waspreparedforthescaleof
murders the killer was about to
reveal to authorities.
Little claimed he had killed
dozens of women, starting in 1970
and ending in 2005.
Speakingwithinvestigatorsit
tooknearlytw
womenallacrossAmerica,
recounting the killings with precise
and horrific detail.
Investigators were baffled by
how much he could remember, with
some of themurd s dating back tohe’d kept a
tal diary of his
and their
deaths.
told
tigators he
etedvulnerablewomen,mostlikely
prostitutes or addicts, and somehow
managed to evade the law.
Little nearly always strangled
them to death.
His crimes were planned, and his
victims were targeted with thought.
He told one investigator that he
committed crimesin poverty
stricken area
murders wer
his crimes to
He knew t
way to get aw
He showetold investigators how he killed
his victims.
He’d chuckle while discussing
the brutal murders and
investigators described him as a
charismatic psychopath.
And as he went on describing
the killings matter-of-factly,
detectives discovered that all of
his crimes were
sexually motivated.
He had raped and
abused many of his
vulnerable victims.
Investigators
believe he got sexual
gratification through
intense strangulation.
Many of his victims
he couldn’t recall, but
he has claimed to have
killed between 61 and
93 women.
But nobody knows
for sure, although he
now has no reason to
lie to officials.
The brutal killer has
begun drawing his
victims from memory
whilst behind bars and
authorities have been able
to crack some unsolved cases.
The FBI have confirmed 34 of
Little’s killings from his
drawings, but dozens of cases
still remain unsolved.
Many families are still waiting
to find out the truth about their
lovedone’sdeath
aims turn
ue, then it
ke him the
c serial
istory of
tes.No one knows just
how many women
he murderedPearl Nelson (left), is holding a photo of
her mother Audrey while being hugged by
Mary Frias, whose godmother Guadalupe
Apodaca Zambrano was also a victimSamuel Little’s
drawings have helped
find other victimsHe’ll spend the
rest of his life
behind bars