Anthony Sowell was a former Marine, an alcoholic and a crack addict. His youth had not been an easy one; he was one of seven children in a household with little love and lots of abuse amongst his siblings as well as his cousins (his half-sister and her seven children…

Derek Percy, known murderer of one child and suspected murderer of several more, died Wednesday of lung cancer in the secure ward of a Melbourne, Australia hospital. Many investigators believe Percy was responsible for seven year old Linda Stilwell’s death. Linda disappeared from St. Kilda Beach in 1968. Percy denied…

Russell Williams. The former Canadian Air Force Colonel who, in 2007, began an 873 day crime spree during which he broke in to over eighty houses, stole hundreds of articles of women’s clothing and lingerie, photographed and catalogued his ‘trophies’, culminating in the rape and murder of two women. The…

Police said yesterday that the remains of a young woman found near the water on the north shore of Nassau County may be connected to those found on and around Gilgo Beach. Nassau Homicide Squad Detective Lt. John Azzata said: Obviously, we’re near the water, [Gilgo] bodies were found near…

Rodney Alcala was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Monday for the murders of Cornelia Crilley and Ellen Hover in New York in the 1970s. Alcala pleaded guilty to the murders last month. Judge Bonnie Wittner choked up as she read the sentence, describing the murders as “an…

The Victorian Court of Appeal ruled earlier today that a certificate of immunity should be offered to suspected serial killer Derek Percy to compel his testimony regarding the 1968 disappearance of seven-year-old Linda Stilwell. Linda’s mother, Jean Priest, has been fighting to have Percy testify for years. Today’s ruling will…

Rodney Alcala plead to his sixth and seventh murders today in a New York City courtroom. Alcala, who fought extradition from California to New York, admitted to the murder of Cornelia Crilley in 1971 and Ellen Hover in 1977. Investigators believe that Alcala was one of the most prolific serial…

I’ve been meaning to write about Israel Keyes, who committed suicide early this month in an Anchorage, Alaska prison. He had been arrested for the February 1st rape and murder of Samantha Koenig, but is suspected of having murdered up to eleven people. Keyes was highly organized, and generally planned…

Former Sweetwater, Florida police officer Manuel Pardo, who killed nine people during a string of robberies in 1986, was executed last night at Florida State Prison. Also a former member of the U.S. Navy, Pardo never showed any remorse for the killings, although he did urge his jury to give…

The prosecution in Flint, Michigan has suspected all other cases against Elias Abuelazam until the appeal on his first degree murder conviction is resolved. Earlier this year, Abuelazam was convicted of the August 2, 2012 murder of Arnold Minor. He as been charged in two other murders and in six…