Gerard John Schaefer Jr. (March 26, 1946 – December 3, 1995) was an American murderer and suspected serial killer, known as the Killer Cop, the Hangman and the Butcher of Blind Creek, who was convicted of the 1972 murder and mutilation of two teenage girls in Port St. Lucie, Florida. He is suspected of up to twenty-six further murders. [3]

The Santa Rosa hitchhiker murders were a series of at least seven unsolved homicides involving female hitchhikers that took place in and around Santa Rosa in Sonoma County in the North Bay area of California in 1972 and 1973.

Lawrence Bernard " Larry " Singleton (July 28, 1927 – December 28, 2001) was an American criminal known for perpetrating an infamous rape and mutilation of adolescent hitchhiker Mary Vincent in California in 1978, and then perpetrating a second attack on a woman after being released from prison eight years later.

Jul 6, 2021 · There are other possible victims in the Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders, including Jeanette Kamahele, a 20-year-old Santa Rosa Junior College student who vanished and was last seen alive...

Jan 1, 2002 · Lawrence Singleton, who chopped off a teenage hitchhiker's forearms in California and was later sent to death row in Florida for killing a prostitute, has died of cancer behind bars.

Jun 15, 2023 · On September 29, 1978, 50-year-old Lawrence Singleton offered a ride to a 15-year-old hitchhiker, Mary Vincent. But instead of driving her to her destination, he sexually assaulted her, cut off her arms, and left her to die on the side of the road.

Apr 25, 1991 · Roy Allen Harich, who shot and killed a teen-age hitchhiker and attempted to kill her friend, died in Florida's electric chair Wednesday.

Apr 24, 2024 · Investigators used DNA evidence to find out who killed a man in 1988. CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla — After decades of mystery, detectives have finally solved the murder of 58-year-old Robert...

Mar 24, 2022 · Lena Teinila was murdered on Monday, Feb. 6, 1989, her body found near former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago. She was the mother of two children and for years battled alcoholism and mental...

Jun 17, 2024 · On November 16, 1998, concerned neighbors alerted the Riviera Beach Police Department (R.B.P.D.) to report Christopher “Chris” Benedetto, 45, and Janette Piro, 42, missing from their Florida home.