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Serial Killer Index Short List
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Serial Killer Index
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
   
serial killers by country - usa [k] countries
     
  KACZYNSKI Theodore John 1942   USA ... ... ... 3
aka Unabomber 1978 1993 nationwide
Verdict/Urteil:
Serial Killer KACZYNSKI Theodore John

Unabomb has been at it since 1978 mailing letter bombs to scientists, computer industry people and politicians. Although Unabom has only killed three, many have been severely injured by his lethal postal work. His last victim, a California Forestry Association executive, was killed in 1995, four days after the Oklahoma bombing. [ReadOn]


  KALLINGER Joseph     USA ... ... ... 3
  KALLINGER Michael      
Philadelphia Shoemaker    
Verdict/Urteil:

Joseph Kallinger, a cobbler by trade, led a life steeped in madness and crime. As an adopted child he grew up under the constant abuse from his parents. It is no surprise that when he became a father he was abusive too. [ReadOn]


  KANSAS CITY Killings     USA ... ... ... 10
1991 1994 MO
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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  KANSAS CITY PROSITUTE Slayer     USA ... ... ... 6
1989 1990 MO
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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  KAPRAT Edwin Bernard III. 1964 1995/04/20 USA ... ... ... 5
Granny Killer 1991 1993 FL
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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KASABIAN Linda => MANSON Charles Milles

  KAUFFMAN Christopher 1979/1975   USA ... ... ... 2
  McMAHAN Jamie 1979/1975   IA
1997    
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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  KEARNEY Patrick Wayne     USA ... ... ... 28+
  HILL David Douglas     CA
aka    
Verdict/Urteil:
Serial Killer KEARNEY Patrick Wayne

On July 5, 1977, authorities in Riverside, California, announced the confessions of two male suspects in a series of grisly "trash bag" murders, thought to include fifteen victims in five different counties since 1973. [ReadOn]


  KEE Arhon     USA ... ... ... 3
aka    
Verdict/Urteil:

On February 19, 1999, Miami Police arrested 25-year-old who is wanted in New York for at least one murder and two rapes. Surveillance teams tailing him decided to move in when he was located at the Sun Hotel in downtown Miami. Two SWAT teams cleared out the rest of the hotel and found him in a room on the top floor. [ReadOn]


  KEENE Marvallaus *1933   USA ... ... ... 5
  SMITH Demarcus *1975   OH
  MATTHEWS Heather      
  TAYLOR Laura      
1992 1992  
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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KEESEE, Charity L. => VAMPIRE Clan

  KELBACH Walter 1938/1941   USA ... ... ... 5
  LANCE Myron 1938/1941   UT
1966    
Verdict/Urteil:
Serial Killer KELBACH Walter 

Ex-convicts Walter Kelbach (aged twenty-eight) and Myron Lance (aged twenty-five) were cousins and gay lovers. On the night of December 17th, 1966, the two homosexuals got high on drugs and drove to a gas station in Salt Lake City. [ReadOn]


  KELLEY Doyle     USA ... ... ... 3
1981 1993 MO
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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  KELLIHER Mary     USA ... ... ... 6
1905 1908 MA
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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  KELLY Horace Edward 1959   USA ... ... ... 3
1984   CA
Verdict/Urteil:

On November 16, 1984, police officers in San Bernadino, California, were alerted to the discovery of a woman's body at a local cemetery. Nude from the waist down, with her bra unfastened, the victim had been raped before she was shot in the chest and neck with a .357 magnum revolver. [ReadOn]


  KELLY James Pinkerton     USA ... ... ... 2
aka    
Verdict/Urteil:
 
James Pinkerton Kelly, 17, killed a neighbor.  First he sliced open her stomach and ejaculated into the wound.  Then he slit her throat and cut off her breasts.  Before he was arrested, he managed to do the same thing to another woman.

  KEMPER Edmund Emil III.     USA ... ... ... 10
aka    
Verdict/Urteil:
Serial Killer KEMPER Edmund Emil III.

Ed Kemper's mom thought her son was "a real weirdo." He had a near-genius IQ hidden within his lanky body and twisted mind. As a child he liked playing execution and once told his sister that if he were to love someone they would first have to be dead. As a teenager mom forced Ed to live in the basement so he wouldn't scare his sisters. [ReadOn]


  KENNEDY Julian 1943   USA ... ... ... 9+
1958 1973 FL AR GA NM TX
Verdict/Urteil:

A drifter and escaped convict, linked with Southern "outlaw" motorcycle gangs, 30-year-old Julian Kennedy was confined in Lake City, Florida, awaiting trial on armed robbery charges, when he began confessing to multiple murders in March 1973. [ReadOn]


