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1984

DISPOSITION: Life without parole on one count in Calif., 1996

Ramirez Sánchez, Ilich
(1949– ) AKA: Carlos the Jackal

Razaq, Abdul
(1944– )

SEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/PC-

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

extremist

DATE(S): 2001–02 VENUE: Bahawalpur, India

DATE(S): 1974–82 VENUE: France/Austria VIC-

VICTIMS: Eight

TIMS: 12+

MO: Rape-strangler of elderly women

MO: Left-wing terrorist for hire; victims murdered by DISPOSITION: Unknown

gunshot and bombing

DISPOSITION: Life sentence for three counts in Paris,
Read, Mark Brandon
(1955– ) AKA: Chopper 1997

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

DATE(S): 1979–91 VENUE: Melbourne, Australia

Rand, Andre
(1943– ) AKA: Pied Piper of Staten VICTIMS: 19 confessed

Island

MO: Self-described vigilante slayer of criminals SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

DISPOSITION: Served 20+ years for assault and

DATE(S): 1972–87 VENUE: New York City VIC-

other felony counts; released from prison July TIMS: Five suspected

1997

MO: Pedophile slayer of girls aged 5–12

DISPOSITION: Convicted of kidnapping, 1989, while
Read, Mary
(d. 1721)

jury deadlocked on murder charge in case of girl still SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

missing; received prison term of 25 years to life; trial DATE(S): 1719–20 VENUE: Caribbean VICTIMS:

on second kidnapping case in progress at press time

“Several”

MO: Abducted by pirates; joined the crew on various
Randall, James Michael
(1954– )

raids

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

DISPOSITION: Died in prison, Apr. 1721

DATE(S): 1995–96 VENUE: Pinellas County, Fla.

VICTIMS: Two

Rearden, Virginia
(1932– ) AKA: Virginia McGinnis MO: Rape-strangler of female prostitutes left in dumpSEX: F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE

sters

DATE(S): 1972–87 VENUE: Ky./Calif. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Condemned in 1997; sentence reduced Three

to life on appeal, April 2000

MO: “Black widow” slayer of husband, daughter, and female friend for insurance

Rardon, Gary Duane
(1944– )

DISPOSITION: Life without parole in Calif., 1992

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

DATE(S): 1962/74 VENUE: Indianapolis/Chicago

Red Dog, James Allen
(1954–93)

VICTIMS: Four

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

MO: Jailed for manslaughter at 18; later shot three DATE(S): 1990–91 VENUE: Del. VICTIMS: Five

men in holdups

suspected

DISPOSITION: Four years for manslaughter, 1962; MO: Killed acquaintances in personal disputes

40–100 years, Feb. 1977

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1992; executed Mar. 3, 1993

Rath, Thomas
(1959– )

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

Reed, Todd Alan
(1967– ) AKA: Forest Park Serial DATE(S): 1981–83 VENUE: Bremen, Germany

Killer

VICTIMS: Four suspected

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

MO: Rapist and “ripper” of females age 17–20

DATE(S): 1987/1999 VENUE: Portland, Ore. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Life sentence for sexual assault, 1985

TIMS: Three to five

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MO: Rape-slayer of three women strangled in Forest MO: Abducted a woman from a local laundromat and Park, 1999; prime suspect in murders of two teenage beat her to death; prime suspect in the disappear-girls 12 years earlier

ance of another woman and a pregnant 17-year-old DISPOSITION: Pleaded guilty on three counts and girl

received three consecutive life terms, Feb. 24, 2001

DISPOSITION: Life term received for one murder at trial in 1991; overturned on appeal; received

Reeves, Jack Wayne
(1940– )

another life term at second trial; eligible for parole SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-in 2019

domestic

DATE(S): 1967/78/94 VENUE: Italy/Tex. VIC-

Reldan, Robert R.
(1940– )

TIMS: Three

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

MO: Shot male victim in Italy; “Bluebeard” slayer of DATE(S): 1974–75 VENUE: Northern N.J. VIC-wives in U.S.

