Serial killings, as defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, are committed by one or more offenders, result in two or more murdered victims, and the incidents occur in separate events or at different times.
By Zak Dahlheimer NORFOLK, Va. (WTKR) – From books to movies and streaming shows, true crime has been growing in popularity the past few years. News 3 Investigates is shedding light on another growing trend that gets you closer to well-known criminals, and it’s getting mixed reactions. These are items tied to some of the […] More
January 5, 2023
Wesley Brownlee was arrested in October when he “was out hunting” for another possible victim in Stockton, police said at the time. More
December 28, 2022
Michael Townson was already serving a life prison sentence for beating another woman to death with a steel pipe in 2007. More
December 22, 2022
Investigators believe at least 25 people fell victim to Herb Baumeister, who police have said killed gay men in the mid-80s and 90s. More
December 8, 2022
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A former Border Patrol agent who confessed to killing four sex workers in 2018 was convicted Wednesday of capital murder, after jurors heard recordings of him telling investigators he was trying to “clean up the streets” of his South Texas hometown. Juan David Ortiz, 39, receives an automatic sentence of life in […] More
December 7, 2022
As part of a plea deal, Richard Cottingham, known as "Torso Killer" received immunity from prosecution for the four other killings. More
December 5, 2022
Juan David Ortiz, former Texas border patrol agent, is accused of killing Melissa Ramirez, Claudine Anne Luera, Griselda Cantu and Janelle Ortiz. More
November 21, 2022
DNA evidence finds that 19-year-old University of Cincinnati student Cheryl Thompson was murdered in 1978 by now-deceased serial killer Ralph Howell. More
November 18, 2022
For decades, Court TV has been the ultimate true crime destination, bringing viewers inside the courtroom for the most compelling cases. More
November 18, 2022
Lucy Studey said that her late father, Donald Dean Studey, killed people and buried their remains in rural Thurman, Iowa. More
October 28, 2022
Prosecutors charged Northern California man Wesley Brownlee with fatally shooting 3 men who cops say were among 6 victims slain by a serial killer. More
October 18, 2022
All of the Stockton killings happened near addresses listed for Wesley Brownlee and his relatives, local news reports. More
October 18, 2022
Wesley Brownlee was dressed in black, wore a mask around his neck, had a handgun and “was out hunting" for another possible victim when he was arrested, police said. More
October 17, 2022
“We don’t know what the motive is. What we do believe is that it’s mission-oriented,” Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said Tuesday. More
October 5, 2022
Ballistics tests have linked the fatal shootings of six men and the wounding of one woman in California in crimes going back more than a year. More
October 4, 2022
Victim advocates want to dismantle the “murderabilia” industry, a dark online marketplace selling morbid mementos allegedly from notorious killers. More
September 28, 2022
Long Island, New York authorities linked Diane Cusick’s 1968 death to so-called “Torso Killer” Richard Cottingham, who was already convicted in 11 other killings. More
June 22, 2022
Palm Beach County detectives identified teen girl Susan Poole, whose skeletal remains were discovered tied to a tree in 1974. More
June 2, 2022
The two men who were with Shannan Gilbert that night told largely the same story to investigators. Police have said neither is a suspect. More
May 13, 2022
A victim of the Happy Face Killer has been identified nearly 30 years after her body was left near a California highway, authorities said Monday. More
April 19, 2022
Authorities in Fairfax have identified two of the victims of the "Shopping Cart Killer." More
January 10, 2022
Distress calls to law enforcement connected to the investigation into a possible serial killer on Long Island may soon be released. More
January 4, 2022
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia say the discovery of four bodies at two different locations in the state are the work of a serial killer who used a shopping cart to transport his victims’ bodies after meeting them on dating sites. At a press conference Friday, Fairfax County […] More
December 17, 2021
Security camera footage, shell casings and a small but distinctive tattoo played pivotal roles in the arrest of a man suspected in at least six killings over the past two months in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas. More
November 10, 2021
Nearly 30 years after Jeffrey Dahmer admitted to killing and dismembering 15 people, one of the jurors at his murder trial talks about what it was like to decide whether Dahmer was insane at the heinous crimes. More
November 5, 2021
A man freed from prison last year after serving nearly 60 years in the slaying of one of three suburban Chicago women found bludgeoned to death in a state park has won court approval for DNA testing of evidence found at the crime scene. More
October 28, 2021
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — When the discovery of more than two dozen bodies stashed under John Wayne Gacy’s house near Chicago was making headlines all over the world in the late 1970s, Francis Wayne Alexander’s family in North Carolina didn’t think much of it. The way they saw it, Alexander had […] More
October 25, 2021
Khalil Wheeler-Weaver -- the New Jersey man who used dating apps to lure and kill three women -- has been sentenced to 160 years in prison. More
October 7, 2021
By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — For crimes he called “vicious and frightening,” a judge on Friday gave a death sentence to a man prosecutors called “The Boy Next Door Killer” for the home-invasion murders of two women and the attempted murder of a third. Victims’ family members wept as […] More
July 16, 2021
Howell Donaldson is the accused Seminole Heights serial killer charged with killing four people in the fall of 2017. More
May 18, 2021
