Strangled at least seven women and left their bodies on hillsides in Los Angeles. Grew up on Whidbey Island and lived in several Washington cities. Typically would pick up prostitutes, shoot them and engage in post-mortem sex. Killed a string of prostitutes in Spokane and Pierce County since 1996. He remains a suspect in the 1969 disappearance of a woman he had dated.Īluminum plant worker and Army Reserve helicopter pilot, Spokane Stabbed two teenage hitchhikers to death near Moclips in 1975. Texas authorities suspect him of killing at least one woman and sexually assaulting four others, and at one time questioned him about 16 sniper shootings on Texas freeways.Ĭommitted to state psychiatric hospital as a “sexual psychopath” following child molestations in 1967. Suspected of killing as many as three women in Michigan, where he spent 15 years in mental hospitals. He was arrested in Oregon after raping a 13-year-old girl.Ībducted, shot and buried a Burien housewife. He hung the body of one victim from a tree and hid the other in a field. a 1974 bludgeoning murder in Seattle and the1998 fatal stabbing of one woman and sexual assault of another in a Lynnwood church.ĭeemed a “sexual psychopath” after attacking two Seattle women, he escaped Western State Hospital, then raped and strangled two teenagers in West Seattle. Crimes include a 1966 robbery/kidnapping in Albuquerque, N.M. One of the most infamous serial killers of modern time, the former Tacoma man and University of Washington law student is thought to have killed at least 36 young women and girls in Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado and Florida.Īttacked at least four women over 33-year span, killing two. All victims stabbed, strangled or both, then dumped in wooded areas near a Renton trailer park where he lived with his parents. Convicted of killing one and abducting, raping and attempting to kill two others, after serving seven years in a state mental hospital.Ĭonfessed to four sex-slayings, including the murders of two 6-year-old boys and two teenage girls. Suspected of kidnapping, raping and strangling six women near Vancouver. Canady later attacked two other women and was being held in King County Jail on rape, assault and kidnapping charges when he confessed to the murders, leading detectives to one body.Status: In prison in Washington. A map found in his Minnesota home had at least 180 areas circled - including 18 in Washington - where some bodies have been found.Ībducted, raped and strangled two women, then dumped their bodies near Stevens Pass. He met some victims by placing newspaper help wanted ads. He was convicted of two murders in Minnesota. Suspected in dozens of sex-slayings spanning four decades and several Western states and provinces, Carignan is thought to have killed at least two women in Washington. Years after his release from prison, he raped and strangled a 49-year-old woman and dumped her body in a ditch outside Olympia in 1982.Status: In prison in Washington. But it does show that killers often roam our state for years, exploiting holes in a law enforcement system that often fails to protect the missing or bring justice for the dead.Ī Seattle University student in 1948, Gasser raped and strangled a 22-year-old carhop and dumped her body near the Sand Point Naval Station. It’s also true that some are better than others in hiding their morbid harvest. There’s no national database of serial killers.
It’s impossible to know if the list is comprehensive. Four remain only suspects, pending trial.įollowing general definitions provided by the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit, criminal profilers and other experts, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer compiled this list of the state’s modern-day serial killers. Some have been convicted of only one or two murders, but are suspected of many more. Yet other, less infamous killers have claimed scores of lives across the state. The Northwest has a notorious history of these “prototype” killers - among them are Ted Bundy and the Green River Killer, who are synonymous with the term “serial killer.” The most general definition is based on numbers and patterns: Two or more unrelated victims in distinctly separate incidents. What is a serial killer? Even the nation’s leading experts don’t agree. Suspected or convicted serial killers in WashingtonĬompiled by SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF Washington serial killers-Click image to enlarge (PDF)
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