Convicted U.S. Murderer Samuel Little Confesses To Killing 90 Women
Source: The Guardian
By Jessica Glenza. 16.15 EST. A 78-year-old convicted murderer serving a life sentence in a Texas prison has confessed to killing 90 women over nearly four decades - which, if his confessions are confirmed, could make him one of the worst serial killers in American history.
Samuel Little, who is serving a life term without the possibility of parole after being found guilty in 2014 of three murders in California, confessed to killings in multiple states during an interview with law enforcement officials in May. Police have linked Little, described by the FBI as having a "dark, violent streak", to 34 murders and are working to corroborate many others.
The FBI, which this week released a report into Little's criminal past, said in a statement: "Law enforcement has only recently begun unraveling the true extent of his crimes." Little's "nomadic lifestyle" and violent history have sent investigators looking across 36 cities and 16 states at his alleged crimes. Little was convicted four years ago over the deaths years earlier of the three women in Los Angeles area.
The FBI's Kevin Fitzsimmons said: "The biggest lesson in this case is the power of information sharing. These connections all started in our database of violent crime." Little's known crimes began in 1956, as he crisscrossed the country shoplifting, soliciting prostitutes, committing fraud and burglary. -MORE...
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An FBI crime analyst said that when Little had encounters with the police, they usually just shooed him out of town. Little preyed on women who were sex workers or addicted to drugs, and their "bodies sometimes went unidentified and their deaths uninvestigated" authorities said.
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