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Name Alias Body Count Crime Span Country Notes Ref
Forest City Killer Canada 1969-1970 Unidentified serial killer from the late 1960s to early 1970s. Based on the number of unsolved murders of women in the era, there is probably at least one other victim. [1]
YAN Shuxia 48+ China 1983-1985 Shaanxi Province Wang Shou villagers Long Zhimin and Yan Shuxia in the home has killed 48 people.
BIAN Kuang 41 China 2001-2002 Manufacturing 51 cases of murder, robbery, rape, killing 41 people. Bian Kuang personally killed 39 people. Accomplice: Fu Xinyuan and Luo Lianshun.
Fu Xinyuan 41 China 2001-2002 See Bian Kuang.
Luo Lianshun 41 China 2001-2002 See Bian Kuang.
TAMARIN Ivanova 40 (40-130) Russia 1909 A mother and daughter who used accomplices to lure victims to their home. Tortured, murdered, and cannibalized at least 40 people before they were apprehended. Accomplice: Olga Tamarin.
TAMARIN Olga 40 (40-130) Russia 1909 A mother and daughter who used accomplices to lure victims to their home. Tortured, murdered, and cannibalized at least 40 people before they were apprehended. Accomplice: Ivanova Tamarin.
GUEDES José Pedro 3 (3–21+) Portugal 1992 - 1993 José Pedro Guedes confessed and was arrested for the "Lisbon Ripper" murders in 2011, but could not be prosecuted because the Portuguese statute of limitations had already run out. Also suspected of similar murders in Lisbon and Aveiro, Portugal, as well as Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Czech Republic and the 1988 New Bedford Highway Killings in Massachusetts, USA.
BAKUSUBA Ivomoku 0 (0-67) Ruanda-Urundi 1940s Ivomoku Bakusuba confessed to killing 67 children by strangling them with a bedsheet. Killed himself, "probably in late 1940s or in early 1950s." As information on this serial killer was only revealed by a police officer in 2018 during a conversation with a Brazilian writer, and there is no information on his conviction, the confirmation that he was a serial killer is debatable.
BAROZ Adre 5 United States 2020 Adre Baroz was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences plus 140 years. Murdered five people in seven weeks in southern Colorado. [2][3]
STEELE Tyrone 4 (4-5) United States 2022 Tyrone Steele is serving four life sentences. Shot four to five people to death in New Orleans in a 45-day span. [4][5]
Unknown 3 Chile 2022 - 2023 A Colombian citizen is awaiting trial for a double homicide committed in Quinta Normal in November 2022, and one of their relatives, whom he allegedly killed when they went to his home to confront him in May 2023. [6]
KANG Xiaoba China 1905 and earlier Kang Xiaoba was a gangster who robbed and murdered several people with a stolen pistol and later cursed Empress Dowager Cixi on the way to his execution. [7]
ZHANG Liangbi 11 China 1796 - 1812 Zhang Liangbi was executed by lingchi c. 1812. Elderly man from Anhui who mutilated 16 children, resulting in 11 of their deaths. His motive was the belief that, by eating the young's organs, he could steal their essence and extend his lifespan. [8]
LING Dongyuan 31 (31+) China 1994 - 1995 Ling Dongyuan was born in Shaoxing on 3 November 1958. Ling served a prison sentence for burglary and later robbed and murdered 31 people with an axe along National Highway 102. He was identified as the perpetrator by DNA evidence in 2008 but has not been heard from since. [9]
P. Dirk 3 Germany 2012 - 2013 Dirk P. was sentenced to life imprisonment. Murdered three victims and one survived [10]
SCHIMAK Anton Moravian Babinský 6 Czech Republic 1887 Anton Schimak was a robber murderer who, after his release from Mírov Prison murdered and robbed six people and shot a Catholic priest in just a few days. Executed. [11][12]
JANEČEK Jan Serynek 3 (4+) Czech Republic 1870 Jan Janeček robbed and murdered several people. Executed in 1871; last person to be publicly executed in Austria-Hungary. [13]
MALÝ Jaroslav 3 (4) Czech Republic 1986 After Jaroslav Malý's release from prison, where he spent 30 months for two crimes of a violent nature, he decided to take revenge on society with one murder for every ten months of his "unjust" sentence and killed three random victims with a shot to the head. He was sentenced to death for his act, which was later commuted to life imprisonment. In prison, he likely helped a fellow inmate commit suicide. Life imprisonment. [14]
HEJNA Jaroslav 3 Czech Republic 2003 Jaroslav Hejna murdered three people for selfish reasons. His friend Marek Dohnal helped him remove the bodies of the first two victims. Life imprisonment. [15]
1990–1991 Prague murders 3 Czech Republic 1990 - 1991 Killed 3 women in 1990 and 1991. Investigator of murders believes that the killer either left the country or died after the last murder. [16]
VACÍK Bohumil 4 (5) Czech Republic 1994 - 1995 In 1994, Bohumil Vacík killed a guard in Sokolov. Year later he murdered three members of a Vietnamese family, including a six-year-old child and a pregnant woman. Police also believed he committed another murder which was not proven to him at court due to procedural error. Life imprisonment [17]
LÓPEZ Juan de Dios "King of Bandits" 16 Chile 1891 - 1903 Juan de Dios López was killed by prison guards in 1903. Serial robber responsible for 16 murders, 4 rapes and multiple other burglaries. López was shot dead by prison guards in 1903 during an escape attempt. [18]
GOLDBERG FUENTES Lucinda Eliana "The Poisoner of Concepción"> 3 Chile 1966 - 1971 Lucinda Eliana Goldberg Fuente was nurse and single mother who killed three people via poisoning to ensure her adoptive son's well-being, but accidentally poisoned him among the other two victims. After committing suicide via the same method in 1971, she left a letter detailing her criminal actions. According to her close friends, she suffered from delusions revolving around being prosecuted, possibly schizophrenia. Committed suicide before capture [19]
TAPIA VARGAS Manuel Segundo "Crazy Manuel" 3 Chile 1968 - 1969 Manuel Segundo Tapia Vargas was responsible for three homicides occurred between 1968 and 1969, two of which were of ex-policemen. Sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.