  KENOSHA MURDERS     USA ... ... ... 7+
1967 1981 WI
Verdict/Urteil:
 
Kenosha's "murder alley" is an unpaved strip of land running south from 64th Street, between 20th and 21st Avenues. Two blocks away, the downtown business district bustles with activity, but residents along the alley live with daily apprehension that is more akin to an excursion through the Twilight Zone. "There's something strange out by that alley," Coroner Thomas Dorff told the press in February 1981. [ReadOn]

  KENT COUNTY PROSTITUTE Killer     USA ... ... ... 11
1994 1997 MI
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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KESABIAN Linda => MANSON Charles Milles

  KEVORKIAN Dr. Jack     USA ... ... ... 130+
aka    
Verdict/Urteil:
Serial Killer KEVORKIAN Dr. Jack
On March 26, 1999, Suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder for giving an ailing man a lethal injection and putting it all on a videotape that aired on "60 Minutes." It was the first time in five trials that he was found guilty. The jury took a day and a half to clear him of first-degree murder, which would have meant a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole. [ReadOn]

  KEYS Mutilator     USA ... ... ... 2
1989   FL
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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  KIBBE Roger Reece 1941   USA ... ... ... 7+
I-5 Killer 1986 1988 CA
Verdict/Urteil:
Known as the I-I5 Killer in California in the mid 1980's, Roger Kibbe was tried and convicted on 2 counts of murder rape in Eldorado County. The industrious type, he is also suspected of five more murder-rapes in Sacramento. District attorney Robert Drossel believes Kibbe could have been responsible for up to 38 murders.

  KIBBLE Claudette     USA ... ... ... 3
aka    
Verdict/Urteil:
 

Claudette Kibble tötete 3 ihrer 5 Kinder über einen Zeitraum von 4 Jahren.
Sie behauptete in jedem der Fälle, ihre Kind wäre eines "natürlichen Todes" gestorben. 1995 gestand sie allerdings, 2 der Kinder ertränkt und eines erstickt zu haben.

Claudette Kibble wurde im Alter von 23 Jahren zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt.


  KIMES Sante     USA ... ... ... 2+
  KIMES Kenneth      
The Grifters    
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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  KING Amos   Feb. 26th, 2 USA ... ... ...
aka    
Verdict/Urteil:
Serial Killer KING Amos
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KING Carolyn A. => MARTIN Bradlyn A.

  KING John William     ... ... ...
aka    
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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KINGSBURY RUN MURDERS => CLEVELAND TORSO MURDERS

  KINNE Sharon 1940   USA ... ... ... 3
1960 1962 MO +MX
Verdict/Urteil:
 
When James and Sharon Kinne were married in October 1956, it was a matter of necessity. At sixteen, she was pregnant, and while neither loved the other, marriage was "the thing to do" for teenage parents-to-be in Independence, Missouri. A miscarriage later removed the necessity of their union, but by then it was too late. [ReadOn]

  KINNEY James Allen     USA ... ... ... 3
aka     FL
Verdict/Urteil:
 
Police in Delray Beach, Florida, are searching for suspected serial killer James Allen Kinney who is believed to have been living in Delray Beach since May. Kinney, 51, is suspected of killing women in Washington, Michigan and Iowa, has been in . "He lives somewhere between Boynton Beach and north Broward county," said Detective Robert Stevens at a news conference. [ReadOn]

  KIPP Martin James     USA ... ... ... 2
Dr. Crazy 1983 1984 CA
Verdict/Urteil:
 
A full-blooded Blackfoot Indian, Kipp was the son of a prostitute who abandoned him at the age of twenty-two months. Adopted by relatives , he was raised by an alcoholic "father" who frequently beat Martin in public. Liberated by his guardian's death, Kipp left the reservation for a stint in the Marine Corps and was briefly stationed in Japan, where he won divisional honors in boxing. [ReadOn]

KISER Blanche => MOORE Blanche Taylor

  KLENNER Frederick Robert jr. 1956 1985/06/03 USA ... ... ... 8
  LYNCH Susan ... ... KY NC
     
Verdict/Urteil:
 
Police knew Fred Klenner was dangerous when they spotted his van on the outskirts of Greensboro, North Carolina, on June 3, 1985. A month earlier, he had slaughtered a family of three at Winston-Salem, and he was also sought in connection with the 1984 murders of a mother and daughter in Prospect, Kentucky. [ReadOn]

  KLIMEK Ottilie "Tillie" 1865   USA ... ... ... 6
1914 1920 IL
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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  KNIGHT Julian     ... ... ...
aka    
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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  KNIGHTON Robert Wesley *1942   USA ... ... ... 4
  BRITTAIN Lawrence Lingle *1973   MO OK
  WILLIAMS Ruth Renee      
1990 1990  
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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  KNOPPA Anthony Michael *1948   USA ... ... ... 4
  LANHAM Harry     TX
1971 1971  
Verdict/Urteil:
 
