Goals: Utilizing Radford's Serial Killer Database as a starting point, the new collaboration is working in conjunction with other Universities to maintain and expand the scope of the database to also include spree killers and mass murderers. Radford/FGCU Serial Killer Database. Currently has 3,337 serial killers – 2,320 from the U.S. – 1,017 from other countries. Information on 9,289 victims (mostly U.S. And Canada). Began with student serial killer timelines. 18 years of data collection. Goals – Accurate information for my forensic psychology class lectures.
A new report from estimates that 2,000 serial killers are currently at large in the United States. According to archivist and researcher Thomas Hargrove, tracking the habits and status of serial killers comes down to data analysis, which he's been carrying out independently for years.Hargrove is a part of the, a non-profit that aggregates data on homicides and feeds it into Hargrove's algorithm, which he sometimes refers to as a serial killer detector. Serial murder, according to, is the 'unlawful killing of two or more victims by the same offender(s), in separate events.' A pause in between murders is sometimes referred to as a 'cooling off period'.published analysis of similar data from Dr. Mike Aamodt at Radford University in Virginia. He found that serial killers were on the decline, as a whole, and that most killed simply because they enjoyed it.
A Vox data visualization of homicide data from Radford University outlines the typical determined motives of a serial killer. VoxAccording to the Radford Serial Killer Data Base, another research project noted by The New Yorker, American serial killers are 10 times more likely to be male than female, and their average I.Q. Is only 94.5. The database also divides serial killers into archetypes, which are as follows:'Missionaries' believe they're on quests to rid the world of immoral people, 'black widows' marry and kill multiple husbands, 'bluebeards' are men who kill exclusively women, either for money or to be feel powerful. 'Angels of death' are professional female caretakers or nurses who kill their patients, 'trollers' meet their victims by chance, and 'trappers' monitor their victims ahead of time or situate themselves in professions where potential victims come to them. Hargrove in an appearance on ABC News.
ABCAs for Hargrove's estimate that 2,000 serial killers are still at large in the United States, he says it's the number he came to after analyzing data available. Hargrove told The New Yorker that according to the FBI, 1,400 murders remain unsolved but are linked to other killings through DNA.
That's only slightly above 2% of murders investigated by the FBI.' Those are just the cases they were able to lock down with DNA,' Hargrove said. 'And killers don't always leave DNA—it's a gift when you get it. So two per cent is a floor, not a ceiling.' Anyone proficient in coding can use Hargrove's algorithm. But if a user wants to know how many unsolved murder cases are still open in their region, they can simply use the website's search function.
According to the Radford University Serial Killer Database, as of September 16, 2014, there have been 3,873 known serial killers and 11,187 victims. Statistics indicate that 41.74 percent of those victims were shot, and 23.34 percent were strangled. It should come as no surprise that the U.S. Has had the most serial killers: 2,625, according to Radford University.
The report, however, comes with the following note: “the numbers for 2013 and 2014 should be interpreted with caution as there is normally a lag between a murder and the identification of the serial killer.” And this statement brings us to the question: What about the unsolved serial killer cases, the murders that have stymied investigators and authorities for years. Jack the Ripper and the Boston Strangler are the most famous unidentified serial killers, but there are numerous unsolved serial murder cases in America and abroad. Via: 2006, Sonia Mejia was raped and strangled in her apartment in Taylorsville, a city in Salt Lake County, Utah. In 2008, Damiana Castillo was strangled in her apartment in West Valley City, which is about a mile away from Taylorsville.
Both murders occurred on the same day: February 9. At first police believed it was a grisly coincidence, but the crimes were eventually linked by DNA analysis. In a good example of if it bleeds, it leads journalism, the press dubbed the perpetrator the February 9 Killer.
An eight-man task force was created to solve the case but police turned up few clues. In 2011, the February 9 Killer was classified as a cold case. Via: 1968 and 1969, three young women were murdered in Glasgow, Scotland. The killer met his victims at the Barrowland Ballroom, and then strangled them with their own stockings. Jean Puttock, who was the sister of Helen Puttock, one of the three victims, provided a description of the killer after she and her sister shared a taxi with him. According to Ms.
Puttock, the man identified himself as John Templeton and had quoted extensively from the Bible, referring to dance hall as “dens of iniquity.” The following day Jean Puttock’s sister, Helen, was dead, and the man had disappeared. It’s been suggested that convicted Glaswegian serial killer Peter Tobin was responsible for the murders, but the case remains unsolved. Via: the early 1970s in Rochester, New York, three girls were raped and strangled. The case was originally called the “Double Initial Murders” because each of the girls’ first and last name started with the same letter. If that wasn’t strange enough, each body was found in a town that had a name starting with the same letter as each girl’s name: Carmen Colon was murdered in Churchville; Wanda Walkowicz in Webster; and Michelle Maenza in Macedon.
