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# Serial Killer

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No human remains found in search for suspected Fred West murder victim
Police received information that Mary Bastholm, 15, could have been buried in the cellar of the cafe.
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May 27th 2021, 12:23 PM
Police searching cafe in England for body of suspected teen victim of serial killer Fred West
Mary Bastholm disappeared in 1968 and she has long been suspected to be a victim of West.
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May 12th 2021, 7:35 PM
Police search cafe for body linked to missing teen feared killed by Fred West
Serial killer Fred West, who died in prison in 1995 aged 53, was previously suspected over the disappearance of Mary Bastholm.
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May 11th 2021, 2:08 PM
Australia's most notorious serial killer Ivan Milat dies
Milat was serving life sentences for seven murders and was a major suspect in the killings of three other women.
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Oct 27th 2019, 1:15 PM
Man who confessed to murder of 93 women is 'most prolific serial killer' in US history
The 79-year-old is serving multiple life sentences in California.
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Oct 8th 2019, 7:37 AM
Cyprus court hands 7 life terms to 'first serial killer'
He said he was “tortured by memories” and could not explain why he had carried out the killings.
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Jun 24th 2019, 6:10 PM
Cyprus serial killer case: Suitcase containing woman's remains pulled from toxic lake
The suspect confessed last Thursday to killing a total of five women and two of their daughters.
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Apr 29th 2019, 9:38 AM
FBI releases drawings by serial killer in bid to identify victims
Samuel Little has confessed to 90 murders committed over the space of 35 years.
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Feb 13th 2019, 9:42 PM
Canadian man jailed for life for murder and sexual mutilation of 8 men
Bruce McArthur will be in his 90s before he is eligible for parole from eight concurrent 25-year sentences.
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Feb 8th 2019, 8:01 PM
Canadian landscaper pleads guilty to murders of eight men linked to Toronto's gay community
Bruce McArthur was expected to go to trial next year, and was considered a surprise by prosecutors.
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Jan 29th 2019, 9:57 PM
Former Russian policeman found guilty of carrying out 56 murders, bringing total spree to 78 killings
The conviction makes Mikhail Popkov Russia’s worst-known serial killer of recent times.
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Dec 10th 2018, 3:56 PM
Convicted murderer admits killing 90 people, may be 'most prolific serial killer in US history'
Samuel Little preyed mainly on drug addicts and prostitutes during a decades-long murder spree.
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Nov 29th 2018, 9:26 PM
Police in Texas say they've caught a serial killer who killed three people in seven days
Jose Gilberto Rodriguez was arrested after a car chase.
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Jul 18th 2018, 7:11 AM
Son of Sam: The Irish-American cop who led the hunt for the New York serial killer
The ‘Son of Sam’ murdered his first victim in the summer of 1976. The manhunt that followed gripped the world.
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May 13th 2018, 6:30 PM
Grangegorman murders: Serial killer's appeal against his conviction is rejected
Nash was found guilty in 2015 of murdering the two women, whose mutilated bodies were found in sheltered accommodation in Grangegorman 21 years ago.
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May 8th 2018, 5:15 PM
Former US Marine admits to killing seven women
Victims’ relatives watched quietly during the hearing as Vann uttered the word “guilty” seven times.
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May 5th 2018, 7:37 AM
Canadian accused serial killer faces seventh murder charge after human remains in planter identified
To date, police have found some 20 planters with dismembered body parts of several men.
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Apr 11th 2018, 6:52 PM
More human remains found hidden in large planters in Canada serial killer case
Bruce McArthur, 66, is charged with murdering gay men.
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Mar 5th 2018, 10:12 PM
Toronto serial killer suspect is landscape gardener who may have 'buried bodies across the city'
Bruce McArthur, 66, is charged with five murders but police fear there may be more.
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Jan 31st 2018, 10:51 PM
Toronto police search gardens for more victims after landscaper charged with deaths of two men
Bruce McArthur, aged 66, was arrested earlier this month.
