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Lavinia Fisher (c. 1793 – February 18, 1820) was an American criminal who, according to urban legends, was the first female serial killer in the United States of America. [1] She was married to John Fisher, and both were convicted of highway robbery —a capital offense at the time—not murder .
[1] [9] [10] In the late 1970s, [3] Pierce became "one of the first female supervisors at FBI Headquarters," working in the unit processing agent applications. [9] She later worked in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "where she pursued fugitives and military deserters". [1] There, she met fellow agent Michael Misko (d. 2021), whom she married in 1981 ...
On October 11, 1922, at age 54, Davidson was hired by director William J. Burns to work at the Bureau of Investigation (the former name of the FBI) as a special investigator. [10] [11] [12] she was the first female special agent. [13] Trained in New York City, [14] she was later assigned to the Washington, D.C. field office. [15]
Alcala, born in San Antonio, Texas on Aug. 23, 1943, was a serial killer and sexual predator who committed most of his crimes in California … The True Story Behind ‘The Woman of The Hour ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. American serial killer (1956–2002) Aileen Wuornos Wuornos in 2002 Born Aileen Carol Pittman (1956-02-29) February 29, 1956 Rochester, Michigan, U.S. Died October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09) (aged 46) Florida State Prison, Florida, U.S. Cause of death Execution by lethal injection Other names ...
Rodney was first found guilty of one murder in 1980 and sentenced to death, but the ruling was overturned in 1984 because jurors had been improperly informed of his sex crime history.
During the early 1970s, FBI agents Robert Ressler and John Douglas began conducting interviews with incarcerated serial killers, in the hopes of gleaning insights into their crimes. After Burgess ...
Belle Gunness, born Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth (November 11, 1859 [3] – possibly April 28, 1908), nicknamed Hell's Belle, [1] was a Norwegian-American serial killer who was active in Illinois and Indiana between 1884 and 1908. [1]