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Samuel Little

Samuel Little (né McDowell; June 7, 1940 – December 30, 2020) was an American serial killer who was convicted of 8 murders and confessed to committing 93 murders between 1970 and 2005. The FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program has confirmed his involvement in at least 60 murders, the largest number of confirmed victims for any serial killer in American history. Little provided sketches for twenty-six of his victims, although not all have been linked to known murders. His crime spree stretched across the country from Miami to Los Angeles.

Infobox

Born
Samuel McDowell (1940-06-07)June 7, 1940 Reynolds, Georgia, U .
Died
December 30, 2020(2020-12-30) (aged 80) Los Angeles County, California, U .
Other names
Samuel McDowell The Choke-and-Stroke Killer Mr. Sam
Known for
Being the most prolific serial killer in United States history by number of confirmed victims
Conviction
Murder (8 counts)
Criminal penalty
Four life sentences without the possibility of parole
Victims
60–93
Span of crimes
1970 – 2005 (confirmed) 1960–2012 (possible)
Country
United States
States
California, Texas, and Ohio (convicted) Sixteen others (accused)
Date apprehended
September 5, 2012

Tables

· Victims › Confessed
Mary Jo Brosley
Mary Jo Brosley
Name of victim
Mary Jo Brosley
Date of murder
December 31, 1970
Location of murder
Homestead, Florida
Age
33
"Linda"
"Linda"
Name of victim
"Linda"
Date of murder
1971
Location of murder
Miami, Florida
Age
22
"Marianne/Mary Ann"
"Marianne/Mary Ann"
Name of victim
"Marianne/Mary Ann"
Date of murder
1971–72
Location of murder
Miami, Florida
Age
18
"Donna/Sarah"
"Donna/Sarah"
Name of victim
"Donna/Sarah"
Date of murder
1971–72
Location of murder
Kendall, Florida
Age
18–25
Unnamed white female
Unnamed white female
Name of victim
Unnamed white female
Date of murder
1972
Location of murder
Prince George's County, Maryland
Age
20–25
Sarah Brown
Sarah Brown
Name of victim
Sarah Brown
Date of murder
1973
Location of murder
New Orleans, Louisiana
Age
39
Agatha White Buffalo
Agatha White Buffalo
Name of victim
Agatha White Buffalo
Date of murder
November 1973
Location of murder
Omaha, Nebraska
Age
34
"Kat"
"Kat"
Name of victim
"Kat"
Date of murder
1974
Location of murder
Savannah, Georgia
Age
22–23
Leola Etta Bryant
Leola Etta Bryant
Name of victim
Leola Etta Bryant
Date of murder
1974
Location of murder
Charleston, South Carolina
Age
51
Martha Cunningham
Martha Cunningham
Name of victim
Martha Cunningham
Date of murder
December 31, 1974
Location of murder
Knox County, Tennessee
Age
34
"Emily"
"Emily"
Name of victim
"Emily"
Date of murder
Mid-1970s
Location of murder
Miami, Florida
Age
23–24
Lee Ann Helms
Lee Ann Helms
Name of victim
Lee Ann Helms
Date of murder
June 1977
Location of murder
Houston, Texas
Age
21
Yvonne Pless
Yvonne Pless
Name of victim
Yvonne Pless
Date of murder
September 1977
Location of murder
Macon, Georgia
Age
20
Clara Birdlong
Clara Birdlong
Name of victim
Clara Birdlong
Date of murder
December 1977
Location of murder
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Age
44
Unnamed black female
Unnamed black female
Name of victim
Unnamed black female
Date of murder
1977–1978
Location of murder
Cleveland, Ohio
Age
17–24
Julia Critchfield
Julia Critchfield
Name of victim
Julia Critchfield
Date of murder
January 1978
Location of murder
Harrison County, Mississippi
Age
36
Evelyn Weston
Evelyn Weston
Name of victim
Evelyn Weston
Date of murder
September 1978
Location of murder
Columbia, South Carolina
Age
19
Brenda Alexander
Brenda Alexander
Name of victim
Brenda Alexander
Date of murder
August 1979
Location of murder
Phenix City, Alabama
Age
23
Linda Sue Boards
Linda Sue Boards
Name of victim
Linda Sue Boards
Date of murder
May 1981
Location of murder
Smiths Grove, Kentucky
Age
23
Patricia Parker
Patricia Parker
Name of victim
Patricia Parker
Date of murder
September 1981
Location of murder
Dade County, Georgia
Age
25–30
Fredonia Smith
Fredonia Smith
Name of victim
Fredonia Smith
Date of murder
July 1982
Location of murder
Macon, Georgia
Age
18
Rosie Hill
Rosie Hill
Name of victim
Rosie Hill
Date of murder
August 1982
Location of murder
Marion County, Florida
Age
20
Patricia Ann Mount
Patricia Ann Mount
Name of victim
Patricia Ann Mount
Date of murder
September 1982
Location of murder
Alachua County, Florida
Age
26
Dorothy Richard
Dorothy Richard
Name of victim
Dorothy Richard
Date of murder
September 1982
Location of murder
Houma, Louisiana
Age
56
Melinda LaPree
Melinda LaPree
Name of victim
Melinda LaPree
Date of murder
October 1982
Location of murder
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Age
22
Unnamed black female
Unnamed black female
Name of victim
Unnamed black female
Date of murder
Autumn 1982
