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10+ Known as "The Ice Pick Killer"; sexually abused and raped adult women and young girls across Montana, Texas and Louisiana, most of whom were his relatives; additionally responsible for a 1979 rape-murder in Houston and a 1983 triple murder in Weatherford, Texas. Convicted for the 1979 murder and executed in 2018. [68] Patrick Trémeau: France
10 10 Robbed, raped and killed people around Russia and Ukraine; sentenced to death but commuted to life imprisonment. [239] Satish India: 1995–1998 10 10 Killed 10 girls who were between the ages of five and nine. He was arrested from Bahadurgargh, Haryana after a long chase by Haryana police. [240] Eduard Shemyakov Russia: 1996–1998 10 10
America's Most Evil. The United States has the most documented serial killers in the world, with a total of 3,690 surpassing the combined count of the next 10 highest countries, according to a ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 December 2024. A serial killer is typically a person who kills three or more people, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines serial murder as "a series of two or more murders ...
Jack the Ripper. Perhaps the most notorious serial killer ever, Jack the Ripper killed and mutilated at least five women in London. All of the killings took place in 1888, and the killer allegedly ...
After spending several years as a fugitive, he was placed on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list in 1961 following a 1960 escape from a Portland, Oregon, jail, [4] [5] [6] where he had been held on suspicion of impersonating a Federal Officer. [7] After his 1962 capture, he was imprisoned in USP Leavenworth, from which he was paroled in 1967. Edwards ...
A June 2006 report from the Council of Europe estimated 100 people had been kidnapped by the CIA on EU territory (with the cooperation of Council of Europe members), and rendered to other countries, often after having transited through secret detention centres ("black sites") used by the CIA, some located in Europe.
The FBI also spied upon and collected information on Puerto Rican independence leader Pedro Albizu Campos and his Nationalist political party in the 1930s. Albizu Campos was convicted three times in connection with deadly attacks on US government officials: in 1937 (Conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States), in 1950 (attempted murder), and in 1954 (after an armed assault on ...