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 DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Since death row isn’t an option for serial killer and rapist Joseph DeAngelo, his victims want More
August 20, 2020
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Joseph DeAngelo's victims are reveling in their chance to finally confront him in a courtroom, More
August 19, 2020
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Golden State Killer, a former police officer in California who eluded capture for four More
August 18, 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., a former police officer, faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for... More
August 17, 2020
By DON THOMPSON and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gay Hardwick stood arm-in-arm with her husband to face a criminal dubbed the More
June 30, 2020
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A former police officer who terrorized the Sacramento region as a serial rapist and went on... More
June 29, 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., a former police officer, faces 13 rape-related charges and 13 murder counts stemming from crimes in More
June 29, 2020
Former police officer Joseph DeAngelo agreed to plead guilty to dozens of crimes in return for being spared a death sentence. More
June 16, 2020
Serial killer expert Harold Schechter speaks to Court TV's about notorious killers. More
April 10, 2020
Residents of a Tampa, Florida, neighborhood were terrorized by a series of seemingly random shooting deaths in 2017. More
April 9, 2020
Serial killer Lonnie Franklin, Jr. was found dead in his death row jail cell. More
April 2, 2020
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Lonnie Franklin, the convicted serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper" who preyed on the women of South Los Angeles... More
March 30, 2020
Joseph James DeAngelo is suspected of at least 13 murders and more than 50 rapes across California in the 1970s and 1980s. More
March 13, 2020
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge is expected to give a death sentence Friday to a man prosecutors call... More
February 28, 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge on Wednesday set a May hearing to decide if prosecutors have enough evidence to go to trial against... More
January 23, 2020
The photograph shows the initials on a black leather belt, showing either an HM or WH, depending on the angle. More
January 17, 2020
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury recommended the death penalty Friday for a man dubbed "The Boy Next Door Killer" after he was... More
October 21, 2019
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Three women shot in the head, each dumped a month a part — the 2006 killings scared Daytona Beach's... More
September 17, 2019
An alleged serial killer, Robert Hayes, has been arrested in Daytona Beach, Florida. More
September 17, 2019
Michael Gargiulo smiles during a court appearance Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Los Angeles. Closing arguments started Tuesday in the trial of an air More
August 15, 2019
Ashton Kutcher was dating Ashley Ellerin, who was murdered in her Hollywood home in 2001 and testified to the night of her murder. More
August 8, 2019