Location of murder
New Orleans, Louisiana
Age
30–40
Unnamed black female
Unnamed black female
Name of victim
Unnamed black female
Date of murder
1984
Location of murder
San Bernardino, California
Age
18–23
Auggie Gortz
Auggie Gortz
Name of victim
Auggie Gortz
Date of murder
1984
Location of murder
Savannah, Georgia
Age
23
"Granny"
"Granny"
Name of victim
"Granny"
Date of murder
1987
Location of murder
Los Angeles, California
Age
50
Linda Bennett
Linda Bennett
Name of victim
Linda Bennett
Date of murder
May 1988
Location of murder
Owenton, Kentucky
Age
38
Alice Denise Duvall
Alice Denise Duvall
Name of victim
Alice Denise Duvall
Date of murder
June 11, 1991
Location of murder
Los Angeles, California
Age
40–45
Roberta Tandarich
Roberta Tandarich
Name of victim
Roberta Tandarich
Date of murder
September 1991
Location of murder
Akron, Ohio
Age
34
Alice Denise Taylor Tracy Lynn Johnson
Alice Denise Taylor Tracy Lynn Johnson
Name of victim
Alice Denise Taylor Tracy Lynn Johnson
Date of murder
December 1992
Location of murder
Gulfport, Mississippi
Age
Taylor (27) Johnson (19)
"Ruth"
"Ruth"
Name of victim
"Ruth"
Date of murder
1992–93 (April 21, 1994)
Location of murder
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Age
24
Unnamed black female
Unnamed black female
Name of victim
Unnamed black female
Date of murder
1993
Location of murder
Las Vegas, Nevada
Age
40
Ruby Dean Lane
Ruby Dean Lane
Name of victim
Ruby Dean Lane
Date of murder
May 1993
Location of murder
Perry, Florida
Age
19
Jolanda Jones
Jolanda Jones
Name of victim
Jolanda Jones
Date of murder
1994
Location of murder
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Age
26
Melissa Thomas
Melissa Thomas
Name of victim
Melissa Thomas
Date of murder
January 1996
Location of murder
Opelousas, Louisiana
Age
29
Daisy McGuire
Daisy McGuire
Name of victim
Daisy McGuire
Date of murder
February 1996
Location of murder
Houma, Louisiana
Age
40
"T-Money"
"T-Money"
Name of victim
"T-Money"
Date of murder
1996
Location of murder
Los Angeles, California
Age
23–24
Unnamed white female
Unnamed white female
Name of victim
Unnamed white female
Date of murder
1996
Location of murder
Los Angeles, California
Age
23–25
Priscilla Baxter-Jones
Priscilla Baxter-Jones
Name of victim
Priscilla Baxter-Jones
Date of murder
1997
Location of murder
West Memphis, Arkansas
Age
36
Nancy Carol Stevens
Nancy Carol Stevens
Name of victim
Nancy Carol Stevens
Date of murder
August 2005
Location of murder
Tupelo, Mississippi
Age
46
Name of victim
Date of murder
Location of murder
Age
Ref.
Mary Jo Brosley
December 31, 1970
Homestead, Florida
33
"Linda"
1971
Miami, Florida
22
"Marianne/Mary Ann"
1971–72
Miami, Florida
18
"Donna/Sarah"
1971–72
Kendall, Florida
18–25
Unnamed white female
1972
Prince George's County, Maryland
20–25
Sarah Brown
1973
New Orleans, Louisiana
39
Agatha White Buffalo
November 1973
Omaha, Nebraska
34
"Kat"
1974
Savannah, Georgia
22–23
Leola Etta Bryant
1974
Charleston, South Carolina
51
Martha Cunningham
December 31, 1974
Knox County, Tennessee
34
"Emily"
Mid-1970s
Miami, Florida
23–24
Lee Ann Helms
June 1977
Houston, Texas
21
Yvonne Pless
September 1977
Macon, Georgia
20
Clara Birdlong
December 1977
Pascagoula, Mississippi
44
Unnamed black female
1977–1978
Cleveland, Ohio
17–24
Julia Critchfield
January 1978
Harrison County, Mississippi
36
Evelyn Weston
September 1978
Columbia, South Carolina
19
Brenda Alexander
August 1979
Phenix City, Alabama
23
Linda Sue Boards
May 1981
Smiths Grove, Kentucky
23
Patricia Parker
September 1981
Dade County, Georgia
25–30
Fredonia Smith
July 1982
Macon, Georgia
18
Rosie Hill
August 1982
Marion County, Florida
20
Patricia Ann Mount
September 1982
Alachua County, Florida
26
Dorothy Richard
September 1982
Houma, Louisiana
56
Melinda LaPree
October 1982
Pascagoula, Mississippi
22
Unnamed black female
Autumn 1982
New Orleans, Louisiana
30–40
Unnamed black female
1984
San Bernardino, California
18–23
Auggie Gortz
1984
Savannah, Georgia
23
"Granny"
1987
Los Angeles, California
50
Linda Bennett
May 1988
Owenton, Kentucky
38
Alice Denise Duvall
June 11, 1991
Los Angeles, California
40–45
Roberta Tandarich
September 1991
Akron, Ohio
34
Alice Denise Taylor Tracy Lynn Johnson
December 1992
Gulfport, Mississippi
Taylor (27) Johnson (19)
"Ruth"
1992–93 (April 21, 1994)
North Little Rock, Arkansas
24
Unnamed black female
1993
Las Vegas, Nevada
40
Ruby Dean Lane
May 1993
Perry, Florida
19
Jolanda Jones
1994
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
26
Melissa Thomas
January 1996
Opelousas, Louisiana
29
Daisy McGuire
February 1996
Houma, Louisiana
40
"T-Money"
1996
Los Angeles, California
23–24
Unnamed white female
1996
Los Angeles, California
23–25
Priscilla Baxter-Jones
1997
West Memphis, Arkansas
36
Nancy Carol Stevens
August 2005
Tupelo, Mississippi
46