TIMS: Eight suspected

DISPOSITION: 1967 manslaughter conviction

MO: Slayer of females age 14–26

(released after four months.); 35 years on one count, DISPOSITION: Life sentence on two counts, 1979

1995; 99 years with 40-year minimum, 1996

Reles, Abraham
(1970–41) AKA: Kid Twist
Regan, John
(1945–74) AKA: Nano the Magician SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC

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

DATE(S): 1930–40 VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1960s–1970s VENUE: Sydney, Australia

30+

VICTIMS: “Multiple”

MO: Contract killer for “MURDER, INC.”

MO: Underworld contract killer nicknamed for his DISPOSITION: Murdered in police custody after turn-ability to make victims disappear

ing state’s evidence, Nov. 12, 1941

DISPOSITION: Shot by gangland rivals in September 1974

Remeta, Daniel Eugene
(1958–98)

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

Register, Glen Randall
(1959– )

DATE(S): 1985 VENUE: Fla./Ark./Kans. VICTIMS:

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

Five

DATE(S): 1998–99 VENUE: Colo./Fla. VICTIMS:

MO: Robbed/shot victims in cross-country rampage; Two suspected

wife called him a “warrior who stood up for his MO: Drifter who bludgeoned and robbed three male victims aged 26–57, killing two; two victims beaten beliefs”

with toilet tank lids

DISPOSITION: Executed in Fla., Mar. 30, 1998

DISPOSITION: Life sentence for a Florida murder plus 30 years for robbery, on Sept. 26, 2001; detainer
Rendall, Martha
(d. 1909)

from Colorado in case of parole

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: Sad.

DATE(S): 1907–8 VENUE: Australia VICTIMS:

Reid, Paul Dennis
(1956– )

Three

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

MO: Killed three stepchildren by feeding them

DATE(S): 1996–97 VENUE: Tenn./Ill. VICTIMS:

hydrochloric acid

12+ suspected

DISPOSITION: Hanged, Oct. 6, 1909

MO: Shot victims in armed robberies of various restaurants

Rezala, Sid Ahmed
(1979–2000)

DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts for Feb.

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

1997 holdup-murders in Tennessee, April 15, 1999; specific

condemned on two counts for April 1997 holdup-

DATE(S): 1999 VENUE: France VICTIMS: Three

murders in Tennessee, Sept. 9, 1999; condemned on confessed

three counts for March 1997 holdup-murders in

MO: Stabbed his 20-year-old girlfriend and two other Tennessee, May 28, 2000

women, aged 20 and 36, after “seeing flashes”

DISPOSITION: Arrested in Lisbon; suicide by fire in
Reinbold, William
(?– ) AKA: The Hammer his Lisbon jail cell, on June 29, 2000

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

DATE(S): 1983–88 VENUE: Farmington, Ill. VIC-

Rhoades, Paul Ezra
(1957– )

TIMS: Three suspected

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

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DATE(S): 1985–87 VENUE: Utah/Idaho VICTIMS:

Rissell, Monte Ralph
(1959– )

Six suspected

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

MO: Shot females age 16–34, some robbed and raped DATE(S): 1976–77 VENUE: Alexandria, Va. VIC-DISPOSITION: Condemned in Idaho, 1988

TIMS: Five

MO: Rape-slayer of women age 22–34

Rich, Darrell Keith
(1955–2000) AKA: Hilltop Rapist DISPOSITION: Life terms on five counts

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

DATE(S): 1978 VENUE: Redding, Calif. VICTIMS:

Rivera Benitez, Martin
(?– ) AKA: Big Soul Four

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

MO: Rape-slayer of females aged 11–26; two victims DATE(S): 1969–72 VENUE: Jasatipan, Mexico

bludgeoned with stones, one shot, one thrown from VICTIMS: 50+

bridge

MO: Contract killer operating from a mortuary where DISPOSITION: Executed on March 15, 2000

police found 12 headless corpses in 1972; later confessed “more killings than I can remember”

DISPOSITION: Life prison term

Richards, Robert McKinley
(d. 1989)

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

Rivera, Reinaldo
(1963– )

DATE(S): 1986–87 VENUE: Tenn. VICTIMS: Two

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

confessed

DATE(S): 1999–2000 VENUE: S.C./Ga. VICTIMS:

MO: Self-declared rape-slayer of teenage girls Four

DISPOSITION: Strangled by cellmate in jail, at his MO: Kidnapped and raped seven females aged 17–21, request, 1989

killing four

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count in Georgia,
Richards, Stephen Lee
(d. 1879) AKA: Nebraska Jan. 26, 2004; received 105 years for three Georgia Fiend

rapes and other felonies, Feb. 12, 2004

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

DATE(S): 1879 VENUE: Lincoln/Minden, Nebr.

