Serial Killers

Active cases, ongoing trials, and recent convictions. The FBI estimates 25–50 serial killers are operating in the United States at any given time.

7
Cases Tracked
3
At Large
0
On Trial
90
Confirmed Victims
All (7)At Large (3)On Trial (0)Convicted (4)
CONVICTED WA
Gary Ridgway
aka Green River Killer
49 Victims
1982–2001 Active
Seattle Base
Gary Ridgway, born February 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah, was a long-haul truck painter from Auburn, Washington, who murdered at least 49 young women and girls in and around K…
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CONVICTED KS
Dennis Rader
aka BTK
10 Victims
1974–1977 Active
Wichita Base
Dennis Rader — known as BTK, short for "Bind, Torture, Kill" — murdered ten people in the Wichita, Kansas area between January 1974 and April 1977. A church council president and A…
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CONVICTED NY
Rex Heuermann
aka Gilgo Beach Killer
8 Victims
1993–2010 Active
Massapequa Park Base
Manhattan architect who murdered at least 8 women over nearly two decades, dumping their bodies near Gilgo Beach on Long Island. Identified through DNA from a discarded pizza crust…
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CONVICTED ID
Bryan Kohberger
aka Moscow Murderer
4 Victims
2022–2022 Active
Moscow Base
PhD criminology student who stabbed four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home on November 13, 2022. Arrested six weeks later via DNA and cell phone data. Sentenced…
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