The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (140 page)

Nayoro

DISPOSITION: Convicted on one count and sentenced DISPOSITION: Unknown

to life; died in prison on April 4, 1836

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Vajicek, Herman
(?–?) AKA: Herman Billik
Van Schoor, Louis
(?– )

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

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

tance

extremist

DATE(S): 1905 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1988–92 VENUE: East London, South

Six

Africa VICTIMS: 39

MO: Poisoned six members of one family over eight MO: Ex-cop turned security guard who shot 101

months

unarmed blacks and mixed-race victims “in the line DISPOSITION: 1907 death sentence commuted;

of duty,” killing 39

released Jan. 1917

DISPOSITION: Convicted of seven murders and two attempted murders in 1992; received 20-year prison
Valenti, Richard Raymond
(1943– )

term

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

DATE(S): 1973–74 VENUE: Charleston County, S.C.

Vargas, Dorangel
(?– ) AKA: Hannibal Lecter of the VICTIMS: Three

Andes

MO: Rape-slayer of teenage girls

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

DISPOSITION: Consecutive life terms on two counts, DATE(S): 1997–98 VENUE: San Cristobal,

1974

Venezuela VICTIMS: 10 confessed

MO: Cannibal killer who admitted devouring 10 men
Valenti, Rocco
(d. 1922)

over two years; remains found at his rural home; SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

released from prison, Oct. 31, 2004, after serving 12

DATE(S): 1920s VENUE: N.Y./N.J. VICTIMS: 20

years

MO: Underworld contract killer

DISPOSITION: Unknown

DISPOSITION: Killed in gangland shoot-out, New York City, Aug. 9, 1922

Veerappan, Munusamy
(1945–2004)

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

Valera, Mark
(1980– ) AKA: Van Krevel

DATE(S): 1984–2004 VENUE: India VICTIMS:

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

150+

DATE(S): 1998 VENUE: Wollongong, Australia

MO: Bandit, kidnapper, and poacher who killed police-VICTIMS: Two

men, game wardens, and others, plus more than

MO: Mutilation-slayer of men who scrawled satanic 2,000 elephants

graffiti at crime scenes; at arrest, claimed sexual DISPOSITION: Killed in police ambush with three advances from both victims triggered memories of cohorts, Oct. 18, 2004

childhood molestation by his father.

DISPOSITION: Convicted on two counts and sen-

Velten, Maria
(1916– )

tenced to life, Sept. 7, 2000

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC/CE

DATE(S): 1963–80 VENUE: Kempten, Germany

Valkenburgh, Elizabeth Van
(d. 1846)

VICTIMS: Five confirmed

SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-domestic

MO: “Black widow” poisoner of father, aunt, hus-DATE(S): 1840s VENUE: Fulton, N.Y. VICTIMS:

bands/lovers; “mercy” motive claimed in first two Two

deaths; others killed for money

MO: “Black widow” poisoner of husbands

DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1983

DISPOSITION: Hanged, Jan. 24, 1846

Verain, Leland
(1892–1935) AKA: Louis “Two Gun”

Van der E., M.
(1946– )

Alterie

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

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

DATE(S): 1996 VENUE: Anjum, Netherlands VIC-

DATE(S): 1922–25 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

TIMS: Two

TIMS: “Numerous”

MO: Killed men aged 26 and 38 with a hammer at her MO: Psychopathic Prohibition-era gangster; alleged boardinghouse and buried the corpses in the garden

“inventor” of machine-gun ambush murders

DISPOSITION: Convicted on two manslaughter

DISPOSITION: Shot by rival mobsters, July 18, 1935

counts, June and December 1997; received eight-year sentence in July 1998; unnamed male accom-Vermilyea, Louise (d. 1910)

plice sentenced to three years on one manslaughter SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: CE/PC-count

nonspecific

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DATE(S): 1893–1910 VENUE: Ill. VICTIMS: Nine

Villareal, David
(1955– )

MO: “Black widow” poisoner of husbands and chilSEX: M RACE: H TYPE: N MOTIVE: Sad./CE

dren for life insurance; also poisoned lodgers in her DATE(S): 1974–81 VENUE: Tex. VICTIMS: Seven

rooming house without apparent motive

suspected

DISPOSITION: Suicide by poison following arrest MO: Bludgeoned/stabbed male victims aged 18–72; some robbed

