Serial Killer

Serial Killer Who Targeted Toronto's Gay Community Jailed For Life

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday February 9, 2019

A Canadian landscaper was jailed for life on Friday for the murder and sexual mutilation of eight men from Toronto's gay community whose bodies he dismembered and hid in planters.

US Cops Post $100,000 Reward For 1970s Serial Killer 'The 'Doodler'

World News | Reuters | Friday February 8, 2019

San Francisco police have posted a $100,000 reward for a serial killer known as the "Doodler" as they renew their search for a suspect believed responsible for killing five gay men and assaulting two others in the mid-1970s.

Canadian Serial Killer Who Killed 8 Men To Be Sentenced On Friday

World News | Reuters | Wednesday February 6, 2019

The sentencing of Bruce McArthur, a Canadian man who pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder, has been moved to Friday, Justice John McMahon told a Toronto court during a hearing on Tuesday.

Canadian Serial Killer Pleads Guilty To Killing, Chopping Bodies Of 8 Men

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday January 30, 2019

A Canadian landscaper on Tuesday pleaded guilty to the murders of eight men with links to Toronto's gay community and the mutilation of their bodies, most of them chopped up and hidden inside planters.

China's 'Jack the Ripper', Who Raped, Killed 11 Women, Executed

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 3, 2019

A serial killer dubbed China's "Jack the Ripper" for the way he mutilated several of his 11 female victims was executed Thursday morning, three decades after the first murder, the court which sentenced him said.

Man Who Confessed To 90 Murders May Be Most Prolific Killer In US History

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday November 29, 2018

A 78-year-old drifter in prison in Texas has confessed to 90 murders and is being investigated as possibly the most prolific serial killer in US history.

Pakistani Serial Killer Hanged For Raping, Killing 7-Year-Old Girl

World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 17, 2018

Imran Ali, the rapist of the seven-year-old girl, was executed in Lahore.

Former US Marine, Serial Killer On Death Row, Admits To Two More Murders

World News | Tom Jackman, The Washington Post | Thursday September 20, 2018

The horrific rampage of former Marine Jorge Torrez began in a park in his hometown of Zion, Illinois, when he was just 16 years old.

Tailor-Turned-Killer Confessed To 33 Murders, Say Madhya Pradesh Cops

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Thursday September 13, 2018

A man arrested from Madhya Pradesh has confessed to killing 33 people - all drivers and cleaners of trucks - and stealing the vehicles. The police said Aadesh Khambra was a contract killer, who made Rs 50,000 per murder, the police said. The arrest was made from Mandideep following a tip-off from another arrested robber.

'Ghost Stories' Got Gang Member Involved In Killing 33 To Confess: Police

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 12, 2018

Madhya Pradesh police are using 'ghost stories' to extract information from a 50-year-old man, who is accused of robbing and killing several truck drivers across four states.

Suspected Houston Serial Killer In Custody After Crime Spree: Police

World News | Reuters | Tuesday July 17, 2018

Houston police on Tuesday arrested a suspected serial killer who they believe murdered at least three people in a weekend crime spree that had prompted city authorities to warn residents of Texas' largest city to be on "high alert."

Sketch Of Suspected Serial Killer In Assam Released By Cops

India News | ANI | Friday July 13, 2018

The Assam Police on Thursday released the sketch of the man, who is suspected to kill two women in lavatories of two trains on the same route, in Assam.

Arizona's Suspected Serial Killer Shoots Self As Cops Close In

World News | Reuters | Tuesday June 5, 2018

A man suspected of killing four people, including a noted psychiatrist who advised prosecutors investigating high-profile murders, killed himself on Monday as police closed in on the Phoenix-area hotel where he was staying, police said.

Ex-Marine Serial Killer Andrew Urdiales, Convicted For Killing 5 Women

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday May 24, 2018

A former US Marine jailed for the murders of three prostitutes was convicted Wednesday of killing five other women in California, in a grim spree that started three decades ago.

"Serial Killer" Cop, Caught After 40 Years, Was Handcuffed To Wheelchair

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday April 28, 2018

Handcuffed to a wheelchair and appearing frail, the former California policeman accused of being the notorious "Golden State Killer" appeared in court on Friday and was charged with two counts of murder.