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DISPOSITION: Unknown

DATE(S): 1995–96 VENUE: Ga./Wash. VICTIMS:

Four suspected

Palmer, Dr. William
(1824–56)

MO: Killed female neighbors and set fire to their apart-SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC

ments; also shot a male motorist chosen at random DATE(S): 1890s–1908 VENUE: Staffordshire, Eng-DISPOSITION: Received life term without parole on land VICTIMS: 13+

two counts in Washington on Feb. 13, 1999

MO: Poisoner of relatives and acquaintances

DISPOSITION: Hanged June 14, 1856

Parks, Larry James
(1954– )

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

Panchenko, Dr. Dimitri
(?–?)

DATE(S): 1996–99 VENUE: Manatee County, Fla.

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

VICTIMS: Four

DATE(S): 1890s–1911 VENUE: Russia VICTIMS:

MO: Murdered a 35-year-old woman and her two

“Several”

daughters, aged four and seven; suspected in the MO: Physician who disposed of unwanted relatives for fatal shooting of a man at his home

a price

DISPOSITION: Three life prison terms

DISPOSITION: 15 years on one count, 1911

Paul, James Allen
(?– )

Parker, Calvin
(1969– )

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

SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE:

DATE(S): 1984 VENUE: N.J./Conn./Vt. VICTIMS:

Sex./Sad.

Three

DATE(S): 2000 VENUE: San Diego, Calif. VIC-

MO: Shot two women and a 45-year-old man in sepa-TIMS: Two alleged

rate incidents; at least one victim robbed

MO: Raped, tortured and dismembered 29-year-old DISPOSITION: Life with 30-year minimum on guilty female roommate; prime suspect in the mutilation-plea to one count in N.J., 1984

murder of a 30-year-old woman found burned on a downtown streetcorner

Pavlovich, Milka
(d. 1935)

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, Aug. 12,

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

2002

tic

DATE(S): 1935 VENUE: Belovar, Yugoslavia VIC-

Parker, Gerald
(1955– ) AKA: Bedroom Basher TIMS: Six

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

MO: “Black widow” poisoner of husband and other DATE(S): 1978–79 VENUE: Orange County, Calif.

relatives

VICTIMS: Six

DISPOSITION: Hanged, May 1935

MO: Home-invading rapist; bludgeoned females age 17–31, also killing a pregnant sixth victim’s full-Payne, Eric Christopher (1973– )

term fetus

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

DISPOSITION: Confessed to rape, 1996; convicted on DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Henrico County, Va. VIC-six murder counts, Oct. 1998; condemned, 1999

TIMS: Two

MO: Women age 51 and 63 raped/bludgeoned/robbed
Parker, Norman, Jr.
(1944– )

in their homes

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC/CE

DISPOSITION: Twice condemned, 1997–98

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Peace, Charles Frederick
(1832–79)

Penton, David Elliott
(1958– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1876 VENUE: Sheffield, England VIC-

DATE(S): 1985–88 VENUE: Tex./Ohio VICTIMS:

TIMS: Two

Four alleged

MO: Burglar who killed a woman in her home; in cus-MO: Pedophile slayer of girls aged 4–9

tody, he confessed the slaying of a policeman three DISPOSITION: Life prison term in Ohio for one mur-months earlier

der committed in 1988; trial pending on three

DISPOSITION: Hanged on Feb. 25, 1879

counts in Texas

Peeler, Russell, Jr.
(1972– )

Peoples, Louis James
(1962– )

SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Bridgeport, Conn. VIC-

felony

TIMS: Three

DATE(S): 1997 VENUE: Stockton, Calif. VIC-

MO: Killed a man in drug dispute, May 1998; subse-TIMS: Four

quently killed a woman and her daughter scheduled MO: Stole pistol and badge from a policeman, used the to testify in that case

gun in a series of armed robberies and killed four DISPOSITION: Received a 105-year prison term on male victims aged 29–56

one count, December 1999

DISPOSITION: Condemned on four murder counts,

June 6, 2000

Peete, Lofie Louise Preslar
(d. 1947)

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

Pereira, Francisco de Assis
(1967– ) AKA: Park DATE(S): 1910–44 VENUE: Tex./Calif. VICTIMS:

