Since his arrest in 1980, the killer also known as the 'Times Square Torso Ripper' has spent his days at the New Jersey State Prison, where he has since confessed to additional murders.
The non-profit Texas EquuSearch, which helps find missing persons, has sparked a renewed effort to find the remains of possible additional victims of the ‘Candy Man’ serial killer.
Since his incarceration in 2004, for the murders of 71 teenage girls and women, 'Green River Killer' Gary Ridgway has lived a life of isolation at Washington State Penitentiary.
Margaret Press, co-founder of DNA Doe Project, spoke with A&E True Crime about how investigative genetic genealogy helped identify Francis Wayne Alexander as Victim No. 5 of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
On January 13, 1992, the serial killer changed his plea from not guilty to guilty but insane, which removed the need for a criminal trial and forced the verdict to be based on the jury's decision of his mental state.
According to testimony from friends and family, victims of the "Killer Clown" shared some surprising common connections and tragedies in their lives.
In 1999, Cary Stayner, brother of high-profile abduction victim, Steven Stayner, murdered four females at Yosemite National Park. Where is he today?
Between 2007 and 2009, Anthony Sowell, a former U.S. Marine and convicted sex offender who had served 15 years in prison, murdered 11 women and hid their remains inside his Cleveland home.
In 1996 serial killer Ivan Milat received life sentences for the murders of seven missing backpackers found dead in Australia's Belanglo State Forest. Over a decade later, his great-nephew committed a murder and credited it to his family name.
Dive into the psychology of the life and crimes of Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Gary Ridgway (The Green River Killer) and Dennis Rader (BTK).