The media later revised the name of the case to “The Alphabet Murders.”In California, in the late 1970s, four girls were also killed with double initials –Roxene Roggasch, Pamela Parson, Tracy Tofolya, as well as another girl named Carmen Colon. Investigators initially believed the California murders were linked to those in Rochester. However, in 2013, Joseph Naso was tried for the murders in California and sentenced to death. While Naso was a person of interest in the New York murders, he was never tried for the crimes and most investigators believe he was a copycat killer. Via: archive.freep.comOver a 13-month period between 1976 and 1977, in what became the largest murder investigation in U.S.
History at the time, a serial killer abducted and murdered four children in Oakland Country, Michigan. The children, two boys and two girls, were held from four to 19 days before being killed and left at various locations around the country. There have been numerous suspects and persons of interest over the years, including the possibility that serial killer John Wayne Gacy was also the Oakland County Child killer. The crime remains unsolved. Via: criminalminds.wikia.comThe horror began on the morning of September 29, 1982, when twelve-year old Mary Kellerman died after taking a capsule of Extra-Strength Tylenol laced with potassium cyanide. Six more deaths in the Chicago Metropolitan area followed.
Investigators soon discovered the Tylenol link. They ruled out production sabotage as the bottles of Tylenol all came from different factories, and believed the culprit had in fact taken the bottles off supermarket and drug store shelves, laced the capsules with cyanide, and then returned the bottles to different stores.
In October 1982, Johnson & Johnson issued a nationwide Tylenol recall, and the incidents led to reforms in the packaging of over-the-counter drugs and anti-tampering laws. Via: zodiackiller.fr.yuku.comAlso known as the Gilgo Beach Killer or the Seashore Serial Killer, the unidentified suspect is believed to have murdered at least 10 people over a 20-year period. All of the victims were associated with the sex trade, and they advertised their services on Craigslist. The bodies were dumped along Ocean Parkway, near the Long Island beach towns of Gilgo Beach and Oak Beach. In 2010, a police officer and his dog on a routine training exercise discovered “the skeletal remains of a woman in a disintegrated burlap sack.” Four more victims were unearthed in December, and six more sets of remains discovered in March and April 2011.
Via: www.vice.comIn 2009, a woman walking her dog discovered a human bone on the West Mesa in Albuqrque, New Mexico. As a result of the discovery, authorities uncovered the remains of 11 women and a fetus buried in what became one of the largest crime scenes in U.S. All of the victims were young, involved in drugs or prostitution, and had disappeared between 2003 and 2005; many were Hispanic. No evidence as to who committed the murders has ever been discovered. Locals refer to the unidentified killer as the Bone Collector -an apt title considering what was discovered at his dumping grounds. Via: www.corriere.itBetween February 2007 and August 2008, 13 gay men, ages 20-40, were killed in Paturis Park in Carapicuiba, Brazil. Police believed the same murderer may also be responsible for three deaths on Osasco, a nearby municipality.
According to the Brazilian media, Paturis Park was a popular spot for prostitution and a well-known hook-up destination for gay men. The press dubbed the perpetrator the Rainbow Maniac, a reference to the gay pride flag. All but one of the victims was shot. Officials announced that the killer might be a state police officer, and in 2008 Jairo Francisco Franco, a retired officer, was arrested.
However, no charges or conviction have been forthcoming, and the case remains unsolved. Via: www.mirror.co.ukDubbed Il Mostro or the Monster of Florence, a serial killer stalked the streets of the Italian city between 1968 and 1985 and is responsible for 16 murders. Most of the victims were couples, and the same gun, a.22 caliber pistol, was used in all of the killings. Over the years, hundreds of suspects have been questioned. Four different men were convicted of the murders at four different times, only to be released when the killer struck again; the Italian police have been criticized and ridiculed by the media for their inept handling of the case.
Independent investigations suggest that the Monster of Florence is Antonio Vinci. In 2008, Vinci went on Dateline NBC and denied these claims; he was never tried. It has been nearly 30 years since the last murder, and the police are no closer to knowing the identity of the real killer. TheRichest – Privacy PolicyWe respect your privacy and we are committed to safeguarding your privacy while online at oursite.
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