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gay bars, murdered, and dismembered; remains

VICTIMS: Nine +

dumped in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut MO: Hikers shot, apparently at random

DISPOSITION: Suspect Richard W. Rogers Jr. charged DISPOSITION: Unsolved

with two of six murders in the series; trial pending at press time

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1985–2004 VENUE: British Columbia,

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

Canada VICTIMS: More than six

DATE(S): 1987 VENUE: London/Colchester, England MO: Six aboriginal women murdered along Highway VICTIMS: Two

16; Native spokesmen accuse police of ignoring 500

MO: Rape-murders of women age 20 and 25

disappearances in 20 years

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1987–88 VENUE: Bell, Calif. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1986 VENUE: Wiltshire/Portsmouth, En-

Five

gland VICTIMS: Three

MO: Random shootings of homeless men, age 52–66

MO: Strangler of females age 17–36; at least one raped DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1987–88 VENUE: New Orleans, La.

DATE(S): 1986 VENUE: Wiltshire, England VIC-

VICTIMS: Five

TIMS: Three

MO: Women in their twenties strangled or asphyxiated MO: Rape-slayer of women age 24–45

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1987–89 VENUE: Mexico VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1986–87 VENUE: Suitland, Md. VIC-

70+

TIMS: Five

MO: Sacrificial murders in Mexico City and Veracruz MO: Young black women raped/stabbed

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown
AKA: Colonial Parkway Killer

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

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

DATE(S): 1987–91 VENUE: Hartford, Conn. VIC-

DATE(S): 1986–88 VENUE: Virginia VICTIMS: Eight TIMS: 11

MO: Abducts/kills couples from lover’s lanes

MO: Lust killer of women

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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Appendix C: Unresolved Cases

Unknown

MO: Rape-murders of women in their 20s, linked by SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: CE?

DNA evidence

DATE(S): 1987–91 VENUE: Snohomish County,

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Wash. VICTIMS: Three

MO: Victims dismembered and dumped in rural areas
Unknown

include a Bulgarian crime boss, a Korean female SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

prostitute, and an unidentified male

DATE(S): 1988 VENUE: San Diego, Calif. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Three

MO: Gay males killed by multiple head shots

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1987–92 VENUE: Atlanta, Ga. VIC-

Unknown

TIMS: Six

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

MO: Transvestite “drag queens” murdered

DATE(S): 1988 VENUE: Washington, D.C. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Three

MO: Women beaten/strangled at three-week intervals
Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1987–96 VENUE: London, England VIC-

Unknown
AKA: Highway Killer

TIMS: Nine

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

MO: Female prostitutes beaten/strangled

DATE(S): 1988 VENUE: New Bedford, Mass. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: Nine to 11

MO: Lust killer of women, mainly prostitutes and drug addicts

Unknown

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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

DATE(S): 1987–2000 VENUE: Fayetteville, N.C.

Unknown

VICTIMS: 7–12

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

MO: Rape-murders of women aged 21–37, most

DATE(S): 1988–89 VENUE: Newcastle, Australia

beaten and strangled; at least seven of the victims VICTIMS: Two

were prostitutes

MO: Female prostitutes strangled

DISPOSITION: Unsolved.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): Late 1980s–1999 VENUE: Pittsburgh, Pa.

DATE(S): 1988–90 VENUE: Ft. Wayne, Ind. VIC-

VICTIMS: 12+

TIMS: Two

MO: Rape-murders of drug-addicted prostitutes

MO: “Identical” rape-murders of girls age seven and blamed on one offender

eight

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown
AKA: Index Killer

Unknown

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

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.?

DATE(S): 1988 VENUE: Seattle, Wash. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1988–92 VENUE: Union County, N.J.

Two to five

VICTIMS: Four

MO: Two female prostitutes stabbed in the Index dis-MO: Black female prostitutes killed

trict; two others killed and a missing 14-year-old girl DISPOSITION: Unsolved

last seen with one victim may be linked.

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1988–92 VENUE: Fla./Ill./Ky./Minn./Ohio SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

VICTIMS: Nine+

DATE(S): 1988 VENUE: Northern Virginia VIC-

MO: Women dismembered in at least five states

TIMS: Three

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

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Unknown
AKA: Strangler of Milan

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1988–92 VENUE: Milan, Italy VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: New York City VICTIMS:

Four+

Four

MO: Female prostitutes stabbed/strangled

MO: Hispanic men bludgeoned, left in trash bags DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Cult?

