[1] Early life [ edit] Henry Louis Wallace is a serial killer who raped and murdered 10 women in Charlotte and one woman in his hometown of Barnwell, S.C., from 1990 to 1994. . Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. In 1994, the high court concluded that Moore had received a fair trial and rejected the defense's motions. Ray would bring his victims to this chamber and torture them sexually before murdering them, according to the Albuquerque Journal. Five other relatives, including his mother, were convicted of murder. There are hundreds of them, categorized by those named killers think Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy and those whose identities have not been discovered, such as the Boston Strangler and the Zodiac Killer. Each of the women was friends with Wallace's girlfriend or worked with him, and each had his name in their phone books. [11] In 2010, Moore and the 11 other death row inmates from Forsyth County filed a motion to convert their sentences to life imprisonment based on the state's Racial Justice Act. July 18th, 2008. As the cops circled in on him, he panicked and died by suicide without ever facing trial. No one knew for years who killed four women in Southern Virginia. He hanged himself in jail just hours after confessing. "I know everyone wants to know why I committed these crimes. He was found guilty on all 33 counts of murder and was put to death in 1994. There have been plenty of those killings in North Carolina, but there has been only one other person in Greensboro to be labeled a serial killer. In the 1990s Robert Sylvester Alston of Greensboro admitted to killing four women. In 2002, he was in jail for fraud and convinced the FBI to let him out as an informant. 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He had set up a hotel, later known as the Murder Castle, specifically for this purpose. 2) Delfina and Mara de Jess Gonzlez. Ed Gein seems like a character out of a horror movie. autobiography called "Final Truth: The Autobiography of a Serial Killer. He was sentenced to death. A couple of days later, Steven had returned to school at East Carolina University when he got a call from Blanche telling him to get back to see his father as quickly as possible. Soon, the nation would see her in another light - as the "Black Widow," a diminutive figure with a dark side -- suspected of methodically poisoning at least four other people close to her, going back as far as 1966. He is still living out his life sentence. "That in and of itself should have run up the reasonable-doubt flag for the jury, but I'm afraid there was just too much poison and too many different people. more serial killers than any other country, he terrorized the Phoenix, Arizona, community in the summer of 2006, his nine death sentences were upheld in Phoenix. [6], Under the terms of a deal between the Forsyth County district attorney's office and the Reid family's lawyers, most of the evidence against Moore was gathered by the latter party. Most serial killers go after strangers: . In total, Goudeau was found guilty of killing nine people, most of them women. James Taylor died on October 2, 1973; as with her father seven years earlier (1966), the cause of death was initially reported as a heart attack.[4][5]. The smell turned out to be Tiffany Bresciani decomposing body. 0:56. Blanche preferred to stay closer to home, working in Burlington her entire career, except for a brief stint at a store in Durham. In 1927, the American Friendship Society acted as a matchmaking business. Dr. Garrett had previously testified that Reid had told him on May 30, 1986, that he began vomiting after eating Jell-O the previous night. He was found guilty on three murder charges and was facing the death penalty, but in 2000 it was overturned to a life sentence. It depends what, Tom Sizemore, actor who starred in Heat, Saving, Thunderstorms to roll through Piedmont Triad in the, WATCH: Snowboarder escapes narrowly avalanche, Thunderstorms to sweep through Piedmont Triad Friday,, DCs cherry blossoms arriving early thanks to confusing, March could bring colder weather to North Carolina. Prosecutors later dropped the charges in the cases of Taylor and Moore, after she was sentenced to death for Reid's murder. In all, he murdered seven people, becoming known as the "Fast Food Killer.". Charlene would kidnap the girls and lure them in with the false promise of safety. All Rights Reserved. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. By the time she stopped her brutal reign over her family in the late '50s, she had murdered four of her husbands, one of her mother-in-laws, her two sisters, her grandson, her nephew, two of her own children, and even her own mother. Less than five months later, Reid died at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. APRIL 19: Richardson is charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon in the death of Mark Gilbert Jr. APRIL 22: Richardson is charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon, felony robbery and two counts of felony concealment/tampering with a corpse in the death of James Goolsby. If your child will play baseball or softball this spring, youll need to stock up on appropriate clothing and equipment. "In each case medical evidence suggests that multiple doses of arsenic were administered to the victim over a long period of time, as opposed to one large fatal dose. "But yet it all seems to point that way. Just as fast as the killings started, they suddenly stopped. But autopsies revealed a new cause of death - arsenic poisoning - for Reid, who had arsenic levels 30 times higher than normal, and James Taylor, whose 1973 death at age 45 had been attributed to a heart attack. Shawn Grate was taken out of the home in handcuffs and later confessed to killing five women. in February and March he killed three people. In 1979, Lawrence Bittaker and his accomplice, Roy Norris, terrorized the Los Angeles area. 