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Serial killers at some point active in their killing in the state of California, United States of America. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
"Southern California Strangler" – Randy Kraft "Southland Strangler" – John Floyd Thomas Jr. "Southside Rapist" – Timothy Wilson Spencer "Speed Freak Killers" – Pair of American killers active in 1984–1990 "Spider Killer" – Saeed Hanaei "Spokane Serial Killer" – Robert Lee Yates "Springfield Strangler" – Alfred Gaynor
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 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 ...
Serial killer and rapist known as the "I-5 Strangler" [126] 19: Joseph Naso: Northern California: 1977–1994: 6–10: Serial killer and rapist [127] 20: Richard Trenton Chase: Sacramento: 1977–1978: 6: Serial killer, necrophile, and cannibal that murdered 6 men, women, and children at random in a month long killing spree [128] 21: Skid Row ...
A photo released by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office showing DeAngelo, who joined the Exeter Police Department in 1973. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. was born on November 8, 1945, in Bath, New York, to Kathleen "Kay" Louise DeGroat (June 30, 1923 – August 21, 2010) and Joseph James DeAngelo Sr. (January 19, 1920 – February 15, 1995), a sergeant in the United States Army.
Gerald Parker (born 1955) is an American serial killer who raped and murdered five women in Orange County, California. A sixth victim, who was pregnant at the time of the attack, survived, but her child was delivered stillborn. The crimes took place in 1978 and 1979, but Parker was not identified as the killer until 1996.
Alexander Hernandez (born May 12, 1980) is an American serial killer who murdered five people during a series of drive-by shootings in the Los Angeles Metropolitan area of California between March and August 2014. He targeted random people and dogs, murdering five people, injuring 11 others, and killing two dogs.
Lloyd Gomez (December 6, 1923 – October 16, 1953), known as The Phantom Hobo Killer, was an American serial killer who robbed and murdered nine vagrant men across California from 1950 to 1951. [1] The murders were only linked to Gomez after he was arrested for a different crime and confessed to them.