Serial killings, as defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, are committed by one or more offenders, result in two or more murdered victims, and the incidents occur in separate events or at different times.
Ballistics tests have linked the fatal shootings of six men and the wounding of one woman in California in crimes going back more than a... More
October 4, 2022
Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to 16 life terms in 1992 for the murder and dismemberment of 15 boys and men. More
October 4, 2022
Victim advocates want to dismantle the “murderabilia” industry, a dark online marketplace selling morbid mementos allegedly from notorious killers. More
September 28, 2022
Long Island, New York authorities linked Diane Cusick’s 1968 death to so-called “Torso Killer” Richard Cottingham, who was already convicted in 11 other killings. More
June 22, 2022
Palm Beach County detectives identified teen girl Susan Poole, whose skeletal remains were discovered tied to a tree in 1974. More
June 2, 2022
The two men who were with Shannan Gilbert that night told largely the same story to investigators. Police have said neither is a suspect. More
May 13, 2022
A victim of the Happy Face Killer has been identified nearly 30 years after her body was left near a California highway, authorities said Monday. More
April 19, 2022
Authorities in Fairfax have identified two of the victims of the "Shopping Cart Killer." More
January 10, 2022
Distress calls to law enforcement connected to the investigation into a possible serial killer on Long Island may soon be released. More
January 4, 2022
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia say the discovery of four bodies at two different locations in the state... More
December 17, 2021
Security camera footage, shell casings and a small but distinctive tattoo played pivotal roles in the arrest of a man suspected in at least six... More
November 10, 2021
Nearly 30 years after Jeffrey Dahmer admitted to killing and dismembering 15 people, one of the jurors at his murder trial talks about what it... More
November 5, 2021
A man freed from prison last year after serving nearly 60 years in the slaying of one of three suburban Chicago women found bludgeoned to death in... More
October 28, 2021
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — When the discovery of more than two dozen bodies stashed under John Wayne Gacy's house near Chicago... More
October 25, 2021
Khalil Wheeler-Weaver -- the New Jersey man who used dating apps to lure and kill three women -- has been sentenced to 160 years in... More
October 7, 2021
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested July 22, 1991, after victim Tracy Edwards escaped from his Milwaukee apartment. More
July 23, 2021
By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — For crimes he called "vicious and frightening," a judge on Friday gave a death sentence to... More
July 16, 2021
Jeffrey Dahmer pleaded guilty but insane to the murders and dismemberments of 15 boys and men. Watch the full penalty trial from opening statements to... More
July 1, 2021
Howell Donaldson is the accused Seminole Heights serial killer charged with killing four people in the fall of 2017. More
May 18, 2021
Howell Donaldson will face four separate trials for a series of Tampa killings in 2017. More
May 18, 2021
A French serial killer sentenced twice to life imprisonment for the murder of eight women has died Monday. More
May 10, 2021
For years, a savage murderer called the “Torso Killer” dribbled out confessions to a New Jersey detective. More
April 28, 2021
Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart says they believe 'the belt was handled by the suspect and did not belong to any of the victims.' More
March 25, 2021
Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart says they believe 'the belt was handled by the suspect and did not belong to any of the victims.' More
March 25, 2021
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — It is one of the darkest chapters in Cleveland's history. From 1934 to 1938, a serial killer stalked the... More
March 23, 2021
SEATTLE (AP) — Genetic genealogy helped identify the youngest known victim of one of the nation's most prolific serial killers almost 37 years after her More
January 26, 2021
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for killing and dismembering nine people, most... More
December 15, 2020
Mark Burns, known as the Clearfield Rapist, was linked to 11 sexual assaults. More
December 9, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence for a man convicted of raping and strangling 10 women in... More
December 1, 2020
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British serial killer known as the “Yorkshire Ripper” died Friday, reviving unsettling memories of a More
November 13, 2020
