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Ex-Con Suspected in 8 Murders Captured in Ill.

Nicholas Sheley recognized in a bar

(Newser) - An exhaustive, two-state manhunt for an ex-convict suspected in eight grisly slayings ended with the man quietly arrested last night outside a bar known as a police hangout. Police knew from a number of witness reports that Nicholas T. Sheley, 28, was in the area, said the police chief in...

Dear Mass Murderer: I Need Advice
Dear Mass Murderer:
I Need Advice
Apr 30, 2008 10:51 AM CDT

Dear Mass Murderer: I Need Advice

Fake 10-year-old solicits wisdom from famous, infamous

(Newser) - An unemployed writer posing as a 10-year-old boy seeking advice wrote letters to a number of celebrities, including some of America's most infamous killers. The responses to the queries from the "pop-culture historian," as Radar magazine described Bill Geerhart, range from the weirdly sensible (Ted Kaczynski) to the...

Trial Starts for French 'Virgin Killer'

Husband-wife hunting team accused of seven murders

(Newser) - A French carpenter dubbed the "Ogre of the Ardennes" is on trial in France, accused of tracking down, raping and murdering seven virgins with the help of his wife in one of the nation's worst murder sprees in decades. Prosecutors say Michel Fourniret hunted victims from 1987 until 2003,...

UK's 'Suffolk Strangler' Guilty in 5 Murders

But cops suspect the serial prostitute killer in even more deaths

(Newser) - A British court yesterday found a former forklift driver guilty of the murders of five young women. The string of prostitute murders in Ipswich made the man dubbed the "Suffolk Strangler" one of Britain's most notorious serial killers. "I feel the pain will never go away," said...

Reno Cops Hunt Murderous Serial Rapist

Linked to attacks on 3 women near local campus

(Newser) - A murdered 19-year-old Reno woman is believed to be the third victim of a serial rapist preying on women near the local campus of the University of Nevada, reports the Reno Gazette. The woman was abducted from a friend's home and strangled. "This is a serial rapist," said...

Florida Cops Suspect Hooker Serial Killer Is Back

Body may be fourth in 2-year-old kill spree

(Newser) - The serial killer who hunted Daytona Beach’s prostitutes in the winter of 2005-2006 may be back, Newsweek reports. A body found recently matches the pattern of the earlier killings. “It’s eerily similar and has all the earmarks of the other cases,” said Daytona’s police chief....

DNA May Shine Light on Killer
DNA May Shine Light on Killer
Jan 11, 2008 2:20 PM CST

DNA May Shine Light on Killer

Headless body's ties to Indiana serial killer in doubt for a century

(Newser) - Authorities in Indiana are hoping DNA evidence will help them close the case of a woman who killed at least 25 people in the early 20th century before possibly faking her own death. A woman's headless body was found in the burned-out basement of Belle Gunness' house in 1908, and...

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