Maniac

Five

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

MO: Profit-motivated slayer of husband, lovers, DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: São Paulo, Brazil VIC-coworker and employer

TIMS: 11

DISPOSITION: Acquitted of first killing on plea of MO: Rape-slayer of petite brunette females who lured self-defense; received life prison term for second victims by posing as a fashion photographer

murder, January 1921; paroled 1939; executed on DISPOSITION: Erroneous media report of Dec. 18, April 11, 1947

2000 claimed Pereira was killed by fellow inmates while awaiting trial; convicted on 11 murder counts
Peiry, Michel
(1959– )

in three separate trials, 2001–02, receiving a total of SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

268 years in prison

DATE(S): 1981–87 VENUE: Fla./Switzerland VIC-

TIMS: Three

Perkins, Reginald W.
(?– )

MO: Gay lust killer of teenage boys; bodies burned SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sex./PC

DISPOSITION: Declared insane and confined to asy-DATE(S): 1982/2000 VENUE: Ohio/Tex. VIC-

lum, 1988

TIMS: Two suspected

MO: Serial rapist suspected of killing one teenage vic-Pekalski, Leszek (?– )

tim’s mother; later robbed and strangled his stepSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

mother

DATE(S): 1984–92 VENUE: Poland VICTIMS: 70

DISPOSITION: Received life term plus 6–25 years, all confessed

concurrent, for raping an Ohio minor in 1982;

MO: Random slayer; attacked victims of both sexes paroled February 2000; condemned for his step-DISPOSITION: Convicted on one count, 1996; sen-mother’s murder, March 19, 2002

tenced to 25 years in psychiatric institution

Perry, Calvin, III
(1965–84)

Pennell, Steven Brian
(1957–92) AKA: Corridor SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

Killer

DATE(S): 1983 VENUE: Ft. Wayne, Ind. VICTIMS:

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

Five suspected

DATE(S): 1987–88 VENUE: New Castle County,

MO: Rapist home invader; bludgeoned victims age Del. VICTIMS: Five

11–78

MO: Torture-slayer of female prostitutes

DISPOSITION: Confessed prior to jailhouse suicide, DISPOSITION: Executed Mar. 14, 1992

Jan. 1984

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Perry, George W. E.
(1892–1950)

Petrovs, Kaspars
(1975– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1929–30 VENUE: Wis./Calif./La./Maine

DATE(S): 2001–04 VENUE: Riga, Latvia VIC-

VICTIMS: Four

TIMS: More than 38

MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of wives for profit

MO: Befriended, robbed, and murdered older women DISPOSITION: Life term in Wisc., 1931; died in DISPOSITION: Confessed 38 murders, Jan. 2005; life prison, Mar. 1950

sentence imposed May 12, 2005

Pesquet, Bernard
(1922– )

Pheach Phen
(1979– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1941/74–76 VENUE: Rouen/Paris, France DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: Kompong Cham, Cambodia

VICTIMS: Six

VICTIMS: Five

MO: Bludgeoned man in robbery, 1941; killed victims MO: HIV-positive killer who drank the blood of vic-for profit, 1974–76, cementing corpses inside stair-tims as a “cure,” on the advice of native healers case of his home

DISPOSITION: Unknown

DISPOSITION: Life term, 1956 (paroled 1961); life term, 1984

Philipe, Joseph
(d. 1866) AKA: Terror of Paris SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

Peters, Damien Anthony
(1969– )

DATE(S): 1861–66 VENUE: Paris, France VIC-

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-revenge

TIMS: Eight

DATE(S): 2001 VENUE: Perth, Australia VIC-

MO: “Ripper” of female prostitutes and a 10-year-old TIMS: Two

child

MO: Dismembered gay lovers aged 27 and 50 at his DISPOSITION: Guillotined, July 1866

flat following his HIV-positive diagnosis

DISPOSITION: Life prison term, December 2002

Phillips, Cindy
(1966– )

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

Peterson, Christopher Dwayne
(1968– )

DATE(S): 1981–98 VENUE: Kan./Tex./Colo. VIC-

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

TIMS: Three suspected

DATE(S): 1990 VENUE: Porter/Lake Counties., Ind.