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Many knew 57-year-old Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore as a middle-aged churchgoer with a grandmotherly appearance and a cool demeanor - the last person you'd suspect of being a serial killer. Terry Blair first killed his pregnant girlfriend and mother of his two children in 1982. ", When Reid's body was exhumed from Pine Hill Cemetery in Burlington, an autopsy performed in Chapel Hill revealed "clearly recognizable" Mees lines across the fingernails of both hands, and the toxicology report showed arsenic in Reid's liver "30 times higher than one might see in an average individual.". North Carolina hasn't executed an inmate since Aug. 18, 2006. Two were from South Carolina. John Joubert once said that when he was young he fantasized about killing his babysitter and eating her. Frederick Robert Klenner Jr. Frederick Rober Klenner Jr. was considered a mass murderer who killed several victims between 1984 and 1985. [5] The Kroger lawsuit was settled one year later. She was just 19 years old when she murdered the children. In May 1993, a made-for-TV movie about Moore aired on network television. Ed Kemper is a particularly brutal serial killer who killed 10 young people, earning him the title "The Co-ed Killer." He died of natural causes in 2013. In fact, some of the furnishings were made of body parts. He was found guilty on eight counts of first-degree murder. He was hunting women like wild animals. Corll almost got away with the murders of almost 30 young boys because no one suspected him; he was a straight-laced man who worked at his mother's candy factory. Hamilton ran many tests but never saw the results of one that may have saved Reid's life - a urine sample from Reid taken between June 27-28 showed "quite elevated" levels of arsenic. She had too much to offer," Blanche's daughter, Cynthia Taylor Chatman told the Baltimore Sun in 1989. One of Moore's attorneys, David Tamer, misappropriated client funds, including hers, and was convicted of embezzlement. She survived the attack. He eventually remarried and moved to Virginia. [7], The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and the hospital notified the police of Moore's toxicology results. He drove her to a secluded area and sexually assaulted her in the front seat of his pick-up truck. He is charged in the death of Michael Hemphill, who died Feb. 1 after being shot on Yanceyville Street in Greensboro in late January; the killing of Mark Anthony Gilbert Jr., whose body was found on West Terrell Street in Greensboro on March 10; and in the disappearance on March 25 of James Goolsby, whose body was found buried in Virginia in mid-April. Dean Corll is the reason your parents probably told you to never take candy from strangers. Later that year, Elizabeth Montgomery played Moore in the television film based on the book entitled Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story.[13]. Clifford Robert Olson Jr. (January 1, 1940 - September 30, 2011) was a convicted Canadian serial killer who confessed to murdering 11 children and young adults between the ages of 9 and 18 years in the early 1980s. Since then, the country has become captivated with true crime, particularly serial killers. Dwight Moore said in 1994 after a hearing before the State Supreme Court. Her time there has been mostly uneventful, marked by two violations, one for disobeying orders on Feb. 22, 2008, and more alarmingly, for misuse of medicine in November 1996. The myths behind how some of history's most notorious serial killers are profiled in the media are to be uncovered at an event right here in Manchester.. Between May of 1992 and March of 1994, Henry Louis Wallace would take the lives of at least 10 innocent women. A couple days later, she testified, she visited Reid's room and said he was in "acute respiratory distress" and was very frightened. He was good to us. Eventually, an undercover cop was picked up by Pennell and she noticed his van was covered in blue carpet. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Kimball was the last to see all of them alive. Robert Alston. Every three weeks to the day this murderer would shoot a couple to death in their car. Moore and Reid worked together for years at Kroger, beginning in 1962, according to court records, but didn't begin a romantic relationship until 1979. In October 1990, Blanche Moore went on trial in Forsyth County for the death of Raymond Reid. Lavinia Fisher. Imprisoned at. He was convicted and sentenced to death and is currently awaiting his execution on death row. In the late '70s, Joubert made his fantasies a reality when he killed three boys, strangling them and taking bites into each. the Jeffrey MacDonald case was North . Bush condemned Iraq's takeover of Kuwait. Although this killer was never identified and spanned two states, The Phantom Killer earns his spot on the list for the terror he caused in 1946. Harvey was convicted of 37 murders and sentenced to multiple life sentences. August 14, 2002. During his sentencing, Pennel bizarrely asked to be put to death; however, he never admitted to the crimes. ", During the capital sentencing phase, the jury found as aggravating circumstances that Blanche Moore was motivated to kill for financial gain and that Reid's murder was "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.". While Florida has seen the likes of Aileen Wuornos and Ted Bundy, one unknown serial killer makes this list for her brutality. By 1973, Corll had