On November 3, 1971, the body of 16-year-old Adele Crabtree was found outside Conroe, Texas. Last seen alive at a "hippy" commune in Houston, she was fully clothed when found, her death attributed to close-range shotgun blasts. The same day, Linda Sutherlin was reported missing in Houston, when she failed to come home after work. [ReadOn]

  KNOWLES Paul John *1946 +1974/11/18 USA ... ... ... 18+
Casanova Killer     GA FL OH
Verdict/Urteil: Shot by FBI agent
Serial Killer KNOWLES Paul John

A Florida native, born in 1946, Knowles logged his first arrest at age 19, spending roughly six months of each year thereafter in jail, on various convictions for burglary and auto theft. He was serving time in Raiford when he began corresponding with California divorcee Angela Covic, and she visited the prison long enough to accept his proposal of marriage, shelling out money for lawyers to win his release. [ReadOn]


  KNOWLTON George Frederick     USA ... ... ...
aka    
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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  KOEDATICH James J. 1948   USA ... ... ... 3+
1971 1983 FL NJ
Verdict/Urteil:
 
Born in 1948, Koedatich committed his first known murder in Dade County, Florida, on June 13, 1971. The victim was his roommate, 40-year-old Robert Anderson, and Koedatich served eleven years on conviction of murder and robbery, winning parole from Raiford prison in August 1982. He moved north with the state's permission, settling in Morristown, New Jersey, and he lasted all of two months before his bloodlust surfaced again. [ReadOn]

KOGUT John => HALSTEAD Dennis, KOGUT John & RESTIVO John

KOKORALEIS Andrew => GECHT Robin & KOKORALEIS Andrew & KOKORALEIS Thomas & SPREITZER Edward

KOKORALEIS Thomas => GECHT Robin & KOKORALEIS Andrew & KOKORALEIS Thomas & SPREITZER Edward

  KOMIN Alexander 1953   USA ... ... ... 3+
1971 1982 FL NJ
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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  KONDRO Joe     USA ... ... ... 2+
    WA
Verdict/Urteil:
 
Laborer, mill worker, Longview
Admits to raping and strangling two young girls in Southwest Washington -- killings more than 11 years apart. Convicted of two other rapes, he also admits to abducting a teenage store clerk at knifepoint. Suspect in dozens of disappearances, rapes and murders since 1982. Status: In prison in Washington.

  KORN Donald     USA ... ... ... ...
aka    
Verdict/Urteil:
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  KRAFT Randy Steven     USA ... ... ... 16+
Score Card Killer    
Verdict/Urteil:
Another in the tradition of California freeway killer. Randy, a graduate of the prestigious Claremont Men's College, liked to pick up young men, especially marines, drug them and strangle them. On May 14, 1983, a highway patrolman stopped Kraft in Mission Viejo for suspected drunk driving and noticed the dead marine sitting next to him. [ReadOn]

  KREBS Rex Allen     USA ... ... ... 2+
aka    
Verdict/Urteil:
 
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KRENWINKEL Patricia => MANSON Charles Milles

KRETSCH Sandra => WUORNOS Aileen Carol

KRING David Allen => FLUETTE Todd Everett & KRING David Allen

  KRIST Gary Steven 1945   USA ... ... ... 4+
1959 1964 AS CA UT
Verdict/Urteil:
Gary Krist launched his criminal career at age fourteen, with the theft of a boat. A year later he stole a car, and at sixteen he was committed to the Utah State Industrial School, at Ogden, for a year. Krist entered confinement on June 2, 1961, but soon escaped; he was recaptured in Idaho on July 29, 1961. [ReadOn]

  KRUETH Joshua A. *   Serial Killer USA ... ... ... ...
... ... Anoka MN
Verdict/Urteil:
News on Kansas City Prositute Killer
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  KANSAS CITY PROSTITUTE Killer *   Serial Killer USA ... ... ... ...
... ... Kansas City
Verdict/Urteil:
News on Kansas City Prositute Killer
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  KUKLINSKI Richard 1935   USA ... ... ... 40+
1949 1986 NJ NY
Verdict/Urteil:
Serial Killer Richard KUKLINSKI
Kuklinski was a professional hit man by trade with a serial killer passion on the side. Although suspected of at least 40 murders, while in custody Rich said that he only killed to support his family. A regular Mr. Short Fuse, Rich killed an unsuspecting motorist for cutting him off. He ran him off the road, beat him to death, than ran over his body repeatedly. [ReadOn]

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