Rivera, Vincent Faustino
(1963– )

VICTIMS: Nine +

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

MO: Random “thrill” killings; victims include a family DATE(S): 1990/95 VENUE: Fla. VICTIMS: Three

of five

MO: Killed two victims in Hillsborough County; DISPOSITION: Hanged, Apr. 1879

named as slayer of GERARD SCHAEFER in prison at Starke, Gainesville, Florida

Richmond, Earl, Jr.
(1961– )

DISPOSITION: Life + 20 years on two counts, 1990

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

DATE(S): 1990–91 VENUE: N.J./N.C. VICTIMS:

Robaczynski, Mary Rose
(?– )

Five

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC-“mercy”

MO: Home invader, killed victims age 11–68

DATE(S): 1977–78 VENUE: Baltimore, Md. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Life + six years in N.J. on one count, TIMS: Four confessed

1993; condemned in N.C. on three counts, 1995

MO: Nurse who disconnected intensive-care patients from life-support devices

DISPOSITION: Mistrial with hung jury, 1979; charges
Rifkin, Joel
(1959– )

dropped in bargain to permanently revoke nursing SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./Sad.

license

DATE(S): 1991–92 VENUE: New York City area

VICTIMS: 18

Robbins, Gary A.
(1935–88)

MO: Slayer of female prostitutes

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

DISPOSITION: Multiple life terms, 1994–95

DATE(S): 1981–88 VENUE: Mich./Ohio/Md./Pa.

VICTIMS: Four+

Ringgold, John Peter
(1844–82) AKA: Johnny Ringo MO: Traveling salesman; rape-slayer of women in SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/PC

homes advertised for sale; some victims tortured DATE(S): 1870s–82 VENUE: Tex./Mexico/Ariz.

DISPOSITION: Suicide after shoot-out with Pa. police, VICTIMS: “Numerous”

Apr. 14, 1988

MO: Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and feudist

DISPOSITION: Found murdered in Ariz., July 14,
Roberts, Andrew L.
(d. 1878) AKA: Buckshot 1882

SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: PC/Sad.

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DATE(S): 1870s VENUE: N. Mex. VICTIMS:

DISPOSITION: Condemned (commuted to life term on

“Numerous”

appeal); died in prison, 1905

MO: Prolific Old West gunman and hired killer

DISPOSITION: Killed in shoot-out with “regulators,”

Robison, Larry Keith
(1957–2000)

Apr. 4, 1878

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

specific

Roberts, David James
(1944– )

DATE(S): 1982 VENUE: Fort Worth, Tex. VIC-

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./PC-

TIMS: Five

revenge

MO: Paranoid schizophrenic who beheaded his gay DATE(S): 1974 VENUE: Indianapolis, Ind. VIC-lover, then killed four others in a psychotic murder TIMS: Four

spree

MO: Serial rapist who killed one victim’s infant; also DISPOSITION: Executed on Jan. 21, 2000

burned home of a man who reported him for theft, killing three

Roche, Charles, Jr.
(1964– )

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1975

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

DATE(S): 1980s VENUE: Ind. VICTIMS: Eight

Robinson, Alonzo
(?–?)

confessed

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

MO: Killed two men in Hammond; other murders con-DATE(S): 1926–34 VENUE: Mich./Miss. VIC-

fessed

TIMS: Six suspected

DISPOSITION: Condemned on two counts, 1990; con-MO: Necrophile mutilation-slayer of one man and five fessed six more, 1998

women; kept heads and other body parts as sou-

Roche, John Francis
(1927–54)

venirs

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

DISPOSITION: Confessed in Miss., 1934; sentence DATE(S): 1953–54 VENUE: Queens, New York

unreported

VICTIMS: Six confessed

MO: Bludgeoned/stabbed/robbed two men and four
Robinson, Harvey
(1974– )

females age 13–85; at least one female victim also SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

raped

DATE(S): 1992–93 VENUE: Allentown, Pa. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Executed Jan. 27, 1956