PARDO VALENZUELA Ramón Francisco "The Infanticides of Colina" 7 Chile 1994 - 2001 Ramón Francisco Pardo Valenzuela was freed in 2013. The couple made up of a stepfather and stepdaughter who procreated 7 times. To hide these pregnancies, they killed each one of the babies as they were being born. Police were not able to find out whether the newborns were breathing at the time of death, for which they were prosecuted under the charges of abortion (illegal in the country). Accomplice: Jacqueline del Carmen López González [20]
LÓPEZ GONZÁLEZ Jacqueline del Carmen "The Infanticides of Colina" 7 Chile 1994 - 2001 Accomplice: Ramón Francisco Pardo Valenzuela [21]
FUENTEALBA PLAZA Jorge Antonio "Ñoco" or "The Jackal of Curicó" 5 Chile 2004 - 2012 Jorge Antonio Fuentealba Plaza's first crime occurred in 2004, when he was only 17 years old, when he murdered his homosexual partner. In 2011, he was on parole when he committed a homicide in Curicó, finally ending his criminal career with a triple homicide in 2012, in which he ended the life of his step-grandfather and two witnesses to the crime. Imprisoned for life. [22]
BUSTAMANTE PÉREZ Hugo Humberto "The Drum Killer" 5 Chile 2005; 2020 After a double murder in 2005, Hugo Humberto Bustamante Pérez hid the remains in a concrete drum. He was freed in 2018 under parole, and was later arrested again for murdering a teenage girl. In 2024, he confessed to a previously unknown double murder committed in 1996. Imprisoned for life. [23]
PASTÉN ESPINOZA Hugo Paolo "The Psychopath of Copiapó" 3 Chile 2019 After being freed under parole for a 2005 rape conviction, Hugo Paolo Pastén Espinoza killed a teenage girl, a Bolivian immigrant, and a transgender rights activist, burning the latter's house down. Imprisoned for life [24]
DE JESÚS CASTRO SALAS Rodrigo Fernando "Rorro" 7 Chile 2018 - 2019 Organized criminal; Rodrigo Fernando de Jesús Castro Salas was responsible for two separate murders, one in July 2018 and one in February 2019, along with a mass shooting in a casino carried out in September 2019. Imprisoned for life. [25]
Unknown 3 Chile 2022 - 2023 In November 2022, a Colombian citizen allegedly committed a double homicide in Quinta Normal, killing a 27-year-old Colombian and a 17-year-old Ecuadorian. In May 2023, family members of the first two victims tracked down the killer to his home and tried to attack him, but he pulled out a firearm and shot multiple times, killing a 49-year-old Chilean. His identity has yet to be revealed. He is imprisoned, awaiting trial [26]
CLAY Keith Bernard 4 United States Keith Bernard Clay
GASKIN Louis Bernard 5 United States
DÄTER Olaf "Oma-Mörder" ("Granny-Killer") 5 Germany Olaf Däter
Amagasaki Serial Murder Incident Japan Miyoko Sumida and Masanori Sumida [27]
WAFULA Evans Kenya Evans Wafula targeted minors aged 10 to 15 in Moi's Bridge, Uasin-Gishu County. He defiled and killed them, showing a consistent signature. [28]
ONYANCHA Philip Kenya Philip Onyancha shocked the nation in 2010 by confessing to murdering 17 women. He claimed a cult directed him to drink the blood of 100 people. [28]
MATHERI Geoffrey Kenya Geoffrey Matheri became infamous in 2008, Matheri planned to suck his victims' blood and eat their flesh. He confessed to burying his victims and keeping their panties as trophies. [28]

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