DNA evidence has linked two unsolved murders in Texas to the same person, sparking discussions of a possible serial killer. While investigating Alyssa Ann Rivera’s June 21 death, Austin Police Department (APD) homicide detectives and crime specialists discovered DNA evidence that connected the case to the 2018 homicide of Alba Jenisse Aviles in Bastrop County. …
Los Angeles authorities believe a serial killer may be in their midst after three homeless men were gunned down recently in different parts of the city, KTLA-TV reports. On Friday, LAPD Chief Michel Moore said it appears one person is responsible for the deaths of the victims, who were shot while they slept in the …
A suspected serial killer accused of killed 22 elderly women and stealing jewelry and other valuables was found guilty Friday of one of those murders by a Dallas County jury. It was the second time Billy Chemirmir, 49, was tried for the death of 87-year-old Mary Brooks. The first jury deadlocked last November, resulting in …
A suspected serial killer appeared in a Texas court on Wednesday as his trial approaches after more than 10 years behind bars. Steven Alexander Hobbs, 51, stands accused of killing Sarah Sanford and Patricia Pyatt and is a suspect in a third murder. He’s also charged with two rapes, one kidnapping, and two aggravated assaults …
Leaders in multiple cities have urged unhoused people to be vigilant about a suspected serial killer who appears to be targeting victims sleeping outdoors. As the New York Post reports, investigators believe a serial killer is behind the five shootings of unsheltered people in New York City and Washington, D.C. Two of those shootings were …
“He preys on the weak, he preys on the vulnerable, and he does unspeakable things with his victims.”
Three women go missing in a month’s time span. Their bodies are found raped and strangled, bound about the head with tape. A fourth woman manages to escape with her life. The connecting factor, the dating app, Tagged. The surviving victim says what happened has changed her entire life. Tiffany Taylor says she doesn’t wear …
A West Virginia woman was sentenced to seven life sentences by a federal judge Tuesday after she killed seven patients at a West Virginia hospital. “You knew what you were doing,” U.S. District Judge Thomas Kleeh told Reta Mays before sentencing her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Mays was assigned to tend to ailing elderly patients at …
A serial killer who confessed to 93 murders while serving a life sentence in California for killing three women in the 1980s reportedly died on Wednesday. Samuel Little, 80, reportedly had diabetes, heart issues, and other medical ailments and died at a Los Angeles hospital. California corrections department spokeswoman Vicky Waters told the Los Angeles …
Video surveillance shows teen barista Samantha Koenig pulling together an order at the walk-up window of the coffee shop she works. The lights go down and Koenig is seen walking away with someone. Kidnapped and murdered, the 18-year-old falls victim to one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. Israel Keyes, who later …
Seventeen women die at the hands of a man who seemed harmless in appearance, a man thought of warmly in his community. It was a facade. Over 12 years, serial killer Robert Hansen abducted women and hunted them down in the Alaska wilderness. He confessed to raping an additional 30 women during that time. How …
Remains found in north Georgia nearly 40 years ago have been identified and linked to Samuel Little, described by the FBI as “the most prolific serial killer in US history.” The 30-year-old woman found in Dade County on September 28, 1981, was Patricia Parker, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced. Little, 80, is a suspect …