killed 28 boys in Texas just outside of Houston. She also denied discussing Reid's autopsy with anyone and told the courtroom that she would not have been opposed to an autopsy. However, on the day the test came back, the resident responsible for caring for Reid rotated to another hospital, and the new resident never passed the results up the chain of command. On Nov. 16, 1990, she was sentenced to death. In each case defendant was frequently alone with the victim in the hospital, and medical testimony suggests that certain of defendant's visits in which she fed the victim corresponded with an onset of symptoms characteristic of arsenic poisoning. Rogers may be the murderer of Nicole Simpson not O.J. 20 of the most infamous female killers Stephanie Ashe Dorothea Puente with attorney Kevin Clymo during her arraignment in municipal court. During the trial, the prosecution recounted Reid's agonizing death in meticulous and horrific detail. Olson scored 38/40 on the Psychopathy Checklist. Clifford Olson. Civil law also allows much more latitude for searches and subpoenas.[6]. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. It seemed a perfectly normal existence - the daughter of a preacher, she went to church, had children and grandchildren and worked for many years at Kroger in Burlington. Scott Lee Kimball is an FBI informant turned serial killer. The 20-month old toddler was the son of famous transatlantic aviator, Charles Lindbergh and his wife. Police arrested Richardson, 53, last month and have since charged him with three counts of first-degree murder. William Devin Howell can best be described as a drifter. Investigators also discovered Blanche had attempted to change Moore's pension to make herself the principal beneficiary. Although the courts have interpreted the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination very broadly for criminal cases, such protections usually don't apply in civil cases. Ray would often record the torture on video. Woodfield didn't become well known as a football player. Mark Goudeau became known as the "Baseline Killer" when he terrorized the Phoenix, Arizona, community in the summer of 2006. Despite hospitalization, his condition deteriorated further, threatening multiple organ failures and death. Walt Zeboski/AP When you try to imagine a murderer, your brain likely conjures an image of a man. The mere sight of a woman enraged these feelings made them pulsate and grate in the pit of my stomach.". He was known as "The Serial Stabber" because between 2009 and 2010, Elias Abuelazam stabbed 18 people in Flint, Michigan. Simpson, but nothing ever came of it. Robinson was sentenced to death and remains on death row. They later found 11 bodies just 50 feet from his home. DNA testing confirmed years later that Timothy Wilson Spencer was "The Southside Strangler." North Carolina by that accounting has had 266 victims of serial killers, and if you rank them by a ratio of 100,000 residents, thats 2.46, which ranks North Carolina roughly 34th nationally. Pedro Lopez. The discovery of the corpses led to another newsflash: The area had a serial killer. INVESTIGATION YIELDS SHOCKING DISCOVERIES. [6] In a 2010 television interview, Moore said he still suffers tremors in his hands and weakness in his legs. Two years after his death, a small town in North Dakota learned Butler may have been a serial killer. On January 18, 1991, the presiding judge concurred with the jury and sentenced Moore to die by lethal injection. Robert Sylvester Alston, who turns 53 in two weeks, is serving four life sentences at the Columbus Correctional Institution in Whiteville on four counts of second-degree murder and kidnapping and rape in the second degree. [6], The trial opened in Winston-Salem on October 21, 1990. Although he only killed two women, authorities call him a serial killer that would have killed again if he had not been stopped. I don't have an answer. "She's guilty I think, you know, I think she did it," one man said during the hoopla surrounding the trial 29 years ago. Eugene Butler was declared mentally insane in 1906 and died in an asylum a few years later. He lived on a farm in Indiana with his wife of 25 years and had three children. [5] Within days of their return, Moore became severely ill and collapsed after eating a fast-food chicken sandwich that Blanche had given him. But these horrific murders are not unfamiliar to Americans. He brought them to an abandoned house and shot Bill to death. When police came into his house, they found body parts all over. Scott Wilson Williams, who was charged in 2006 with the murders of three women in North and South Carolina entered an Alford plea, and received a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. He was found guilty of killing 17 women and was sentenced to 203 years in prison, which he is still serving. [12] Dwight Moore told Winston-Salem station WXII-TV that he has no objections to his ex-wife seeking to have her death sentence overturned. Kiser Sr., her mother-in-law, Isla Taylor, her first husband, James N. Taylor, and a former co-worker, Joseph Mitchell. Before she could stand trial for her crimes, she was shot to death reportedly by a friend of one of the victims. Blanche Taylor Moore now passes the time in a cell in Raleigh. When the Golden State Killer was caught in 2018 more than three decades after his crimes the country was stunned. Doctors Lucas Wong, Jonathan Serody, Mark Murphy, and George Sanders, after discussions with the hospital toxicologist, ordered a toxicology screen to check for herbicide poisoning. In some cases, he would break into the victim's home. The Southside Strangler, Richmond unmondoaccanto (blog) Timothy Spencer, better remembered as the Southside