DATE(S): 1988–93 VENUE: Montreal, Canada

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Fla. Keys VICTIMS: Two

VICTIMS: 11

MO: Women found with hearts excised; apparent rit-MO: “Ripper” of gay males killed in their homes ual murders

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1988–95 VENUE: Southeastern Va. VIC-

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Ind. VICTIMS: Two

TIMS: 10

MO: Days Inn motel clerks shot with same pistol MO: “Ripper” of gay males

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown
AKA: Happy Loving Couples Killer SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Unk.

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

DATE(S): 1989–90 VENUE: Ala./Fla. VICTIMS:

Four

DATE(S): 1988–2000 VENUE: New York City

MO: Couples shot by home invader with same gun VICTIMS: 22–24

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Ritual murders of newlywed couples, with throats and wrists slashed; victims are bound back-to-back
Unknown

in a seated position, each wearing the other’s clothes SEX: M RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.

backward. Police call the 12th crime, in August DATE(S): 1989–90 VENUE: Kansas City, Mo. VIC-2000, a copycat’s “pale, uninspired imitation” of the TIMS: Six

other 11 attacks

MO: Slayer of female prostitutes

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Brooklyn, N.Y. VICTIMS:

extremism?

Two

DATE(S): 1989–90 VENUE: Lawrence, Kans. VIC-

MO: Elderly women killed in daylight robberies TIMS: Four

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Native American victims; further details withheld DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Washington, D.C. VIC-

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

TIMS: Two

DATE(S): 1989–90 VENUE: Washington, D.C.

MO: Young female prostitutes shot

VICTIMS: Five

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

MO: Slayer of female prostitutes

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

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

Unknown

DATE(S): 1989 VENUE: Princeton, N.J. VICTIMS:

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

Two

suspected

MO: Women stabbed in apparently random attacks DATE(S): 1989–91 VENUE: Pará State, Brazil VIC-DISPOSITION: Unsolved

TIMS: 26

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Appendix C: Unresolved Cases

MO: Ritualistic mutilation-murders of boys

DATE(S): 1990–91 VENUE: Oakland, Calif. VIC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved; police blame cultists

TIMS: Two

MO: “Jane Doe” victims dismembered, dumped in

Unknown

Oakland Estuary

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1989–92 VENUE: Monroe County, N.Y.

VICTIMS: Four

Unknown

MO: Slayer of female prostitutes and addicts

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1990–91 VENUE: Woonsocket, R.I. VIC-

TIMS: Three

Unknown

MO: Female prostitutes strangled

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

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DATE(S): 1989\#208>92 VENUE: Rochester, N.Y.

VICTIMS: 14–16

Unknown

MO: Prostitutes murdered and missing

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: S MOTIVE:

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Sex./Sad.

DATE(S): 1990–92 VENUE: Houston, Tex. VIC-

Unknown

TIMS: Two

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

MO: Men bound and murdered S/M-style in same

Unk.

vacant house

DATE(S): 1989–99 VENUE:

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Fla./Iowa/La./Minn./Wis./Wyo. VICTIMS: Eight

Unknown

MO: Kidnap-murders of females aged 12–52, all with SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: Sex.?

blond shoulder-length hair; four found bludgeoned, DATE(S): 1990–93 VENUE: Stockholm, Sweden

four still missing; five vanished while jogging or VICTIMS: Seven

skating; five kidnapped in proximity to Civil War MO: Gay males killed; details withheld by police battle reenactments

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown
AKA: .22-Caliber Killer

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

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

DATE(S): 1990–94 VENUE: Lombardy region, Italy DATE(S): 1990 VENUE: Spokane, Wash. VIC-VICTIMS: Three

TIMS: Three

MO: Slayer of three-year-old children between Como MO: Female prostitutes shot with .22-caliber pistol and Swiss border

and dumped along the Spokane River

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown
AKA: Golden Years Killer

Unknown

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

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

Sex./Sad.

DATE(S): 1990 VENUE: New York City VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1990–97 VENUE: Richmond, Va. VIC-

Four to seven

TIMS: 24

MO: Taxi drivers shot by apparent “thrill killer”

MO: Home invader; beat/stabbed women age 55–90

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

DATE(S): 1990 VENUE: Richmond, Va. VICTIMS:

DATE(S): 1990–97 VENUE: Rome, Italy VICTIMS:

“Several”

19

MO: Black women stabbed

MO: Murders of gay men in their homes

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

Unknown

Unknown

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

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

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DATE(S): 1990–97 VENUE: Mich. VICTIMS: 20+

Unknown

MO: Murders of female prostitutes

SEX: Unk. RACE: Unk. TYPE: T MOTIVE: PC-

DISPOSITION: Unsolved

extremist?

DATE(S): 1990s VENUE: Turin, Italy VICTIMS:

Unknown
AKA: Eighth Street Killer

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