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Jun 9, 2023 · Ranker Crime. Updated June 9, 2023 2.4M views 33 items. This is a list of famous serial killers who are still alive. When serial killers are caught, after a long period of horrific, evil crimes, it’s almost expected that their lives will be coming to an end.
- The Green River Killer is still alive. The Green River Killer, also known as Gary Ridgway, was convicted of 49 murders of women and girls in Washington in the 1980s and 1990s.
- The BTK killer is still alive. BTK stands for bind, torture, and kill — pretty much Dennis Rader's modus operandi when it came to his crimes, which were committed between 1974 and 1991.
- Son of Sam is still alive. Also known as the .44 Caliber Killer, real name David Berkowitz, Son of Sam went on a shooting spree in 1976 and 1977. In 1978, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for each murder — but he was to serve each sentence consecutively, meaning he'd be eligible for parole after two and a half decades.
- Dennis Nilsen is still alive. Known in the United Kingdom as the Muswell Hill Murderer and Kindly Killer, Nilsen killed at least 12 men mainly in their teens and twenties and attacked several more.
- I-70 killer. Between April 8 and May 7, 1992, six people were shot and killed along a stretch of I-70. The deaths occurred between Terre Haute, Indiana and Wichita, Kansas, and Vox says there were striking similarities between the victims.
- Eastbound Strangler. On November 20, 2006, two women who were out for a walk made a grisly discovery: The bodies of four women had been neatly discarded behind the Golden Key Motel in a suburb outside of Atlantic City.
- West Mesa Murders. The Albuquerque Journal calls Central Avenue a "high-crime area," and adds that's where it all started way back in 2001. That's when women started going missing more often than usual, and that in itself is a horrible, depressing statement to have to make.
- The Long Island Serial Killer. It was late in 2010 that four bodies were recovered from a desolate stretch of beach on the coast of Long Island. It wasn't until the next spring that law enforcement recovered six more bodies and went public with a statement announcing that the murders were all the work of a single killer.
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May 15, 2024 · Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Ted Bundy are some of the most famous serial killers in history who continue to generate horror and morbid curiosity.
Apr 26, 2023 · According to Fox, a criminology professor at Northeastern University, it comes down to several major changes in forensic science, policing, criminal justice and technology that have made it harder than ever for the BTK Killers of the world to escape capture.
Mar 15, 2021 · These 5 Serial Killers Are Still Alive and Serving Life Sentences Today. By Gabrielle Bernardini. Mar. 15 2021, Published 5:09 p.m. ET. Source: Getty. The upcoming docuseries, John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise, follows the details surrounding the crimes of the sadistic serial killer.
This list shows all known serial killers from the 20th century to present day by number of victims, then possible victims, then date. For those from previous centuries, see List of serial killers before 1900. In many cases, the exact number of victims assigned to a serial killer is not known, and even if that person is convicted of a few, there ...
