Convicted murderer now linked to more than 60 deaths may be most prolific serial killer in U.S. hist

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Convicted murderer now linked to more than 60 deaths may be most prolific serial killer in U.S. history

Authorities believe Samuel Little, already in prison for three slayings, may ultimately be responsible for 93 killings.



By Alex Horton June 8 at 1:25 PM

Samuel Little drew their portraits in paint and in pencil, filling out the contours of the faces of women he said he killed over nearly four decades.

He recalled the color of their eyes and the way they wore their hair, or locations crucial to their murder. One portrait simply says, “Tall girl by highway sign” in Cincinnati, “1984 or 74.”

Little, 79, in failing health and already serving three consecutive life sentences in California for killing three women, has confessed to dozens of murders across the United States.

His details and confessions have so far proved true, prosecutors have said, leading authorities to a grim conclusion: With more than 60 killings linked to him, Little may be the most prolific serial killer in American history.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/08/convicted-murderer-now-linked-more-than-deaths-may-be-most-prolific-killer-us-history/

[MontanaMama]

1. I hope the families of the murdered

will at least know what happened to their loved ones. The not knowing must be excruciating

[brer cat]

2. Chilling.

I wonder what is motivating him to confess to all these murders.

[marylandblue]

3. He's already in jail and in failing health. Nothing they can do to him now, but

he'll be forever in the history books.

[brer cat]

4. There wasn't much to go on in that article,

but I didn't get the impression that his motive was to secure his place in history. I was curious whether at this point late in life he is feeling some remorse or possibly wanting to spare the families of his victims from never knowing what happened. I don't think we can get into the mind of someone capable of committing so many senseless murders, but I do wonder whether there is any empathy there.

[marylandblue]

6. I think some of them do have empathy, so you might be right.

If he has a compulsion he couldn't control, then he would feel remorse afterwards.

[GeoWilliam750]

5. Another more detailed story

Last edited Sun Jun 9, 2019, 03:43 AM - Edit history (1)

https://www.thecut.com/2018/12/how-serial-killer-samuel-little-was-caught.html

Also, Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Little

Apparently 29 more not listed on Wiki. The last one listed on Wiki was in 1997, but he was not caught until 2012.