1972 (paroled, 1983);

TIMS: Six+ suspected

arrested as parole violator, Jan. 1992 (released MO: Rape-slayer of girls; killed police officer resisting again, May 1992)

arrest

DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts in Ind. and
Lord, Brian Keith
(1961– )

one in Tex.; executed in Tex., Dec. 9, 1997

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/Sex

DATE(S): 1975/1986 VENUE: Calif./Wash. VIC-

Locusta
(d. 69 A.D.)

TIMS: Two

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony

MO: Shot a family friend at age 14; kidnapped his sis-DATE(S): 54–68 VENUE: Rome VICTIMS: More

ter-in-law at 20; raped and murdered a teenage girl than three

in 1986

MO: Hired poisoner of royal victims

DISPOSITION: Detained as a juvenile, 1975–76;

DISPOSITION: Executed in the Colosseum, Jan. 9, imprisoned for kidnapping, 1980–83; condemned in 1969

1987; death sentence commuted, 1997; conviction overturned on appeal, 1999; convicted second time,
Long, David
(1953–99)

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC

April 30, 2003; received life prison term

DATE(S): 1978–86 VENUE: Calif./Tex. VICTIMS:

Five

Lott, Ronald C.
(1961– )

MO: Killed three roommates with a hatchet (1986); SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

subsequently confessed the murders of a gas station DATE(S): 1986–87 VENUE: Oklahoma City, Okla.

attendant (1978) and former employer (1983)

VICTIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: Executed on three counts, Dec. 8, 1999

MO: Serial rapist of women aged 74–92; two of four known victims suffocated in their homes; innocent
Long, Neal Bradley
(1927– )

suspect Robert Lee Miller Jr. served 11 years for the SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-murders before DNA linked Lott to the slayings extremist

DISPOSITION: 25 years for guilty plea on two rapes, DATES(S): 1972–75 VENUE: Dayton, Ohio VIC-1987; condemned on two murder counts, January

TIMS: Seven

2002

MO: Random shootings motivated by racism

DISPOSITION: Consecutive life terms on two counts,
Louis, Emile
(1934– )

1975

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

DATE(S): 1977–79 VENUE: Rouvray, France VIC-

Long, Steven
(d. 1868)

TIMS: Seven confessed

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC

MO: Ex-soldier and serial rapist of females, various DATES(S): 1860s VENUE: Wyo. VICTIMS: Eight+

ages; suspected of 11 murders; confessed seven in MO: Gunfighter, outlaw, and occasional lawman

police custody; all known victims were mentally dis-DISPOSITION: Lynched by vigilantes, Oct. 1868

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DISPOSITION: Served two terms for child abuse, MO: Killed his wife, mother-in-law, and girlfriend 1979–83 and 1989–93; on March 26, 2004 received DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1986 (escaped 1993) a 20-year sentence for repeatedly drugging and raping his wife and stepdaughter in the 1990s; 10-year
Lumbrera, Diana
(1957– )