Vernage, Nicholas
(1965– )

DISPOSITION: Life term on one count plus two years SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE/PC

for assault, 1979; life plus five years on second DATE(S): 1991 VENUE: East London, Ontario

count, 1981; five years for aggravated assault on VICTIMS: Three

prison guard, 1987

MO: Fatally stabbed two burglary victims and a policeman

Vizzardelli, George William
(?– ) AKA: Monster of DISPOSITION: Five life terms for three murders and Sarzana

two attempts, 1992

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

DATE(S): 1937–39 VENUE: Sarzana, Italy VIC-

Verzeni, Vincenzo
(1849–?)

TIMS: Five

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

MO: Vendetta and holdup murders by juvenile

DATE(S): 1869–72 VENUE: Bottamuco, Italy VIC-

offender

TIMS: “Probably 12”

DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1940 (pardoned, 1968) MO: Strangled/disemboweled women; drank their

blood

Voirbo, Pierre
(d. 1869)

DISPOSITION: Life sentence, 1873

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

DATE(S): 1860s VENUE: Paris, France VICTIMS:

Viana, Nicholas
(1903–21)

10+ suspected

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

MO: Killed creditors and robbery victims

DATE(S): 1920–21 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Confessed one count; suicide prior to TIMS: “Several”

trial, 1869

MO: “Black Hand” extortionist and killer

DISPOSITION: Hanged on one count, 1921

Wable, John Wesley
(1929–54)

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

Vick, Tony
(?– )

specific

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

DATE(S): 1993–96 VENUE: Tenn. VICTIMS: Four

DATE(S): 1953 VENUE: Pa./Ohio VICTIMS: Two

suspected

MO: Shot sleeping truckers in random, motiveless MO: “Bluebeard” slayer of wife, fiancée, and others, attacks

for insurance

DISPOSITION: Executed on one count in Pa., Sept. 26, DISPOSITION: Life term on one count, 1997; second 1954

life term, 1998

Waddingham, Dorothea Nancy
(1899–1936)

Vickers, Robert Wayne
(1958– ) AKA: Bonzai Bob SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: S MOTIVE: CE

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

DATE(S): 1935–36 VENUE: Nottingham, England

ment

VICTIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1978/82 VENUE: Florence, Ariz. VIC-

MO: Killed nursing home patients with morphine, for TIMS: Two

inheritance

MO: Slayer of fellow prison inmates in separate incidents DISPOSITION: Hanged, Apr. 1936

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1978; condemned 1982

Wainewright, Thomas Griffiths
(?–?)

Vilakati, Bongani
(d. 2003)

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

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

DATE(S): 1828–37 VENUE: England VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 2002 VENUE: Malkerns, Swaziland VIC-

Four

TIMS: Six

MO: Poisoner of relatives (for profit) and a male MO: Slayer of victims found buried at his home acquaintance

DISPOSITION: Killed by police while resisting arrest, DISPOSITION: Transported to Australian penal

March 29, 2003

colony

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Waite, Dr. Arthur Warren
(1889–1917)

Wallace, George Kent
(1941–2000) AKA: Mad PadSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

dler

DATE(S): 1916 VENUE: Mich. VICTIMS: Two

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

MO: Dentist who killed his in-laws for inheritance DATE(S): 1976/87–90 VENUE: N.C./Ark./Okla.

DISPOSITION: Executed, May 1917

VICTIMS: five suspected

MO: Torture-slayer of young boys

Walden, Robert Lee, Jr.
(?– )

DISPOSITION: Three life terms plus 60 years on 1991

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

guilty plea in Arkansas; condemned in Oklahoma, DATE(S): 1990–92 VENUE: Tucson, Ariz. VIC-April 1991; executed Aug. 10, 2000

TIMS: Two

MO: Home-invading rape-slayer; victims also robbed
Waqanivalu, Waisale
(1979– )

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1992; 28

SEX: M RACE: Polynesian TYPE: T MOTIVE:

years each on six other felony counts

PC-nonspecific

DATE(S): 2004 VENUE: Fiji VICTIMS: Five

Waldon, Billy Ray
(1952– )

MO: Victims bludgeoned with metal pipes or stones in SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: N MOTIVE: PC-non-rural lover’s lanes

specific/CE

DISPOSITION: Confessed five murders and one

DATE(S): 1985 VENUE: Okla./Calif. VICTIMS:

attempted murder; received life prison term on Feb.

