Louis synagogue in Franklin was also convicted of at least five other murders, receiving a string of life sentences, but he suggested that he was responsible for 22 murders. He was best known for shooting Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, who was paralyzed from the attack. Franklin was executed in November Berkowitz, now serving six consecutive to-life sentences, claimed that a demon spoke to him through a neighbor's dog.
Cousins Kenneth Bianchi, seen here, and Angelo Buono were charged with the murders of nine women between and Also known as the Hillside Stranglers, the cousins sexually assaulted and sometimes tortured their victims, leaving their bodies on roadsides in the hills of Southern California.
Wayne Williams killed at least two men between and , and police believed he might have been responsible for more than 20 other deaths in the Atlanta area. Williams was convicted and sentenced to two life terms in After serving 15 years for murdering his mother, Henry Lee Lucas was convicted in in nine more murders. Lucas was the only inmate spared from execution by Texas Gov. George W. Richard Ramirez, also known as the Night Stalker, was convicted of 13 murders and sentenced to death in California in The self-proclaimed devil worshiper found his victims in quiet neighborhoods and entered their homes through unlocked windows and doors.
During a routine traffic stop, a police officer found a dead U. Marine in the front seat of a car driven by Randy Steven Kraft. Kraft was linked to 45 murders and sentenced to death in He would pick up hitchhikers, give them drugs and alcohol, sexually assault them and then mutilate and strangle them. Ted Bundy raped and killed at least 16 young women in the early to mids before he was executed in While the exact number of people he ate is unknown - he told reporters that it was his later killings that he began to start keeping in his refrigerator and eating.
Jeffrey implies that at more than half of his victims were eaten which would bring the number somewhere between 10 - Jeffrey was also a raging alcoholic, which contributes to the exact number of victims eaten being vague. He blames most of his crimes on booze fueled rage and only admitted to his crimes after being arrested and sober for some time. He even warns about the effects alcohol has on the mind and how it gave him the 'courage' to give in to his sadistic impulses.
His drink of choice was Budweiser beer how American, right? Jeffrey Dahmer was caught when one of his victims, a 32 year old male named Tracy Edwards escaped from Dahmer's apartment on July 22, Edwards would have been his 18'th victim but instead was able to inform the police and let to Jeffrey's arrest.
When neighbors complained of the smell emanating from his apartment, Dahmer told them his refrigerator was broken and he was waiting to get it fixed. After killing year-old Edward Smith, Dahmer attempted to retain the body by keeping it in a freezer for several months. Ernest Miller, 22, had his throat slashed after being promised money to join Dahmer at his apartment.
A lack of sleeping pills forced Dahmer to change his method of killing. Three weeks later, Dahmer killed year-old David Thomas. Later, he said he came to realize during their encounter that he was not attracted to Thomas, but he still drugged and killed him, then disposed of his body, intentionally not keeping any parts. Dahmer picked up year-old Curtis Straughter at a bus stop, offering him money in exchange for nude photos.
Dahmer continued his rituals with his tenth victim: offers of cash to a stranger, drugging and strangling his victim before taking photos, dismembering and keeping body parts for cannibalism and trophies.
Returning in the early hours of the following morning, Dahmer discovered a groggy Sinthasomphone sitting outside the apartment building with three women huddled around him. Telling the women Sinthasomphone was his friend, Dahmer attempted to lead the boy back to the apartment to the dismay of the women, who informed Dahmer they had already called the police.
Dahmer eventually convinced attending police that Sinthasomphone was his year-old boyfriend and that they had quarreled after drinking too much. Amid protests from the women, the officers escorted Dahmer and Sinthasomphone back to the apartment, where Dahmer produced the Polaroids he had taken earlier as proof of their relationship. Categorizing the event as a domestic dispute, the three officers left Sinthasomphone with Dahmer in the apartment, which they noted had a strange odor.
By coincidence, Sinthasomphone was the younger brother of the boy Dahmer had molested in —a crime for which he was convicted—though according to Dahmer, he had no idea of their connection. After dismembering their bodies, Dahmer kept the skulls of both Hughes and Sinthasomphone.
Dahmer met year-old Matthew Turner in Chicago and persuaded him to travel to Milwaukee for a photo shoot. Once again, Dahmer drugged, strangled and dismembered his victim, keeping the head and internal organs in plastic bags in his freezer. On July 22, , U.
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