A list of events in 1985 related to serial killers.
January[]
- 3 — Mark Cunningham is apprehended.
- 25 — Thiago Lages Fernandes is born.
- 29 — "Viña del Mar psychopaths" (Jorge José Sagredo and Carlos Alberto Topp Collins) died.
February[]
- 5 — Anthony Wimberly is apprehended.
- 14 — David Mark Pruett is apprehended.
- 18 — Lee Boyd Malvo is born.
March[]
- 2 — Alex Mengel is apprehended.
- 25 — Ronald Allridge is apprehended.
- 30 — Martin Priest is apprehended.
April[]
- 1 — "Bible Belt Strangler"'s suspected victim, Espy Pilgrim, is found.
- 3 — The "Bible Belt Strangler"'s suspected victim, Tracy Walker, is found.
- 5 — Opal Marie Kinsey is murdered by Dorothy Matajke.
- 7 — Jerry Spraggins is apprehended.
- 12 — Michael Carroll is murdered by Leonard Lake and Charles Ng.
- 14 — The "Bible Belt Strangler"'s suspected victim, Elizabeth Lamotte, is found.
- 15 — Tracy Housel is apprehended.
- 15 — Robert Sheldon is murdered by Robert Berdella.
- 18 — James Briley died.
- 19 — Lonnie Bond, Brenda O'Connor, Lonnie Bond, Jr. and Robin Stapley are murdered by Leonard Lake and Charles Ng.
- 22 — Gary Ridgway's victim, Angela Marie Girdner, is found (suspected victim).
- 23 — Gary Ridgway's victim, Tammie Liles, is found.
- 26 — Alex Mengel died.
- 27 — Marine Wallace Hedge is murdered by Dennis Rader.
- ? — Gary Ridgway's victim, Tammie Liles, is found (suspected victim).
May[]
- 8 — Majid Salek Mahmoudi died.
- 14 — Bill Doi is murdered by Richard Ramirez.
- 14 — Lillian Doi is attacked by Richard Ramirez.
- 15 — Christine Gallegos is allegedly murdered by Paul Rhoades (suspected victim).
- 22 — Jiří Straka is apprehended.
- 29 — Mabel "Ma" Bell is murdered by Richard Ramirez.
- 29 — Florence "Nettie" Lang is attacked by Richard Ramirez.
- 30 — Carol Kyle and her son are attacked by Richard Ramirez.
- 30 — DeAngelo Martin is born.
- 31 — Sokichi Furutani died.
- 31 — Shari Smith is murdered by Larry Bell.
June[]
- 2 — Melissa Ackerman is murdered by Brian Dugan.
- 2 — Leonard Lake is apprehended.
- 3 — Brian Dugan is apprehended.
- 4 — Aleksey Sukletin is apprehended.
- 6 — Leonard Lake died.
- 6 — Larry Bell's victim, Shari Smith, is found.
- 27 — Larry Bell is apprehended.
July[]
- 5 — Jon Dunkle is apprehended.
- 6 — Charles Ng is apprehended.
- 7 — Laron Williams died.
- 20 — Robert Nicolaus is apprehended.
- 28 — Tetsuyuki Morikawa is apprehended.
August[]
- 6 — John Wille is apprehended.
- 15 — Benny Hodge and Roger Epperson are apprehended.
- 22 — Terry Childs is apprehended.
- 24 — Dontae Morris is born.
- 31 — Richard Ramirez is apprehended.
September[]
October[]
- 28 — Nathaniel Harvey is apprehended.
- 28 — Joachim Knychała died.
- 30 — Dellen Millard is born.
November[]
- 3 — Bernard Sharp died.
- 22 — John Brennan Crutchley is apprehended.
December[]
- 6 — Carroll Cole died.
- 9 — Gennady Mikhasevich is apprehended.
- 28 — Anatoly Slivko is apprehended.
Unknown[]
- ? — Hubert James Allen is apprehended.
- ? — Carlos Autalán is born.
- ? — Vasily Bolgarov is born.
- ? — Carlos Brito Rodriguez is born.
- ? — Matthew Brown is apprehended.
- ? — David Richard Campbell is apprehended.
- ? — Alejandro Félix Carrillo is born.
- ? — Matias Cerón is born.
- ? — Yakov Hanukayev is born.
- ? — Jürgen Hein is apprehended.
- ? — Juan Carlos Hernández is born.
- ? — Sietske Hoekstra is born.
- ? — Farzad Nasser Jourshari is born.
- ? — Sergey Karpov died.
- ? — Sylvia Mitchell is apprehended.
- ? — Yadira Narváez is born.
- ? — Glen Albert Pritchett is murdered by Eli Stutzman.
- ? — Eli Stutzman is apprehended.
- ? — Deniz Yağmur is born.