Murders
Welcome to murders.ca. Did you know the serial killer with the highest number of suspected victims is Gary Ridgeway, nicknamed the Green River Killer. He was officially charged with 48 victims but the unofficial count is as high as 60 murders. His spree started in 1982 and ended in 1998 in Oregon and Washington State.
But serial killers like Majors Orville, with a suspected 130 murders, were only convicted of 6 murders, all in Indiana from 1993 to 1995. Killers like Donald Gaskins, nicknamed the Meanest Man in America and The Redneck Charles Manson, were convicted of only 9 murders but unofficially responsible for over 100 between 1953 and 1982 in South Carolina. Others like Carl Watts, who roamed between 1974 and 1982, were responsible for over 100 murders but only charged with 12.
The longest span a serial killer has continued killing is 49 years. David Ray, nicknamed the Toy-Box Killer, had a reign of terror that started in 1950 and continued until 1999. He is credited with 14 murders but the unofficial count is around 60, all in New Mexico.
In less than one year Robert Silveria, nicknamed the Boxcar Serial Killer, officially killed 14 victims where the actual total is 34. His killings took place in Oregon, Montana, Utah, Washington, California, Arizona, Kansas, Florida, and Idaho in 1995.
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