Strangler, began his killing spree as early as 1984. On trial, Howell said he could not explain his motive behind the killings, referencing a "monster" inside him. By 1959, she had been promoted to head cashier (roughly the equivalent of a customer service manager today), the highest job available to a female employee at Kroger. In 1954, she began working as a cashier at Kroger. Some serial killers are known for killing children, like David Meirhofer in Montana. Henry Louis Wallace was convicted of the murders of 10 young black women in Charlotte, North Carolina. Rogers is currently on death row. He was called "The Lonely Hearts Murderer.". [9] Health issues in prison have required Moore to undergo both chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The American "Jack the Ripper" later became known simply as the Atlanta Ripper. He has been through too much. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider While in Iowa, he lived with his mother who would often beat him. Glen Rogers. In October of 1990, President George H.W. The story of Clementine Barnabet is that of voodoo and the occult. Dr. John D. Butts, the state's chief medical examiner, concluded that "Reid died as a result of the complications of arsenic poisoning. When you think of Hawaii, you think of sunny beaches and peaceful islands. Harvey Robinson is known for being one of the youngest serial killers reported in the United States. He died later that day, and court records allege that Richardson had taken Gilberts car, phone and wallet. They were between the ages of 15 and 18. Gacy would sexually assault the boys, strangle them with rope, and then bury their bodies under his house. If you want to look closer to home, South Carolina has had 162 victims and 3.03 per 100,000. [5] Hutton was forced to resign, and Kroger settled the case out of court two years later for $275,000. operating in a way that allows them to stay hidden, as DeAngelo had. They ended the lives of the five young women within the span of about six months. Black children in the neighborhood were being targeted and murdered one-by-one, murdered her four former husbands, her brother-in-law, and ever her own daughter by poisoning. In the early 1900s, Lady Southard murdered her four former husbands, her brother-in-law, and ever her own daughter by poisoning. "Bottom line was, Donald Harvey liked to kill," William Whalen, Harvey's former attorney, wrote in a book. "I mean that's just my opinion, but I think she did it.". Donald Harvey is better known as "The Angel of Death" after he confessed to 57 murders. In the '90s, Paul Dennis Reid moved to Nashville to become a country music star. With some poison, she killed every family member that she disagreed with. He was put to death in 2010. Victims: Eight-200. When interviewed by police from his hospital bed, he mentioned that a former boyfriend of Blanche's died from GuillainBarr syndrome, which presents similar symptoms to arsenic poisoning. Her killer cut up her body. Get the Android Weather app from Google Play, Have a tax filing extension this year? Meirhofer was one of the first serial killers to be identified using FBI's newly developed profiling system that helped catch countless other serial killers. Data collected by Worldpopulationreview.com confirm that the United States has had more serial killers than any other country, and the numbers of victims are in the thousands, ranging from as many as 1,628 in California to as few as seven in South Dakota. Since he worked as a clown performer for children's parties, he would often kill his victims while wearing the clown costume that he called Pogo the Clown. Three different men either married to or intimately involved with (Blanche Taylor Moore) died, or barely escaped death, from arsenic poisoning, an unusual cause of death. The state had an easier time making such a complex case because Reid's ex-wife and sons sued Baptist Hospital for malpractice. [5], After several days of extreme nausea and vomiting, Moore was admitted to Alamance County Hospital on April 28. They called him the "Chameleon" because he went by so many names and aliases. By June 5, Reid had gotten better and Garrett told Reid, with Blanche present, that he might be able to go home within a week. He is still in prison. Lyda Southard makes the list because she's often credited with being Idaho's (and sometimes the country's) first woman serial killer. In October 1976, Thomas Warren Whisenhant abducted Cheryl Lynn Payton from the convenience store where she worked. When police spotted him in Greensboro in June 1985, they knew he was dangerous. Virginia had 238 deaths and a 2.76 ratio. It became known as the Atlanta Child Murders. An investigatortold the News & Record that she is believed to have about 30 victims. It was at the grocery store that Blanche Taylor, who was married in 1952 and widowed in 1973, met and later began dating Reid, a divorced store manager. At each crime scene, he would leave a clue as to who he was. On March 9, 2017, Amber Burch pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, armed robbery, and accessory after the fact to murder. Former Forsyth County prosecutor Vince Rabil, along with Branch, was one of two attorneys tasked in 1990 with convicting Blanche Taylor Moore. when their vehicle blew up on NC 150 in Summerfield, That story became the basis of the book and TV miniseries Bitter Blood.. DeAngelo is charged with killing 50 women and raping 13. First, he would abduct them and then he would torture them. In each of the murders, he broke into their homes, raped and sodomized them, and then strangled them with a belt or rope. I dont see myself as a serial killer, but people do.
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