MO: Alleged “black widow” slayer of husbands and VICTIMS: Seven confessed

lovers for profit

MO: Shotgun slayer of white victims in random attacks DISPOSITION: Convicted on Jan. 26, 1999 of hiring a DISPOSITION: Condemned on four counts, 1991–92

hit man to kill her husband in Colorado; charges ACCOMPLICE: Ronald J. Harris (1969– ) convicted pending in Kansas and Texas

in 1991 as shooter in one of seven murders and accomplice in a second

Phillips, John Paul
(?– )

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

Peterson, Davie Elliott
(1958– )

DATE(S): 1975–81 VENUE: Carbondale, Ill. VIC-

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

TIMS: Four suspected

DATE(S): 1988–97 VENUE: Ohio/Tex. VICTIMS:

MO: Rape-slayer of women age 21–30

Four suspected

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count

MO: Drifter who kidnapped and murdered children DISPOSITION: Life term in Ohio for the 1988 murder
Picchioni, Ernesto
(?– ) AKA: Monster of Nerola of a nine-year-old girl; trial pending in Texas on three SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

murder counts, including a three-year-old victim DATE(S): 1946–47 VENUE: Nerola, Italy VICTIMS: 16

Petrov, Dr. Maxim
(1964– )

MO: Lust killer of women; buried victims in his garden SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE-felony

DISPOSITION: Convicted; sentence unknown

DATE(S): 2000–02 VENUE: St. Petersburg, Russia VICTIMS: Ten

Pierce, Alexander
(?–?)

MO: Physician who drugged 50 elderly victims before SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-looting their apartment, killing those who awoke specific

prematurely

DATE(S): 19th century VENUE: Australia VIC-

DISPOSITION: Life sentence imposed, December 2002

TIMS: Five

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MO: Escaped convict; killed/cannibalized fellow fugi-DATE(S): 1991/1999 VENUE: Hamilton, Ontario

tives

VICTIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: Hanged

MO: Murdered his first wife in 1991; dismembered a 34-year-old woman in 1999; arrested when his sec-Pierce, Charles E. (d. 1999)

ond wife found body parts at home

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

DISPOSITION: Died in jail of a drug overdose, Febru-DATE(S): 1960s–1970s VENUE: New England

ary 2000, while negotiating a plea bargain on two VICTIMS: Three confessed

murder counts

MO: Pedophile employed with a traveling carnival, imprisoned for the 1969 murder of a 13-year-old girl;
Pitchfork, Colin
(1960– )

subsequently confessed murders of two more girls SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

DISPOSITION: Life sentence on one count, 1980; died DATE(S): 1983/86 VENUE: Leicester, England VICin prison, Feb. 13, 1999

TIMS: Two

MO: Rape-slayer of 15-year-old girls

Pietrzak, Stanley
(1954– )

DISPOSITION: Double life term on guilty plea, 1988

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

DATE(S): 1976–98 VENUE: Calif./Wash. VIC-

Pizzuto, Gerald Ross
(1973– )

TIMS: Three

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

MO: Convicted sex offender whose wife and girlfriends DATE(S): 1985 VENUE: Idaho/Wash. VICTIMS:

died or vanished in his company; charred bones of Four

last victim found in furnace at an apartment build-MO: Victims of both sexes shot/bludgeoned in robberies ing where Pietrzak served as custodian

DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts, 1986; also convicted of grand theft and robbery

DISPOSITION: Convicted of molesting two girls aged five and nine in 1990; received 40-year term for
Player, Michael
(1960–86) AKA: Skid Row Slayer murder of his second missing lover, November 2000

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-nonspe-

cific

Pinkerton, Jay Kelly
(1969–86)

DATE(S): 1986 VENUE: Los Angeles, Calif. VIC-

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

TIMS: 10

DATE(S): 1969/80 VENUE: Amarillo, Tex. VIC-

MO: Shot homeless men, age 23–66

TIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: Suicide by gunshot, Oct. 10, 1986

DISPOSITION: Executed May 15, 1986

Pleil, Rudolf
(d. 1958)

Piper, Donald
(1963– )

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

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

DATE(S): 1946–50 VENUE: Germany VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: Des Moines, Iowa

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