Sources: BBC
The Supreme Court of India acquits Surendra Koli of all remaining charges in the series of child murders and rapes which occurred between 2005 and 2006 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and ordering his immediate release. Koli was originally sentenced to death and was serving a life sentence for the remaining cases. 2025-11-11
Deceased serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers is identified as the prime suspect in the quadruple homicide at an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas, United States. 2025-09-26
A serial killer is suspected of having fatally shot three homeless men during the past week in Los Angeles, California, United States. 2023-12-1
The DC Police Department arrest a suspected serial killer involved in the murders of two homeless men, and the attempted murder of three others in Washington, D.C. and New York City. 2022-03-15
The New York City Police Department releases images of a suspected serial killer who has shot five homeless men, two fatally, in New York City and Washington, D.C. in the last week. 2022-03-14
Gracious David-West, a serial killer who killed 15 women in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, between July and September 2019, is sentenced to death. 2020-10-9
Diane Madison, the mother of American serial killer Michael Madison, is stabbed to death in her home. Three children are also injured. Her grandson Jalen Plummer is arrested and charged with aggravated murder and felonious assault. 2019-06-24
China executes serial killer Gao Chengyong, who murdered eleven girls and women between 1988 and 2002. 2019-01-3
Convicted murderer Samuel Little confesses to murdering 90 women between 1970 and 2005, making him one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed 34 of his confessions and are now working to confirm the others. 2018-11-29
Investigations concerning Niels Högel, a German nurse already convicted for murdering two of his patients, revealed that the number of people killed while in his care is significantly higher, reaching at least 84, with some estimates being even higher. This makes Högel the serial killer with the highest known victim count in modern German history. 2017-08-28