Descent of a Serial Killer

A former police officer and suspected serial killer, Gerard John Schaefer Jr. was imprisoned in 1973 for murders he committed while serving as a sheriff's deputy in Florida.

Known as the Gainesville Ripper, Daniel Harold Rolling, was an American serial killer who murdered five Florida students over four days in late August 1990.

Eddie Lee Mosley was an American rapist and serial killer who murdered at least eight women in Florida. After being the prime suspect for decades, he was finally arrested in 2001.

Bobby Joe Long was an American serial killer and rapist who was executed by the state of Florida for the murder of Michelle Denise Simms.

Oscar Ray Bolin Jr. was an American serial killer and convicted rapist who was ultimately executed in Florida. In 1986, Bolin kidnapped and murdered three young women in Tampa.

Between 1987 and 1998, Chester Dewayne Turner violently assaulted and murdered 11 women, mostly around the rough area of Figueroa Street between Gage Avenue and 108th Street.

Known as both the Hollywood Ripper, Michael Gargiulo is a native of Glenview, where he stabbed his neighbour, 18-year-old Tricia Pacaccio, to death on her back door step.

Cary Anthony Stayner is an American serial killer and the brother of kidnapping victim Steven Stayner. Stayner was convicted of the murders of four women in 1999.

LAPD became aware of an apparent serial killer targeting vulnerable black women. Dubbed the Southside Slayer, believed to be responsible for murdering 13 sex workers.