Four

26, 2005

MO: Apparent thrill-killer on motiveless rampage; some victims robbed incidentally

Wallace, Henry Louis
(1941– )

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1987

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

DATE(S): 1993–94 VENUE: Charlotte, N.C. VIC-

Walker, Clarence
(1929– )

TIMS: 11

SEX: M RACE: B TYPE: N MOTIVE:

MO: Rape-slayer of female acquaintances age 18–35

PC/Sex./Sad.

DISPOSITION: Condemned, 1995

DATE(S): 1945–66 VENUE:

Tenn./Ohio/Mich./Ill./Ind. VICTIMS: 14 suspected
Walls, Frank Athen
(1967– )

MO: Shot 14-year-old boy; “ripper” of females age SEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE

seven to 60

DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: Okaloosa County, Fla.

DISPOSITION: seven years for manslaughter in Tenn., VICTIMS: Three

1945; 320 years in Ill. for attempted murder, rape, and robbery, 1968

MO: Killed burglary/kidnap victims

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, with life
Walker, Dorna Diane
(1949– )

term + 40 years on second count, 1992; life term on SEX: F RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC

third count, 1994

DATE(S): 1969/1999 VENUE: Winston-Salem, N.C.

VICTIMS: Three

Walls, Samuel Cornelius
(1939– )

MO: Stabbed husband during argument; shot

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

boyfriend who planned to leave her

DATE(S): 1959–88 VENUE: N.J. VICTIMS: Two

DISPOSITION: Life sentence without parole on one MO: Beat man to death (1959); rape-slayer of woman murder count, April 2002; also 21–26 months for (1988)

firearms possession by convicted felon

DISPOSITION: 20-year sentence, 1959 (paroled 1974); 25-year term , 1989

Walker, Gary Alan
(d. 2000)

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

Walraven, James Samuel
(1949– ) AKA: Bathtub DATE(S): 1984 VENUE: Tulsa, Okla., area VIC-Killer

TIMS: Five

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

MO: Rape-slayer of women; also robbed/killed a 63-DATE(S): 1981 VENUE: Atlanta, Ga. VICTIMS:

year-old man

Three

DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count in 1985;

MO: Female victims, all age 22, raped and strangled in condemned on second count, 1985 (overturned on their homes, left in bathtubs filled with hot water appeal); received life without parole plus 500 years DISPOSITION: Condemned on one count, 1982; comat new trial; executed on first count, Jan. 13, 2000

muted to life in prison on appeal

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Walton, Edward
(d. 1908)

Warner, Karl F.
(1950– )

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

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

specific

DATE(S): 1969–70 VENUE: San Jose, Calif. VIC-

DATE(S): 1896–1908 VENUE:

TIMS: Three

Ala./Ill./Pa./Ohio/W.Va. VICTIMS: Five

MO: Mutilation-slayer of girls age 14–18

MO: Confessed slayer of two men and three women, DISPOSITION: Life sentence, Sept. 1971

including his common-law wife; no motive cited DISPOSITION: Hanged in W.Va. on one count, July
Warren, Leslie Eugene
(?– )

17, 1908

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

DATE(S): 1986–90 VENUE: N.Y./N.C./S.C. VIC-

Walton, Vernon
(1950– )

TIMS: Six+ suspected

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

MO: Rape-slayer of women

specific

DISPOSITION: Life term on one count in S.C., 1993; DATE(S): 1972/91 VENUE: La Jolla/San Diego,

condemned in N.C.

Calif. VICTIMS: Two

MO: Accused slayer of women age 22 and 50

Washington, Allen
(1948– )

DISPOSITION: Acquitted on one count (police mainSEX: M RACE: W TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sad.

tain guilt), 1972; 20 years for manslaughter, 1992

DATE(S): 1969–78 VENUE: Chicago, Ill. VIC-

Wang Huaiyi
(1968–2004)

TIMS: Three suspected

SEX: M RACE: A TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex./CE-

MO: Bludgeoned three of his own young children in felony