References

  1. NBC News
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspected-serial-killer-samuel-little-connected-least-90-murders-n936316
  2. Cleveland
    https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2019/06/convicted-serial-killer-samuel-little-charged-in-the-slayings-of-two-cincinnati-women.html
  3. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49976037
  4. Associated Press News
    https://www.apnews.com/3bb015f58147476e8e5a50a97ed460b3
  5. CNN
    https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/07/us/samuel-little-serial-killer-60-deaths/index.html
  6. CNN
    https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/us/samuel-little-serial-killer-deadliest/index.html
  7. FBI
    https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/vicap-links-murders-to-prolific-serial-killer-112718
  8. "Samuel Little: Confessions of a Killer | FBI Seeking Assistance Connecting Victims to Samuel Little's Confessions"
    https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-100619
  9. "New Details Released in Unsolved Samuel Little Murders"
    https://www.dps.texas.gov/news/new-details-released-unsolved-samuel-little-murders
  10. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/us/samuel-little-serial-killer-murderer.html
  11. The Washington Post
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/samuel-little-serial-killer/part-one/
  12. Cleveland
    https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2013/04/suspect_who_grew_up_in_lorain.html
  13. Oxygen
    https://www.oxygen.com/catching-a-serial-killer-sam-little/crime-news/worst-serial-killer-history-samuel-little-confessions
  14. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-12-30/samuel-little-most-prolific-serial-killer-in-us-history-dies
  15. Fox News
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/timeline-retraces-the-whereabouts-of-a-career-criminal-alleged-serial-killer
  16. Honolulu Star-Advertiser
    https://www.staradvertiser.com/2013/04/07/breaking-news/more-cases-connected-to-l-a-serial-killer-suspect/
  17. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/samuel-little-serial-killer-americas-worst-93-murders-cleveland-reynolds-a8939446.html
  18. Fox News
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/timeline-retraces-the-whereabouts-of-a-career-criminal-alleged-serial-killer
  19. Los Angeles Times
    https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/01/suspect-1980s-slayings-arrested.html
  20. The Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-serial-killer-women-20140901-story.html
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