<p>Famous Serial Killers</p><p>David Berkowitz</p><p> Son of Sam</p><p> Summer of 1976</p><p> Shot 6 people, wounded 7 others</p><p> Sent series of taunting letters to police and press</p><p> Terrorized NYC</p><p> Captured Aug 1977</p><p> 25 years to life for each murder- to be served consecutively</p><p>Dennis Rader </p><p> BTK Killer</p><p> Murdered 10 people</p><p> Sedgwick County, Wichita, Kansas</p><p> 1974-1991 </p><p> Sent letters to police</p><p> Went by name BTK for “Bind, Torture, Kill”</p><p> Stalked victims, break into homes, bind limbs, strangle</p><p> 2005 sent a floppy disc to the press- he was traced to it</p><p> 10 consecutive life sentences</p><p> Earliest possible release date is Feb 26, 2180</p><p>Richard Ramirez</p><p> Satan worshipper</p><p> Los Angeles  1984-1985</p><p> Nicknamed Night Stalker</p><p> Broke into homes</p><p> Shoot, stab, rape, mutilate</p><p> Victims ranged from 9 year old girl to a married couple in late 60’s</p><p> Sentenced to death</p><p> On death row for 23 years</p><p> Died in cell in June 2013</p><p>Jeffrey Dahmer</p><p> Milwaukee Cannibal</p><p> 17 men and boys</p><p> Between 1978-1991</p><p> Ate parts of victims in his home</p><p> Caught when victim managed to overpower him and alert police</p><p> 1992- sentenced for 15 of the murders</p><p> 2 years into sentence- beaten to death by an inmate</p><p>Ted Bundy</p><p> Kidnapped and murdered young women and girls in the 1970’s</p><p> Approached girls in a public place, led to secluded areas, kill</p><p> Dumped bodies in wooded areas</p><p> Acted as own attorney- had access to law libraries</p><p> Escaped from law library- twice broke out after capture</p><p> Committed three more murders while escaped</p><p> Executed by electric chair 1989 John Wayne Gacy</p><p> Sexually assaulted and murdered 33 teenage boys and young men</p><p> 1972-1978</p><p> Chicago</p><p> Lured victims to his home- promise of work or money</p><p> Murder by strangulation</p><p> Buried 26 of the victims in crawl space under his home</p><p> Sentenced to death</p><p> 14 years on death row</p><p> Executed by lethal injection May 10, 1994</p><p>Gary Ridgway</p><p> Confessed to killing at least 70 women</p><p> Washington State between 1980’s to 90’s</p><p> Avoided death penalty by giving detailed confession with dumping sites of victims</p><p> 5 of them he dumped in Green River</p><p> Pressed nicknamed him the Green River Killer</p><p> Life in prison- no parole</p>