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Karla Faye Tucker (November 18, 1959 – February 3, 1998) was an American woman sentenced to death for killing two people with a pickaxe during a burglary. [2] She was the first woman to be executed in the United States since Velma Barfield in 1984 in North Carolina, and the first in Texas since Chipita Rodriguez in 1863. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 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 ...
Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir (December 8, 1972 – September 19, 2023) was a Kenyan murderer and suspected serial killer accused of the murders of at least 18 elderly women in Dallas, Texas, United States, and its surrounding suburbs. [2] Chemirmir was indicted for 22 murders [3] and convicted of two.
Christopher Bernard Wilder (March 13, 1945 – April 13, 1984), also known as the Beauty Queen Killer and the Snapshot Killer, was an Australian-American serial killer [1] who abducted at least twelve young women and girls, killing eight of them during a six-week, cross-country crime spree in the United States in early 1984.
First Nevadan serial killer, found dead in cave five miles upriver from El Dorado Canyon. Cause of death uncertain. [561] Rader, Dennis: 1974–1991 10 10 Sentenced to life imprisonment Known as "The BTK Killer"; killed men, women and children in Wichita and Park City, Kansas, while sending taunting letters to local police and media outlets [562]
In 1992, a jury convicted Wood of killing six women and girls in 1987 in a case dubbed by local media as the Desert Killer. The victims are: 14-year-old Dawn Marie Smith, 15-year-old Desiree ...
Kimberly Clark Saenz [2] (born November 3, 1973), [3] also known as Kimberly Clark Fowler, is a former licensed practical nurse and a convicted serial killer. [4] She was convicted of killing several patients at a Texas dialysis center by injecting bleach into their dialysis lines.
Wuornos claimed she killed her victims in self-defence when the men became violent towards her. She was arrested in 1991 and convicted of murder the following year, being handed six death sentences.