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Jan 30th 2018, 9:21 AM
State scientists were 'trying to do down' serial killer Nash, appeals court told
Nash was found guilty in 2015 of murdering the two women.
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Nov 7th 2017, 8:27 PM
Serial killer Mark Nash launches appeal against double murder conviction
The Court of Appeal heard today that Nash case is “in some senses extraordinary”.
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Nov 6th 2017, 1:57 PM
Ashes of Moors murderer Ian Brady dumped at sea after secret cremation
There was no music or ceremony during his cremation.
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Nov 3rd 2017, 9:38 AM
Texas serial killer gets stay from execution after last-minute revelations
Authorities believe Anthony Shore would have left a note to try to exonerate another death row inmate of murder.
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Oct 19th 2017, 12:16 PM
Police have identified another victim of American serial killer John Wayne Gacy
Gacy was an amateur clown who is remembered as one of history’s most bizarre killers.
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Jul 19th 2017, 7:47 PM
Man charged over killing of Irish woman in Australian serial killer case
He is charged with the murders of two women – a third woman was also killed but the investigation is still open.
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Dec 23rd 2016, 11:20 AM
Three potential shooters being investigated over murder of 'serial killer' Mark Desmond
The career criminal was executed on Friday.
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Dec 6th 2016, 6:04 AM
US serial killer "The Grim Sleeper" faces death penalty
“He is a psychopathic, sadistic serial killer who takes joy in inflicting pain on women and killing them.”
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Aug 10th 2016, 9:09 PM
Canada has begun an investigation into missing and dead native women
Concern over violence against aboriginal women became an issue after dozens of prostitutes went missing in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and were later determined to have been victims of a serial killer.
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Aug 3rd 2016, 10:06 PM
Book by infamous Canadian serial killer removed from Amazon
Robert Pickton was convicted of murdering six women in 2007.
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Feb 23rd 2016, 4:13 PM
Woman (68) suspected of murdering friend, lodger, and 10 others
Tamara Samsonova was arrested on suspicion of poisoning a friend – and her diary details 10 other killings.
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Aug 7th 2015, 8:34 AM
It's not easy to sell a flat once owned by a well-known serial killer
It’s very spacious, at least.
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Jun 7th 2015, 5:30 PM
Serial killer 'no longer a threat' after remains of seven women found behind US shopping centre
The suspect’s name has not been released by police, but they say there is no threat to the public.
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May 12th 2015, 12:22 PM
Jack the Ripper has been identified through DNA - claims new book
Professor Alec Jeffreys, who invented the DNA fingerprinting technique 30 years ago this week, called for further verification.
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Sep 8th 2014, 9:33 AM
'Southside Slayer' who killed 14 women tells judge "I'll be back" as he's sentenced to death
Chester D. Turner is Los Angeles’ most prolific killer.
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Aug 2nd 2014, 3:34 PM
Man who shot porn mogul Larry Flynt given last-minute stay of execution
A judge in the US has questioned the use of the drug that was to be used to put the white supremacist serial killer to death.
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Nov 20th 2013, 8:47 AM
Belgian court rejects child rapist Dutroux's request for early release
Belgium’s “most hated man” had applied to be released under house arrest with an electronic tag to watch his movements.
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Feb 18th 2013, 4:58 PM
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
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Oct 28th 2012, 10:30 AM
Belgium vows to toughen parole after Dutroux ex-wife outcry
Belgium’s Prime Minister has vowed to toughen parole rules following the release of the accomplice and ex-wife of paedophile serial killer Marc Dutroux.
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Sep 1st 2012, 3:05 PM
Belgium's 'most-hated woman' Michelle Martin released from prison
Accomplice of paedophile serial killer Marc Dutroux was released on condition she keeps her distance from the relatives of the victims.
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Aug 28th 2012, 9:09 PM
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