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California: 1974–1986: 13: Serial killer and rapist [8] [9] 14: William Suff: Lake Elsinore: 1974–1992: 13+ Serial killer known as "The Riverside Prostitute Killer" and "The Lake Elsinore Killer" [122] 15: Gypsy Hill killings: San Mateo County: 1976: 5+ Homicides of young women and girls by a suspected serial killer known in media as the ...
Serial killers from the San Francisco Bay Area (23 P) Pages in category "Serial killers from California" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 February 2025. 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 ...
Gerald Armond Gallego (July 17, 1946 – July 18, 2002) and Charlene Adell Gallego (née Williams; born October 10, 1956) were two American serial killers and rapists who were active mainly in Sacramento, California, between 1978 and 1980. They murdered at least eleven victims, often kept as sex slaves.
Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. (born November 8, 1945) is an American serial killer who committed at least 13 murders, 51 rapes, and 120 burglaries across California between 1974 and 1986. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He is responsible for three known separate crime sprees throughout the state, each of which spawned a different nickname in the press, before it ...
Officials identified the body of an Iowa resident who is believed to one of the first victims of the "Scorecard Killer" in California.
Arthur Leigh Allen, of Vallejo, [80] owned a mobile home at Sunset Trailer Park in Santa Rosa [81] at the time of the murders. He had been fired from his Valley Springs Elementary School teaching position for suspected child molestation in 1968 [82] and was a full-time student at Sonoma State University. [83]
Here are 10 infamous serial killers who eluded justice. ... The Zodiac Killer. Location: Northern California. Victims: ... Late 1960s to early 1970s. The Zodiac Killer's cryptic letters and ...